Movie Monday #3

You know how I always blabber something before starting the actual topic? Yes.
I'm not gonna let you down this time either, I think it's starting to be some kind of a habit already.
  Well as you may see, today indeed isn't Monday. And I'm truly sorry that my Movie Monday got bit late from this week. Well better late than never, huh?
I do have an excuse! First, I didn't got movie until, I think uh Thursday. And Ida was kind and gave me a link where to watch it. But I was really busy with real life on the rest of the week. And I thought that I'll watch it on Monday and write on Tuesday.
  And I did try to watch that movie on Monday and wrote an another post that day. But unfortunately that movie took forever to load. Seriously I'm not kidding! I put it on load, maybe hour before I started to watch it, and when I did start to watch I was able to get to maybe 15-20 mins. and then it stopped and started to buffer again, so I surfed around the webs for two hours and got back to see how much it had load. Not even at half way! So I decided to give up, and I was really tired at that point.
  So yesterday I asked a new movie to rate (from my Last Seen -list). I could have rate it yesterday, but I was awfully tired. Mostly because I have bit of fever and it's making me very very tired. Even a little temperature on me get me in bad shape. Now that I have slept well last night (aside that I have very anxious dreams) I feel quite good, so here I am writing to you guys! :)
  Oh and that movie I tried to watch was Iron Sky. And even tou that is the genre that I hate, I'm going to watch it one day (probably rent/loan it somewhere) and rate it then!

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Where to start? Well, I really enjoyed this movie. Since Wolverine is my favorite mutant and he was the first Marvel character I liked the most. 

I really was exited when I heard they were gonna do a movie of him. I nearly fell down to the floor when reading the news.

And I think that I was at the premier of this movie. And my oh my how much I enjoyed it, it got my adrenaline to rise and I remember it well when I got out of the theater! 

I was there with my former GF, and uh it was fairly cold outside when the movie ended and we walked to the bus stop. I couldn't shut up talking about it, and I think there was still like snow on the ground and I was like so pumped up in adrenaline that I was feeling so hot that I was having my long jacket open (only having blouse and vest under it) and my GF was like freezing so I even gave my jacket to her because I was really like feeling that I was on fire. 

I just love that kind of movie that make me feel that adrenaline rush. 

It was also the first movie in X-men history that made me have problem to choose my fave mutant. 

I've always loved Wolverine, but now I also totally fell for Victor! Now I have the eternal dilemma to choose between them. I'd love to be loyal and pick Wolverine, but then again.. idk I prefer Victor. And it depend are we talking about 'old' or 'new' Wolverine! 

I was terribly shocked when I first saw the new adamantium claws. I seriously wanted to scream and ran off from the theater when they showed them. I mean, how come they look so much better and real in X1-3 ? And in here it's like "HELLLOOOOO COMPUTER!!" WHY!? And the bone claws he had before the operation were SO much better, they were really nicely made.

And idk, It looked a lot like they didn't put much effort on the special effects, or they had someone whom didn't know what to do. Because they peed in my eyes.

I think that Remy's special effects were nice, but others ... nnaaah. Not so much. 

For me, it's horrible horrible thing to watch those disgusting computer made adamantium claws in this one. Probably the biggest thing I hate.

Also some minor things annoyed me, that they could've payed more attention, well no movie is perfect. Right?

But I really enjoyed getting background story, in movie form for Wolverine. I had read some of the comics about his past, unfortunately not so many that I wish! 

And I was genuinely surprised when I found out that Victor is Sabertooth. So uh... X1? Is that supposed to be Victor? How come he doesn't remember his lil bro? I mean I get why Logan don't, but Victor? And he changed so much, well I decided to ignore this and enjoy the whole movie as in "out of the context" -way.

I really wish that they would bring Remy, Victor and Wade/Deadpool to the other X-men movies. Because they have much potential, AND I know that Deadpool has quite a big role in Marvel universe.

I think there IS Deadpool game/movie ors coming out/ is already out. I really haven't checked. Because I just found him so freaking irritating in the movie.

But as I've seen some comic glimpses of him, he seems really funny and awesome. So I'm looking forward to seeing more of him.

