Obsessions, Passions and Interests

Here is a video outlining my obsessions, passioons and interests. I apologise in advance for terrible hair, face, editing and anything else you find wrong with it.

8th Favourite Film - Transformers: Age of Extinction

I only went to see Transformers a couple of weeks ago in the cinema and I can safely say it was the best purchase in a cinema I've ever made. I was quite sceptical about the daughter character of Mark Wahlberg at the beginning of the film but then I thought "You don't go to see a Transformers film for the humans, you go for the big mechanical hunk of awesomeness!" and that's exactly what they were in this film. In the first and second ones they were saying things so cliché and cringy but this film shows their more humorous side, with lots of sarcastic lines and catchphrases. Also, GIANT FREAKING DINOSAUR TRANSFORMERS!!!! They are as awesome as everyone goes on about. It makes sense that they are dinosaurs as they came to earth when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. I'm really glad they got rid of Shia LaBeouf for this movie as he was starting to get old, but all in all Its a great movie.

7th Favourite Film - The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug

Even though this film and the next film are recent films, they still deserve to be on my list, even if that's not for very long.

The Hobbit has not been as apparent to me as L.o.t.R has to me until I heard they were making a movie out of it and that it was being split into three parts. I watched the first one expecting greatness, the same thrill and excitement as the other Middle Earth Trilogy but I was very disappointed. The second film however was amazing! The Dwarves, Gandalf and of course Bilbo seek out to reclaim Erebor from the great and quite poetic dragon, Smaug. The whole action scene where the dwarves try to destroy Smaug was fantastic and it gave you that feeling of rooting for the dwarves. Smaug has a poem that he says at the end of the film describing himself, which sets the next movie (The Battle of the Five Armies) up very perfectly.

6th Favourite Film - Forrest Gump

I know what you're thinking "This is odd.... I thought he only likes films that were part of a series, a trilogy or a saga..." Well its a great movie so shut up!

Yes, Forrest Gump is on my top ten list of movies. There are three main reasons for this choice:

• Simplicity: The story is very simple to understand for the most part. A man on a bench waiting for a bus, telling his life story to anyone willing to listen.
• Surprising Events: For who is a very simple minded man, Forrest, gets into very important events. From the Vietnam War to the U.S Ping Pong Team, to becoming a shrimp boat captain, even finding out he is a father.
• Tom Hanks: Enough said.

4th Favourite Film - Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

First off, I'm having to go back to the film and re-watch it for this post.

The Fifth Episode is, for me, the best Star Wars movie of all time. It has the three main character types: The young farmer boy turned hero who is coming of age, Luke Skywalker, the swashbuckling, devilishly handsome "scoundrel", Han Solo, and the strong, intelligent and beautiful Princess, Leia Organa.

 

Since the overwhelming and unexpected success of the first movie "A New Hope" as it was later called, lots of people were sceptical that a sequel was a good idea, they were worried it would be a flop. But Executive Director, George Lucas and Director, Irvin Kershner ignored them and out of Lucas' own funds they pressed on to create "The Empire Strikes Back".

 

This film unravels and exposes the love between Han and Leia while Luke is dealing with relationship issues himself, but in the form of him finding out and having to come to terms with his fathers true identity. (Side note: No one knew that Darth Vader was Luke's father until 5 minutes before they started filming the scene. Mark Hamill was taken to the side of the set and told privately.)

 

As the title suggests, after the rebel forces destroy the Death Star in the first movie, the Empire seek revenge by finding the new rebel base situated in the icy cold planet, Hoth at the beginning of the film. R2-D2 and C-3PO are the perfect comedy duo for the movie. Even though he does not talk in English his beeps and boops are toned in a way that give them emotions and you can sometimes understand what he says when C-3PO or Luke converse with him.

 

It racked in $538,375,067 at the Box Office worldwide and is priceless in mine and millions of other peoples hearts.

 

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5th Favourite Film - Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith

Star Wars has always been a big part of my life, especially growing up, so I had to add one of them onto my list of favourites. I chose the third episode because I love CGI filled films. There's so much action and distress and LIGHTSABERS! The Lightsaber to me as a child and even to this day was so cool, it could cut through anything pretty much and lets face it, the sound they made was just, well I'll let Mr Tom Hanks, say it... Anyway, watching Anakin Skywalker grow up throughout the three films was interesting. Going from young boy, to teenager, to adult was a nice touch (even though we all knew his terrible fate). This film really puts the icing on the cake for me, lots of Lightsaber action, lots of CGI, and lots of intense dramatic jeopardy.

3rd Favourite Film - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Finally, my third favourite film in the Trilogy and of all time is The Return of the King. A lot of my points throughout the other two films are the same for this film so I'm not going to dwell on them too much. But I am going to talk about why this is my least favourite film of the Trilogy.

Whereas the other two films had more adventure and discoveries in them, the Third film was mainly just hack and slash, which don't get me wrong, I love, but it just doesn't feel like how it should be. But all that aside, the fight scenes are amazing,the CGI capabilities they had were phenomenal and most of all it was they were, at times, the most emotional. This film had balance, with major fight scenes contrasting with emotional scenes of Aragorn and Arwen and Denethor II and Faramir which also included Pippin. Overall, it is a well balanced film but unfortunately doesn't contain enough adventure for me.

P.S. Please don't hate me...

 

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2nd Favourite Film - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Out of the trilogy, The Fellowship Of The Ring is my middle film. Being the first film it introduces all the characters that a lot of people from all age groups came to love. Having a mainly serious story and meaning behind it, the film needs a comic relief which can be found in the stupid and clumsy duo of Merry and Pippin. This makes the film into more of the adventure genre by adding contrast. The adventure genre is full of exploration and discoveries but also fights and deaths; this film is one of the flagships for the genre and also the fantasy genre. But all that being said, there isn't as much action as the other two films and some parts can be a bit boring. Overall, one of the best films ever made from start to finish.

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