Anyway, with the two weeks holiday I have, I realised that I may not been an excellent person in optimizing my time properly for important stuffs. So, tomorrow (or in my case, later the day) I will sit down and spend most of the day doing something productive which does not include spending all my time on the computer watching TV shows.
Though in this few days of freedom, I did managed to do some things that I can talk about (write about.).
So, let's get it started !
I watched Maleficient ! Yay for me. I don't think I mention about it but I was super duper excited for this movie. It was also clear that it was one of the most anticipated movie this year. I walked in the cinema theatre with big hopes and....
As a short summary, Maleficient is a spin-off of famous Disney Princess, sleeping beauty. But this time instead of focusing on Sleeping Beauty, they are focusing on Maleficient. They had altered the storyline, making Maleficient a misunderstood villain and then a hero.
The first thing I am going to talk about is the settings of the movie. Though, most of the environment in the film looks like it is made with GCI, I cannot deny the fact that it was beautifully made. It had made me think that a world with magic and the medieval time could actually be like that and that they portrayed it well. Not the best environment out there in the film industry, but well enough to drawn me into the movie.
Angelina Jolie, in my opinion, did an rad job as Maleficient. She shown the evilness and cynical of Maleficient but also the vulnerability of Maleficient. I do think that some parts of the movie where she is suppose to be more fierce, she didn't really express that fierceness. She also looked super gorgeous. Evil, yes but damnn, her cheekbones game is strong. Haha. I cannot stress enough that she looks fantastic in the film. Do you think I could pull of that make up daily routine? Pfft, probably can't.
In terms of storyline, I thought it was predictable. I mean even though they altered the storyline, it was still predictable. But I assume that they weren't really focusing on the storyline but on the outcome of the movie? Predictable storyline yet not too boring that it made me fall asleep. They did a good job in telling the audience that humans can be selfish and cruel and greedy and it will be the downfall of us one day. Sometimes, the evil ones are not that monster but us.
So, I would say it is a good movie to watch but if you don't have the strong urge to watch it in the cinema, don't do it. Wait till the DVD come out and get it. If you want to watch in the cinema then go ahead. Some people thought it was horrible, I thought it was okay. Not on top of the list but certainly not on the bottom of the list.
The next thing I wanna talk about is a book I read when I was in Singapore. (Fun times. Fun times.) It is called Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell.
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The first time I set my eyes on this book, I was reluctant to buy this. I personally am a fangirl myself so I am kinda afraid that this will misinterpret the life of a fangirl which is not at all so weird, you know. So after passing it in the bookstore so many times, I finally went on goodreads and it seems to be faring well so I got it. One of the best decisions I made really, because this book is just so good. I wouldn't exactly gives it a 5 star but maybe a 4 out of 5 or 4.5 ?
Plot
As a summary, this books follows a young girl called Cath who just entered college. Always being with her twin sister since they were a young girl, Cath was so excited to be sharing the same dorm rooms with her sister, Wren but Wren drop the bomb. Wren didn't want to stay with her and opted to stay with a stranger. Feeling betrayed and sad, Cath was left alone.
You see, Cath and Wren has always be a dedicated fangirl to Simon Snow (a book series in the book which shares similarity of Harry Potter.) So when Wren grew away from the fandom, Cath is still stuck in there. Having insecurities and social anxiety problems, she would rather much stay in her room, reading fanfic or in her case, writing fanfic.
I had read a lot of books that talks about the main char having raped, being poor or being rich. And at th end of the book, everything is resolved and everyone lives happily ever after.And frankly, no offence I think it is getting a little tiring for me to read. Hence, when I read this book, it was so refreshing as everything is so normal and at the ending, not everything is solved. There are still question left that hasn't been answered and omg don't do this to me. And despite how her mother left her and her sister when they were kids, in those usual stories, you can see the ending is that the mother or father reconcile with their kids but in this case, Rainbow left you there, wondering if Cath will ever forgive her mother and just continues acting like she doesn't exist. IT FEELS SO REAL. REALITY.
Growing up with Harry Potter , I knows how it feels to be have a favourite book series to be over. Reading this books brings me so much nostalgic feels and made me laugh because that is exactly how I fangirl.
Not bad of a storyline, I mean it is realistic and all. The storyline was so interesting that it wouldn't let me put down the book and I manage to finish this book in a day and a half. (WOW.)
Characters and some other stuff related to this and what not.
Cath is a nerd, an anti-social person, someone who has social anxiety and has trouble making friends. I see a bit of myself in her actually. She feels like a realistic character and not some Mary Sue, she has flaws as in holding a grudge. Maybe in the beginning of the book, you find her a bit annoying but the feeling of annoyance soon goes away because you really knows her and you find out she is an awesome person. I loved how much she cares for her dad and how she doesn't let anyone opinion of her changes her or how she is protective of Wren no matter how much Wren wasn't nice to her. She is also strong and stand on her ground when she deemed the need of it. So yea, I am pretty liking this character.
