Marvel Movie Reviews w/ Rambo - The Avengers (2012)

 

!!! SPOILERS BELOW !!!

• Who is that voice?
• Joint Dark Energy Mission? Why are we messing with dark energy? Doesn't that name kind of scream bad idea? Or is that just a bad juju kind of feeling?
• Is the tesseract the cube they collected from the water when they went looking for Captain America? Why are they only testing now? 70 years after it was retrieved...
• Why are we calling it a she?
• Gamma radiation? Why isn't it green instead of blue?
• Excuse me, but that green arrow-looking guy is not the Hulk! Where are either of the guys from the two different movies??
• Also, who is this girl dressed in all black? That is not our red headed russian beauty we have grown to love from Iron Man.
• Oh! That's how Loki gets out of his eternal space slumber!
• We thought that boomerrang-looking thing was a spear? It isn't long enough in my book.
• Did Loki just take over control of Hulk? And that security guy?
• Free from freedom? No comment.
• Wish we could've had more of an origin story for SHIELD and their logo and who had the idea... although I guess that is where their show comes into play huh?
• Is the lady in black the girl from Thor? No... she doesn't have a sweet enough personality from what I can tell. Not to mention how would she go from a scientist studying the bridge to a super-secret spy? I can imagine her helping work on the tesseract but not handling a pew pew and doing flips like a gymnast.
• How are we explaining this event to the people?
• Where do the helicopter blades go when they break off from hitting the ground like that?
• How the heck did our redheaded beauty end up being held captive in Russia??
• How can we know exactly where she is but not be extracting her? Although I guess if she is there on purpose and they know she can get herself out that may be why.
• Ah yes, the agonizing screams and beatings that are hold music, very nice.
• OH! HE ISN'T THE HULK! HE IS GREEN ARROW! Why haven't we watched any Green Arrow origin stuff yet then? 
• OH! That's right, the Green Arrow is DC, not marvel; the guy I am thinking of is Hawkeye... but don't we end up making Hawkeye a girl in purple later on? Regardless, WHERE IS HIS ORIGIN STORY?!?
• So wait, Hulk is part of SHIELD but doesn't know he is part of SHIELD?
• I don't know if I have ever seen Black Widow get teary eyed... I could be wrong though.
• Why does the door for this room full of monitors look like a vault door?
• What do you mean the Avengers initiative was turned down already? When was it even proposed?
• How many punching bags do you think he had already gone through in this session?
• What if somebody posed themselves to take a shot at Tony as he was on top of the building getting changed out of his suit?
• I don't remember, has Tony always had Stark Tower? 
• The answer to that is no.
• "His first name is Agent." lol
• Is Loki not actually on Earth, or did he just transport while sitting down?
• Wait, are we exposed to Thanos this early on? Is that grey-skinned, multi-fingered, masked being Thanos?
• How did Banner and Capt. meet?
• Where do the planes go when it goes underwater?
• OH ITS NOT A SUB ITS A PLANE
• Crazy
• How is it determined if the female officer wears pants or a skirt? Because I see both within that command deck area.
• Why did Capt. give him $10?
• How does a spectrometer on the roof help look for gamma rays? I thought it needed an amount of the substance under some type of pressure to determine the elements? What kind of spectrometer are we asking them to put on the roof?
• How can you call it a match if it's only 69%?
• Did Loki go out and buy a suit to blend in or did he wave his hand to change clothes?
• Speaking of Loki in a suit, he really does make me think of Rumplestiltskin.
• The answer? He just changes his clothes however he likes...
• His "spear" is much longer and more staff-like now.
• Why did everyone just stop screaming and kneel down? Did he cast a spell on them?
• I thought they wanted to change Capt. uniform?
• Capt. is like, oh yeah, baby, I finally have somebody to go full strength on.
• Why is Stark's last name, as is Banner's, but Capt. is first name? Technically, title, not even first name. Is it a respect thing?
• How did Thor get back to Earth? Did they fix the bridge? Why hasn't he gone to see his girl?
• "We need a plan of attack! - I have a plan. Attack."
• Bifrost? What's that?
• I love that Thor does not care what evil things Loki has done; he just wants his brother back.
• How can his suit handle holding 400% of its power capacity?
• Would we consider Capt.'s shield as stronger than Thor's hammer since it made a big gong noise instead of crumbling?
• How has Loki heard of Hulk?
• Sure, claim him as your brother until it means that you are also crazy, then mention that he is adopted.
• Stark is a nerd.
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Marvel Movie Reviews w/ Rambo - Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

 

                                       

Y'know, it's kind of wild how they make these movies seem like they are real and as though they are embedded into our actual history. Like, it would be more obvious that the Green Lantern is not in the world because he travels into space, same with Superman, Guardians of the Galaxy, etc. But placing a soldier in a period when the World was at war and making it seem like he was actually apart of those efforts, having period accurate attire, not so much on the weapon front though I fear (atleast not all of it); if you were to put these things into a time capsule and start teaching it like it was real, anybody would probably believe it. Do you ever stop to wonder if that is the case with some of the history that we are taught currently? Honestly, though, the feeling of it being real is what helps to make this such a good movie, and the underdog aspect of how Captain America started out as a short twig, it is part of why I rated this a 4-star film!

!!! SPOILERS BELOW !!!

• What kind of chain did they have to go through to get people out to Russia to see this thing? How did this massive building get there? How do they know what they found? Do they even know what they found, or did they just know they needed to contact somebody higher up? 
• Is it a plane? Did the Russian group there put the red light things out marking the area?
• So are we flashing back now> Is that why we were given a place and date?
• That guy makes me think of Filch from Harry Potter
• It's crazy to think how scrawny he started out before becoming Captain America.
• Shouldn't he have known from the beginning that his asthma would disqualify him and to leave it off the forms?
• Wait, Bucky was his friend? Doesn't he become a villain later?
• Howard Stark? Is that Tony's father? He doesn't look like Tony... Can you imagine if they had gotten the same actor to play both, lol
• Didn't he make the comment that he would do anything for just one girl? Why did he not go on the date?
• Why do so many of the scientists sound German if they are on the side of the Americans?
• Why was he the only one who offered himself up as a sacrifice to save his comrades? Also, why does he ask after every performance if it was a test?
• Why did he offer him a drink to toast with if he couldn't drink it?
• Why don't guys ever know how to talk to women? As a matter of fact, why can't anybody talk to another person like a human lol
• Did Tony know that his family created Captain America? Is that why he had pieces of a shield prototype?
• I just realized that one military guy is in Men in Black
• Screaming in pain but can state in a relatively even tone of voice that it's fine, he can do it... Why were you screaming then?
• How did they get two actors that looked so alive, but one was scrawny, and one was a beefcake?
• How big would one of the soldiers who was already a buff soldier become if they had gone through this?
• THE SCIENTIST GUY IS IN THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA! THAT'S WHERE I RECOGNIZE HIM FROM!
• Putting those super soldier abilities to the test with this inner city agility course lol
• "Go get him! I can swim." Best line in the whole thing so far lol
• Wow, the glass could stand the pressure of the water but not his fist...
• Hmm, a fake tooth and poison, interesting idea.
• Putting the script on the back of the shield was smart!
• Who made the change from Star Spangled Man to Captain America? Or are they one and the same?
• Oh, that's right, he was considered dead because the rival force captured him for experiments.
• The rival army looks like Robocop.
• Why does he like, have skin under his skin? It looks like it's trying to resemble him, having the skin off and muscles showing, but without the gore of the actual muscles showing.
• Does the little plastic bar actually keep people out of the camp?
• So not only did he save all those soldiers, but he also technically helped steal Hydra military technology for study.
• Sooooo if he is Captain America, and he is fighting on the side of the US Army, why is he in the UK working with MI6?
• Does he actually figure out the trajectory in advance before throwing his shield, or does he just toss it and hope for the best?
• The industrial steel tunnels are giving a mix of Star Wars and some type of alien predator movie; either way, it is very futuristic, space-themed.
• OH! IT'S THE HYDRA LEADER'S PLANE THAT HE IS FOUND FROZEN IN!
• Did they defrost the Hydra guy too, or just Cap?
• I love that the bad guys, when they fall down and out of the plane; they fall straight at first but then the plane leaves them behind and it's like the wind takes hold of them even though they likely are not technically moving in terms of that extra axis.
• OH! THE BAD GUY KO'D! Got it!
• I wonder if they could've tried harder to find him back then, and if he would've been okay.
• They really should've paid more attention to playing the games from AFTER he would've died, not when he was alive and could possibly remember the information of it.

