Summer classes end this Tuesday as I have two finals that day....Spanish 2 and a final for my internship (which is just a review of Synoptic). I have worked hard this Summer in Spanish 2 and I am going to make a B in the class! Woohoo!!
I have also been working at the bookstore this past summer and it has been crazy busy as we have moved to our newly renovated store. Everyday we have new product coming in and we have to race to get it to the floor to sell. We are gearing up for our grand opening in August!
The busy part of my summer is almost over and my relaxing part is near! I will be heading to Charleston in a week, for two weeks. Can't wait!
Until next time...
Sunday, July 24, 2011
"Captain America: First Avenger" Review
Yesterday I saw Captain America with my Dad. I didn't go in with much expectations as I am personally not a fan of the super-hero....he seems quite boring to me. My expectations were met!
The plot was good but they took too long to explain some things making me bored. It all led up to this big fight between Red Skull and Capt and the fight was quite disappointing. The effects were good and the transformation of Captain America was great!
The most exciting part to me was the scene after the credits. As with all of the Marvel movies thus far, there has been a scene after the credits that lead up to The Avengers movie coming out next May! It was amazing and it was worth seeing Captain America just so you can see that preview.
In case you can't tell, I did not like Captain America. Overall I give it a C-.
The plot was good but they took too long to explain some things making me bored. It all led up to this big fight between Red Skull and Capt and the fight was quite disappointing. The effects were good and the transformation of Captain America was great!
The most exciting part to me was the scene after the credits. As with all of the Marvel movies thus far, there has been a scene after the credits that lead up to The Avengers movie coming out next May! It was amazing and it was worth seeing Captain America just so you can see that preview.
In case you can't tell, I did not like Captain America. Overall I give it a C-.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Favorite Disney Movies (Animated)
There is a web-site that has all of the animated theatrical movies produced by Disney/Pixar:
http://www.disneymovieslist.com/animated-disney-movies.asp
I am only going to judge the movies that I have seen and that is a total of 38 movies, so here we go....
1. Aladdin
2. Toy Story 1
3. Toy Story 3
4. Finding Nemo
5. Beauty & the Beast
6. The Little Mermaid
7. Mulan
8. Hercules
9. 101 Dalmations
10. The Lion King
11. Monsters, Inc.
12. Pocahontas
13. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
14. Toy Story 2
15. Up
16. Tarzan
17. A Bug's Life
18. Peter Pan
19. The Jungle Book
20. Rescuer's Down Under
21. A Goofy Movie
22. The Incredibles
23. Robin Hood
24. Tangled
25. The Princess & the Frog
26. Cars
27. Pete's Dragon
28. Ratatouille
29. Wall E
30. Fantasia
31. Fantasia 2000
32. Emperor's New Groove
33. Lilo & Stitch
34. Meet the robinsons
35. Bolt
36. Oliver & Company
37. James & the Giant Peach
38. Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs
http://www.disneymovieslist.com/animated-disney-movies.asp
I am only going to judge the movies that I have seen and that is a total of 38 movies, so here we go....
1. Aladdin
2. Toy Story 1
3. Toy Story 3
4. Finding Nemo
5. Beauty & the Beast
6. The Little Mermaid
7. Mulan
8. Hercules
9. 101 Dalmations
10. The Lion King
11. Monsters, Inc.
12. Pocahontas
13. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
14. Toy Story 2
15. Up
16. Tarzan
17. A Bug's Life
18. Peter Pan
19. The Jungle Book
20. Rescuer's Down Under
21. A Goofy Movie
22. The Incredibles
23. Robin Hood
24. Tangled
25. The Princess & the Frog
26. Cars
27. Pete's Dragon
28. Ratatouille
29. Wall E
30. Fantasia
31. Fantasia 2000
32. Emperor's New Groove
33. Lilo & Stitch
34. Meet the robinsons
35. Bolt
36. Oliver & Company
37. James & the Giant Peach
38. Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs
Favorite Animation Movie
Now onto my favorite category: Animation Movies!!
