The Lego Movie Review

Source: http://collider.com/weekend-box-office-the-lego-movie-clicks-with-giant-69-1-million-debut-the-monuments-men-in-second-with-22-7-million/

My Rating: 8.5/10

Trailer:



Synopsis: An ordinary guy named Emmet (voiced by Chris Pratt) is mistaken as being the Master builder; the one who can save the universe. With the aid of an old mystic Vitruvius (voiced by Morgan Freeman), a tough young lady named Lucy (voiced by Elizabeth Banks), and Batman (voiced by Will Arnett), Emmet will fight to defeat the evil tyrant Lord Business (Will Ferrell) who is bent on destroying the universe by gluing it together. (Source: Official Lego Movie Website)

My Review:

The Lego Movie is a surprisingly great movie. On the outside (and from the trailer) it does seem like a very childish movie when in reality it appeals to all ages. I went to see it with my younger cousin (12), my Mother and my Grandmother and everyone loved it. Even my mother who did not initially want to see it as she thought it was childish came out raving about it. It has a good mix of comedy and heart in that it makes you laugh but the comedy does not overtake the storyline. The star-studded cast is also great with my personal favourite character been Bad Cop/Good Cop who is voiced by Liam Neeson. He is definitely one of the funny characters. The movie also tackles many deeper issues such as belonging, standing out, being different, having an imagination (and not having one) and the importance of working as a team to achieve a common goal.

Even the song prominently featured in a lot of the advertising titled "Everything is AWESOME!!" is a perfect summation of the start of the movie. Everyone is in their own little world and wanting to be uniform which is followed by this mantra of a song which basically takes on a very propaganda-type view of the world that "everything is awesome when we work as a team."

The Lego Movie in one sentence: Everything is AWESOME!!




I highly recommend you see this movie. See you tomorrow!

Songs in my Playlist

Welcome to another post on the songs in my playlist which all fit under the heading of "Entertainment Wednesday". This was a post that was meant to be released a long time ago but never got around to being completed so enjoy! Anyway, on with some more songs that are in my phone! By the way, these are in alphabetical order (if you had not figured that out already).

Gypsy by Lady Gaga

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The Hammer from Matilda the Musical

I Am the Doctor from Doctor Who

I Just Can't Walk Away (Say It Now) from Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark

I Love You by Woodkid (from Divergent soundtrack)

I Need You by M83 (from Divergent Soundtrack)

I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance from Carrie The Musical

I Won't Let You Go by Snow Patrol (from Divergent Soundtrack)

If the World Should End from Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark

In from Carrie The Musical

Happy listening, see you tomorrow!

No Post

As always,  I am very sorry when I miss a post and today is one of those times.  I am sorry but I was caught up in homework,  training,  and preparing for Kokoda next week that I lost track of time and didn't manage to get a Weird News Tuesday post out. However,  there should be an Entertainment Wednesday post out tomorrow though and then regular segments should continue until I leave for Kokoda. At this point,  all my posts will be scheduled and Kokoda-related: mainly concerned with my experience leading up to it (training,  activities,  emotions etc).

I am so sorry. See you tomorrow!

Catch Up Monday (24/3 to 7/4)

Welcome back to another Catch-Up Monday post where I sum up all the posts that have happened since the last one of these posts. I have again missed a number of days here but am trying to get back into the swing of writing and posting. The post after the last Catch-Up Monday was an Entertainment Wednesday post where I continued looking through the songs in my playlist and providing a YouTube video to allow you to listen to it. The songs I went through this week were; Dreamer in Disguise, Dreamer in Disguise (Reprise), Epilogue, Evening Prayers, Fixer Upper, For the First Time in Forever, For the First Time in Forever (Reprise), Forgiven, A Freak Like Me Needs Company, and Frozen Heart. I then had a very long break until yesterday for a "week that was" post. In this post I discussed the end of term, a brilliant Methods score I received on my first 3/4 SAC and an update on what has been going on with my Kokoda program (which is coming by very soon). Saturday then saw another random Saturday post where I discussed my reasons for not posting, Kokoda, Relay for Life, and Once Upon a Time. Yesterday (Sunday) was a post where I continued to look at some of the greatest Doctor Who moments. Just so you know, I am pre-writing and scheduling these posts which is why some of the times are at 12:30 and 1 in the morning.

