superman returns : My take

I give the movie to thumbs up; good plot, good sub plots, good characters. The only problem I have with it is the same problem I had with the later Superman movies in the series (i.e. 3 and 4) It departs a ways from the comic book. My major problem with the older ones is Superman having powers that he never had, like rebuilding the wall of China with somekind of magic eye beam (superman 4). This one was very true to the powers that superman has, its just some changes in the characters that I personally would have preffered not have happened but they make sense and work well in the story of the movie. I think Brandon Routh does a great job stepping into the role and keeping true to the character as Reeves played him. This is one of the best movies in the Superman series. That's my take anyhow.

Superman!!!

For those of you worried that I've turned into a rant and rave blogger here is a light and fluffy post for you. I'm really excited that I get to go see a preview of the superman movie tonight. WoooHoooo!! I'll post my thoughts on it after (but don't worry I'll do it without giving away any plot points) Here is a picture of the big blue guy to wet the appetite.

How we look at the world

I don't often wax philisophical on my bog here (which is probably pretty evident by the fact that I used the words "wax philosophical") but this video coupled with a conversation I had earlier today just made me think. So often in America we take for granted the wealth that we have and many of us falsely assume that the rest of the world has it just as readily available as we do, or we realize that others have it worse but they live far away. Heck I've traveled a bit and I find myself at times falling into the same trap. Many times we just forget that even the poorest here in the United States are still probably among some of the wealthiest people in the world, or at least have more opportunities than most of the rest of the worlds residents. Not to lessen the plight of those who are in poverty here but there are alot of people in the world who have it far worse. This video that I stumbled upon does a great job I think of showing how big a gap there is between our way of life and the way of life of much the rest of the world. An additional plus is that Sarah McLachlan is the artist singing and she is darn cute :).