The Darkest Hour Review

I didn't expect much from the darkest hour, I expected it to be one of those run around thrillers like Shark Night where everyone dies, and it went along with my expectations.

The Darkest Hour is about when aliens attack Moscow, Russia. When 4 Americans visiting stumble on each other, they quickly race into survival, doing whatever it takes to get back to America.

I have to admit, The Darkest Hour was nothing special, i am done watching it and i probably won't watch it again. The story isn't that original, it reminded me a lot of The Happenning.

Another thing I have to critique is the characters. These characters had no depth, and no personalities to them. It was just like they were just there. They didn't even react to the situation how we would react.

A good thing about this movie is that it is action packed. There was never one dull moment in the movie and I wasn't board at all. It was a thrill ride, not that great in cinema, but during the movie you had fun. Thats what I think matters. B

New Years Eve Review

Think of New Years Eve as an info commercial. To draw your attention to the product, a lot of advertising was used. New Line Cinema added 15 major stars, a big name director and a commercial on every T.V show and wham! New Years Eve became a hit.

New Years Eve is sort of like a sequel to the movie "Valentines Day", but with different stars and a different plot. New Years Eve takes place in the busy new york on one of the busiest days of the year. It covers different peoples stories of how they found love on the big night. 

I dont understand why I decided to see New Years Eve, maybe out of curiosity of how bad it was going to be, how a movie could be even worse than Valentines Day ( Which I walked out of). But I came out of the theatre pleasantly surprised.

New Years Eve isn't the best Holiday movie, but it beat Valentines day by far. New Years Eve is like a 2 hour T.V show. It is always jumping around to different parts of the big city to cover peoples stories of how they are handling New Years Eve. The jumping around is actually quite annoying but useful, it helps you stay in focus with the movie,but it is just so annoying!

The filmmaking and writing was pretty sloppy and strange. First of.... It was really trying to sell New York City in a way. Part of it seemed like a walking advertisement for the big apple. Also, the characters lack feeling, I was never able to sympathize with some of the characters, but the actors did the best they could and their acting wasn't as bad as some people have said. After all it is a comedy!

New Years Eve overall is a movie that a lot of people would rather not see. But if you are going out with your girlfriends, you might enjoy it. If offers plenty of small, cheesy giggles and it will help you warm up to the holiday cheer. But it is still annoying. B-

Rant on Bullying

Why did you just say that? Why did you just do that? I don't understand. Why does it make you happy to put someone down? One small thing you said could've meant the world to someone. So..... Why did you do that?

Out 0f 35 countries why is Canada 9th on the list? Why?. 15-22% of children report being bullied. What is 15% of 5.6 million? A lot.

One in 10 adults report their children being cyberbullied. You know how many that is?

The worst of it. If a person who witnesses the bullying intervenes, The bullying can be stopped in 10 seconds.


10 seconds. Thats all it takes. 10 seconds. Then why aren't the rates of bullying going down?  You can save a life.

BULLYING HURTS
I AM A DO SOMETHING PERSON
I WILL STAND UP AND NOT STAND BY
I CARE, I CAN HELP, I CAN CHANGE THINGS


( I am going to make a video soon on this)

You know its the holidays when...

You walk into your moms room and your mom hides a bag and yells at you to go away.

Finding a parking spot at a mall is the best feeling ever.

All you hear on the radio are christmas songs

When store lineups seem to last an eternity

When you suddenly develop a craving for hot chocolate everyday

And when you find yourself counting down the days until break.
Like me.
now.
:D


Just want to wish you guys an early happy holidays and break the news that I now have 190 followers on twitter!!! So HAPPY EARLY HOLIDAYS!!!

A little taste of my week

You know what? This week has been super packed let me explain what has been happening:

Monday:
Tuesday: Health Project Due
Wednesday: Concert Rehearsals + English project due
Thursday: More concerts
Friday: History + Science due


First things first, I did not mean to procrastinate. Well I didn't procrastinate... My assignments were on time. I just don't enjoy Presenting them to the class. Despite my French accent that sounds english ( I have got over 3 people telling me that), its more of a nerve factor considering I'm presenting history. I actually called John A Macdonald fat by accident in french (No wonder the teacher was laughing).

