Movie Review- Maze Runner 2: The Scorch Trials

Transported to a remote fortified outpost, Thomas and his fellow teenage Gladers find themselves in trouble after uncovering a diabolical plot from the mysterious and powerful organization WCKD. With help from a new ally, the Gladers stage a daring escape into the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with dangerous obstacles and crawling with the virus-infected Cranks. The Gladers only hope may be to find the Right Hand, a group of resistance fighters who can help them battle WCKD.

My Thoughts:

I must confess, I haven't read this series. The movies are based on the James Dashner series and I did try to read the first book but had to stop midway partly due to time constraints and partly because of the slow narrative. The first movie was decent but like the book a little slow. Here I'm going to talk about the second movie.

So right off the bat, this movie starts off with a bang. Loved how it started off and unlike the first movie it continues to be action packed and that is the movie's saving grace. The first movie had a lot of dialogues but nothing much happened. This movie is the opposite. It barely has any dialogues so of course there isn't much character development but lots and lots of action.

Thomas played by Dylan O' Brien shines in this movie. He carries this movie because all the other characters are mostly decoration. Unlike the first there is some fine acting talent in this movie.Ki Hong Lee (a.k.a Asian guy/Minho) is a character I really liked as well and would love to have seen more of in this movie.Adrian Gillen (guy from Game of Thrones) and Giancarlo Esposito (guy from Breaking Bad) are fine additions to the cast. There just needed to be more of them and less of the girl who plays Brenda and the one that plays Teresa.

I do not particularly like the females that are part of this narrative.They seem almost unimportant. I am not sure if this is a problem even in the source material but it is a problem in the film. There is a forced love triangle (*sigh*) and a forced betrayal (which wasn't even that surprising).The weakest link of this entire series is the narrative and how it is structured.

The entire gang of characters keep roaming around from one place to another and you're not really sure what their aim is because it keeps changing. The movie starts off with something and even though it ends well it leaves you slightly disappointed. Is this the direction they are going to go in? I'm not sure how I feel about it.

Overall, I enjoyed this movie. It was much better than the first.I was never bored. I would be interested to watch the next movie (if there is one) but I'm not dying to.

My Rating:

Toss up between 3 and 3.5 stars 

On it's own it's a 3 star movie but in comparison to

 the previous movie in the franchise it is a 3.5 stars

Mockingjay Part 2 : Battle Ready Posters!

Lionsgate has released posters for Mockingjay Part 2 and so far they've all been pretty amazing!

I love Prim's eyes in this. They scream of innocence.

Sam Claflin appreciation.

They've released posters of many other characters, all of which I've posted on my Facebook page. Go check them all out!

Mockingjay Part 2 tentative release date is Nov 20.

Don't forget to comment on which is your favourite poster.

Thoughts on the posters are welcome!

Via ComicBook.com

Movie News: Mockingjay,Captain America 3, JK Rowling & more.

So if you like my facebook page, you must have seen that I've been sharing Mockingjay part 1 stills and trailers.(It's so easy to share there) I decided it's time to post it on the blog as well. There was new teaser posted yesterday as well. So without further ado here's the new teaser:

The best part of this teaser is that it features the Lorde song that I am ADDICTED to .

In case you missed the first full trailer. Here it is:

My Take:

Catching Fire was amazing and I've been dying to see the next one. But so far not too impressed by the trailers apart from Jennifer (God, she can act!) . I kind of hated Mockingjay the book so I guess I should adjust my expectations. I'm in love with the soundtrack (well more like the song) they've released. Cannot wait to hear more. If you haven't check out the Catching Fire soundtrack, it's amazing!

Now onto the J.K. Rowling film front. The internet has exploded with the news that there's going to be a Harry Potter spin-off trilogy. I think the whole Harry Potter spin-off angle is a LITTLE misleading. It's set in the same universe but it's based on Rowling's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. I went from 

because I thought it was a HARRY potter spin off, to 

when I saw it was a IN THE SAME universe story. 

I'm sorry but the Harry Potter spin-off tag is a little misleading.

"The trilogy of films will be based on author J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and Harry Potter film director David Yates will likewise helm these new pictures. Rowling will pen the scripts for the films, based on her own stories. No word on casting or whether we can expect appearances by any Potter alums. The films will release in 2016, 2018, and 2020."-Forbes.com

I got a little bit more into the idea after I read this article which points out that this story takes place much before the Harry Potter series and that means DUMBLEDORE IS ALIVE!! If you put Dumbledore in the movie Rowling and you can just take my money!

I also have ridiculously exciting Captain America 3 news. 

At first I thought it was just fanfiction but further investigation shows that there's a HUGE possibility that Robert Downey Jr. is going to be in A CAPTAIN AMERICA movie as the antagonist. 

