Like Butter Scraped Across Too Much Bread

This, my precious, is the definition of epic:



My only complaint? It doesn't need to be split into three two and a half hour movies. Just no.

Music of the week month summer {brave}

So, everyone sings about touching the sky.

Like. Everyone. Go ahead. Google "touch the sky" and "lyrics." If you make it through the second page there are at least 6 different artists with that as their song title.

Despite the cliche, banal (I just learned that word today. SAT studying for the win! not.) use of the title, this post is my shameless promotion of my undying love for the BRAVE soundtrack and its opening song.

As of yet, (the movie came out in June) I have not yet tired of listening to this music. At all.

Just...listen to this song...and let your spirit dance a little with joy.



"Touch the Sky" is probably in close running with "Learn Me Right."



We will run and scream
You will dance with me
We'll fulfill our dreams and we'll be free

Yes, it's gorgeous. And there are bagpipes.

Go outside. Blast this song out your windows. Spin in the sunshine. Climb a pine tree. Delight in the sheer beauty that surrounds you.

PS - if you haven't seen the movie Brave, you need to. There is no question. It is better than Dawn Treader (the movie) and that says something important.

"If you had the chance to change your fate...would you?"

Scotland. Forests. Dresses. Archery. Horses. Freedom.

ALL combined into a single film.

What could be better?

"That's what makes it an adventure."

Last week, I went into the library to pick up a book that was on hold.

I was particularly excited about this book, because I had heard good things about it.

To my surprise (and slight dismay, for I have little spare time on my hands) the book was over 4 inches thick.

There's no way I'm going to have time to read this.

But as I let it fall open in my hands, I saw pictures.

Pictures. Hundreds and hundreds of pictures.

YES. The whole book is in PICTURES!!!

It is quite possibly one of the most brilliant books I have read this year.

The writing and storyline themselves are not the most genius: after all my SAT studying I found myself rewording sentences every now and then. But there are a couple very beautiful, very powerful moments in it.

AND THERE'S A MOVIE. Which is...AWESOME. Brilliant, wonderful, beautiful book-to-movie adaptation.



My favorite quote in the entire book is quite possibly the main reason I love this so much.

"Did you ever notice that all machines are made for some reason?" he asked Isabelle.

"They are built to make you laugh, like the [windup] mouse here, or to tell the time, like clocks, or to fill you with wonder, like the automaton. Maybe that's why a broken machine always makes me a little sad, because it isn't able to do what it was meant to do. "

"Maybe it's the same with people," Hugo continued. "If you lose your purpose...it's like you're broken.

"Sometimes I come up here at night...just to look at the city. I like to imagine that the world is one big machine. You know, machines never have any extra parts. They have the exact number and type of parts they need. So I figure if the entire world is a big machine, I have to be here for some reason. And that means you have to be here for some reason, too."

Music of the week

Since we're still on the topic of the Hunger Games (largely due to me having to be at school for 5 hours this quarter instead of 2...isn't that just *great?*), I think now would be a good time for me to share with you my absolute favorite song from the movie, Safe and Sound by none other than Taylor Swift.

It's completely different from her normal style, so if you aren't a fan of Taylor Swift, you just might like this one.

I love how...simple it all is.

Don't you dare look out your window darling
Everything's on fire
The war outside our door keeps raging on
Hold onto this lullaby
Even when the music's gone

Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound

Mmm....this movie seriously just makes me so happy. I finally watched it again with my brother (who, might I add, should be commended for his ability to restrain criticism during the whole thing) and completely fell in love with it all over again.

This is Happiness.

Or nerdiness, however you like it.

AUGUST 16th.

Jane Eyre comes out on DVD!!!

I'm soooo ridiculously stoked, except that they absolutely 100% FAILED the DVD cover. I mean, I've seen bad dvd covers, but this probably tops them all for the worst. Just look at it. It doesn't take much.

I'm pretty sure they're missing the credits at the top, and that'll help. But still. It fails.