See this is how my procrastination works, I think and I multitask. I always get it done , to the best quality but it takes longer because of the multitasking. See, photography, blogging, twittering, moviemaking and Facebooking seem to interest me more than the current project. But my mom happens to see me not doing the task at hand and this makes her think that I am procrastinating. Which I'm not.

Anyway, the dear winter concert. I am in band. We do lots of rehearsals. But dear Kassy, you want to be involved way to much and think that being in Free The Children, Book Club, Eco club (3 times a week), Library monitors, Band, Being a eco rep, Stage Crew (setting up for band) is not enough. You just have to join the soloists in the concert and play along with the choir on your beautiful clarinet ( Which sounds flat btw).

On top of that, I have to read 5 books for forest of reading. I have already finished Dear Geroge Cloony, please marry my mom and am currently working on DUST CITY.

So Kassy, you have to get back to what you do best, "procrastinate" because when the time comes you are going to hand in your beautiful lab report with the shiny cover and say to yourself: ' Aren't I glad I handed this in?'.

Woah Kassy! That made NO SENSE!!

Christmas Playlist

Just wanted to share my imix playlist with you! Its going to be up soon on iTunes, so then you can check it out! Check me out on ping!

Bullying.

I just saw this video via Love is Louder and I wish him hope. People shouldn't be bullied and I don't understand why people are. It affects everyones lives. Do we really want to affect someones life and make them cry like this? Cut? . To this boy in the video: Stay Strong. You have a life ahead of you. These bullies will be begging on their knees for forgiveness. Stand Tall

All humans should be treated the same, why should someone be picked on? I don't understand but this kind of bullying disgusts me. It should end.

Spotlight on...Catherine Hardwicke

I would just like to do a little spotlight on Catherine Hardwicke, for those who don't know, she is a director of some major movies like Thirteen, Twilight and Red Riding Hood. After watching some of her films, I have come to learn that she has a certain directing style, that brung her into the spotlight.

Her distinctive style is a love or hate. She often shows scenery, it is an important aspect of her films. She often gives- kind of like a 360 on everything that happens. I happen to enjoy this style. You can tell if she did a movie without even knowing. 

She also uses lots of Canadian scenery (We Canadian's are pretty special), she shot in Canada for both Twilight and Red Riding Hood.

She is also a woman director, that is pretty cool because a fair majority of directors tend to be men, so its good that she is in the spotlight.

Authur Christmas Review

Everyone wants to get into the Christmas Spirit , by blasting some music, by decorating the christmas tree or by dancing to jingle bell rock. But watching Authors christmas, really can get you into that holiday spirit.

Authurs Christmas offers the big actor "James Macavoy" to play the lead as the too skinny, too jolly Authur. Santa's son. After the big Christmas night, Authur discovers that Santa missed a child so he embarks on a journey with his grandfather to set things right.

Authur's Christmas offers up a fresh taste on the typical Christmas movie. It puts our modern day tech into the place of Christmas and changes around Santa's whole role in the events.

Another thing that makes this movie good is the humour. I have to say, my dad and I were laughing our heads off at some of the parts, especially the grand Santa one liners. This movie is just so funny and keeps you smiling and filled with the holiday cheer. 

I don't really have much to say about this movie, nothing really bad. Except for the fact that the movie makes Santa look really Lazy ;). But he's not lazy! This movie is perfect, and I mean perfect for adults and children alike. Heck, even adults by themselves would like this movie! A

Breaking Dawn Part One Review

There are a lot of things I don't understand in life, and Twilight is one of them. Its gotten teens all over America in fights- Team Jacob and Team Edward. But really? What is is about?

