Mladen Kekic

Something new I will be doing is sharing my movie of the week with everyone. In a normal week, which this one was not, I see around 5-6 movies . As you all know I am a lover of films so no need to explain more. Here it goes.

Sweeney Todd (2007) ***1/2

Snow Angels (2008 ***

In The Valley Of Elah (2007) ***

The World’s Fastest Indian (2005) ****

Legend Of The Fall (1994) ****

Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007) ***1/2

The Network (1976) *****

It was seven this week and my favorite of them was the Network. One of the best movies I have ever seen. It stands the test of time. Who would have known that in 1976 the makers of this movie would have predicted the lunatic future of today’s world. Frightening dialogue that led me to believe that we are all a bunch of programmed beings, following the steps layed out to us by the demons behind the scenes, who have planned this all along. Is television the Devil? It might just be so. Today we could see 666 flash across the screens of a regular Oprah Winfrey viewing and ratings would catapult like Battlestar Galactica. So do we turn the TV off and dump it out or do we stay tuned and get deeper into the stratisphere of make belief and illusions.

I of all people will have a hard time with this. Movies are what I love and to experience these you have to have a Tube and if you get rid off it you still have its offspring Youtube or otherwise known as the Internet. They work together to bring us all together, to look alike and imagine life to be a soap opera where we can just flip the channel for change and find ourselves in a sporting event and if that doesn’t work we can always fall into the vision of 3 so called leaders of our destructive future nation. All far away from reality. A world of nations is no more, but it is now a world of coorporations.

EXXON…DuPont…Dow Jones…Nasdaq…………….Hell’s Kitchen.

Do you feel as hot as I do right now? I hope you are Mad as Hell and you stand up for your rights as individuals. All I want to do right now is worhip God in a way I have never before imagined. He is the only truth. He is reality in the midst of all that is fake. And all is fake other then Him.

Soon I will be reviewing my favorite movies of last year (2007). I have 8 more movies to see. I hope you guys take a minute a read over my movie blogs and maybe rent a few of the ones that make it to the top of my list. I also plan on telling you why movies mean so much to me and the reality of it all. Stay tuned and deffinetly check out The Network, one of my top 5 movies of all time now.

Peace with all

So far Once is my favorite movie of 2007. Not many people have watched it so I hope you trust me and rent it. If you love music and movies this is so soothing for the soul. Glen Hansard is one of the most talented musicians in the present and stars in the movie. The soundtrack is unbelievable and is my favorite CD of last year. Pretty amazing I called it way before the Oscars gave it a nod for “best original song in a movie”.  Not much more I can say other then go see it. You will love it.

I was angry yesterday. I’m really glad that none of my friends watched the game with me because I threw a fit. When the Seahawks are doing bad or losing a game I am sort of an evil little kid. Once the game is over I realize that it’s just football and life has to go on. But still every time ,during the game, I show frustration. Yesterday was no different, but now that it’s all over with for the Seahawks, I am relieved and happy.

First of all give credit to the Packers who have done an outstanding job in weather like that, with the youngest team in the NFL, and one of the best Quarterbacks to ever play the game. They were unstoppable and Seattle looked like a High School team against them.

So what am I excited about? Next year.

Seattle has seen a lot of trials this year, especially in the running game. For the last 5 years they have relied on the run and this year it was gone. Good for Hasselback as he got to finally step up and be the type of leader the Seahawks needed. He had his best season in his career and will go into next year prepared like never before. The Defense also was much improved this year and if they keep building on it, it could become a force to be reckoned with. Now to the opportunity. The Running back situation needs to be fixed. God puts trials on people so they can learn from them and grow. Shaun Alexander knows this as well as his team. I am sure that the reason for their running back fluke this year was Gods intention to make Hasselback into a leader (mission accomplished). Now Seattle needs to get a good running back in the first round and the situation will be fixed.

The future looks brighter then ever. I can’t wait for 2008/2009.

So yesterday I played some poker with my friends from work. We had 7 people at my house and it was great. I came in 2nd and won $20 but whats even better then this I was playing the best poker of my life. I was reading people so well and made really good decisions. The feeling I get when I play good poker is the type of feeling I want every day. I would love to play professional poker for a living. That is a dream I have had for years now but the urge to play has never been stronger.

Some people claim that poker is gambling and this is possible. The reason why it’s also not possible is the fact that its a game of playing people not cards. Sure luck is involved sometimes but over a long run a person who knows how to read people and their betting patterns will come out on top more then 75% of the time. Why do you think professional poker players make in the money most of the time. The World Series Of Poker Championship doesn’t give a great example of this. When you have a tournament of 3000 to 4000 people playing, sure luck will have a lot to do with winning this monster. Unfortunately this is what we see on TV most of the time. We don’t get to see the cash games and smaller tournaments the professionals play and dominate. Put the guys who luck out at the big tournament on the same table with 8 pro’s and he will fold like a piece of paper.

