Fish Tank

Hej, lovelies :)

I may watch too many movies than what's healthy for a teenage mind, but I see an upside: More movie reviews for you! :D

Besides, I want to make movies someday as well. :D

Fish Tank is an English coming of age film, and I enjoyed it a lot more than most movies about teenage girls growing up. This is not a cheerleading wannabe's dramatized diary, hooray!

Mia is 15 years old and life goes by depressingly in the little apartment with her mother who's more concerned about men and drinking than anything else, and her little sister who's smoking and acting cheap and dumb already. (She's somewhere around 11, I think.)

Mia has found a deserted flat, and she uses it for dancing by herself. She's quit school, and seemingly she has no real friends. Her amateur dancing is one out of few things to hold onto- an ambition.

For the first time, her mother finds herself a boyfriend actually interested in Mia and what she does; Connor seems great, and he is kind, but of course, he holds secrets. Let me tell you that there is serious tention between Mia and Connor- they are awkward.

Mia finds a boyfriend amongst some guys she tried to rescue a horse from, and she's about to enter a dance contest. Life's getting better, but some things aren't for her. Here begins the darker drama.

Enjoy it.

This film has gotten several awards, and from some opinions on it, I think it might be a little overrated, I'm not sure.

It has discreetly been with me and on my mind for a week, so I'd say it was definitely worth watching! :)

More movies lator ;D

(Did any of you notice at what time I posted the previous blogpost? hihihihihi)

New season, New school

Good day, there, lovelies <3

Today wasn't just another fall, (which is? Haha) this year I've started a semester at a new school!

Call me inexperienced or whatever, but I've gone to the same school for ten years! I still haven't really had anyone explain me the educational systems around the globe, but I'll compare mine to the IB (International Bachelorette) roll.

In Norway, there are ten years of obligatory education, kind of a basis. The first seven years are fun, golly good childish times. The next three are just a bit more serious, as a preparation for the next big step; vgs.

When we graduate from the tenth grade, we're 15/16, and I'm guessing the age is quite similar most places.

Theeeeen, we can choose what kind of education we want further- what schools and programs to enroll at vgs. You know, big life decisions.

In the IB, there's another year called pre-IB (11th grade), which would be the first year of our vgs. We can choose to go pre-IB, actually, because there's IB in Norway... Yeah.

And theeen, once you're done with either 3/4yrs of vgs or 2(+1)yrs of IB- either at home or abroad, there's UNIVERSITY!

AND LIFE!
AND EVERYTHING!

..... 42

(I ADORE the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, I even have the original radio play.)

My first day of vgs was today, and it went all right. Medium. I bet it'll be a good year, I worked hard to get into my school x)

I'm all nervous because I'm spending the night with my new class at a camp site already in two days :O

Good luck with life and its decisions, and all that, everyone! :D

Lators!

Patrik 1,5

It's time for a movie review, you scrumptious lovelies..

I'll keep it short..

Patrik 1,5 is a Swedish movie, and just that got my hopes up. I'd seen a couple of posters and such promoting it, and for some reason I jumped to the conclusion that it was a Norwegian produced movie. I'm glad I was wrong, because Norwegian movies normally aren't much to brag about. There are exceptions, of course, perhaps like a pretty recent movie called Max Manus, but now I'm getting off topic.

In Sweden, it came out September, 2008, and about half a year later here in Norway. Somewhere along there it reached the USA as well, and it's available in most places.

So, the story takes place in a suburban, kind of rich neighborhood in Sweden. The gay couple, Göran and Sven, have just moved to a nice part of town together, and they're trying to adopt a child- start a family. Their application is accepted, and after some time, they get a letter telling them they're about to adopt Patrik, a 1 and a half year old baby boy.

Now here's the thing; Patrik isn't 1,5 years old, he' fifteen. He's a lost criminal teenager who's been back and fourth between foster families and orphanages.

Drama!

The characters are well played, well written, and created with care; it's easy to see.

I felt the tention between the very insecure, drinking and smoking Sven with anger issues, and the lovable and kind Göran.

Their relationship's ground is tested with a troubled Patrik in the house, and I won't tell you much more.

Patrik is, not too surprisingly, a gentle soul underneath his anxiety and harsh shell. The only thing I felt was missing in him, is a bit more of the badboy side. I think he turned soft a little too quickly, knowing his rough past. Maybe that's how the movie flowed, I'm not sure.

I definitely recommend this.

The plot is both sweet and real, and the visual image is satisfying, I absolutely enjoyed it. I thought it would be too cliché and painted, but no, not so much. A little bit, maybe :p

Lators! :D

Great New Band!

Look out, lovelies!

MEGATIVE IS HERE!

Megative is a really cool band, and I happen to know the drummer, haha!

CHECK THEM OUT, it is definitely worth it! :)

They just performed at a pretty big festival in Oslo called Øya, and I bet they rocked! I didn't get to see them, I feel like a traitor :(

Again, LISTEN TO THEM! :D

latorrs!

OH HEY THERE

Didn't see you behind all that life, lovelies... c:

I haven't posted for more than a week, and I really want to keep this blog up..
I'll fill you in with excuses, so read on if you're interested.
I've been to AiCon, a small anime+ convention themed yaoi & yuri.
(Gay and lesbian manga&anime. Actually, the terms are supposedly referring only to the porn genres, but they're overkilled and is sadly used even to define someone's sexuality. I don't like language being 'abused', and especially not to the point where the meaning of words and phrases are undefined, but hell, that is, I suppose, how language developes.)

It was a lot of fun; must've been the best con I've experienced, not that I've been to that many, hehe. I've met some really entertaining people, and gotten closer to some I already know, and that's great 8D hooray!
I dressed up in everything I could find that had the Union Jack on, which is quite a lot, haha!
... And my precious bowler hat :)

London souvenir shops, yay!

The crew form AiCon made a Twilight parody video! It is HILARIOUS- if you understand Norwegian. You might as well watch it even if you don't :p

I have also been to camp for five days! :D

I'm a minileader for the 14/15 year-olds who're getting confirmed this fall.
Now, as to religion, I'm NOWHERE CLOSE to being certain.. about anything. I'd love to write about it all, but not now. I'll just have an excuse for something to blog about later c:
Being there was a lot of fun, as these kids were being a lot nicer than the last year (my year, haha). The crew's full of great people, and I met some really interesting personalities :)
Aaaaand there was a drumset there because of the band! :D I hadn't realised how much I missed playing drums until I got on it then. I played for a few months, around three months ago, and I LOVED it. I hope there's room for me next semester's course :D

I'm a beginner, but I LOVE playing already :)

Did I mention I saw 6 movies in four days?

MovieReviewBlogs will be up soon ;D

LATORS! <3