And for some reason I've head lots of opinions that this is the worst X-men movie. I don't get it. Well if you don't like Wolverine that much, then yeah I get you, but... I wouldn't say worst! For me this is either my fave or my second fave X-movie. 

The timeline of this movie partly bugs me a lot. I think I spoke about this in my last Movie Monday, when I rated First Class. 

But if you think of this as independent X-men movie and just enjoy it. It'll be great, but if you're over thinking all the details, you might get puzzled! 

4½/5 Stars.
Oookays well that's it for that movie!

Next week, I need a movie (I'd prefer you to pick it on either my last seen or from the ones I own, that way 100% guarantee getting rated. But you can throw me anything really!)

But NO AVENGERS -related. I'm doing a huge Avengers rating (ALL 7 MOVIES!) 10th day! 

And of course, please check that I haven't rate it already ;) !

~Cakey

Ps. I'd like to thank you guys I've just hit my +500 page views, yes that's a lot for me. 

Now good night ♥

Do you want to update your life?

First of all, I'm apologizing that my Movie Monday #3 will be late. I'll be writing it tomorrow after I come from therapy. Because the movie I was given I had no time to watch it, so after writing this post I'm gonna watch it (Iron Sky) and then hopefully go to sleep!
So I'll be updating stuff today in general, since well, stuff has happened :'D

I'm gonna start with me!
Today I had hairdresser, and last time I was there it's been seriously closer to six months! And that's a long long time for me! Well I did dye my hair by myself during that break, but it was more like uh... "I'm annoyed by my hair, I'm gonna dye them now!" sort of temporal decision.
And when my hair grew out of that, I had 5 different colors in my hair. Usually I keep my hair short, but now I'm on a task of growing them.

Pic spam! So first: before hairdresser. And then after (obviously), I like to keep my hair on ponytail, otherwise it's just dangling in front of my eyes annoyingly. I keep it either on top of my head, so my bangs are tied up, OR I have it back there.

And why you may ask, why on earth am I growing my hair out. Well, may I present you the evil person behind my inspiration;

     Mister Chris Hemsworth. And his totally amazing hair... I just wanna run my fingers trough that glorious hair of his! Am I being creep again |D Mmmmyes?   

    That's actually the pic I took along with me to the hairdresser. And told her that I want to have that color. As you can see I have QUITE a lot more lighter color than him. Well except the tops! They are darker and much more closer to the right color, and well my hair is still too short, so I'll grow my hair to that length and get the dark in the roots! And next time when I'm going to hairdresser well dye it to right shade c:   

    Idk I haven't never ever had this blonde hair, and like fully blonde! Usually I have had black along there, but this, it's weird. It'll take some time to get used to these. They're like 

almost white from the roots XD

  (Oh god I fought long to get the pic & text in sync!! >8( )

And then entirely to other subject... Well kinda, it involves partly Mr.H ... ... .... TO THE SUBJECT!!

As you guys might remember/know that I have Huntsman poster, like the super huge one from movie theater. And just because I can, I've been trying to obtain another exactly same one from there. 

Well we have Finnkino that has like theaters all over Finland, and my poster is from Vantaa's one. And I've been trying to obtain the second one from Helsinki (Tennis Palace).

And So far it hasn't gone so well, so I sent email asking about it and you know in general like where to ask them etc.

Today I got a response that they aren't allowed to give any of the big posters nor the cardboard cut outs to people. Because the movie company says no. Of course I then asked that can I ask from the movie company, and if so from where. She responded me quickly telling that they represent the Finland's part of that and they're not allowed to do that.

At that very moment I kinda lost the war.

And also at that moment I wasn't sure did I want to laugh or cry, because... I have only few movie related things on my wall... (This is semi-old pic...)

AND THEY'RE BOTH FROM MOVIE THEATERS! AHAHAHAHAHAAH!!!!!

I kinda felt special. Because uh... If they're not supposed to, how did I was allowed to get them? Well I might be in warm contact to Vantaa's theater in future ;) They seem much nicer there! And in Kino Palace, my Holmes & Watson are from there. 

