I feel that my first ever film review should be The Avengers ( I refuse to call it Avengers Assemble, because it is a lame name), in honor of the MASSIVE opening weekend it had. $200 million in one weekend? Biggest ever movie opening? The film totally deserves every single positive comment/review/critic it receives.


My friends will tell you that I am a comic book geek and that I love all things superhero, but I didn't let that cloud my judgement, I didn't let the fact that Captain America is my favourite superhero sway me and most importantly I did not read one review of the film before seeing it. I wanted to experience it in an isolated and private way, I wanted my own thoughts to form and not to be thinking of what this critic or that critic said. 


I'm not going to go into all the technical aspects of the film and sprout about camera angles and lighting effects, because quite honestly I have NO idea what any of it means. I know when a shot looks good and I know how a film makes me feel and Avengers made me feel happy. 


It was a film where I didn't worry about the outside world, I was content to be there and I could have stayed watching it for another 3 hours. I didn't worry about how long was left, or wish I was somewhere else. My eyes did not move from the screen once. I was hooked. It was funny, really funny, a hell of a lot funnier than so called "comedies" that come out every month. I laughed and I smiled and my breath was taken away. The special effects were to say the least, INCREDIBLE, like totally Oscar worthy. The stunts were perfect and the acting was spot on, each actor gave their all and you honestly felt like they were having as good a time as the people watching were. 


It felt fresh, not like the tired genre conventions normally seen in superhero films, there was no romance (shocker), there wasn't a human villain.


A week after I saw the film I still can't find a single fault, well maybe one- Thor's accent. I mean WTF?! It was a mix between Australian and British and it just sounded wrong. Though after a few scenes I didn't really notice. 


So there we have it- my review of The Avengers. If I had one word to describe it...EPIC


I hope ya'll enjoyed it and I hope it was an okay review :) 


P.S GO SEE THE FILM!!! 

So I've decided to start a film review blog. I know its not a new or original idea but I've been thinking about it for a while and I thought its finally time to combine my love of writing and books. I might even throw in a few book reviews just to mix it up a bit. 

I LOVE going to the cinema, there's something so special about sitting in a room with a bunch of stranger all excited to see a film. You literally see everyone at the cinema, parents, teens, granny's, people who have been dragged along, people who've waited years for a certain film. EVERYONE. I think that's why I like it so much, its so random. 

The only downside to the cinema is afterwards. When the films over and you just want to talk about it with everyone, you pray for people to bring up a film do you can talk about it. I love sharing my opinions and after I've seen a film my mind is swimming with comments. So that's why I've decided to make this blog into a film blog, I was bored of talking about myself and no one was reading. But at least even if no one still doesn't reading it, then I get to say my views :) Enjoy    

My time?

I feel like this is it. 
Like this is my year.
I feel like this is the time when I will decide who I am and what I'm going to do.


I've heard that a lot this year, and I must admit I think it to myself every year. But I don't know...something feels different this time. I feel ready. I feel like I'm finally starting to like myself and who I am. I say it feels like the right time, but really what does that mean? There isn't a clock we have to live by, deciding everything for us. No I think it's more of a feeling inside, a feeling of acceptance. 

It's going to be a good year, I can feel it. I said to someone the other night 'I'm going to go and do a degree in journalism after I've finished my current course' This was a HUGE deal, never have I ever admitted to anyone what I plan to do with my life. Of course I used to tell my friends it was my dream to write for Vogue, but I never really cemented that wish, I never really thought about it practically and I certainly never said I'd do a postgraduate degree in journalism. It felt monumental when I said it, like the pieces had finally slotted together and you know what? It felt good. I'm tired of being the one who doesn't know what she wants, I'm tired of just thinking everything will work out (don't get my wrong, I'm still praying I win the Lotto) but now I feel like I have a true goal and I'm desperate to get to that goal. 


So wish my luck!! 

2011: The Review

So if someone asks me how 2011 was, I'd probably say it was nothing special, just an ordinary. Because really I feel like nothing DID happen.

BUT a lot DID happen. I mean, I left school! That must be the biggest thing to happen to me. I know I left high school in 2009, but I knew I was going back for 6th form, this time I was going back. It's hard knowing that life at a place I spent 7 years of my life at, is moving on. I was just one of thousands of people, I wasn't special or different. However I do feel like it was time to leave, not that I could of stayed, but I'd grow out of that place, it made me feel like a child. I'm ready for something new.

