Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Tangled

















Characters
Rapunzel -- was stolen by an evil woman as a baby so she could have Rapunzel's magic hair. After many years of being locked in a tower. Rapunzel wants to leave and see the floating lanterns on her 18th birthday.
Mother Gothel -- she is the woman that steals Rapunzel so she can use her magic hair to be young forever.
Flynn Rider -- is a thief that is trying not to get captured when he stumbles upon Rapunzel's tower. When he climbs it thinking its abandoned and a good place to hide. When Rapunzel  hits him in the head with a frying pan. When he awakes Flynn is tied up with Rapunzel's hair.  Flynn is eventually forced to agree to consent to Rapunzel's request to take her to see the yearly Festival of Lights in the Kingdom, in exchange for the return of his satchel and the crown inside.
Plot
In Tangled the movie begins with Flynn telling a story about the magic flower and how it was created. This flower could heal the sick and injured. Then he goes on to explain that in the land a kingdom grew and in the kingdom there was a King and Queen. The Queen was going to have a baby, but she had become sick. People in the town started looking for the magic golden flower to heal their queen. Mother Gothel had found the flower and instead of sharing the flower gift with everyone she kept it for herself to make her young. A drink made with the golden flower healed the Queen. A beautiful baby was born (Rapunzel) with perfect and long blonde hair. To celebrate her birth they launched a flying lantern. Gothel broke into the castle and tried to cut off Rapunzel's hair, but once cut the magic hair doesn't work anymore. Gothel stole the child and was gone. The kingdom couldn't find her. Deep in the wood Gothel had a hidden tower. She raised Rapunzel on her own, she found her magic and this time she planned to keep it. Gothel wouldn't let her go outside to "keep her safe".  Each year after that the king and queen would launch hundreds of lanterns into the sky hoping one day their princess would return.
16 Years Later
Rapunzel is in her her tower with her pet chameleon Pastel. After she talks to him she starts doing her chores and explaining what she does everyday in a song and how that because she is older maybe her mom will let her go see the lanterns. When she asks her mom she disagrees with Rapunzel and says to never ask to leave the castle again. Mother Gothel asks Rapunzel if there is anything she can have for her birthday what would it be. Then they do a flash to Flynn Rider with the men he's stealing when he scams the men out of the jewels they stole and escapes and ends up finding Rapunzel's tower. Rapunzel knocks him out with a frying pan. When Flynn awakens he is tied up with Rapunzel's hair. He tries to reason with Rapunzel when she doesn't buy into it Flynn is forced to make a deal with her. If he takes her to see the floating lanterns then she will give him his jewels back. Flynn agrees. After that they start heading their way to the kingdom. Rapunzel keeps second guessing herself and going from happy to sad when they end up at the Snuggling Duckling, where the men there want to kill Flynn because he has cheated most of them out of something. Back at the castle Mother Gothel didn't go on her trip because she felt something was wrong. When Mother Gothel  got to the tower and yelled for Rapunzel to let down her hair there was no answer. She rushed for the door that was buried underground climbed up the latter to find that she wasn't there. Mother Gothel knew she had to get her back.While at the Snuggling Duckling everyone starts singing about their dream and then in the end they help Flynn and Rapunzel escape. When they get to the lake they have a romantic moment and Rapunzel gives Flynn the crown. Flynn tells Rapunzel that he has to take care of something. He goes to talk to the men that were on shore, Flynn says he shouldn't of left and gave the men the crown and said he didn't want it. They said they wanted the girl. The men walked up to Rapunzel and said that Flynn left with the crown. Rapinel sees him in a boat sailing away. The men try to capture her when her mom shows up. Then takes Rapunzel back to the tower. Flynn is knocked and is tied to the boat with the crown. The guards capture him and put him in a cell. That evening there going to hang Flynn. Spoiler Alert Back at the tower him is Mother Gothel tell Rapunzel to wash up for dinner. Thats when Rapunzel remember the symbol that was on her mobile when she was a baby. Rapunzel sees it over and over and over again in her room. When she comes to the realization that she was the princess. Back at the prison Flynn attacks the guards and ask a prisoner how he knew about her. The man said it wasn't me it was the old lady. The guards grab Flynn; Flynn knows that Rapunzel is in trouble. Rapunzel starts to accuse her mother gets mad says "I’ve spent my entire life hiding from people who would use me for my power…… but I should have been hiding… from you!". Then back at the castle the men from the bar help Flynn escape. They had a little help from the horse Maximus the one that was trying to capture Flynn at the beginning of the movie. Maximus gets Flynn to the tower, Flynn yells for Rapunzel to let down her hair. When nothing happens he tries to climb the tower. Then a load of hair comes falling from the tower and Flynn climbs it to find Rapunzel tied up mumbling something at him. Then from behind he gets attack by Mother Gothic she stabs him in the tummy. Mother Gothel grabs the chain Rapunzel is counted to and tries to pull her out of the tower down the latter. Rapunzel gets her mouth free and says that she will never stoping fighting as long as she lives, she will never stop trying to get away from her. Rapunzel says that if she lets him save Flynn then she will go with her. Flynn struggles out to say that she can't let her do this and Rapunzel says that she can't let him die. When Rapunzel is about to heal Flynn. He says wait and with a piece of glass cuts all of her hair off. Mother Gothel freaks out and yells at Flynn. She grew older and older and older than falls out of the castle window. All thats left of her is the cape she was wearing. As Flynn dies in her arms she says that she was his dream and she says that he was hers. Rapunzel sings the tune, and one drop of her tear lands on Flynn's cheek and it heals him. When he wakes him they kiss and they return to the castle. The king and Queen can't believe that there baby girl is back with them again. They all hug. Then Flynn tells what happens after Rapunzel came home the whole kingdom had a party for the return of their lost princess it lasted a week. Everyones dream came true, yes even the men in the Snuggling Duckling. Flynn and Rapunzel got married and lived happily ever after.

