Go to the theatre just got easier

A few months ago, my sister and I decided to take a little trip down to our local independent cinema to watch a movie. We checked the film times online, established what we wanted to see, and then made the trip 10 minutes down the road to see the movie. However, upon arrival, we discovered that we had wanted to see the movie was not showing because National Theatre showing it on screen. We really do not think much of it, has selected another film and supervised, instead. It was not until around halfway through the movie, sitting in this small cinema screen with a capacity of only about two hundred, that the idea of National Theatre Company performs in one of these sunk screenshots, or more to the point where it would be impossible.

When I got home, I looked up the NET to see what was happening and turned into one of the largest discoveries in my life, second only to ice cream. I discovered that the National Theatre had started up a new system whereby they would show via live satellite link, various performances from National Theatre Company in the small, independent cinemas around the County and around the world. Not only that, but there were ballet, opera and concerts. There was a whole year's worth of features across all art from around the world and be able to go and see them from my local cinema.

At first trøde I was a bad idea, because if I wanted to go to the theatre, I just wanted to get on the train to London and go. However, the more I thought about it, it got better and better. Firstly, it is significantly cheaper. Ticket prices are about a quarter of the theatre, there is no train ticket is involved, and I would not have to pay to park your car. Moreover, there would be no worry about catching the last train home and places in my movies are by far the most comfortable event places I have ever sat in. In the last three months, I have seen Derek Jacobi in King Leah, Roy Kinnear in Hamlet, the lack of quantity and war horse, and all without leaving my local city!

I think this is really fantastic! I can go to the theatre practically every week in a free, stress cheap way and my local cinema, which is struggling to keep pace with the bigger chains have a life-line drawing in a full House every week.

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Movie review: Gnomeo and Juliet (2011)

Although a scarce few scenes may have you laugh, think not Gnomeo and Juliet at all concerned with entertaining adult audiences drawn to the theater with the target group of small children. Juvenile humor and immaturity run rampant, which makes more annoyingly hyperactive supporting characters, resulting in a tug-of-war between eye rolling and grimacing. Plenty of attention has been given to the texturing and detailing of clay creatures, although the mishmash of ceramic materials, squash and Stretch animation and clanking stone sound effects originate general acceptance as much as rehashed the use of sudden immobility in the presence of humans (at least we are given the basic rules for gnome desirability: a rotund stomach and an tykspidse hat). With tired Matrix parodies, more bland character designs and a flamingo (voiced by Jim Cummings, who reuses its own unique voice of Don Karnage from talespin) and a seed not stop jabbering, it is quite likely that you are begging stops for clock-in and hope it remains faithful to Shakespeare's original Play.

It is love at first sight when blue garden decoration Gnomeo (James McAvoy) meets red lawn ornament Juliet (Emily Blunt). There is only one problem-they belong to opposing factions of ceaseless feud between recreational facilities. As pranks and repayments will continue to escalate among the warring forces, Gnomeo and Juliet realize they must bring the conflict to an end, if they want to find true happiness, and change the tragic fate hit their notes.

Gnomeo and Juliet starts with an amusing pun for a title and just went for it-a feature-length animated film with nothing else than a one-dimensional riff on a universally famous circuses. Situations or even creative jokes about Shakespeare, and armed with the remains of a arktitektur-together, horribly generic rip of the most basic love story, is void of any screen magic without interesting characters in this half-hearted attempts at family entertainment. None of the pieces combine to make even the slightest form of fun; tragedy is included for the sake of staying reminds the source material (and then immediately withdrawn), romance is childish and humor is hopelessly infantile.

There is no shortage of gnome jokes or goofy greetings to Shakespeare, although only one rib is successful (and it is not a parody of American Beauty). Many of the physical gags are repetitive, pie in the face of monkeyshines and other stale attempt obnoxious buffoonery, often accompanied by complex setups for completely independent material. Each supporting characters fight head loosely add comic relief, most of them are tired and humorless, making the reach for laugh exactly far more painful. If lack of amusement is not enough to remind us about other total failure in the animation (such as Planet 51 and battle for Terra), Elton John, who is also Executive produces, stuffed production with inappropriate, out-of-place songs that suck the life from each scene of whimsy and each already humdrum montage.

-Massie twins ( GoneWithTheTwins.com )

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Correctly use Clapboard

Clapboard is also known as a clapstick, sound stick or film slate Board. I have been on two tv shot recently for the national, professional productions where the crew not to use clapboard correctly.

There are many types of clapboards. Some are made of Whiteboard material, some has been wipe boards and some are digital. IPad has an clapboard app, which I do not think much. Most boards have a place where you can type in information about the production or take. It is common to see spaces that allow the user to add the name of the project, take the number, the scene name and some crew names. I especially digital ones, which makes it possible to jam synchronizing timecode to each camera.

By far, is the main role to allow clapboard footage from each camera on a multi camera shoot to be easily synced up on the Edit room. The loud "clap" sound made when the stick Tornado outbreak against the Management Board shall establish a visual waveform on the line audio editing system. This allows the editor to easily line up all the footage to save both time and money. For this to really work, all KAMERÆR at sliding clapboard when it makes the "lyn" sound. If you find yourself without an clapboard, you can just clap your hands together, or slap a Clipboard loudly. As long as it makes a loud sharp noise and all kamerærne rolling on it at the same time, it will work. If you must "shale" shot, in other words, do you share written information on board clip, you can verbally tell whatever information must agree to take.

One common error just shows one camera in clapboard. Although each camera can hear sound "lyn", can see Visual of the stick hit by the Executive Board on each piece of footage really speed things up in the Edit. Another error clapping Board for each camera individually. I'm not sure what is supposed to perform. I would if the clapboard have digital time code, it could help line up shots with a little trial and error, but you still want to miss, synchronized "clap." Either way, you end up frustrating your editor more than anything else. A frustrated editor are not creative and also not much fun.

A word about iPad clapboard app. it works very well for two reasons. One, in order to make the clap sound, you have to push a small button. Thus the cover you up screen, iPad, which takes away your visual. Two, lyn is not so high. Sometimes there may be too much technology. An old-fashioned hand-clap works much better.

In some cases, when kamerærne is in leading position, is they don't see clapboard at the same time. One camera, for example, can shoot an arrival from outside a House and one from inside the House. In that case, collect cameras start rolling and "clap" clapboard. Then Move back into position, while kamerærne is still rolling. When all else fails, do the best you can.

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Movie review: James Cameron's Sanctum (2011)

Perhaps not, we have been in this exact situation before, but certainly a similar. Sanctum seldom presents any voltage outside the predictable Poseidon-similar disaster/adventure movie staple and follows a foreseeable route through its maze-like the abyss complete with obligatory panicked survivors, expected equipment malfunctions and unavoidable weather complications. It is still an interesting travel thanks to a decent helping of took place moments, but it is unfortunate that the characters do not retain the same level of intrigue. Heavy doses of tired dialogue and a few too many annoying, paper-thin personas detract from tragedy and appalling action percolating in the latter half of the film. Perhaps with James Cameron's name attached, is the element only truly shocking lack of space life.

The enormous and almost inaccessible caves Esa ALA contains the last unexplored regions on Earth – and this is exactly where the cave diver Carl Hurley (Ioan Gruffudd) intends to go. Financing a several-month long expedition, hires Carl master caver Frank McGuire (Richard Roxburgh) and his qualified team explorers to map the cave system and find a route to the sea. To bring his girlfriend connects Victoria (Alice Parkinson) along for a little spelunking fun, Carl Frank and his crew for their latest breakthrough to a new section in the cave. But their adventures in exploration turn quickly into a frenzied bid for survival, when an unexpected flash flooding strikes and small band of cavers, including Frank's headstrong son Josh (Rhys Wakefield), becomes stranded in the tunnels. As caves quickly fill with water, and the only Exit is blocked, determines Frank their only chance of salvation is head deeper into the maze uninhabited regions.

"What could possibly go wrong diving in caves?" Victoria asks the rhetorical, completely carefree. She seems to have never seen a James Cameron movie. Although the Sanctum is undeniably similar to The Abyss, it is not without more incredible going on scenes, some unpleasant surprises and breathtaking scenery. If you want to further distinguish it from other generic thrillers, possesses Sanctum a striking attention to realism not often found in such adventures. While there is certainly creative liberties taken (true event inspiration changed drastically), death, damage and panic hanging concepts presented believably without the interference of science-fiction elements or restraint when dealing with gut-wrenching dilemmas.

Just as a much more intense and complex version of 127 hours (involving. likeminded risk takers aware dangers and therefore more difficult to sympathise with), Sanctum focuses on more fear: Claustrophobia, suffocation, dark, Hypothermia, starvation, decompression sickness, inexperience, pain, heights and a few less conventional, surprisingly graphic frights. Differences in opinions will be transformed to the creeping terror and finally thrilling panic, each identified with the grittiness and high voltages. Although the typical nature and construction of the team of cavers-along with their poorly delivered introductory dialogue-spells disaster for character development and acting categories when the crew's error startup, don't let standard snowball effect of the disaster film. Initial pace of understanding is like many thrillers, enough to keep audiences on the edge of their seats to run despite leaving a really satisfactory conclusion substantially elusive.

