Thursday, 1 August 2013

Monsters University

Hey lovelies! Right It's been over the first week of the summer and I still haven't blogged, silly me, sorry.

Firstly I logged onto BlogSpot today to find I now have over 10,000 blog views, so thanks so much guys.

And now, here's my review of the Monsters Inc.
sequel, Monsters University.

Mike Wazowski and James P.Sullivan weren't always an inseparable pair, there was a time when in fact they were enemies. Mike the eager, intelligent, little kid who was inspired after a school trip to the scare floor and Sully the stuck up, cocky guy who's father was a famous scarer. This prequel shows us their lives before the lovable duo were best friends. In their younger days they struggled to see eye-to-eye and this is the story of how they got to where they are today.

Okay, since I was a little girl Monsters Inc. was one of my favourite Pixar films, I actually remember a time period where my Dad called me 'Boo' and I refused to leave the house if my hair wasn't in pigtails like hers, when I heard there was going to be a new movie coming out with my childhood heroes Mike Wazowski and Sully, I freaked out. And I have to say this film met my high expectations and I loved it!

My favourite aspect of the film was being able to see Randall and how he became the bitter hateful monster he is today. It was crazy to see him all small and nerdy and cute, and how he changed and started hanging out with the cool kids, and then becoming mean and nasty. I have to praise Pixar on that, it was very interesting.

Another thing I liked was the competition they entered in order to get back into the scare programme after they failed. Their team was too hilarious, the conjoined twin monsters, the old guy, the fluffy purple hippy, and the squishy one. That was too cute. I loved seeing Mike and Sully bond and became the dynamic duo they are now. Brilliance.

And the ending of the film was great, when Mike broke into the lab and into the summer camp, followed by Sully, their team-work and heart-to-heart moment was enough to bring a tear to my eye. Then right at the end, after being kicked out of the university it shows Mike and Sully working in the monster-mail-room and how they work themselves up to the scare floor. All round a great kids film that I'd definitely recommend.

Another great film I've seen this month is 'Now You See Me' many critics have been downgrading It but I'd have to disagree, I thoroughly enjoyed it, I mean, I've seen better films, but I did really like this, so check it out guys :)

Sunday, 9 June 2013

Inappropriate Princess Dolls

Afternoon lovelies,

Right so a few months ago I saw something in a supermarket that absolutely infuriated me and it only recently occurred to me to blog about it. I saw this doll in the toy section, it was a doll of snow white, you all know her, the Disney princess? This one-
A picture from the original movie 'Princess Snow White'
And this is the doll I saw in the shop-
It absolutely revolted me, not only because I am a huge Disney fan, it upset me because of the abuse they had given the traditional beauty of snow white. Girls from the ages of 4+ are the target market for dolls, so these girls are shown that that is what a princess looks like. Its warping the minds of these young girls, making them feel that the only way they'll find their 'prince' is if they dress like this. 

Evidently they haven't mirrored the original snow white, her hair was never up in a high bun with a tight sleeveless corset and short yellow skirt. Her hair was short and curly and loose with a beautiful blue and yellow ankle length dress and black and red cape. 

I don't want to get all feminist on you and start bringing in tonnes of statistics but I just don't think it's right. At my age a lot of girls I know think they should wear their skirts half way up their bums and plaster loads of makeup on, if it's to make you feel better about you it's SLIGHTLY more understandable, but the reason they don't feel secure with their natural selves is because from a very young age their shown their favourite idols and heroines dressed in a ridiculously inappropriate way. I found another few examples of 'kinky' dolls-
Moxie princess Disney dolls

Slutty princess bath dolls
 How wrong is that? To give those to a toddler/young child who will then think it's the way to dress.

It's not that I have a problem with short skirts/dresses, I myself own quite a few, but that's the thing I'm 14. I think as a girl gets older they should definitely embrace their feminine bodies in any way they wish, when they are at an age to make their own logical decisions for themselves. What I object to is these kind of dolls, sorry but when did Sleeping Beauty and Belle wear sarong's? I actually cringe when I see little girls dressed in crop tops and mini skirts and wearing makeup and heels at the age of 8. Yes 8, I have seen girls that young trying to be a certain way.

I think if they're going to be given any kind of doll they should at least look like the beautiful girls Walt Disney created-
A few Disney Princess' in their original outfits.

Anyway, rant over. Tell me what you guys think :) Comment below!

(Anything I have said in this post was not meant to offend anyone in any way, it's just my personal opinion, it doesn't mean there's a right or wrong in this matter)

I love this video and hope you guys do too.

Saturday, 8 June 2013

Ask.fm

Hi there lovelies.

I just wanted to write a short post about one of my new favourite sites. Ask.fm. If you don't already know what this is, it's basically a site where you and your friends can ask each other or anyone else anonymous questions. It may sound simple and boring but (if used correctly) is super fun.

I've had it for about 4-5 months now and a lot of my friends and people from my school have it too so you can follow each other (which is also anonymous) and ask and answer questions. It's good for finding out the truth, things you didn't know about people, playing tricks on people, and just being completely random.

But there is a downside, as there is with every Internet craze. I know some people can get quite aggressive and abusive on it, and I've seen some pretty horrific things being said. The best thing to do if this happens is just ignore or report it. I personally haven't suffered from anything like this but some people need to just remember words can hurt. And giving your opinion is your right but there's a line that shouldn't be crossed.

So for those of you who don't have it I would recommend you all get yourself an account because it is quite fun :)

http://ask.fm/ShriyaTVD - ASK ME THINGS MY PRETTIES. <3 MWAH.


