The Sixth Sense

Hancock (lessons in character)

We went to see the Will Smith movie ‘Hancock’ last night. I enjoyed it. It wasn’t a great movie, but was definitely entertaining.

It was interesting from a character perspective. We did a series called ‘Heroes’ last year at Mosaic and one of the things we covered then was that we all have super-hero potential. The problem however is often not a lack of talent in our lives which stops us becoming great, but a lack of character.

Seeing the transformation of Hancock’s character and the resulting change in how he used his super-powers was fun to watch and something relevant for us all in different ways.

So yeah, not a must-see movie. But if you have a free evening, then it’s worth watching.

Anyone else seen it?

Tags: Character, Hancock, Movies

Freedom Writers

After much persuasion from my friend Byrney who’s staying with us at the moment, I finally watched the movie Freedom Writers last night. I loved it! Really powerful and moving story. And made all the more so because it is based on actual events that happened.

To be honest, I love these sort of films. It reminded me of films like Coach Carter and Remember the Titans.

Anyone else seen this??

 

 

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Boo hoo, not seen Indiana Jones yet!

The plan was to go and see the new Indiana Jones movie this afternoon but sadly Rachel has not been feeling very well so we didn’t get to go.

I really hope I’ll get to see it sometime this week though!

Who’s seen it so far? And what did you think? (No spoilers though please!!)

Comment here…

Tags: Indiana Jones, Movies

The Friday Poll: Indiana Jones

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The Alchemist - Movie being made

One of my favourite books of all time - The Alchemist by Paulo Cohelo - is being made into a movie.

The book is such a wonderful, mystical story that really moved me when I read it. It captures the tale of a Spanish shepherd boy who travels to Africa in search of his dream and meets the alchemist along the way.

I actually got to see a theatre production of the book last year which was really good and captured the story far more powerfully than I thought they’d be able to.

The film will star and be directed by Lawrence Fishburne. Filming is due to start in around a years time. (Find out more here.)

I’m fascinated to see what this will look like on the big screen!

What do you think?

Tags: Books, Culture, Movies, The Alchemist