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Kick-Ass Review

Stars: Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Nicholas Cage
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Release date: August 3, 2010
MPAA Rating: R

Dave Lizewski is just a normal kid. His only super power becomes invisible to girls. He never crossed paths with a radioactive Spider, has never been subjected to an intense bursts of gamma radiation, and he has not mutant DNA. This is because these things are pretty impossible. But Dave Lizewski not think putting on a mask and helping people have become impossible. It is this mixture of naiveity and optimism that turns him into the first hero of its kind in the movie Kick-Ass.

Based on the hyper-violent comic strip created by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr., Kick-Ass tells the story of Dave Lizewski transformation from normal teenager to normal teenager with a mask. After a scuffle with some bandits caught on video and posted to the web, it's quickly viral. Web star status leads to an Inbox filled with requests for help and suddenly Dave, portrayed by relative newcomer Aaron Johnson, makes the hero work, albeit dangerous hero work for your average daily teen. There's always safety in numbers, however, and Kick-Ass, fast itself forms a weak alliance with fellow heroes, Big Daddy (Nicholas Cage), red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) and Hit-Girl (Chloe Moretz) in an attempt to take down the mob boss Frank D'Amico (Mark Strong).

Director/Producer/writer Matthew Vaughn (layer cake, Stardust) shows his chops here as he lifts John Romita Jr. 's images from the page comic and translates them to the big screen with an uncanny ability to capture the artist's original vision. Some scenes, namely introduction, is almost perfect frame by frame. In fact the only separate the film from its source material, at times, fidelity of the images. When Romita inserted a fair amount of grittiness of the comic, slick Vaughn counters with the same production seen in many comic book movies in the last decade. Vaughn toes the line between campy and terrible, and use the behavior of the characters and over the top violence that follows their actions, in order to allay the beautiful colored, overly stylized production and Hollywood feel.

The main source of all this gritty violence is little Mindy Macready, a 10-year-old, who goes by the name of the Hit-Girl. Chloe Moretz, of upcoming vampire flick with Let me in, stealing the scene here with his interpretation of a little girl who would rather play with butterfly knives than dolls. As Dave Lizewski puts it in the cartoon, "she's as John Rambo meets Polly Pocket."

The rest of the cast turn above average performances and, in particular, Mark Strong, which makes his role as Frank D'Amico transition between last year's Lord Blackwood in Sherlock Holmes and next year's turn as Sinestro in the upcoming Green Lantern. It is no wonder he keeps landing these roles-he makes an excellent antagonist.

As it may be to believe, the movie doesn't quite live up to put buckets of blood Millar and Romita Jr. as hard on display in the graphic novel. There is still plenty to go around here, and when combined with ample amounts of strong language and some sexual situations, Kick-Ass is classified a fanatical r. the little tweak in the amount of gore is not only the departure of Matthew Vaughn and co. take from source material either. While the main story arc is left mainly untouched, purists can get their feathers ruffled in the way some events unfold and smaller differences for minor plot points.

There is not much to get excited as bonus features on the disc. Apart from a 20-minute interview with the comic creators, you are usually treated to a bunch of storyboards and marketing materials. Director's commentary track, if you're in the kind of thing, is your typical stew interesting tidbits and soul crushing boredom. Ekstrælementer set aside, the movie well enough on its own to justify a purchase if you're into comics, comic book movies, or action movies. You will want to get on the ground floor also. After Vaughn wraps his current project, X-men: first class, production on Kick-Ass 2 begins.

Still not convinced? Well, is the name of the movie Kick-Ass. It would be a really bold Move if they called it, and it was not, kick-ah. UH well do you know a pretty good movie.

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Consider, when choosing Film locations in Los Angeles

Hollywood, California is synonymous with the film. As a part of Los Angeles are attracting Hollywood hopefuls film industry workers and leisure travellers from around the world. Sunshine and a wide range of desirable film locations in Los Angeles, California was an ideal place for the fledgling U.S. film industry.

As a movie setting in Los Angeles proved to be able to meet a number of diverse tasks. Iconic and prototypical, l. a. made to serve as both micro-and macrocosm for filmmakers wishing to discuss American lives. It is taut yet sprawling landscape, ethnographic history and charming reputation do l. a. not only a practical backyard of Hollywood storytellers. Which ways of interpretation as well as representation in film making has changed, so has also experienced major shifts in American films as a manifestation of the popular consciousness.

Film locations in Los Angeles known as the entertainment capital of the world; Los Angeles is really a popular location for film making with lots of natural and excellent filming locations. Some people, it is a paradise of breathtaking beaches, buxom bodies, Beverly Hills, and also the world's most pimped-out cars. As a way to fully understand the larger picture of Los Angeles, you need to know the way the city move in and out of its local landscape. These are the areas that are running the city; they are the parts that make the l. a. just what it is. They're areas created so that other, possibly much more smaller activities can take place here. When you know the way they work, how they set up a system, the way they look and are connected, these areas beauties them.

With regard to producing high quality productions in Los Angeles, regardless of whether it is a reality Show, commercial, motion picture scenes, or episodic tv, filming location you chose could make the difference between a product which is sub par and one that will be taken seriously. Here's what to consider when you choose a film locations in Los Angeles. Expert staff, teams and players are already aware of the very best way to get to your most commonly used film locales, such as those in the Burbank Media District. Picking a movie in Burbank or perhaps in nearby North Hollywood is simple and will be familiar to most people involved. Choose a location that has a lot of parking and you prevent a real headache.

Drag from a professional production necessitates placement to give all the things that are necessary to maintain all relaxed. Except during the votes and the staff very well treated, they should also be film production set up standard Anatomy: enough electrical hook-ups and power, high ceilings, lighting grid, cargo doors, as well as the area of production workplaces.

Film locations in Los Angeles, take into account the recognition of areas or record exciting home complexes, cemeteries, carnivals, Woods, beach resorts and other places to go, or see and believe that it could be fantastic places specifically in film making. The most important point here is the Los Angeles film Scouts mainly looking for a Web site that will create an impression of authenticity.

Mixed media art is the author utilized in a film locations Los Angeles. This type of art gives style to motion pictures, showcasing famous artists and requires central backgrounds.

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Green Lantern Movie Review

I trøde never in a million years that I would get to see a live action Green Lantern film. Of all the members of the Justice League, he was the one character, there seemed to be the least well-known and hardest to develop into a stand-alone film. Add to that the fact that pretty much all Green Lantern powers comes out of the ring means that special effects would be such that they are credible and that most of the film would use a ton of effects. Fortunately, the technology is now available to make this a reality, and therefore we now have Green Lantern in his own films. I hope that this may lead to further individual films for each Member of the Justice League leading up to a Justice League film, as Marvel has done with members of the Avengers leading up to the Avengers film due out next year. I will keep my fingers crossed for it, but in the meantime, give the opportunity to discuss their current effort of the Green Lantern.

For those of you familiar with Green Lantern, he is a member of a larger group known as the Green Lantern Corps. The is an organization created by the guardians of the universe, patrol the entire Galaxy to maintain balance and maintain fairness throughout the universe. Each Green Lantern is proved, a particular ring, allowing the Lantern to create anything you can imagine, you can see, the ring is powered by willpower and the things that the construct is only as strong as the willpower of the Lantern uses it. This film deals with primarily the first human Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, and also gives us a great introduction to the Green Lantern Corps, the guardians and their worst enemy parallax.

I was mostly quite fond of the story they told about the origin of Earth's first Green Lantern. Casting of Ryan Reynolds was just about perfect, but the actor, who stole the Show for me was Mark Strong as Sinestro. I can't think of anyone else could have come close to his performance. If only they had done him the villain in the movie, but I hope that this is not good enough to warrant a sequel. In fact the best parts of the entire film were those dealing with Corps as a whole and all of the scenes were filmed at Lantern Home World of Oa. If only they had kept the scenes involving Hal find Abin Sur and his destroyed space craft and Hal finally accepts the ring, but when he travels to Oa to begin his education and learning about the Corps, the operation should have remained there, Hal and the entire Corps training series Parallax then Hal come back to Earth as the patron. I was just not as impressed after Hal comes back from Oa when he decides that he does not wish to accept responsibility for being Green Lantern. They could just as easily have created an origin story, which took place on Oa and was only on Earth for the beginning and end of the film. That said, I was still incredibly impressed with what they manage to put together and the overall story, as you said. This was a good introduction to this amazing characters, but it is only the tip of the iceberg everything Green Lantern can do and how important he is to the Earth and the Galaxy he helps protect security.

If you are a fan of Superman or Batman, you should go and check out this movie. Remember that the Green Lantern is one of the seven founding members of the Justice League that includes Batman, Superman, wonder woman, Flash, Aquaman and the Martian Manh unter. I can't tell you how much I hope and pray we will get not only to watch individual movies for each of these characters, but also see them joined together in a Justice League movie. Give this film a chance, despite all the bad reviews, you might have seen, and immerse yourself in this amazing world. If this movie doesn't do well, then our chances to see more of these characters in their own movie disappear before they even get the chance.