If you know me, then you know I'm a huge Disney fan and of course Disney is known for their animation movies starting with Snow White up to Cars 2 and to future movies. You are probably thinking that I am going to biased and just say my favorite Disney movies (hmm.....might be my next post) but you are wrong! Recently Disney/Pixar has had some competition from Dreamworks, Paramount, and others have produced some great animation movies.
I will say that my top 5 is mostly Disney though and everybody should know from my facebook and twitter pages that my favorite movie is Toy Story and that is my favorite animation movie!
Here is my top 5 though:
1. Toy Story Franchise (include all 3)
2. Hercules
3. Prince of Egypt
4. Shrek Franchise (include all 4)
5. Monsters vs Aliens
So what is your favorite animation movie? Do you prefer Disney over the other companies?
I hope you enjoyed this "favorites" series! I had fun thinking about my favorite movies!
If you know me, then you know I'm a huge Disney fan and of course Disney is known for their animation movies starting with Snow White up to Cars 2 and to future movies. You are probably thinking that I am going to biased and just say my favorite Disney movies (hmm.....might be my next post) but you are wrong! Recently Disney/Pixar has had some competition from Dreamworks, Paramount, and others have produced some great animation movies.
I will say that my top 5 is mostly Disney though and everybody should know from my facebook and twitter pages that my favorite movie is Toy Story and that is my favorite animation movie!
Here is my top 5 though:
1. Toy Story Franchise (include all 3)
2. Hercules
3. Prince of Egypt
4. Shrek Franchise (include all 4)
5. Monsters vs Aliens
So what is your favorite animation movie? Do you prefer Disney over the other companies?
I hope you enjoyed this "favorites" series! I had fun thinking about my favorite movies!
Favorite Drama Movie
I wonder which genre is bigger, action or drama??
I'll start right off the back and say that I'm going to exclude 'chick flicks'. I do like history drama movies such as Pearl Harbor. I also do like some, not all, sports drama movies.
So, my favorite drama movie is The Blind Side...I'm a huge Sandra Bullock fan!
Here is my top 5 drama movies:
1. The Blind Side
2. Twister
3. The Mighty Ducks
4. Remember the Titans
5. That Thing You Do
What is your favorite drama movie?
I'll start right off the back and say that I'm going to exclude 'chick flicks'. I do like history drama movies such as Pearl Harbor. I also do like some, not all, sports drama movies.
So, my favorite drama movie is The Blind Side...I'm a huge Sandra Bullock fan!
Here is my top 5 drama movies:
1. The Blind Side
2. Twister
3. The Mighty Ducks
4. Remember the Titans
5. That Thing You Do
What is your favorite drama movie?
Favorite Comedy Movie
Yo! Wuz up? Guess what? Hold your breath.....it's time to reveal my favorite comedy movie!
I really don't have to think about this one but if I had to think about it, this would be my thought process:
First of all I do NOT like comedy movies such as Bad Teacher, Superbad, etc. I like to call this movies, "dirty" comedy movies, as they like to use sex and such to make people laugh. I like clean comedy movies such as Evan Almighty.
Therefore my favorite comedy movie is Mrs. Doubtfire! I absolutely love that movie....it cracks me up every time!
Honorable mentions include Evan Almighty, Jumanji, & Miss Congeniality.
What is your favorite comedy movie?
I really don't have to think about this one but if I had to think about it, this would be my thought process:
First of all I do NOT like comedy movies such as Bad Teacher, Superbad, etc. I like to call this movies, "dirty" comedy movies, as they like to use sex and such to make people laugh. I like clean comedy movies such as Evan Almighty.
Therefore my favorite comedy movie is Mrs. Doubtfire! I absolutely love that movie....it cracks me up every time!
Honorable mentions include Evan Almighty, Jumanji, & Miss Congeniality.
What is your favorite comedy movie?
