Top 5 Archers in Film

Archers are in right now... well, they have been for the past couple of years, so here's my countdown of my top FIVE archers from film.

#5 - Neytiri

Zoe Saldana from the 2009 CGI masterpiece, Avatar. She comes in at FIVE on my list of top archers--well, she's quite an aggressive killer, she'd probably try and attack me if she didn't rank at all.

Well, we only have to wait another two and half years until the anticipated sequel, Avatar 2. Oh, and according to IMDb, there are four Avatar films, 2 to 4 are all in pre-production. Well, this is exciting news.

#4 - Susan Pevensie

Portrayed by actress Anna Popplewell (let's take a moment to make sure we read her last name properly. Hmm, yep.) The second eldest of the Pevensie children in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. She is seen as the gentle one, but with a bow in hand, she's anything but.

#3 - Merida

While I'm not a huge Disney fan, I did really enjoy Brave--finally, a Disney film with a strong female lead; a female lead with a bow and arrow. I think Disney put this film out while there was the huge "archery" boom on our screens. She makes the third female on the list. 

#2 - Legolas

Oooh! A male... but I have to tell you that the main reason he's here is because he's Orlando Bloom, enough said. Nah, Legolas is a great archer, and you can see the determination to kill in his eyes--although granted, that's not the only reason someone would use a bow and arrow, just the main one.

#1 - Katniss

Jennifer Lawrence. That is all. She's a great actress, and she has a huge personality off-screen, which is always a plus in deciding these things.

Katniss is my #1 choice, mainly because she comes from NOTHING, everyone else on my list is either royalty, high born, or rich. Katniss is poor as shit, and she has to hunt/kill to survive--basically the entire storyline.

I didn't include...

I didn't include Hawkeye or Oliver Queen from Arrow; in order, I don't think Hawkeye is a good archer; yes, he hits his marks, but his technique is sloppy and unprofessional; you'd think someone who portrays and archer would at least take a few classes so that they can sell and cement themselves in that roll... I guess not. And I would've included Oliver Queen, however, he's currently not in any films, and I'd have a hard time slotting him between my current choices.

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Game of Thrones S04E06 - Review

Aired: 11th May, 2014

Network: HBO

Cast:  Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Maisie Williams, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington. (More information.)

Summary: Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. (IMDb)

Genre: Adventure | Drama | Fantasy

Last week's review

Pre-episode thoughts: Last week's post was a long post; a lot happened to reveal some important plot points, especially around Sansa--escaping, but now she's with that crazy aunt and I think she might kill her. Also, I read a few articles about Littlefinger's lies that he's been telling... and there's a lot, I can't keep up. They need to backfire on him soon.

Bran saw that funky tree--I want to know more about this, and from what I hear, there's much more on this tree within the books, but I've sworn to watch the TV series only while it's aired, and then I'll read the books afterwards.

I want Daenerys to kill someone with her hands--or a sword, not with her dragons, when she does this, I think her "innocent power thrusted" act will have worn off completely, and she will then be quite a powerful killer, and maybe people will take her seriously.

Where's Melisandre at in all of this though? She's the demon-witch-bitch lady, surely she's figured out some spell/calling/chant/ritual for her king to sit in the Iron Throne.

*spoilers*

Episode Six: The Laws of Gods and Men

Last week when I said that I felt the episode was shorter, well, this episode felt a lot longer--perhaps because they got through more storylines.

It was only in last week's episode that they mentioned the Iron Bank, and this week we get to see it... well, the face of it, and it wasn't all too impressive. I wanted huge iron doors and gates, and a dragon protecting it (oh, crap, I think that's Harry Potter). Stannis was asking for them to bankroll him.

From the scenes preceding that, I gather that Stannis has their backing--right? I hope so, his scenes are usually quite boring, but they could be so much better, he has Melisandre for crying out loud, she could just kill all the major players with that shadow-demon-baby-man-thing, and I don't see why she doesn't.

Yara Greyjoy makes a surprise appearance--a small "hey guys, don't forget about me, I'm still a character don't cha kno", and I did almost forget about her. They were given Theon's mutilated penis as a present. I'm very glad they didn't show us that--it might have been a little bit too far.