And then I started to wonder that Tennis Palace CAN'T have like their own rules by the giving away -part, since they have same distributor as Kino (another in Helsinki) & Flamingo (Vantaa) ... So technically they shouldn't give the posters away. (I hope all those name's makes sense to my non-Finnish readers)

Idk I should try to get a job from one of those theaters, so I'll might have advantage of getting them 0:--D & I get discount of going to movies~ Would be kinda dream job. Kinda. 

And to the last subject. I ordered just so awesome Supernatural Themed shirt that I think I'm gonna die! I still haven't realized that I actually bought it XD ... U know it's like one of those "one time offers" and when the clock rans out, they're gone. So I reacted and panic bought it.   #Oops

Okay Now I'll go to watch that Darn movie! So see ya all tomorrow! :)

Oh and hey! How old do you guys think I look, honestly! I'm dying to know... .___. 

~Cakey

Movie Monday #2

Woah! This was unbelievable, yesterday I was already sad, because I had no new movie to review. I mean I got two movie suggestions from Ida (if you want yo be called with different name tell me), but I didn't have them and couldn't watch them so :(
Then I found out that Heidi (or do you prefer Datironass?) had given me already new movie, but I just didn't had receive the message. So I have her movie to review.
And now today Chan gave me two more 8) So you guys are getting three reviews today.


Also I'd like to warn at this point that I do not guarantee that my posts are spoiler free. :| 
  So To the movies!

X-Men: First Class

I fell in love with X-men when I first saw it. I saw X2 first. And it was really the first Marvel movie that I enjoyed and I've been always really exited when new X-men movie is released. 

So yes I was also really exited about this one. I for some totally unknown reason didn't see this in theater. 

And to be honest, I think this one is the worst so far. I'm not saying it's bad, no not at all! It's just in my opinion worst of the X-men so far. 

For me, who have also read the comics of X-men it was little bit messy. Otherwise this would be quite okay with it's timeline, but Wolverine's appearance was weird. 

It's timeline doesn't fit, I mean if you try to connect all the movies, X1-3 and Wolverine with this, they don't match. At least in my head and it's making me annoyed. I mean it was awesome that they threw him there, but still.

And! Emma Frost was supposed to be one of Charles first students, according to the comics if I can remember correctly. So yes I've been quite snobish with this movie. 

But if I need to say something positive about this.

It would be definitely the fact that they tell background of Charles and Eric (Magneto) and their beginning. Also I personally like James McAvoy. And I liked how they brought some of the minor characters along, like Azazel. And also few of the bigger and important (at least in comics) characters to the movie. 

The movie gives nice view of things in different angle thinking of the "Future" movies, and by this I mean like X1-3 where Xavier and Magneto are enemies. I really don't think Magneto is really like evil villain, he's just misunderstood (Like Loki.. .... no I just did not brought Avengers to this) and he thinks his cause is good and righteous, and he wants to change the world. Unfortunately it's not that after all.

Ummmhh. Well I'll give this 3/5 Stars. 

Also if you haven't seen the previous X-men movies, it's okay, not necessary. that gives plus! 

Silent Hill

This is actually the latest movie I've seen. And I've seen this twice. This is one of those horror movies that I genuinely like.

Even thought I was really disappointed on second time. I remembered it was MUCH more scarier, but it was kind of like... ... really lame. 

Or maybe I've just grown and seen way too much craptastic horror movies. But I enjoyed refreshing my memory. 

For example I payed attention to different things, like I didn't remember Sean Bean was there! And the fucking annoying town leader bitch was in Ten Inch Hero.  And of course my lovely Pyramid Head.

Only things that sucks in this movie is the ending and special effects. Well I get that maybe the budget wasn't big enough and maybe back then the quality wasn't what it is now.
But the end, like ... What the fuck man!? Why did that happen? Like did they become ghosts or like were they on different sort of dimension?
Well I haven't play the game(s), so maybe it was explained there. Also I hate to say that usually when game is turned onto movie it sucks. Usually, not always :'D
But this one, I think it's okay. I really can't say more since I don't know what happens in the game so should there be sequel ors.