J. Chandler: B

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Movie review: take me home tonight (2011)

It is an interesting concept to make a ' 80s teen sex comedy in 2011 (or a few years earlier, since the film's release was delayed) and take me home Tonight "manages to touch on some of the magic of these films, while also preserving modernist comedy elements. The creators have stated that they wanted to make a movie that feels like it was done in the ' 80s, rather than just parodying the Decade, but the result changes back and forth between perform this goal and venturing toward the eccentric antics of day gross-out teenage comedies. R rating allows more colorful dialogue, little nudity and plenty of drug use, but the most satisfyingly humorous moments include not sex, drugs or its ' 80s option. Visually (and probably musically) best of the eighties, but strangely enough, the film would have been as efficient set in any era.

Although Matt Franklin (Topher Grace) is now working on a Suncoast Video after graduating from MIT, and have no perspectives on his future career, is his greatest regret never obtain the phone number of his unrequited high school crush Tori Frederking (Teresa Palmer). When a chance meeting with his dream girl allows him to join her on Kyle Masterson's (Chris Pratt), legendary Labor Day weekend party, Matt, his best friend, Barry (Dan Fogler), and his twin sister Wendy (Anna Faris), navigate emerging adulthood through a night of wild partying, self reflection and second chances rocky revelations.

Master in the ' 80s teen comedy, John Hughes, employed, often a tactic where a moment of Laughter occurred after reflecting on the more serious revelations of growing up. In the take me home tonight using a contradictions approach-bouts of comedy are separated with stick kernel speculation regrets and failures. This often leaves a bitter taste for the conclusion of each event regardless of how comically it started and forces the Viewer to remember at ceremony. As a result, acquires the comedy a very darker feel than it deserves, in fact, as perhaps exactly resonates with earnest cocaine use and lying to women, but affect workers from laugh-out-loud appeal.

A few references to Hughes ' work and some paralleling ideas surface in take me home tonight, but the film may not quite understand the charm and sincerity its authentic predecessors. It does, however, still manage to function is a classic tale of a teenager finds his dream girl and accompany this with clever bits of comedy and stage-stealing over top exploits of funnyman Dan Fogler.

-Massie twins ( GoneWithTheTwins.com )

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Toy Story 3 Review

Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen
Director: Lee Unkrich
Release date: November 2, 2010
MPAA Rating: G

Since 1995, we have all dreading the trøde that one day Andy had to grow up after what turned out for Jesse in Toy Story 2, perhaps what future awaits Woody, Buzz and friends? It is 15 years later, and we have finally found out what exactly is happening to all the toys we have grown to love. Toy Story 3 is a wonderful, heartfelt tale that has the ability to make the coldest heart warm. Everyone will enjoy this film, young and old. In true Pixar style, no one left from the magic of this film.

At the age of 17, led Andy to college. Which toys have been played with less and less in years, dreaming Woody, Buzz and all up schemes to get Andy to play with them again. ' Operation playtime ' don't go over well and they have to face the music. It is time to go into the attic, a fate that Jesse especially dreads. Toy soldiers hit the road; They parachute out of the window and disappear into the wind. Woody is the only toy Andy throws in the College and all the others go in a trash bag for attic life. There is a mix up of bags and after barely escaping the Recycle Bin, all of the Andys toys, including Woody, ends on the Sunny side day care. At first all of the toys, as well as Woody, seems excited final is played with again. But for Woody, Andy is their owner, and if he wants them in the attic, they must be in the attic. Lotso Huggin Bear-' appears to be running things for toys on the Sunny side. However, when the toy is moved from the Butterfly room for the younger, cumbersome Caterpillar room Buzz ultimately heat spread some sinister plans is done on the Sunny side.

The new/old toys introduced in Toy Story 3 will bring back memories, such as Fisher Price Chat phone and Monkey with cymbals. Bonnie, who attends the Sunny side, day care, is a new character you immediately will love. Her playtime with toys is filled with great imagination and care, a reminder of the little boy who are all now grown up.

Almost all original votes is backward with fabulous additions of Bonnie Hunt, Kristen Schaal (Flight of the Conchords) and Jeff Garlin (curb your enthusiasm). Slinky dog voice were changed due to the adoption of Jim Varney. SID vicious neighbour boy from the original Toy Story even makes an appearance, this time as a garbage man.

Some entertaining features of Pixar movies is the inclusion of "Easter eggs" throughout their films. Easter eggs are hidden bits that refer to previous and future Pixar film projects as well as tributes to the man or the film makers of the films would like to pay tribute to too. There are 60 Easter eggs in Toy Story 3! My favourites in Toy Story 3 includes Totoro (a grey, fat bunny like creature) from Hayao from Miyazaki's 1988 film My Neighbor Totoro. In the same shot, while Woody is on your computer, is the number 237 in the display name of a reference to Director Lee Unkrich favorite film The Shining.

Toy Story 3 is a great written history that binds up Toy Story trilogy perfect. Young and old, you will always have a friend in Toy Story.

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How to make your own Snoopy-for Halloween

Use a Snoopy costume? Who would love dressing up as a cute, sweet dog for Halloween? First and foremost women love cats. Secondly, if you don't mind a dog costume all on your own, there are plenty of awesome, super star dogs already out there to be inspired by. In fact I will give you an example. How about Snoopy?

All are familiar with Snoopy. He is the big, lovable, non-speaking dog from the Charlie Brown cartoons, we have all come to love. And you are lucky, because it is actually pretty easy to make a costume of Snoopy. So let's get started.

First and foremost, you need two white plates. Fors: (g) not to short cut it with pillow cases either. These sheets must be at least twin size. line the two sheets with a right next to the other. You should do this on the floor, so you can easily spread them full length and flatten all wrinkles. Also be sure to incorporate them so that you can easily be folded one over the other.

Next, take your hot glue gun and make a hot Glue oval in the upper third of the sheet. Then quickly fold on the other sheets, and press it down firmly, so lim bonds two sheets together. This will be the Nusers face. Cut this part and put it to the page.

Next, make two Boxing-Glove medium sized circles with the rest of the sheet. Use hot glue to sketch them in the same way that you outlined Nusers face. Fold the sheet above each circle and press down. These will be Nusers Paws-a marvelous part of any Snoopy Halloween costume. Remember to make them bigger enough so that you can put your hands in them, Cut them out and set to the page. I find that the girls love Paws even more if they are more on the large side.

Next, take your two art circles and your large oval head and cut smaller half circle in the pages of each. The circle should cut into the hot Glue part. these gaps will be where you bring stuffing fluff pieces. They are also where you put your hands. Remember, you will be wearing Nusers head like a hat, so don't make this hole so large that your head falls through it.

Finally stuff the three pieces. You can use anything you have available, but the best stuffing is material that is fluffy and soft. Take a roasted cursor and select in the nose, eyes, bruises, and claws. Be sure to put a big smiley face on Snoopy also. Snoopys face, cut two slits near the hole for you head and find the Ribbon, string or shoe laces to tie it down to your head.

Now you are ready to rock city in your awesome Snoopy costume! So go Grab Linus, Charlie Brown, Woodstock and the rest of the Peanuts gang and let us all go find the great pumpkin. Happy Halloween everyone.

Snoopy and the Peanuts gang is absolutely one of my all time guilty pleasures. I have loved them since I was a boy. And if you're thinking about doing any kind of Snoopy Halloween costume this year then I strongly urge you to do all the research you can on Charlie Brown, Linus, Woodstock and the whole gang. You can learn more about a Snoopy kids costume and loads of tips is at: Snoopycostumes.net

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Cedar Rapids

Actors: Ed Helms, John C. Reilly, Anne Heche
Director: Miguel Arteta
Release date: June 21, 2011
MPAA Rating: R

Cedar Rapids tells the story of a weekend in Tim Lippe (Ed Helms), a small town insurance salesman finds himself attending a Conference in the "great city" of Cedar Rapids, Iowa life. When the star sales employee of his company winds up dead is due to an accidental asphyxiation (more on that later), it is up to Tim save future Brown star insurance by winning "Two diamond" award. He is warned by his boss, to avoid the terrible impact of Dean Ziegler (John c. Reilly) at any cost, and so of course they disband, sharing a room. The third roommate is Ronald Wilkes (Isiah Whitlock Jr.), who plays the straight man to actually Ziegler's boorish drunk. And no setup would be complete without a dame in the mix-in this case, Joan Ostrowski-Fox (Anne Heche), who use these insurance conferences as an escape from the tedium of her daily life as a wife and mother of two. As she tells Tim, "what happens in Cedar Rapids, in Cedar Rapids."

Because this is first and foremost a character piece, draw most of the characters to the point of caricature. John c. Reilly's Dean Ziegler is crude and rude, makes inappropriate remarks every time he opens his mouth-and certainly contribute to the film's r rating. Joan is sassy and flirty, but manages to still seem like a devoted wife and mother, even as she sees clear to score. And as Tim Lippe bears more than a passing similarity to Helmss character from The Office, if you are a fan of this show, you will probably like this movie. Just like Andy is Tim naïve, inexperienced to the point of ridiculousness, and an all-in-around-nice guy. Before the Conference, he had never been on a plane, had a drink or (we assume) been with anyone other than his current and recent girlfriend-who also happens to be his former seventh grade teacher (played by Sigourney Weaver). By the end of the film, he is engaged in adultery, disillusionment, and as in any true coming-of-age-story smoking crack.

