Lilly's first movie review - World Ends At Camp Z

Hello, I know it's been a little while. I have been busy working on my YouTube channel content and the podcast episodes that are due to go out in this coming month, but while I was doing some editing, I thought I would throw on some background noise like people do. 

I was scrolling through a bunch of movies, and a thought popped into my mind. I love zombie movies! I have seen so many different zombie movies, so I am going to be re-watching everything I have seen in the zombie movie genre and then reviewing them here.

When I was younger and in school, I had no social life at all. I would wake up, go to school, come home, and jump straight onto Netflix. Most of what I would watch back in the day was spooky, dark, and a bit of horror. I still love zombie movies, but don't really have time to watch as many as I originally wanted with all the different projects going on in my life, but I am now going to make time for them. I do review movies on the podcast I run with my co-host Leo, but I don't think there will be much crossover from these two different platforms, at least at the start. Just know, I will write these out first, so maybe the blog posts will be more detailed, and obviously, I will be able to speak my whole truth on a matter without a time limit.

Today's movie is World Ends At Camp Z.

This movie took so long to introduce a single zombie; it was about 53 minutes in before a single zombie had appeared on screen. For a zombie movie, I expect more zombies. The storyline was watery at best. What I mean by that is it was just so diluted. The characters are not memorable. I remember one character name, and that is it. Her name is Vanessa, so we will start there. SPOILERS AHEAD! 

Vanessa arrives at the camp that her client (her boyfriend) wants to buy, but the person she meets is a great storyteller (gives vibes of a bear and is probably a teddy bear), and the guy who ends up being everyone's lacky he mostly wears a blue coat, so I will refer to this guy as Blue. Blue doesn't like Vanessa when she arrives, but they all have to have dinner together, and she needs Blue's help. These two characters start warming up to eachother. Then her, probably crazy rich, boyfriend arrives with his friends. I can only describe these people as frat boys. There was another woman with the boys in the helicopter; this woman basically has her hands all over Vanessa's boyfriend, and it turns out the boyfriend was lying to her about what he wanted to do with the camp. Vanessa clearly deserves someone better, like maybe Blue. If that was also your train of thought, you would be wrong. They don't end up together. Blue tried to save everyone's lives, even though they treated him like dirt, but paid him well enough to shut up and get on with it, while the group of rich people partied like it was their last party ever. Well, it turns out it might actually be their last party ever. Cause they get attacked by a group of zombies, and the only two not lost in the pile of starving living dead are Vanessa and her boyfriend. Her boyfriend is like, "Oh, I will save Blue". Probably because he feels bad and has been a bit of a dirtbag. This may be the one good deed he did in his short-lived life, because oh no, that's the end of Mr.Money Bags. Boyfriend pulls Blue out of danger, then gets attacked himself. Blue and Vanessa row away from this awful situation in Blue's canoe, but oh no, he's been bitten. Guess it's bye-bye Blue. They stop by a tree, and Vanessa has to kill him because he doesn't want to become a zombie. The movie ends with Vanessa sailing away in the canoe on her own. 

This is a storyline where no one wins, and I feel like I wasted about an hour and a half. I would not recommend this movie; it would maybe be different if Blue and Vanessa got to live a long, happy life in a log cabin hidden in the woods or something. This storyline also would not have been possible if Vanessa and Mr.Money Bags decided to stay home because there was a pandemic mentioned once or twice in this movie. 

If you want some background noise of something that isn't terribly interesting, this might be great; however, if you are looking for a decent zombie movie with lovable characters that you can form an emotional attachment to, this is not for you.

I am sorry this is not the best start to the zombie movie review series that I wanted to start, but this just infuriated me so much because I wanted something decent to watch while doing some other stuff on my computer. I think I was renaming files and putting them all in the correct place. So I ended up having two things that were kind of boring going on at the same time when it could have just been one. My overall rating of this movie would be a 3/10 its only so high for what it was because I liked Vanessa when she started warming up to Blue, and the storyteller was a cool character, but he had barely any screen time. There was also a cool-looking zombie. Lots of zombie movies/tv shows have zombies that have skin rotting and peeling off them; these zombies did not. 

Thank you so much for reading. I really hope my next movie review will be far better because I have seen some great ones. Have a great rest of your day, and I will see you when I next post again. :)   

Starting The New Year With A New Opportunity

Hello and welcome back to my ramblings.