The saga continues in the 2-parter Breaking Dawn part 1. Bella gets prepared to Marry the 106 year old Edward- her love for life. Jacob Black, as expected is not happy. But they get married anyway. On their honeymoon, lets just say that "Things" happen that shouldn't happen. Well, Bella is pregnant. Wonderful, a vampire baby is on the way.

The first thing I didn't understand was Jacobs outburst at the beginning of the movie. I mean you love Bella, but why are you running like crazy? I read the book, and Jacob's character seems to be a lot different then they made him in the movies. 

This movie was a bit slow, but it was paced well. Jacob seemed to be angry most of the time.

Bellas makeup was done really well. When she was pregnant, she looked like an old woman without the wrinkles and it was really scary and cool.

The ending- I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO END THAT WAY!!! Woah that was intense, seriously. Now, I want to see the next movie!

Overall Breaking Dawn is a movie for teens and woman. I wouldn't recommend someone who doesn't like paranormal movies to even get within 5 metres of the theatre. Why would you see a movie that doesn't interest you? C

Jack & Jill Review

Just in time for the holiday season, the new "Happy Madison" picture "Jack and Jill" comes waltzing into theatres. A week later, it is receiving awful reviews about how cheesy it is. After seeing it, I can tell you the good and bad things about it.

The first thing, its kinda cheesy. The jokes are mostly pee pee jokes and they might not appeal to an older audience. Except for the few that are too lets say "Adult" for the younger kids, and trust me. They will know what they mean.

The second thing, it wasn't awful. This movie is just like the other sander movies, so why are people saying awful things about it? There is a clear moral and it makes kids want to appreciate their family more and be careful about what they say. It also makes them wish they had twins (haha).

Thirdly, it was kinda confusing. A lot of men came in and out of Jills life that kids had trouble catching on. Also, how would someone get off of a cruise ship and come back home in an hour??

Jack and Jill is a family movie, but is not a family movie. It is good for all age groups. It has a clear moral and lots of laughs along the way. Sandler's acting will make kids laugh like crazy, as adults you will just have to wait and see about that. C+

The Hunger Games Official Trailer: Thoughts.

When I found out the trailer came out on Monday, I had nothing to do but rush over to the computer to watch the highly anticipated video. The teaser was great- but I really wanted to see more of the characters and more of the personalities portrayed in the film.


The beginning shows Katniss and Gale. I remember that scene from the book. It was so amazing, the friendship that Katniss and Gale had. They portrayed it perfectly.  Then they showed Effie, her makeup and everything was just as I imagined it to be.

When Prims name was pulled out, Katnisses reaction was gold. Jennifer put her shoes into Katnisses boots and did the exact reaction that I imagined it to be. The hope that she wouldn't be hurt and the anger she felt at the capital. Lawrence showed it all, and showed it perfectly.

I didn't imagine that Cinna would look like that.But he seemed to be playing it pretty well. I also saw the glimpse of the capitol and the show that Katniss was on. The tributes looked pretty dead on to me. I was upset that I didn't see Clove (Isabelle Furhman) or Foxface ( Jackie Emerson) because I really wanted to see what they would look like.

Now Peeta, there were lots of complaints about the actor who played him, but I have seen Josh Hutcherson act- and he can pull it off. From what I saw in this trailer, it is confirmed. 




I think that the actors and the writers will carry the true nature of the book to The Hunger Games movie. What do you think?

Florence + The Machine "Ceremonials" Review

I am obsessing over this album! It is stunning! I have been listening to it for a week! I love the melodies to "All this and heaven to", and "Never let me go". Florence dominates this album with her powerhouse voice and writing skills! Every song on this album is enjoyable! Its even better than the first one (which is pretty hard to beat!)






If you love alternative and enjoy songs that mean something, I would recommend to get this album!!

Greyson, you amaze me.

You are one year older than me and you communicate about issues, like bullying and other problems. I love this song. You are able to tell people that you can stand up when people bully you.

