Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Favourites of 2010: Part One
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alkaline-kiwi |
I thought I should do a little look back at some of my favourite things in 2010. There was a lot of other things I liked last year but I thought I would limit the list to things that came out in 2010 (or in the case of my favourite game of the year had its New Zealand release in 2010). This is part one of two. The second part will cover favourite book, game and music performance of 2010.
Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life (album)
I got into Motion City Soundtrack around 2003/2004 when I had a friend who made awesome mixtapes. He'd have a range of stuff on there including Motion City Soundtrack songs .
Their debut album I Am The Movie was always my favourite of their albums but with the release of My Dinosaur Life it will have to share.
What is it that I love about this album? Well it has all the things I love about the band.. fun, catchy lyrics that I can't help but sing along to, rocking music and I love the album artwork of the dinosaurs and bees.
Song picks: Worker Bee, Her Words Destroyed My Planet, Delirium, Pulp Fiction & @!#?@!
Scott Pilgrim Vs The World (movie)
There were quite a lot of movies I enjoyed in 2010 so it was a little hard picking my favourite for the year. But I am going with this one.. even saw it twice at the movie theater.
I loved the film's combination of two things I geek out over - music and video games. I loved the soundtrack for this movie (both the rock stuff and all the gaming inspired stuff) and the video game references made me smile. I read the first graphic novel a couple of years ago and am now in the process of collecting and reading the rest.
This is a movie that I can see myself re-watching many times over.
Glee (TV Show)
I was fairly late to the whole Glee bandwagon. I remember some of my facebook friends going total Gleek over the show when it first started but since moving up to Auckland I don't watch as much TV as I used to, preferring to buy season sets on DVD.
After buying the DVD of the pilot episode earlier this year I got the entire first season with my birthday money. Then went on a Glee watching binge with my BBFF Jay over two nights where we got little sleep and watched the entire first season.
I love the music, the characters and have even made some new friends through the Glee fandom.
Part two coming tomorrow!
Miscellaneous 2010 Cool Things:
Making new friends (both online and in real life.. and there have been crossovers between the two) * Another year being with Erik * Graduation from International Travel College * Spending time with my adorable niece * Visiting family in Greymouth * Turning 25 * Being at work for a year * Writing more * Family visiting me in Auckland * My rooftop garden * Hosting write ins and NaNoWriMo events *
Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life (album)
I got into Motion City Soundtrack around 2003/2004 when I had a friend who made awesome mixtapes. He'd have a range of stuff on there including Motion City Soundtrack songs .Their debut album I Am The Movie was always my favourite of their albums but with the release of My Dinosaur Life it will have to share.
What is it that I love about this album? Well it has all the things I love about the band.. fun, catchy lyrics that I can't help but sing along to, rocking music and I love the album artwork of the dinosaurs and bees.
Song picks: Worker Bee, Her Words Destroyed My Planet, Delirium, Pulp Fiction & @!#?@!
Scott Pilgrim Vs The World (movie)
There were quite a lot of movies I enjoyed in 2010 so it was a little hard picking my favourite for the year. But I am going with this one.. even saw it twice at the movie theater.I loved the film's combination of two things I geek out over - music and video games. I loved the soundtrack for this movie (both the rock stuff and all the gaming inspired stuff) and the video game references made me smile. I read the first graphic novel a couple of years ago and am now in the process of collecting and reading the rest.
This is a movie that I can see myself re-watching many times over.
Glee (TV Show)
I was fairly late to the whole Glee bandwagon. I remember some of my facebook friends going total Gleek over the show when it first started but since moving up to Auckland I don't watch as much TV as I used to, preferring to buy season sets on DVD.After buying the DVD of the pilot episode earlier this year I got the entire first season with my birthday money. Then went on a Glee watching binge with my BBFF Jay over two nights where we got little sleep and watched the entire first season.
I love the music, the characters and have even made some new friends through the Glee fandom.
Part two coming tomorrow!
Miscellaneous 2010 Cool Things:
Making new friends (both online and in real life.. and there have been crossovers between the two) * Another year being with Erik * Graduation from International Travel College * Spending time with my adorable niece * Visiting family in Greymouth * Turning 25 * Being at work for a year * Writing more * Family visiting me in Auckland * My rooftop garden * Hosting write ins and NaNoWriMo events *
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Kick Ass
Well so much for updating regularly, I was intending to post every few days or so but for some unknown reason (probably slackness) I haven't updated for a while.
Updates since then have been that I have not being doing so well with the ol' Script Frenzy. I changed my story idea which helped but then my enthusiasm for the whole thing just kind of collapsed. However I am still giving my full support to Erik (have even offered to work on his script with him if he gets stuck) and am still attending the write-ins.
A couple of Saturdays ago I went to see Kick Ass with Erik and a couple of friends. Erik has been in a rabid fanboy frenzy about this movie ever since he first heard about it. We've both read the comic collection (looking forward to future issues too) and looked forward to seeing the film.
I'm not sure how many other countries the film has an R18 rating in. I had a good laugh during a walk recently in Newmarket where I saw a poster next to the Kick Ass movie poster stating that if you were under 18 and wanted to see the movie, you can't. Then again I remember being underage and wanting to see certain movies, being frustrated that I couldn't.. well until the DVD release anyway. I think they had DVDs then..
The movie is quite violent and while it is funny in parts some of it is kinda dark. However I enjoyed it and laughed, cheered and even went 'aww' at a few scenes. Definitely not a movie for everyone but one for those who enjoy action/comedy/superhero movies who are not easily offended.
Erik is planning on seeing it again on Tuesday so I might be able to update this post with more thoughts after we go and see it again. There's also some other movies coming out soon that I am looking forward to seeing.
In other news tomorrow I am heading up to the Bay of Islands for a work famil aboard the overnight cruise ship Ipipiri. Working in the travel and tourism industry rocks!
Updates since then have been that I have not being doing so well with the ol' Script Frenzy. I changed my story idea which helped but then my enthusiasm for the whole thing just kind of collapsed. However I am still giving my full support to Erik (have even offered to work on his script with him if he gets stuck) and am still attending the write-ins.
A couple of Saturdays ago I went to see Kick Ass with Erik and a couple of friends. Erik has been in a rabid fanboy frenzy about this movie ever since he first heard about it. We've both read the comic collection (looking forward to future issues too) and looked forward to seeing the film.
I'm not sure how many other countries the film has an R18 rating in. I had a good laugh during a walk recently in Newmarket where I saw a poster next to the Kick Ass movie poster stating that if you were under 18 and wanted to see the movie, you can't. Then again I remember being underage and wanting to see certain movies, being frustrated that I couldn't.. well until the DVD release anyway. I think they had DVDs then..
The movie is quite violent and while it is funny in parts some of it is kinda dark. However I enjoyed it and laughed, cheered and even went 'aww' at a few scenes. Definitely not a movie for everyone but one for those who enjoy action/comedy/superhero movies who are not easily offended.
Erik is planning on seeing it again on Tuesday so I might be able to update this post with more thoughts after we go and see it again. There's also some other movies coming out soon that I am looking forward to seeing.
In other news tomorrow I am heading up to the Bay of Islands for a work famil aboard the overnight cruise ship Ipipiri. Working in the travel and tourism industry rocks!
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