Well I've seen two new release movies... well three if you count Star Wars 3. I saw Cinderella Man on our anniversary and it was a great movie. It's quite a shame it's being overshadowed by Crowe's temper tantrum. He's a superb actor; oddly enough his worst acting job was the one he was rewarded for, Gladiator. Well, its not his worst but he's been so much better in so many other movies. He really seems to blow me away. I mean The Insider, Master and Commander, This, and a Beautiful Mind. I really like also how Ron Howard makes me feel. He makes me feel good; he makes me feel real good. He made the great depression look fun... well not really at all, he made it very grim. He's a good director/movie maker though his slant towards sentimentality kind of gets him in a rut, though I like it, its a good rut. You can't blame a guy for wanting people to feel good.
I recommend the movie, I love boxing, its such a struggle. I really love golf too, because its a struggle with yourself, but Boxing is great too because you can only rely on yourself. Team sports are great for teamwork themes but a boxing movie; you got you, yourself, and the people in the stands. This movie did a good job of having a supportive wife and promoter in your corner helps a lot too, a long with a little luck. Its a great little true story, Jim Braddock's is a story that embodies the American spirit and all that jive. Its pretty much Seabuscuit for boxing, but I like boxing more because horse racing to me is a sport for horses. I'm not saying I'd be a good jockey, but to me it's a lot like car racing, you're relying on something else to do the majority of the work. There was a good bit of blasphemy in the movie, something that was hard to tolerate and took a little away from the story.
I've never understood blasphemy. I mean before I was a Christian I used to say the Lord's name in vain, but I don't know why I did, I think it was a social thing. I pretty much stuck to the word "God" never went for the JC or GD or anything like that. But as soon as I became a Christian, the words just were never used in that manner again; it was weird, totally not of my own intention. Instead of the word "God" coming to my mind other things came to my mind, "gosh" mostly, which I've heard the argument why that's bad to say too, because it sort of means the same thing as "god" and is just as a substitution, which I don't think I really give that argument much credit. I mean if that's bad to say then I guess I can't say "shoot", or "bumblebee" because I use those instead of "gosh." I dunno know.
To continue this ramble, I've also, looking back, never understood why non-Christians use the Lord's name in vain in such an overt way. Especially JC. Its like, you don't believe in this guy, at least not in the true sense, this word has really no meaning for you, why use it? Why not just use something else like 'Allah' or 'Rah,' I mean its about as absurd as saying 'JC' in an inappropriate way. I don't know, language is weird.
The other movie we saw this past weekend with the Roes and Mesh was Mr. and Mrs. Smith. I didn't really want to see this movie, as I generally just didn't think it looked that great. I thought it looked too Hollywood, which in the end it is. But it's pretty darn ironically funny. It encapsulates so much of married life, the tension, anger, fighting, bickering and then instead of verbally trying to kill each other and tear one another down; they just try to kill each other literally. It was pretty darn funny, and had one of the best comical car chase scenes I've seen ever. Brad and Angelina don't really make the movie, they could really be I think any two ultra attractive people and the movie would probably work. I recommend this if you're in the mood for a good laugh, its not worth 7.50 or whatever outrageous cost you pay, but it is worth about a 5.50 price on a rainy day. The scenes aren't as steamy as the previews would make you think either, so ladies don't worry about your man too much.
In other news, life is good. I nearly killed myself running today. I didn't drink enough water for starters, had tons of diet coke and coffee, it was outrageously humid, and sprinted twice in my run. Once was across a soccer field, length wise, and then a 40 yard sprint to my car. I got back home and had to get in the tub to cool off, it was intense. But it was a good run in the sense i pushed myself but a bad one because I didn't go that far. I got a pedomoter now, came in a cereal box so its gotta be good, so I can tell theoretically how far I run. It was pretty dang depressing to find out how little i ran. I figured I was running around 4 to 6 miles and came to find out I was running 1.5 to 3 miles. Sad... but i know now so I'm pushing myself more to get more distance. The mountain makes it tough too, the trails I run are rocky and steep so that's good. Not much else, housework is sort of at a stand still since its been raining so much. Most of the stuff i need/want to do is outside so I'm at the weather's mercy. I'm also heading back up to the home office next week for a few days which will be hard for the wifey. I won't be gone as long but will be in meetings for 10 hours a day or so. I wish I could get a new gameboy game for the trip but I got one last time. I'm sort of in debt as far as game purchasing goes. The wife's looked the other way a few too many times so unless I trade some in, I'm stuck with what I've got. Which stinks cause I've already beaten what I've got. I'd like to trade some in, but they're great games and I know in the future some day I'll want to play them again. I'm lame.