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Well as my Disney trip is coming up tomorrow evening/Friday morning I'm cramming in the Disney films tonight and I started with Jungle Book.

I already knew roughly what it was about and knew the songs so I enjoyed being able to sing along with the cute animal characters and Mowgli. I can happily say I loved this film! So basically Mowgli is a young boy currently living with a wolf pack but journeys through the jungle with Bagheera, a panther trying to  get Mowgli back to the village to be with other people. They meet many other animals along the way which makes the adventure more exciting for them.

The have to work around some tricky characters like Shere Khan - the tiger everyone is afraid of, King Louie - a rather crazy orangutan and Kaa - a sneaky snake. With these characters avoided, the reach the edge of the village where Mowgli gets caught up and distracted by a young girl as he slowly starts to follow her.

Another lovely Disney film with of course a happy ending as usual. I enjoyed every minute and loved the characters that we met along Mowgli's jungle adventure. I'd definitely show this to any kids I know. The characters are all such fun to watch and the songs make it that bit more enjoyable, this could also be a family film as anyone can watch a Disney film, you're never too old for one.

Until next time, thanks for reading! :)

Pinocchio

I've lost track of how many Disney films I've been watching but last nights was Pinocchio, and I have to say even though I'm an adult I still found it a bit weird at times and if I was a child there are parts that I know I'd find scary and not like.

Most people know what/who Pinocchio is but if not I'll explain anyway. Mr Geppetto had made Pinocchio as a wooden string puppet, but that night when laying in bed looking at the stars, he made a wish that Pinocchio could be a real boy, and this was half granted as Pinocchio had received the gift of life, and had to earn the right to be a real boy.

With a cricket, Jiminy Cricket, as his conscience and guide what could go wrong as he always had someone to help him choose between right and wrong, but things weren't always that easy. There were some tricky people around (and when I say people I guess I also mean cats, you'd know if you've seen the film, it's all very odd really), and Pinocchio doesn't always take the right path, in fact the first wrong path he takes leads him onto the others creating a big adventure for the wooden boy.
After a lot of ups and downs for Pinocchio and Mr Geppetto, Pinocchio proves that he can do well and gets the gift of being a real boy, giving the film a happy ending as we know all Disney films do.

I did enjoy the film and think I could have liked it as a child too, but I wouldn't have liked some of the more scary, weird things within it, but I would have liked the happy ending. I now finally know where the song 'When you wish upon a star' came from finally, and also Jiminy Cricket, these two things I had heard of before but never knew where from. I'll be sure not to let any crazy cats distract me from my journey when I go out like Pinocchio.
It's a good film but maybe a bit creepy and scary for kids, still enjoyable though and they'd like the happy ending.

Until next time thanks for reading! :)

A Bugs Life

So last nights Disney film ended up being A Bugs Life and it was quite nice just to lay in bed, relax and watch before going to sleep.

It doesn't need explaining as its pretty simple due to being mainly a kids film so the basic over view of the story is as follows. A colony of ants had been collecting food for a rather greedy horde of grasshoppers when an ant named Flik makes a clumsy mistake losing all the food they'd collected.
Flik is then sent out in search of tough, strong bugs to help the ants defend themselves against the grasshoppers when they return for more replacement food. However, the group of bugs he returns with is not what he had in mind and is not what everyone else in the colony expected, he had mistakenly brought back a group of circus bugs, but luckily they get an idea together to beat the grasshoppers and although things don't quite go to plan all ends well, and Flik even gets the Princess by his side at the end of the film too.

I did enjoy this film as its an easy one to watch and follow, and though there are bits that may have made me laugh if I was still a kid, it didn't have me laughing out loud but I still enjoyed it none the less.
Another Disney film to cross off my list :)

Until next time, thanks for reading!!

Well done, You just Decapitated your Grandfather...

Well where do I start, instead of focusing on the story in this review I'm going to look at the action, adventure, comedy and a couple other points that I enjoyed about it.

