Book, Music, Youtube

So I'm back from DisneyLand Paris and I had a great time with Emma and Stacey! We spent five days there and four night, although we had some trouble getting there at first as our flight had been cancelled and so we had to wait for a later one meaning we missed a day in disney, but no matter we still got there and we had tons of fun!




Now some of you who read this blog may not know that I make vlogs and upload them on to youtube. Well what does this mean? I make videos about topics, ask and answer questions and interact with those who post comments. I have uploaded a video about our disney trip, so if your interested go watch it, give it a thumbs up, leave a comment and if you like what you see subscribe.

http://www.youtube.com/user/CottonWoolWorld




Anyway, this is just a quick update blog, I'm back at university on sunday (finally!) and I'll be settled back and will be able to sit down and write down proper blogs again. My summer job has ended but I'm happy to report they will be taking me back on at christmas, so for a while I'll have to pay for the films I see at the cinema again but I'll keep up with my review blogs :)

At the moment I'm reading Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert



I picked up the book as its all about traverling and as I've only got one year left of university left I'm starting to wonder what I'm going to do once its over, and traverling has always been a dream of mine since I was a little kid so this book really appealed to me. My worry was that the book was going to be to 'girly' and while yes I think there are a few times where a female reader could connect more with the writer than a male I think over all both genders can enjoy it. I've almost finished the book and its certainly had its ups and downs. Its the true story of Elizabeth as she has gone threw her divroce and breaking up with a lover and leaving it all behind to spend a year away in Itaily, India and Bali. I love the part when she is in Italy, she really enjoys her self and you really feel like your with her, enjoying all the food the way as she goes. The part in India was a little bit more harder for me to get through, I know the book is about her struggle with fidning her place spiritually and dealing with her past but sometimes her negativity is a little bit to much and I know shes been threw a lot but I felt as if it was getting a little old, I felt like saying to her 'stop repetiting yourself and get over it, your in a wonderful, beautful place in the world, just find peace with yourself' which is to be fair what she basically says to her sefl (eventually). I'm now in Bali and so far it looks like its going to be a nice balence of what was good about Italty and the harder reading in India which I suppose is a good thing, as is life, ying and yang good and bad, finding a balence we can work with.


Now sicne being back from disney I've had disney songs playing non stop
*WAITING JUST AROUND THE RIVER BENDDDDDDDDD!*
*ahem*
But heres some music I've been listening to lately and think is just top stuff!







Lemmi know what you think of my youtube channel, eat pray love and my music choices for this blog!

My Thoughts On : The Sorcerer's Apprentice

My Thoughts On : The Sorcerer's Apprentice


Remember this?



A week before its release date in the UK tonight I watched a screening of The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Taking the original idea from Walt Disney's Fantasia, Disney re-tell the story in a modern setting with wild magic and a stable story. When I first saw the trailer for the film I thought it was just going to be another shot at trying to be the next harry potter much like Percy Jackson and the lighting thief. While I never saw Percy Jackson I know of the story and how the demi god is whiskey away to Mount Olympus (Hogwarts) where he learns to use his powers (magic). However this film is different. Rather than taking the lead character away from his home to learn how to master his spells the magic comes to him. Set in New York the main character alongside his master (Nickolas Cage) run around the city trying to outdo the villain and save the world from destruction. It was nice to see how the location didn't change the character but the events. It also cut down on storytelling time. While in the first Harry Potter films it takes time to get to Hogwarts and to build in to the magic and the action this film is different as in the first five minutes we are already in a magical battle. Quickly drawing the audience’s attention we know this film is going to involve magical goings on. It just so happens that the hero had a large space where he carries out his science experiments which went on to be the area for his magic practice but as an audience we let this coincidence slide as we're just happy to see the magic happen.

The story is interesting, not overly complex but strong enough that you can believe in it and what to be a part of the world. Enough information and history was given that it made sense and you weren't feeling as if you were missing out on anything. Seeing as this is typically a kids film it’s normally best to keep it this way, any unnecessary information would have just dragged it down. While a Disney kids/teen film it contains enough humour and action to keep an older audience happy. An all round good family film. I personally liked the links with Merlin and Morgana and like mentioned before felt the information we were given about them wasn't to over bearing.

One downside to the film I felt was that there was a big build up to a few powerful sorcerers’ (especially the ones that were keeping the big evil villain Morgana trapped away) but of these villains wasn't in the film for very long. She was a young girl who was said to put Salem on the map. She looked terrifying but sadly wasn't in the film very long and we didn't get to see much of her. It might have been better just not to have involved her at all.

Overall a good film. Nothing overwhelmingly fantastic, but certainly original in its own rights and a refreshing take on the 'magic teenager' genre of film. Not a must see but I'd definitely recommend it (after Toy Story 3 and Inception). A fun family friendly film with enough to interest the whole family. 8/10
Disclaimer: The above are my own thoughts and feeling and do not represent anyone else.