Marvel Movie Reviews w/ Rambo - Thor (2011)

 

While the movie as a whole was not horrible, it had a good director and good chemistry between the actors involved in most aspects; the storyline just falls incredibly short and can not be made up for. It initially feels like we spend too much time getting filler information about very minor details that could have been conveyed in a shorter method, and then we start having everything thrown at us at once but even that information is still filler that probably could have been skipped over. Like did we really need the coffee shop scene with him smashing the cup? Oh, and what is the deal with them falling instantly in love with each other without knowing a single thing about each other, literally? He could have just as easily chosen to fall in love with the actress from Two Broke Girls before the wanna be Belle actress. 

I do realize, watching some of these films back, just how connected all the films are from the early stages, though, and the little nuances are not something I picked up on as a little kid, like the fact that Stark Industries is involved here too, and SHIELD literally being involved in everything everywhere. I do wonder, though, what the timeframe and travel are like for the Agents of SHIELD because if this were to be happening simultaneously with Iron Man, they would be screwed for staying within their non-existent government finance budget.

!!! SPOILERS BELOW !!!

• That was a very fast transition from the present day, running a person over, to the history of where Thor came from. I mean, the transition made sense; she literally asked where he came from, it was just very abrupt.
• Thor seems like the arrogant kid who had everything given to him on a silver platter and doesn't deserve the throne, but will get it anyway, while Loki worked hard and only turned evil because he wasn't the favorite,
• Thor is not very diplomatic. He is very much hands-on and aggressive.
• Why exactly are we getting so much background into Thor's origin? I know we need this to know why he was banished and ended up on Earth. And I do appreciate that it is filled with action, but why a full 30 minutes of this? The movie could've been shorter without all this filler.
• Respect your elders, my guy! How are you going to just disobey your father and dishonor your king?
• What is the likelihood of running over the same person twice? Maybe she should have her license revoked...
• Why did Loki start to look like he was turning to stone when he went to talk to Odin?
• She really doesn't know how to keep her mouth shut. If she hadn't said anything, she could have at least kept her notebook, which is better than nothing.
• Why do these 3 act like a family with all their bickering? Personally, I think it is great and shows that the actors get along well, have good chemistry, if you will.
• So if Thor is not worthy now and can't lift the hammer, why could he lift it before? He really hasn't changed since then; it hasn't been long enough yet!
• Can't the government just try and run him through data bases and realize he isn't human? Or would his biometrics just come back as human anyway?
• Do we ever figure out how Loki was able to hide himself or those frost giants?
• It's funny to think that we have been hearing the nme SHIELD for years prior to us actually putting a purpose to the name. They were building up this group and the storylines with connections for decades! Although I guess all the comic nerds knew that already huh?
• How can Thor cook and use the stuff that we have on Earth? Do they have the same ingredients that they have on Asgard? That would be wild.
• So, can only a frost giant use that cube thingy that Loki has? Shouldn't Loki's colors be blue and white instead of green?
• I never realized they mention Stark in this movie, too. Crazy.
• 7 Eleven really has not changed in the past decade ... like at all... and honestly, it may be even longer since its last branding update because those stripes are still the same vintage stripes they have always been. Honestly, Kudos to them for keeping it around. I wish Taco Bell was still just as nostaligic of a feeling.
• Girl, you barely know this man, but you are acting like his dying is you losing the love of your life that you have known your entire life.
• Why did the hammer fly back to him? Why didn't it just find somebody on Earth to fly to? Like Spiderman. Yes, I know he doesn't exist in the universe yet.
• Gotta love that Thor calling for the bridge keeper guy literally thawed him out enough to help them.
• Whatever happened to slow burn loves? Why are we falling in love within like 48 hours of knowing each other? YOU LITERALLY DON'T EVEN KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT EACH OTHER.
• Why does Loki feel like Thor never treated him as an equal?
• Is Thor wearing eyeliner in this film? I've noticed it a couple of times but really only when he squints his eyes.
• Was destroying the bridge really the only solution here?
• Loki could totally be related to Malfloy's character in Harry Potter lol
• So where did Loki fall to? Is he just floating in space suffocating?
• HE DOESNT EVEN KNOW HER HOW COULD HE POSSIBLY MISS HER AND HOW DOES IT CAUSE HIM TO CHANGE SO MUCH
• She should recruit Tony Stark to help her achieve space travel lol

Marvel Movie Reviews w/ Rambo - Iron Man 2 (2010)

 

While Marvel again delivered a good, thrilling, action-packed movie, there were points at which I hated the characters, and I hated the narrative they were trying to spin. I did not like this, " Whoa is me, I am dying anyway, so why not be a butt face of a person, version of Tony Stark that we got. I highly disliked his friend turning on him and stealing the suit. And while I will do it every time, I was not a fan of yelling at the screen how stupid and naive somebody was, trusting another person who clearly had no intention of being a trustworthy person! Also, sometimes I would really like some more insight into the science, but in a way that the common folk would understand!!

!!! SPOILERS BELOW !!!