The scene in which Yara tries to rescue Theon from Ramsey's clutches lasted a whole of two seconds--it was a little bit rushed, but I think that it was a well-needed scene. I'm really excited about seeing more from this storyline, mainly because Ramsey scares the shit out of me.

Tying into the being scared shitless was the DRAGON! I knew it was too quiet to be a GoT scene. Hence the image to the left, I did see a dragon--a real scary, fire breathing one.

Part of me is hoping that they grow bigger, also, I want Daenerys to ride one, but I doubt she will (if she does in the books, please tell me, I need to know.) She's also becoming quite the queen, and here's hoping that G. R. R. Martin makes it so.

Tyrion is so SASSY! But Shea needs a slap, how could she stand up and tell the court that Tyrion and Sansa were planning to kill Joffrey, although I think if anything the person who did kill Joffrey deserves to inherit the kingdom--it makes sense, kill the king to be king OR queen.

Favourite Scene

Purely based on the creep factor, I have to say it's the scene between Ramsey and Theon. Ramsey is quite a creepy actor, especially when he was in Misfits--but his body is quite on-point, and that's what I like in my pathological killers. And at one point I really thought he was going to make Theon is bitch--and thank goodness he didn't, my mum was watching with me. *cue awkward eye contact* HA!

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Bad Neighbours - Review

Release: 3rd of May, 2014
US - 9th of May, a.k.a Neighbours

Director: Nicholas Stoller

Duration: 96 minutes

Cast: Zac Efron, Seth Rogan, Rose Byrne, Dave Franco. (more information)

Synopsis: A couple with a newborn baby face unexpected difficulties after they are forced to live next to a fraternity house. (IMDb)

Genres: Comedy

What We Thought?

Below are both Joe's thoughts and Kerry's thoughts, their overall ratings are out of 5.

Joe thought...

I went into this film wanting to absolute love it, I know I wanted this film to be absolutely amazing--I wanted it to be the type of film I could watch over and over again, but the truth is, it almost fell flat. So, whilst writing this, a phrase on the TV I'm using as background noise said "looking at it through rose-tinted glasses" and that is definitely what I did with this film.

Most of the scenes from the trailers were the best parts of the film, and that's usually the case with all films--although in a lot of films, there are also other scenes which you don't know about happening. However, saying that, I did find this film really funny, and Zac Efron's body was is a huge plus, also, I would definitely watch this film again.

There were parts of this film that hurt my stomach because I was laughing so hard--I mean, that boob scene, I'm laughing thinking about it.

So, that boob scene was my favourite scene from the film, that, and also the scene where they make moulds of their penises--you need to watch it to understand. However, this film could've been so much better--if there wasn't an underlying story bleurgh, the seriousness to the film just bogged me down slightly, and I wish they didn't do that. I want comedy--I want to laugh at every scene, not roll my eyes because they film is sucking at my soul.

...why I gave this film FOUR out of FIVE.

Honestly, before going to watch it, I was going to rate this film at a FIVE... but, I felt there were quite a few things that didn't sit well with me, and to give it five would make me a little bit of a hypocrite. Lisa Kudrow's appearance in this film was a major plus, let's thank the Friends gods for not making her just a supporting actress.

Kerry thought...

I was pretty excited for this film - I LOVE Zac Efron and Dave Franco is great and always brilliantly cheeky. The trailers set up for a side-splitting comedy where many hilarious things go wrong and to be completely honest that was pretty much what it was, however it didn't quite float my boat.

A lot of films like this often seem to fall in to the trap of using all their funniest scenes in the trailer and in my opinion that is exactly what this film did. Scenes that had me howling with laughter in the trailer (like the thing with the airbags) just weren't as funny the second time round in the film and when there aren't any even funnier scenes to make up for that, it makes the whole thing pretty disappointing.

Furthermore, the 'boob' scene that Joe mentions as his favourite was probably my worst; it had me cringing all the way through and even knocked me a little sick. I'm hoping other girls can relate to my reaction to this scene - but guys, I can imagine it's maybe similar to when you watch a guy get seriously hurt in the groin area. Just not nice to watch really.

Also, it all became a bit sinister at some points when you consider that this family actually have a very young baby and were spending far too much time at their neighbour's house taking drugs and exacting revenge.

...why I gave this film THREE out of FIVE.

