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A senior thesis idea for communications major Peter Vadala has turned into a campus-wide "Culture of Life" project that will soon evolve into "College Musical," a movie intended to spread the message of God's grace to secular audiences.

The project started out simply as a script that Vadala was writing for his thesis. When Vadala chose to actually create the movie, the project grew to include nearly 30 musicians, vocalists, actors and technical crew.

At first Vadala's script focused on abortion, but as he revised, he decided to focus on an anti-pornography message. Vadala said he can understand the issue, since he has met men who struggle with pornography.

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Yes! The latest recreation of Charles Dicken's A Chirstmas Carol was not only done right, I am left with curiousity if it's better then anything that has come, before.

Disney did not spare much of anything, here. The plot is so wordy, it can almost drive the movie further then the incredible visuals, at times. It reaches in deep to the original story and pulls out a great worth that other incarnations may have missed.

Then, there's the use of this new age 3-D. At times, it will throw something in your face. (Like the snow flakes and that whip.) But, they rarely use it as an assaulting gimic and almost utilize it to make the whole experience somehow enriching. That depth has something all it's own to say. Which is something that not all 3-D movies can even hope to promote.

The movie does have about a half dozen (or more) virtual rides. Can feel like being on a kind of roller coaster. Guess Disney would like that kind of stuff. The visuals move quickly and go in any virtual direction to create thrills. Sadly, seeing any previews pretty much rob all the best parts from those moments. Don't expect much plot movement. Just, camera movement.

However, between the action scenes comes the meat and potatoes that make the movie go so deeply...perhaps, to the point that a child might become bored with. The scripture feels like it was pulled from the era of the original writing. If a picture can say a thousand words, they used every one up. Be interesting to play older movie versions, side by side, to see if any of them can measure up. In fact, it almost challenges the audience to think just a little bit.

Then, there's that visual richness that took from Polar Express and egged it on to modern complexities. True. There's hardly a frame that could fool the eye into thinking it was real. But, sur-real is perfect. They pull off some visuals that real life would be a hard challenge to film. Still, nearly every moment of the film was a treasure trove for the eyes.

In fact, Jim Carrey was so good, you almost couldn't tell he was in the film at all. If the credits were removed and any notions wiped clean, it be very hard to tell just how many characters he gave voice to.

And, a nod to how far computers have come. If this is what virtual reality is for today, what will it be like, 30 years down the road? Will the computer have so much power that real life images will be as easy as math to it?

Rant about Scrooge over. On to personal life:

Work just traded my Monday off for a Saturday! Joy!!! I'm going to a local Renascence Fair in celebration for the rare weekend day! Hope to take lots of pictures/video.

And, I half expect to see the new PlayStation 3 drive, when I get home.

Also, got that winning prize gift card. Picked up the latest Katamari game. A bit pricy, though. At $50, I might not have otherwise bothered.