Even if you don't believe me, this film review has been requested by many of you and that makes me ecstatic and everything happy-adjectives related...
I'm like a week late, but here it is! X-Men: Days of Future Past review!
I went to see it last Sunday, and I was not expecting anything, I had my mind clear, without any hopes up and just went it to soak it all in, of course I have heard and read that the movie had exceeded a lot and I was like excited, but not like piling up all my thoughts on it.
Here I go: (a mini list of course and again, since I don't read the comics, I'll mostly write about my favorite scenes and/or geek out because of the effects and acting.) Also, SPOILERS AHEAD.
The acting: this cast, people, this cast is pure perfection. Come on, Mystique's decision was the one who changed the X-Men's fate and who better to play that role that the fantastic Jennifer Lawrence. Unlike her acting in First Class, which she didn't shine that much, in Days of Future Past, she went to infinity and beyond. I love Hugh Jackman, he's the best Wolverine and the only one that should exist and his dynamic with young Charles Xavier and Erik (Magneto) was tremendous. McAvoy, Fassy and Jackman should do more movies together. Peter Dinklage, enough said. Nicholas Holt (Beast) such a cutie and his endless love for Mystique makes me cry every time. Finally, James Mcavoy and Patrick Stewart's scene just killed me. Perfect motivation for a perfect plot and it made an amazing film.
Favorite scenes: I loved the whole movie. Totally difficult for me to write about the whole movie don't you think, but here's a few that stood out:
Quicksilver rescuing Magneto: YAS, can we have more Quicksilver in the future?
Obviously, the future war and the past's feud in where Magneto lifted the baseball park and used the Sentinels to declare war on humans. LOVED THE TENSION and the future/past transition.
Loved the many times Xavier was on Mystique's head and she didn't want to be convinced to not kill Trask...
And when Mystique shot Magneto. Yup.
Finally, you have to see this newest Marvel masterpiece, made it short to prevent any more spoilers lol, but enjoy!
Here is the trailer and comment whatever you feel, if you saw the movie already! Give me your opinions! Write to you later, lovelies!
HELLOOOOOOOOO!
Long time no writing about things I've been loving lately so here I am!
The music I've been loving recently and that I desperately need you to know about is Coldplay's new album, Ghost Stories, is perfection. All of their songs are the definition of love and it is so calming and soothing to listen to! My favorite songs are Always in my Head, A Sky full of Stars, Midnight and of course, their hit from the album, Magic. You can listen to their album on Youtube, or buy and download in iTunes, or buy it on a music store near you!
Listen to Midnight here!
I've also been listening to the band CHVRCHES quite a lot this last month! I love their electronic-indie music and they sing fantastic, especially Lauren Mayberry's voice. So awesome! Their album, The Bones of What You Believe have been an obsession for the last month, and my favorite songs are The Mother We Share, We Sink and Recover.
The Mother We Share
Yesterday, I FINALLY decided to watch Orphan Black a Canadian TV series starring Tatiana Maslany, that airs in BBC America, where this woman returns to her home ten months later when she witnesses the death of a woman who looks exactly like her and the events that lead her to discover what is going on! I don't want to spoil that much, but it is fantastic, and Tatiana's acting is phenomenal and I'm in episode 4 still! I can't wait to get to know the story more and I love that the series resembles BBC Sherlock's atmosphere, and it makes the show have that suspense and element of surprise! I love it!
Trailer of the series:
THERE YOU HAVE LOVELIES, I'M ALSO GOING TO WRITE A REVIEW OF X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST! STARRING MICHAEL FASSBENDER, JAMES MCAVOY, NICHOLAS HOULT, HUGH JACKMAN AND JENNIFER LAWRENCE!
I've been called crazy to write a whole post about three different movies, but since my time has been limited, I shall now have the opportunity to write about the latest movies I've seen.
FIRST, (I just got back home from the movie theater, because I had to see it on its opening weekend) is The Amazing Spiderman 2!
I've never cried so much in a movie before, not like 4 times in the same night with true sentiment.
1) The cast: I mean come on, Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone's chemistry is off the charts, I mean they are boyfriend and girlfriend in real life so of course we have this perfect combo of feels, because of them. Jamie Foxx as Electro, Spidey's new nemesis, was truly perfect, him from being Spiderman's obsessive fanboy to a badass villain was a great transition. Dane Deehan as Harry Osborne/Green Goblin, I mean I loved how James Franco played that character in the older movie versions of Spiderman, but this amazing actor brought his game and truly gave it a more darker and even scarier side, I wanted to see more of his evil plans. Aunt May (Sally Field) I mean come on, this woman on her beautiful scenes, just makes me cry because her performances are always key to Peter Parker and I just can't handle the perfection.