"Robert Downey Jr. is on the verge of signing on to “Captain America 3,” with Tony Stark’s Iron Man set to play a key role in bringing the Civil War storyline from Marvel’s comicbooks to the bigscreen and trigger the start of a new phase of movies from Marvel Studios.

The actor is in final negotiations to play the billionaire in the yet-to-be-titled third installment, that is slated to begin production in the Spring for a May 6, 2016, release, according to sources close to the discussions. Downey suits up as the superhero in next summer’s “The Avengers: Age of Ultron” as part of a previous deal that also calls for him to reprise the role in “The Avengers 3.”- Variety.com

I NEED THIS TO HAPPEN!! I'm a huge RDJ fan and him and Steve were awesome in the Avengers!

Mortal Instruments news: Mortal Instruments is being made into a TV series. 

"“It actually makes sense to do (the novels) as a TV series,” Constantin film and TV head Martin Moszkowicz told THR. “There was so much from the book that we had to leave out of the Mortal Instruments film. In the series we'll be able to go deeper and explore this world in greater detail and depth.” The Mortal Instruments series is part of a broader strategic shift at Constantin that will see the German-based company move into English-language television series. Moszkowicz said Constantin is looking at possible television adaptations of several of its English-language movie properties, including period serial killer drama Perfume: The Story of a Murderer and the Resident Evil sci-fi horror franchise."-Hollywoodreporter.com

Also I'm so excited for the Gone Girl Movie! I want to watch it so BADLY!!! 

If you've seen it already.. WHAT DID YOU THINK?? 

THOUGHTS? COMMENTS? SPECULATIONS? All are welcome! 

Movie Trailers: Divergent,The Book Thief and Vampire Academy !!!

So I was planning to do a post about the Divergent teaser and the Book Thief trailer but then MTV released the first trailer of Divergent! 

I HAVE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE the awesomeness that is the trailers!!!

First the TEASE

Now the TRAILER

Get More: 

2013 VMA, Artists.MTV, Music

OMFG !!! Right??!! RIGHT??

About the Book

Blurb:

In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue--Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is--she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.

During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are--and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, Tris also learns that her secret might help her save the ones she loves . . . or it might destroy her.

Here's the trailer of 

THE BOOK THIEF

I haven't read the book but the book blurb sounds great

HERE IS A SMALL FACT - YOU ARE GOING TO DIE. 

1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier. Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall. 

SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION - THIS NOVEL IS NARRATED BY DEATH. 

It's a small story, about: a girl, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. 

ANOTHER THING YOU SHOULD KNOW - DEATH WILL VISIT THE BOOK THIEF THREE TIMES

Last but not the least...

Here is the Teaser Trailer of Vampire Academy

Now I think I had read the first book in the series a while back and I don't remember any of this happening. Maybe they're combining what happens in multiple books or maybe I've just forgotten..

About the Book 

St. Vladimir’s Academy isn’t just any boarding school—it’s a hidden place where vampires are educated in the ways of magic and half-human teens train to protect them. Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, a bodyguard for her best friend Lissa, a Moroi Vampire Princess. They’ve been on the run, but now they’re being dragged back to St. Vladimir’s—the very place where they’re most in danger...

Rose and Lissa become enmeshed in forbidden romance, the Academy’s ruthless social scene, and unspeakable nighttime rituals. But they must be careful lest the Strigoi—the world’s fiercest and most dangerous vampires—make Lissa one of them forever.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE 

TRAILERS??

(exclamations and screams are accepted responses)

Catching Fire *NEW* movie trailer (SO much awesome!)

SO there's a NEW catching fire movie trailer and it is so much better than the first one! (my opinion)

I'm so excited for this movie now!!!!! 

Also, apparently they showed a divergent trailer at comic con ... 

(source)

HOPE they release it soon !

For the time being I'm going to be fangirling over the new Catching Fire movie trailer!

THOUGHTS?

*NEW* Mortal Instruments:City Of Bones TRAILER!

GUYS!

I admit the first trailer was OHKAY.. 

BUT THIS TRAILER....

IS

SO MUCH BETTER!

Presenting TRAILER #2 of TMI: City of Bones

This is just like it was with Inception.

Trailer #1 -HORRIBLE

Trailer #2 - RELEASE ALREADY!

Also LOVE the new poster! 

YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE TRAILER FROM HERE: http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/themortalinstrumentscityofbones/

Source of IMAGE: TMI Source

THOUGHTS PEEPS? COMMENT and tell me!

Movie Freakout/Review :Breaking Dawn Part 2

I know I promised this AGES ago but I didn't get the time to write it....

