MI4: Ghost Protocol

I could use the season break to visit the cinema recently, watching Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol on an IMAX screen. In a strange departure from other MI movies, there is a definite line of humor, even comedy, driven by Simon Pegg, who is the technical genius of the team, and things go sometimes wrong in a funny way. But to me this is misplaced, and does not fit to the overall theme and story. Anyway, the movie was enjoyable, specifically the vertigo-inducing sequences from the Burj Khalifa - the IMAX presentation certainly helped here. Tom Cruise felt good in the role, but my favorite MI movie remains MI:III with the best villain so far.

Spider Picture

A Spider was hanging out in the frame of our backdoor. I ran into the spider web, but it stayed intact, so I had the chance to take a few pictures with the Alpha 55V and the 100mm Macro lens. Two other pictures are at Picasa or after the jump.

Season's Greetings 2011

It's that time already... sending everyone "Season's Greetings" and Happy Holidays. More pictures made for this occasion are at Christina's Blog. And a little history of such greetings on this blog is here: 2010, 2009, 2008.