Movie Review: Anastasia

Plot:
The daughter of last Russian Tsar, Anastasia, is found by two Russian men, Dimitri and Vladimir, who seek the reward that her grandmother, Marie, promised to the ones who'll find her. But the evil mystic of the Tsar family, Rasputin, who for some reason survived in this film, still wants the Romanov family to be destroyed forever.

Cast:
Anastasia - Meg Ryan
Dimitri - John Cusack
Rasputin - Christopher Lloyd

Review:
Okay, as evidence of my last Blog, you all know I am in love with Russia and Russian history. I know this isn't exactly Russian History but there is Russia and my two of my three favourite cities in it: St. Petersberg and Paris. Which are both in my two favourite countries. So I was partly sold and then there was a guy called Dimitri who was from St. Petersberg and then I had to watch it.
The story starts off in the Catherines Palace, where the Tsars were the siege happened. A young Dimitri saves a young Anastasia and her grandmother from the Bolsheviks who Rasputin helped by sending weird green bat ghosts to open the main gate to Palace. Anastasia hits her head and get amnisia and 10 years later she is leaving the orphanage on the way to St. Petersberg to find her family. She wants to find passage to Paris and that is when she meets Dimitri and Vlad, who are con men trying to get the money off of Anastasias grandmother for finding Anastasia.
Okay, I told you the start to the film. I loved the whole film but I don't want to give out spoilers. And I don't want to write out the whole film for you. Thats boring for both me and you.
There are loads of famous people in this film, normally with cartoons you have never even heard of one of the actors but I have heard and watched a load of the films these people made.
This film has all the characteristics of a Disney film yet not the out of control prices of a Disney film these days. I mean 20 quid for Beauty and The Beast, really, I'll really only watch it once and I have the beat up overused VHS from when I was four, I can easily climb behing my TV and hook up the video player I once got my hand caught in (I was 18 months, its acceptable). This film was 4 quid (and if you are not from the rainy shores of Britian and don't know what 'quid' is, its a colloquial word for pound) and it was on sale for cheaper than that.
I totally recommend this film for both the old generations trying to recapture child hood with princesses and catchy tunes or for kids who have an actual reason to watch it without feeling like a werido. Either way, I recommend you watch this film.

Just A Quick Question To You!!!

Recently I went on a trip to the cold cold country of Russia.

That is a picture of me on a frozen lake in Pushkin, where the last of the Romanovs were held before they were brutally murdered by the Bolshoviks.

So here is my question, who knows of any books that are about the Princesses Romanov or some fiction books about life in communist Russia for Young Adults. Russian History facinates me and I would love to read some books about them.

Next point:

I loved it in Russia and for some reason I think I belong there. Either in Moscow or St Petersburg. I would go there again and I will. Its a little promise I made to myself. I wished to go there for so long and I think I spent too little time there. 

So here is my second question, what country do you dream of going to and exploring. Somewhere where you think you might belong. I want to know, I don't care if its even Skegness, I want to know. It will help me find settings for the story I am working on.

The Hunger Games Movie

I would like to start this blog by apologising to you, my loyal 8 followers, I know I promised you more Blogs but things came up, like once in a lifetimes things so I had to seize them. But I am going to state now, that I will try better at Blogging to you, its not a promise but it is a half assed commitment.

Now on with the Review:

Plot:

Set in a dystopian future, the totalitarian nation of Panem is divided between 12 districts and the Capitol. Each year two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal retribution for a past rebellion, the televised games are broadcast throughout Panem. The 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors while the citizens of Panem are required to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss's young sister, Prim, is selected as District 12's female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She and her male counterpart Peeta, are pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who have trained for this their whole lives.

Written By Suzanne Collins

Cast:

Katniss Everdeen - Jennifer Lawrence 

Peeta Mellark      - Josh Hutcherson

Gale Hawthorne  - Liam Hemsworth

Review:

Okay, not many films do the book justice, well execpt Breaking Dawn because both the book and the film were crap. But this films was a credit to Suzanne Collins epic dystopiad and hopefully this film will spark more writers to go in that direction, I know my writing has definatly taken that turn.This film showed the dictatorship of Panem brilliantly, the choice of President Snow was amazing and the way it was filmed was extrodinary.

However they missed out some key bits and added extra scenes, which I don't mind. I liked how Seneca Crane was depicted (loving the fanciful beard) and how he ran The Games. I liked the look on Gales face when Peeta and Katniss started making out. TEAM PEETA. It was inspired.

Jennifer Lawrence played the role of Katniss perfectly. I was even drawn to the character, when the day before I was listing the wrongs of Katniss Everdeen to my friend Ciara. Josh Hutcherson was looking fine as he played the amazing character of Peeta Mellark.

So I round off this Blog saying: **** for The Hunger Games

SORRY!!!!!!

I am so sorry I haven't been blogging recently, you know, school, evil teachers, headteacher who think they are dictators. I know it is no excuse but Year 10 is taking over my life. I am meant to be doing homework right now. So I am going to leave you with a quote that makes me and my best friend laugh.