2) THE SPECIAL EFFECTS AND THE SLOW MOTION SEQUENCES AND THE COLORS AND SCENERIES. THAT IS ALL.
3) I loved that the movie just surprised me, because I wasn't expecting anything in particular, just something about Gwen's (SPOILER), but other than that, I wanted this movie to blow my mind. AND IT DID. RACHEL'S MIND WAS BLOWN.
Go see it, I want to watch it like a million times more!
Here is the trailer and Andrew Garfield's face is worth it all.
The second movie I want you to check out is The Spectacular Now (no spoilers, I promise):
I watched this one last week, because I wanted to watch more of Shailene Woodley's acting, since I've read she is a badass actress who really captivates, and I finally made time to watch the movie, who also stars along with her, Miles Teller. Both of them are also in Divergent, so this movie was bound to be seen.
1) Plot was genius and refreshing: it is a coming of age movie. We have this cute protagonist, who likes to party and live in the now, quoting him, Sutter Keely (Miles Teller) while Aimee Finicky (Shailene Woodley) is a girl who does have dreams and believes that things have a purpose and even if she faces obstacles, she has a smile on her face, she isn't selfish, but thinks of others before herself.
2) Since we focus on Sutter's point of view, we truly suffer along with him and how he faces his truths, how he falls in love with Aimee, and how he begins to think of his future. We normally thought like him in high school, doubting about our abilities to become someone important.
3) I think everyone should watch this movie, because it can give you new sides to see your life, how ordinary things make life so precious and how we need to value ourselves no matter what obstacles we face.
CHECK IT OUT, Definitely a new favorite of mine:
Third movie: DON JON. Joseph Gordon Levitt's masterpiece.
For this movie, I wanted to see it ever since it was in the movie theaters, but since Netflix uploaded it recently, I finally had the chance to watch it.
I love Joseph Gordon Levitt, and I would go ga ga for him in anything he does. This is his HitRecordJoe (his film business) first legit film directed and written by him. Basically it is centered on Jon's life, his ordinary and boring routine with that secret of his obsession with porn. I think this movie was beautiful, because it is not this typical film where we see that this guy has a mediocre life and this woman comes and sweeps him of his feet and he becomes a sweet and pure guy, no. We see how this affects him, how he tries to become this thing he's not when he's with Barbara Sugarman (Scarlett Johansson) and then he meets Esther (Julianne Moore) who has survived, even though a secret is killing her and Jon never actually cares for her until the end, where he's invested in his curiosity for her, an older woman who may just have changed him a bit, not a complete change like in typical romantic comedies, but we see the beautiful process in the movie.
A great flick to watch on your free time:
Happy movie watching lovelies!
Until the next post!
PS. Thinking of making youtube videos in summer, would you like that? Leave a comment below!
After three weeks of its premiere in Puerto Rico, I finally watched the film version of Divergent. I finished the book the same week the movie premiered so I was happy I could watch the movie and compare it with the book. Before the comparison, (that obviously contains spoilers), I'll let you know, lovely reader, that if you are a The Hunger Games fan or The Mortal Instruments books' fan, you'll love the film! Shailene Woodley who played Tris Prior, our heroine, was excellent and she flawlessly acted out the most emotional scenes from the book. Don't get me started on Theo James' portrayal of Four, it was like if he was literally taken out of the book.
There were some changes in the movie from the book, but they weren't drastic and it was understandable not to have them on the movie, because nothing changed. It is like if you just have seen the movie and not read the book, you didn't miss on the most important things, but like always the book will help you understand the movie so much better, because there were scenes like the tattoo that she wanted the birds on her collarbone, but those have a meaning behind it. Peter played by Miles Teller was incredibly good too! He was like I pictured him. In the book, he is a much more cruel guy, but in the movie we do see his bad intentions and how he obviously envies Tris for her abilities. The scene where Al, Peter and two more guys tried to kill Tris was how I imagined it, and Four rescuing her was perfect! Plus, the scene where Al asks for Tris' forgiveness and she screams at him that he is a coward, and tears up, Shai, two thumbs up! Don't get me started on her parents' death, in where I started crying like an idiot, because I also cried while reading the book, yes, Shai is the perfect Tris, end of discussion.