Monday, 3 June 2013

Chime For Change - Review

Hi there lovelies,


I was lucky enough to go to the amazing Chime For Change charity concert on Saturday 1st June and I have to say, it was easily one of the best days of my life. With amazing acts like Beyonce, Timbaland, Jenifer Lopez, Rita Ora and amazing surprise guests like Mary J Blige, Jessie J and Jay-Z, and motivating moving speech's from Madonna, Jada Pinkett Smith and many other celeb hosts. The best part was, it was all for an amazing cause A statistic that was repeated many times 'around the world women earn on average 20% less than men. Yet they perfrom 66% of the worlds work but only recieve 11% of the worlds income.' which is shocking. But this concert helped, the charity is all about bringing education, justice, and health to every woman, everywhere, and who better to represent it than female idol Bey?


Firstly after a long que, 3:30pm the doors opened and since me, my cousin and her friend were right at the front as soon as we'd had our tickets and bags checked we RAN to the front right by the bit at the gate a bit behind the golden circle, and we held our spot there for 7hours. (Which is terrible difficult when you really need a wee) At first we got a bit bored seeing as the show didn't start till 6pm and it was a hot day. 

But once the show started with an energetic performance from a talented Zumba group everyone's spirits lifted. Followed by an EXCELLENT performance by the beautiful Jessie J, who really got everyone moving and singing along. The whole thing was an incredible experience I will never forget. I mean seeing some of the biggest names in music like Rita Ora and Timbaland was awesome. The whole thing just rocked.


I think aside from the beautiful Beyonce's performance my favourite part of the evening was Madonna's amazing speech. She had such a passion and determination to get her message across. She shared the amazing story of a Pakistani woman who went against tradition and wanted to give girls today a good education. 

So overall the musical performances were phenomenal. I'm still over whelmed by the fact I saw Beyonce and Jay- Z perform  'Crazy In Love' together. And I saw one of my idols, Florence Welch perform too, it was a fun, happy, night that consisted of mothers, daughters, sisters, best friends and other gorgeous people singing dancing, partying.

But although most people attended desperate to see Beyonce, I think everyone left with a deeper message. The problem of sexism, human trafficking, rape, sexual violence and abuse etc. I shall leave you with a thought provoking saying that was the statement of the evening, it will always stay with me 'None of us can move forward if half of us are held back.'

Wednesday, 22 May 2013

The Vampire Diaries Season 4 Finale Review

Hey lovelies,

If you remember, a while back I posted on the first episode of TVD season 4, and I also posted on the season 3 finale. Now it's time to post on the epic episode that was 4x23.

I love how the episode started off with the veil still down, despite the fact it caused one of my favorite characters to die (Bonnie) it was so great to have the others back, even if it was just for a few episodes. I can't even explain to you guys how good it was to see Jeremy, Alaric and Lexi back, the happiness it bought me was overwhelming. Plus, they all really helped with all the ghosts that I wasn't too please to see, like Vaughn, Connor and Rebekah's ex that nobody remembers the name of. Alaric's moral and physical support against Connor and Vaughn was much needed especially when Damon could have potentially died from that werewolf venom.

Now, can we all just marvel in the beauty of that Mebekah kiss scene? I could not even contain my tears of joy when Rebekah was telling Matt all the places she wanted to show him and then that insanely passionate kiss. And I was so glad when later on Matt agreed to go with Rebekah. I was terrified that Matt was doing these things i the spare of the moment, seeing as he could have died any second. It was beautiful, and although 'The Originals' will be on soon, I do hope Matt and Rebekah have a future together.

The moment we'd all been waiting for, that huge Delena kiss.
The moment when Elena chose Damon, for real, without the sire bond, or pressure from anyone. She chose him, and even thought I'm not a Delena shipper myself, that scene was incredible and did make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. And I'm sure it pleased thousands of fans everywhere. My twitter time line was blowing up with responses and love for the ultimate Delena kiss.

The actual graduation ceremony wasn't that captivating, I thought there would be more of a story there. But it was great when the Silas sacrifices came out of no where and tortured the gang, just in time for Klaus to swoop in and save the day. Not only did he save Damon, he gave Caroline what she most wanted. This was by far my favorite scene form the whole episode, the Klaroline scene of the season and a quote that will get me through the next few months without TVD " He is your first love. But i intend to be your last, however long it takes" Just perfection. I don't really want to comment anymore on this scene because it was so amazing that words can't justify it.

Being a fan who favors Stefan more than Damon, that nasty little twist was not appreciated. Silas and Stefan... DOPPELGANGERS?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. WHY JULIE, WHY?
I'm sure he'll be ok though, someone (probably Damon) will find him and get him out of that coffin, they won't let him die. And it will be so interesting to see how having two Stefan's pans out.
And what about my poor Bonnie? I'm ecstatic that Jer is back, but without his love, I'm sure she'll still be in episodes to come though guys.

And the answer we'd all been waiting for "Who takes the cure?" and it was none other than out bad ass bitchy, Katherine. And god am I proud of Elena for shoving it down her cocky throat. And I'd like to compliment Nina Dobrev on that superb fight scene with herself. It was so exciting, when Elena pulled the cure out, I thought she was going to take it herself, but no she forced it into Katherina. Brilliant! It's going to be awesome next season to see the great Katherine Pierce as a human girl. (Which also means guys, that Klaus, can make more hyrbrids, will our little Kath be taking a forced trip to the New Orleans?)

So if you're excited for season 5 as I am, or as depressed there's no TVD for months, or anything to say at all about the episode or my review please comment below:)

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