Movie Night And My Love For Tom Hiddleston

First of all I would like to apologize for how late I’m posting. I’ve been having some issues with my internet lately, and that combined with exams are annoying the Friday spirit out of me. : (

In any case, TGIF!

Since I’m posting late, I’ll tell you about my plans for the evening. It’s exam season and instead of studying I am at my parents’ place treating myself to a movie and a pizza since they will be out to dinner. With Dominoes Pizza to the rescue, the only thing I have left to worry about is which movie to watch. Now when I’m by myself, I usually enjoy watching movies I’ve already seen. I just love seeing some of my favourite actors/characters again and I love being able to predict when exactly the perfect punchline or hilarious moment will arrive. I also enjoy the process of ‘fangirling’ and ooh-ing and aah-ing over my favourite actors, especially the dashing Tom Hiddleston (he played Loki in the Avengers) or even Bradley Cooper or Ryan Gosling and who can forget Johnny Depp pf Javier Bardem? Yes, I know most of these actors listed are male, but a girl can’t help it. I do adore Scarlett Johansson, Sandra Bullock and Emma Stone, though.

Now if you’re home for a movie night, order yourself some junk food and get settled on the couch with a bunch of pillows and all your remote controls around you. The objective is NOT to get up unless you want to go to the loo, and even that is pushing it. Now I’m going to tell you about a couple of my all-time favourite movies along with movies I have recently seen that I think you should definitely check out. Of course, my tastes and yours may not exactly match, so you can always just go for your favourites instead.

My all time favourite movies include:

1. The Avengers. Action, superheroes, killer special effects and Tom Hiddleston. Need I say more? This movie is one of the best I’ve ever seen in my lifetime. An incredible star cast, a brilliant plot with good humour and some feels, The Avengers is definitely my unbeatable number one.

 

2. She’s The Man. This movie combines two of my favourite things: comedy and Shakespeare. Amanda Bynes is absolutely brilliant in the lead and god do I miss her. This movie is a modern-day version of William Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’ and will have you in splits. A must must must see.

3. The Proposal. Sandra Bullock is a wonderful actor and she proves it yet again here in her role as the Super-Bitch Boss. Yeah, I’ll admit Ryan Reynolds does nothing but stand there and look pretty, but this movie is definitely something you need to see.

 

4.Olympus Has Fallen. I just saw this movie yesterday and loved it. It’s got Gerard Butler and Aaron Eckhart, so it’s already a win. Again, great special effects and lots of action and not really for those who are squeamish. It’s a little too USA-centric, but then again it is an American movie and a very well made one at that.

5. Hope Springs. Starring Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones, it’s about an elderly couple who are trying to bring the magic back into their marriage. It’s sweet and quite funny, but again not for the whole family.

6. English Vinglish. So I’m now going into a couple of the Hindi movies I adore. If you haven’t seen it yet, this movie is a must watch. Sridevi has done a wonderful job as an ordinary Indian housewife who is on a journey to empower herself through finally learning English.

7. Karan Arjun. Yes this movie may be the cheesiest of all the cheeses you have had, but it’s a classic. It’s from back when Salman Khan was still tolerable and Shah Rukh Khan’s pre-plastic surgery days and is about two brothers who are reincarnated to take revenge after they were murdered in cold blood. A little unrealistic (by a little I mean a lot) but I still love the plot, the music and the sound effects that go all ‘dhishum dhishum’.

8. Taare Zameen Par. This movie is perfect if you’re looking for a good cry. One of Aamir Khan’s best movies to date, it’s about a little boy who is dyslexic and does his best to cope with the situation. He is sent to boarding school since his parents believe he’s misbehaving, but he was actually dyslexic and no one finds out until the new art teacher (Aamir Khan) recognizes the signs. A story of learning and love, my dad shed a few tears in the theater too.