I still remember how I found Silent Hill. I uh.. I had my first girl crush and she was a fan of it, especially for Pyramid Head (Also the nurses are cool!) and of course I wanted to know like what was it so I just watched the movie.
And also back in the days when I used to cosplay and attend to conventions there ALWAYS were Silent Hill cosplayers. I have seen quite awesome nurses and Pyramid Heads :3

I think this movie should remake, or get sequel since I hate how it ended. So different (or more!) view maybe?
Oh and uh, I really don't think this is a HORROR horror movie, u know. I think it's more like gore, well not exactly that either. Like mixture of them. and shitloads with weird! XD

3/5 Stars.

A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010)

I have to confess that I'm so uneducated that this was my first Freddie movie ever seen. 

I love the idea, it's really creepy and it makes the movie kind of surrealistic and you can't be sure if the person is awake or not! 

There was again few actors that I knew from somewhere. 

And OF COURSE they kill off first my fave one! Not fair! And right after that My second fave. 

So yes, there was Ruby v.1 (Supernatural) as one of the actresses, it was so hard not to think her as non-ruby! XD And see her in different kind of role. Katie Cassidy was lovely indeed!

And Kellan's character was named Dean, it was really hard not to burst into laughter at that point. and it was in the start.

Also I'm not sure of what's the origin story of Freddy, so the story in here was quite uh. idek, well! It got me hooked, like the movie kept me in it's grasp the whole time. And like even that you kind of knew what was going to happen you still partly surprised. 

I just hate you know like that kind of movie villains that just purely don't die, like ever. And they keep on coming back again and again. And I think that Freddy is one of them. But, in his defense he really aren't real, like he exists only in dreams. So does that really count? 

I have quite good feeling that this is the best Freddy movie till now. Mostly because the special effects, or like I really just hate poorly made special effects, so that's my only argument. 

I think I really don't have anything else really to say.

3½/5 ... Because it wasn't just shit & good actors.

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So that's it for Today's Movie Monday!
Comment here (that's how I'll get them 100%!) for what you want to be reviewed next week!

~Cakey

Movie Monday #1

So this is my first "Movie Monday" (It's not related to the Finnish Movie blog with same name)
And surprisingly I got a movie for today to review!

What's Your Number?

I admit it that I found this because of my darling Chris Evans. And at this point I have to say that I think that this is probably the best movie from him so far. 

Okay badly phrased, best character. Even thought I do love Cap, but I still love him more in this. 

I have never been really fond to romantic movies, nor to comedies. But there are some few that hit me hard and they are my guilty pleasures in genre of movies.

I think this movie is really alike to The Nanny Diaries, and recently I found out that the leader male actor in there is also Evans! 

So as always when I'm starting to watch this type of movie, my inner skeptic already hates it and thinks that it's most likely like all the other sappy movies - full of reused ideas and some sappy clishé romance bullshit, flavored with lame humor.  

In this case I knew that there's at least candy for my eyes, so I could sit trough the movie without dying. 

But, I'm positively happy that this movie prove itself wrong and was actually good! Not only because of Evans. And I think that even if his character would have been played by some other actor, I still would've loved the character. 

I rented this for first time when I saw it. After that I bought it for myself like within a week or so. And I was shocked that in the DVD version there aren't any other special features than the extended version! Like no gag reel, I should buy the Blu-Ray version and sell my DVD. But I admit it's better than nothing! Because in the rental version there wasn't even that, so it was  indeed pleasant surprise when there was extended version  of the movie. One thing that has bugged me a lot thought! The girl in the cover doesn't look like Anna Faris at all! 

Also I might add that a very nice add is that in most of Chris's scenes he's shirtless! ;) One reason to watch this movie. And idk when I finally bought it I have watched this so many times already and I cannot get enough! 

I think the idea of this movie works. I mean yes, the basic story behind it is quite used and simple, but the story it self is cute. 

My god I suck at writing reviews, or well this is more like a collage of thoughts about the movie, not really a review. Well anygays!

 I recommend this movie to all, even for those whom don't like this kind of genre! ;) 4/5 Stars.

~Cakey

ps. Give me new movie(s) for next Monday! 

