Can You Plant Trees in the Jungle...

....well, does the Pope crap in the woods?

....yeah, thats what I thought.

I like animation that has actually story because it is easier to get lost in than animation that doesn't have a plot to it. Whether this is a true story or not, it is a masterpiece of storytelling. A man spending his whole life planting trees so hopefully his hard work will change the earth that he lives on. The whole landscape of the "no mans land" is flipped around, people are amazed that this natural forest just started to grow, and it brings all sorts of life, and soon the place is bustling with people as it used to. The waters that didn't flow do now, and the places that used to be dead are alive, it reminds of a Pay It Forward(http://imdb.com/title/tt0223897/) type of concept. Where you are just one person, but your best to change the world, you can, you have to pay it forward.

Talk about the end of the spear. We watched the film on Wednesday night for a chapel credit, and…for a Christian film, it is really good, and I was severely surprised. They really put a lot of money into the film, thanks to the help of my favorite craft and hobbies store, Hobby Lobby. From what I have heard, the guy that made the movie is the son of the President of Hobby Lobby, but I can't confirm that information. Although I can confirm that on the companies' part of their imdb.com webpage, Hobby Lobby is listed as a company with special thanks, but that is it. Great storytelling, told it just as it happened, captured the raw humanity of what those people were and the undying love of the missionaries for them, great. The ending was strange, and the actor playing the dad played the son also, which messed with the continuum of the story, if that is the right word, which it isn't, so you needn't worry.

News Alert
The Herald Tribune
October 13th 2006
7:38 pm

A local movie theatre in Huntington, Indiana experienced a horrifying event in the last hour. During the middle of the movie, The Grudge 2, while moviegoers where thoroughly enjoying themselves with the thriller, the projection room in the top of the theatre exploded. As the moviegoers screamed and started a mass exodus towards the exit signs glowing the flames, popcorn and drinks slid down the aisles, causing quite a sticky mess, the theatre ushers said. No one was injured in the explosion, the projection boy was on his break when this happened and only the equipment was destroyed. The police have agreed to investigate the scene and are waiting for results from the fire departments analysis. While the cause of the explosion is yet unknown, the majority of the people in the theatre seem to agree it was a bomb of some sort. Although why someone would put a bomb in the projection room of a fun and entertaining movie is baffling to our editorial staff. We will keep you updated when we get more information, thank you.