• Who is this random long-haired guy who is watching all the Iron Man news reports?
• I do not remember these Iron Man cheerleaders.
• Why is he testing his blood toxicity levels?
• Is Stark Expo supposed to be like his version of Tomorrowland?
• That government meeting, which served as a court hearing, was not a very formal court trial.
• How is the device that is saving him also KOing him? Is the device also made of the metal that he keeps checking the toxicity for? Also, how did he jump from like 17% to 24% toxicity overnight?
• Why is Black Widow the notary? 
• We can sign documents with our fingerprints?
• And now his toxicity is at 53%, that is increasing at an alarming rate.
• Has Tony ever driven a race car before?
• They are driving a regular car backwards down the track to get Tony his suit? Are you serious? 
• Also, how is this guy, who is using electric whips to destroy cars, not cutting people's legs off in the process?
• How is the suit not getting overpowered by those cables? Also, why would he willingly wrap himself in the cables just to get closer to the guy?
• Oh, this guy with the electric whips is related to the scientist that Tony was in a cave with for 3 months.
• ...I know that the government really wants the power that Stark as but for them to break somebody out of a foreign prison just to get it? Seems like a bit much if you ask me.
• Wait...now I am confused... is the guy with the electric whips related to the scientist from the cave or the scientist who worked for Tony and built his own giant suit?
• Apparently, the way he wants to celebrate his birthday is in the Iron Man suit.
• Yeah, drunk Tony is too much.
• The military guy putting on an Iron Man suit to end the party is funny and serious all at the same time. Because now he will become the new defender.
• Iron Man vs War Machine is giving "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots" vibes.
• War Machine flew that suit out of there like he had been doing it for years.
• So I needed to pause for a second in the movie ... Black Widow didn't have her movie come out until 2021, right? How is she already in the MCU with SHIELD in Iron Man 2?
• So SHIELD is going to provide Stark with a special metal, and in return, they will want him to work for them, right? Is that how he got into the group, even after adamantly saying he wouldn't?
• Hammer isn't getting a suit; he is getting the droid army. Get ready for Star Wars to take over the MCU!
• I'm sorry, but isn't Hammer already working for the US military? Why is he offering up guns for the suit? I thought all his weapons should pretty much automatically go to the government for use. Or maybe I was misinformed on how that relationship works.
• He obviously got his humor and sarcasm from his father.
• I thought Tony wasn't supposed to be able to leave his home without getting zapped?
• How is he managing to drive that car with those giant models sticking up out of the seat like that?
• Oh to have money and no cares, to be able to just destroy your home to be a scientist.
• ...Did he just use a crude version of the Captain America shield to level out his new contraption?
• Sure, let's just burn the highly flammable cabinet into half of what it used to be, because that is totally safe.
• That was your first mistake Hammer. You never trust a crook who has ulterior motives.
• Tastes like coconut and water ... that is an interesting combination.
• Did we really have to make different suits for each branch of the military?
• I could have told them not to trust a convict. Oh wait, I did...
• Note to Stark Industries: install bulletproof glass in all expo buildings instead of regular glass.
• Well, I hope the government learns not to trust Hammer from here on out in the series.
• NOT THE LITTLE KID WEARING AN IRON MAN MASK!
• The fact that Stark can take out all of these bad guys himself before they can get a single shot off on him just shows that his is better, no questions asked.
• I really do love Black Widow's curls, I wish I could get my hair to stay like that.
• In the amount of time it took the guy to defeat one guard, she took out like a dozen xD
• The final boss has the crook in it! They wanted one to be worn with a suit, so he built it, for himself.
• Those electric whips are crazy!
• Aww, he cares about saving his not girlfriend, how sweet. I hope everyone else was out of the park, though.
• I like how the end credits scene literally shows us what movie is next in line, Thor.

Marvel Movie Reviews w/ Rambo - The Incredible Hulk (2008)

 

I know there were problems trying to get the original actor to come back for this film, but just taking in the film as a whole, I did not like the small changes that were made to the storyline and the background. One change would've been feasible, perhaps, but when you start adding change after change after change to it all, it loses the appeal to me. For instance, Bruce was last seen doing some medical volunteering in the third world country, and suddenly, he is working in a factory instead? Who is this random new boy toy that our Betty is dating, and why does he turn on them? Why does the General Dad suddenly want to work alongside the government and turn Bruce into a weapon? He just wanted to do right by his daughter by the end of the original film. Then you have the differences in who was doing what experimentation that led to his transformation into the Hulk, that's kind of a big part of the storyline, and it seemed like we were trying to overwrite it for some reason.

!!! SPOILERS BELOW !!! 

• I do not remember these movies being 2 hours long ... I thought that was a recent change to movies because there's just so much information to include.
• What is with all these flashes at the beginning? We don't actually get to see him turn into the Hulk? I thought we saw him on the base, living his life, and the accident happened.

(I took a break here and backtracked to the other films that you can read about from the past week of postings and then came back to this film because I decided I needed to watch the others first.)

• Ew. I do not like the new actor they got to play Bruce. He is not as cute as the original.
• Why is he working in a factory now? Wasn't he like a Doctors Without Borders kind of scientist when we left off?
• Okay, still a scientist at heart. Has all the geeky stuff in his home.
• I'm glad he tries the cures on samples of blood first instead of just injecting himself. The "cure" made the green even more powerful than it was before it disappeared just seconds before. Imagine if he had injected himself and made himself permanently green!
• Poor puppy.
• Run Forrest Run!
• The factory workers ganging up on him while he is trying to run from the military is not helpful at all.
• Is he really trying to walk his way home from Brazil to the US?
• Tracking how many days he has gone without turning green is kind of funny to me for some reason.
• I don't recognize this pizzaria guy.
• I'm not gonna lie, I thought his girl was the Mr.Blue character, but I guess not, since he broke into her lab to steal her info.
• The way she gets up and just walks away from her date without a word because she thought she saw Bruce (which she did, but that is not the point), is kind of funny. Wonder if she would leave the new guy for Bruce.
• I don't understand why they are trying to make another green giant. I thought we learned from the first film that it was not a good idea and could not be controlled.
• The fact that she addresses him as General first and then Dad just shows how messed up their relationship is.
• How do the canisters break through the first set of glass but not the second that is maybe 10 feet away?
• Why do they like forcing him to turn green? I thought the point was to make him human again.
• Wow. The new boyfriend turned them in, that's messed up. How did the general get him in on this? Who is this new guy??
• What does stomach acid do to a memory stick?
• I'm sorry, but she is supposed to make him calmer and more himself, so why is almost doing it almost making him turn now?
• Wait, the new boyfriend is Mr.Blue? That's kinda messed up that he betrayed them then.
• Oh, maybe it isn't the new boyfriend then. He looked like the new boyfriend in the photo SHIELD showed.
• Why does the new military Hulk guy look so skinny and sickly?
• That treatment looked painful.
• The fact that this professor used the blood to replicate the effects is horrible. We trusted him.
• They act as if the Hulk is something for him to give. It's a monster, and it shouldn't have existed to begin with.
• Is that professor going to become a Hulk, or did his brain just swell that much from the injury?
• Aww, Bruce is helping take the fall for this new Super Hulk that has been unleashed on New York.
• Sometimes I wonder if Marvel has that memory wipe technology that Men in Black did for these big city-wide devastation battles.
• Now, did Betty yell for Hulk to stop because she doesn't want the other mutant soldier to die, or did she yell for Hulk to stop because she doesn't want him to have death on his conscious which could taint him as the villain instead of the hero?
• Wait, General ad gets recruited intop the SHIELD initiative?

Zootopia Movie Review

Hello friends, there will be a little bit more of an influx of movie reviews at the moment because I have a lot going on in my life, so it's nice to just take a minute away and escape into the world of movies. Enjoy the thoughts I have on this movie.

