Themes & Lessons of How to Train Your Dragon

I never thought I’d say this, but I just watched an animated movie better than Finding Nemo! It has elements of The Lion King, Jungle Book, The Rescuers Down Under, Lilo and Stitch (same director), and others, but with dragons! And it’s not even Disney! It’s DreamWorks. You go, Chris Sanders!

So you know which one I mean, don’t you? How to Train Your Dragon (2010).

How Super Was Super 8?

I was going to write a film review on Super 8 today. But I found myself thinking about reality and happy endings instead. I will, however, share a few thoughts on the movie’s value before I kill the cat.

(Cat lovers, I apologize about this image. I’ll go hug my own cat now.)

Moving on. When I watched the trailer, I expected something completely different. You know… when I saw the alien cube and the train crash, I imagined some kind of Smallville scenario where the alien substance gives people superhuman abilities. And I thought the title referred to 8 kids with those powers.

Life Transitions and Safety Blankets

I'm ready. Come and get me, Universe!

Another Monday, another movies day on my blog.

I won’t lie to you, I’m kinda beat, so I can’t go into the Zelda compilation, and I was going to blog about my top 5 love stories on screen, but I might not do it justice today. I just want to sit back, relax, and stare at my beach photos and play with them on Photoshop.

Soul Surfer: The Story of Bethany Hamilton

Two years ago I read one of the most inspiring true stories I have come across in my life. I read it in Cosmopolitan magazine. Ever since I have used (and abused) this story as a go-to reference whenever I wanted to kick my friends out of whining and into acting. In fact, I always offer the story to anyone who’d say something along the lines of ‘it’s too difficult’ or ‘it can’t be done’.

Worse yet, a lot of people seem to use the word impossible these days.