It's Christmas!

Omg, I'ts frickin' Christmas Eve! Hands up, who's excited? Wow, this year has gone so fast! I can't believe the world ended a year ago... time flies when you're dead. The weather is disappointing though; there should be loads of snow, not wind, damn you British weather.

I absolutely love Christmas time, but then again I've been ready for Christmas ever since December 26th.  Presents slowly starting to appear under the tree, streets lit up with beautiful lights, Christmas songs playing in shops, not forgetting the thoughts of Christmas food. Yum. But I do have to admit Christmas is just an excuse for me to sit on my lazy ass all day eating food, opening presents and sleeping, but it does feel good to know I have 2 whole weeks to eat, sleep and relax without having to worry about school and work. Do you hear that? I t's the sound of NO FRICKIN' SCHOOL TOMORROW!

It's just not the food, presents and sleep I look forward to, it's the movies too! Christmas movies just complete everything. Some of my favourite movies are Christmas ones, like all the Home Alones films. But c'mon, the holidays wouldn’t feel complete until you watch at least one of them! Not forgetting all the traditional ones like Elf, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Polar Express, The Holiday and Fred Claus. Also, TV programs always bring out their Christmas specials and loads of shows start new seasons, like is it just me, or am I the only one excited for the return of Sherlock in January? Oh yeeaah!

I'm not even as exited for Christmas like I used to before. I don't wake up really early on Christmas day screaming and running into my parent's bedroom, but I still get pretty excited about it. I remember when my Christmas list used to be full of toys, but now it's just; Santa please get me a pug this Christmas. I've been a good girl. Or a boyfriend? Okay maybe not then. These days there are 10 year olds with the iPhone 5 and my parents wont even buy me McDonalds.

 SO IT’S CHRISTMAS EVE AND THAT MEANS 1 MORE SLEEP UNTIL CHRISTMAS OK I AM SO EXCITED!! i just opened the last door of my advent calendar (which is so depressing) and i’m tracking santa with norad waiting for the hours to pass and then i can sleep and wake up to christmas day! I hope everybody has an amazing christmas and a well-deserved break. Have fun!

Isabelle xo

Catching Fire Review

I've been waiting for a whole year to be able to say this, but now I can *yay* Catching Fire is amazing!

 

So a few weeks ago, me and my best friends decided we would try and get tickets to see Catching Fire the day it came out. We'd been fan girling for months and counting down the days, so on Thursday the 21st November we rushed to the cinema after school, bought tickets got sweets and popcorn and went in.

 

 

 

One word. Wow. Although it the wasn't as good as the book,( but what film is?) it was a truly superb way to spend my Thursday evening. But I do have to say we did fan girl the whole way through it (sorry to the rest of the cinema). I wont give away what happens to those who haven't yet watched it or read it, although I highly recommend you do so.

 

As most of you know, the film takes place in the 12 district called 'Panem'. It has mostly the same main characters, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson), Gale (Liam Hemsworth) and President Snow (a brilliantly malign Donald Sutherland) but we are soon introduced to a few new faces including Finnick (Sam Claflin), Beetee (Jeffrey Wright), and the hilariously outspoken Johanna (Jena Malone).

 

The sequel to the 2012 mega blockbuster, The Hunger Games, picks up right after Katniss ( and Peeta won the 74^th Hunger Games. The two “lovebirds” are on victory tour going from district to district giving speeches.

 

 

 

After Katniss and Peeta’s defiant stance at the end of the games, she’s become a symbol for hope for people in the districts. President Snow (Donald Sutherland) blames Katniss’ victory tour for the uprising occurring in the districts across Panem.

Unable to kill Katniss, President Snow and the new game maker Plutarch (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) decide to make the 75^th Annual Hunger Games a “Quarter Quell”, meaning all the tributes for the game will come from a pool of previous Hunger Games victors.

After Katniss is selected, Peeta volunteers and the two head back to the Captiol to train with Haymich (Woody Harrelson) and Effie (Elizabeth Banks) one more time.

 

 

 

The final 45 minutes of Catching Fire are so entertaining, it’s impossible not to like this movie. It’s got a lot of really imaginative action sequences, some good comedy, a few touching moments, and a cliff-hanger (which I'm really angry about) that’s going to make fans want tickets for Mocking jay right now.

 

I salute you Suzanne Collins.

 

Isabelle xo

 

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