The play right at the start was very cute, Judy telling everyone she wanted to be a police officer. There hadn't been a bunny cop ever in the police force, so she was met with ridicule growing up. She put in the hard work to be the best in her class, staying up late, working out, and reading up on the protocols of police work. When she graduated and got placed in Zootopia, her family sent her off with fox away spray. She was attacked by a fox once, trying to get some tickets that the fox stole back, and she succeeded. She got to Zootopia, and they put her in charge of writing tickets for animals' cars that had no time left on the meter. After her first day, she burst into the chief's office and demanded to be taken seriously. One of the missing animal's wives came into the office, and Judy said she would find her husband. The boss didn't like that. It was only when the assistant mayor turned up and let the mayor know she was allowed to work the case. On her first day, she had met a sly fox by the name of Nick Wild. He ended up giving her the first place to check for the missing otter. They went to a naturist yoga place, then followed the lead to the DMV because she wasn't in the system yet to search a plate for herself. The sloth at the desk was very slow, and that took the rest of day one. She only had 2 days to solve the case, or she had to resign. They went to the limo place and found the limo the otter had been in was all scratched up. They meet the gang's boss, Mr Big. He was a mouse, and Judy had saved his daughter the previous day, so they got to live. Mr Big pointed them to where his driver lived so they could talk to him as he was there. He mentioned night howlers, and before he could fully open the door, he went savage. Nick and Judy had to run for their lives. They go off to the city hall after Nick puts the chief in his place because they still have 10 hours left on the case. They get to the city hall and search for the plate number on the assistant mayor's computer; they manage to track the car and head off to its location. They get into the facility and find all 14 missing animals. The mayor gets arrested because he knew what was going on and it was being covered up. Judy gives up on her job and goes back home after an argument with Nick. She sees her old bully, the fox she stole the tickets back from, who apologises and now works with her family. Her family only trusts him after the work she did in the ZPD (Zootopia Police Department). She finds out from working with her dad that the "night howlers" weren't wolves but were flowers that cause animals who come into contact with them to go savage. She takes the family truck back to Zootopia, apologises to Nick, and they get back on the trail. hey track down the place where the serum is being made and steals the lab that is hidden in a train carriage. They run into a problem and smash the train cart up, but Nick, before jumping off the train, managed to grab the dart gun with the serum already loaded into it. They are on their way back to the ZPD when the mayor (formally the assistant mayor) walks up to them and asks for the case. Judy says no, and they try to run. One of her henchmen blocks their way, so they run and fall into a hole. The Mayor calls for back up from the ZPD, says Officer Hopps is down, and then shoots Nick. Nick had switched the serum with a blueberry. ZPD wins, the Lion is mayor again, and Judy can be taken seriously. Nick goes through the training to be Judy's partner in fighting crime. It's a very sweet moment to see Nick becoming an officer; he went from breaking the law to catching people breaking the law. This movie reminds me a lot of 'The Secret Life of Pets'. It has a similar vibe, and I think they could exist in the same universe.

It was a heartbreaking moment to see Nick and Judy not get along, but in real life, thats now it is. Rabbits and Foxes are enemy's so its good they had that moment of hate towards eachother but they do make such a good duo. I am excited to watch the second movie to see how they function both in the police force. I like how both movies are 108 mins long. I feel like that was definitely done on purpose. I have been enjoying a lot of animated movies at the moment, something that doesn't feel so grown-up to actually feel like an escape from the real world. I have 2 social events coming up, and I am not someone who likes to be a part of the outside world, yet I am doing it twice in the same month. I will probably write about these events in the same post because I don't think I will have much to share, but an experience is still an experience. 

The animators did an amazing job. Judy's ears are so life-like with the movement; you can tell they put a lot of effort into studying the movement of all the different animals in this, and trust me, there are a lot of different animals. If you have children, they will probably love this movie if you haven't watched it already, as it did come out quite a while ago, and it was on my watch list for the longest time. I just didn't get around to it until now. There is a lot on my watch list, so I am hoping to make a dent while I take some time off from streaming. 

Thank you so much for reading, and there is Zootopia 2 coming out shortly after this one. Till next time. 

Marvel Movie Reviews w/ Rambo - Iron Man (2008)

This is yet another film that I have seen in the past; it came out while I was still in elementary school. But just with every experience in life, be it watching a movie, reading a book, or visiting a museum, there is always something new for you to notice in the process that you may have missed before. For instance, I did not recall S.H.I.E.L.D. being brought into the universe this early on. I also did not realize that this movie was 2 hours long. I could have sworn that all of these earlier superhero movies were the typical 90 minutes to 105, not 120+. That's okay, though, we are continuing to chug our way along through this series. 

!!! SPOILERS BELOW !!! 

• How does one just get so famous and so involved with the military at the same time that they can casually ride along in a military Humvee and be drinking and joking about selfies with the soldiers?
• Also, why does he kind of have that Jack Sparrow look going for him at first? Did they put eyeliner on him in this film? Probably.
• Always working? He's playing poker. Wow.
• Is it just me, or is he asking if she is cute, kind of pompous of him?
• Ooo, "Pepper Potts" just called the news reporter girl trash.
• Is it wrong to think that maybe becoming Iron Man was almost both literally and figuratively the best thing that could have happened to Stark? Like, he is still kind of arrogant and pompous even after having his heart replaced, but I feel like his persona takes on a different tone, and he starts to appreciate life more.
• Tony is so incredibly smart and yet so incredibly annoying all at the same time.
• Y'know, the guys were suspicious of what he was building from the get-go. Why did it take them so long to actually catch on and respond to the room when Stark started suiting up?
• See, he cares about getting the other scientist out; he does have a heart ... sort of.
• Aww, that one soldier guy felt personally responsible for the fact that Stark was kidnapped and put through crap.
• Is he about to get a Purple Heart as a civilian? Is he considered a civilian? He isn't a soldier, that much I know.
• Comes back to civilization and wants a cheeseburger, just wow. And a Burger King burger at that.
• I've seen this movie before, but I didn't realize S.H.I.E.L.D. is introduced this early in the universe.
• SEE! He made everyone sit down to make the press conference seem homey, he has become slightly less of a prick.
• How are these other people going to try to tell him how to run his business? If he doesn't want to make weapons, then he doesn't want to do that!
• So, if we didn't want her to pull out that magnet ring at the end, why did we not put a new one in?
• Do all of his robots have a mind of their own? He talks to them and gives them instructions, but only some, like Jarvis, actually talk back.
• HE THREW HIMSELF INTO THE WALL hahahahaha
• "It's completely harmless," as it threw him back into a wall and made a loud blast noise.
• Wouldn't testing thrust be better in a large, open area, such as outside?
• Did he have all the outer stuff made before perfecting the actual thrust items?
• What if he just fell from the sky and KO'd himself? Could Jarvis call for help to retrieve his body?
• I wonder how many people thought he was a shooting star...
• It's always your own people who stab you in the back.
• Is it the sonic screech noise that's breaking the glass or an actual blast?
• I wanna know how quickly he made it around the world because that's crazy.
• He loses that voice modification, right? I don't remember him having it, but I could be wrong.
• Having movies such as this showing how an American company can literally become so involved in a war involving a different country, ON THE SIDE OF THE OTHER COUNTRY, makes you wonder if it happens in real life and if some of the storyline was built on truth.
• When Pepper goes to hack into the Stark login, it is hard to tell if it was against Tony initially or for him.
• What does the little sonic device that causes temporary paralysis actually do to cause that? His ears were bleeding.
• If the core is his heart? How is he still running without his core in him?
• Pepper is so incredibly willing to do anything for this man.
• Why couldn't he just stick to the story? Why did he need to have the fame? He really is still pompous

Marvel Movie Reviews w/ Rambo - Spiderman 3 (2007)

This film gets a lower-than-normal rating from me, not because the composition of the film was bad, but just because I don't enjoy the story arc of this film, and I wish that Peter/Spidey was not painted in such a horrible light. The way they both behave when the Venom symbiote takes over him is just unforgivable. The only good thing to come out of all this was that Harry started using his father's tools for good. 

