Sorry... Here comes another one. Also, I've actually gotten around to watching a number of the movies on my previous list. So I'll be trying to review those as soon as possible. And last little comment, get excited for my reviews about One Piece by Shonen Jump :)

I've been a big fan of One Piece for a number of years now, and I can't tell you how long it took it get caught up with it. Before you start, this is the only anime I watch. And no I am not open to watching any others. Let me tell you One piece has almost 700 episodes, I am in no way willing to go through that again.

Without further ado:

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And here is Part III. I do think this is the last one. Well I hope anyway. I still have my series to keep up with :)

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Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens

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The continuation of the movies I should, and indeed plan on watching. Maybe, if I feel inclined to, I'll review them. If I ever get around to watching them... But I digress, here they are.

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The Age of Adaline 

Movies!!! Although, nothing compared to books, they offer a welcome relief. Sometimes, I can't bear to read another page after another day of nothing but reading. Sometimes, it is nice to just sit back, and allow my brain a little more of a rest. Anyway, as I've been largely preoccupied with watching TV series, I've neglected my movie watching (except for LOTR and the Hobbit). So, as a reminder (for myself), and as a consideration for y'all, I've compiled this list of movies that I would like to see. I've tried to add the trailer to all of them. I hope it works...
P.S: The Hobbit the Battle of the Five Armies, isn't on here, because I've seen that weeks ago :)
The Theory of Everything
Interstellar

I am the type of person who collects things. This habit turns to misfortune, when I inevitably lose interest after a couple years. However, a less pricey, and arguably more useful, collection of mine, has been quotes. When I can remember (and be bothered to), I will record quotes from movies, tv shows, and books. Here, for your enjoyment, are a few of them (I can't be bothered to count).

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"Where is her case? Did she eat it?" BBC Sherlock Holmes

"Four suicides and a note, it must be Christmas!" BBC Sherlock Holmes

"A storm will blow the evil person away, but a good person will always be safe." Proverbs 10:25

"If I get reincarnated... I wanna become a clam." Monkey D. Luffy

"Weaklings cannot choose their way of death." Trafalgar Law

"Bring on the hardship. It's preferred in a path of carnage." Roronoa Zoro

"The best place to write is by yourself because writing then becomes an escape from the terrible boredom of your own personality." John Kenneth Galbraith

"Don't falter. If you do, then who are we supposed to believe in?" Roronoa Zoro

"An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less, until he knows absolutely everything about nothing." Nicholas Murray Butler

"'Research' is a wonderful word for writers. It serves as an excuse for EVERYTHING" Rayne Hall

"A scholar must not only be capable of hard, often totally resultless work- he must actually relish it." Richard D. Altick

"Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilisations, to boldly go where no man has gone before." Star Trek

"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by." Douglas Adams

"A bird does not sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." Maya Angelou

"You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write." Saul Bellow

"You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you." Ray Bradbury

"Fiction is the truth inside the lie." Stephen King

"Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia." E.L. Doctorow

"Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten." G.K. Chesterton

"There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them." Joseph Brodsky

"You can fix anything but a blank page." Nora Roberts

"You can't wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club." Jack London

"In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you." Leo Tolstoy

"I try to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose." Stephen King

"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light." Aristotle Onassis

"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living." Dr. Seuss

"The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it." Peter Pan

"Fantasy. Lunacy. All revolutions are, until they happen, then they are historical inevitabilities." David Mitchell

"Into the sky to win or die." Eragon

Shall we dance, friend of my heart? 

We shall little one     -Eldest

"Life is like a box of chocolates." Forrest Gump

"Give me liberty or give me death." Patrick Henry

Deck the halls with boughs of holly 

Enough of that. I assume you're all familiar with the tune: which gets quite irritating after a few run-throughs. Anywho, I've been watching the movie Deck the Halls for at least three, probably four years. Obviously, at Christmas time.