And I kinda decided that if I wont get any, I'll just review movie that I've seen last! :)

Edit; I also added a new page called "Movie Monday's" and there will be all of the reviews.

Toss Me A Thought

Yes, you're getting not only one, but two post today!

I was thinking that I need to rant my feels out because no one ever comments my post *boo-hoo*
So I had an epiphany!

It also kind of brings life to my original blogging idea!
But I need your help. (yes, you who are reading this)

I'm gonna start doing this "Rating a movie" once a week. And you can choose what movie it is.
It can be from my own movies, or you can throw me any movie, if I have seen it. And if I haven't I'll try my best to find it and see it.
And I'll be writing my feels and opinions of that particular movie.
You can toss me more than one. But at this point I'm not waiting to get tons of these |D

Oh and, I'm doing my reviews either Sunday or Monday from now on.

So comment in this post (you don't need to have account to comment, and you can stay anon if you wish) and leave a movie in here! :)

~Cakey

The Horror of the movies

Idk, am I the only one who thinks that could be a movie title, no? Okay.

Horror movies. 
They are shitty. Seriously I could count probably with my one hands fingers the good ones that I've seen. And I've seen plenty. In this I'm not counting thrillers, just horror ones.
I think there should be labels for different kind of horror movies, because it's quite wide genre. I, myself label movies (in general) in 3 different kind categories:

• Good ones (i.e. "AWESOME" "It's was good")
• Shitty ones (My "It was ok" is considered here also)
• And lastly "There was good looking actor(s) :)"  My most common one, it also get's extra label above.

But yes! Indeed horror movies, they need to be labeled onto different 'under categories'. Usually I end up laughing and mocking the movie during it, and 4 times from 5 the movie is SO predictable. And how many times it's the same pattern? Seriously. Even in the most cliché cases of Action movies they might surprise, but how many of Horror movies have done that?

Okay there is one good under-genre of Horror, and it's psychological. BUT usually it's then labelled as Thriller. Like let's say Silence of the lambs (and it's 2 sequels, Hannibal & The Red Dragon), they have good idea and well uh Hannibal was boring and not so interesting, but The Red Dragon is just pure awe!
Usually this genre is kind of confusing as well, or so many ppl claim. I rarely find confusing movies confusing. Because in my brain it's totally normal, maybe it's just my odd way of thinking. Or I mean like I find maybe movie just plain weird, not confusing.
What the hell I'm doing, rambling about non-related stuff AGAIN. I should not have blog because of this.

I usually buy some random horror movies in when they are sale, and that way I have got most of them. And my GF likes horror movies, so she has a bunch of them as well and then we lend them to each other.
And we watch them together and I'm like making fun of it and dubbing my own dialogue to it and scoffing because my predictions are so accurate and my GF is like "SHUT UPPP!!! It's creepy, okay!". We have very different kind of thinking of 'creepy' or 'scary'.
Usually when we're lending a movie it's like "Oh this was so shitty" or "This is probably the worst and shitties horror movie I've seen". Idk if we have like so sort of unsaid task to find the worst horror movie, or is it just a coincidence that most of them have been just crap.

I have fallen as sleep (because of boredom, not because of I was tired) during a movie two times. And they both were during a horror flick. 

And I avoid this certain kind of horror genre, because I know that I'll be crept out for months. It has quite strong connection to my err... .. let's say 'psychic' -side. Those movies don't need to be like scary, just creepy and realistic, or at least the idea needs to be realistic.
For me, The Ring (USA versio) and The Grudge (Also v.USA) are one of those that have made me very very paranoid and unstable for months. Once in a while they still return to my mind and haunt me.
I mean those movies are shitty, and not so ... well done. I mean Kayako's face is SO SO rubber mask than it can be. And even if I mock the movie it still can haunt me. I think I saw them in too young age. I think there haven't been at least so many other movies (that I can remember by name) that I can recall for making me feel so unstable than those two.

What horror movie needs to please me:

• A good plot and believable characters
• Unique non-mass something 
• Good tech in general (I hate and die inside when special effects are crappy)
• Not kill my fave character off first. 