Thor: The Dark World was such an action packed film with so much going on. It always had my attention as I just wanted to know what would happen next. The action with added comedy made it a fantastic film to watch and I would happily see it again and recommend it to anyone. It was just one big adventure with the film taking us from Asgard to Malekith's ship and planet then to Greenwich. The settings were never boring and they were all very different from each other making them more interesting. The locations were obviously chosen well and the effects they used for them and within the film as a whole were outstanding! There was so much action that it was nearly non stop and I think watching it in 3D may have made it better, however I still would have loved it if I'd just seen it normally.

This time Thor (Chris Hemsworth), is faced with an enemy that Asgard is in no way safe from, not even the city's protective force field can help hold them off. Malekith (Christopher Eccleston) is just to strong for Odin and Asgard. Thor puts himself in danger on a long journey in order to save Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) and Asgard, and to defeat Malekith once and for all. In order to make the trip he is forced to turn to his brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) for help.

Obviously the audiences favourite character within the film is meant to be Thor himself, however I also think that Loki is a great character and Tom Hiddleston play him brilliantly. I loved the comedy that was brought out when Thor and Loki were together and clearly that's where the title of this post came from as it was my favourite line throughout the film, also said by Loki.

The acting from everyone who played a key part within the film was pretty perfect and I don't think I could fault any of them, they all took on their roles so well and fit their characters perfectly.

Anyone who likes Marvel would obviously love this film, but I don't think you need to be a huge Marvel fan to see it and enjoy it. If you like action and adventure with the added comedy value then its definitely a must see film for you. I know there have been reviews saying that there are a couple of bad points about this film but I just don't see it. Maybe its because I'm not a professional reviewer but I still gave the film my full attention, maybe its because I was so caught up with everything happening, maybe other reviewers didn't enjoy it as much, but everyone has their own opinion and mine is that this was a great film!

Everything in the film made it a proper story and not just a few actors thrown into a randomly chosen location with added music into the background. The locations worked well with the story that they were telling to the viewers, the actors worked brilliantly at portraying their characters with a different personality for each and the soundtrack added suspense and tension to the film in the right places.

Honestly, just go and see it and make your own opinion on it instead of going off of mine, but to me it was fantastic and I recommend you all go and watch it.

Until next time, thanks for reading!  

I Can Show You the World...

Well it's that time again you lovely people.  In the weeks leading up to my weekend trip to Paris and Disney Land, a friend of mine has been lending me DVDs of all the Disney films that I still have never seen and this week Wednesday nights film was Aladdin. I don't want to give away too much in case there are others that have yet to see it but I'll give you a brief outline of how the story unfolds.

Like many other Disney films, this is a love story but between a princess and a young boy living on the streets. The princess is being made to marry before her next birthday but she may only marry a prince. Aladdin runs into a spot of trouble but is soon offered what seems like a helping hand but is actually a trick. Luckily Aladdin becomes the owner of a rather special lamp, with a very bold character awaiting inside. He becomes the new master of a magical genie who is able to grant Aladdin just three wishes.
With these wishes a lot happens and the Sultans evil adviser, Jafar, makes things worse for Princess Jasmine and Aladdin. Luckily with the genie's help, Aladdin is able to make things right again, impressing Jasmine and her father in the process. As Aladdin has shown his love for Jasmine, beaten Jafar and shown the Sultan that his daughter loves Aladdin in return, the Sultan agrees to change the law, allowing Princess Jasmine and Aladdin to be wed.

While watching this film, things were becoming familiar and I was starting to think that maybe I had seen this film before but I still enjoyed it anyway, because who doesn't love a good happy ending.
The genie was by far my favourite character with his wacky ways and outgoing personality, imagine just how much fun it would be to actually have your own genie! And of course, Abu, Aladdin's pet monkey, so cute and I want one.

Any child would love this film, a sweet love story with a couple of crazy characters and a happy ending, would keep the kids quite for a while. Or even if you're a Disney lover, you're never too old for a Disney film!

I still have a couple of the songs floating around in my head, and now if I ever hear them again I'll actually know what Disney film they're from and may even have a sing along, as you're never too old for it!


I've had three different DVD's lent to me to watch over the weekend, not sure which will be tonights film yet, we will have to wait and see but looking forward to watching them all anyway.

Until next time you lovely people, thanks for reading!