Movie Monday

Movie Monday: October 8th, 2017

🍂 Review of  Halloweentown 🍂

Watched October 7th, 2017

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"Being normal is vastly overrated." 

I have watched this movie too many times to count. This was one of the many Halloween movies that I grew up with and that I still enjoy to the fullest. 

The Plot

The movie is about a thirteen year old girl named Marnie, her mother Gwen, her younger siblings Dylan and Sophie, and their grandmother Aggie. It starts with Marnie arguing with her mother about why she cannot go to a costume party on Halloween. She does not understand why she and her siblings has never been able to do any of the things many children do for Halloween. Her mother does not explain this. Later on in the night her grandmother Aggie comes for her annual Halloween visit.

Marnie over hears her mother and grandmother talking later on and finds out that her grandmother and mother are witches. Also, that she and her siblings are too.  After their argument, Aggie tells Gwen that people have disappearing in Halloweentown (where she lives) Marnie, Dylan, and Sophie follow their grandmother back to Halloweentown to try and help her with the "bad thing."

My Love for this Movie

The characters have always made this movie for me. Debbie Reynolds, who played Aggie and Kimberly J. Brown, who played Marnie, were my favorites in the movie. This was the first movie that got me into stories with witches and I have never went back. Also, it used to really creep me out as a kid, though it doesn't anymore I can still remember that fear. 

Besides Marnie and Aggie, the other cast of characters are also great parts of the movie. The eclectic group of citizens from Halloweentown are great. We get vampires, other witches, ghosts, werewolves, pumpkin headed people, and so many more. The setting of Halloweentown is just an enjoyable place and is creative. 

This is one of the best Disney Channel original movies that I watch every year because of my love for it. I will never get enough of this movie. 

🍂 Mini Review of TV show
Buffy the Vampire Slayer🍂
Episode 16: Storyteller
Watched October 8th, 2017
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This is one of my favorite episodes and this was the second time that I have watched it.  It's interesting to see Andrew's perspective of what has happened in Buffy.  Andrew has a very active imagination and it plays into the overall episode. I really love the lesson that Buffy teaches him in this episode. This is one of the funniest episodes, but also is quite devastating in parts. Overall it's an awesome episode. This is one of the final episodes though so I can't say much and not spoil the show.  

It was about Andrew making a video about Buffy and how she slays. Buffy and many of the other characters do not really understand why he is making the videos. As the episode goes on, we realize as Buffy does why Andrew is always making up these stories. It's quite a touching episode at the end. 

🍂Mini Review of Star Wars: The Last Jedi Trailer 🍂
Watched October 9th, 2017

This poster is amazing!

I'll just make a couple comments about the trailer. First of all, the way that they have edited the clips together is interesting. I'm sure what we see here will be different in the movie but this really is making me wonder how dark it's all going to be. This definitely is looking like it's going to be a surprising movie. I really like the quotes from Luke and Poe in the trailer. And the Finn scene looks awesome also. There is just so much in this short two minutes. 

The Leia scenes hit me hard. 

That ending was the most interesting to me. What is going to happen with Rey and Kylo? That's what I want to know. So yeah the excitement is at full force right now. 

December 15th cannot come quick enough.

Movie Monday: Review of Casper Meets Wendy

🎃Movie Monday: October 2nd, 2017

Review of Casper Meets Wendy

Watched October 1st, 2017 🎃

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This is the first time in many years that I have watched this movie and I enjoyed it, but it was not as good as I remembered it. The best part of this film is the villain which I will get into later on. The title characters, Casper and Wendy's friendship is cute. This is a very corny movie that really did not hold up to what I remember from it. It's a great movie for kids, but I'm not so sure for adults.

My favorite part of this movie is the villain, Desmond Spellman, his goons Jules and Vincent, and the oracle in the mirror. Every part of the movie that has any of them is funny. Desmond is played by the great George Hamilton and is a reason to watch this movie. Really, I would recommend this movie just for his parts. The rest does not have much substance, but his parts made up for that for me.

There are plenty of great movies from my childhood that still hold up for me today, this is not one of them. I did enjoy parts of the movie most of them being with Desmond. He's not in it enough for me to make it completely enjoyable. Actually, I became bored while watching many of the other parts. I loved Hilary Duff in this movie, especially seeing the difference from then and now. I'm glad I started with this movie for my October, they will only get better now. 

Movie Monday: Review of The Hobbit: The Unexpected Journey

🍂 Movie Monday: Sept. 18th, 2017

Review of The Hobbit: The Unexpected Journey

Watched September 16th, 2017 🍂

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I have loved the original Lord of the Rings trilogy since I was a child and I have been wanting to watch The Hobbit trilogy for quite awhile. On Saturday, I finally watched the first movie in the trilogy and I enjoyed it. I did read the book when I was around twelve or thirteen but do not remember much besides major plot points. So basically, I went into this movie not sure of what to expect. I'm sure that this series is not accurate as adaptations, but as a prequel to The Lord of the Rings movies, I enjoyed this. 