One of the fun things about this type of film is looking for familiar faces. As Ronald Wilkes Isiah Whitlock Jr. throws out a few overt references to HBO's The Wire (which he played Senator Clay Davis). It was supposedly written before casting, which actually makes them more amusing. Also featured is Stephen Root (Newsradio and a bajillion other things-such as what seems like every Coen brothers ' film, for example), Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development) and Kurtwood Smith (that 70s Show and Robocop, among others).

Although this is billed as a comedy, it is more likely to produce chuckles than outright betting amusement. And while Director Miguel Arteta practises in a few clichés, mostly the clever, well-written dialogue and very nice (although unrealistic) characters keep you see, even as the plot veers from unlikely to even zany. That is really funny moments, but ultimately, Cedar Rapids are more about confirms the value of sweetness and decency of an ordinary guy, and less about getting laughs.

The R rating is earned-actually Ziegler's comments are at times astonishingly repugnant, and there are many other sexual references (accidental death is due to auto-erotic asphyxiation, for example), raw humor in General and situational substance abuse.

Overall, Cedar Rapids is a fun little movies: run-time is relatively short (1 hour and 27 minutes), the plot moves quickly, and they all players give a comfortable performances. If you come to expect only to be entertained, you won't be disappointed. And the film's ultimate message that sometimes the most tedious jobs may reveal or create-heroes, is absolutely worth taking away.

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Coraline-Henry Selick and produced/co-written and Giant construction machines

Henry Selick and produced/co-written, notable Director of The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), is hit or miss. With James and the Giant Peach (1996) and the aforementioned nightmare under his belt, I am not quite sure where he went wrong. These two ecological energetic and bright film was followed by Monkeybone (2001) and the soulless together boiled of Coraline. His heart could have been in the right place, and I am sure his intentions will outweigh the validity of the project, but it is years since I've seen a movie, so without heart. This is not to imply that the heart means something jolly or even fun, but rather a passion for crafts, mainly. The film as a whole gain will be depressing, mainly because of this lack, and ugly for a slew of other reasons, and while the moments of the movie remain daunting, which makes the whole idea behind it, there is something intangible, are difficult to observe.

Coraline concerns a family moves from Pontiac, Michigan to Ashland, Oregon, stay in a place known as the Pink Palace apartments. In the family, there is a workaholic Father, Charlie (voiced by John Hodgman), the mother, Mel (voiced by Teri Hatcher) and daughter, Coraline (voiced by Dakota Fanning). The parents do not seem to have time to play with their daughter, or give her great love for some reason, so she often just to play on her own. It is difficult for Coraline to make friends because kids Think she is strange, but when she has given a doll that exactly resembles her, her adventure to a new world begins.

She finds a hidden door in her new home, and behind it lies another new home, but with some surprising additions; everything is the same, yet completely different. Her parents are there, but they Notice her, and has buttons sewn over their eyes (a lovely nod to blindness, most people turn on unyielding kindness and lack of personal agenda), and they want to do the same for her. They are known as the other mother and other father, and they hunt Coraline, trying to trap her in their dark, Insidious and ultimately cruel world. The grass is dead on the lier second page.

I had never seen a 3D movie, before I saw it in theatres opening evening. I'm still not quite sure what has led me to believe it would be anything other than what it wound up there, but there was hype, and I got pulled. That and I need to break the 3D barrier on my viewing experience. Of course, I have grown to dismiss format as merely a gimmick in most cases, but never mind. I had been exposed to 3D before but only on DVD with Spy Kids 3-d: Game Over (2003) and on tv (a season finale of The Secret World of Alex Mack, anyone?), so that the hype was mostly.

It was a new kind of visual experience, but in a movie I would probably enjoy. There is a Gothic nature to the movie, which is hard to deny, and I generally dissolve loving allegedly Gothic film, if done correctly (it may be difficult to withdraw without a hitch). There is a bright side to all this, of course, as there is with most middling film; the script retrieves the appropriate tone, and the animation (non 3-d) is wonderful. Outside the mechanisms of the clock, but I have to conclude that the check face, and it is all bad timing.

Back displays the tone of the screenplay, the performances, plays like something out of a video game, something you can hear in a PlayStation rock scene, and there is enough Christopher Walken-esque pauses in dialogue to make me pine for his cameo in Joe Dirt (2001). It seems as if the whole cast was reading their lines through a certain Master. I have heard people talk about the difficulties of giving a fully fleshed-out performance in a cartoon, but I then Point them to Robin Williams in Aladdin (1992), Ellen DeGeneres in finding Nemo (2003), or Chris Sarandon in Selicks own nightmare, and the argument usually goes away. Ian McShane deserve better material. To a lesser extent, to do this, Teri Hatcher. Young Dakota Fanning fits perfectly for the role of the great little girl who has nothing more to do than whine and complain for the most part, but she still botches it. She has mad talent; I wonder just where it all went.

While I can understand the tone, I can really appreciate the treatment. I have not read Neil Gaiman's comic book novel from 2002, after which the film is based, but I know his style. It is unfortunate that it gets lost in the translation from page to screen. Selick and produced/co-written have prerequisites for an original, thoughtful Director, but this film prove not that, while his other do. The story is wonderful, at base, and there are a handful of technical aspects that make the movie to pop, such as a pretty intrusive musical score; also, the animation is wonderful and it is difficult to deny that (although 3D dims the picture and takes away from the quieter moments of the movie), and editing are top-notch, but after considering what is in front of you, you must look at how it is presented.

There are possibilities for this film to redeem themselves, but it seems to get drawn into his own "other world" and becomes dark, relentless, and out of control, as if the 3D glasses over our eyes would serve as buttons, so to speak. Blind result not only of the blind. It is pruttes at approximately ten minutes, odd, disturbing, and lacks any sort of redemption, and its message is not something that it's worth sitting through the movie. Nothing new is provided, but at the same time, nothing is really lost, either, and while I can tell the animation was brilliant, if the entire movie is what people consider the groundbreaking, I prefer we put dirt back.

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Movie review: I Am number four (2011)

If you have had a constant diet in the Twilight film, superhero movie and sci-fi television shows, you break maybe I am number four. But probably not. Film, based on the young-adult novel of the same name, derived almost entirely from other related materials, leaving the individuality a permanent absent unit. The most worrying problem is that Twilight is not high-school romances better, comic film handle operation with more finesse and television shows contain fewer cardboard characters. If this is number four, I'm just thankful we dedicate to wallow through one, two and three.

After their homeworld of Lothlórien is besieged by Mogadorians, a ruthless race of alien attackers, only nine talented young people flee to Earth and await their fate. John (Alex Pettyfer) is one such survivor, who along with his guardian Henri (Timothy Olyphant), constant must stay on the run to avoid being detected by Mogadorians. After learning of the murder of another Lothlórien, John and Henri head to Paradise, Ohio where they hope to lay low and discover a way to make contact with their remaining allies. When John falls in love with Sarah (Dianna Agron), a beautiful photographer on his high school, he decides to stay and fight rather than to continue running-a decision that will put him against a relentless team of brutal foreign executioners.

Sometimes (although rarely) mediocre dialogue can be forgiven in the presence of large effort. Unfortunately, I am number four neither. Direction of the conversation, if not the actual Exchange, can probably be guessed before anyone has spoken and revelations often rival those found in an episode of Scooby-Doo. Dialogue operating for extremely awkward area by a number of occasions and can't even grip the realism when the talks, which are presumed to be maladroit. Friendships, paternal guidance, antagonistic threats and confessions of love never felt so lame.

Even rarer still, humdrum dialogue can perhaps be rejected when from intriguing characters and inspiring demeanors. Still nothing here. In John's defense presumed he tries to blend and become invisible. He succeeds, but it is not public disservice. Sarah lends an arguably beautiful face, but certainly no more, and Timothy Olyphant Henri trying ever so hard but could not overcome the tedium of the script. The villains are perhaps the most cringe-worthy, "spitting broken English over harsh alien speech and commit the cardinal sin of speaking too much before killing their victims.

A few interesting shots in battle makes an appearance, although their ingenuity quickly world history beneath the sloppy special effects and behemoth predators, there seems to be the lovechild of a flying squirrel and Cloverfield monster. If unexplained powerful teens, giant sugar glider-creatures and hokey bright flashlight hands is your cup of tea, this is one for you.

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Ghostbusters II movie review

Ghostbusters II is a science-fiction comedy, released by Columbia Pictures in 1989. It stars Bill Murray as Peter Venkman, Dan Aykroyd as Ray Stantz, Sigourney Weaver as Dana Barrett, Harold Ramis as Egon Spengler and Rick Moranis as Louis Tully. The authors are Harold Ramis (Groundhog Day) and Dan Aykroyd (The Blues Brothers). The Director was Ivan Reitman (fathers day).

