Richard Harris - "MacArthur Park"

This is one of the songs which played while I waited for Earth to start playing.



Bonus - Donna Summer's cover!

Enthralled by "Earth"

I watched Earth this morning, just as I planned to do - and I was very impressed. These days, studios rely on gimmicks like 3D and IMAX in order to attract moviegoers, so it's refreshing to see a nature-based documentary where the "characters" do the talking (along with the narrator, James Earl Jones). Not that I have anything against these gimmicks when done right, like in Coraline and Monsters vs. Aliens.

There were scenes of humour, heartbreak, terror and beauty throughout. As a matter of fact, I almost cried at two points, but I won't reveal them in order to avoid spoiling the movie. All I'll say is that you'll be amazed and awestruck by the wonder that is our planet and its inhabitants. You'll also wonder how the heck the production team "did that" and you'll do it often; watch for one scene where the camera goes over a waterfall and then turns around to face it. Wow...

This is one movie I hope to see again. It makes me look forward to Disneynature's next film, Oceans, which arrives on Earth Day in 2010.

My Lunch Hour

Yonge-Dundas Square and Bell Trinity Square, taken April 24 2009.

This Is Where I Pray Every Weekday Morning

I won't be praying here beyond next Friday, though, as I'll no longer be working in this area.

Eaton Centre, 4th floor (near Indigo), taken April 24 2009.