Who moves in the middle of the night, a meth lab?    -Steve Finch

Now, I feel that Christmas movies deserve a whole other genre. It isn't really possible to compare it to a fantasy epic, or a thriller, or a horror film (incidentally, I detest this genre). Thus, I won't do so. This is bound to be one of my favourite Christmas movies, as there's nothing else quite like it, Buddy Hall's interactions with his neighbour have you laughing and fuming at the same time. Whilst you watch, you can't help being in a Christmasy mood.

If you're looking for a good Christmas movie, may I suggest Deck the Halls.

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Anyone who's actually read Tolkien's original masterpiece knows that Peter Jackson has taken certain liberties. Some of them more irritating than others... I thought I'd begin with a rather minor one, but a divergence all the same. The main issue I take with this revision, is its needlessness. The original scene was changed, however, in the books (and the movie) it isn't of extreme significance, so I must ask, why change it at all?

First of, they are supposed to be black. The butterflies that is. In the movie, for one reason or another, they are blue- turquoise if you're a colour snob. This minor change, doesn't really bother me, I can imagine black butterflies, from a distance, may appear too much akin to moths.

However, take a look at this quote, spoken by Bilbo in the movie.

I can see a lake... and a river. And the lonely mountain. We're almost there! Can you hear me? I know which way to go.  - Bilbo Baggins

This is then followed by the spider scene, which actually occurs at a slightly later time in the book- but I digress.

Now look at this quote from the book.

He looked at the 'black emperors' for a long time, and enjoyed the feel of the breeze in his hair and on his face; but at length the cries of the dwarves, who were now simply stamping with impatience below, reminded him of his real business. It was no good. Gaze as much as he might, he could see no end to the trees and the leaves in any direction.

Do you see the discrepancy? In the book, Bilbo doesn't spot anything, the only thing he gets out of his climb, is the feeling of invigorating wind. In the movie, he apparently sees the Lonely Mountain, and is now planning to lead the dwarves henceforth. As the following part of the story, has nothing to do with reaching their goal, but rather getting captured by spiders and then the great Elvenking, why was it changed? It doesn't contribute to the plot, and is thus, in my mind, a completely unnecessary deviance from the book.

Before you get your hopes up, no, I didn't cry when listening to Billy Boyd's Last Goodbye, I did, however, come close to it. Which is more than, any other song has done before. There I sat in the theatre, watching what was the last journey in Middle Earth, and then this song came on. It hit all the right chords, it told the end of Bilbo's journey, but not only that, the end of our journey. Viewers of The Return of the King have already had the pleasure of listening to Pippin, who's eerie voice weaves a spell over its listeners. This was their goodbye to us, all the films are made, both Bilbo and Frodo, have accomplished what they set out to. For avid fans, like me, this was our final farewell.

Unfortunately, it is highly unlikely that Peter Jackson will get the rights to the Silmarillion, which is a downright shame. Maybe, we should start a petition: let Peter Jackson make the Silmarillion. Maybe a fool's hope, will come true: there's a first time for everything.

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Needless to say, the music video copyright is held by WarnerBros studios.

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Tolkien, to me, is simply a painter of words. He is the father of epic fantasy, caretaker of the ancient races, and an inspiration to all. If you are not a subscriber to his work (which seems a word too common to describe his masterpieces), may I recommend you visit a different blog (or at least blogpost). Although, this blog is not exclusively about the world of Middle Earth and beyond, know that a fair number of posts will concern it.

I can't put in to words, the pain that pierces me, that never again will I see a work of Tolkien in theatres. I had both the joy and the tragedy of watching The Battle of the Five Armies on December 15th. I will be writing a number of posts about this movie in the future. All I wanted to talk about in this post is Thranduil's elk, who first appeared in The Unexpected Journey. 

As a rider of, horses, seeing the Elvenking ride upon a Irish Elk was fantastic. Needless to say, I now want to ride and elk. I actually did find out, that the Sami people, ride reindeer. So my wish, my not be an impossibility. If I'm not mistaken Irish Elk are extinct, however, are rather similar to the still living elk of today.

Expect more posts about this mystical creature, but for now, I've spent enough of your time, talking about elks.

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