9. Om Shanti Om. I actually really loved this movie. I seem to have a thing for plots that include reincarnation, and I have no idea why. It’s based in the 70s and is about how a small time actor (Shah Rukh Khan) falls for a star actress (Deepika Padukone), but ends up witnessing her murder and also getting killed in the process. He is reincarnated and becomes a top actor in the present day but is plagued with images of his previous life and starts trying to catch his lost love’s murderer. Shah Rukh Khan may also have a thing for these kind of movies actually. I really love the colours and the sets and the songs are quite lovely, even though Deepika Padukone looks like a mannequin throughout the film.

10. Delhi Belly.Words cannot describe how funny this movie is. Comedy with a serious plot and MAGNIFICENT direction. I really can’t ask for more. Add Imran Khan to the mix and you have an instant hit. I love how genuine the characters in this movie are and how realistic the situation is as compared to reincarnation and murder. A MUST watch.

So there you have it, that’s my list. Now I’m sorry if I haven’t named some of the more recent Bollywood movies, but have you seen what they come up with these days? Complete and utter, mass-produced, bullshit. What is the difference between Salman Khan’s character in ‘Dabangg’ and Ajay Devgn’s character in ‘Singham’? I’ll tell you. NOTHING. There’s no plot, no characterization and definitely no substance. What’s the similarity? They both made a shit-ton of money, which I don’t understand. I have no words. None.

In any case, I hope you check out some of the movies on my list and maybe enjoy them. Don’t forget to order that junk food though! Have a great Friday night.

Cheers! : )

The Toonage Generation

Hello pretty people! I trust you’ve all been well and good. Make use of your youth, and if you’re old, your young heart to go out, take in the fresh sunshine, play Holi with your friends, go on a date with your partner, party like it’s the end of the world and all that. Yeah, just go out and live your life!

But the main reason you should be out is because the TV shows suck. Like really, really bad. Rather than targeting all of them I am going to focus on cartoons today. Kiddies of 2013, sorry to say this, but you guys probably have the worst childhood ever. Not only do the TV shows suck, the world is more fucked up than ever.

My first love will always be anime but well, most anime is not for children and I’m devoting a lot more posts for that so for now stay with me. Come, join me as I reminisce the good ol’ days when cartoons actually used to be good, funny, in 2D and made our childhood awesome. Also included are what’s coming on TV now, to be fair and all.

(This post might be detrimental to your feels so sensitive readers are warned.)

AWESOME CARTOONS KIDS NOWADAYS SHOULD BE WATCHING.

1. Pokemon

Who can forget Pokemon? Back when it was good. Like in its first few seasons with the good pokemon like Charmander, Bulbasaur, Jigglipuff etc. The times with Brock and Misty. Those seasons were so good. Now, you’re just wondering why Pikachu’s anorexic. What the hell, man. How many regions are there in the pokemon world anyway? Only 2 of them are good i.e Kanto and Johto. They don’t make ’em like they used to.

A little something to jog your memory.

Sing with me. I WANNA BEE THE VERY BEST, THAT NO ONE EVER WAS!

Felt good, didn’t it? :’)

2. Tom and Jerry

Oh well to be fair, they do put Tom and Jerry. Except it’s past the bed time of every normal kid and airs at 10 P.M! Fail, Cartoon Network! You fail on every level possible.

Who doesn’t remember Tom and Jerry? The episode where Nibbles has to deliver a letter to Jerry’s “girls” and has to keep evading Tom to do it, the episode where this little girl owns Tom and they all end up singing mama yo quiero. Ah, good times. Back when stupid Doraemon wasn’t playing 24/7. They play another newer, suckier Tom and Jerry sometimes. It just isn’t the same obviously.

Another awesome scene for you.

3. Hey Arnold!

This show has to be one of my favourites. It worked on so many levels. It was funny, entertaining and relatable. Who doesn’t love Helga? All of us has a Helga in us. I have good memories of watching  this show when I was 9 years old and hating Lila, that annoying little goody-two shoes and rooting wholeheartedly for Helga.  Back when Nickelodeon used to be great. All the other channels have sunk but I don’t think any have sunk as low as Nickelodeon has.

4. Dexter’s Lab

Now it’s just getting depressing. Y U SUCK SO MUCH, 21ST CENTURY? 😦  I miss all these shows so much. Who can forget the antics of Deedee and her trademark “Ooh, what does this button do?” And Mandark with his “Hahaha.Hahahahah.” laugh. Today’s children will never have the benefit of watching such amazing cartoons.