The story picks up five years after the events in Ghostbusters. Ghostbusters is undertaking, has been issued a restraining order forbidding them to bust ghosts. New York City also showed their gratitude to the Ghostbusters ' save their town by suing them for damages to property. Dana Barrett, Peter Venkman ex-girlfriend, now has an eight-month-old baby named Oscar. After his transport rolls over some slime, causing a supernatural force it to run amok until it finally stops in the middle of the street. Dana asks the Ghostbusters to help. The spore slime to the Metro and is arrested after has dug a hole in the middle of First Avenue. Louis Tully is trying to defend them in court, but not a terrible job. Judge finds them guilty, but before he can complete the sentence, two ghosts come out of the slime sample they had brought in a Court of law. Judge lifts restraining order so that the Ghostbusters can trap the ghosts destroy his courtroom. They are successful and Ghostbusters is officially back in business. One night, as Dana and Oscar are preparing a bath, some of the slime comes out of the brain drain and trying to Grab small Oscar. They escape and go to Peter's apartment where he let them remain there until everything is addressed. Ray and Egon learn to silt actually created by the negativity of New Yorkers. Ghostbusters is also examining an unusual painting, Dana believes is staring at her. They take some pictures and learn that the same slime, as they had found previously in the painting of Vigo Carpathian tyrant. Winston, Ray and Egon go to explore the mystical River of slime underground. After accidentally falling in, find that the river of slime flows right into the Manhattan Museum of Art where Vigo painting is. Later a ghost looks like Dana's boss, Janosz, from the Museum kidnaps Oscar and takes him to the painting of Vigo will use him to return to Earth and cause destruction.

After the first Ghostbusters movie tv cartoon series was developed. It was a huge success, which is why Columbia Pictures practically forced producers to make Ghostbusters II. Many would have you believe that this film is a simple rehashing of the first film. While it is true that in some areas, is the successor to its own. It has a great story that could only be set in New York City. Stereotypical New Yorker, in this particular film is miserable and treat all others as such. So decided to make negative mood storywriters slime out of all the bad feelings and have it be strong enough to bring back named Vigo, a cruel Moldavian tyrant, who died at the age of 105 back in the 17th century due to extreme torture and not old age.

In this film, we see an incredible historical accident. A scene specifically comes to mind: when Titanic arrives at Pier 34 in New York City. Vigo is a Carpathian tyrant, and as most of us know it was the Carpathia which picked up survivors of the Titanic disaster in 1912. This time, instead of picking up survivors, brought Vigo from Carpathia back those who lost their lives in this ill-fated ship at night. In this scene, one of the men on the dock looks at the other and says, "well, better late than never." This is incredible, although it is doubtful that this was intentional by the authors.

There is another interesting fact about the Ghostbusters and Garfield. In Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II, Peter Venkman is the character in portrayed by comedian Bill Murray, who was also the Garfield cat into the new Garfield movie voice. In the cartoon The Real Ghostbusters coming Peter Venkman voice from the late Lorenzo music. Music expressions also Garfield in the old Garfield cartoons.

If you want to wrap, Ghostbusters II, a fun and humorous ride from start to finish!

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Game Of Thrones: TV Fantasy for grown UPS

The series starts in a wintery forest North of an enormous wall, that separates the North from Savage "civilised" land known as the seven kingdoms. The wall was built to keep out the creatures, which is supposed to rise from the northern forests decade particularly hard, long winter. But they have not been seen for a thousand years and most people think of them as being just legends. However, in the first scene we see they are not. Undead creatures with a hatred for all living things. The first few minutes shows the dismembered bodies of men, women and children, and then one of the undead beheading a ranger from the South of the wall on a scouting mission. Harry Potter this ain't.

Most of the series concerns three families. Gloomy but noble Starks led by Sean Bean (surely he must be a dab hand at swordplay at this stage). Lannisters headed by Lena Headley. She is Queen of Robert Baratheon, once a proud Warrior and friend of Ned Stark (Bean) have gone to seed. He has no interest in his Royal duties and her marriage of convenience wife Cersie. She also hates her husband and having an affair with her twin brother ... YEP, you read that right. other family are a brother and sister: Dany and Viserys Targaryen. The last of their family. Their father was the former King. He and all the rest of the family was killed when Robert took over the throne. They fled to another country, across the sea deep South. Viserys is dying to get his throne back and marries the sister of a local tribal chieftain in exchange for use of its large strain in regaining the Crown.

Fantasy elements are kept to a minimum. Creatures behind the wall is seen only briefly in the entire season, magic is mentioned, but is never seen and seems only to have the appliance of science and medicine. There were once dragons, but they are now trøde to be extinct.

Instead, season one concerns the rivalry between the Lannisters and Starks and intrigue in Viserys.

Big draw (and criticism) of the series is the dependency of sex and violence. Originally, it was almost a parody of itself. All adults seem to get nude at some stage in the Show (Prompting critics to nickname "the game of bones"), and the violence in it can be extreme for a tv show.

The other major draw of the series of books (and as viewers of the series is to find out) is that you really do not know what will happen next. Alliences is formed and betrayed almost weekly, and no one is safe.

HERE BE SPOILERS!

Sean Bean's character Ned Stark is the obvious protagonist in the series. Noble to a fault and trying to keep with the intrigues of the Lannisters and their comrades. The story seems to revolve around him. His illegitimate son goes connected to guards at The Wall, he is despised by Viserys to help Robert usurp his father. Cersie Lannister distrusts his honesty and try to lure him to the dark side. All promotion of the series surrounded Sean Bean's character. From posters to Re-released book covers focused on a brooding and troubled Ned Stark ... ... ... ... ... ... Which made his death in the second last episode very surprising. To put it mildly! One was always believing that recital Sean Bean's high profile as an actor and all promotion surrounding his character that he becomes the main "good guy". Internet response was extreme with all now ask who's next.

Cloud TV is to be commended for this magnificent production. There is far to much dross on tv at the moment and series such as this must be encouraged to be passed. I have read all the books so far, and let me tell you, if they keep this, you have not seen anything yet!!!!!

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Movie review-Black Swan

Black Swan is a beautifully done film, shot artful and creative, but in the end leaves the viewer feeling sort of tom and want to just a little more. It is big on appearance and excitement, but in the end, I wonder where we end up?

Natalie Portmans character, Nina Sayers, winner playing a leading role in the ballet Swan Lake on a major stage company in Manhattan. The role has a dual role, a part of delicate, innocent White Swan, and the other the darker, more seductive and intense Black Swan. Nina's demanding Director, played by Vincent Cassel, using each manipulation mind games in his considerable arsenal to lure the Black Swan out of her. As the pressure builds up and opening day is approaching, Nina descends into delusion, paranoia and madness, no longer sure of what is real and what is not, which is out to get her, and who is on her side.

The viewer sees the film mainly through Nina's eyes, which adds to the confusion about what exactly is going on here. One minute we see her rock bands from his ankles in close-up, revealing very real vabler and itch from the intensity of the dance practice; the next she plucking actual Swan feathers from under his skin and sweating in a psychotic rage. We swear we see her in an extended hot and heavy sex scene with her understudy, Mila Kunis, but did it really happen? After a while it becomes impossible to say, which is to say, it is impossible for our main characters to tell what is going on around her. She is going mad.

At the same time, there is the specter of Nina's cold, last, check the Mom hanging over her, demanding to know her whereabouts and regulating food intake to ensure optimal performance. But like feathers, wild night in bed and demons lurk around every corner, we ask themselves after awhile how real Mom is itself. She is a direct cause of insanity, Constitutional Affairs Nina ... or is her very image a result of this madness?

It is all done very well, confusing, even disgusting ... to a point. When we reach catastrophic climax Black Swan opening evening, does it feel like we have put on the spin cycle of a washing machine. The difference between real and imagined will become even more impossible to decipher, and the film's dramatic conclusion is no different. It is a maze of mirrors, which lends itself well to conversation and analysis, but lacks the resolution that we are looking for investing so much emotional energy in a movie.

Portman and Kunis is fantastic in their roles, which is the formidable Barbara Hershey as Nina's Mom. All things considered, the Black Swan is worth a screening for its artistic value and uniqueness (I am sure it will be especially noticeable on LCD HDTV), but don't expect a huge dividends in the end.

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Movie review: Mr. Popper's penguins (2011)

Adults may need to stretch your patience to accommodate the level of absurdity inherent with improbability and impracticality of businessman New York to raise six penguins in his apartment, but Mr. Popper's Penguins is not really meant for the discerning viewer. Children find bumbling, chubby creatures entertaining has no complaints, and a familial bond in parallel with a waddle of penguins device is not worst moral message one could offer to young children. Yet there are those of us who believe that Jim Carrey, while not entirely antagonistic as a father of two children and six flightless birds could do greater things.

While Tom Popper (Jim Carrey) pushes for a promotion on his property, purchase partnership, he finds himself further parted from his ex-wife Amanda (Carla Gugino as Laurie Roberts) and her children Billy (Maxwell Perry cotton) and Janie (Madeline Carroll). When he unexpectedly OSH conditions six penguins from his estranged pop possessions, and Billy error the pesky pets for his birthday present, determines Popper to protect his plumaged companions. As he struggles to balance provides for his new patrons with pressure from his persistent employers, Popper also attempt to reconnect with his family while parrying harmful plot a fastidious zoo proprietor (Clark Gregg) output intent on poaching penguins to his own prehensile purposes.

The biggest problem with Mr. Popper's Penguins is the lack of realism. Although it is clearly fantasy, and targeting a young audience, complete disregard for the consequences and implications of ridiculous, especially since the police and a dedicated, nemesis zookeeper included specifically for the purpose of verification and reasoning. "We had fun, but it is time to get back to reality," says Popper, when authorities step and penguins are treated just like real animals professional care. The entire movie may have worked more believably if it was animated. It is bad enough that the CG Penguins are quite visually distinguished from their live action trained counterparts.

