Yesterday was an exciting day for me!  I went to see a midnight showing of Prince Caspian, and when I came back to the room, I discovered that "Timmy and those" had forced a game 7 with the New Orleans Hornets.  I also just had a cup of coffee so I really can barely keep still to type this up.  Oh the joy!  God is so great!  I have also gotten over the stuffy congestion that I've had for the last two weeks!  Yea!

How did I feel about the new Narnia film?  Well, being a Narnian myself (!), I was a bit disappointed with the straying away from the original story.  Some of these deviations I considered understandable, especially since Caspian may be the slowest of the seven books.  I mean, filmmakers have to move it along at a quicker pace for viewers.  However, I also found several changes to be inexcusable.  Particularly, the High King Peter’s un-kingly like conduct in the railway station and in his confrontations with Caspian.  Peter wasn’t quarrelsome or easily provoked into physical violence like the new movie portrayed.  Obviously, they wanted to play up William Moseley and Anna Popplewell‘s roles since we won’t be seeing them in a while, and made them a little more conformed to the character of typical young people today.  My other main bicker with the film was Susan’s flirtation with Caspian—did it have to end with a kiss!  How un-kosher!  It totally doesn’t become either one of these royals to be behaving in such undignified fashion…especially since Caspian later goes on to marry, and Susan has her own problems.  They never meet again.  Gross!  What would Rilian think?  And strangely enough, Aslan never scolded the children for any of this behaviour.

Anyway, I'm still very hopeful for Dawn Treader, which has so much going on, I don't think there's much need for creating wandering fillers.

The NBA Playoffs are here, and I'm reliving my favourite NBA memories --thanks to YouTube!

At the top of my list are the Nike Fun Police --when I thought KG and yellow trenchcoats were cool!  If anyone finds the "Whistle Happy Ref" or the "Ball Hog" email me!

Also check out highlights from TNT's "Inside the NBA" with Sir Charles, Kenny, and EJ! 

                           

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  Below I've added two public domain movies from the Internet Archive's Feature Films.  My Favorite Brunette (1947) is a Film Noir spoof staring old-time funny man Bob Hope and the always spooky Peter Lorre.  Being a classic film lover, myself, I got a kick out of the fun comedy.  The Last Man on Earth (1964) is the first of the three film adaptations of Richard Matheson's novel, I Am Legend.  This one features horror legend, Vincent Price!  I haven't watched it yet myself, but I am looking forward to viewing this one and comparing it with the new release.

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