From Bad To Cursed Book Trailer

My friend and I were both looking at good books to read, then we came across the BAD GIRLS DONT DIE series. We both frantically placed the holds for it at the library and looked at the book trailers. We even looked at it for the 2nd book!

From BAD TO CURSED has such an amazing trailer-it didn't give away anything about the book and it was just so well done. Zendeya does such a great job acting in it and really puts herself in the shoes of her character! Can't wait to read this series by Katie Alender!

Entertainment Weekend

This weekend is an entertainment weekend for sure!!! Starting 2 movies that i REALLY want to see are coming out: Anonymous and In Time . Words cannot express how EXCITED I am to see Anonymous, since I didn't get to see it at TIFF!! This director is amazing! 


As for In Time, I would just like to see how Hollywood works with the new concept and how all these big actors and actresses will be playing roles in it! It also just looks cool!


Anyway thats just a heads up on some movies coming out this weekend and for the kids, Puss in boots hits theatres!! 


Happy Halloween!

Once Upon A Time- Review

Once Upon A Time seemed like it was going to be a hit right from the get-go. The whole fairy-tale concept would draw in both audiences adult and children. Adding the fact that it is from the powerhouse writers of lost- Woah. But is the show really as good as everyone says it is?


I have to say, the first episode was a little slow. It seemed to drag on. At the beginning it is Emmas birthday, she then finds her son that she gave birth to 10 years ago and gave away for adoption. He begs her not to take him back to his home, because of his awful mom. But she unwillingly gives him a drive home. He has a fairy tale book with him and claims that "Storybrook" is a town filled with fairy tale characters and that time is frozen by the Evil Queen. 


This episode we see a lot of flashbacks on the past, to make it clearer for us to understand. These flashbacks will be featured in a lot of the episodes. I do find it takes a while for her to figure things out. I mean slow.


So overall, this show is not a lot like Lost. I didn't expect it to be. I think that if this show continues the way it is-it might just get a second season.

Had an awesome weekend!

I am having an awesome weekend! Taking tons of photos with my camera! I went to Stayner where there were all these cool stores and I went to Downtown Collingwood! I will post some photos on my Flickr account on Sunday/Monday.

Just wanted to say that I made a photography blog- where I will post some awesome photos that inspire me and some of my photography experiences and the feelings that you feel when you use a camera and how it produces different emotions. The blog address is kassy98photography.wordpress.com.

Stars-Dead Hearts

I was on youtube yesterday and watching the trailer for Like Crazy (So Excited for that) and I found the name of the song at the beginning. Its called Dead Hearts and its by Stars.

I love this song!!

Such a beautiful song, I love it! There is so much more when you just listen to the whole song instead of the one at the beginning of the trailer!!!

Real Steel Review

Everything about Real Steel seemed filled with stardom. Hugh Jackman starring as the main character, the superb special effects and the futuristic plot. But what realy impacted my thoughts on this movie was the feeling it gave me throughout.

Real Steel is about Charlie (Hugh Jackman) who was a pro boxer, then the whole idea of the games changed. Instead of humans boxing, robots began to box. Charlie loses everything because of his high bets. Everything changed when he had to spend the summer with his sonm Max. Max has a high interest on the robot boxing as well, first Charlie is annoyed. Then when Max finds a robot that happens to work, (ADOM) they work together to repair it and get it ready to box.

Hugh Jackman played his character really well. He conveyed the way the character felt to the audience and I thought that was really important. He seemed to put his heart into the character. Max, was played really good as well.

The plot was well done- but I wouldn't say it was an action movie. Although the plot was lacking some action, I thought it was still heartfelt and interesting. The thing that annoyed me was Max, a some times it seemed like he was a bit of a brat. I just didn't like the way he NEEDED to get what he wanted all the time.

Real Steel is a perfect family movie. The whole family will enjoy it for various reasons, adults will enjoy it. Kids will enjoy it and its a win-win choice. Like it or not Real Steel will be a classic because of its timelessness and style. Expect people to be popping it into their blu-ray players in years to come. B+