Monday, September 15, 2008
whats up with us contributers
hey readers, whats up this is just a post on whats up with all of us, well Jackson and I are playing soccer which is fun both our teams won our first games i am doing heritage now and am trying to figure out how to get all my work done by friday i am also doing another co-op called Wisdom Seekers which is a lot of fun. and i am also going to be in a play Called Our Town which is scheduled to come out in November i think, (Brittany is also in it) but anyway if you want to come its at the morton theatre in downtown Athens i'll post more info later. i am also doing the Georgia Childrens/teenagers chorus which is really fun and i highly reccomend if you are looking for an outlet for singing. Brittany is also doing Heritage and also dealing with a busy schedule (mostly babysitting for our neighbors one year old ) and is busy the littles and my mom are working on school and my dad is currently on a trip with some highschoolers he teaches so we are quite busy but thats up with us so i will see all you readers soon. Connor
Thursday, August 21, 2008
hey
hey all readers just wanted to say sorry there have been no recent posts i'll get them on that in the meantime i just wanted to say hi and that more posts are on the way.
Friday, August 1, 2008
The Dark Knight
Hello Jackson here, I have been extremely busy and finally have gotten around to posting my review of the Dark Knight.
5 out of 5
An enthralling, haunting, morally complex crime drama, the Dark Knight puts the bar on summer movies so high that it is doubtful any film in the foreseeable future will measure up. At the start of the film all is well in Gotham city, Batman is cleaning up the streets, crime is on the downswing and Gotham has a new White Knight, newly elected District Attorney Harvey Dent. This all changes with the introduction of a grinning manic freak known as the Joker.
Heath Ledger's demonic, frenzied performance as the aforementioned villain makes the film and terrifies the audience. His joker is a costumed freak who comes out of nowhere, without a back story, a plan (unless you count creating as much chaos as possible) or even a name, this total lack of motivation makes him if anything, more frightening, he is truly the devil incarnate. Interested in nothing more than causing anarchy and wishing to include everyone in his horrific fun, going so far as to pit the passengers of two ferry's together in a death match of sorts, and being terribly upset when they refuse to comply.
On the other side of the moral divide are three heroes, those who have made the most significant contributions to making Gotham a safer place and are working the hardest to keep it so. The newest member of this trio is Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) Gotham's newly elected district attorney, an idealistic and charismatic man who has succeeded in putting a large portion of Gotham's criminal underworld behind bars. The second member is Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman), one of Gotham's few good cops and a Batman's most avid supporter on the police force. Finally we come to the second central character in our drama, The Batman. Equally effective as Batman or Bruce Wayne Christian Bale owns this role in a way none of his predecessors did, he is a gifted actor and brings us convincingly through Bruce and Batman's struggles and doubts, he is not a perfect hero, oh no this movie has none of those, but he is ultimately the only man Gotham can put her trust in.
The most interesting facet of the Dark Knight is not the many chases, explosions, and fight scenes, but director Christopher Nolan's examination of a city fallen into chaos, and his musings on what it means to be a hero " You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain" says Harvey Dent, Nolan wants to know if this is true. By the middle of the film Gotham is a semblance of the city it once was,having been torn down with insane glee by the Joker. He has turned the city's inhabitants against one another and is toying with those who try to stop him, forcing them into impossible moral conundrums and sick games. This is where the film begins to ask its questions. This is Gotham's and Batman's darkest hour, where it would be so easy to slip into the void and be lost forever. Nolan subtly explores these gray areas as Batman is forced to do things unethical to stop an even greater evil. But to the Jokers dismay Batman's besieged ideals never fully collapse, he repeatedly refuses to kill the Joker not even when he does something far beyond justification, not even when he wounds the Batman personally does Batman sink to the Jokers level. But coming face to face with this unspeakable evil shakes him to his core, he may not fall completely but he comes perilously close to the edge, even going so far to lock Joker in a room and beat him savagely. Batman may be impossible to break but his companions are not so strong, Gotham's White Knight, the man all their hope is pinned on has fallen. Horribly scarred both mentally and physically by the Joker. He rampages around the city exacting revenge on those he deems responsible for his downfall. Using a coin to decide who lives and dies and justifying this by saying " In an amoral world the only justice is chance".
In direct relation to this Nolan is not only interested in what happens to people when they are plunged into fearful anarchy but what happens to society. His portrayal of a destroyed society while bleak, and frightening is ultimately hopeful. The Joker is trying to prove that he can make everyone like him, and is successful to a degree, however the majority of the people when confronted with the abyss turn back. In the end Nolan's decides that people are stronger than the Joker believes and while we may sink into the gray areas in the end we will choose what is right.
Nolan's film is an epic masterpiece, a well crafted provocative drama that deserves to be watched. The questions it raises are not easy ones and like all great films it leaves you walking out of the multiplex slightly shaken and wishing you just had a little more time in his world. The Dark Knight is not merely a well crafted piece of entertainment but a powerful drama, and takes its rightful title as the best ever comic book film with nihilistic and ultimately noble style.