I hope everyone has seen it by now though 

I haven't been a fan of the Twilight movies . I was actually so fed up with it that I didn't even bother to watch Eclipse and Breaking Dawn Part 1 . I wasn't planning to watch Part 2 either but DID YOU SEE THE TRAILER??? I MEAN DID YOU?? 

I mean he basically used Kristen as a baseball bat! 

How could I resist watching the movie? I went to see THAT SCENE.. Hoping and praying that a battle would actually take place ...It doesn't in the book you know... 

FROM THIS POINT ON I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR SPOILERS 

Dear Stephenie Meyer 

you FINALLY did something right with the movies!

Breaking Dawn part 2 was enjoyable and I didn't cringe in the movie EVEN ONCE! I did laugh but it wasn't a mocking how-lame-is-this-movie laugh.

ALL YOU TWILIGHT LOVERS out there need to see this movie! Even people who don't like this movie might enjoy it. 

The group of guys in the same hall as mine who had come to make fun of the movie, didn't make fun of LOADS of parts. They actually kept quiet for the majority of the film  *gasp* My friends and I didn't need to tell them to shut up even once. (We didn't know these people and I'm pretty sure everyone comes across groups like these in chick flicks and all that...  )

THE FIGHT DOES TAKE PLACE!

WELL TECHNICALLY IT DOES... You'll get what I mean when you watch the movie...

I AM JUST SO HAPPY WITH THIS MOVIE!!!!

Kristen wasn't THAT annoying actually she was pretty bearable.

Robert Pattison was fine and a little less lame than usual 

AND 

Taylor Lautner was shirtless *cough* for one scene only though so don't get your hopes up :P

Alice a.k.a Ashley Greene HAD some LINES !!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!! 

AND THE NEW PEOPLE!! 

I LOVED THEM! Especially their powers... It was like watching Justice League showing off their powers! 

FIGHT SCENE LOVE!!!! 

SO FAR THE BEST TWILIGHT MOVIE !

WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE BREAKING DAWN PART 2?

ARE YOU GOING TO WATCH IT IF YOU HAVEN'T?

Don't forget to check out my thoughts on The Twilight Saga 

Warm Bodies Movie Trailer

So I recently saw this trailer and I really liked it. The commentary is so FUNNY! Plus,it's based on a book!



FUNNY RIGHT??
I thought that it was a zombie movie and it would be scary but it doesn't look like it's going to be...

I think I saw the girl in I Am Number Four...

I want to read the book now!!!!

BLURB:
A zombie who yearns for a better life ends up falling in love—with a human—in this astonishingly original debut novel.

R is a zombie. He has no memories, no identity, and no pulse, but he has dreams. He doesn’t enjoy killing people; he enjoys riding escalators and listening to Frank Sinatra. He is a little different from his fellow Dead.

Not just another zombie novel, Warm Bodies is funny, scary, and deeply moving.

My Thoughts On The Twilight Saga

I've been planning to write this post for a REALLY long time.I'm finally writing it because I just saw Breaking Dawn Part 2 and wanted to discuss it on the blog and I don't think I can discuss it before establishing my views on this series.So here it goes....

I LIKE THE  TWILIGHT SERIES!

There! I SAID IT!

There was actually a time I was obsessed with it. Before the hype and when nobody knew about it..

The time when you said Twilight and people thought 

that you were talking about the time of day that was when I was in love with the series.

I was obsessed and I recommended the series to loads of people and all my friends fell in love with it. I never thought it would become such a bestseller that now whenever you Google Twilight you never get the above pic you always get 

I don't think Twilight is a masterpiece but when I had read it I had enjoyed it.I'm not sure whether I would enjoy it that much today but when I had read it I really liked it and went and got hold of the entire series.

My Thoughts on Twilight (WHEN I HAD read it for the first time.Before the hype and the movie)

I couldn't put this book down! I wish they hadn't given away the fact that the guy is a vampire in the blurb itself. I would have enjoyed this book even more if I had to guess what he was. I'm Team Edward FTW! Not that there's anyone else that Bella can end up with but still. He's so hot and nice and sweet. I love the fact that Bella is an ordinary girl and I could relate to her. The fact that she faints at the sight of blood was so ironic. I think there is going to be a sequel. I wonder what it would be about?

MY THOUGHTS ON NEW MOON( First time I read it)

This book was really depressing but I think it was important for the overall story. Bella keeps saying that she can't live without Edward and Edward is her only true love but how can we be sure about that? If this book hadn't been written we would never have gotten the answer to this question. So I liked this book.

MY THOUGHTS on Eclipse( First Time)

I don't get the point of this book. It's been very clear since the first book itself who Bella is going to choose... I really don't get the point of this book at all? Bella is just being cruel and making both the guys suffer...My least favorite book in the series.