!!! SPOILERS BELOW !!!

• Did anyone realize that there was a girl in Peter's one college class with the last name Stacey who looks like Gwen? Gwen Stacey. Spider-Gwen.
• So, does the newspaper guy hate Peter now since he took his son's fiancée away from him?
• That's cute. Aunt Mae gave him their wedding bands to propose with.
• Making Peter fight while not in his costume feels wrong.
• Wait, wait, wait, we are tying the Sandman guy to the death of Uncle Ben? He doesn't look anything like that skinny guy from the first movie!
• This is the first movie where Peter is actually actively listening to Police Radio to be a hero; this is where he fully embraces it.
• So wait, Gwen is a science geek college student but also a model?
• Doesn't Brock become a friend in the other universes? Why is he gunning for Peter's job in this one?
• Is it just me, or is the fame starting to get to his head? And WHY would he let Gwen Stacey kiss him when he is dating MJ?!?
• See! Even Spider-Man doesn't recognize him as the guy who killed Uncle Ben!
• The guy at the front desk of the restaurant is the same guy from the theater who wouldn't let him in, isn't he?
• I didn't think much of it growing up, but the guy pulling out his glasses to inspect the diamond because it is so small is kind of funny.
• OH! It isn't the same guy that we thought killed Uncle Ben in the first movie; it's an accomplice to that guy.
• Sleeping in the Spidey suit is wild. What if somebody barges in and sees him like that?
• Had the venom been tracking him since he crash-landed on the planet? Did he see the newspapers, and that is what made him want Spider-Man? Was he tracking him even from when it was out in space? We don't get much of a story here on why he is attracted to Spidey, like my boyfriend has explained that the comics do.
• When the symbiote starts to take over Spidey, it turns Peter into a wanna be emo boy.
• I feel like we are slowly reverting to that brief period where MJ and Harry were a thing, and Peter was jealous.
• Kissing MJ brought back his memories, damn.
• Ursula is so sweet; she totally has a crush on Peter, but still wants to see him happy and with MJ.
• It's hard to tell if MJ is joking with the breakup, like, is Harry making her do it, or does she actually mean it in some part of her heart?
• You can tell when Peter has the Venom suit on because he goes emo mode with his hair.
• The irony of taking out Harry with the same glider thing you took out his father with.
• Peter with the symbiote has always been my least favorite Peter; it just emphasizes what we already knew, though: he's kind of an arrogant prick who only actually cares about looking out for himself.
• I really hope Tobey Maguire did not enjoy portraying this version of Peter Parker.
• And him taking Gwen Stacey to the Jazz Restaurant that MJ is working at? So incredibly tacky.
• To be fair, before being interrupted by Peter on the piano, she seemed to actually want to sing and enjoy it, and even her coworkers seemed to enjoy having her there. He just wants to mess everything up for her and the others in his life, and that sucks.
• It's a shame that Brock just happened to be in the church that night that Peter finally started getting a grip back on reality. I think Peter should have gone to the professor instead and confessed that he had kept some and had that guy help him in a controlled environment, rather than just ripping the alien suit off and exposing somebody else to it.
• I don't remember Venom talking in these films.
• How is Harry gonna explain his half-burnt face?
• MJ is gonna end up with a concussion with all that bouncing around she is doing, she should really put a seatbelt on!
• I don't know if Venom purposefully made weaker webs to cause more destruction or if he just sucks.
• Poor Harry turned into a good guy, and then he still ended up getting hurt like his father did.
• So how come the loud noise doesn't mess with Spidey anymore? Didn't it affect him in the first film?
• Dang, Eddie completely disintegrated with that blast.
• So we can forgive the guy who ACTUALLY shot and killed Uncle Ben, but we couldn't take a second to forgive the accomplice, or Green Goblin, or Doc Ock, or even Brock.

Marvel Movie Reviews w/ Rambo - Spiderman 2 (2004)

 

It still rings true even in this second film that there is a sense of nostalgia, and that I still love Tobey Maguire as Spiderman; however, he seems to lose himself too much for me to be truly on his side in this film. And you start to realize he really isn't as much of a superhero as he could be. He doesn't go out of his way to stop crime unless it benefits him, and he says one thing but does another in terms of living his life. He is always slacking on his studies; he can't manage to show up on time for literally anything. He claims he can't love the girl who confessed her love to him in the previous film, but he also doesn't want her to be allowed to love anyone else. He honestly is the most authentic version of himself when he loses those Spidey powers and goes back to being the sweet science nerd that he was before he was bitten by the spider.

!!! SPOILERS BELOW !!!

• The opening to this film still holds that nostalgic comic book feel that we lost somewhere along the line of Marvel hero films. Yes, I know that at the point in time when this movie came out, Marvel did not and still doesn't fully own the rights to Spiderman and therefore had no say in this intro BUT they could've kept the modern intros like this a little bit y'know? The letters flashing through the comics just isn't the same vibe.
• I love that the assumption is that Spiderman stole the guy's pizzas and not that the guy is Spiderman.
• How does he suck so much with time management?
• Also, how is he so unnoticeable that people literally walk all over him?
• I thought he was the one who told Mary Jane that they couldn't be together. Why is he trying to get her to stay in love with him now?
• Can't Spider-Man take a night off? The city still portrays him as the villain anyway.
• Having the real life conversations with a random stranger in the elevator is so weird and uncomfortable lol.
• I know he doesn't think anyone is listening because he is talking into a payphone with no money on it, but what if somebody in the immediate area picked up on what he was saying and learned his truth?
• I wonder if Doc had tried on the suit with the arms before, and if there's any possibility of nerve damage from repeatedly stabbing needles into it for the neural link.
• I wonder how we even got 25 pounds of this precious element on the planet at all. Also, what do you think it's worth with there only being that much available?
• Wouldn't imploding the sun metal like that cause a black hole and start sucking everything into it?
• The nails grinding the floor like that is unrealistic and unnecessary, caused an actual chill to run up my spine.
• Y'know, Peter doesn't even go out of his way to try and fight crime; he realistically only takes care of it when it is interrupting his life. So again, why can't Spider-Man take a night off?
• How does Ant Mae not end up having a heart attack while she was being kidnapped?
• How come it's only his web power that is having issues? He can still climb walls and fall hundreds of feet without a scratch ... I take that back, he is struggling with the wall climbing too. And his vision is going blurry.
• Does he not want to be Spider-Man anymore?
• He seems happier when he isn't Spiderman, so why would he want to be Spiderman?
• He really needs to get over MJ. He could have any girl, and instead, he wants to pursue one he can't have, only when he can't have her.
• Even without his powers, he still has to try to be a hero.
• This is the second time Mary Jane was kidnapped by a villain.
• I wonder if the Incredibles got their idea for Syndrome from Doc Ock.
• Why was his first thought to try to use his feet as a break rather than the webs?
• How would straining his arms to stop the train cause his suit to rip around his biceps?
• Quite surprising nobody is trying to snap a picture of him with his mask off, god knows in today's day and age they would be telling the world within seconds.
• It was a nice thought, the citizens standing up for Spiderman, but it wasn't very smart of them...
• The super nova sucking in the entire building is making me think of Big Hero 6 and the failed transportation through black hole experiment that happened.
• The water doesn't actually appear to be stopping the giant sun ball... What is going to stop it from pulling ships and stuff into it as they sail above it?
• And now the evil that was the Green Goblin returns.

