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EastEnders (1985)
EastEnders *DUFF, DUFF* Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-boom-boom-da-boom-boom-da-da-da-da-da .. you know how it goes ...
EastEnders is excellent. Period. I only started watching the soap properly two years and I have became hooked on it. I was born in 1993 and therefore missed the early era of the soap in which it was meant to be better than it is now but I still love it. The peadophilia storyline was handled with great care and the Archie Mitchell one was fantastic! Yes, some actors are better than other: two that stand out for me are Lacey Turner and Patsy Palmer. I know that everyone says all of the characters are miserable and show a bad light on the citizens of this country but I still love it! I just wish I was older to watch it from the beginning and see all of the breathtaking story lines that had been aired before my addiction to it.
C'MON EASTENDERS! GIVE US ANOTHER 25 YEARS!
Make It or Break It (2009)
Great!
Amazing! I love this show already, even after only watching three episodes. Everyone who knows me, they know I'm a HUGE fan of the beautiful Cassie Scerbo and I have been since watching her in "Bring It On: In It To Win It." I've been following her work and when I found out she was doing a t.v show, I was majorly excited!! First of all, when I read the synopsis of this show, I thought it was like a one-off programme and not a series, but after watching the first few episodes, a series is the way to go! PLEASE DO NOT STOP THIS WONDERFUL PROGRAMME ABC FAMILY!! It's a great show, with a story that is unique and wonderful with great characters! Give it a try, it's great!
Camp Rock (2008)
camp rock? *nottt?!
OK, so this movie is playing on the U.K Disney Channel at the moment so I decided to write a review of what I thought of the film. When this film first came out, it was September 2008 over in the U.K. It had been advertised for a long time and it suddenly got to the point were I couldn't stand it!! So boringly predictable. All I kept thinking was that the makers of this film were trying to make another High School Musical. The film is bland and the music isn't all that good either! This film is classed as a "Disney Channel Original Movie." What's original? It's High School Musical dressed up as something a bit "different." There is obviously the "bitch" of the piece = Meighan Jette Martin, the "heroine" = Demi Lovato, the "heartthrob" = Joe Jonas and the obvious dumb characters who side with the "bitch" .. Anna Maria Perez De Tagle. Now .. the points ..
1)characters; bland, un-original, cheesy dialogue, acting is atrocious. Some of the actors looked as if they could act, but were limited.
2)story; The story is High School Musical dressed up. All the same kind of characters. Really not satisfying.
3)music; The music is .. just terrible. This is the reason why I ditched by pod for 2 weeks because after hearing these songs, I couldn't face listening to any music for a while! The singing is okay and you can obviously tell that the singing was edited in a studio to make these "stars" look as if they can sing.
I don't really like the Jonas Brothers or most of the Disney starts in general, I love Miley Cyrus but Demi Lovato, she was just a girl who "wanted" her own Disney show/movie and got her wish. When will Disney stop manufacturing these "tween" actors who just bring shame to the real stars of the Disney Channel.
Superbad (2007)
This film is SUPER-BAD!
This film sucks! To me, it is just the film "American Pie" dressed up, re-shaped and tells the story of hormone-driven teens who decide to drink and try to get laid. Not much story anymore. Every teen movie now-a-day's take the story from "American Pie" and try to cover it up and pass it off as an "original" story? It's not. Lame over-acting to attempt to make the teenagers of this generation "laugh"/lame script/lame story that HAS BEEN USED NUMEROUS TIMES IN TEEN-FILMS. I don't know how people can class this as "comedy." It was funny first time round when "American Pie" was released but now that there is soo many movies released that show hormone-driven teens, under the influence of alcohol who want to have sex, my love for the original "American Pie" (which was at one time one of my favourite films) has worn off! Superbad (2007) is SUPER-BAD!!
Bring It On (2000)
Hmmmmmmm?
Hmmmmmmmm? I'm a great fan of the Bring it On series and I've got all of the films on D.V.D but this one .. although everyone always says "The original is the best" .. I'm not so sure in this case? Bring It On Again I have to admit was pathetic. That entry into the franchise has been scrubbed off my list of favourites, but I find Bring It On All or Nothing and Bring It on In it To Win It to be the best entry's in the series. Bring It On may be classed as successful as it is probably one of the first movies aimed at "teenagers" about how competitive some people can be and how a "high-school" experience is like. THE MAIN POINTS ..
1)ACTING: The film made a right move in casting a well known Hollywood name, Kirsten Dunst as the lead role and this added to the success of the film. Me, in my opinion, doesn't see Kirsten Dunst as a great actress? But she definitely helped the films popularity. The rest of the acting is great. The "bitch" - - GABRIELLE UNION does is well and all give quite a believable performance.
2)STORY: The story is unique, but now, 9 years after it was made, the story has been re-shaped into tons of other films and the story is now old. Original for it's time.
3)CHEERING: The cheer-leading in this film is fine. Quite pleased with that.
Now, I think I'm the only one to find the 2 latest sequels to surpass the original and I don't know why this is?
