I am not even going to begin to try....
Look, I have no idea what I even watched..... I have never done drugs, or been drunk, but watching the movie is the closest sensation I will get to watch thing. We started as theaters actors during a revolution in like 1600s-1700s Europe... and ended up with Robin Williams in space....
Yeah... I don't know either....
The first time Shawn Levy and Hugh Jackman work together.... and it was beautiful!
Charlie is a former boxer who has lost his way a bit when boxing is not longer a sport... well, not in the way he knew it to me. Robots are the new frontier! Charlie adapts, and starts working with real robots in rings in order to make it big. However, it his futuristic world, his past catches up with him. Max, his son, has lost his mother, Charlie's ex girlfriend, and is now going to court to figure out to figure out custody. Max's Aunt wants to legally adopt him, and wants Charlie to give up his rights. He was going to until, Max's Uncle sets a deal on the side. He wants Charlie to watch Max for the summer so they can go on a trip they have been planning. Charlie agree to do it for a 100,000. The aunt doesn't know about the money, but agree to let Max stay with Charlie for the summer, and then come live with them. However, a fun down robot, that should not have any skills in the ring, changes everything.
I have said it before, but Shawn Levy has a real skill to make movies that really focus on things that matter. Friendship, family, love; it all comes down to heart with him. This movie is no different. I did not expect to watch a movie about robots and it be one of the best movies that I have seen. I loved in a way that I can't explain. It had to much heart, and the cinematography is so beautiful, I am a little bit speechless.
Ok, we are catching up some!
Now, I did watch these movies, and thankfully, they did not require a whole love for me to think about. So, I just got to enjoy the follow three movies very happily.
Billy and Nick are two salesmen who find out they are out of a job! They have been working the same race for so long that they had not idea what to do when they find themselves out a of a job. They don't have much in the way of education, and they do have many other skillsets outside of sales. That is until one day Billy shows up and tells Nick that he signed them both up to apply for Internships at google.
Now, I am not sure how in the world that I missed this movie, but I am glad I got to see it now. I don't have a super lot to say about it because it was cute and that's really it.
So, some of the movies that are mentioned in this book are movies that I would have NEVER picked out.
Mean Girls is one of them
Cady is a new high school student from Australia, who has no clue what high school drama and politics are like. She was homeschooled all of her life, until her parents got new jobs stateside. She has now thrown into a crazy world of high school bullies dressed in pink.
The verse used is:
"Then Jesus said to his disciples, 'If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up the cross and follow me...'" Matthew 16:24
I really dislike this movie. I have always disliked this movie. This is one of those movie that so many people love, and it was an instant classic. I don't fully understand why.
So, seeing it in this book was a little shocking. There have been a few that I have felt so far that have been a little shocking, but usually the verse, and what Phil Strangolagalli writes, changes my mind. This is not the case here. What he wrote makes sense but still not with how thi movie is.
I guess I have to say for this one, to each their onw.
One of the most successful movies in the MCU is Spider-Man Homecoming.
In the book Jesus Loves Movies it talks about how Peter needs a father. He lost both his uncle and his father, and is trying to prove to be a man when he doesn't have one. Tony is the closes thing he has to one. While Tony isn't perfect, he loves the kids and wants to do what is best for him.
The verse used is:
"See what kind of love the Father has giving to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are..." 1 John 3:1
What I love about this movie, and it being related to needing a father, Tony really does care for Peter. He does everything in his power to help him, while also keeping him safe. There are a bunch of cool things that people on the internet have pointed out over the years about Tony's treatment toward Peter. One of my favorite one's is all of the stuff that Tony puts in Peter's suit and Tony learned the hard way that he needed. Like Tony got cold to he put a warmer in Peter's suit. Got lost, he put in a tracker. Or lesson when Rodney fell out of the sky, he put a parachute in Peter's.
While, God doesn't need a checklist of things hat need to happen, or protect us, in life he does always have a watchful eye on us. He is there when we are at our highs and our lows. He is a wonderful father that loves us not matter whay.
I am going to be totally honest.
The next three movies that I review I don't remember much about them.
The last few weeks have been... painful. Since that is the case, I didn't do any of these movies in June, so I had to rearrange everything, and I was just doing my best to get through the day there for a bit. So, these next three movies gave me something to do, and to look forward to. However, I couldn't get myself to watch them with the intention that I originally wanted to. However, I believe God is still faithful, and that He is still with me, and He used these movies to help bring me peace.
With that being said, let's talk about Ant-Man.
Scott Lang is a master their that landed himself in the big house. He serves his time, and tries to live a normal life. The felony on his record says otherwise. He can't find a normal job due to the charge, and his path is keeping him from a future with his daughter. His ex-wife, and her new husband, don't true his to be part of her life again.
Scott comes to the end of his rope when he gets fired, again, and is left with no other choice but to steal. That is where he comes into contact with Hank Pym for the first time. Hank is the retired CEO of Pym Industries, and he thinks something nefarious dealings going on. He needs something stolen, and Scott Lang is the man for the job.
Now, in the book Jesus Loves Movies they reference Isaiah 6:8.
"then I heard the voice of the Lord saying 'whom shall I send? and who will go for us?' and I said 'Here am I. Send me!'"
Scott man a bad choice in stealing Hank's suit, even though Hank set him up to do so in the first place, but when Hank showed him what he was going on at his old company, Scott didn't know if he was the right man to help him. He had the skill set, but doesn't know if he qualified to be a real hero.
What I really find funny right now is that God is funny.
Why?
I just finished doing VBS at our church this year, and this was the main verse we were teaching the kids. What a coincidence. To quote Oliver O'Toole in the Signed, Sealed, Delivered series "coincidence is the middle name of the All Mighty". God knew that this is something that I needed. Of all the verses, with the stores that were included, were what I needed to hear. Then being a week out from that, and being in my feels for reasons... that I thought were buried years ago, I needed the reminder.
So, here we are again. I won't lie, I thought when I got around to writing this particular post this year, I thought that I would include a lot more numbers. However, things change when you least expect, and this post is going to look different that I originally expect.
#6- Go to Italy, specifically Rome.
# 174- Travel by train
Now, this is part of a way to get to the Isle of Capri. You have to travel by train then take a ferry.
Now, due to an emergency situation, the trip was cut short and I had to leave early. I hope one day to get back and see everything I didn't get the chance to see.
However, I am very blessed to have been able to see a part of the world that lost of people dream of but don't get the chance to.