Marvel Movie Reviews w/ Rambo - Hulk (2003)

 

There's just something about late 90s and early 2000s cinema that hits different. I don't know if maybe it's just a feeling of nostalgia, but movies like 'Honey, I Shrunk the Kids', 'Baby Geniuses', 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', and so many others; their opening credits are just top tier to me. Their instrumental music interludes, the imagery helping to paint a picture of what is to come in the movie, and honestly, even just the more mellow tone the coloration takes; it is still an action-packed movie that takes hold of your attention, but in a different and, to me, better way.

!!! SPOILERS BELOW !!!

• It's very sad to think that this hippie-looking person of a father figure, would dare experiment on his own baby. His only baby. Like, sir, don't you want a normal, healthy offspring first?
• I thought Bruce got his powers from his girlfriend's father doing experiments? Maybe that is a different rendition, or maybe it's just that the father helps finalize those experiments, and I haven't gotten far enough into the movie yet to fully remember it.
• Holy time skip. From toddler to college student. Is that even still his mom, or is it a step/foster mom?
• Can you imagine if he had Hulked out as a toddler? He would be like Jack-Jack from The Incredibles when he turns into that little red demon thing.
• Is Bruce working on an experiment related to the one that was done on him, or does it just unfortunately end up triggering his own inner biology experiment to initiate? 
• I'm gonna be honest, I don't actually remember this bit of the movie where he is experimenting on frogs...
• Why doesn't he question the dog in the lab?
• Have I ever mentioned how much I hate businessmen and how they think they can just take whatever they want and try to make money off it? If a scientist wants to do something for the greater good rather than for profit, they should be able to do so.
• Why in the world would you jump in front of something that is going to kill somebody else? Like them, impulses to be a hero were strong in him.
• Shouldn't their lab be closed down after a near-miss accident like that?
• The door opening to let the Hulk into the mind of Bruce is a very nice symbolic touch to his dream.
• Who is this crazy old man? Is it his bio dad?
• Yes, it is, duh.
• Only 30 years of jail time for conducting illegal experiments on a toddler? Crazy.
• Dude, the phone only rang once; doesn't that kind of imply he picked the phone up enough that whoever is on the other end would hear the conversation?
• ...Is his dad there as a scientist or a janitor? Because I figured he was a janitor of some sort, but he's conducting experiments using the gamma rays on the rats...
• The military dad knows about Bruce's real identity and his birth parents.
• So was it just all too much for him, and that is what made him hulk out? Obviously, the recent increase of gamma radiation in his body has had an effect, too, but what angered him? The stuff his father said?
• Is the father proud of himself for doing this to his son? Does he regret doing experiments on him as a child?
• Is his dad hitting on the girlfriend while she is trying to figure out how she can help the situation at hand?
• "How could anyone forget a thing like that!" #ChildhoodTrauma
• Y'know, my dad has made threats to my boyfriends before about treating me right, but it's different coming from a military father who could actually abuse his power and say anything to put you away in jail if you go near his daughter. Also, that is generally unacceptable; nobody should threaten anyone else, regardless of whether they are joking.
• Why tf does he need to send the dogs to KO Betty? What did she do?
• So why does anger trigger the Hulk out? Why not excitement?
• Also, why were there already people with weapons sitting outside Bruce's place, ready to attack him?
• Why does Bruce turn into a big, green version of himself, while the dogs just get glowing green eyes and look more muscular?
• Maybe let's not smash the dogs into the car containing the girl you love... There are other things, like oh, I don't know, THE GROUND.
• I don't know if calling her dad was the best idea, but I mean, you get help however you can.
• It's crazy how much a town deteriorates without actually having human input.
• Was it really necessary to break down the door of an already abandoned building? Couldn't they have just opened it up?
• Also, we are so concerned with Bruce and keeping him contained that we are no longer looking for his father, who is literally out there trying to recreate his son within himself!
• It is really weird that they literally grew up in the same military town and then drifted apart but somehow ended up being in the same lab and falling in love anyway.
• Blondie douche is annoying. Why do you need to take over the experiment? Oh, duh, money. I hate him.
• How was the baby a monster from birth? I thought he was pumping the toxins into him and making him into an experiment? Oh, was he conducting the experiment on himself and passed on the genetics through his sperm, and the toxins he was injecting were actually just him trying to cure Bruce?
• Doesn't Blondie realize that by turning Bruce into the big green monster, he is now not able to be shot without it hurting him? AND THEN, he goes and tries to shoot an explosive at the Hulk, thinking that is going to do anything? He really is dumb.
• The comic book panel transition was kind of cool.
• Angry man? That is what the government is calling him? Wild.
• What desert were they keeping him in? I assumed it was still American soil... But the music they are using is very much 'Mummy' or Egyptian vibes if that makes sense.
• He's just out here enjoying the peace of the desert and the natural beauty it has to offer, and y'all wanna come in with the military and ruin that for him! You are the problem, not the solution!
• Man, I thought he was gonna throw the missile like it was a dart, but it started tumbling over itself, which isn't very helpful.
• What explanation are y'all planning on giving the media and the general population?
• Those people falling out of the trolley are so over exaggerating.
• Did we let the police know what's going on, or are they going to make the situation worse?
• Bruce's dad electrocuting himself is crazy.
• Does his dad really think he can handle all that power that is contained within Bruce? It clearly doesn't work, seeing as how the Hulk still exists after this movie.
• "Bruce couldn't survive that blast," sure, sure. Whatever you say, military man.
• How exactly did he get to the jungle?
• The comic book credits are a nice touch, wish they still made credits fun like that.