Hope you have caught up, see you tomorrow!

So Much River (Top Moments of the Doctor Part 14)

66. Stormageddon: Dark Lord of All from Closing Time

In this hilarious scene with the fan-favourite Craig, the Doctor reveals that he can speak baby as well as the name that Craig's son Alfie calls himself; Stormageddon: Dark Lord of All. It is a pretty interesting name for a baby but I guess it does not matter, he is just a baby. Pretty cool baby though.

67. Kovarian Comes for River Song in Closing Time

Source: http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Madame_Kovarian

It is in this scene from the last episode before the Season 6 finale that Madame Kovarian returns for Melody Pond, or as we know her; River Song. It is here that Kovarian takes River and puts her in the (SPOILERS) Astronaut suit so she can (*SPOILERS AGAIN*) kill the Doctor. The haunting rhyme at the end; "Tick, Tock, goes the clock, now River kills the Doctor" just adds another element to Doctor Who which is why so many people love the show (myself included).

68. The Silence from The Wedding of River Song

In this scene we learn from Dorium, or rather his head, what the Silence actually is. Up to this point everyone has believed the Silence to be those monsters we were introduced to in The Day of the Moon. It was, in this scene, then revealed that the Silence are actually a religious order. Through later seasons and more of the Silence is revealed.

69. The Wedding of River Song from The Wedding of River Song

This was a scene that I did not actually realise I liked until the Doctor Who YouTube channel posted this scene. It is actually a pretty great scene where the Doctor believes there is no escape from his fate and that no one else would want to help him or even care. River song also reveals how much she loves him in this scene. The scene ends with River and the Doctor getting married.

70. The Question from The Wedding of River Song

It is the question that the Silence are determined will never be answered. The first question which has been hidden in plain sight; Doctor Who? It is actually a great link to the Season 7 finale at Trensalore. It was such a great ending.

Come back next Sunday for some more Doctor Who goodness!

A Random Time

Have you ever just had one of those really random weeks? Well, me neither but I hear they exist. Anyway, it feels like it has been so long since I have written one of these posts. That is probably because it has been a very long time since I have written one of these Random Thought Saturday posts but anyway, at least it is now happening. Now, I have been a little loose with posts so far this year which is mostly due to my school and Kokoda commitments. However, I am gradually getting better at keeping these from taking over my life. There are definitely going to be times next Term and even into the future where I will miss posts for a long period of time, there is no denying that. I am incredibly sorry whenever that does happen but I would rather write a post like this than put out some short paragraphs every day just apologising for having a short post. I would not want to read that and you most likely would not want to read that. Therefore I am not going to do that. I am very sorry whenever it does happen though which is something I reiterate every time it does happen because it needs to be said. I missed it, I am sorry. There is no getting around that but it is time to move on from it.

Source: http://www.funkyenglish.com/profiles/blogs/cool-tip-how-to-say-sorry-if-you-don-t-know-how

