Friday, October 29, 2010

Diary of a wimpy kid


Oh my gosh! This movie makes me SOOOOO glad i'm not in public school!

This movie strikes me as a family comedy,(duh) in witch we follow the early middle school days of Greg Hensley a.k.a "the wimpy kid". For me, what makes this movie funny is that some of the exaggerations in this movie are probably closer to the truth than one would think. For example, the "Cheese Touch". The legend of said cheese goes something like this: apparently it came out of nowhere. It just appeared on the blacktop by the field. Then one day, some kid called Darren touched it (this is where some girl screams "Darren touched the cheese!") and everyone runs away from him. The only way to get rid of the cheese touch is to pass it on to someone else. Eventually, it got passed on to a foreign student called Dieter Muller. When his family moved back to Düsseldorf Germany, he took the "Cheese Touch" with him.....
I would be surprised if there wasn't some variation of the "Cheese Touch" in every public school(in this tale there is also a mention of "Radioactive Cooties" huh?).

All in all I liked the movie, except the awful big brother. Just because someone is an older sibling, does not automatically make them a total jerk!!! I am an older sister to two sisters and a brother. I am not a jerk, I play them and read them books of their choice when they are injured(or when they're not). I like to think of myself as a decent big sister.

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs


Wow, it's been a while since my last post. Anyway, I don't want to have to type Cloudy with a chance of meatballs every time I mention said movie, so i will just call it CWCM for short.
I've seen some pretty strange movies, but i'm almost positive that someone was on drugs when they wrote this one. CWCM is psychotic even by children's movie standards. Some of the scenes seem like they would be super scary to a kid. A great example would be the scene where after the giant roast chicken eats some guy, and then it starts to twitch like somebody with an Alien parasite about to burst out of their gut! I just put this on for my little sister Sadie. I'm sorry if it seems like this post was cut short, but I had to stop to help my mom with the Halloween costume and lost my train of thought. If you want a clip just copy and paste the following: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DRZLJzzHls Want another? Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8xFbWLUDoQ&feature=related I can't think of anything else to say. Honestly, what else is there to say?

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Legend of the Guardians the Owls of Ga'Hoole


What a pleasure it was, walking down to the theater, eight pieces of a Hershey's Symphony bar hidden in my pocket, about to see Legend of the Guardians. After watching the before movie adds about various businesses in Angels Camp, Adds for new movies (including a 3-D Yogi Bear movie! Yes, a 3-D Yogi Bear movie,). And one short film starring Wile-E coyote, the Road Runner and Two government owned heat-seeking missiles, I was ready to see what Hollywood did with one of my favorite book series. My patience was rewarded with one of the most epic films since Star Wars Return of the Jedi! The CG used in this movie was exceptional, and in 3-D! The battles where incredible! You have not seen a battle unless you have seen armies of owls attacking each other in midair with metal claws! The parts in Slow-Mo that where inches away from the metal sheathed talons of the Pure Ones and the Guardians where very intense! But there is more to this movie than battles. The beginning scene in Soren's hollow when he was playing with his little sister was sweet. I bet my mom would have loved that part. There is also the scene where they reach the tree of Ga'Hoole and train to become Guardians. The whole movie was beautiful despite it being based off the first three books in the series. And as a bonus, there was Owl City music in the movie, and the Credits!