The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter

Before I write this review, I am assuring you I have not fallen off the face of the earth or gone fully insane, its just the start of one of the two most important years of my life. GCSE's so I'm sorry if I don't Blog every week but I'll try.

It's always been just Kate and her mom—and her mother is dying. Her last wish? To move back to her childhood home. So Kate's going to start at a new school with no friends, no other family and the fear her mother won't live past the fall.Then she meets Henry. Dark. Tortured. And mesmerizing. He claims to be Hades, god of the Underworld—and if she accepts his bargain, he'll keep her mother alive while Kate tries to pass seven tests.
Kate is sure he's crazy—until she sees him bring a girl back from the dead. Now saving her mother seems crazily possible. If she succeeds, she'll become Henry's future bride, and a goddess.

This book was amazing. I know, it started off really sad, I mean really sad. You meet Kate in a tough place, her mother is dying and she knows it. She would do anything to save her, she's looked after her since she was diagnosed with cancer and she knows no other life than without her mother. She moves to Eden for her mothers last wish. At first she gets on the bad side of a girl at school which leads her to meet Henry.
Kates character is incrediblyh loyal to her mother, she would do anything to keep her alive and live with her another day. She doesn't want anyones help in caring for her mother and she hates going to school and leaving her mother with the day nurse. At first when she is living with Henry, she apprehensive to start with but she gets used to it and finally likes it.
So all in all, read this book!

Easy A

Summary by Sony Pictures:
After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean cut high school girl sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne's in "The Scarlet Letter," which she is currently studying in school - until she decides to use the rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.

Director: Will Gluck
Olive: Emma Stone
Woodchuck Todd: Penn Badgley
Marianne: Amanda Bynes
Brandon: Dan Byrd






Review:
There is only one word to describe this film: Hilarious. This is a chick flick, and I know, I like Vampires and Bloodsucking and all that and thats why I ran down the halls of my school shouting, 'I'm a Vampire' at the top of my voice two Christmases ago (that is why people think I am a freak, but I like it) but I'm quite partial to the occasional (Okay, frequent) Romantic Teen Comedies. Especially ones that are modern retellings of classics (Clueless and 10 Things I Hate About You, to name a few). But they have to work and in my opinion, this did work, perfectly, it told a story of a girl who just wanted to blend in and was thrust into the lime light of her school when she "lost her virginity" (I stress the quotation marks very seriously) and had to deal with the whole school calling her a slut. So she does what they tell her, she pretends to be a slut, even though she really isn't, in the process, losing her best friend, breaking a marriage up and falling in love with the one person who believes and has done since she was in eighth grade.
The character of Olive is a strong character, she doesn't mind blending into the background and she jokes about it, when she is thrust into the limelight by Marianne - a religious popular girl - she is instantly noticed and is not liking the attention she is getting from a lie, but she deals with it and conforms to what they are calling her, adding a red A to all her clothing, like in the Scarlet Letter. She is quite a compassiononate character, always trying to help those who are upset, namely the boys she pretends to have sex with for Gift Vouchers. You see her at her most vulnerable at the end of the film, when everything goes wrong and her lie becomes too much. And I think that was good, because I know I wouldn't have had the strength to do that while everyone hated me.
So, all in all an A for Easy A (cheesy I know but thats what everyone needs, a bit of cheese for their day) and a definite must see people. Even people who like Vampire, you need a little sunlight once in a while. :-)

Freaking Awesome

I know I haven't posted in a while, I was in Barcelona and am still recovering from the heat and I am currently supposed to be doing a GCSE German assignment but I'd rather be reading or watching The Big Bang Theory. Totally just became hooked on it. I <3 Sheldon! Anyway, I am on IMDb looking up Mortal Instrument news because they haven't told the world who Simon or Magnus or Valentine are going to be yet and I seriously need to know who Magnus is because he is amazingly awesome and I think he should rule the world. If he weren't an imaginary character in ther awesome Mortal Instruments. If I haven't told you this already, read them, they are freaking awesome. Got two of my friends to read them this summer, Ella (Harry Potter Maniac) can vouch for me, they are FREAKING AWESOME.
But kinda getting off track here, I went down to the recommendations and found out that Fallen by Lauren Kate might be made into a movie. The reason I say might is because I couldn't find anything on her website say it would be made into a film. So I decided to get some Print Screen Proof of this:

 

I told my Blogger Best Buddy Ciara (Book Worms And Film Enthusiasts) about Alex Pettyfer and how he might be playing Daniel Grigori and she freaked out a little. She only sees him as John Smith from I Am Number Four and hates that he is all the movies. Me, I don't mind. He's fit and lovely. Not as much as Jackson Rathbone and Robert Pattinson but close.

And then, I came across these two possible films:

And if you don't already know, I love Paranormalcy, It's in my top ten books and The Beautiful Creatures are in my top fifteen books. I love all these books and I can't wait for them to become a films.