Jim Carrey is right at home in the role of a meaningless, overacting, idiosyncratic man struggling desperately to boycott his shattered romantic relationship and separation from his kids-the same kind of character he has played his entire career, and probably nothing like the popular source material (the filmmakers probably tried in vain to wheel him). With gags such as a woman, which sputters extreme band name, the typical soccer ball to the groin, the tuxedo-suits waddlers stroll through the Guggenheim and a crowded New York street unnoticed and penguin excrement squirted in the face, Mr. Popper's Penguins are unfathomably awkward, bland, uninspired, unoriginal and largely meaningless. Dialogue and situations is pitiful and the supporting characters give a little relief from Carrey's obnoxiousness. If it were not for a couple of short clips from some of Chaplin's films, the whole event would have been seriously perplexed.

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Doctor Who timeline

Doctor Who hit our screens back on the 23rd of November 1963. The show was developed mainly by the head of Drama at the BBC at the time, Sydney Newman. The series theme title track was composed by Ron Grainer, which went on to become famous as the Show itself.

The first ever doctor was played by William Hartnell from 1963 to 1966. At first William was not sure whether to accept the part of Doctor Who, but it was the then Director Waris Hussein which convinced him he was perfect for the role. This role and his character gained him the highest-profile in his career, and how he is best remembered.

When Hartnell left the show continued survival depended on audiences accepting another actor and the actress was Patrick Troughton. He took over from Hartnel in 1966 and played the doctor until 1969. His role as the doctor is again, he is most known for. After leaving in 1969 he came back and reappeared in the episodes in 1973, 1983 and 1985. Unfortunately, many episodes where he appreared in was annihilated by the BBC economic and space-saving reasons.

Troughton found Doctor who's schedule plays very strenuous so decided to leave the series in 1969, after three years in the role. He was also concerned about becoming Löwenstein. Jon Pertwee replaced Patrick and played the doctor until 1974. He was a popular choice and also famous for playing Worzel Gummidge from 1979 to 1987.

Next came up Tom Baker, who was my particular favourite at the time. He made the character his own with his eccentric style of dress and speech, and his trademark long scarf. This role made him instantly recognisable and he soon became a very popular doctor. His stint lasted 7 years until in 1981 when Peter Davidson took over. Because Tom Baker was Löwenstein he took advice from former players who have played as a pharmacologist and only stayed for 3 years.

The sixth doctor, Colin Baker to take over the role. He played the role for a brief two years. His character was boisterous and ' larger than life ' but this didn't down so well with the audience and he took a lot of the blame for shows constant decline in viewing figures at this time. Sylvester McCoy took over from Colin in 1987 and played the doctor until the series ended in 1989. We trøde at the time that the show was past its sell by date.

Paul McGann played the eighth doctor in the 1996 television movie. The film was a joint venture between the BBC, Universal Studios and the Fox Broadcasting Network. The plan was to create a new tv series, if the film was a success. The film did quite well in the UK, but the ratings were very low Americain. Due to this Fox decidened not to create another series, around the time could not find another Universal networks interested in sending a new Doctor Who series. It was so close of doctor who until a new series was produced in 2005.

The series came back with a bang with Christopher Eccleston as the ninth doctor. Only he played the role for just one series until he released a statement via the BBC says that he had decided to leave the role after just one series, because like former players before him he feared becoming Löwenstein. Show benefited advancement of special effects and was a complete success.

Next up was David Tennant, who fitted in very nicely and doctors shoes located role for 5 years. This was a childhood dream for David and he lapped up the attention, the role and went with it, he was a very popular doctor and in 2007 he was voted the "coolest character" on UK television in a Radio Times survey.

Matt Smith took over in 2010, and is still playing the role. Today Show listed in records as the longest Gusiness book running science fiction Show in the world. This is down to show total reviews; book and DVD sales, iTunes traffic, including illegal week. For a long time Show has been recognised for its imaginative stories and special effects, and is now a significant part of British popular culture.

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Movie review: Rango (2011)

Rango is basically a giant homage to all the great westerns, from spaghetti western of Sergio Leone for the comedic parodies of Bob Hope. A wealth of references to a plethora of classics make an appearance in the entire movie, and even if they do not recognize these author clever allusions to find entertainment in the action, the sly comedy, and brilliantly twisted character design. Rango can be typical fish-out-of-water main person trying to discover its own identity, but when transplanted to an old West town inhabited by stingy turtles, gun-toting rattlesnakes and hillbilly varmints, all the while plagued by intermittent surreal visions, deep metaphors and pessimistic narration from an avian mariachi band, his story seems anything but normal.

The desert city of dirt is in a crisis of epic proportions. A terrible drought have swept over the country, the Bank's water supply is almost dry and outlaws pine city's citizens. Fortunately for dirt, has heroic lizard Rango (Johnny Depp) just arrived to create a new order of Justice and peace as the latest city Sheriff. Unfortunately, the crafty Chameleon for both dirt and Rango, actually just aspiring actor desperate for playing the role of a fearless gunslinger. When his theatrical antics find him appointed an official lovhåndhæver, Rango must collect all his courage and is a seasoned Save Miss Beans (Isla Fisher) ranch, restore the city's precious water supplies and road freight transport system even outlaw Rattle snake Jake (Bill Nighy).

Character design in Rango range from the comically bizarre that really inspired and ends up stealing the show from every creature individually eccentric personalities. From bug-eyed toads and mangy dogs for wheelchair-bound turtles and possums brought the various skeptical animals to life with such vivid visualizations, you may find yourself laughing before they even speak. Many of the animals is hideously deformed and deranged, or their characteristic features so exaggerated that you will not be able to tell what creature they represent. A bird with an arrow in his eye, a rabbit, is missing an ear and an excessively hairy mouse to select just a sampling of the curious and fascinating creatures who share the screen. The few people who makes an appearance are clean caricatures of their actor counterparts, and nearly every design screams of innovation and inventiveness. In addition to the brilliant character design achieve texturing and animation to a new level of authenticity thanks to work by Industrial Light and Magic, a company known for their expertise in creating special effects.

With its clever references to classic Western movies and spatte ring of dark humor, Rango will almost certainly appeal as much to adults as to children. In fact, apart from the slapstick action sequences and goofy seems unfortunate bug of title lizard, most of the jokes, surreal dream sequences and intelligent marvelous dialogue geared to a more mature audience with a solid appreciation for genre film spoofs so thoroughly.

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Also the superhero film Toyetic?

Welcome back. I have not posted anything in awhile due to work commitments, so thought I would come back with something a little different. I want to highlight and discuss the relationship between the current influx of superhero film and toy industry. This idea came to me recently when I was browsing through the value reserve local toy and so a large amount of shelf space devoted to Thor and Captain America: The first Avenger merchandise.

Granted, most comic book movie are toy lines to appeal to young children or collectors who have seen the films, but when it comes to a point when the films, even designed with toy lines in mind? Joel Schumacher Batman and Robin were criticised for being two hour-long toys commercial illustrating how movie studios factor in how films can generate money from toy merchandise. It does not stop there Batman franchise, as some would claim his latest feature film, gadget, The Bat-Pod was deliberately created just to sell toys.

Franchise film Iron Man can easily be seen as having much toyetic approach. Robots vs. robots, toys basically sell themselves. It was the iron man 2, however, raised questions over how much planning had been put in the film's toyetic appeal. Ends of iron man 2 was mainly battle royale to robots. What was a grouped finale, Iron Man and war machine unleashed fire after numerous Hammer Drones in a scenario that really didn't fit in with the rest of the film, considering how little action was found in Iron Man 2 's first half. Focused action ends just a way to ensure your movie generates toy sales?

Last month's super Debutant Thor is a little harder to make toyetic. But what toy companies did was generate toys based on the arms of Thor. For example, Hasbro created an electronic hammer and advertised heavily, however, the tv. What the child does not want to be a God of Norse? Captain America: the first Avenger is the toyline that most got my attention. It is obvious Cap numbers and play sets have strongly been designed with G.I. Joe in mind. It is a great and clever marketing technique, but the extent to which this ideology cross in the film? Captain America must be running a 4 × 4 and a fighter jet and its trademark MC in the whole movie? The first Avengers action scenes become history units for advertising toys?

These are just some examples of how some comic book movies have made their intentions clear marketing throughout the films. In some cases the toyetic approach is not a problem, will deliver the action scenes are well designed and actually fits into the context of the films. X-men franchise (bar X-Men Origins: Wolverine) is probably the best comic book film franchise, to not exploit the toyetic approach. This is where FOX trump of Marvel Studios. Marvel have to ensure they do not destroy any future movies, buy try to generate the toy sales.

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Transformers 3 costumes – if you liked the movie then wear costumes

With the third installment of the transformers franchise of movies just out, will no doubt fans of the films flowing to see many film critics believe that this is the best of the franchise to date. And, to a certain extent, sees the story to be the best. So if you have had the opportunity to see the film and liked it, why not get your own Transformers 3 costume? There are quite a lot to choose from. And if you haven't seen the movie yet, why not wear your costume for the cinema and really make an impression.

The basic synopsis of the film is that there is found a spacecraft that has technology that could tilt the balance in the seemingly never ending date the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons on the moon. There is a great rush coming to this spacecraft and use technology to gain the upper hand. In the end, after the battle the climax on the Earth with all characters from the previous films involved (except for Megan Fox's character, Mikaela Banes, but let us not go into).

