The End Of Summer!

But then again, did Summer ever really begin!? Just thought I'd do a quick re-cap of the last two or three weeks.

Went to Soul Survivor with the youth group, had a really good time, but the weather was awful. Enjoyed partnering with St. Mary's Church on this little adventure. Music and worship was excellent.

Watched a few movies. Rush Hour 3, pale impersonation of the other two movies. Seemed like a rushed, we need more money kind of movie. Some good action here and there but to say this was half-hearted would be an understatement!

Saw Knocked up! Quite enjoyed it, some real laugh out loud moments, but like a lot of romantic comedies, it became so romantic they began to forget about the comedy, and a lot of it, in the later stages, involved people yelling the F word very loudly. I like Seth Rogen, and will probably see Superbad but does everything have to imitate American Pie! Maybe not, more of this later.

Saw The Bourne Ultimatum. Which rocked! Fantastic film, it's great to watch a film made by people who obviously love film. Damon was amazing, and the action scenes were excellent, particularly the Waterloo sequence. Good to see Paddy Considine in a non-Shane Meadows, non British movie. I think Bourne Supremacy is my favourite of the three, we do need a little rest between the action and I felt this third film needed one more scene at the end. Maybe looping round to the beginning of the first movie? The second film felt more satisfying overall.

Spent some time with my family in Swansea, which was great. Welsh cakes! Caswell Bay! China China!

Also, I wrote a movie! At last! Flicking through channels a few weeks ago, happened upon Gregory's Girl and Pretty in Pink. Began to think about an English High school comedy. Hasn't really been one since Gregory's Girl and that was 1980! So, I have a good friend, who is an actor, and part of the youth group and attends High School. Began to bounce around some ideas and Simon helped with High School life, scenarios to think of including, terminology etc. and we have a script which is called....well, that's the thing we have a couple of titles we can't decide upon. But I will keep you posted.

I wrote during mornings in Wales, and our 80 page epic is ready. We hope to start filming soon, and we'll finish it when we finish it! Do need some music though, which we can't afford to pay for! Pop, rock kind of stuff. So any unsigned bands want to get a song of theirs in a movie? Let me know. You'll get some exposure, get a credit and the film will hopefully be seen in as many film festivals during 2008/2009 as possible. Excited about this, we need to overcome a few things but, at last, we get to make a full length feature film which has a script! And is written in such a way that we can make it with no-budget, and still appeal as a film.

Tour starts again on Sunday the 9th! Off to Kettering! I am also performing a new comedy monologue (a youth leader losing his mind!) at the Urban Saints Leaders gathering at Stopsley Baptist on Saturday, then rushing back to catch the England game. We'd better qualify!