Me,My Life & I

I've not written a film review in quite some time.That would be due to the fact that I've not ventured into the cinema in quite some time.But here we go.The new Narnia film.

First off,I really enjoyed the first film. The acting was bearable from the four main characters and Tilda Swinton was fantastic as the White Witch.The land of Narnia was exactly how I'd imagined it when reading the books and the special effects,costumes and make-up created a world that was genuinely believable as the beautiful land on the other side of that oh-so-famous wardrobe.Due to this,I was very excited to hear that a follow up film was being made and was eager to see it.

So,when my friends brought up going to see it,I was all for it.

I can only say I was disappointed.

The costumes were still fantastic,the special effects still fantastic and the addition of Ben Barnes to the cast was welcomed by my lusty eyes.

However the acting was no longer bearable from the four Pevensies.Good performances on some counts but I could do nothing but giggle when Peter yelled on numerous occasions various versions of 'For Drama!' as he charged towards the camera,giant sword in hand.[Although of course it was more 'For Narnia!' or 'For Aslan!' but we all know the real reason behind those slow-mo shots of the now adult William Moseley]

I found the script to be dull and fairly repetitive.

'Oh the bad guys are coming.Oh lets do try and stop them before its too late.Oh we're never going to make it.Oh we lost some fighters.Never mind.Lets go fight the next unbelievable,albeit quite well made battle,lose some more fighters then have a one on one duel to mix things up a bit.Finally lets have one last far fetched battle field jig almost mirroring that of our first film!Yay!Go Aslan!Go Pevensies!Go Disney!'

I found it a dull two and a half hours.The central cast were wooden and showed little range,although Ben Barnes was better than the rest.

I'm sure younger cinema-goers will greatly enjoy this film and find it wonderfully magical. Unfortunately I am only left wondering why on earth they're making a third one.

Until Next Time

Recently I've been trying hard to find a part time job that will fund my dvd addiction and provide me with some money to put away for uni,my trip to paris next year and just for general saving.

Unfortunately I've found that nowhere wants to employ my youthful fifteen year old self.

So, in an attempt to gain work experience and keep myself busy for at least one day a week in the summer,I've started volunteering at a charity shop in town.

It's a branch of the children's charity Barnardos selling books of every kind.

If you don't know me,and the majority of you don't,before I became so interested in obsessed with films,I was really interested in obsessed with books and reading. I'd read anything I could get my hands on. It was my favourite past time and getting lost in a book was my idea of heaven. I still enjoy it,but my time is more filled up with film watching and buying now.

So, this bookish side of myself is getting to enjoy itself in a book store for four hours every Tuesday.

I found out about this opportunity through my mum. She works with the husband of the manager of the shop and she was telling him about how I wanted to get some work experience before applying for a job when I finally turn sixteen. He told her his wife owned a charity shop and had a word with said wife. She said she'd be happy to have me and so now I've got this wee volunteering position.

It may seem like I'm making a really big deal out of this but I had my first proper day there today and I really enjoyed it. The people are really nice and made me feel right at home. I also liked working on the till because hey,I like pushing buttons

And I feel good because it's for charity.

Until Next Time

Everybody apparently.

I was on the bus on my own today. The journey was quite a long one so I had my i-pod in and was listening to some mellow music,you know,just a bit of indie.

I sat on the bus for around forty minutes and people came on and got off, and gradually the seats began to fill up.

Now don't get me wrong,I wouldn't be my first choice to sit next to on a bus either,I mean what with the smile and the friendliness,but the bus filled up and I watched people as they got on and scanned the lower deck for spare places to park themselves. Almost every time, and I'm not exaggerating, when they caught a glimpse of me their eyes would almost scream at me that they disapproved of my actual being there. Like I was some stain that should be removed. Nobody sat next to me,not that I really mind about that - I like having my own seat,but the fact that a couple of people actually chose to stand rather than sit next to someone my age upset me a little.

I don't know if its the signature white i-pod speakers that put them off. I think they might worry that I have blaring heavy metal or ear damaging dance music coming out.

I don't know if it's my general appearance, or if I give off a smell

But I do think that it's my age.

Nobody likes teenagers anymore.We've been stereotyped as hoodie-wearing, cigarette smoking, binge-drinking,school-skiving,knife-carrying, social misfits who form gangs and are ignorant and have nothing good to offer society.

You can't open a paper without hearing about how good-for-nothing we are. Any report you read about young people shoves them into stereotyped groups set up by our narrow minded and dare I say it,old fashioned,society. The media does not treat young people like people but instead sets them up as foreign creatures who are to be feared.

Perhaps if the media refrained from making us targets of hatred and using the image they have created of us to instill fear in everyone, people would come to realise that there are actually useful young members of society. Young people who do read the papers, who are literate and can hold a decent conversation,who do care about the world and its inhabitants,who do have valuable opinions and who are genuinely more than what they appear to and are commonly thought to be.

I'm not trying to excuse the behaviour of some teenagers today,but I sincerely wish society would waken up notice the rest of us.

Until Next Time