Like all the big budget action/adventure/sci-fi genre movie, the movie is packed with special effects and epic stunts. In fact, as is the current trend, there have been shot the film in 3D to make the effort and effect just a little bit more anti-Americanism and put you in the middle of the action. The film may not have a lasting cultural impact on our existence, but it is a great piece of entertainment to away, while an afternoon.

So will most of these movies, there is plenty of merchandise, which can be purchased. There are games, action figures and, most importantly for the purposes of this article under all circumstances, costumes.

Transformers 3 costumes is all about robots. Let's face it, nice and heroic as Sam Witwicky, nobody really wants to dress up as him. We will of course be one of Cybertronic robots.

You can get a complete range of costumes for pretty much all of the main transformers. You can be one of the Autobots or the Decepticons to be villainous. Whatever takes your fancy or mood at that time.

If you want to go full-on, you can enjoy the full theatrical costumes. These are complete costumes, make you look like robots. They may be the closest thing you can get to be the real thing. The full theatrical costumes are very expensive but well worth it if you diehard fan of transformers, and movies.

If your passion does not go to a full outfit, so you can get get something a little more comfortable. You can get costume combination T-shirt and mask. This is your standard t-shirt, with a copy of the body of special robot and a separate face mask of the robot. Face mask does not cover the whole face and can be popped and off depending on your wishes.

Transformers 3 costumes are available for men and women, and most also include child sizes. You can get the popular Bumblebee, Ironhide and the heroic leader Optimus Prime in the goodies page. And on the evil side, you will find Megatron.

Transform itself for Bumblebee, Ironhide and Optimus Prime on transformers 3 costumes, including the full Bumblebee 3D costume

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Nowhere Boy movie review

Stars: Aaron Johnson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Anne-Marie Duff
Director: Sam Taylor Wood
Release date: 25. January 2011
MPAA Rating: R

John Lennon's adolescent years seemed like any other young man of the time. He tried to figure out who he was, what he wanted to do with his life, and probably most important to him at that time, how land girls. He was insecure, like most people are on the point in their lives. He was willing to cause problems and often made fun of other people to protect his fragile ego. He is fine with his Aunt Mimi after his mother abandoned him when he was a child. He knew even the father of the sailor, Alfred, until after he was a Beatle. During his transition to manhood, has been a major event in his life that would change him forever: his mother, Julia, back on his life. This is the period of Lennon's life as Nowhere Boy focuses.

John (Aaron Johnson of Kick-Ass) sees his mother Julia (Anne-Marie Duff) by his uncle George funeral and soon they reconnect. Much to his surprise, she has lived in walking distance of where he lives with Aunt Mimi (a very reserved Kristin Scott Thomas). Knowing that Aunt Mimi would disapprove of to see Julia, they begin to see each other in secret. He is surprised to find that his mother is outgoing, spontaneous and incredibly fun to be around which is the opposite of his forkrampede substitute mother Aunt Mimi. The relationship between mother and son grows and has almost a flirtatious quality. It is strange, but Julia was known to be flirtatious with any and all, even flirt with Johns teenaged friends.

Julia and John share a love for music, and she teaches him how to play banjo. His Aunt Mimi bought him a guitar for his birthday and John Lennon is on the way to becoming one of the biggest names in rock and roll history. He forms the Welsh with some schoolmates. He meets Paul McCartney after the Welsh play a quarter gig and he soon joins the band. Paul introduces John to George Harrison, who also joins the band. Paul and John bond quickly and start writing their own music.

Things are looking great John until Aunt Mimi discovers he has surreptitiously visits to his mother's House. Secrets from his past comes to the forefront and the truth about his parents leave an impression on the young John, that never goes away. For anyone familiar with John Lennon's early life, you know how the story ends, but unfortunately no spoilers here.

While Aaron Johnson in particular doesn't look or sound like John Lennon, he conquer fear and pent up anger Lennon had the period. He is not his own song, but sounds more like he is trying to represent Buddy Holly more than Lennon. This is not a bad thing, since when Lennon first began to sing, he tried to represent both Holly and Elvis Presley and only later he found his own voice. Supporting ladies, Anne-Marie Duff and Kristen Scott Thomas, provide both powerful performances. They received nominations for Best Supporting Actress at this year's BAFTAS, which is the British version of The Academy Awards. The first time Director Sam Taylor-Wood was also nominated for Best Director and the film was nominated for best British Film.

Nowhere Boy is now available on DVD and Blu-ray. The special features include a making of and look at the formation of The Beatles, which touches the film, but never fully fathom. In the end, but you have to be a Beatles fan to enjoy the movie.

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Red Riding Hood 2011 Review

Red Riding Hood is an adventure away thriller. It opened in March of this year and attempted to retell story of Red Riding Hood to adults. With Amanda Seyfried in the lead and a budget topping over $ 40 million, not much the heck could go wrong, or so it seemed. Is this a great interpretation of the famous fairy tale? Or does it fall short, being one of the many highly anticipated down the falls this movie season, let us learn.
Story

Red Riding Hood is set in the middle ages in a small village, haunted by a werewolf. In the meantime falls Valerie, a young girl, played by Amanda Seyfried, in love with a "bad boy" named Peter. The problem is that her parents had set up an arranged marriage with hårkammene Henry.

The first plot comes quickly when a new King tries to handle the threat by putting the city under siege in the Red-Moon season. From there, the film becomes an audience guessing games, as they try to predict the killer in human form. This is done well by the Director by offering lots of leads and awkward/exciting moments. The writers weren't afraid to do radical things happen, which helped the story progress.

Act of Red Riding Hood is a little off sometimes. Romantic lines, e.g. is so worthy to cringe even more far-fetched than character State of mind. Nevertheless, the main character delivered very decent performances, compensate for the few less convincing lines in the film.
Presentation

In the early days of HD releases were film very subject to noise generated in darker scenes. Fortunately, this is fixed, because there is a mass of dark scenes in Red Riding Hood. Picture remains grain-free even during the darkest of times.

The total level of detail is decently without excelling in comparison with other recent 1080p movies. Country wheat, could be under fire scene, has reflected more detail to name an example.

Special effects (especially werewolf) look amazing and is very convincing. He can be unnaturally strong, even for a mythical creature, but the Visual effects to match his killings in nature.

Red Riding Hood offers the next generation of audio, conveniently dubbed: Dolby digital true-HD or DTS-HD. Unfortunately, in the file handling near a set that supports these formats, so I had to fall back on conventional DTS format. In this mode makes the movie well to propose the werewolf SafeHouse. They are used for 5 channels to great extend, accompanied by a satisfactory film score.
Conclusions

Red Riding Hood is a decent film with a compelling story that leaves audience guessing the entire 100-minutes through, helped by strong and brave writing most of the time. The image is doing well without blowing any senses out of water, with the sound up there with the best. Taking everything into account leaves me with this: Watching Red Riding Hood is entertaining and time well spent, despite minor issues here and there.

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Peer: Bad teacher [2011]

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Elizabeth Halsey (Cameron Diaz) has somehow found himself as a school teacher during his life, when all she wants to make Grab a man with plenty of money to provide for her. With her former fiancé having worked out the truth and ditching her, Elizabeth has to go back and teach for another school year, much to his frustration. Not only has she to teach children, but also has to keep the principal (John Michael Higgins) and goody two shoes teacher Amy Squirrel (Lucy Punch) from her back while constantly obvious off gym teacher's (Jason Segel) advances.

Things begin to look up, and then when she discovers new substitute teacher Scott Delacorte (Justin Timberlake) are sitting on a family's fortune. But Elizabeth has competition from the ever perky/mentally unstable sets Amy so that to get money for a boob jobs that will be sure to win over Scott and his money. Confrontations get even more extreme when Elizabeth discovers there is a cash prize for the teacher, who achieves the best academic results.

Timberlake shows again that he is more than apt in the role of a dorky nerd with its transitions to the screen, far more impressive than some other wanna be pop star players out there. During the film, there was a moment when I trøde, they would have him sing correctly but fortunately he understands that rip on even very good. I'm still not sure about most of his laugh comes from the fact that the audience knows he is Justin Timberlake and he does strange things or whether it is because of his character. I am inclined to say it earlier, but he was still laughing.

The others did their job with nothing spectacular but no clothes either. Special credit goes to Phyllis Smith, who plays Lynn introvert teacher who always pushed around and Segal who have performance deserved more time on the screen. It would also be a Diaz film, if there was no point in which she lost a few layers, and despite being just shy of the big four o she sure knows how to withdraw from a car wash scene.

There was something with the soundtrack which I liked as well. It fits the mood and feeling, gave this scheming was apparently when Diaz or Punch was on the screen.

Bad teacher impresses more than I trøde it would with a combination of over the top characters that play off each other well and more cringe worthy moments at the forefront of the grinning stakes (in fact I laughed quite a few times). Sure there were some jokes that don't quite make the cut for me and go back to toilet humor appeared a few times, but these instances were few and far between. It is certainly better than the long list of mediocre comedies that has shown so far this year (Hall Pass, The hangover, part II, The Dilemma) and is certainly worth a watch.