Wizards of Waverly Place (2007)
Wizards? All that?
First of all, WOWP (Wizards Of Waverly Place) is o.k.? Not the best .. not the worst? - - Let me discuss the main points.
1) ACTING - Most of the time, the children "over-act" and try to be really funny, yes, you do laugh, but at the fact these children think they're funny. Selena Gomez's character annoys me. The "i-dont-care-about-anything-lets-get-in-trouble" girl is not original any more? Her "comedic" timing is done through the director and her performance is probably created in the editing room. HARPER annoy the hell out of me also, can you say .. overacting? The actors that play the parents are pretty good though, I have to say.
2)STORYLINES - The story-lines can be O.K, yet a bit flawed at times.
3)SPECIAL EFFECTS - The Special Effects are a joke. I've noticed this in ALL OF Disney's shows that the Special Effects are disappointing.
4)WHY? - Why does Disney think that every tweeny girl needs their own show? I mean the list goes from best to worse .. HILARY DUFF - amazing - LIZZIE MCGUIRE ... RAVEN - comedic - THATS SO RAVEN - MILEY CYRUS - fun yet something new? - HANNAH MONTANA .. SELENA GOMEZ - disappointing - WOWP ... DEMI LOVATO - Awful - SONNY WITH A CHANCE.
I think (my own opinion!), these "tweeny" girls are jealous of their peers success in the industry and want their own show and try to top other's success which doesn't result? - - I know i've said this on another post but Disney DOES NEED TO STOP the manufacturing of tween-actors!
Sonny with a Chance (2009)
Sonny .. Sonny WITHOUT a chance?
O.K, i'm a HUGE fan of Disney Channel. I LOVE Hannah Montana, The Suite Life, Lizzie McGuire, That's so Raven etc... A couple of months ago, this show was advertised over in the U.K and went "let's see what this is like" .. and I watched the pilot episode, with no expectations as I didn't want to get disappointed. The show is a joke I think? These"tween actors" such as Selena Gomez and, in this case, Demi Lovato are manufactured and aren't of a really good talent. Lovato clearly rode her Camp Rock fame to get her own Disney show. In my opinion, the real Disney stars are Hilary Duff and Raven and, maybe to some extent Miley Cyrus as her own life has added to the success of her show, Hannah Montana. THESE girls are talented. Demi Lovato is just a little girl who can "perform" in front of a crowd and the Disney Channel producers think that every "tween" girl needs their own show. This is simply not the case. The 2 shows on Disney that I hate are "Wizards of Waverly Place" and "Sonny With A Chance" and I think Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato were some-what "jealous" of Miley Cyrus and demanded their own shows. When are Disney going to stop with the manufactured "tween" stars?
**ALL OF ABOVE IS MY OPINION!NOTHING MORE! Best Disney Show; HANNAH MONTANA
Bring It On: Again (2004)
Bring it on Again .. doesn't bring it?
This film was terrible to be honest. No acting, no story, just a cop-out of the first one. Everyone is commenting on Bree Turner's portrayal of the "bitch" being great and the best .. it's not actually? I'm from the U.K and maybe shes not a familiar face over here but I cant think of anything else she's been in. She tried too hard to be the "bitch" and gives a mediocre performance? The cheering was o.k in this one, but nothing special. On the back of the D.V.D cover (yes! i didn't know i wouldn't like it!) it says something like "with a group of rising, up-and-coming new stars" .. what stars? They haven't been in anything since. I can ONLY vaguely remember watching Faune Chambers in "Epic Movie" which was also a flop in my eyes? The acting is shocking! I LOVE the Bring It On series and I actually do prefer the straight-to-DVD films rather than the original (my opinion!), i like the first one, and I LOVE bring it on 3 & 4 .. but this one? - - NOT WORTH A PLACE IN MY FAVES.
Killjoy (2000)
badness!
Poundland is where I need to start. I was going on holiday to the States the next day and I went in the town centre to get last minute necessities for my trip. I was walking through a Poundland Store (a shop in which every item is a pound. Very well known in the U.K) and I came across the D.V.D section. I was scanning the D.V.D's and was looking at all of the extremely lame and fake horror films they produced until my eyes cast upon "Killjoy." Having nothing else to do that night and going on holiday the next day, I just bought this movie just for the banter and to see what the films Poundland produced were really like. Well .. what can i say? This film STUNK! The acting was terrible with little/no character development, the plot, was just like "A Nightmare On Elm Street" gone Clown, in which a "villianous" character comes in and kills off one-by-one. The cinematography and special effects are shocking. It looks as if a home video-camera was used to film this "movie" and the visual effects looked as if they were created on Microsoft Movie Maker programme. The stunts were bad, also. There is a scene where there is a fight with all different punching sound effects happening and all of the sound effects are out of synch with the movement of the "actors." One thing I have to say that is quite positive about the story is that the make-up used on Angel Vargas as the Clown, KILLJOY was good for a film of this standard but that's about all? ALSO, LASTLY, on the D.V.D, there is a Bonus Feature section that gives interviews with cast and crew, Behind the Scenes etc .. and it's actually really sad to hear these people say how great they think their film is or is going to be. One actor describes the story as "a kick-ass script" and the producer is idiotically try to persuade and promote and act as if the movies he produces are the best when they are clearly not? Alright, enthusiasm is needed when promoting a movie of any level but not to this extent when the end product is so GOD DAMN AWFUL! What is the one thing I've learnt from this film .. NEVER BUY A D.V.D AGAIN FROM A POUND STORE!!