Levi, on the hand, he is the main guy character in the book and he is tall, thin, tan and good-looking. You know those typical dream guy. Haha. Levi's characteristic pisses me off sometimes. I feel like if I know him in real-life, I would probably be quite cheerful as he is always cheerful and his smiles are just radiating the whole place up or I would be super annoyed with him because how can someone smile and be so cheerful all the time omg. Not going to comment much on him as I think I should probably reread again to actually know Levi properly.
One of the best part of the book is that there are equal importance for all of the Cath's relationships including Reagan and Cath's friendship or the father-daughter relationship or the twin sister. Not one was too important that it completely removes itself from the book content or too little of the relationship that it was out of the pictures. Rainbow Rowell did an amazing job balancing all the things properly. (Y)
Conclusion
Is it a good book ? Yes. Would I recommend it ? A heck yes ! A good coming-to-age book as entering college a.k.a a new world is exciting and scary and sometimes you just want to stay in your bed and never come out. This books explain all of the fears well. And for a fangirl like me to finally read a story about fangirls. Well, it is pretty cool. Haha.
An update
To be honest, now that I have fully comprehend the storyline and all, I wouldn't say I am a big fan of Levi and Cath. Their relationship didn't make me go all fangirl on them like some other ships I ship. I just felt like the relationship was there just for the sake of it ? It feels like that a bit. I know Cath is super awkward but I actually thought that she was smarter than this and yea... I was super annoyed when Cath said okay to Levi so easily and like whatever mistake he did just poof disappear. What was that all about ? Yea so, in the romance department, I am sorry to say but rainbow didn't get my full support on it. Not a huge fan of the Levi-Cath ship. My bad !
I also watched How To Train Your Dragon 2. (OMG OMG OMG.) One word to describe it. IT IS AWESOME. I won't spend too much time talking about it so let's start now.
The storyline is practically shown in the whole trailer so you would think it is not worth it to watch it. Well, you are wrong as I came out of the cinema with a big smile on my face. Toothless and Hiccup is back and Hiccup is hotter than the 1st movie ;) HAHA.
The dragon fighting scene are super cool and the flying scene make me wish I had a dragon too (preferably a Nightfury :P) It is a family movie but I think many adults would enjoy this too. Just watch it and you will understand why I like it so much. Or maybe not as people has different taste.
But anyway, not bad of a storyline, good character development from the 1st movie, cool action scene and also had some heartbreaking scene too.
Go watch it in cinema nowww !
I have to admit it is way over-hyped though. When the 1st movie came out, everyone wasn't talking about it and it was consider one of the boring movies so I was super surprise that many people enjoyed and the tickets are selling like hotcakes.
Next movie I watched is Blended and honestly, not worth the money to go to the cinema to watch. It is those typical romance movies. It is funny but not funny enough to tickle your funny bone. It is sentimental and emotional but not emotional enough to made you cry.
The characters are not annoying in this movies but the plot just kinda pulled it down in the list.
In usual romantic comedy, when a romantic scene comes on, you feel your heart kinda tingle a bit on how romantic it is but in this case, nothing happen to me. Yes, I laughed at some scene as some are funny but like I said, not funny enough to actually make me burst into laughter and remember it forever.
This movie seems to me like it is rushed through to put it up on the cinema and to get more money from naive viewers.
Just get the DVD or something but I don't think it is a good idea to watch it in the cinema theatre.
One of the main reasons, I wanted to watch this movie is because of Zak Henri. HAHA. I thought he was handsome when he was in Bunheads so when I found out he was in the movie, I don't know why but I just wanted to see him??
Chemistry between Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore feels very bland. Feels like their acting is so forced and just couldn't see the romance sparks between them. Just hmmm....
Anywayyyy, I am going to stop her as I wrote a lot already and my brain is kinda fried then my writing had gone bad as you continue to read down. Ciao.
The characters are not annoying in this movies but the plot just kinda pulled it down in the list.
In usual romantic comedy, when a romantic scene comes on, you feel your heart kinda tingle a bit on how romantic it is but in this case, nothing happen to me. Yes, I laughed at some scene as some are funny but like I said, not funny enough to actually make me burst into laughter and remember it forever.
This movie seems to me like it is rushed through to put it up on the cinema and to get more money from naive viewers.
Just get the DVD or something but I don't think it is a good idea to watch it in the cinema theatre.
One of the main reasons, I wanted to watch this movie is because of Zak Henri. HAHA. I thought he was handsome when he was in Bunheads so when I found out he was in the movie, I don't know why but I just wanted to see him??
Chemistry between Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore feels very bland. Feels like their acting is so forced and just couldn't see the romance sparks between them. Just hmmm....
Anywayyyy, I am going to stop her as I wrote a lot already and my brain is kinda fried then my writing had gone bad as you continue to read down. Ciao.