My Opinion of the Movie
To tell you all the truth I didn't think I would like this movie. So when I was younger I watched the movie all the way until I thought Flynn left and didn't watch it for almost 8 years. I really liked the ending of this movie. I thought the character that the creators made were amazing and to share a secret with you Rupanzel is very pretty. This isn't a movie I would watch 100 times, but the plot was amazing not your old run of the mill fairy tales they put a little twist on it. The last reason why I loved this movie is the bad guy died in the end. Most Disney movies the bad guy gets thrown in jail or put in a dungeon from 100 years or put in a magic lamp. I liked that the bad guy died at the end I just really think that it tied the whole movie together. Of course also the wedding at the end and Rapunzel and Flynn living happily ever after.
My Favorite Song from Movie




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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

The SandLot

















Characters
Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez -- is the leader of the group the captain. He becomes Scotty smalls best friend and teaches him how to play baseball. Also, gets him out of the biggest pickle he will ever get himself into.
Scotty Smalls -- doesn't know how to play baseball. When he knocks his step dads signed baseball by Babe ruth into the yard over, he's in a heap of trouble unless he can get it back. The only problem is the yard is protected by a big gorilla creature or so the boys think.
Then there is the other guys on the team: Michael "Squints" Palledorous, Kenny DeNunez, Hamilton "Ham" Porter, Tommy Timmons, Timmy Timmons, Alan "Yeah-Yeah" McClennan,
Bertram Grover Weeks. The helped with getting the ball back.
Plot
The SandLot begins with Scotty as a grown up walking in to a press box talking about the the 1943 world series. It is quoted in the movie,  The story goes that in the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs,a full count and the tying run on base, Babe Ruth raised his arm and pointed to the center field bleachers. No one believed it, because nobody had ever done it before. But The Babe was calling his shot. On the next pitch, the Great Bambino hit a towering home run. And even although he'd been a hero before that, that's pretty much how he became a legend." That's when Scotty talks about Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez  who gave him the best summer ever and got him out of the biggest pickle hes ever been it. Its the first day of summer and Scotty had no time to make friends. One day he saw that some boys went to the sandlot and decided to follow them there. Scotty stands out in the outfield and tries to catch a ball misses and everyone laughs at him he runs off home. The next day Scotty is sitting on the front porch looking at his broken glove when Benjamin Rodriguez walks up and asks if he wants to play ball with them. Scotty says no my mitt broke. Benjamin Rodriguez pulls a mix out of his back pocket and gives it to Scotty. They go down town off to the side of a building and Benjamin introduces everyone to Scotty this is when he gets the nickname smalls. They head to the sandlot, they hit the ball in to some bushes Scotty runs after it and goes in the bush to get the ball. This is where he sees the fence shake grabs the ball and runs back out where the boys are waiting for him to throw the ball back. Scotty tries to throw it and fails, then picks up the ball and runs it to home then runs back to the outfield.  Benjamin runs out and to talk to Scotty and says that he can catch it. Scotty disagrees and says hes going home. Benjamin stops him and talks to him the scene went something like this:
Benjamin: Hey, hey. You think too much.
Benjamin: I bet you get straight A's and shit, huh?


