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There are certain Movie franchises and series that I like to pay attention to, one in particular is the National Lampoon's Series of Movies. There have been many and one or two will appear on this list. The first appearance is this movie: 'National Lampoon's Van Wilder' which is a movie I first saw about a year before I went to College. Now my time at College was nothing like what Van experienced but my time at University came surprisingly close. I saw and did things that I never would have imagine I would do and in many ways this movie reminds me of my time there. I'll probably elaborate on this further in future blog posts but for now, back to the Movie.
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This Movie reminds me of the first house I ever lived in. Partially because that's where I lived when I first saw it and partially because I remember the layout the rooms and how it was decorated and the room which most of the Movie centres around had both the same layout as in this Movie and also had a wooden cupboard of a similar style. The Movie is called "The Indian in the Cupboard" and was yet another magical themed Movie from my childhood. This one about a magical cupboard in which a child could lock toys and once opened again the toys would come to life.
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I'm a fan of the Harry Potter Movie series, for a number of reasons but the biggest reason is that it plays to my childhood fantasies and for most people around my age they grew up with Harry Potter that alone creates a link that lead the publishers when publishing the final book to launch a support line along-side the release of the book in anticipation of the many a distraught child who needed one of the most pivotal plot points explained to them - I'm talking of course of the scenes in which Voldermort kills Harry and Harry dies before meeting the deceased Dumbledore and returning. I remember when the support line was announced before the release of the book people wondered what it was for many assumed it was because the series ended but many more read the spoilers for the books and the infamous words "Harry Dies" lead so many people to buy the last book to actually see if it was true.
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You are never too old for a Disney Movie; and it's a Disney Movie that I chose here, there are quite a few out there and the first one that comes to most people's minds is Bambi but the first one that comes to my mind is actually the Lion King - specifically the scene where Simba's Father dies in the stampede. This Movie always made me cry at that part when I was younger and I actually used to fast forward through the scene.
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There are quite a few Happy Movies in my collection but there's one that comes to mind when I thought of this and it's called Slumdog Millionaire. Despite the setting of the movie being in the slums of India its message isn't lost and the hope it portrays does provide an overall uplifting viewing experience. I loved the score to this Movie too and I got the OST in my Media Library too. There's one other thing this Movie represents to me and that is originality. If you look at Hollywood and look at Bollywood and compare the two, the latter is more original and in my view more entertaining than the former. Hollywood did produce some great Movies - truly great, but as of late every movie seems to be remake this remade that, sequel to this prequel to that. I think Bollywood is definitely leading the way in the Film Industry.
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I said in my notes before that this Movie should be one that is your least favourite but still a Movie that you like and I have taken that into consideration when choosing which Movie I would pick. I chose to pick 'Wild Wild West', in my opinions one of the worst Movies Will Smith ever chose to act in. Will Smith on the other hand is one of my favourite actors and his very presence in this movie is about the only thing that motivates me to watch it.
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I'm going to list two movies here. Two, because for the first, my favourite movie, it could be argued that it's not actually a movie. This is due to the fact that it's 9 hours long and had to be split up into 5 sections which were then packaged as a TV Mini-series. This Movie is called The 10th Kingdom and was made by Warner Home Video and Hallmark.
Here's the trailer:
I chose this Movie because it is one I watched when I was much younger and we all love fairytales this Movie did more than rekindle that love but expanded upon those stories in a way that didn't ruin their original beauty.
The alternative option is for those sticklers who insist I choose a 'real' Movie that can't be argued. So for them my other choice is 十面埋伏 (Miàn Mái Fú) aka "House of Flying Daggers"
Here's the trailer:
I chose this Movie as it was one of the first Movies I ever bought myself with my own money, the others being movies I watched on TV, Online or that friends or family had bought. It was also one of the first non-English language audio Movies that I had ever watched and it was surprisingly not that hard to follow with subtitles. I have watched this movie dozens of times and every time I fall in love with it. It is for me first and foremost a love story, the martial arts aspects come second. Having said that the Movie is visually stunning and there are various choreographed fight scenes that for a long time both inspired me to want to learn and taunted me in their mastery.