My thoughts on Breaking Dawn.

WAIT ... WHAT?? WHERE DID THIS PLOT POINT COME FROM?? HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?? HUH ... Wait there's going to be a fight?? YAYYYYYY!! Some action.There are loads of chapters from Jake's point of view that are really funny.SPOILER There is no fight. I was really looking forward to it but at least nobody died and there's a happy ever after.

At that time I hadn't noticed the fact that Bella was REALLY LAME! and annoying. I actually started disliking Bella after the movie came out.

Kristen Stewart's portrayal of Bella opened my eyes. Bella was annoying,irritating and needy. I sometimes wonder if I would have thought the same if the character would have been portrayed by some other actor.

I think my entire perception of the series changed after this movie came out.

I HATED THIS MOVIE! I'm sorry Robert Pattison fans but I just don't think that he was a good choice for Edward. And DO NOT GET ME STARTED on the movie.*shudders* I hate to say it but the movie ruined the Twilight magic for me.

So Today I'm not obsessed with Twilight.

TODAY, I find Bella lame.

TODAY, I would recommend The Hunger Games  instead of Twilight all the time.

TODAY, I don't hate Twilight but I can see all of it's many faults.

What I don't understand is people's extreme reactions to Twilight and the judgement they are quick to pass about it.

Just because someone enjoys Twilight it doesn't mean they're stupid or that they should get a life and other rude things I don't want to write about.It's a book ,either you like it or you don't . Being a Twilight lover or hater shouldn't define a person.I really don't understand why people have to get all rude and mean and judgmental about a person if they like Twilight or if they don't like Twilight.IT'S A BOOK PEOPLE! Everybody has their own opinions on every book. Live and Let live. Respect other people's opinion and just state your own opinions in a nice civilized manner.

Midnight Sun and unfinished novel which is basically Twilight from Edward's point of view is I think the best book in the series so far.Even today I like reading it because it gives insight into why Edward likes the plain and annoying Bella.If Stephenie Meyer ever completes that book I will definitely buy it.

So there you have it. MY THOUGHTS on the Twilight Saga.

I'll be posting my thoughts on Breaking Dawn Part 2 (the movie) in another post because I want to fangirl over the changes that they made in it.

The Host MOVIE TRAILER!

The Host is a book by Stephenie Meyer.You can see my review for the book here. It's being adapted for the big screen and the trailer is out!

I am not happy with the guy they've chosen to play Ian!

This guy is not IAN! I am Team Ian  but I do not support their choice!

The girl they've chosen looks more like Wanderer and less like Melanie (If you've read the book you'll know what I mean ,I HOPE) Melanie is supposed to look tough and be as hard as nails .The actress looks very fragile.

I'm happy with their choice for Jared.

Just hope that he can act.

I really enjoyed the book and I hope the movie lives upto the book.

About the book

Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy. Humans become hosts for these invaders, their minds taken over while their bodies remain intact and continue their lives apparently unchanged. Most of humanity has succumbed.

When Melanie, one of the few remaining "wild" humans, is captured, she is certain it is her end. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, was warned about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the glut of senses, the too-vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.

Wanderer probes Melanie's thoughts, hoping to discover the whereabouts of the remaining human resistance. Instead, Melanie fills Wanderer's mind with visions of the man Melanie loves - Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer begins to yearn for a man she has been tasked with exposing. When outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off on a dangerous and uncertain search for the man they both love.

So loads of  books are being adapted for movies! That makes me one happy camper :)

Feel free to comment peeps 

City of Bones Movie Freakout POST!

So City of Bones the novel by Cassandra Clare is being adapted for the big screen and the trailer just came out recently!
Check it out!



So I'm not a huge fan of the guy they've chosen to play Jace,,, but if he acts well. ALL WILL BE FORGIVEN!

I'm more in love with the poster of this movie

SO PRETTY!!!

Part of the animated poster

SEE FULL ANIMATED CITY OF BONES POSTER HERE

Never heard of the books?

City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1)

by Cassandra Clare

blurb

When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder -- much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing -- not even a smear of blood -- to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?

This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know. . . . 

Exotic and gritty, exhilarating and utterly gripping, Cassandra Clare's ferociously entertaining fantasy takes readers on a wild ride that they will never want to end.

 enter to win a copy in my 1000 followers giveaway!

In other news.... I've heard there's actually an epic fight scene in Breaking Dawn part 2. IS THIS TRUE? Well I'll just have to wait to find out.

If there is I WILL DEFINITELY BE WATCHING IT! 

FYI: Trailer of The Host (book by Stephenie Meyer) , Warm Bodies, Beautiful Creatures is out.I might make a post regarding that later