Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special review

Hello and welcome to another movie review. Today, I would like to discuss Hannah Montana. Personally, I was not one of those kids who had the Disney Channel growing up. We just watched what was on the TV and didn't complain about it. It was only when I first discovered Netflix and, a few years later, Disney+ that my eyes were opened to the world of Disney shows that ran when I was younger. 

I actually binged-watched a few shows such as Victorious, Sam and Cat, and Hanna Montana around the age of 18-19. These were some truly great shows. I loved Victorious because it was very music-based, and Jade West was just an Icon to me as an emo. I wanted to be her. After Victorious, I moved on to Sam and Cat because it had Ariana Grande in it, so I had to watch it after I loved her as Cat in Victorious. 

But Hannah Montana had a flavor of something different, she was a rockstar but also lived as a normal girl. I think a lot of us wanted to be her growing up.

The anniversary was good, don't get me wrong, I just expected something entirely different, maybe a storyline of how Hanna's adult life would be, but it wasn't that, it was more reliving the memories, such as the set and the costumes. Miley also spoke to a few different people. It was really nice to see Chappell Roan in it. That was very unexpected for me. I do like how Miley has become a version of both the Hannah persona and herself. Miley has even worn the hair that was so iconic for Hannah. 

I think if I had watched Hanna Montana when I was a lot younger, seeing all the sets and costumes again would have been so nostalgic, but because I had seen it relatively recently, it didn't have the effect on me that it would have on a fan who has been a fan for longer. 

It was great to see Miley with her dad again; that was very heart-warming, but if you also expect a storyline of how Hannah's life has been since she has grown up, you might want to lower your bar. 

One thing I loved was that Miley performed some of the most iconic songs, and it was really great to relive some of those best moments of Hannah Montana, so I think I would rate it 5/10 because it wasn't what I was expecting, but I still enjoyed watching it. 

Thank you so much for reading. I hope you enjoyed my insight into this, and if you watch it, I really do hope you enjoy it. I hope you have a great rest of your day, and I will see you in the next one :)

The Secret Garden 1993 Movie Review

 

Hello and welcome to another movie review. This one is an older film than the ones I have been watching recently. The whole reason I watched it recently was that I had done so much socialising the day before that my energy was just gone; I didn't even feel like playing games, so I watched something I had previously watched when I was younger. Spoilers ahead.

I really like the way the main character, Mary, has inner dialogue. That is something older movies do, but I haven't seen it used too much in newer movies.

Mary also undergoes brilliant character development. Before she leaves India, she doesn't know basic manners, such as "please" and "thank you." She doesn't know how to dress herself. By the end of the movie, she is being nice to the staff, has made her first friend, and has learned to cry. It's a big change of character.

The friend (Dickon) Mary makes is a younger brother of one of the staff working in the house, as well as meeting and befriending her supposedly sick cousin, whom she had no idea existed and vice versa. She learns her cousin (Colin) is sick and has spent his whole life in bed. They discuss their mums and hang out at night, so Mrs Medlock, the woman in charge of Colin's care, doesn't catch them and keep them apart. 

In the end, Colin is allowed to leave the house and visit the Garden Mary, and Dickon replanted and brought back to life. Anytime I think about this movie, it reminds me of both my nans. One of my nans loved gardening; it was her favourite thing to do, and the other nan really likes movies like this one, so it is a pretty great movie in my mind, so for that, I will rate it 10/10. If you are looking for a cozy movie, this might be the one for you. I also found out there are other versions that I have not seen, so I have had to put those on my watch list, too. 

Thank you so much for your time in reading this. I think some of it may have gotten a little carried away, but I hope you enjoyed it. I hope you have a great rest of your day, and I will see you in the next blog post that I end up doing. :)

More Movie Reviews w/ Lilly - Trolls

Hello, all you wonderful people. I know I said I wanted to watch and review a lot of zombie movies, but my choice changed a little bit when I didn't really feel in the mood to watch a zombie movie right before bed. So instead I watched Trolls for the first time. I didn't think I would enjoy this movie when it first came out, so I avoided it. The only reason I decided to watch it was that it has Anna Kendrick playing a main role. 

Anna voiced Princess Poppy; I really liked how she took the lead on a lot of the songs sun in this movie, and there are a lot. So if you are not a fan of musical-type movies, this may not be for you, but I can say with quite a lot of certainty that children will genuinely love this movie. It's an explosion of colour, so much glitter, and there are sides of the good and bad guys, in the end, that actually gets resolved mainly because of what Princess Poppy does.

This movie has adventure, emotion, and some really great characters who end up bettering their character towards the end of the movie. The list of songs in this movie is crazy, and I will list a few of them after this paragraph, but I will say 'The Sound of Silence' was my favourite one, mostly because I never thought it would be in a movie this upbeat, and it really was a beautiful rendition. 

The songs used;

Better Place - Justin Timberlake

True Colours - Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake 

Sound Of Silence - Anna Kendrick

I'm Coming Out - Zooey Deschanel and Anna Kendrick

Get Back Up Again - Anna Kendrick

Can't Stop The Feeling - Justin Timberlake

They Don't Know - Ariana Grande

Hair Out - Gwen Stefani and Justin Timberlake

There were a lot of songs, and to list them all, I would be typing all the names out for a while. I picked some ones that probably encapsulate the movie and are a good few to listen to to see if this might be a movie for you. I think there are 26 songs used in the movie. I am not 100% sure, as it was a late-night watch, but I did try to count, and that is something. 

I have been trying to avoid spoilers, but I still give you as much detail as possible so you can judge if this would be a movie for you. However, I will give you one spoiler: the ending of the movie. When it is decided that the bad guys are no longer bad, they are all happy (the main focus of this movie is happiness). You, as the viewer, do not find out if the two factions of beings end up living together in harmony. I assumed that they would; however, this is not confirmed. So, because of that little fact, I think I am going to rate this movie a 9/10.

Thank you so much for reading. If you watch this movie, I really hope you enjoy it, and I will be back in a week with another movie review (probably) :)