Marvel Movie Reviews w/ Rambo - Daredevil (2003)

 

I don't know why I have never seen this movie. My parents owned it on DVD. I just never watched it. And what makes even less sense is that I have seen Elektra, and I LOVED Elektra going up (along with other movies such as Charlie's Angels and Kill Bill), but I didn't even know that this had a similar combative skill to it, let alone that Elektra was LITERALLY involved in this film. You best believe that my boyfriend and I will have to do a couples costume of these two at some point in our lives.

I love the use of different audio and visual jumps that the movie utilizes to show us how we have a different perception of reality than the main character does. I hate, however, how some of the motions you can clearly see are done with fake doubles or are manipulated to appear differently than how they could and would have actually happened with real people. Not much can be expected of that, though, as even modern technology still has some of those limitations.

!!! SPOILERS BELOW !!!

• Putting the credits in braille and then having it switch to the actual letters is cool, and a nice hint at the main character being blind, but does it actually help anyone? The blind can't see the braille on the screen.
• So we don't actually get to see him get his powers?
• Oh, we get a backstory, never mind.
• He wasn't always blind?
• Ah, he went blind from the chemicals, that's also how he got his powers.
• I know he can hold his own, but isn't it wrong to bully a disabled person?
• That's so stupid that they killed his dad because he refused to lose a match on purpose.
• Does he reset those walkways on the side of the building each day, or is it just a coincidence they were there where he chose to take off from lol
• The way they go back and forth between, but we would hear, and what he hears is both cool and annoying all at the same time.
• Being blind does give him a good excuse not to be accused of the crimes, even if he should be a suspect for being involved in the court cases.
• So why does he have multiple costumes and weapons? Are they different, or just in case one gets messed up?
• Where did she get her defense skills?
• OH SHE IS ELEKTRA! I totally didn't recognize her!
• Using the rain to see her is crazy cool.
• I wouldn't have thought you could use smoke to see, but sure, I guess anything makes noise when it touches a surface if you have super hearing.
• How does she not realize that, while yes, it is his weapon/tool, he is not the one who caused her father's death?
• I want to see a fight between Elektra and Laura Croft.
• How come the dagger thing can cut through the front of her outfit and her whole body, but not through her pleather outfit afterwards?
• Oof, offering tray to the jugular has gotta hurt something fierce.
• It's gotta be some type of sin to break stained glass windows of a church.
• What kind of ammunition goes cleanly through both hands and a wooden candlestick?
• What's crazy is this isn't even really a superhero movie so much as it is just an action-packed movie.
• WAIT. ELEKTRA ISN'T ACTUALLY DEAD??

Marvel Movie Reviews w/ Rambo - Spiderman (2002)

This movie is not new to me; I saw it many times growing up. If any of the Spider-Man movies were to be a first-time experience for me, it would be any pick from the Tom Holland collection, as I have not seen them yet. Because of that, Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield have been my only two for comparison, and I have always preferred Tobey.

While a comparison of this film to a modern film may show where it is lacking in cinematic skills and character, it was one of the best of its time. Showing many fine details, such as reflecting hard choices in the eyes of the characters. If there was one thing I had to say was wrong with the movie, it would be that it takes the characters far too long to come to realizations, such as Peter not fully recognizing who the Green Goblin really was. But that is not the fault of the director; that is the fault of the author who chose to make it that way. And this is not the first time a story has had that involvement; many stories possess clueless main characters who can not see the truth until it's too late.

!!! SPOILERS BELOW !!!

• Not him stealing Peter's line about camouflage to impress the girl ... not once but twice.
• Oh, I didn't realize the spider that bit Peter was genetically mutated; I thought it was just radioactive from the lab or something.
• I also never realized that the spider that bit him was red and blue in color; now it makes sense where he got his outfit colors from.
• He couldn't even make it onto his bed, which is crazy considering he made it all the way home and up to his room.
• Should it really have only taken him one day to get over the sickness?
• The glasses really did make him look like a dork.
• Why does the banner sticking to his hand make him look like he suddenly knows what is going on? It could have just been glue or tape.
• I love that most of the people don't care how or why Peter suddenly is super cool and standing up for himself; they just like that he turned hot essentially; his friends are the only ones that actually care that he is okay.
• Why is his first thought to try climbing a wall and then jumping across the roofs?
• He has too much faith in his powers before truly knowing what he can even do.
• He forgot about poor Uncle Ben and painting, for shame.
• He doesn't need to get mad at Uncle Ben like that; he just cares about him, is all.
• The guy killing Uncle Ben is what really made Spider-Man a hero; before that, he probably would've just used it for small stuff, not catching criminals.
• It is, however, unfortunate to think that if he had just stopped that crook from the beginning instead of letting him take the elevator, he may not have KO'd Uncle Ben at all.
• I feel like there's a lot of filler with them graduating and going to New York.
• What is it with companies thinking they can just vote out the creators?? I don't understand why we give other people the ability to own more of our business than us. He had the right to become a villain, to be honest.
• Why are there 4 of them ganging up on MJ?
• Sure, let's let the Spiderman that you were about to arrest go into the collapsing building that you won't even let your firemen into, and plan on arresting him after. Like what?
• You know, you would think he would have had time to wrap his wound if he had time to get changed.
• Taking out Aunt Mae after he has already lost Uncle Ben is diabolical.
• Showing the two options falling in his eyes was a very well-done cinematic choice.
• There is NO way she would have been able to stay attached to that cable.
• Sometimes, the way the Green Goblin talks makes me think of them Italian mob bosses.
• I never realized you could see the Green Goblins' real mouth through the mesh of the mask ... why does he bear his teeth like that?
• Wait. How did Peter not realize that the Green Goblin was Mr. Osbourne? I thought he figured it out when he realized that the Green Goblin knew who he was.
• Y'know, it's really hard to understand why Harry blames Spider-Man for his father's death when his father was the literal villain.
• He doesn't know that, though, at least not yet.
• You hear about guys getting friend-zoned a lot, but the girl getting friend-zoned is something else.

Gaming Reviews?

Hello friends, and welcome to another post. I hope you are having a great day so far. I wanted to write about an app that I found for mobile recently, it's called minimap, and you can track all of your achievements on there as long as you link your accounts. I will say I have emailed the team asking why there isn't a button to connect to Epic Games, because I am loving the graphs it uses to show you how many achievements you have gained. 

If you are an achievement hunter trying to beat your all time record of achievements this is for you, it lets you post all of your achievements and there is a section where you can write reviews about the games that you play so I am thinking maybe I will do about 4 game reviews in one blog post so it isn't so short but you get to see what I have been up to before it comes out on my YouTube channel or even after a stream. I will start off with the few core games I love, and I will try to keep this as neat as I humanly can. If you do check out minimap, if you would like to drop me a follow, my username is LillyLeather420 YT. 

I know my life isn't filled with a lot of new experiences, but I am more of a home person. I don't like to leave my safe zone, but I do really like trying different games out, so much so that I could not tell you what types of games are my favourite. I do know what games I gravitate to, but only in the title sense, not a category. These reviews will be in no particular order. 