One highlight of 2011 for me, was prom. Prom was so much fun, I don't think I've had as good night as that since. I spent the night with some of my best friends, and it was truly AMAZING

The girl above is my BESTEST (girl) friend in the ENTIRE world. I love my Jodiekins more than words can say. She's not the type of person I ever thought I'd be friends with, but I wouldn't change it for the world. She tells me to shut up, tells me I'm being silly, insecure, loud. She literally tells me anything. And I tell her a few home truths as well.

Back to my review.... After prom was summer, a long long summer. I went to visit friends in Wales, always an adventure, then I went to Blackpool and made 2 awesome friends, well one of them turned out to be a total douche as I later found out, many months after, but the other one got my drunk (the only time I've ever been drunk) on Gin and it was FANTASTIC.

Then came the dreaded results day. It turned out to be the best day of my life, the happiest moment of my life, when you ring up University and you hear "Yes you have a place with us" I felt like I belonged! Like I could finally do something with my life.

The biggest change and event in 2011 for me was starting University. WOW that is one scary first day! I've never felt as scared and I don't think I ever will. The unknown, the uncertainty, the total and utter terror. But I survived and I'm loving it, I've made a totally amazing friend, whom I know I will remain friends with forever. University has taught me so much, not just intellectually but personally. I now have so much more confidence than I used too, I went totally out of my comfort zone, went to a new city and didn't have anyone I knew with me. I went to a different Uni that I first wanted to, but I honestly feel like I belong where I'am. I don't think going to my first choice Uni would of been good for me, I would of been with the same people as  at school. I did something different, and I LOVED it.

I also started my first ever job! I feel like a grown up! The first time you ever get a wage is a pretty special feeling, like your actually doing something for the greater good.

In my 2009 review I divided it into highlights and low-lights. But I really don't think I could of for this year, there is nothing I would change.

However I WILL post a few highlights:

1. I SAW ONE DIRECTION ON TOUR!!! I love these boys, for a reason I do not know, though I suppose their looks are one of the reasons. But they make me happy, they make me smile, they make me laugh...okay I'll stop now. 

  
   2. I went to University

   3. I barely saw my BELOVED James, yet we remain best friends and talk nearly every day.

   4.I became a Twitter addict. Seriously I've had an account since 2009 and I've never used it as much as I do now. LOVE TWITTER.

That about it, can't think of anything else worth writing about, apart from my goals and wishes for 2012

1. I hope the world doesn't end. Cos that would really suck. 
2. I WILL learn to drive, been my goal for 2 years now....
3. I WILL get a boyfriend. Robert Pattinson I mean YOU.
4. I WILL do well at University! 
5. I WILL see Lady Gaga on tour AGAIN. 

AND that's me done.

Danke und Auf Wiedersehen 
 

Birthday

Today I turned 19.

I'm so excited and I don't know why! I didn't feel like this when I turned 18. I feel older, like really old, I only have a year of being a teenager left, I guess it's time for me to grow up.

"Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up. They forget. They don't remember what it's like to be 12 years old. They patronize, they treat children as inferiors. Well I won't do that."

The Wonder Years.

Family ties

I want to be able to say "Happy Christmas Daddy"

I want it bad.

I feel insanely jealous of every child that gets to say that.

I hate myself for feeling like that.

2010

Sooooo I haven't written this blog in forever! I just remembered about it and then went on a mad search for my email address (I have about 5) and then I found my 2009 year "review". I remember thinking I'd do one after 2010, buy alas it never appeared. So I do a condensed version,

Well the major thing that happened was that Lady at the top of the page. The Queen that is Lady GaGa, she exploded, not literally, but she became a "global superstar" to use a phrase from the X Factor. Everyone loved her, raved about her, bought her music, sang her epic lyrics. BUT I Megan Lynch, for xmas 2009 got the BEST present ever, from my BEST FRIEND in the whole wide world.....TICKETS TO SEE HER...LIVE!! Seriously I don't think anyone could ever top that present, unless Rob Pattinson turned up on my door on xmas day wearing only a bow tie ;)

So on 18th Feburary, the beloved and I, hopped on a train and got to see our Mother Monster on stage, mere metres away from us, she danced and sung. I LOVED every moment of it, from the beginning (1hr late!) till the end. She was simply amazing, and I think everyone who "hates" her should go see her live, she gives 100000% and more. I will never forgot that night for as long as I live.

The second major thing that happened was the birth of my beautiful nephew, Alfie. There are no words to describe how much I love that little boy, from the moment I saw him it was instant love. And no matter how sad or silly it sounds, I would truly kill and die for that boy, no hesitation.

So that was my 2010, not very much happened, but it was memorable.