I wanted to do a little bit of self-promo, but since it's the last day of December, I wanted to say I hope you had a great Christmas and a happy holiday, depending on what you celebrate. Personally, I am not one for Christmas. I hate the Christmas music they blast in every shop, it's way over commercialised, and the suicide rate goes through the roof, because people get depressed, and it all gets too much as Christmas is about being with family, giving and receiving presents.  I like the gathering of family and having a nice meal together, but something always seems to go wrong in my family's Christmas; someone gets upset or yelled at. It always seems to be a similar occurrence. I don't like the pleasure of trying to keep the peace. I have known Santa wasn't real for the longest time; I knew it was my mum putting all the presents under the tree and things in the stockings. The part that makes Christmas so sad for me is knowing my mum goes overboard because she didn't get Christmas when she was younger. Her mum was a Jehovah's Witness for many years, so my mum wasn't allowed to celebrate this holiday, so I try to show I'm enjoying it when she brings out the copious amounts of decorations to decorate the house. Every year, I can remember there was always something to start yelling about when it came to putting up the tree. Last year, I said I'm not helping because I'm over all the arguments. I don't think we ended up with a tree at all, and I'm probably to blame for that. There was just so much furniture to move around. Getting a plastic tree out of the loft (attic) and putting plastic decorations on it isn't my idea of fun. That's probably enough Christmas talk, as you may also be burned out from the holiday. 

My point of this post was to tell you all I have a podcast coming out on January 5th, the link will be linked in my last few videos on my channel if you want to check it out. It might be good if you are struggling to find something that covers a wide range of topics. Most of the editing is done by me, but this podcast isn't owned by me; it's one of my closest friends' whom I met in college. His name is Leo, and he has a calm, soothing voice that you may find great for winding down to. He gives the vibe of an old vampire/wizard, and as soon as I met him, I thought, vampire. We will talk in the podcast about how we all came to know each other. For now, the podcast is just myself and Leo. As the podcast progresses, we will expand our topics, but I will give you a sneak peek. We have our first episode as a sort of get-to-know-us episode. I know it may not sound like a very interesting episode, but trust me, it gets better.

There was a podcast I was starting with another group of friends but it didn't end up turning out quite the way I had happed so I have my fingers crossed that this one goes better than the first one did (none of the episodes ended up being posted from the last attempt). We may end up having a few guests on but that depends on who is free on the days we are recording. 

Tune in every Monday for Ink and Ashes. It's going to be a rollercoaster. ~ Lilly

Loss and Greif

 So far this year I have lost two family members one wasn't so sudden but the most recent was. The first was my nan that I moved into my dads house to help take care of her and keep an eye on her so he could get a little slice of his life back and in a way he did. We knew she didn't have much time left with us when she was refusing to eat and drink, so in a way we were a little more prepared. 

This death was so sudden, shock hit everyone like ice daggers to the heart. You can never really prepare yourself for the loss of a loved one however when you know its coming there is always that little part of you that knows time is short. When it is someone that hadn't been struggling with their health it can be really hard to digest that they are actually gone. 

You will never hear them say anything they used to again, eventually all you have is the memories. They used to say to me is the pope roman catholic when I asked if they wanted a cup of coffee, there was another but its not so pg so that one will stay in my memory. 

Once someone is gone you think of all the little things they would do, they would put my diamond art paintings on some wood so it wouldn't bend and it would keep the gems on. They took me to vet and doctor appointments. They did my shopping because it was easier to do it all in one trip. There are so many little things and they all add up. Of course a person isn't all the little things they would do for you, if you thought of someone like that, some might say you are a shallow person. They were more than the little things they would do. 

They were a chef, a bus driver, a handyman, a husband, a dad, a stepdad. They will be missed by a whole group of people. I know its a horrible thing to say but it shouldn't have been him. Life was taken from him too soon, he had years of life left and yet he is gone. 

My other nan is looking more fragile every time I see her and she is dying slowly because her throat is closing up and there is nothing anyone can do about it. I do not want to see her suffer but honestly with the way this year is going it seems like she might be next. 

I am sorry this is a sad post but not much seems to be going right with my life right now, I will try to come back with a happier tone but we will have to wait and see what the rest of the year has to offer. 

When you loose someone its hard to find the motivation to keep going especially if you are very close with the person who is gone. Remember them, share stories, keep going because they would not want you to live in such a state of pain. Your memories of them will keep them alive in you. Spare them a thought from time to time but don't let the pain over take you, let it out if you need to, eat a tub of icecream. Whatever will make you feel better.

Thank you for reading, Lilly signing off for a little while take care and be safe, live like today is your last.