Creating Serial Killers

Blood, intestenses and screams. The world of action movies is filled with everything your mother tried to shield you from. Many people still get their panties in a twist over them (or their tighty withies). But are they right? Are gory movies really that bad for you?

Kickstarter = Viewer Power

In case you don't know what Kickstarter is. It's a website that gives people the possibility to start a fundraiser. Allowing anyone to pay money to a certain project. You might think, what does that have to do with your blog and movies? Don't worry I'm not going to beg you for money (I could use it though).

Me & Movies

I'm always posting about how movies have an effect on our society. Big numbers en faceless people. But I'm going to spice things up a bit. In my 'Me & Movies' series I'm going to take a closer look on the effects movies have on people. A movie can have a very deep impact on you as a individual. And I think it's incredibly interesting to learn more about this.

English for Dummies

Movies aren't just mindless entertainment. It's so much more then that. Movies have actually taught me a lot. And not just important life lessons, they have even taught me practical things that are actually useful in real life. And there's one thing in particular that has really helped me in life.

I was born in the Netherlands, so obviously English is not my first language. So I had to learn English in order to be successful in live. Surely school might have helped me out a tiny bit, but overall I got learned English through playing video games and watching movies.

The great thing is, my English teacher actually understood this. He gave people the advice to watch any movie they loved without subtitles. Such a fun way to work on expanding your vocabulary.

By watching movies you subconsciously pick up a lot. I'm convinced that learning English by watching your favorite movie is a great and should be encouraged. So if you have an important English test tomorrow, just watch Harry Potter.

Disney Made You Pt. 2

Last time I've told you about Disney teaching children to deal with life. And especially the bad parts of life. So today I wanted to talk about something more uplifting. A lesson that Disney teaches us, a lesson that I find extremely important. Especially for children, since they are the future (sucks for them).

Disney Made You Pt. 1

The Walt Disney company, the company that provided roughly 70% of all your favorite childhood movies. We've all seen Disney movies as children and this has partially shaped us into the people we are today.

In my 'Disney Made You' series I will talk about the undeniable influence Disney movies have had on our society. And besides that I will also show you my favorite Disney moments and find other ways to glorify everything else they did. But don't worry, I'll keep it real!

Escaping to Another World

Fantasy & Sci-Fi movies are loved by many, including me, and they often have a big following. The big blockbuster fantasy movies can take a large audience to another world for 2 hours. And to make it all even better, they are full with non-existing creatures and beautiful scenery. 

Fight prejudice, Watch movies

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is probably one of my favorite movies of all time. I remember watching it in the cinema last year, it absolutely blew my mind. One of those movies that makes you think, a movie that you can't stop talking about with your friends afterwords. The cast was amazing and the acting was sublime.

Strong women, strong examples

I absolutely love a strong and fearless female character in movies. And I'm not just talking about women like Angelina Jolie in 'Lara Croft: Tomb Raider', but strong women like Viola Davis in 'The Help' or Cate Blanchett in 'Elizabeth'. Strong women like Nani in 'Lilo & Stitch' and Natalie Portman in 'V for Vendetta'.

The Great Gatsby Part 1.

Part 2 - Part 3

It's 2013, we live in a world where the internet and social media are becoming more and more important. We live in an image society, seeing thousands and thousands of ads each day. Only processing those we want. 

Tears in the dark

Up (2009)

The biggest strength that movies have is their ability to get people involved. And in particular emotionally involved, movies are incredibly strong in achieving that involvement. We've all cried while watching a movie (yes even you) and we are no stranger to feeling scared in the movie theater either. Somehow we can feel so connected to a movie and their characters, that we feel actual grief when one of them dies. It's amazing to think a few images and some sound can make us feel such strong emotions. Some movies can take you on an emotional roller coaster that will leave you drained at the end. And strangely enough we like that. It's a way for us to express our emotions for a while without feeling embarrassed. Maybe it's pent up emotion, or maybe we just really like to have a good cry once in a while.

Audrey Hepburn knows what's up

Wise words from a wise woman.
Even though Audrey is probably talking about the things she learned on the set of all her movies she does make a good point here. We all learn things from movies, we learn how to behave in certain social situations and we learn what to do during a zombie attack. This shapes us into the people we are today. 

Movies have influenced you so much during your childhood and even today. Wether this is a good or bad thing is obviously hard to say. I'm a positive person and I definitely think movies teach us lots of great values. Just think about the Disney movies you watched as a kid, they always had a great message. 

While you think about that, just enjoy the stunning Audrey and a baby deer. How cute is that?

History 2.0: Watching movies

Elle s'appelait Sarah (2010)

The 5th of May is an important day in the Netherlands. The day we celebrate our freedom, the day we remember the liberation in 1945 and the day we remember that the Germans still owe us a lot of bikes. So obviously every channel on tv is showing a movie somehow connected to WWII (War of the worlds was a bit of a stretch but okay). And I think that's great!