The Hunger Games

So I am fairly new to this whole fandom… I’m currently only on chapter 7 of Mocking Jay. Anyways it’s really good, but it kind of disturbs me that this is a young adult book :l I guess Harry Potter was quite violent towards the end as well, but it did seem so much because when people died it was by “magic” which, seriously, magic… In the Hunger games people killed each other with their bare hands… BARE HANDS!!! that is skills! (and scary at the same time) Anyways I went to go see the movie Monday night. I was glad there wasn’t too many people in the theater. The movie was pretty good but I’m not too sure how well it explained everything for the people who haven’t read the books. I went with two of my friends who haven’t read the books yet and they loved the movie but I was explaining some things to them as well (yes I talked during the movie! haha)

Anyways… I loved Rue, she was soo adorable!!! So sad that she’s gone =[ I’m definitely looking forward to seeing who they cast for Finnick, I love him he’s hilarious XD Everyone so far was cast pretty well. Well done peoples! Though for some reason in my mind I imagined Haymitch as this:

(Sikowitz from Victorious =P)

No where close… I don’t know, maybe I just glazed over the description of him haha. Eventually I’ll reread the book (after I finish Mocking Jay) and see if my imagination was really that off.

An awkward moment I had when watching the movie… well, I pretty much started laughing at an inappropriate time (not like when people were getting killed) It was the scene of the reaping

when they called Peeta’s name I thought about this….

I was secretly waiting for the tumble weed xD

If you haven’t seen the movie yet, go watch it! and try not to laugh now during the reaping =P

A Game of Shadows

So guess which movie I finally went to see today!…



Title: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows             Country/Year: USA/ 2011

Genre: Action, Adventure. Crime

Director: Guy Ritchie

Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapance and Jared Harris

Plot:

Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson join forces to outwit and bring down their fiercest adversary, Professor Moriarty.

Quotes:                                                                               When/Where/With

Dr. John Watson: Oh, how I’ve missed you, Holmes.
Sherlock Holmes: Have you? I’ve barely noticed your absence.

[when Holmes has sedated Gladstone yet again]
Dr. John Watson: How many times are you going to kill my dog?

Sherlock Holmes: [note to Watson] If convenient, come at once. If not convenient, come all the same.

Dr. John Watson: [performing CPR on Holmes] I know you can hear me, you selfish bastard!

Dr. John Watson: How did you know I would find you?
Sherlock Holmes: You didn’t find me, you collapsed a building on me.

Mycroft Holmes: [referring to Watson] You know, he’s nothing like as slow witted as you’ve been leading me to believe, Sherly.

Sherlock Holmes: [lights pipe]
Dr. John Watson: What are we doing down here?
Sherlock Holmes: We are waiting. I am smoking

Dr. John Watson: [as he watches Sherlock drinking embalming fluid] You’re drinking embalming fluid?
Sherlock Holmes: [exhales] Yes, care for a drop?
Dr. John Watson: You do seem…
Sherlock Holmes: Excited?
Dr. John Watson: Manic.
Sherlock Holmes: I am.
Dr. John Watson: Verging on…
Sherlock Holmes: Ecstatic?
Dr. John Watson: Psychotic.
Dr. John Watson: [pause] I should’ve brought you a sedative.

[from trailer]Sherlock Holmes: [looks at Watson’s gun] Get that out of my face.
Dr. John Watson: It’s not in your face; it’s in my hand.
Sherlock Holmes: Get what’s in your hand out of my face!

Opinion:

It was very exciting and I’ve been looking forward to seeing it ever since I watched the first movie during the summer (yes I know it came out in 2009) I personally loved it. Not as fast paced as the first one, but still pretty good. It seemed to drag out more than the first one and to be honest I kind of zoned out at moments due to all the dialogue and lack of ass kicking duo-ness. About 3/4 of the way through it started to pick up. I think it’s because it was back to the whole Sherlock and Watson dynamic duo. Overall it was good and I would recommend people to watch and I look forward to being able to watch it again to fully understand the beginning part. Plus it was hilarious, the addition with Sherlock’s brother was too funny, I love how he calls him Sherly.  I’m sad that the last quote didn’t make the movie =[

Stupid is As Stupid Does

Title: Forrest Gump                                          Country/ Year: United States / 1994

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Robert Zemeckis                           Awards: Oscar, Golden Globe & more

Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise and Sally Field

Plot:

Forrest Gump is not very smart, he has a mother who always encourages him by saying that he’s no different from anyone else. Throughout Forrest’s life he is accidentally present for many historical events. During his school year he only has one friend, a girl named Jenny whom he falls in love with. However Jenny has issues of her own due to the fact that she was sexually abused by her father. Even though Forrest is not very intelligent he manages to get himself into college through a football scholarship since he is good at running. After graduation he enlists in the Army where he meets Bubba, a man who’s whole life revolves around shrimping. Forrest learned everything he knew about shrimp from Bubba, the two then make a deal to start up a shrimping boat once they get out of the army. Unfortunately Bubba gets killed, but Forrest fulfills his promise and eventually buys a shrimping boat. Throughout his life Forrest also has many different interactions with Jenny eventually leading them to sleep together. Forrest tells Jenny that he loves her and wants to marry her but she leaves yet again. Years later he receives a letter from her to go visit where he meets his son, little Forrest. Jenny then tells Forrest that she's dying. They wed and she dies that same year. Forrest and Little Forrest continue their lives together.

Quotes:                                                                                                  When/Where/ With

Forrest Gump: My Momma always said, “Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get”

Bubba: Anyways, like I was sayin’, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey’s uh, shrimp kabobs, shrimp creole,shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There’s pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that’s about it.

Forrest Gump: Stupid is as stupid does.

Forrest Gump: My Mama always said you've got to put the past behind you before you can move on.

Bumper Sticker Guy: [running after Forrest] Hey man! Hey listen, I was wondering if you might help me. ‘Cause I'm in the bumper sticker business and I’ve been trying to think of a good slogan, and since you’ve been such a big inspiration to the people around here I thought you might be able to help me jump into – WOAH! Man, you just ran through a big pile of dog shit!
Forrest Gump: It happens.
Bumper Sticker guy: What, shit?
Forrest Gump: Sometimes

Forrest Gump to Jenny: I’m not a smart man… but I know what love is.

Opinion:

I’m amazed by this movie, I do not know why it took me so long to finally watch it! All these years, since I was 12, Bubba Gumps is my all time favourite restaurant. It’s not like I didn’t know that there was a movie, it’s just I really didn’t care about a movie about shrimp. I assumed it was about that because its a shrimp restaurant. Now after watching the movie it brings on a new meaning for my appreciation of the restaurant. It was a beautiful story. Forrest Gump has such an amazing soul, he kept his promise to Bubba after he died. When he found out about little Forrest it was heart warming when he asked Jenny “is he like me?”. He has such a heart and though he’s accomplished so much in life he knows that it’s been a handicap on him and that he wishes that his son was smart. In my eyes that is  smart man, someone who cares for others with all their heart and only wishes the best for everyone. I wish he was real.

It's so Fluffy!!!

DESPICABLE ME!

Awesome movie! =D Actually it was just pretty average. Don't get me wrong it was cute and funny but at the end of it it just didn't have that wow factor. You know the one where your mind is replaying the entire movie in your mind while you're remembering "wasn't that part amazing!!!". Watch it though! just because Agnes is so adorable!

"It's so fluffy I'm gonna dieee!!!"

The other day I went to Canada's Wonderland with my friend, it was pretty awesome. We rode pretty much all the good rides in the park plus I got to watch Snoopy on ice! :O Speaking of Snoopy... it's his birthday today so HAPPY BIRTHDAY SNOOPY! (and the rest of the Peanuts gang, but you know Snoopy is just too awesome)

Finally got to hug Snoopy today! Every morning I would walk past and see him and then later go to my co-workers and be like: "OMG did you see Snoopy! He looks so FLUFFY!! I just want to hug him!". So today I finally got my chance =]

I was actually disappointed after this... he wasn't as fluffy as he looked.

The ice show was actually better than I expected, and on such a small rink too! Definitely a must see if you're going to Canada's Wonderland.

Haha, it was pretty funny, the day before I turned to my friend and wondered if Snoopy would get a party hat for his birthday. This morning I walk into work and BAM! Snoopy's wearing a PARTY HAT! Pretty awesome huh?! =D Can't be his birthday without a Party HAT! =D

Some more exciting news, well this should have been told last week... when I was suppose to have written a post... I got a new phone! It's pretty awesome, one day I'm going to try posting off of it, just because I can. It's an Android Motorola Backflip so it's pretty awesome and I have 500 MB of data to use each month that I'm nowhere near! So I figure why not update my blogs and my twitter on my phone! Plus it was meant to do all that too.

Even though it is summer, I find myself straying more and more away from my summer reading list. I guess its not too bad since I am still reading, just not the things on my list. :l I just recently picked up a book called "The Book of Awesome" now not to be redundant or anything... it's a pretty awesome book! =P  There's also a website! how it all pretty much started was in a blog...

http://1000awesomethings.com/

Check it out! =D

Anyways that's pretty much it for this post... next post hopefully will be more exciting! =D