5 out of 5
An enthralling, haunting, morally complex crime drama, the Dark Knight puts the bar on summer movies so high that it is doubtful any film in the foreseeable future will measure up. At the start of the film all is well in Gotham city, Batman is cleaning up the streets, crime is on the downswing and Gotham has a new White Knight, newly elected District Attorney Harvey Dent. This all changes with the introduction of a grinning manic freak known as the Joker.
Heath Ledger's demonic, frenzied performance as the aforementioned villain makes the film and terrifies the audience. His joker is a costumed freak who comes out of nowhere, without a back story, a plan (unless you count creating as much chaos as possible) or even a name, this total lack of motivation makes him if anything, more frightening, he is truly the devil incarnate. Interested in nothing more than causing anarchy and wishing to include everyone in his horrific fun, going so far as to pit the passengers of two ferry's together in a death match of sorts, and being terribly upset when they refuse to comply.
On the other side of the moral divide are three heroes, those who have made the most significant contributions to making Gotham a safer place and are working the hardest to keep it so. The newest member of this trio is Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) Gotham's newly elected district attorney, an idealistic and charismatic man who has succeeded in putting a large portion of Gotham's criminal underworld behind bars. The second member is Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman), one of Gotham's few good cops and a Batman's most avid supporter on the police force. Finally we come to the second central character in our drama, The Batman. Equally effective as Batman or Bruce Wayne Christian Bale owns this role in a way none of his predecessors did, he is a gifted actor and brings us convincingly through Bruce and Batman's struggles and doubts, he is not a perfect hero, oh no this movie has none of those, but he is ultimately the only man Gotham can put her trust in.
The most interesting facet of the Dark Knight is not the many chases, explosions, and fight scenes, but director Christopher Nolan's examination of a city fallen into chaos, and his musings on what it means to be a hero " You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain" says Harvey Dent, Nolan wants to know if this is true. By the middle of the film Gotham is a semblance of the city it once was,having been torn down with insane glee by the Joker. He has turned the city's inhabitants against one another and is toying with those who try to stop him, forcing them into impossible moral conundrums and sick games. This is where the film begins to ask its questions. This is Gotham's and Batman's darkest hour, where it would be so easy to slip into the void and be lost forever. Nolan subtly explores these gray areas as Batman is forced to do things unethical to stop an even greater evil. But to the Jokers dismay Batman's besieged ideals never fully collapse, he repeatedly refuses to kill the Joker not even when he does something far beyond justification, not even when he wounds the Batman personally does Batman sink to the Jokers level. But coming face to face with this unspeakable evil shakes him to his core, he may not fall completely but he comes perilously close to the edge, even going so far to lock Joker in a room and beat him savagely. Batman may be impossible to break but his companions are not so strong, Gotham's White Knight, the man all their hope is pinned on has fallen. Horribly scarred both mentally and physically by the Joker. He rampages around the city exacting revenge on those he deems responsible for his downfall. Using a coin to decide who lives and dies and justifying this by saying " In an amoral world the only justice is chance".
In direct relation to this Nolan is not only interested in what happens to people when they are plunged into fearful anarchy but what happens to society. His portrayal of a destroyed society while bleak, and frightening is ultimately hopeful. The Joker is trying to prove that he can make everyone like him, and is successful to a degree, however the majority of the people when confronted with the abyss turn back. In the end Nolan's decides that people are stronger than the Joker believes and while we may sink into the gray areas in the end we will choose what is right.
Nolan's film is an epic masterpiece, a well crafted provocative drama that deserves to be watched. The questions it raises are not easy ones and like all great films it leaves you walking out of the multiplex slightly shaken and wishing you just had a little more time in his world. The Dark Knight is not merely a well crafted piece of entertainment but a powerful drama, and takes its rightful title as the best ever comic book film with nihilistic and ultimately noble style.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Connors top ten movies rewritten
hi guys i am rewriting my top ten movies as i just saw the Dark Knight and thought it was amazing especially Heath Ledgers stunning performance as the joker however i would reccomend not to let your kids see it unless they are eleven years of age (or older) or have seen the first one Batman Begins and enjoyed it. so here they are. 1.The Dark Knight. 2.Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. 3. Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix. 4. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. 5. Lord of the Rings the Fellowship of the Ring. 6. Pirates of the Carribean Curse of the Black Pearl. 7. Rush Hour. 8. Lord of the Rings Return of the King. 9. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. 10. Les Miserables
Thursday, July 17, 2008
a disjointed and poorly punctuated introduction.
Hey people whats up? I just found out that our family had a blog and I thought i would check it out, pretty cool huh? I decided that it would be the perfect thing to distract me from by constant obssesing over the new batman flick The Dark Knight (have you guys heard about heath ledgers awesome new performance? and harvey dent.. ok i'll stop sorry) any way i thought i'd just say hello to all 4 of ya'll who read this blog. Also i'd like to say that my posts are proly going to be random disjointed and very focused on me so bear with me. One more thing i will probably post a lot of reviews of what i have been reading and watching and listening to so if ya'll want my take on various forms of entertainment this is the place to be. I hope to post a Dark Knight review sometime this weekend so until then
Jackson
Jackson
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Picture Time
An enthusiastic crew prepares for an early morning picture. Fortunately, the picture turned out a little better than it began, thanks to Aunt Robbie.