Disappointment. Also, the plain dvd has like, just the movie on it. No bonus features. Any nerd knows that half the joy of the dvd is the bonus features. Blu-ray has all the stuff.

WHY, blu-ray, why??

Oh well. I'm still excited.

OH MAH GOODNESS.

As much of a Narnia-nerd as I am (yes this is a Narnia post, deal with it, it's only 5 lines long.) I didn't really know they *had* a Narnia exhibition - at least a traveling one, anyway.

BUT THEY DO!! and even better, IT'S COMING TO PORTLAND!!!!

Check it ouuuut!

Yeeeeahhhhhhhhh. :D

Jane Eyre.

If you felt relieved because I didn't geek out about Star Wars, I have to apologize. 'Cause I'm going to totally geek out on you here. ;)

A few weekends ago, I went to see Jane Eyre with a couple of friends. If you haven’t read the book, or you don’t like movie spoilers, you probably won’t get much out of this post. =P Prior to seeing it, I decided to read the book – and let me tell you, the book is probably the best novel I have read all year. If you haven’t read it, you need to. =P It is so beautifully written – the way the characters are built, the way the story unfolds, the style it's written in...::sigh::

Ahh…words do not describe how enthralled I was with this book.

The movie absolutely did justice to the book – and – (are you ready for this?) – it was better than Narnia.

::gasp::

Yes, friends.

Don’t worry, I still love Narnia. But Jane Eyre was so, so beautifully adapted into film that it made the Narnia films look wishy-washy.

Obviously Narnia is a fantasy and Jane Eyre is a romance, so Narnia is going to be a little harder to put on screen, and they're really incomparable to begin with. But Jane Eyre was done so well. And Narnia was just….not. (with the exception of the first film, which was probably done just as well as Jane Eyre.)

AHHH. I love this movie so much.

Okay, here are the spoilers and where I get all nerdy. 8)

Mia Wasikowska as Jane Eyre and Michael Fassbender as Mr. Rochester were pretty near perfect. We all agreed at the end that Mia was not as quick and sharp as she could have been, and Mr. Rochester not quite as firm and shameful in regard to Bertha Mason – but overall they did a beautiful, beautiful job. The depth of character, the fierceness, the passion – it was all there.

Tech-wise, it was a *little* lacking. There were too many close-ups, the camera was shaky at times, and the score didn’t always quite fit. But it was never enough to bother me too much – only enough to notice it a little. Not a major pitfall. (like it was in Dawn Treader. Dawn treader was just so clearly lacking in tech.)

I was delightfully pleased with how creepy it was, but I thought it could have been a lot more, and this is probably the only thing that bothered me. I pictured Bertha’s scream to be so, soooooo so much louder/eviler, and it was a sort of quiet chuckle – which didn’t do much justice to how fantastically horrified I was when I read the book. Whoever acted her was amazingly perfect though.

This ties into the one thing that I reeeeealllyyy wanted to see on screen that wasn’t: Bertha never came into Jane’s room and tore up her veil. To me, this was a really key part in Jane’s story. There wasn’t as much suspense or tension over Bertha being there, and I thought there should have been a lot more. I was also disappointed because in the trailer, there’s a line Jane says: “I wasn’t asleep! I know what I saw.” Which is from the part where Bertha tears up her veil in the middle of the night. But it wasn’t in the movie, and that’s probably the only thing I “dislike” about it.

Okay, okay, maybe I’ll add *one* more thing to my list of “they-needed-to-add-this-for-it-to-be-perfect” and that’s the discovery that Jane is cousin to St. John, Mary, and Hannah. I reeeeeaalllyyyy wanted this in there so bad. Jane is going through all this emotional turmoil, she’s just left Thornfield, and as a reader your heart just aches with her. But then there was that point where she discovers she’s related to St. John and Hannah and Mary, and it’s this Jane you haven’t really seen before. She’s overflowing, she’s full of joy, she’s in this blissful happiness. And I so rejoiced at that section of the book because it was like a little light in the dark part – and I would have liked to see that in the movie.