Scotty Smalls: No, I got a "B" once.

Scotty Smalls: Actually an A-minus. But it should've been a "B."

Benjamin: Man, this is baseball. You gotta stop thinking.
Benjamin: You just have fun.
Benjamin explains that throwing a baseball is like throwing paper. Scotty asks how to catch it? Benjamin says just hold your arm way out in the air he'll take care of it. He runs back to home and hits the ball in the air and just like that it lands in Scotty's glove. He throws in the pitcher and from that point on all the boys are cool with him. The next day Ham hits the ball over the fence and all the boys are mad at him because now they can't play anymore. Scotty doesn't think its a big deal and goes to jump the fence. The other boys run after him and pull him off the fence. Ask ask him what he was doing? Asks if was trying to get killed? Scotty explains that he was going to get the ball. The boys explained that he can't go over there, he asks why and they tell him to go look in the hole in the fence. Scotty looks in the hole and a big paw swipes the ball. He Scotty asks when it was. They decide to camp out in the tree  house that is on the sandlot to explain the story. They explain it as a gorilla beast that use to protect the junk yard. The police had to retire the dog because he was to good at his job. Mr. Mertle asked how long he had to keep the beast tied up they said for-ever for-ever. Scotty said that they were joking they didn't believe them, but they said stick your head out the window and look down. Scotty looked out the window and learned that over 100 balls went over the fence and he didn't see a solid one they were gone.


The next day when the boys were playing ball and the league team came to see the boys from the Sandlot and they start talking trash to each other and by the end of it they agreed to a game the next day.






The Sandlot kids won, really they beat the crap out of them. They all went out for victory at the fair when they all decide to chew tobacco and go on a ride. That was a big mistake because they all end up barfing their brains out. After that night they decide to just stick with Bazooka. The day they all got back to play baseball Benjamin hit the ball so hard he tore the cover off the ball. Everyone was outstayed except Benjamin because now they can't play anymore. That's when Scotty says he has a ball and swipes his step dads baseball singed by Babe Ruth. Scotty was up to bat he hit the ball over the fence. Scotty was freaking out no one understood why until he told them. Everyone was shocked that he was going to play with a ball that was singed by Babe Ruth. Scotty didn't know who he was and everyone was shocked. They started from square one, first they got a ball and wrote Babe Ruth on it. To fool his mom, his step dad was on a business trip in Chicago. Then they tried all sorts of different things to get the baseball back, but the dog kept destroying everything they tried. Spoiler Alter Then one night Benjamin had a dream where he met Babe Ruth. Babe gave him some advice. "Everybody gets one chance to do something great. Most people never take the chance, either 'cause they're too scared...or they don't recognize it when it spits on their shoes". The next day Benjamin told everyone he was going to get the ball. He jumped the fence and grabbed the ball and ran all over town and ended up back at the sandlot in the end the fence fell on the dog, but didn't kill him. Scotty and Benjamin helped pull the fence off of the dog. The dog didn't attack them, but licked them. They returned the dog and the man asked why they just didn't knock on the door he would of gotten it for him. Scotty said sorry and the man traded him a ball that was worth more than his ball. He said that he would clean up the mess if they came and talked baseball with him. They agreed. In the end they learned the dog name was Hercules and Scotty's dad only grounded him for a week when he learned he stole his baseball. Instead for the rest of his life. In the end Benjamin got the nickname Benny-the-jet and it stuck with him for the rest of his life. Flashes back to when Scotty is an adult and is announcing for a baseball game and on the field is no other then his friend Benjamin