Don't get me wrong the funny bits of this film were hilarious and the comedy acting was superb. Couldn't fault Seth Rogan or Rose Byrne and I've already mentioned my strong feelings towards Zac Efron and Dave Franco. I also absolutely loved Lisa Kudrow's little cameo as the badass Dean of the College and she was probably my favourite character. It gets three out of five because the funny bits don't make up for how uncomfortable I felt a lot of the time; although a lot of that is down to personal taste.

Trailer...

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Noah - Review

Release: 28th March 2014 (USA)

Director: Darren Aronofsky

Duration: 138 minutes

Cast: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Watson, Ray Winstone, Logan Lerman. (more information)

Synopsis: A man is chosen by his world's creator undertake a momentous mission before an apocalyptic flood cleanses the world. (IMDb)

Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama

Before I start what is likely to be a pretty negative review I just want to say that I wasn't looking forward to watching this film but it wasn't as bad as I'd expected. I was worried it would be very religious and Christian but it wasn't at all, it's actually highly accessible for everyone and makes a great action adventure with a little fantasy thrown into the mix; the word 'God' is never actually used. On the other hand you should also know that Joe fell asleep during this (which explains his absence from this review).

One of the big problems I had with this film is that Noah is a complete idiot, seriously he is really stupid and kind of creepy and it is massively annoying to watch. He spends the majority of the film convinced that the whole of the human race (including his family and himself) are awful and must die in order to cleanse the world. The rest of the film then mainly consists of a very angry and bitter Noah making stupid and utterly wrong decisions based on his philosophy whilst constantly reminding his relatively innocent family that they are horrible things that don't deserve to live. Nice. None of this is helped of course by Russell Crowe's pretty lacklustre acting which just makes Noah even more annoying. The main reason this is all SO annoying is because *SPOILER* Noah and his family survive, because the human race is still here and we're watching the stupid film about a stupid man who is convinced he's going to end the human race. How stupid.

Another problem I had with this film, but which might not bother a lot of people, was the amount of fight scenes in it. It might be a girl thing, but I get very bored of watching men rolling around in mud and blood punching at each other for 10 minutes over and over again. My final big problem was that I was pretty disappointed with the supporting characters, the film has a great cast which made me really excited to see what all their characters would be like. However, I found a lot of the characters to be pretty bland and when it came to emotional scenes I didn't really believe the performances and actually found myself laughing at some points. Also, NO FUCKING UNICORNS! What the heck is that about?!

It wasn't all bad: Ray Winstone was the ultimate villain as Tubal-cain - scary and with no real regard for anyone but himself; and the film was brilliantly made with some beautiful shots and scenery and some great interesting fantasy elements in the stone angel-men. If you enjoy action films and fighting you'll probably enjoy this, it won't be the best film you've seen this year but you'll learn a lot more about a story you were taught when you were young. It gets two stars from me because I really didn't enjoy it - I can't enjoy films that frustrate me and make me angry, if you can put up with that, and I'm sure a lot of people can, then you might enjoy it.

Have you watched this yet? 

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The Other Woman - Review

Release: 25th of April, 2014

Director: Nick Cassavetes

Duration: 109 minutes

Cast: Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Nicki Minaj. (more information)

Synopsis: After discovering her boyfriend is married, Carly soon meets the wife he's been cheating on. And when yet another affair is discovered, all three women team up to plot mutual revenge on the three-timing SOB. (IMDb)

Genres: Comedy | Romance

What We Thought?

Below are both Joe's thoughts and Kerry's thoughts, their overall ratings are out of 5.

Joe thought...

As soon as I saw this trailer in the cinema I said "I need to watch this", granted, most of my reason for wanting to watch this was for Nicki Minaj, and even though she was only given a few speaking lines, I still absolutely loved this film, and her few speaking lines... in fact, I loved the whole casting of this film, and I loved the roles that they played.

Cameron Diaz as Carly, the lawyer, Leslie Mann as Kate, the housewife, and Kate Upton as Amber, not quite sure what she did, other than be very attractive.

I found myself laughing all the way through this film, and found it even funnier because it was Jamie Lannister, ahem, I mean Nikolaj Coster-Waldau who was being "tortured" by these three women.

If you've watched this, then please, in the comments section below, tell me what your favourite parts of this film were.

