Best female character ever... is Katniss Everdeen

Out of all the new young Hollywood bright things at the moment my most favorite remains for a 3rd year running Jennifer Lawrence! But however I saw her in only few things, Hunger games and X-men for now, big plan is to catch American Hustle in cinema and finally watch Silverlining Palybook.

There are not a lot of film there the lead is female, only few in face. The industry is dominated by men... So when something like Hunger Games appears it takes us by storm. Frankly the 1st installment of the Games left me feeling bit shaken by violence of it, blood, sadness and how messed us Suzanne Collins' universe is. I also did not feel like reading the books, but second film changed all that!

Then again it is one of our favorite topics, books into films...

I did not see the film until it was almost done and over with in the cinema, literary went to see it just before Christmas. I was blown away!

Katinss and Peeta are winners... but what did they really win? Life fool of nightmares and guild, life that they have to lie about what they really want... well for Katniss this is more accurate. Peeta loves her, she's not so much. Oh the triangle that every young adult writer exploits! Even my ever favorite Mortal Instruments...

But there is a change in the air, there is hope... But The President will not let this happen. I guess everything goes down to power struggle.

I do not want to ruin anything for you guys if you are into hunger games... So I shall try not to revel much. But ever so sorry in advance if I do.

Katniss is strong independent does how she pleases... until it has been discovered, and the President can have anyone killed. Anyone!
The tour that the winners must do all over all the districts and pay respects and blah blah PR things, is actually ever so scary and so very much what is happening in some places on Earth. But I had tears in my eyes when Katniss talked about Roux, and about how unfair the games are. People of Panam want to express their feeling, but the government butts in and kills ones who dare to defy them and their rules. Such a scary notion, make you think of Wikileaks and Edward Snowden, right? (Maybe its just me over-thinking things).
Inevitably there are 75th Hunger Games and all the old winners are drafted. Katniss is back in the games....

She is my wonder woman! She is strong, athletic, beautiful young woman. She is also what every girl, well most girls, I hope, want to be independent and free. And yet still she looks like a real girl, with curves and a cross bow, which apparently she keeps under her bed (Vogue told me so)

Last scene is just Jennifer's face looking into the camera after she heard the horrific news... Eyes full of revenge and defiance. And that was the moment when I realise I must read these books!


Written by Daria... I do have a girl crush on her!

I love cartoons

And once again... As you know I loooove cartoons and I can talk about this forever! Previous posts on this theme here, here and here... Frankly holidays are the best for cartoons. All channels are getting they animation on, there was Flushed away, Graffalo's Child, Snowman and Snowman and snowdog, Film 4 even showed Spirited away.

There is also the traditional holiday feel good film out in the cinema and of course I went to see it, and they do re runs of cartoons during the holidays!

This post is about Frozen and Justin and the Knights of Valour....

When the Frozen goes into the beginning one gets this Scandi feeling, also the fact that there are Fjords, snow and great scandi names like Sven. Turns out this cartoon is actually based on Snow Queen by Anderson, loosely based but that was foundation of the Frozen.

It is a beautiful and shiny Disney film, songs, dancing, magic and uber cuteness! However the love from the 1st sight proved to be not real and at some point there were kids crying in the audience. No one told these poor munchkins that Disney films tend to be happy ending all around.

I actually did not know what to expect what to expect from it, but I giggled and got really sad in few moments... It was cute and I really think its another girly cartoon, not sure the boys will appreciate it as much, I mean the older boys. Wish Owen would offer an opinion on that??

Today I finally today I saw Justin and the Knights of Valour... One things, Antonio Banderas is soo freaking funny!! It is a Knights tale with fast food. Yeah they made a story with some modern life flare, which was actually rather cute in the end.

It was kind of like the The Knights Tale but in  cartoon version and less lame.... Oh and the flying Gustaf the crocodile is sooo funny!!

The big question is would I see these cartoons again... Well yeah, I love cartoons, but I do not think this might be in a near future.




Written by Daria while drinking tons of tea to keep warm...