Referring to the movie's visuals.... they were absolutely stunning! After Four and Tris faced Four's fears, that morning after the kiss, where the sun hits her face and the room is illuminated with happiness, I loved how everything looked. The control rooms where the Erudite worked were also pretty cool, the train scenes where the Dauntless jumped out of were really badass, the fighting scene between the hypnotized Four and Tris was actually pretty awesome despite the fact I was so anxious that he had to realize he was killing her and when she pointed the gun to herself screaming that it was okay and that she loved him, (even though in the book she says she loves him in the ending) it was amazing how heartwrenching was to see that she would give her life even if her love was long gone, and it was the only way to make him realize. In the music area, I have listened to the soundtrack before watching the movie and I loved it, and in the movie, it was integrated so well, in particular the song called "Run Boy Run" during the train scene! Also the Ellie Goulding songs, like Hanging On and Dead in The Water... I was emotional, since she is one of my favorite singers, heck my favorite singer and for her songs to be featured in the movie, I was proud.
I rate the movie 9/10, because it did justice to the book and I'm literally anticipating the time when the DVD comes out, because I want to watch the movie so many times! Thanks Neil Burger! If you haven't seen the movie, please do before it's out of the movie theaters or when it comes in stores, please do!
Hello to you guys, it has been weeks since I last posted in my precious blog, but here I am back again with a movie recommendation, and I wanted to do this triple threat movie post, but since I haven't watched the other two movies.... I shall write about Captain America: The Winter Soldier, (because I couldn't wait any longer!)
I'm a huge Marvel movie fan - I'm still trying to find the day to start reading the comics, probably in summer -, so getting back to the Marvel movie, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, I got to see it with one of my closest friends and her group of close friends and I really enjoyed that time in the cinema with them. To be honest, I was really excited, but unlike my friend, she was desperately, but passionately waiting to the movie to premiere here in Puerto Rico, and then last Thursday finally arrived. With a cast where Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Samuel L. Jackson and Colbie Smulders, it was a movie worth watching from beginning to the end. The first movie Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) was really good (7/10), but for me the second was probably one of the best sequels I have seen in quite a while. I rate it 9 out of 10, and I can't even start talking about the movie with how good Captain America was with more intense action scenes, more interactions between Black Widow and Captain America and their growing friendship. James "Bucky" Barnes' appearance, and yes, Sebastian Stan makes a really good portrayal of this new version of Steve Rogers' brainwashed friend, who is our new nemesis! We see a secret side of the S.H.I.E.L.D organization and so much more that I don't want to give away. If I could watch the movie 1000 times more, I would. So go check it out in any cinema near you and enjoy this epic sequel of Captain America!
Before starting to describe this flawless night, I really want to mention how grateful I am for actually being able to assist to these events, also have patience with people, but overall, incredibly happy with how Coors Light Soundfields turned out to be, quite a phenomenal and fun night. We (my brothers and close friends, uncle and cousin) arrived almost at 8pm, it was my first time going to el "Muelle 15" and now I know where it is and how to get there. Once we stepped on the area where the fun was going to take place, DJ Nino was finishing his set and then Caleb Calloway started his. He had this funky, more soft-electronic mood music and it was good, but I was really hoping for the more dancing and jumping mood, because not that his set was boring, but we really wanted to start to get a bit crazy, lol.
When the clock struck 9:30pm, the DJ duo called Wolfpack took the stage and literally blew our minds, my brother was really expecting something different and I was with a neutral position, because they probably were going to pump us up, but their set was really fantastic and different. Their sound really showed us how powerful and daring they can be as DJ's. Later, the duo DVBBS played next and they are of course, more known because of their hits, Tsunami and Raveology, and yes, from their set, I was totally expecting it to be full of really good mixes and yes, they totally filled my expectations, and my brother was also really satisfied with their incredible talent. They were really hyper and excited while DJ-ing and said that Puerto Rico were "one of the favorite shows they've played". A really high appraisal.
As soon as DVBBS ended, we had to wait 15 minutes for Empire of the Sun...
AND from them I had already seen some of their performances online to know what they usually perform, how they perform and one thing is watching it online, but live... it is definitely a journey to the galaxies. They have this charisma and presence on stage, even my friends and brothers were a bit taken aback of how talented the main singer, Luke Steele, was! He even broke a guitar, which we suffered for lol, but since they are one of my favorite bands of all time, I was really sentimental about seeing them, I was really happy I could. They played Lux as their intro, Ice On the Dune, We are the people, DNA, Old Favours, Concert Pitch, Surround Sound, Celebrate, Standing on the Shore (FAVORITE AND I SCREAMED), Walking on a Dream and as their closing song, the most popular, Alive. I took so many videos of their songs, and most of them well the audio is not that good, but I'll check again to see if I can upload a bit of Alive, which is the one that sounds better than the rest. BUT looook at these pics I took, (I really tried hehehe, but awesome, right?)