It is holidays right now which means time to catch up on homework, sleep, YouTube, friends and everything else. It also means that Kokoda is coming around the corner. However, I wrote the majority of yesterday's "The Week that Was" post about what has been going with Kokoda so I am not going to talk anymore about it. Plus, you are going to hear all about it in the posts I am scheduling to be released while I am away (which I am still in the process of writing, by process I mean finding the motivation to start). Anyway, the point I was trying to make at the start of this paragraph was that this Term has, for me, come around very quickly. It may have been because I was not very bored or that I had a lot going on but in any case, for me this Term seemed to be a very quick one. It was also a very important one for me as it was my first official full-VCE course load. I am loving it a lot more than previous years as I am doing the subjects that I chose to do which makes it more interesting than doing the same as everyone else and only doing some electives separate. Aside from this, Relay for Life was last weekend. I am not sure if I wrote a post about this but I think I did write one as I was preparing for it. Anyway, I was the team-captain in that I organised a team for my Kokoda group who went and it was a lot of fun. We raised nearly $2,000 which is a lot more than I expected and we had fun doing it. I can not wait to do it again next year and I even got some sleep this time which was great. You can try to do it without sleep, but after a few times you find a little sleep goes a long way in making you feel better. What was also great about last weekend is that Once Upon a Time started up again in Australia. Channel 7 left us hanging there for a while but now it is back and I cannot wait for the rest of Season 3. I even hear there is a Wicked Witch just around the corner. It is all so exciting, also Revenge started back up so I am watching that too but that was during the holidays so a while ago. I guess my plans for these holidays before I go away to Kokoda is to get all my homework done as soon as possible, keep this blog going and also catch up with friends, YouTube and a whole lot of sleep. I can not wait!

Bring on the holidays! See you tomorrow.

KOKODA IS COMING

So welcome back to the first post in ages! As the school term has come to a close there should be some more time for me to get more posts out. I also have to start writing my Kokoda series which will come out while I am over there in just over 10 days!! As Kokoda is drawing ever-closer there has been so much to do which is why this weeks 'the week that was' segment is mostly about Kokoda. However, before I continue with this I am just going to finish the introductory paragraph with something a little less related to Kokoda. Aside from all the Kokoda stuff which has taken up a lot of time recently, I have also had my first 3/4 Methods SAC which for those of you unfamiliar with VCE, counts towards my study score for the subject and, as a result, my ATAR which determines whether or not I get into my desired University Course. I was pretty happy with the result as I received 94% (and A+) which put me at Rank 3 out of the 166 students doing Unit 3/4 Methods at my school. It was quite the surprising (and exhilarating) moment which put me in a positive mindset for the rest of the year (hopefully, I am not from the future so I can not tell). Now, onto the Kokoda stuff.

Source: http://www.kokodatrackfoundation.org/history-of-the-kokoda-track.aspx

Since it has been so long since I have written a post updating you all on my Kokoda journey I am actually not sure where to start so if things are a little out of chronological order or a little random, I am very sorry. Vaccinations were this week. After many weeks of planning the time finally arrived. It was not exactly significant but it was still one of those things that made everything seem so much more real. If you were wondering what vaccinations we were getting for Kokoda, it was Flu, Typhoid, Hepatitis A and Japanese Encephalitis (which was optional). It would have also been tetanus but we got those in Year 10. In the past week Mum and I have also been packing and repacking my pack as well as testing out my sleeping mattress and sleeping mat so I know how to effectively get the sleeping bag and mat back in their respective bags. It has been a lot of hard work trying to get everything all together and fitting it in but it is great to get it ready and sorted this far out from the trek. When we go there, we will be packing our empty packs in suitcases so that the straps do not get damaged in transit but we still need to know how to pack it (and that everything fits and is not too heavy). Still, I am pretty sure that there are some things in my pack that I am going to donate to my Porter so I do not have to carry it after the first day. Aside from this, we were also put in groups and had to make a presentation on a portion of the Kokoda track. I was with two others and our task was to research Efogi to Myola, Myola to Templeton's Crossing and Templeton's Crossing to Eora Creek while making reference to Captain Sam Templeton. We had to show through our presentation how the soldiers who fought in the Kokoda campaign experienced Kokoda. Our presentation was a story which I actually might post as one of the days that I am away in Kokoda. It was actually a very interesting task and how presentations, dare I say it (I do by the way), was one of the best. Also on that night we had a presentation from one of the last surviving members of the 39th Battalion who fought in the Kokoda campaign. He was such a great character and he had some really interesting stories to tell. Plus it was also very interesting that it was the Malaria he contracted that saved him from the fate of many of his comrades who died along with the majority of the 39th Battalion.

Less than two weeks to Kokoda and the excitement and nervous energy is growing! See you tomorrow.