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Favorite Action Movie
What a broad genre! It seems that every other movie that comes out, is considered an action movie. Out of the several action movies, I can determine my favorite action movie without much thought. It is a movie that just came out.....Transformers: Dark of the Moon. That movie is pretty much non-stop action and plus, I love the transformers (my favorite is Bumblebee)!
To me, the more the CGI there is, the better is! That is what I base my approval of an action movie. Here is my top 5 action movie:
1. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2. Transformers
3. Twister (will show up again in Drama post)
4. Day After Tomorrow
5. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
As you can tell I'm a fan of the more modern action movies and the classic movies, this can really be said for every genre.
Next category: Favorite Comedy Movie
To me, the more the CGI there is, the better is! That is what I base my approval of an action movie. Here is my top 5 action movie:
1. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2. Transformers
3. Twister (will show up again in Drama post)
4. Day After Tomorrow
5. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
As you can tell I'm a fan of the more modern action movies and the classic movies, this can really be said for every genre.
Next category: Favorite Comedy Movie
Favorite Super-Hero Movie
Just in the past 2-3 years there have been several super-hero movies made from both comic publishers: Marvel & DC Comics. Marvel is currently beating DC Comics in the box office as they have made several more movies than DC Comics. Just this summer alone, Marvel has 3 movies (Thor, Cpt. America, & X-Men: First Class) out this summer and DC Comics has one movie (Green Lantern) out this summer.
I am going to exclude full-length animated movies made by both DC & Marvel. I am also going to exclude super-hero movies that are similar to Watchmen and just focus on the movies based on the more popular characters such as Spider-Man & Batman.
I am more of a fan of Marvel characters than the DC Comic characters but the movies that DC Comics make are produced much better than Marvel movies. The biggest example is Batman Begins & The Dark Knight. If I based off of just the total production of the movie and not the character or super-hero abilities, then I would go with The Dark Knight.
Based on character, my favorite super-hero from DC Comics is Green Lantern and I was a fan of the movie. My favorite super-hero from Marvel is "Gambit" from the X-men and he was featured in X-Men Origins: Wolverine but he didn't have a big part and was a somewhat minor character. I have always enjoyed the X-Men considering they have several mutant powers and each movie showcases something different. I would say that my favorite movie based on character is X-Men: First Class which is an origin movie for Prof. X & Magneto.
So, overall I would have to say that my favorite super-hero movie overall is X-Men: First Class. It was not a typical cheesy super-hero movie and has substance to it. I would say that it is equivalent to The Dark Knight in production quality. It had a very good storyline and was set in the 60s and put a different twist on a major history event, the Cold War. There it is, X-Men: First Class is my favorite Super-Hero Movie.
Wondering what came in second, here is my top 5 super-hero movies:
1. X-Men: First Class
2. The Dark Knight
3. The Green Lantern
4. Iron Man
5. Iron Man 2
This list can change by 2 movies coming out next summer: The Dark Knight Rises (DC) & The Avengers (Marvel).
Next category: Favorite Action Movie
I am going to exclude full-length animated movies made by both DC & Marvel. I am also going to exclude super-hero movies that are similar to Watchmen and just focus on the movies based on the more popular characters such as Spider-Man & Batman.
I am more of a fan of Marvel characters than the DC Comic characters but the movies that DC Comics make are produced much better than Marvel movies. The biggest example is Batman Begins & The Dark Knight. If I based off of just the total production of the movie and not the character or super-hero abilities, then I would go with The Dark Knight.
Based on character, my favorite super-hero from DC Comics is Green Lantern and I was a fan of the movie. My favorite super-hero from Marvel is "Gambit" from the X-men and he was featured in X-Men Origins: Wolverine but he didn't have a big part and was a somewhat minor character. I have always enjoyed the X-Men considering they have several mutant powers and each movie showcases something different. I would say that my favorite movie based on character is X-Men: First Class which is an origin movie for Prof. X & Magneto.
