On the 25th September Me and my friend,Jade, went to the Apollo in Leamington to see the Hole in 3D.
The film was about a family of three, Susan (mum) and her two sons (Dane and Lucas). They move to a rather sleepy little town called Bensonville and the only thing Dane likes about it, is their next door neighbour, Julie.
When the boys decide to explore their new house, they find a creepy hole in their basement. Julie comes round and looks into the hole with the two boys. They soon realise that because they have looked into the hole their worst fears come out of it and chase them. The whole film is about them figuring out how to get rid of the hole and how to get rid of their worst fears with it.
The aim of the film was to make a kids horror film that was still scary but wouldn't give kids nightmares about it for weeks on end. The reason they shot it in 3D was because they wanted it to be extremely life-like and also because every new film coming out is shot in 3D.
I think the film achieved these aims really well. When Jade and me went to see it, we were scared and even though it didn't scare me afterwards like most horror films i've seen, it scared me while watching it. The film is very sinister and depressing. The audience was mainly 14-15 year old's with some parents and their kids. I think the audience was impressed by the film because while it was playing the cinema was silent and after it had finished there was a buzz about the film and a lot of the people were talking about it and how good it was.
I think maybe to make it better the director (Joe Dante) could have made more sinister things for the characters to be scared of. Apart from that the film was brilliant and I would recommend it to anyone who likes a good childrens horror film.
8/10
Monday 27 September 2010
Friday 24 September 2010
On Friday 24th of September some Yao Chinese performers came to Stratford-Upon-Avon to perform a little bit of their act to the students of Stratford College.
The event started off with the Yao performers singing some cultural songs from China. Then the rest of the Chinese group went off the stage and two men came onto the stage with a green pole and started doing acrobatics. They lifted each other up using the green pole. Then they asked if any of the students would like to come on the stage and have a go at pushing the Chinese men into a wall. One of the students came out of the audience and tried to push one of the Chinese men but he ended up being beaten by the Chinese man. Then another student came out from the audience and tried to push one of the Chinese men and he managed to push the Chinese guy into the audience. TWICE!!
The audience were shocked at the performance and enjoyed it. The audience got involved in the singing and clapped along with the music. When the two Chinese men came out with the green pole they were a bit weary and also curious about what was going to happen. When the men started to do the acrobats then they really clapped and were really quite impressed by the performance. When the two boys came out of the audience then there friends started cheering them on and got really involved.
You could tell that the audience really enjoyed it because there was a buzz afterwards and people were saying bye to the performers.
They came over to Stratford to show the people their culture and what they enjoy. I think the students liked their culture and thought about the Chinese the culture more.
I thought it was good but a bit weird. It made me want to know a bit more about the Chinese culture but not to much. The singing was nice but i enjoyed the acrobatics more, because it was really exciting and it was unusual. They portrayed the culture really well and it must have been hard for them to show their culture to a load of students who didn't have much idea about the Chinese culture. I enjoyed it very much and I would love to find out more about the Yao culture.
Wednesday 22 September 2010
Blog one: Cinema
Hi guys me again :)
So today I went to the cinema and saw a film. Well what else do you go to the cinema for. I couldn't think of another media event in such a short amount of time, so the cinema it was.
The film I went and saw was a film called Cyrus. Lets just say it was pretty rubbish.
The main characters were played by some pretty big comedy actors. John C Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei and Catherine Keener.
The story line is about a guy (John C Reilly) who has divorced from his wife but there still really close. His wife after seven years has decided to re-marry and of course John who is played by John C Reilly isn't very happy about this. His ex wife (Catherine Keener) and her partner persuade John to go to a party where they try and make him get a girlfriend, but when he cant find one he decides to get very drunk. He goes out into the garden where a woman (Marisa Tomei) called Molly starts talking to him and of course they fall in love. One night though when she leaves early he decides to follow her home and in the morning he goes and knocks at her house, where a young lad (Jonah Hill) comes outside and introduces him as Molly's son. John finds out the young lad is called Cyrus and that he and Molly were bestfriends and so she sort of took him in.