Favorite quote of movie: "Your killing me smalls!"
My opinion of the movie
I love the sandlot even though I don't know a lot about baseball. That doesn't matter the story line is great a priceless baseball that got knocked into the clutches of a beast. In the end everything turns out to be fine. Out of everything my favorite thing in this movie is the quotes. This movie always makes me laugh and my cousins and I always act out scenes from it. It's just one of those movies that never get old no matter how old you get.

 Favorite song from movie



Resources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0VARef7k_U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVscCNZsYSY
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2857096192/tt0108037?ref_=tt_ov_i#
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUM23-nivFY
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Friday, September 5, 2014

Toy Story





















Characters

Woody - Woody is a cowboy owned by Andy along with his other toys. Woody was Andy's favorite toy, unlike the others. There was something that Andy didn't know about his toys when Andy wasn't around; he didn't know that they come to life. In Toy Story, Woody had other things to worry about then to have Andy find out that his toys can come alive. Andy and his family were moving out of the neighborhood and he had to make sure that he remembered to take all his toys. Something that Woody wasn't aware of,was what Andy's mom got him on his birthday. Andy got Buzz Lightyear, the new action figure. Buzz soon turns into Andy's new favorite toy and Woody gets kind of jealous.



Buzz Lightyear - He's an action figure that think being a space ranger is true and treats Andy's room and the other toys as if there were alien forms. Woody keeps trying to tell Buzz that he's a toy, but Buzz won't listen until the end of the movie.



Sid - He's the kid next door that destroys and "kills" toys. Woody and Buzz find themselves in his clutches. 



The plot


In the movie Toy Story ,it is Andy's birthday and the toys are spying on Andy's party with binoculars to see what he got that year, when they saw Buzz Lightyear. When the toys first met Buzz they thought he had cool flashing lights, buttons, and wings that allowed him to fly. Everyone loved him except for Woody. Woody was trying to convince him that he was just a toy and eventually Buzz believed him. Then Sid, the evil next door neighbor, came back from summer camp early and the toys were surprised to see him. One night when Andy's family went to Pizza Planet, the toys went along with him. That is when they meet the little green martians who loved the claw in the claw machine. Woody tried to stop Buzz from acting crazy and to stop him from thinking that the arcade machine is a real spaceship. That's when Sid shows up to play the game and wins both the toys Buzz and Woody and he takes to his house. Sid planned on blowing Buzz up, but the next day Woody gets away and Buzz's fate doesn't look so good. When Sid is about to launch Buzz up into space, Woody starts "talking" to Sid and then when Sid thinks Woody is busted, he starts to realize that Woody is actually talking to him and all the toys that Sid have broken walk up to him and he was terror-stricken out of his mind. Sid runs away screaming! Spoiler alert Woody and Buzz leave right when Andy's family is leaving in their car. All the other toys are in the back of the moving van. They open the back door and have to save Woody and Buzz. In order for them to save the toys they push the RC car out and Buzz and Woody hop on. When they're almost there the battery starts dying. So the battery dies, but Buzz still has the rocket when Woody is about to light a car drives by and puts it out. Woody uses Buzz's helmet to light the fuse with the sun. They blast forward by the time they start getting close to the moving truck, they start flying and let go of the RC car. As they get higher up Woody tells Buzz that when they explode Buzz opens his wings cutting the duck tape and they quickly fall towards the ground, but they didn't land in the back of the moving truck they go in through the sun-roof landing right next to Andy,



My Opinion of the Movie


 I love all the Toy Story movies and their messages that they give to everyone. Don't fear someone who isn't like you just because someone is different. I like the idea that the toys could talk. Talking toys shows such creativity. Usually kids talk to their toys not the other way around. This one is my favorite because it was the classic; the first of its sequel to be released. Buzz is my favorite character because I love everything about him, especially because he's a space commander. This movie introduces Buzz to the toy story gang making their existence not important. 



And of course my favorite song

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