Dog Soldiers!!

Last night I spotted my friend had Dog Soldiers, and it's always been a film that I've wanted to watch as people have said so much about how good it is. And you know what, I love it!

Its so funny, yes its a horror, but the main characters, 6 Army lads on a training exercise, are amazing. They are so loud and say some great things, for example, just before one gets eaten by a werewolf he says "I hope I give you the s**ts!"

My favorite bit was the part with the hammer and the letterbox. I actually cried with laughter, my housemates didn't get it either don't worry, it just tickled me in the right places lol =)

Another favorite bit of mine was when the Sgt and Cooper start tunneling through the house, I mean how daft, but so good, it just works well with the characters personalities. The film isn't all blood and gore though, there are a few well placed twists in there, though they can be fairly easily predicted, but still, its all good fun.

I do have to say that it gets straight into it, although not long after the beginning it feels like the film is ending, cause they are out in the open, and surrounded (I haven't ruined it...no film finishes that quick =P) Once they find the house, the film really starts, getting into the swing of horror and comedy perfectly.

I'd definitely recommend it, I is gory but its full of funny bits too. If you don't mind blood and guts, watch it =D

Finally...I've seen twilight

Yes people, you heard me right. I managed to drag someone with me to go and see New Moon. I went last night for Orange Wednesdays, we decided on an early evening viewing, so the line wouldn't be too bad, it was long, but I think we missed the worse of it =P

There was a fair amount of man flesh on show, some pretty nicely toned (or spray painted in Pattinson's case) torsos. Some girls even swooned out loud when Jacob first displayed his newly ripped chest.

The effects were great, the Volturi were good and the wolves were impressive. It's a long film, but of course you expect that, and a lot would be disappointed to have it any other way.

I enjoyed it, though half way through, the guy I went with said, this is a great ending (when she was drowning). It clearly wasn't, I think he was just hoping lol. Relationships bloom and die in this film, and as you probably know, from the trailers, press or book, a love triangle develops.

It's interesting to watch Jacob's crush on Bella become realised, in the absence of Edward, she comes to depend on him and soon returns the crush. Jacob goes through more than his crush in this film though, he joins a new social group, which seems to mean you have to have short hair and only ever wear shorts. A quite enjoyable bonus for us girls I might add though ;D



I won’t spoil anything, but if you liked the first one, you’re bound to love the second. I enjoyed both, though I have to admit not as much as some people did. I just don’t get the massive hype, but don’t hold it against me, I still enjoy them =P

Hopefully I’ll go to the cinema next Wednesday, which will be the last time I’ll go this term while at uni as I’m off home for the Christmas break next weekend =D Three weeks of relaxing…and doing some revision lol.

Horror at the weekend

I'm sorry for the delay on this posting guys, the uni coursework is piling up and with deadlines coming up and passing it's been hectic for me! I hope your all far more relaxed =)

I can't wait till the Christmas break when I won't have so much to do, sure I'll still be revising, but that's for about 2 exams, not 10 pieces of coursework all at once lol.

Anyway, back to business. I managed to convince my step dad that he did have time to go to the cinema so off we went. As you know from my last post, we planned to see The Descent Part 2.

We went for a mid evening viewing which worked great as there were only a few other people in the screening and we even missed all the commercials but arrived in time for the trailers, not that any looked particularly good.

I liked the original The Descent, though I know a lot didn't, but I still couldn't help but wonder how they would move the story on, and make it new. So it starts with (don't worry I wont spoil the film, this is just the beginning setting as it were) a search party, looking for the girls who went caving 2 days earlier.

Sarah, who we left in the cave at the end of the first film, has just been discovered by a car after escaping from the cave and is taken to hospital. The search party tries to ask about the rest of the girls, what happened and where they are. Sarah has lost her memory of the incident and even forgets her daughter is dead.

A sniffer dog follows her trail to the old mining church, where it runs off scared, and the sheriff decides that they should go down the old mine, taking Sarah with them hoping that she remembers the way her and her friends took.



There is a twist thrown in there, and your left asking a few questions, which could be answered in a third film, but other than that, the story is pretty much the same, people go into the cave, people then discover the horrible creatures down there, and soon people start dying.

There are your usual jumpy bits due to the music and something suddenly popping up on screen, though I have to say I managed to predict when they would be, again I think the music helped me do that lol. But, I still jumped non-the less.

Ooooo, there was one quite funny bit added in there, something to do with a pool of something, I won't ruin it, but I've said enough for you to realise what I mean if you watch it =)

It's entertaining to watch, and with the few things they throw into the mix, they manage to keep it interesting. If you liked the first one, The Descent, you'll like part 2, if you didn't like the first one, this won't change your mind.

The only thing that bugged me, is the questions it leaves you asking yourself, they aren't questions you can figure out by yourself, or even by watching the film again, they seem like questions that leave it open for a third film.

Which means any questions your left wondering about, you'll just have to wait and leave them unsolved. But it's good to discuss them with whom ever you went with, though not for too long =P Enjoy.

Law Abiding Citizen....No more!

I went to the cinema last night =D I went to see Law Abiding Citizen which was really good. I was actually surprised, as I was expecting it to be your typical blockbuster, fairly predictable and lots of explosions.

It was a really thought provoking, totally unexpected, but it is so clever, and there were some really funny bits. I'd definitely recommend watching it, but just to warn you, even though the trailers show it, it is a little bit gory, but not too much.

There was one bit that made everybody jump out of their skin, which was quite funny. Although I have recently hurt my elbow, so I jumped, knocked my elbow on the armrest, and jumped again just as much with the pain lol. My friend had just settled from the first jump when I leapt again =)

Oooo, as I was leaving, screen number 1, (which we knew was Paranormal Activity because the woman serving us, gave us tickets for that even though was asked for Law Abiding Citizen, she has done it to me before as well…) was absolutely packed, so many people were waiting to get into the showing.

And yet when I saw it, I was in a tiny little screen at the very back of the cinema that I didn’t even know existed before lol. I have to say it made it a good experience though. It made it kind of personal and private, more fun, like we were simply sat at home with friends, especially when we all started laughing half way though. So clearly Paranormal Activity is a hit at the Odeon too, and they have expanded its screen size, deservingly I might add.

I might be going home at the weekend, and I’m not holding my breath, but I know my step dad wants to see The Descent Part 2. If he isn’t working all weekend that it, hence not holding my breath, but I’m still hopeful. If not, I’m sure I can get someone out next Wednesday, as there are a lot of films coming out before then that seem quite interesting.