movie review: batman begins

Well, My Turn was once again a "hub" if you will, for awesome social things as my invite to the the whole My Turn Universe resulted in a Matt Ahrens, Robbie Biggs, and Jeremiah Cox date to the Beverly to watch a showing of Batman Begins.

For those of you who declined, you missed out. Too bad for you. And I heard that they are never showing the movie ever again, so you totally missed your chance.
Best comic book movie I have ever seen.


Hands friggin down.

Not only was the movie somewhat believable but Christian Bale, who I have been a fan of ever since American Psycho, was the best Batman yet. I know, I know. Mike Keaton was good too. But there's something about a lesser known actor that makes me more excited. The movie left me wanting more of The Scarecrow, which is better than me wishing he wasn't in it as much, which is what I can say for Katie Holmes' character. It was seriously cool watching how Batman got all his cool toys and I love the fact that the Batcave was not all pimped out, but just a dark wet cave.
Kind of like my shoes.
Not pimped out, but dark and wet.
The settings are much more believable than the other Batman franchise.

The movie sets up for what you think would be a sequal, and after some research, I've found that indeed, there will be a sequal.
The candidates they are talking could be Joker in the next movie excite me as well. Crispin Glover (Back to the Future) and Paul Bettany (Wimbledon) are the leading candidates. I'm pulling for Bettany on this on. However, there is some rumor that Sean Penn will play The Joker. For some reason, Penn annoys the crap out of me.

Out of 5 possible stars, I give this * * * * 1/2 stars.

I'm willing to go see it again. So, I extend the invite one more time.
Oh wait. They aren't showing it anymore. Ever. So I guess I can't.
Sorry.

take 'er easy...

Geez, I'm sorry Kortny. I'm sorry that I haven't posted in a while. Why couldn't you have just told me that in person instead of putting it on the world wide web for the whole world to see????

Kortny and I went on a mini vacation last weekend. I took my first weekend off at Quest, and we went to Chicago and then up to Grand Rapids. Chicago was cool, as we stayed on Michigan Ave on the Magnificent Mile. I waited in Forever 21 as Kortny shopped for 3 hours.


3 hours.

Husband of the year, thankyouverymuch.
And then, on Saturday, we drove up to Grandville, Michigan, which is a suburb of Grand Rapids. We went there to check out Mars Hill, which is a church that is attracting the twentysomething, thirtysomething crowd. Except they are attracting about 10,000 of them. They did 3 things which I thought were very very cool.

1. They called the boxes that people drop their offerings in, "Joy Boxes". And whenever Rob Bell (the pastor) would say at the end of the service, "and if you have an offering, you can drop it in on of the Joy Boxes in the back", and the people there instantly started cheering and clapping. They do this every week. Cheering and clapping at the idea of giving to the Lord. Nice!

2. They had huge stacks of Bibles for people to pick up and read along. At first I was thinking that that's not very seeker friendly for someone who is new, but they simply put the page number on the screen.

3. They sat in the round. There was a stage right in the middle, with a 4-sided screen above. The speaker would walk around and talk to all sides. It made it feel like less of a show and more of a gathering. It made it feel more personal, but gave it more energy at the same time. I don't think this would be good for Quest now, in the space we are in, but I think it is definitely something to consider when we move into our own space.

So there you have it. A post a brand new spanking post. I really want to see Batman Begins. Kortny doesn't want to see it. Anyone want to go? Any takers?

summer lovin

One would think that when I'm done with work for the summer, I'd be able to update a lot on my blog. The truth is, is that my blog is somewhat of an escape during the year.
During work.
So, I'm not official saying that I am taking a summer hiatus from My Turn, but I am saying that I may not be updating as much. But there are still some times when I will post something.

I mean, when the Cubs are doing wo well, and only gained 2 games on the Cardinals, I've gotta write about it, right???

i am google.

Quest is doing a new series on worship. Cindy, who does our slides, used image-google search for "worship" and on the first page. Yup.
Me.

Chris Tomlin? No.
David Crowder? No.
Matt Redman? No.


Jeremiah Cox? Yes, please.