The movie it self can be weird, but if there is at least two above of those it might have a chance that it survives my crushing opinion. 

I think this is pretty much it, or I cannot atm think anything special to add in here. And it took me forever to write this to the very end! Because I was doing shitloads of things at the same time and my thoughts ran wildly to other subjects during this. So, I'm happy that I was even available to keep it in it's subject XD!

~Cakey ♥

Living in denial

I have lost count of how many times I have been already almost started to write about at least one of these subject. And now I'm finally doing it. Because it requires this shitty mood I'm in. So I'm giving a huge angst and rant warning. And I can't promise that this will make sense to all of ya.
As some of you guys probably know that I have been diagnosed to have depression and insomnia. And now finally it was officially diagnosed that I'm bipolar, I've know this for long myself.

I'll start with Crying, because that subject has haunted me since I started this blog.
For me there is nothing more harder thing to deal with. Crying is that one thing that I do not do. I forbid it, I'm not allowed to cry. It's weak and pathetic.
That's how I have felt about it as long as I can remember, and it means from age 4-5. But my rational side knows that it's okay to cry, everyone needs to cry. It's far away from being weak. But in this my emotional side takes control and forbids it.
Most horrible situation it is that if someone SEES me (or hears) crying.
I spent many years without shedding a tear. But then finally came the day when I broke. Can you even imagine how it feels when you have been locking all those tears for +10 years? Then there was a short phase when I cried myself sleep almost every night.
And when I started to get anxiety attacks they involved crying, along with other things. Then when it eased a bit, I literally couldn't cry. I wanted to, but I couldn't and I have no idea what happened. Because every time I felt tears getting in my eyes and feeling that hotness in my face (u know what I'm talking 'bout?) and when normally tears start to fall, I shed one tear and after that it felt like acid in my eyes, it was burning and smarting, so I couldn't actually cry. And there were no more tears left to shed. It was a fucking nightmare.
After those phases and when my anxiety attacks has clearly decreased, I'm back in denying and forbidding myself from crying.
But I have need to cry once in a while. And then I watch some movie that gets me 100% weep and cry my eyes out. Also this has changed from past.
I didn't cry at all for fictional characters, nor real ones what  so ever. Only time it's allowed to die is when someone really close to you dies. And even then I'm holding back all my feelings and tears and keep them inside.
For example, quite recently (during this year) I've faced death twice and lost my rat boys. Brighter side is that I still have one. And when the first one died, he died so suddenly and naturally. He had heart attack, and didn't suffer. I still haven't been able to cry nor mourn his death, I just somehow can't.
But my other rat made me go Niagara Falls. Since we had to take him to the vet and put him down, because his health went so crushing down and he couldn't just left him to suffer, and he was so old that recovering would've been unlikely. And uh... I was there the whole time. (Oh god I really can't write about this again.. ... so here I'll quote my self from my tumblr.)
   "Dastan was different, it really hurt me to see him suffer and struggle for the last days. And him lying on vets table, looking so small. My mom couldn’t even stay there when they gave him the anesthetics, it was too much for her. But I stayed , I couldn’t left my boy. I felt responsible to be there, for him. And then finally watching life fade away from him. His body still warm after his heart stopped beating. I couldn’t stop the tears rolling down my face and my nose running." 
It was terrible, and I cried over him for few days. Even now thinking about it brings tears to my eyes.
But my 'Crying habits' are still so far away from being okay. My current way is that I deny it and hold it back as long as possible and hope that it goes away, but I can't keep it in and I shed one or two tears that roll down on my cheek and that's it.
Sometimes I wish that I would be able to just cry my bad feelings out and deal like that, instead of doing all this.
Also when if and when I cry, it makes me feel even worse. And I get mad at myself for being such a pussy and weak, & that I had no reason to cry. And then I yell at myself in my head and try to harden up so I wont cry ever again. Because next time, and the only time I'm allowed to cry in when Einari dies. And I have cried that fact too many times already, it will kill me when his time comes. And most likely leads into suicide.

My head feels so fucking numb atm... I don't remember what were other quite related to the same subject things that I needed to write about. Well I'm gonna publish this and then add/edit them here when I remember.