Hanging out in Harbourtown
Cousins Ellie, Aidan, and McLain find all kinds of different positions in a hospitable tree at the Harbourtown playground.
Sloth Sighting?
After biking his youngest cousin Meredith Laine to Harbourtown, Connor needs a bit of rest to recover. However, he recovered quickly. Later, he could be spotted climbing up into the tree house and doing cartwheels along the balance beam.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Connors Favorite books and series
Here are my fav books and series: the Harry Potter series, the Maximum Ride series, The Septimus Heap series, The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod series, Peeps, The Percy Jackson series, The Artemis Fowl series, Airman, The Vampirates series, and The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
Some of Brittany's favorite books
These are some of my favorite books, the ones that I read over and over: the Harry Potter series, the Maximum Ride series,the Gregor the Overlander series, On to Oregon, the Little House on the Prairie books, the Wind Boy, the Percy Jackson series,the Children of the Lamp series, the Septimus Heap series,the Spiderwick Chronicles, the Narnia series, the Dark is Rising series.
There are more books that I love, but these are the main ones. They are in no particular order, but I have definitely read Harry Potter more than any other.
There are more books that I love, but these are the main ones. They are in no particular order, but I have definitely read Harry Potter more than any other.
Brittany likes
These are some of my favorite things to do I love reading, playing with my little sister Mclain, listening to my ipod,I also like cooking, playing the card game hearts, playing with cousins, going to the beach, playing with our dog Indy, and watching movies.
super sitter
Hi!
I'm Brittany and I'm 13 years old and I love babies and little children. If you want to leave your children or go on a date, go shopping, eat lunch with some friends, or other things you can call me.
I have two little siblings who I helped with when they were babies and so have much practice. I know how to change diapers, put little one's to bed. I can cook simple things mostly dessert and am very responsible.
I am also up for being a mother's helper.
Thank you,
Brittany
I'm Brittany and I'm 13 years old and I love babies and little children. If you want to leave your children or go on a date, go shopping, eat lunch with some friends, or other things you can call me.
I have two little siblings who I helped with when they were babies and so have much practice. I know how to change diapers, put little one's to bed. I can cook simple things mostly dessert and am very responsible.
I am also up for being a mother's helper.
Thank you,
Brittany
Connors likes
hey this is some stuff i really like doing and its in no order or anything. i like to read, watch movies, Play Lego, hang out with friends, act, sing, listen to music, blade board/ripstick, make movies, writing, climbing, swimming, and playing video games.and those are just some of the many things i like to do.
Connors top ten bands
these are my top ten bands. 1. My Chemical Romance. 2.U2. 3. Three Days Grace. 4. Linkin Park. 5. The Goo Goo Dolls. 6. Fall Out Boy. 7. The Fray. 8. The Jonas Brothers. 9. Coldplay. 10. The Foo Fighters.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Hurdling
One of the unique features of the Brown vacation is hurdling with my dad. After coaching a number of successful hurdlers on his girls track team, he hopes that one of the grandkids might become one. Whether it happens or not, they love racing each other across the sand. In the first picture he instructs Aidan and Liam on the footplant. Next the two five year olds--Corinne and Aidan--square off in a race. After the afternoon's work, my dad spends a little time recovering with my mom and my sister-in-law Jamie.
Connors favorite movies
these are my top ten movies. 1.Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. 2. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. 3.Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. 4. Lord of the Rings the Fellowship of the Ring. 5. Once. 6. Pirates of the Carribean the Curse of the Black Pearl. 7. Rush Hour. 8.Lord of the Rings Return of the King. 9. Indiana jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. 10. Les Miserable's.
Cousin Time Part II
The older cousins are more inclined to hanging out. We managed to grab three groups of them while waiting for fireworks at Shelter Cove. (By the way, when in Hilton Head, don't bother to wait.) In the first picture are Brown, Connor, and Barnes; the second "cool" group, Miller, Jackson, and Parker; the third, Brittany, Bailey, and Betsy.
Cousin Time
Cousin time is the main attraction from the Brown family vacation. Here the group known as "the littles", parts of three different families, cram together on the dragon. from left to right: Corinne, Emerson, McLain, Liam, and Aidan. Perhaps, it goes without saying that the dragon did not last the week.
First Saturday at the Pool
Each June we spend a week with the Brown side of our family at Hilton Head Island. My brother Hoffman gets to spend a little more uninterrupted time with his wife Jamie and their five children, including daughter Emerson.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Blueberry Picking
Two years ago we spent a great morning at Miller Farm picking blueberries. (The bottom picture shows us with the fruits of our labor in 2006.) Unfortunately, last year a late freeze wiped out the blueberry crop so we missed out on this outing. We're happy to report that the blueberries are back, as McLain is demonstrating, but sad to say that Jackson missed out on the outing.
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