Jenny and I went to an afternoon movie called Wanted on Wednesday since we could. We sat behind a couple who had brought their newborn, who slept through most of the movie and didn’t bother anyone. That could be us in a couple of months. Anyway, the movie was pretty good. I’m a sucker for hitman movies, which is probably horribly unChristian of me, but I can’t help what I like. My favorite is probably Leon: The Professional by Luc Besson. Wanted had some significant plot holes and too much gore for my taste, but the action sequences were thrilling, with Matrix-style slow-mo, curving bullets, car chases using a red Dodge Viper, the whole bit.<\/p>\n
As always, I looked up the movie’s trivia page on IMBD.com<\/a>, the world’s best movie site, and learned that the screenwriters were Baylor alums Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, who graduated from the writing program a year or two ahead of me. I never met them, but I took a couple of classes with Robert Darden, a successful writer who served as a mentor of sorts for them. They named the first assassination target after Darden, one of my favorite profs. I wonder what he thought about such a dubious honor. As you might know, I wrote a couple of unpublished screenplays myself while at Baylor and briefly considered pursuing it as a career before my desire for a steady paycheck convinced me otherwise. It’s nice to see products of the Baylor writing department enjoying success in Hollywood. Sic ’em, Bears!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jenny and I went to an afternoon movie called Wanted on Wednesday since we could. We sat behind a couple who had brought their newborn, who slept through most of the movie and didn’t bother anyone. That could be us … Continue reading