Dead by Daylight - I have over 1000 hours in this game because it is so good. I started on Xbox and then moved to Steam. Don't get me wrong, there are some not-so-great people who play this game, and they can be horrible in end-game chat. There are people who full-on troll whilst playing, but they play how they want to play, and you can play how you want to play. Your game style may upset other people, but as long as it isn't a reportable offence, you should be fine. I have met many great people whilst playing, and that is a giant part of why I continue to play. Because you meet those lovely people who want to farm with you, or you have a funny moment. It's really great to connect with people. I do wish they would have end game chat for Xbox, switch and PlayStation users, but hopefully they will bring that in in the future. Play on your own or with friends. I find myself taking breaks from it and coming back to it all the time. Can't wait for new killers and survivors, and 2v8 is my all-time favourite game mode, so I always love it when that comes back. 4.5/5

ASKA - This game is stunning visually. I streamed it and even played off-stream; I was that addicted to it. It is hard to play on your own, and there is definitely a learning curve. The first winter, I kept dying over and over, so I am a little traumatised anytime winter rolls around, but you just have to be prepared, and I really wasn't. I don't want to scare people away from this game because it is genuinely one of my favourites. I do recommend playing with friends because it will be easier. I think you can play with 4 people. The blood moons can be a little tricky, but if you just follow what the wisps tell you to, you should be fine. I love that there is a fishing aspect because fishing games can be some of the most chilled games, so it's nice to just choose to fish while you let your villagers chop trees, gather food and rocks, build a train and protect the base. You can never have enough flax. If you think it's enough, you are wrong. Get more. You will find you need it for crafting just about everything. Exploring is amazing, and I haven't even gotten into building the ships and sailing across the ocean to new islands. I cannot wait until I am at that point. 5/5

Bongo Cat - This little pixel cat has motivated me so many times to write YouTube descriptions or blog posts and now reviews because I want to be able to open the chests. I will never run out of clicks. It's almost the mentality that most people have for Pokémon, but instead of gotta catch 'em all, it's gotta collect all the skins and hats. You can dress your little typing companion anyway you want, and you can have your friends on the screen too. There are achievements for all you achievement hunters out there.  Try it cause why not its free, and I think you will find you quite like it, sitting in the corner of your screen. I love mine so much. 5/5

Minecraft - I spent a lot of my time before becoming more of a social game player playing Minecraft. I love the updates they bring out regularly. It's nice that a game that is quite old still has people thinking about it. So many great people are in the Minecraft community and actually make a living off this one game all on its own. Your only limit in this is your imagination; you don't have to be creative to play it, though. You can play at your own pace, go exploring, tend to crops, look after your own animals, raid temples, and battle enemies. I see why people love it so much. I love it so much. Build and create or destroy its up to you what you do. Invite your friends to worlds and share in the caving experiences. You might argue that the game has everything, and it genuinely might. 5/5

Thank you so much for reading. I really hope you like my reviews. I may be able to get these out every other week, but when I run out of games I have tried, they will be fewer and farther between. Have a great rest of your day, and I will be back with another post in a week. :)

The Girl In The Attic Movie Review

Hello, and welcome to another movie review. This was not a movie I had planned to watch; it was just because I couldn't find other parts of it on TikTok, so I hope you enjoy the summary and the review.

Billy moved back in with his mum after she was in a car accident. She is in a wheelchair and has limited mobility. She gave Billy some money to fix up the attic into a gym. He ends up kidnapping Kelsy when she is out on a run. She had lost her mum and wanted to raise money to make her proud, so she was going to do a half-marathon. He kept Kelsy in the attic for over a year. One day, his mum crawls up there and tells Kelsy to leave. Kelsy manages to convince his mum that she was abducted, and she leaves for her phone that she dropped on the stairs. Billy heard everything. He flushes his mum's arthritis pills away and hides the rest. Kelsy has to do all the chores around the house because Billy thinks she is his wife. Kelsy and the mum work together to try to escape. Kelsy finds his mum's pills and manages to get them to her. When Kelsy and Billy are moving the mum, she scratches Billy. Kelsy then has to give the mum a manicure. Billy doesn't let her finish. He wants to be satisfied and takes Kelsy upstairs, leaving the mum in the living room. The mum pours nail polish remover on a rug, strikes a match, and drops it on the rug at exactly 5pm. The neighbour that the mum is friends with goes out for a walk every day at 5pm, rain or shine. She has hearing aids and hears the fire alarms going off from down the block. They arrest Billy, who tried to escape out the window, and rescue the two women. This movie is much like another abduction movie I have seen before.

 I only watched it because I saw a clip on TikTok on one of those pages that never has a part 2 (if you are one of these people, please be better). I needed to know what happened. I am glad they both got out. I will say trigger warning, there is rape in this movie, so please, if you watch it, be aware. It wasn't a bad movie, I just think a lot of things could have been summed up more, since the movie was 84 mins, it could have contained more of the daily life both women had to endure. There were a lot of cuts to black screens, given how long it has been since Kelsy went missing. A few clips of her dad looking upset or lost would have added a little more flavor. Overall, I think it's a 5/10. It was good, and I enjoyed it, but I would not watch it again.

Thank you so much for reading, and if you watch this, I really hope you enjoy it. 

Besties Across the World - The Power of Twitch

Hello and welcome to another post by me, Lilly. Today, I would like to talk about an online platform that could help you if you are feeling alone.

 It's crazy to think that I have met some of the best people in my life on Twitch; basically, my whole friend group is people I have met on Twitch. A lot of them are from England or pretty close, such as Ireland and Scotland. The group I have all have similar intrests but when someone finds something new, they share it with the group. It's a great community we have created over a three-year span, but seriously, these people are some of the best I have ever met in my life, and I am glad something like Twitch exists where people all across the world have the opportunity to chat and hang out without it being in person.  I actually came across Rambo because of my sister raiding into her, and I am so glad to call Rambo my bestie. This woman is outgoing, has similar goals in life to me, and she will message me every day. Twitch really has changed my life for the better, and you don't need to be streaming to make great friends from the platform. Just make a profile, search for a game you are interested in, and find someone who doesn't have that many viewers. I feel like a lot of people make the mistake of going into the bigger streamers' streams, but a lot of messages in the bigger streamers' chats will get missed. I recommend that you find someone who has single to double-digit viewers, as you may have better luck making a connection with the streamer and their viewers. Just remember, you are never alone. There is always someone out there willing to listen you just have to find them.

A little warning, if you are brand new at twitch there is such a thing as Twitch etiquette. Not every streamer wants to hear things such as bad thoughts or experiences; try to keep the conversation light. Maybe after sending a few messages in someone's chat, tell them it's your first time on Twitch or that you are new and are still learning what to do and what not to do. If you stream do not say in their chat that you stream too, I can only speak for my community but we tend to just give everyone a shout out so it will become known that you are also a streamer, some people will ask if you stream or what you stream, that ids your moment to shine let them know a little bit about what you do. Respect the chatters, respect the streamer, and respect the rules. If you follow this guide, you should be pretty good to go. Good luck in your Twitch adventures.

Thank you so much for reading. I really appreciate your time, and if you are someone who is feeling alone and wants to talk to someone, I stream most Thursdays and Saturdays, 8pm to 11 p.m. GMT. I hope you have a great rest of your day, and I will see you in the next blog post, I do or see you in a stream :)

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 sung 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) :)