Rocky Horror Show Live

Hello  my lovelies,

Got an exciting post for you today. I posted quite a while ago now about going to Rocky Horror Picture Show in theatre in Bournemouth, but this time round I saw it broadcast live into a cinema for a special showing.

On 17th September Rocky Horror Picture Show was broadcast from the Playhouse Theatre in London into over 600 cinemas across Europe all in aid of Amnesty International, and it was incredible! It has also been recently announced that it was the number one show beating Maze Runner and Legend. It starred special guests Stephen Fry, Emma Bunton, Mel Giedroyc, Ade Edmondson and Anthony Head each playing the role of the narrator, as well as Richard O'Brien stepping in towards the end of the show.

The countdown before the show began. 

If you know me or have been reading my blog for a while then you'll know how much I love Rocky Horror, so this was an event I couldn't miss. Having already seen it on stage I was automatically going to compare the two shows, and although my first impression was that it wasn't as good as when I saw it in theatre, it was amazing in its own way and I had a fantastic time.

The casting was brilliant and they all took to their roles amazingly. David Badella as Frank 'n' Furter was fantastic! Ben Forster and Haley Flaherty as Brad & Janet worked perfectly, such a good pairing and they were such a sweet couple. Rocky was played by Dominic Anderson and although I do think he did a great job, it just wasn't the same when they changed the line in the song to 'a man with brown hair and a tan', but that's just me being picky. I loved each of the cast members and their voices were all incredible. The theatre audience would shout out so many things and the cast bounced off of each comment so well and made them all work, It was amusing being able to tell when they were trying not to laugh at the audience too,

I didn't think people in the cinema would join in as much as fans do in theatres but I was wrong and I'm so happy I was. The cinema audience was just as fun to be around as it is to go to the theatre and some of us even dressed up as some of the characters. Lots of us joined in with the multiple time warp performances and sang along with each of the songs word for word. Emma Bunton and Richard O'Brien also took part in doing the time warp, which just made it so much better.

My Magenta inspired make up look for that night. 

If they are ever to broadcast it to cinemas again and you can't make it to see it in theatre, then I would most definitely recommend you go along as it is just as fun and is just as good. I'm so determined to keep seeing it as it is easily my favourite musical no matter how strange some people may think it is. if you still haven't seen it then stop what you're doing right now and go and watch it!

Until next time, thanks for reading :) x

Shut Up Crime! - 'Super'

Well hello my lovelies, long time no post I know but there's lots coming. However, today's post is quite short and sweet.

First things first (I'm a realist! See what I did there?), if you like Kick Ass then you will love Super, its so similar but in a more adult way. Starring Kevin Bacon, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler & Rainn Wilson, Super is an American super hero, dark comedy, drama film which even from the very beginning is very funny. The animated intro at the start is really cool and very well done, great way to start the film.

So the plot of the film is that Frank (Rainn Wilson) tries to get his wife Sarah (Liv Tyler) back after she leaves him for her drug dealing ex Jacques (Kevin Bacon), who has her hooked on drugs again after she had worked so hard to stay off them. When he tries to be civil about it things don't go his way and he just gets laughed at like a loser. Frank takes things up a notch when he turns himself into the Crimson Bolt and in doing so meets Libby (Ellen Page), who later becomes his superhero sidekick Boltie. The Crimson Bolt is crazy, and Boltie is just as bad if not worse! He uses a pipe wrench as a weapon and beats people nearly to death with it, since when was that sane! Its so brutal! Although turning yourself into a superhero isn't exactly sane either.

Although its a funny film it is also quite strange at times but it doesn't make you want to stop watching, however at times it was a bit gory and I had to look away for a moment before I could carry on watching the film. I did enjoy the film and the casting was great, the each played their characters so brilliantly and suited each of them perfectly. Surprisingly that might even be the first film I've ever seen starring Kevin Bacon and I think my favourite line of the film has to be from his character Jacques 'you have an egg cooking gift'!.

I think I would recommend this film to others but obviously not to a young audience as it is most definitely not appropriate for younger ages. If you haven't seen it then go give it a watch, there will at least be one thing about it that you like.

That's all for now folks, until next time, thanks for reading :) x