Rating: (B)-

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Lorax film and the art of customizing Seuss

Children's books of Dr. Seuss's beloved and revered, that every feature-length movie adaptation will be strongly controlled and greeted with skepticism. The same can be said with any children literature classic brought to the big screen, and for each successful attempt, like the Harry Potter series, which one stinks, like The Cat in the hat. A computer animated version of The Lorax hits theatres in March of 2012 and Seuss fans are waiting with the usual mix of excitement and trepidation. Will it meet expectations? There is reason to be optimistic.

First, let us consider what elements would make for ideal film adaptation of a Seuss book. We want, of course, as with just about any customization, our Seuss movie must be true to the source material. It has to look like it belongs with Seusss distinctive and whimsical illustrations. It is not good enough to just pay tribute to Seuss style; These films must have an authentic Seuss appearance. Main characters should not be changed drastically. No new plot points as Seuss himself would not clearly add. No modern pop/rock tunes or quips about today's innovations like the iPad and Facebook. Seuss fans will quickly rejects film as pill with the original. While the scripts that understandably cannot solely consist of skilful Seuss rhymes, is a significant dose of Seussian wordplay is required. We want our Seuss movie must be genuine Seuss.

I would like to think Hollywood gets there, but of the three great Seuss films made to date only one has achieved widespread acceptance from Seuss fans. The biggest problem with adapting these books is perhaps their short length, all less than 80 pages, with many of the pages consisting of only one or two sentences. Inevitably, new material should be added. Characters must be supplemented, where back-stories and a sensible motivation. New characters may be added. The filmmakers must tread carefully here.

Lead actors can also factor in to a large extent in a Seuss reception. If the character tone is muted, is all. It is tempting for many actors that will put their stamp on a classic character, giving the portrayal of a "freshness" and to make it their own. For example in Tim Burton's Charlie and the chocolate factory, Johnny Depp on the mystical-yet-avuncular Willy Wonka in a goofy, feminine idiot. Major actor, an odd choice.

Let us take a look at the three existing Seuss movie and how the measurement of our ideals:

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

What it really means Production design effectively captured the appearance of Seuss's Whoville in the first live-action Seuss adaptation ever made, even though all too often it felt too much like a sound stage set. The new material and Grinch back-story was acceptable.

What it got wrong: Jim Carrey's performance as the Grinch was too high and over-the-top, overpowered charm Whoville and Christmas season. His interpretation of the song "You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch," from 1966, Boris Karloff-told TV special paled badly in comparison. Perhaps it was our expectations too high.

Cat in the Hat (2003)

What it really means Production design was again highlighting, praised by critics.

What it got wrong: Everything else. Mike Meyers ' Cat is not the magical playful visitors from the book, but an unnecessarily crude and unlikable irritation. Kids ' family is unfortunately dysfunctional. It was too far removed from the book. We can only hope a proper remake one day because this was a bona fide fiasco, and The Cat deserves a decent big-screen treatment.

Horton Hears a who (2008)

What it really means As the first computer-animated film was Seuss appearance again on the destination. There was even a nice nod to Seusss illustrations when Horton simulating mote inhabitants. The new material felt appropriate and changes to the original seemed logical. Jim Carrey performance worked as Horton the elephant, this time, as did the Mayor of Whoville Carrells. We even had Carol Burnett as the Sour Kangaroo.

What it got wrong: Pop song over time in the end was a terribly ill thought-out. The filmmakers had not done so much right, would this end be inexcusable.

Early the next year comes the Lorax, the sad tale of a greedy industrialist is destroying the forest of truffula trees to make thneeds, as nobody needs. There is good reason to think this computer animated film will be a successful adaptation. The script is by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, the same team that customized Horton Hears a who, and also the writers of the last 27 years of me, which was a huge success. Suesss's widow, Audrey Giesel, is on board as executive producer, as she was with Horton, and probably working to preserve the Seuss's legacy. The talented cast can boast of Ed Helms as once-ler, Danny DeVito as The Lorax, Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Betty White and Rob Riggle. One reason for concern for some is the reported decision to show the once-ler the whole body, as opposed to merely showing his arms, which borrowed the character an air of mystery in the book. Judging from their work on Horton, but these filmmakers deserve the benefit of the doubt, and soon we will see The Lorax speaks to the trees on the big screen. Here hope his voice is well-received.

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Buried-a one man Show

I am always more interested in the suspense film or horror films, pressure in universal fears and the things that could actually happen for us rather than supernatural. For example, several movies, such as John Carpenter's The thing (1982) or Brian De Palma, Carrie (1976), while the brilliant film in their own right, more escapist nightmare than things right outside the door. The film, however, that as Buried, recharge my faith in the modern horror/thriller film. Director Rodrigo Cortes is one of our most common fears and places the extremely efficient application. There is a political message, a bit of a love story, family stories, a thriller and a horror film, all packed in a box. And just a box. In 90 minutes.

I read an early review that stated how proud the film Alfred Hitchcock would be. I think it is a bit like the Juliet assumes that Julia would love his blog in Nora Ephron, Julie and Julia (2009). Cortes invokes a similar passion that Hitchcock might have had for his film, but the result is almost incomparable. Most of Hitchcock's films, was especially postal-silent era, performed with a regal air; they feel classic, from the framework, as they should. Buried on the other hand, by the underground (literally!) and a kind of neo-noir/neo-grindhouse picture. This is not a crack on it at all, I enjoyed it thoroughly, much like I sure, Julie was a great cook, but just because you've read mastering the art of French cooking, or simply because you studied lifeboat (1944) that does not mean that you're toe to toe with the master. You are good, especially in your time, but the comparison is almost unfair.

Paul (Ryan Reynolds) is an American truck driver, working with the military in Iraq. It is important to note that he is not a member of the military, as he tells us, and his captors several times. We can not see the attack; our back story given to us in fear monologues. He wakes up in the middle of the night, or it could be the day, in the middle of the desert, or it could be a basement, in a coffin. The only reason he knows he is in a coffin is because he has little to no room to move, and because he has told so by the Iraqis on the other end of the phone.

Again, I enjoyed really Buried. I think it is a breath of fresh air is considering what we are offered as horror/thriller/what-have-you film these days: remake after remake, sequel after sequel, or the latest line of torture porn. Here is a movie that knows what it wants-there is no possibility of a sequel, it is a story that has been done before and will happen again, so it can't really be strictly remade (unless Gus Van Sant wants to test), and it is torture porn, but it is "softcore" credible nature. No traps or disembowelment, just a Director, forcing his audience to count with a terrible event, and be there with his character. The result of the man is torturous.

Much of the film's success is owed to Ryan Reynolds, who put on a one man Show with more gusto than he is shown on film before. It's an eye opening, for those who want to see the actor in a new light. Of course, he is no stranger to more dramatic fare, but he has never had the weight of a movie the rest completely on his shoulder before. If he does not work, like the movie. It is a courageous performance, which takes a lot of mental preparation, his career best, so far. His performance is quite moving, riveting, funny and natural to boot; alarming intelligent work, and that he has a long future ahead of him evidence. As a man locked in a coffin with only a lighter and a mobile phone to his immediate disposal, he creates a fully fallen fruit character with little to no elbow room to play. He is not able to chew his scenery or take off by others. The film is peppered with small voice-overs, coming from the other end of his mobile phone, and the rest is up to editing, and Reynolds, mainly Reynolds. And he succeeds.

Hitchcock can be proud of, there is no telling, but he could mainly be only thankful that a well done, available thriller came out recently. I know I am.

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Main characters of the Lord of the Rings series

The Lord of the rings is one of the world's most popular and well-known high fantasy series that has and always will be one of the largest series in its ' genre of all time. In the course of the series more characters are introduced, here are the details of the main characters. In the Lord of the rings, Frodo Baggins, Bilbo Baggin "nephew," is of market monitoring centres casts one ring in the fires of Mount Doom in Mordor.

His best friend, Samwise Gamgee is there with him each step of the way, transporting and encourage both of them when Frodo feels that he cannot go any further. Samwise Gamgee is in some ways more of a hero than Frodo himself. He goes to great lengths to protect Frodo and his love and loyalty is almost incomparable to any other character in the saga. He is even ready to dispose of his obvious dislike and distrust of Gollum so he and Frodo can complete their quest. Meriadoc Brandybuck, also known as Merry, is considered one of the more perceptive characters in the Lord of the rings. He is one of Frodos closest friends and a relative and.

Peregrin Took, also known as Pippin, is one of the youngest character in the series. He is also one of the more imaginative members of the Fellowship, show surprising levels of bravery as a soldier in the Army of the West. Gandalf the grey is a mighty Wizard. His power is it is subtle, almost unrecognisable beneath his plain gray robes as he raises leaning on his gnarled staff. After his two day and two night battle with the terrible Balrog where he met his end, Gandalf was sent back stronger and more powerful as Gandalf the white paper.

Aragorn was known as the "on" in the beginning of the voyage, but later went by his real name when it joined the fellowship. Aragorn reveals the soon to be the next King of Arnor. He is a pretty cruel character, hardly ever shows emotion except short, unexpected moments. Legolas is an Elf, as from the woodland Realm; He also serves as Fellowship's archer and as leader after Gandalf's "demise." As an elf, he has several gifts and benefits that other members of the Fellowship do not as a degree of immunity from the effects of the elements and excellent eyes and ears.

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