- I love that picture -
Continuing on this flawless night,at 1 AM, my favorite DJ duo composed of Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, the most talented DJ's, well for me of course, and they are #6 in the world, so yes, their mission in life is to make you feel on top of the world during their sets. I became a fan of them after watching a concert thanks to my uncle, and literally fell in love with both of them. Guys, to be there watching them play live was literally another dream come true, incredibly happy to have been there jumping and fist bumping in the air along to their new songs, which they played and then mixed some of their favorites and our favorites like in some concerts I previously watched like their Tomorrowland set, or their concerts in Belgium or Amsterdam. In the end, we loooved their performance, I wasn't going to leave until they left and literally screaming every time Like Mike spoke, lol.
As soon as they finished their set, it was 2:30am and yes, we had to leave, because we don't like Dubstep (Rusko) and our feet were literally swollen and we couldn't even walk, but it was so much fun, I want to relive it again!
Hello, lovely readers, yes you are lovely!
I truly don't know what to start writing about, but I think I'll mix them up a bit. This week, British singer, Ellie Goulding released a single called "Beating Heart" which is part of the Divergent Original Soundtrack.
YES, I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THIS.
Not because I'm extremely obsessed with Veronica Roth's Divergent (yet), but I needed a push to motivate myself to keep reading the book since I stopped in chapter 8, not because it is a boring book, but because I'm extremely lazy sometimes. Along with the lyric video of the single that also has some Divergent footage and I cannot truly wait. Now, I'll probably be every free moment in my time reading and finishing the book. The movie comes out March 20th which is just around the corner! And if you have the book, but not finished reading, you can join me in Goodreads (an app you can find it on any App Store) and it keeps track of the pages I've read and more!
Now let's talk about Ellie Goulding's new single for Divergent's Original Soundtrack, which basically consists of her songs and I'm so happy they've recognized that the Brit singer is fantastic and that they should always choose her to make soundtrack songs! So, here's "Beating Heart":
Also I wanted to talk about The Flash, which is a new series spin-off from Grant Gustin's Flash in Arrow, a hero based on the DC comics, and I'm really excited to how this series will turn out to be!
This week, there have been photo releases of his suit and some stills from set which are in the link below the photo and HOPE THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED ARROW, you can and you can also meet Barry Allen and how he does too deserve a show!
Plus, OUAT is back, and it is my ultimate favorite show, I'll probably post the trailer for next Sunday (every week) and I should also add Arrow's next week previews!
Sunday night, I'm making this trend of making Colin notice me in my birthday and reply to me, so just remember I'm @killianswans in Twitter and yay! Hope you can join me!
Also guys, my parents made me an amazing gift for my birthday and it is for a Paramore + Tegan and Sara concert tonight! I'm pretty much in a state of shock, haven't really gotten over the fact that my parents actually bought this for me and that I will cry again in the concert singing all the songs of these two amazing bands. Check out their new music video "Ain't it Fun"
This is it for today guys, and a new post will come out on my birthday and in that post, I'll do like a birthday edition of my music and movie favorites up until now and hope you'll like it! Byeee, until the next post!
For you I have today some weekly obsessions that honestly aren't weekly, they have pretty much been life changing... Not kidding.
First, this week, instead of using my free time to read for my classes, which I have read don't get me wrong, I've been catching up with The Office. I looooved Michael Scott (Steve Carell) so much in the series, that after this character left, I pretty much slowed down, and I did arrive to season 8, but with not that much of an enthusiasm as I did enjoy with Michael around. I did however, like I said, managed to keep watching, but now I am more motivated to stick around with the series and actually finish it. I must say this is all of Dwight Schrute's and Jim Harper's fault. Those two are my favorite characters in The Office. So I do strongly recommend this series if you like comedy, sometimes a bit over the line, since this is pretty much a mockery of our society kind of TV show and it really parodies the doings of working in an office, pretty much what you would never do in real life. If you watch Parks and Recreation (another A+ series), then you would love this.
Now in the music area, I have to talk about my endless obsession with the alternative-rock band composed by Jared and Shannon Leto and Tomo Milicevic, Thirty Seconds To Mars. I pretty much never let a day pass by without listening to their songs, and probably Jared Leto's winning the Oscar put me in this state where I need to listen to 30STM every time I can. You can check out their songs on iTunes, Spotify, and/or anywhere you listen your music in (in my opinion, Spotify is the best out there).
