I didn’t know that the Pete’s Dragon remake was going to be a thing until I saw the trailer at the movie theatre when I went to see Finding Dory. I have never seen the original one and I knew nothing about it (besides that it had a dragon in it). The trailer looked a little bit similar to the new Jungle Book remake that just came out a few months ago, so I was a bit worried. But did look pretty great and it made me super excited to watch the film.
I came back from vacations less than two weeks ago, and the movie was already out. So I went to see it. And oh boy, was I in for a surprise.
This remake is slightly different from the 1977 one. In this one, Pete is an orphan that lives in the forest with his friend Elliott, who happens to be a dragon. When the people of the town nearby find Pete, they obviously can’t let the 10 year old go back to the woods alone. So Pete and Elliott’s lives change completely.
I obviously was expecting to like it, and I knew it would be cute and all. But that movie moved me in a way that I hadn’t been moved for a long time. It reminds me of when I watched The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep when I was a kid. And it made me cry just the same.
Anyone who is planning to watch this movie should definitely bring tissues. I didn’t, and I regretted that a lot. With it’s great actors, amazing cinematography and plot, and a wonderful soundtrack, Pete’s Dragon is another movie that Disney can add to it’s growing list of remarkable remakes.
I don’t know why, but I literally spent the whole movie trying not to cry. I mean, as many Disney movies (Tarzan, Up, Finding Nemo, etc), this one starts with a heartbreaking scene. And even though there are many happy ones, I couldn’t stop myself from getting all emotional. Maybe it was the soundtrack, which was so amazing and the movie would have been a whole other thing if it was different. (Listen to this song, it's so good!). Or maybe it was the little boy and the dragon, whose relationship was so cute, it made me not want to see them apart ever.
Then movie can be a little too dark at moment (particularly at the beginning scene) and I don’t think it would be very appropriate for young children. To be honest, it might have been the reason I spent the whole time with tears in my eyes. It was extremely sad to imagine a kid going through all of that and then spending years with only a dragon as company (don’t get me wrong, the dragon is great! But it’s not enough for a kid to spend 6 years with!). I guess the director and screenwriters didn’t really think about what kind of audience they were going to get.
I have read some other reviews and I know that some people found it too cliché. I can see why they would think that, but I guess it didn’t really matter to me as much because it is a Disney movie (mostly for kids), and it was beautifully done. I can’t wait for the next remakes that are going to come out!
Hey guys! So, on May 16th I watched Pitch Perfect 2 and I loved it! It is so hilarious and awesome. The songs are great, in my opinion better than the ones on the first movie because remember when they used to sing the same songs all the time? It didn't leave enough room to sing cool songs. But in this movie, all the songs were great! There are somethings that I didn't like but overall the movie was very funny and entertaining. I love Hailee Steinfeld! She is so adorable and such a good singer! Her character was great and her relationship with Benji was the cutest thing ever! Jeca (Jesse + Beca) is my OTP for Pitch Perfect! They are so freaking cute together and in the first movie their relationship was kind of a big deal but I feel like in this movie it was just there and we didn't get any romantic scenes with them. The only scene where they were alone was when he was dropping her off at the Recording Studio (and that scene was pretty cute). And I wanted so much more!!! Also, the Treblemakers weren't important at all?!?! The Recording Studio thing was pretty cool, when Anna Kendrick and Snoop Dogg sang together!!! It sounded so good! The whole thing with Fat Amy and Bumper was so cute! When he asked if she wanted to be his girlfriend and she said "no" was so sad!! I felt so bad for him! But it was so funny the scene where she sang "We Belong"! People say that Beca and Chloe are supper gay for each other. I don't think so, I actually have never thought about that till I saw Bechloe fanfics on Tumblr (and they are kinda weird...). But then I watched Pitch Perfect again and realized that Chloe seems really into Beca but I don't think Beca is into her?! People were making the cabin scene a really big deal but I think it's just supposed to be funny and it doesn't actually mean that they are gay... I don't know, this is my opinion. I don't think there's any problem with that I just don't see it. Comment below what your opinions are. There were a lot of racist jokes on that movie, that commentator, John, was so racist and an idiot in general. I know they did that just to make it funny but I wish someone had said something to him instead of just looking at each other awkwardly. The a capella world tournament was really fun. I loved to see people from different countries singing the same song. The first group to perform was the Canadian group (and I live in Canada) and everyone in the movie theatre started cheering. It was pretty funny. Well, the movie was pretty funny. It did have some racist comments, but I'm not gonna make a big deal out of it. It was just supposed to make people laugh. The songs were great and the characters were awesome. I recommend for you to watch it if you liked the first movie! Oh, I forgot! The first scene when Barack and Michelle Obama were there was so funny! The whole "Wrecking Ball" scene was great.
This video is gold! I am currently watching season 4 of Supernatural on Netflix, and after I saw this I had to post it! This is from the episode 6 Yellow Fever. The whole episode was hilarious. If you haven't watched Supernatural yet, I recommend you to!
Oh my God!!!!! So this weekend I watched Mockingjay Part 1 and loved it so much! If you haven't watched it don't go with high expectations (in my Socials class we always discuss about films and a lot of the people surprisingly didn't like it). Mockingjay is my least favourite book on the trilogy, I didn't like how the ending was written and some deaths were unnecessary. The movie was great, but it doesn't have a lot of action like Catching Fire does, it's more of a "building up" for the Revolution. I fell like I have to watch it again to write a more faithful review but I don't think I will go to the movies again, so I'm gonna try the best that I can to share my opinion with you all.
THIS REVIEW WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS OF THE MOVIE AND BOOK.
Okay, so we start with a scene of Katniss hiding in a small place, which I imagine is one of the various places that she goes to have a time by herself in the book, and she is repeating that thing "I am Katniss Everdeen. I am from district 12..." just like the book and I was really excited about that. Jennifer Lawrence is such an amazing actress and she plays the way that Katniss was losing her mind, really well. Did you guys noticed that they use the same sound/song on the beginning of all the movies? That's really cool! I've never noticed that before.
After being knocked out she wakes up at her hospital room and she hears someone crying. When we see Finnick, we notice how sad and lost he is because of Annie. Guys! He was crying! That broke my heart!!!
I'm mad that we didn't see Finnick in his underwear. That scene is so hilarious and I was looking forward to it, because come on guys, it's Finnick. All the scenes with him were heart breaking because he was always tying the knots and he looked lost and omg it was really sad.
I was wondering how they were going to do the propos and I really liked them! The first one was so hilarious when Katniss was in front of that green screen and she has a line to say and everything, it was so funny because Katniss, not Jennifer, is apparently really bad at acting. I think that the other propos were beautiful.
It was very sad when Katniss went to district 12 for the first time. When she sees all those skulls and she kind of freaks out, like she's realizing that that was kind of her fault.
The lockdown scene was so scary! When everyone was running downstairs and Katniss falls, and when she discovers that Prim is not there. The doors were closing and it was so nerve wracking! I was really happy to see that Gale was with her and that she got the cat and all! I have to admit something, when I first read Mockingjay... Gale was my favourite character... I never blamed him for "killing Prim", because he didn't! It wasn't his fault! But what broke my heart was when at the end of the book he leaves Katniss. After everything that they've been through! I know she would never look at him again the same way because of Prim, but even though!
When they were all in the bunker and the Capitol was trowing bombs... That was freaking scary! That was way more intense than in the book! But I really liked that scene!!!
Something that we don't have in the book but we do have in the movie is seeing what's going on with the districts during the Revolution. It was really awesome to see! When those men in district 7 (I think) were in the woods and someone whistles and they climb the trees and a man screams "We burn, you burn with us" and bombs explode. That was awesome! We see that they are willing to risk their lives to change the government!
I'm glad that we have Effie in the movie! She is not in the book (only at the end and that was confusing?!) and she is so funny! I love her so much! Elizabeth Banks is perfect as Effie! I just missed her colourful outfits!
The camera crew was so cool! Castor is handsome ;) and Pollux was so adorable!!! I really liked their cameras. I think that in the book Katniss describes the cameras as them being really big. But they were actually really small, and there were also some attached to their helmets! So cool! And Cressida looked really badass!
Now lets talk about something we've all been waiting for a long time. The Hanging Tree song!!! Ahhh!!! I loved it so much! I didn't imagine it that way but it's so much better! At the beginning it was so good but when everyone started singing it was so powerful! It was breathtaking, so perfect!
Every time we saw Peeta on TV I had tears. We could see him getting worse each time and Katniss' reaction was so heartbreaking! This movie was really dark and sad if you think about it.
I'm glad we got to see them going to rescue Peeta and the others! It was so intense!!! And it was going back and fourth between Finnick talking about how his body was sold to the Capitol and Snow's secrets to the rescue... So tense... And then Katniss and Snow were Skyping :P, so insane.
I was looking forward to see the meeting between Katniss and Peeta. Johanna looked so cool! (I feel bad for saying this :p Jena Malone looked great with her head shaved! Don't know if she actually did that tho.) And Annie!!! Finnick and Annie meeting was exactly how I imagined! So beautiful! But it was freaking horrifying when Katniss saw Peeta! He looked so bad! It was so sad! I was crying! And then he suddenly was suffocating her! So scary! He looked pretty strong for someone that has been tortured for weeks. And Katniss eyes! I didn't know if I wanted to laugh or cry (I know that sounds mean). It looked so real!
I thought that that was going to be the end but then Katniss woke up and Plutarch was explaining to her the whole Hickjacked thing. Which I thought it was good because I lot of people probably didn't understand what was going on. And then president Coin was giving a speech and Katniss was slowly walking towards Peeta's hospital room. I thought she was going to try to talk to him so I was freaking out. And then we see him on that last scene! So sad!!! HEARTBREAKING!
I wanna watch it again! I really liked it! So excited for Mockingjay part 2! What did you think of the movie? I would love to hear your thoughts so comment below! :)
Sorry if there are any spelling errors! I don't speak english fluently so I apologize. :)
You guys don't know but I really like Bethany Mota's videos on youtube. I love her tutorials, and I didn't know but actually she sings really well. She've just released this song, and I don't love it but I can see myself singing this song anytime soon. :P
Yesterday I watched the If I Stay movie and I loved it so much! Such an awesome book to movie adaptation! I loved it so freaking much! Even tho I didn't cry while reading the book I did cry when watching the movie. It is very emotional and I think that Chloe Moretz and Jamie Blackley did a good job at portraying Mia and Adam. I felt like I already had watched the movie because it was so much alike the book! There were some extra stuff that wasn't in the book but I really liked like some romantic scenes between Mia and Adam and that thing about the Julliard ceiling. So cute! I don't think that keeping Mia's father and Teddy alive for awhile was good idea, I don't know... I just didn't like it because it gave her and us so much hope. Other things that pissed me off was that they changed the name of Adam's band! Seriously! Maybe there was a good reason for it but the name that they chose (I don't even remember) wasn't as good as Shooting Star! And I also didn't like that Kim hasn't her signature braid! Was that so hard to do??? The way that they put the flashbacks between the hospital scenes was very good (just like in the book ;) and I recommend you all to watch it!
These are the reviews from my favourite booktubers:
I've been writing a lot of book reviews lately, which is very odd for me. What are you guys thinking about them? If you have any suggestion, please comment on this post!
On a day that started like any other, Mia had everything: a loving family, a gorgeous, admiring boyfriend, and a bright future full of music and full of choices. In an instant, almost all of that is taken from her. Caught between life and death, between a happy past and an unknowable future, Mia spends one critical day contemplating the only decision she has left. It is the most important decision she'll ever make. Simultaneously tragic and hopeful, this is a romantic, riveting, and ultimately uplifting story about memory, music, living, dying, loving. Rating: ★★★★★
I finished this book yesterday night and I really thought that I was gonna cry reading it but I didn't. It is indeed a very emotional and moving book. I liked the way that the author divided the chapters, based on the time. And I also really liked how she managed to put the flashbacks between every "chapter". I gave it 5 stars on Goodreads! I very recommend this book and I'm so excited for the movie! A weird thing that I realized is that the girl in the cover has blue eyes and if I'm not wrong Mia doesn't have blue eyes! THIS REVIEW WILL HAVE SPOILERS! The first chapter was very shocking. I didn't know when the accident was going to happen, I thought it would take a while to happen but it was all so fast! Everything happened so quickly and I think that that was good because we were basically as shocked as Mia was. Till the time that Mia realizes that Teddy died, I was so worried about him! I was like "Where is Teddy?", "Is he dead?", "What happened to him?". I was extremely sad that Teddy and Mia's parents died. I loved Adam and Mia's relationship! They were so cute together and Adam was just so... Ahhh! And Kim is so cool! I think she was a great character! And Teddy is really cute! And Mia's parents and grandparents were really cool. Everybody was really cool! Even the nurses. The fact that Mia and Adam are both musicians and that Mia plays the cello! It's the first book that I've read that a character plays a cello! Gayle Forman is a very good writer. I look forward to read more of her books. :) This was very beautiful book and it was basically about Mia's choice. What will happen if she stays. If she can really stay. What she will choose. I don't think I have any more things to say about it, only that I loved this story! I'm so excited for the movie! It looks like a really good book to movie adaptation!
It looks so gooooood!!!!!
I heard that they won't stay together in the next book. Why??? Their love is juts so beautiful!!
Sorry if there are any spelling errors! I don't speak english fluently so I apologize. :)
This is so cute and you should try it! Are you curious to know things about your name? This was made for babies, I mean, for when parents are choosing a name for their baby. But it is so interesting and cute that I couldn't resist, so I tried my own name. :)
Ok, so... Demi've just released a Lyrics video for Really Don't Care that she made in Brazil! It looks so awesome and funny and cute and... OH MY GOD! I LOVE IT!
Hi guys! Any swifties here? Well, I am! I was talking to my friend about Taylor Swift videos and I had this idea for a post. I think that her music videos are so pretty! This is in particular order and it's about the videos not the songs! <3
17) White Horse
16) Picture To Burn
15) Safe And Sound
14) Our Song
13) Teardrops On My Guitar
12) Back To December
11) Fifteen
10) Begin Again
9) 22
8) I Knew You Were Trouble
7) We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
6) Love Story
5) Ours
4) The Story of Us
3) Everything Has Changed
2) Mean
1) Mine
My favorite one is definitely Mine! It's so cute!!!
I have not read the book yet but I'm so excited for this movie because it looks so good and Chloe is such a great actress! I'm pretty sure I'm gonna cry watching it...
Hi guys! My name is Isadora and I'm gonna talk a little bit about me on this first post.
I'm from Brazil, and I moved to Canada on August 2013. I have been studying english since I was 7 years old so I'm pretty good at it, but I'm not fluent and this blog is probably going to have a lot of spelling errors, and I apologize for that. But I thought that maybe I could start writing a blog in english to practice and improve this language. I am 16 years old, and I really love books! love to watch movies (mostly good book to movie adaptations), I love all musical movies (I don't know why, I just do). I have an Instagram account called @a_glad_fangirl, and that's where I post a lot of fandom pictures. I have a tumblr called vampireloveandfun.tumblr.com . I love to listen to music and...