Bring It On: All or Nothing (2006)
Bring It On: All or Nothing? -- SIMPLY THE BEST.
Being a great fan of comedy films, I absolutely adore this sequel to the Bring it On series. I've watched all of the films and I think I'm the only one who will actually say, I found the first film (Bring it on) that stars Kirsten Dunst to be very bland and not at all good, but the sequels that go straight to D.V.D to be better? The 2nd sequel (Bring It On Again) was dreadful and on the back of the D.V.D cover it says ("Hollywood's hot upcoming new stars") .. What stars? I've never heard of this band of "actors" in my life? Now .. to business.. Bring It On:All or Nothing is an amazing film. It has a great range of characters that help carry an audience and has great actors/actresses to play the roles. Hayden Panettiere was amazing as the typical "goodie" and Solange Knowles-Smith as the semi-bitch .. she pulled it off amazingly. Marci Rylan (THE REAL BITCH OF THE PIECE) was amazing and I just think this sequel was absolutely amazing! 10 stars! xx
Guys and Dolls (1955)
Guys and Dolls; A MASTERPIECE.
First in foremost, I ADORE THIS FILM. I had always known about this musical "Guys and Dolls" so I decided to buy it from Amazon a couple of months ago and after a span of about 10 minutes into it, it became my favourite musical and one of my favourite films of all time. The casting is great; MARLON BRANDO as SKY MASTERSON; Terrifc job of the part of the sly gambler. I couldn't imagine anyone else, not even Sinatra playing this part. His unique singing voice polishes his part completely. JEAN SIMMONS as SARAH BROWN; Good choice, good voice and actress. FRANK SINATRA as NATHAN DETROIT; Even though Sinatra wanted the part of Sky Masterson for himself, I don't think he would have pulled off the part as well as Brando did. Sinatra gives a really fun, believable performance as fly-guy Detroit. VIVIAN BLAINE as ADELAIDE; The definitive "Marlyn Munroe" like woman. GREAT ACTRESS/SINGER/DANCER. All the supporting cast were amazing too and, it's actually really hard for me to accept that this movie was made 54 years ago!! HOW TIME FLIES.
"That the guy's only doin' it for some doll!" -- Great show. 10/10
American Pie (1999)
THIS is a comedy!!
American Pie tells the story of 4 young boys who are "unlucky" in love and all vow to loose their virginity before their High School prom night. With some great laughs scattered in along the way along with great acting talents this movie is a real treat. I first watched this movie last year for the first time (I just turned 15) and I suddenly realised how BAD some "comedy" films can be now-a-days. This film is the prime example of how a comedy aspect that, at one point was so original, is now tarnished by some of the movies that are produced now a days. Some of these movies are jokes now a days with basically the same story line and characters (ALTHOUGH REMAINED!), and all has a link back to sex!!!! American Pie is the first movie ever to do this sort of broad comedy and pulls it off very well and is a great film, although some films have copied the idea of this one and has dressed it up and makes it become quite a sick and offensive theme now-a-days. 10 years after this movie was made .. it's a classic and always will be. I love all of the first 3 movies with the original cast and was quite disappointed though i must say with one element in the third movie, which is that some characters do not return. I loved the characters Ozz, Vicky, Jessica and Heather and I thought that they all deserved back in the third and, especially Vicky as she and Kevin had a relationship in the 1st one and an awkward meeting in the 2nd and I thought that it would really pay-off seeing all of the main characters back together for one last time. But this didn't happen and, apart from this, all of the first 3 films are gems in my opinion. American Pie/American Pie 2/American Pie 3: The Wedding: FANTASTIC TRILOGY!! GIVE 'EM A TRY!! Rating: 10/10.
Soccer Mom (2008)
Soccer Mom xxx
To be honest, the only reason I watched this movie was because I'm a great fan of actress Cassie Scerbo have and been ever since watching her incredible performance in "Bring It On: In It To Win It." .. This movie is cute to watch as a family but I wouldn't say its absolutely amazing!! A good bunch of actors playing the roles with a really well-known actresses playing the leads (Missy Pyle & Emily Osment) but it sort of tells a story that has been out for years and just dressing it up again as something new. As well as this, the movie features good music and tells quite a heart-warming story of girl who will not give up on her dream. It's like "Mrs. Doubtfire" goes the way of "Jack Frost" i Think .. which were movies that helped deal with loss, sadness and disguise. With some comedic moments, a good cast and an acceptable story, Soccer Mom will be a favorite of young people and a good family film. An O.K movie, not the best and not the worst!! Rating: 6/10.