So, overall I would have to say that my favorite super-hero movie overall is X-Men: First Class. It was not a typical cheesy super-hero movie and has substance to it. I would say that it is equivalent to The Dark Knight in production quality. It had a very good storyline and was set in the 60s and put a different twist on a major history event, the Cold War. There it is, X-Men: First Class is my favorite Super-Hero Movie.
Wondering what came in second, here is my top 5 super-hero movies:
1. X-Men: First Class
2. The Dark Knight
3. The Green Lantern
4. Iron Man
5. Iron Man 2
This list can change by 2 movies coming out next summer: The Dark Knight Rises (DC) & The Avengers (Marvel).
Next category: Favorite Action Movie
Summer = Movies
As summer is here, movie madness is crazy!
This weekend alone I have watched about 5 movies....some at home and some in the theater. During the month of June I went to the theater 6 times!
Considering that this blog is about my life, and currently my life is consumed by movies, that is what I'm going to write about for a while. I have already written some reviews on the movies I have seen. I'm going to go through the following genres and say what are my favorite movie in that genre and then do my all-time favorite movies! Here are the categories:
This weekend alone I have watched about 5 movies....some at home and some in the theater. During the month of June I went to the theater 6 times!
Considering that this blog is about my life, and currently my life is consumed by movies, that is what I'm going to write about for a while. I have already written some reviews on the movies I have seen. I'm going to go through the following genres and say what are my favorite movie in that genre and then do my all-time favorite movies! Here are the categories:
- Super-hero Movies
- Action (excluding super-hero movies) Movies
- Comedy Movies
- Drama Movies
- Animation Movies
Friday, July 1, 2011
Birthday Celebration
Last Sunday was my birthday, in case you didn't know. It was a great birthday!
On Saturday night, a bunch of BCMers went out to eat to Olive Garden and then played Cranium and had cake. Sunday Braden and me went to church and then went to eat at IHOP (my choice). After that we went to go see Bad Teacher....not my favorite movie but it was pretty good. That evening we ordered pizza with Melissa and went to Best Buy. I bought Twister on blu-ray and an IPOD car player.
The celebration didn't end there! On Thursday night a bunch of MET friends went out to eat at Cracker Barrel and I had country fried steak....it was sooooo good!
That ended the celebrations. Great birthday indeed!
On Saturday night, a bunch of BCMers went out to eat to Olive Garden and then played Cranium and had cake. Sunday Braden and me went to church and then went to eat at IHOP (my choice). After that we went to go see Bad Teacher....not my favorite movie but it was pretty good. That evening we ordered pizza with Melissa and went to Best Buy. I bought Twister on blu-ray and an IPOD car player.
The celebration didn't end there! On Thursday night a bunch of MET friends went out to eat at Cracker Barrel and I had country fried steak....it was sooooo good!
That ended the celebrations. Great birthday indeed!
Bookstore Move
It is easier to tell the different departments now, with the softgoods (apparel) department being the biggest department in the store. All of the department got new fixtures and everything now matches. It brings the departments together and shows unity in the store.
A grand opening ceremony will take place in August, when the Fall semester starts. However the store actually opens up July 5th with a "soft" opening....meaning that the interior is done but exterior work is still taking place.
If you are on campus on July 5th, stop by!! The softgoods department has all new shirts, cups, etc!
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Review
Transformers: Dark of the Moon starts out great by providing background information for the entire movie. It makes an interesting twist on the first man on the moon landing. After that part it continues with story-telling and it does get a little boring. It ends in a great way.
The movie is full of action and great special effects. There are a lot of plot twists that keep you interested in the movie. It is MUCH better than the 2nd Transformers movie. I thoroughly enjoyed it and will be seeing it again tomorrow night in 3D.
Overall I would give the movie a B+ as the story telling could had been a little better in the end.
The movie is full of action and great special effects. There are a lot of plot twists that keep you interested in the movie. It is MUCH better than the 2nd Transformers movie. I thoroughly enjoyed it and will be seeing it again tomorrow night in 3D.
Overall I would give the movie a B+ as the story telling could had been a little better in the end.
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