The In-Between

it is not when the tempest pounds the river’s shore 

as hostile waves compose a violent song

nor in its silence, its surface like a mirror

but when its ebb and flow simply rolls along

it is not when the sun is highest in its flight 

giving light and life to all who watched it rise

nor when it abandons and gives way to the night

but when it plainly rests on common skies 

it is not when grief and fear choke the life from me

nor when joy chases away all my doubts

but I know where it is found, inside the two extremes

where life quietly hums along its route

here I lose my need for grace

here I lose my need for grace

My Movie List of 2011

Top 5 Favorite Movies Of the Year:
        1. Warrior

        2. Midnight in Paris

        3. Moneyball

        4. Super 8

        5. Rise of the Planet of the Apes

       (Honorable Mentions):

       - X-men: First Class

       - The Help

(Notes: Most of these movies were surprises for me, especially Rise and Super 8. I don’t think these were the best or most challenging or most ingenious movies of the year, simply, these were the best moviegoing experiences I had of 2011. I was drawn into the plots and lost myself in the worlds these movies created. I highly recommend all of them.)

Top 5 Worst Movies of 2011

1. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2. Unknown 
3. Just Go With It
4. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
5. Drive

(Notes: alright alright. I know Drive is making most serious and learned critics favorite movies of the year lists, but I am not a serious or learned critic. I thought Gosling’s performance was so understated that I couldn’t care less about him in the movie. I like what director Nicolas Winding Refn was trying to pull-off, but the over stylized, glossy frames wear on the viewer, the ultra violence doesn’t off-set the calm, coolness of the writing/acting, but simply confuses the audience. I was highly disappointed.)

Top 5 Movies I still need to see:

1. The Tree of Life
2. Certified Copy
3. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
4. Martha Marcy May Marlene
5. The Artist

Top Underrated Movies of 2011

1. Source Code
2. The Adjustment Bureau
3. Warrior