Cyrus invites John to stay over the night with him and Molly and so of course John says yes. The next morning John wakes up and gets ready for work, when he cant find his pair of shoes he left in the living room the night before. He asks Molly and Cyrus where his shoes are and they say they don't know where they are.
The film sort of moves on then and Cyrus says he will move out of the house Molly and John are now living in and decides to rent himself a room. Cyrus asks Molly to pack up all his stuff for him but because Molly is at work John packs up Cyrus's stuff and finds his missing shoes hidden in Cyrus's closet.
From there on the film is about Cyrus and John fighting to get Molly to believe them. Molly always believes Cryus so she has difficulty trying to decide who's telling her the truth. It ends up with John leaving Molly and getting his flat back and Cyrus coming round and saying sorry about all the stuff that's happened between them and how Molly is really upset about whats happened.
The camera shots were very different, sometimes they would be a little blurry, they would keep zooming in and zooming back out at random times.
All in all i didn't like the film but I think for people who like the actors and who like those kind of plots then its a good film to see. Its a very short film so its good for someone who wants to catch a quick flick.
The story line didn't do it for me and i found bits where I was falling asleep.
I would give this film a 5/10 because I think there were bits that were funny, and sweet but I didn't like most of it.
So today I went to the cinema and saw a film. Well what else do you go to the cinema for. I couldn't think of another media event in such a short amount of time, so the cinema it was.
The film I went and saw was a film called Cyrus. Lets just say it was pretty rubbish.
The main characters were played by some pretty big comedy actors. John C Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei and Catherine Keener.
The story line is about a guy (John C Reilly) who has divorced from his wife but there still really close. His wife after seven years has decided to re-marry and of course John who is played by John C Reilly isn't very happy about this. His ex wife (Catherine Keener) and her partner persuade John to go to a party where they try and make him get a girlfriend, but when he cant find one he decides to get very drunk. He goes out into the garden where a woman (Marisa Tomei) called Molly starts talking to him and of course they fall in love. One night though when she leaves early he decides to follow her home and in the morning he goes and knocks at her house, where a young lad (Jonah Hill) comes outside and introduces him as Molly's son. John finds out the young lad is called Cyrus and that he and Molly were bestfriends and so she sort of took him in.
Cyrus invites John to stay over the night with him and Molly and so of course John says yes. The next morning John wakes up and gets ready for work, when he cant find his pair of shoes he left in the living room the night before. He asks Molly and Cyrus where his shoes are and they say they don't know where they are.
The film sort of moves on then and Cyrus says he will move out of the house Molly and John are now living in and decides to rent himself a room. Cyrus asks Molly to pack up all his stuff for him but because Molly is at work John packs up Cyrus's stuff and finds his missing shoes hidden in Cyrus's closet.
From there on the film is about Cyrus and John fighting to get Molly to believe them. Molly always believes Cryus so she has difficulty trying to decide who's telling her the truth. It ends up with John leaving Molly and getting his flat back and Cyrus coming round and saying sorry about all the stuff that's happened between them and how Molly is really upset about whats happened.
The camera shots were very different, sometimes they would be a little blurry, they would keep zooming in and zooming back out at random times.
All in all i didn't like the film but I think for people who like the actors and who like those kind of plots then its a good film to see. Its a very short film so its good for someone who wants to catch a quick flick.
The story line didn't do it for me and i found bits where I was falling asleep.
I would give this film a 5/10 because I think there were bits that were funny, and sweet but I didn't like most of it.
Introduction :)
Right hi, my names Charlotte Birch and i'm doing this blog for college.
Waheey.
I will be doing blogs about media events and other things aswell and just giving you an idea of things i recommend you go and see and others you really don't want to bother with.
I will Blog soon :)
Charlotte x
Waheey.
I will be doing blogs about media events and other things aswell and just giving you an idea of things i recommend you go and see and others you really don't want to bother with.
I will Blog soon :)
Charlotte x
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