I have two favourite scenes:
When Mark (Nikolaj) gets diarrhea in the restaurant, and then shits himself. I'm one of those quite immature people who laughs are fart jokes, and this definitely cracked me up for a solid ten minutes.

The second scene that made me giggle was when Mark's nipples were weirdly huge and his wife, Kate (Leslie), flicked them and he covered them up and called them sensitive.

...why I gave this film FIVE out of FIVE.

It was so funny. I absolutely loved this, and I will definitely be watching it again when the film comes out on DVD. I thought it was quite interesting with how they wrapped the film up, especially the last sequence. It's a feel good film, as well as a wine and ice cream post-breakup film.

Kerry thought...

Just like Joe, as soon as I saw the trailer for this I knew I had to watch it and I knew I would love it. The thing that drew me most to this film was that I absolutely love Leslie Mann, I think she's hilarious and adore the sweet, ditzy, slightly sarcastic characters she so often plays (I especially loved her in This Is 40). Just as I'd hoped she was brilliant, I really loved her character and her dog! Cameron Diaz was also great, never failing to pull off ridiculously sexy characters, as Carly she made the perfect sassy, feisty leader of the pack. Finally, Kate Upton, who I'd never seen in anything before, played the perfect 'dumb but pretty' character that set up for loads of laughs - and when I say pretty I obviously mean absolutely smokin' hot!

The concept for this film is one that's been done time and time again: that someone is behaving unnecessarily badly and a group of people decide to get revenge. It's a great concept that always sets up for hilarious consequences, and I have to say this is probably one of  the best films of this style I've seen in a long time. Not only do the women play some hilarious tricks on Mark the evil husband (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) they also completely out-play him at his own game which I thought was great as it brought an extra level of intelligence to a film that would otherwise just have been a long string of hilarious disasters (not that there's too much wrong with that either).

...why I gave this film FOUR out of FIVE.

I loved the girl power in this film and came out feeling pretty liberated and proud to be a woman. I also really enjoyed the film and found it so hilarious to watch so many bad things happen to the bad guy in ways that often reminded me of Mean Girls. The only reason it doesn't get 5 out of 5 is because it didn't quite live up to my expectations (which were probably admittedly a little too high) and I have seen comedies this year that made me laugh just a little bit more. Still I have to stress this is a great film and so funny and I would highly recommend it to anyone - I will definitely be getting the DVD when it comes out!

Trailer...

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Gotham - Trailer Talk

Release: Autumn 2014 (US)

Director: Danny Cannon

Cast: Donal Logue, Sara Paxton, Jada Pinkett Smith

Synopsis: The origin story behind Commissioner James Gordon's rise to prominence in Gotham City in the years before Batman's arrival. (IMDB)

Genres: Crime | Drama | Fantasy

For those of you that don't know (I didn't until yesterday when I watched the trailer) Gotham is a new TV series coming to Fox this Autumn based on the origin stories of James Gordon, Bruce Wayne and Batman villains such as, Penguin, Riddler, Catwoman, Two-Face, The Joker and Poison Ivy. Before I continue, here's the extended trailer which was released a couple of days ago.

I think you'd be kidding yourself if you said that you weren't even a little bit excited about watching this. I have to say I love a good crime series and have been waiting for something new and Gotham definitely looks like its going to fill that void, and then some. The crime element is going to be great, but it's going to be even greater to see batman villains we know and love (or love to hate) in a whole new way; I personally can't wait to see some of them as kids!

A TV show with a story as high profile and well known as this does run a danger of being cheesy and not living up to expectations. However, I think we have to trust Fox, Warner Bros. and DC Comics on this one, because the trailer looks awesome and I can't wait.

Thoughts?

Will you be watching this? 

Friends: Which One Are You?

As you might already know, it's been TEN WHOLE YEARS since Friends finished... 236 episodes and 10 seasons later, and it finishes. I had only just started High School when this finished, and I was born in 1993, when the series started in 1994.

I still grew up watching this show i.e. the endless re-runs. I don't think I've ever watched every single episode, but I'm sure that one day, I will get there, and it will be a glorious moment.

Which One Are You?

If you click the link above it will take you to an awesome Buzzfeed quiz, all credit goes to the creator of the quiz... my outcome was...

Joey

I always found Joey to be quite gormless--and at points, yeah, I can definitely agree... so, which character did you get? Comment below.