The movie opens with Bilbo Baggins, who is approaching his 111th birthday. He is writing down his story of what happened during his adventures in The Hobbit and is telling his nephew, Frodo of what has occurred. These scenes take place directly before what occurs in The Fellowship of the Ring. Then we go from a visual of him blowing in his pipe at his older age, to him blowing in his pipe as a young hobbit (at the age of 50). I enjoyed this little visual. Bilbo has a conversation with the wizard Gandalf, who tricks Bilbo into hosting a party for a group of thirteen dwarfs. He slowly finds out that Gandalf has convinced these dwarfs that he will work with them as their burglar. The dwarfs have a plan to go to the Lonely Mountain and take it back for the dwarfs. 

In the beginning of the movie, we get the backstory of the dragon, Smaug coming to the Lonely Mountain, which the dwarfs owned. He takes the mountain and all of their gold. Thorin, the grandson of the king of the dwarfs wants to take back his land and has gathered the thirteen dwarfs to accomplish this. Bilbo is reluctant about taking a part in the adventure. Hobbits are not known for wanting adventure. The dwarfs stay in Bilbo's house for the night and leave early the next morning before Bilbo even wakes. Bilbo decides to go on the adventure running after them. 

One of the enjoyable aspects of this movie is the humor. This is based on a novel that was much lighter in tone than The Lord of the Rings trilogy and it's obvious. There are darker scenes but a humorous tone takes up a good portion of the movie. I loved this movie's humor and to me, it's hilarious a good portion of the time. My favorite character is Smeagol/ Gollum. Gollum has been corrupted by a ring that becomes very important in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. It was funny to see his interactions with Bilbo and just his characteristics again. I have always enjoyed Gollum, even though he used to really creep me out when I was a child (side note: I used to be able to imitate him pretty well). 

Also, Martin Freeman was a great pick for Bilbo. From what I remember of the book, he played Bilbo perfectly. His mannerisms compared to the dwarfs is enjoyable to watch. He brings a lot to the character and was a joy to see. Then we have Sir Ian McKellan reprising his role as Gandalf. I remember when I first heard that they were making these movies and I could not wait to see him as Gandalf again. He was and will always be one of my top favorite older wizards (along with Dumbledore and Merlin). 

Overall, I really enjoyed what they did with this movie. I'm not going to judge it as an adaptation because I really do not remember enough of the novel to do this. As a movie that is meant to be a prequel of one of my favorite movie trilogies of all time, I loved it. I will be watching the rest of the movies soon and cannot wait. It took me too long to watch this movie series and I will make sure to rectify this soon. I recommend this movie for fantasy lovers and anyone who has watched The Lord of the Rings movies and loved them. I believe you will enjoy this movie. 

Movie Monday- Star Wars Tag Questions

🌟 Movie Monday: The Star Wars Tag Questions 🌌

  September 11th, 2017

1.) What is your favorite Star Wars Movie?
     -The Empire Strikes Back

2.) What is the coolest planet in Star Wars?
     - Coruscant, just the idea of a planet being just one city is cool.

3. ) Would you be a Jedi or Sith?
     -Jedi

4.) Who is your favorite character in Star Wars?                                
     -Han Solo

5.) What is your favorite musical theme in Star Wars?
    - Han and Leia's theme


6.) What is the coolest battle in Star Wars?
    -Darth Vader and Luke's battle in Return of the Jedi

7.) What is your favorite ship?
     -Millennium Falcon

8.) What is your favorite line of dialogue?
     -"Just for once, let me look on you with my own eyes" - Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker- Return of the Jedi
       This whole scene makes me cry every single time. It's so beautiful.


9.) What do you think of the prequel trilogy?
     - I don't hate them or really like them. There are some good scenes in at least Revenge of the Sith. I do love Obi Wan in most of these movies so I cannot say that I hate them. They are so flawed though.

10.) Lightsaber or Blaster?
     -Lightsaber, they are so cool. Just saying.

11.) Do you own any Star Wars video games?
      -Technically the Lego Star Wars games but they are also my brother's. I love these games so much.

12.) Favorite Star Wars scene?

I cannot choose between these:

This is because he is so menacing even in his introduction. 

13.) Which outfit do you wish you had in your closet?
      -Leia's outfit, in the beginning of The Empire Strikes Back

14.) Character you would want to marry?
      -I would have probably always said Han Solo but I do not know if he would be a good decision. I don't know if he could have ever settled down. So I'll say, Poe Dameron. I love him a lot too.

  

   

15.) Character you would want as your sidekick?
       -BB-8, he's so cute.


16.) Favorite villain?
       -Darth Vader duh! He's my favorite villain ever out of anything.

17.) What would your lightsaber color be?
        -Blue

18.) Padme or Leia?
       -Leia all the way.

19.) What are your thoughts on episode seven?
        -I love it so much. I cannot wait until The Last Jedi.