This is encouraging to me. Hopefully one day somebody will sponsor me to play a tournament and start doing this on a regular basis. But until then I will have to keep improving my game.

Going to do my push-ups now,

Later

So I knew that eventually the time will come and I will cancel my blockbuster account. Officially I get my movies from Netflix now. The in-store exchange was a fascinating idea for blockbuster and I was sold. It seemed as if they had their competition wiped out of this earth. I should have know better then that. Of course the competitors would come up with ways to keep customers around. But it wasn’t what the competition had to offer that made me switch it was just an incentive. The transition happened when blockbuster decided to limit the amount of in-store exchanges. You can’t give and then take it away. That is like giving somebody a Christmas gift and then a year later asking back for it. It’s absurd.

Well I’m happier now knowing I’ll be getting my movies in the mail quicker and not having to drive to the store all the time. Not to mention the online viewing hours Netflix gives you according to your plan. Pretty awesome.To give it all a shot I watched a movie online last night. 12 Angry Men to be exact. I’ve been wanting to watch this movie for a while now. It’s a 1957 classic and one that is on most movie critics top 10 list. Well it made my top 30, ranking in at 21st. I have to say I still like A Few Good Men better as a courtroom drama. Still, this is a nice way to start off the subscription.

I haven’t truly wrote anything on wordpress in a while. It has been on my mind and heart a lot, knowing that I could be very encouraging to others. The best way to express my feelings, emotions, and thoughts is to write it down in a open manner. I have nothing to hide from you guys and I hope that you don’t hide anything from me either. We need to have the trust and brotherhood/sisterhood amongst each other that is unbreakable and strong as God’s armor. Don’t be afraid to let it all out in front of people that love you and won’t judge you. With that said, don’t worry about sounding silly or making a fool of yourself, stand strong for God. We are his people and we have been commanded to show undying compassion. Be fearless and brave hearted, have glory and mercy, show punch drunk love to God and one another.

I love this movie with Adam Sandler. He is such a confused individual, who is unsure of himself and has no faith in others. He is very determined though to make something happen and break out of his shell. The reason why it never worked before is because he was self-centered. The awakening seems to emerge when he falls in love and stops focusing in on himself but shifting his attention to his love.

Love has such a huge impact on our life. Most of the times we don’t notice this but it is one of the only things that make us stop thinking of ourself. When you fall in love with someone there is nothing you wouldn’t do for that person. I love my wife so much and there isn’t anything any man can think of that I wouldn’t do for her. I love you guys just as much and there isn’t anything that I wouldn’t do for any of you either. Even those that I don’t know so well yet, I want you to know that I’ll always be here for you. Don’t ever hesitate to call and ask for a hand or just a listening heart. I love God, my wife and my family more then just a lot. I love you punch drunk.

That being said I’m going to bed. I’ll try to be on here more in the future.

Here you go Mike. I finally completed this mind boggleing list. Picking the movies wasn’t so hard but ranking them was a nightmare. I feel pretty comfortable with it now.

1. Magnolia

American History X

Vanilla Sky

Saving Private Ryan

5. Gladiator

Schindler’s List

A Few Good Men

Shawshank Redemption

The Pianist

10. Rocky

The Elephant Man

Braveheart

Munich

United 93

15. Crash

A House Of Sand And Fog

Lost In Translation

Apocalypto

A Man On Fire

20. City Of God

Primal Fear

Rounders

Fight Club

The Breakfast Club

25. Hotel Rwanda

Good Will Hunting

Children Of Men

The Graduate

Glory

30. Babel

The Jacket

13 Tzameti

The Last Samurai

The Passion Of Christ

35. Antwone Fisher

Sleepers

The Last King Of Scotland

Zodiac

Cast Away

40. Hitch

Little Miss Sunshine

A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints

The Departed

Casino Royal

45. Sideways

Little Children

Half Nelson

Million Dollar Baby

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

50. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

Requiem For A Dream

Me, Myself and Irene

Office Space

Road To Predition

55. Collateral

Men Of Honor

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

The Lives Of Others

Raging Bull

60. Disturbia

Fearless

Enemy At The Gates

Breach

Stranger Then Fiction

65. The Patriot

Awakenings

Bruce Almighty

A Beautiful Mind

Frequency

70. My Cousin Vinny