Here are a couple of my favorite songs:
From Yesterday from their album, "A Beautiful Lie"
Night of the Hunter from the album, "This is War":
And yes, their most recent hit, City of Angels from their newest album "Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams":
And last, but REALLY important to me is the return of this endless hiatus of my all time favorite TV show, Once Upon A Time. I'm incandescently and endlessly happy, because now some of our questions will be answered after that horrible mid-season finale left us with that bittersweet feeling of what is going to happen to Emma being cursed, how in the hell did Hook return to the real world, what will happen to the Charmings and the rest of the characters in the Enchanted Forest now that their back, and THE WICKED WITCH from Oz is making a huge appearance to probably make us suffer more, but I'm so happy my show is back and you can follow me on my fangirl account in Twitter: @killianswans where I'll livetweet tonight and you can accompany me in my feelings and cry with me. So, I'm ready for tonight!
Here is the official trailer, so get hyped:
Until the next post loveliessss, AHHHH OUAT RETURNS, #WICKEDISCOMING
Here is my movie recs of the last two weeks, I've been busy of course, I'm a college student and I wish I could spend my days watching movies and writing about them so you can enjoy them as much as I do, or even more!
One week ago, I finally found a link to watch The Royal Tenenbaums. It all started when I went to Best Buy to find movies, and I was thinking of buying at the moment one, because let's face it, I'm low in the budget, but I went and walked through the isles until I spotted Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums and Rushmore DVD's and I was, "Oh, I haven't seen these? WHY?" I saw the price, and I almost had a heart attack, because they were each $30.00 and in Blu-ray, and of course, I was so sad, in the end, I didn't buy anything. Obviously, I picked up my Surface and found a link to watch The Royal Tenenbaums; I've seen Moonrise Kingdom, so I really liked Wes Anderson's work already, (THIS MOVIE IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, PLEASE DO.)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller, Gene Hackman, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson and Anjelica Houston, and it's about this unique family, where its composed of the parents Ethelene and Royal with their three children, Margot, Richie and Chas, who are practically geniuses and come together after their father (Royal) announces he has a terminal illness. I practically fell in love with everything this movie presented, because Wes Anderson's movies have this sort of unique feel, at least with the ones I've seen, STILL need to watch Rushmore, but generally his movies have a really vintage, heart-warming and romantic feel that you can't just shake of, you practically feel so attached to the intrigue in the film, you root for whatever is happening in each scene. This movie in particular is heart-warming, funny, the photography (just like in all of his films) are truly amazing and mouth-opening, because it is a pretty film. My favorite character is Margot Tenenbaum, because she's this cool chick, who every girl wants to be, making her own rules, free-spirited and independent, she of course, feels a bit empty, but through the movie, she knows what she's been missing and it was right under her nose. I'm trying not to spoil anything, but I also love Richie, A LOT, (young Luke Wilson is one of my never-ending crushes), but trust me, you'll adore this family's adventures, so hope you enjoy it! Also, forgot to mention, that Bill Murray always is in his films, and if you didn't know much about him, or you really don't like him that much, trust me that you'll love his roles in Anderson's movies, because he's simply a genius actor.
This year, there will be a new Wes Anderson called The Grand Budapest Hotel starring Ralph Fiennes, Saoirse Ronan and much more, and it is filled with adventures, I'm so excited to watch it already so here's the trailer:
Yesterday, I went to the cinema and I really wanted to see The Wind Rises, but I couldn't because my nearby movie theater didn't brought it, so I was like "What now?" so I noticed that Non-Stop was and its cast, and a movie starring Liam Neeson is bound to be likeable, because come on! This man! It also starred Julianne Moore, Michelle Dockery (from Downton Abbey), Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years A Slave, not a big role, but still). It is a suspense-thriller where Bill Marks receives various death threats via text messages putting in danger the lives of 150 passengers in a plane from New York to London. The movie reminded me of the suspense the movie Argo had, my brothers, a close friend and I were at the edge of the seat with our mouths opened at every scene and every revelation the movie throwed at us, truly taking us by surprise each minute. I didn't think I would like it a lot, but I did, I think I like those movies who really put us at a tension and then at the end, it was all worth it suffering for the characters. So here I'll leave you the trailer for you to decide to go to the cinema, and have it on consideration!
Comment below if you enjoyed the post and recommend me more movies to watch and recommend to others! Until the next post lovelies!
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