The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey

Once again I have forked out my life savings to go see a movie during its’ first week in release.  This time the offering was The Hobbit – An Unexpected Journey.  Now that the movie has been released to video I thought that it would be a good time to post my review.

The Hobbit was some of what I expected and quite a few things different.  Did it match the hype?  Not totally.  Was it grandiose?  Sure.  Was it well done?  Yup.  So, here’s the run down.

Skyfall: My First James Bond on the Big Screen

Yup, you read right. Until last weekend I had never watched a James Bond movie at a movie theater. You might say that I have been missing out all of these years. You know, you'd probably be right...

Now don't get me wrong... It's not that I haven't wanted to... It's not that I haven't been able to... It's not that I don't care for Bond (having seen every Bond film ever made makes typing that seems so heretical)... It's just that I haven't done so.

Hunger Date Night Games 101

Recently my beloved wife and I were blessed that our eldest daughter was available to babysit the younger children.  So we took advantage of sneaking out for dinner and a movie.  There were a couple of things that made this particular date night great and there was one thing that made it less than thrilling.

Links-R-Us, Vol. 8

Wow…  It’s been a while since I last posted something – too long for my comfort.

When I started blogging, I had two main goals I wanted to accomplish: blog often and blog something that would be interesting for the reader.   Call it my “all-you-can-eat” buffet of thoughts – lots of good food that you return for often…  Unfortunately the quantity hasn’t quite worked out as well as I had hoped, but with any luck the quality of the content has been satisfying for those who have chosen to partake…  I thank you for listening to me rant, but that’s not what I’m writing about today.  Today is once again Link-Friday!

Today I am starting with a couple of similar links.  The first is the movie trailer for part one of The Hobbit.  The movie isn’t scheduled to come out until a year from now, but the first trailer is up and it looks good!  The second link is the announcement of Lego: Lord of the Rings for game systems.  I have four children waiting with baited breath for that puppy to show up.  Unfortunately, it isn’t scheduled to come out until July 2012.  Enjoy: