I didn't really have an idea for a blog this time round, so it's been rather a while since the last one - sorry! So do let me know what you all think and what kinds of things you'd like to see me write about and I'll get on with some more posts a bit more often. You can do this either in the comments below or if you're on Facebook, my page is HERE. Thanks to everyone getting involved after my last posts, it was great to get to know everyone's animal babies.
As I didn't really have a topic as such this time round, I thought I'd let you know a few things I've been up to in the last couple of weeks that I've enjoyed. Bear in mind that the whole time, I've been listening to Justin Timberlake's new song. On repeat. I'll continue to play it until I hate it. Sigh.
The Jungle Book. The new one. The very much CGI one. Pretty much everything in it was not really there apart from the boy who played Mowgli. I was incredibly impressed with the difference between this and the old animated version. It took on a fairly dark tone, which I appreciated as it was a bit more believable (well, as much as a boy being raised as a wolf cub in the jungle, making friends with a singing bear and not being killed immediately is, anyway). The song "I Wanna Be Like You" whilst not as much fun as it is in the animated film, is so much more perfectly used in this one. It's sung by Christopher Walken; who I can't mention without referencing this video. The lyrics are used to their true meaning - he's saying he wants to be like man so that he can be more powerful to rule. It's not really that jazzy when you think of it like that, but rather a more terrifying prospect.
Having never read the book, I can't compare it to that but it does make me think that maybe I should.
A Midsummer Night's Dream. Oh. My. Goodness. I had to watch it twice. Now; I know that there's a few of you reading this that are sat there going "I don't like Shakespeare" but, really...that's like saying "I don't like stories". You haven't found the right one for you. Yes, granted, I don't like all of his work - I find lot of it boring and hard to keep up with. My English lessons at school made me hate it in the same way they made me hate any book we had to study. If you make me pull something apart so much so that it's not just a story any more but a whole load of metaphors, it's probably not going to do me any favours. I thought that I couldn't understand anything, the wording was weird; but again, I was being taught to read into it too much. His plays were never meant to be read. They were meant to be performed with actors being directed, like they still are...why is it treated differently because it's old? Which brings me to this magnificent piece I watched on the BBC. I'm a fan of Russell T. Davies, anyway; you've probably heard of Queer As Folk along with the obvious choices of Doctor Who and Torchwood but if you have never seen Bob & Rose starring Alan Davies and Lesley Sharp - do. This is one of my favourite stories as it's all fairies and magic which is very much my kind of thing. Whoever cast it, I applaud you (because obviously, I know you'll be reading my blog!) Maxine Peake as Titania, who'd've thunk it? Her accent made it so much more. Matt Lucas as Bottom. And Bernard Cribbins and Richard Wilson? YAY! There was a decent amount of sparkles and fairy dust on top of the already magical scenery that just made it look utterly stunning.
No one had watched this when I was running around telling everyone how great it was, so please tell me if you did!
Alice Through The Looking Glass. Although I still loved it, as much as I expected to, I'd have liked it to be a little more barmy, as it were. Thinking that it could only get more so, as the Mad Hatter has seemingly gone "mad", thinking his family are still alive, it was a tiny bit disappointing when it was less bonkers than Alice In Wonderland - only a continuation of the bonkers that we already knew and loved. The addition of Sacha Baron Cohen as Father Time was a bonus though. He added that extra humour I needed and having time used as a tool also managed to answer a lot of questions about the first film; "why is the Queen of Hearts' head so big?", "why is it always tea time?". Being a Doctor Who fan, I obviously enjoy the concept of time being played with; so using it to go back through Mad Hatter's life before Alice knew him (and before tea time) to find out what has become of his family is a fun thing - whilst the whole way through we're constantly learning about things in the previous film. If I were to watch Alice In Wonderland again now, I'd see it in a whole new light!
I'm hoping that this also gives you a bit more of an idea about me and the kinds of things I enjoy. Fantasy and sci-fi do it for me, generally, but not only so. A world I can escape to in whatever form, being film, tv, books and games has worked as a sort of weapon for me at times. I hate things like Eastenders, when everythings so awful all the time but in a real world too. It's just a bit too much, for me and sometimes a bit too close to home. I watch, read and play for enjoyment, entertainment and escapism, not for a reminder of the world.
Again, I hope you enjoyed reading this. Let me know if you did (or didn't...tell me what you want from me, for goodness' sake!) and what you've been up to recently that you would recommend.
Falv
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PS. My fridge has frozen my milk so now I can't have cereal for dinner. Oh, the struggles.
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