Theme song for your benefit.

5.The Looney Tunes Show

Okay, I’m biased. Bugs Bunny was the best thing on the Looney Tunes. But seriously, it was so amazing. The elaborate plots, the crazy schemes and so many characters. Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety, Pepe le pew, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd. All of them were so hilarious! Why, I ask you! Why can’t they put these shows back on air?

A bugs moment.

So these are some of the memorable cartoons of my childhood. Honestly, these aren’t the top 5 or anything. I have so many cartoons in my memory that I honestly couldn’t rate them and put them up. Samurai Jack, Kim Possible, The Fairly Oddparents, Winx Club, Sabrina: The Animated Series, Scooby Doo, The Wild Thornberrys, Rugrats, Powerpuff Girls, Xiaolin Showdown, As told by Ginger, Recess, Batman: The Animated Series, Justice League: Unlimited, Foster’s home for Imaginary Friends and so many more come to mind when I remember the stuff I had to grow up with.

Cartoon Network still puts some shows on. At 2.A.M. I don’t understand why they can’t put this stuff back on air for all of us rather than just insomniacs. If you can put it at 4.freaking A.M, you can put it at 4.freaking P.M

The strange thing is so many of these cartoons actually had a fair bit of violence. Episodes of Tom and Jerry and Looney Tunes had dynamites exploding, bloodshed, cigarettes and all that. Stuff nowadays rely on absolute nonsense. People are so worried that their children will get “influenced”. I don’t think anyone had to worry about us throwing dynamites at each other. Just goes to show how fucked up the world had become.

*Sigh*

As promised, I will put up some stuff that comes on now. As I flip through the various cartoon channels, this meme pretty much sums up what I feel.

Ugh. Let’s get it over with. I’ve only seen them long enough to switch channels so I’m not posting all of them.

I’ll start with the positive. This is the only cartoon that’s actually good that comes on.

1. Phineas and Ferb! You are the only shining light at the end of one depressing tunnel! The songs are decent, good characters and plot and great humour. Of course it doesn’t come close to the stuff I’m used to, but considering the crap that’s coming on, this is gold. Even without it, it’s a decent show. I like it. It’s sad for kids though that this is the only good thing coming on.

And now it goes downhill.

2. Ninja Hattori. This show is vile. Words fail me to describe how annoying it is. As if it isn’t annoying enough with the art, the hindi dub just sucks your soul from the afterlife and gives it to Satan. Sometimes, I wonder if the world we’re living in is hell or not.

I can’t believe I’m actually posting a picture.

Just. Words fail me. They do. WHO WATCHES THIS? AND IF ANYONE DOES, PARENTS, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?

And then we have this abomination.

3. It’s called Doraemon and it’s dubbed in Hindi. That’s all I know, and that’s all I ever plan to know.

There’s some other shitty show called Perman also but these two are enough torture, wouldn’t you agree?

You might be thinking. “Oh. They’re only 3 or 4 shows. Why is she complaining? They’re probably on only for a couple of hours a day.”

Guys, please switch on your cartoon channels any time during the day. This crap is on ALL DAY.

Anyway, to parents who want their children to grow up with something decent, I beg of you: download these cartoons from somewhere or buy DVDs. You cannot have your child watch the shit that’s coming on. Seriously.

If you can’t do that also, another alternative: Anime. (I’d definitely have included Dragonball Z in the list but it was sort of my gateway to all other anime so I can’t.) They’ve removed the Animax channel from my Television. To people who still have it, please let your kid watch it. Granted, some stuff is inappropriate but there are quite a few good children’s anime too.

And I leave you with that. If you guys have any memorable cartoons you saw in your childhood that wasn’t mentioned in the list, write them down in the comment’s section or post it on our facebook page. If you have any questions or an opinion you think I might be interested in, write to me. If you need recommendations for cartoons or TV shows or if you want me to do a post on a particular topic, I’m always willing to listen.

Until next week. 🙂