I wasn’t pleased with who played young Jane. Her lips. Didn’t. Work. Just had to get that out. =P Her eyes looked a lot like Mia’s, and maybe that’s why they cast her. But her overall complexion wasn’t “Jane” enough for me. I imagined young Jane to be softer, quieter, and plainer on the outside – with that fiery passion on the inside that only came out when provoked. Because it seems that’s the way she was in the book more.

It’s rated PG-13 for the nude picture in the hall, which, honestly, I don’t understand why they needed it in the first place, because it absolutely did not add to the story at all, that I could tell.

The character building and conversations between Jane and Mr. Rochester were fantastic – and just how I pictured them in the book. Excellently, beautifully done.

A;sdklfja;djf I can’t get over how amazing Jane was. Her character arc was so well done, and she was played really, really well. So was Mr. Rochester.

Time-wise, it was 133 minutes, and it could have been 30 minutes more and I wouldn’t have minded. Prince Caspian, after all, was like 2.5 hours – and the book is like a quarter the size of Jane Eyre. :P The story moved very, very, very quickly, and it could have slowed down in a few parts to let things sink in. I would have liked more of the party at Thornfield, interaction with Miss Ingram, Jane & Mr. Rochester, etc.

Speaking of Miss Ingram. While I didn’t like who played her (she wasn’t very pretty, in my opinion, and in the book she’s like the epitome of beauty) I can understand why they chose to make her look uglier (she was still pretty, mind you) – but basically because they didn’t have enough time to build her character, so they had to use her outward appearance to build it, and I was okay with that.

The guy who played St. John was AWESOME. I really liked him.

Sets, costumes, it was all amazing. The guy who played Mason was pretty good. I never had a very clear picture of him in my head to begin with, so it didn’t bother me.

OH. There was one thing that bothered me in Mia’s performance of Jane – and that is when she’s at Mrs. Reed’s bedside and says “you are forgiven,” or whatever that line was. She said it with a lot of bitterness and hatred, which is absolutely not the way Jane said it in the book. It didn’t seem in the movie like she had really forgiven her.

One of my friends was saying that the biblical themes – Jane’s Christian upbringing and how importantly that played out in her life – wasn’t there. And while I agree that it wasn’t prominent, I found it very subtly portrayed in her character even though she didn’t say anything. That could be just because I’ve read the book, but I also think Mia was really well-studied in Jane’s character - it was portrayed in the way Mia played Jane. She knew those Christian values, even though the words weren't in the script.

On the whole, this movie was absolutely amazing. However, it does not work without the book. I am so glad I read the book before I watched the movie, because it made it so much more intriguing. It’s impossible for filmmakers to develop such depth of characters as there are in the book – in such a short time. But when you have such brilliant people acting it as were in the this film, you get that depth of character if you’ve read the book because you feel it in the portrayal of their character even though it’s not a very long movie.

I absolutely recommend seeing this movie – but ONLY if you’ve read the book first. I say this to anyone who tries to see Narnia without reading the books. The books have been, are, and always will be better than any film adaptation. And the films are so much more beautiful when you’ve read the book.

Especially when it's done so well as this. With Dawn Treader, I saw character depth because I knew what I wanted to see. But with Jane Eyre I saw that not only did I know what I wanted to see, but that the actors knew it too.

Okay, now it’s time for my quick Narnia-geek-out-moment.

1) Georgie Henley (who plays Lucy in the Narnia films) plays young Jane in an earlier adaptation of Jane Eyre. (You know I can connect Narnia to *everything.*;) And I just have to say: GEORGIE HENLEY IS NOT JANE EYRE. Her complexion, her face, her eyes, her whole being is just far too loved, cheerful, positive, and delightful to be Jane. Perhaps it’s because I know here as Lucy, but….man. She’s just not Jane. It could be the freckles. She does a fine job portraying sadness and grief – which I thought was wonderful at the part when Helen died. But she doesn't have character depth and she. Is. Not. Jane. :P

2) Let’s compare. With Prince Caspian, they said “let’s make a modern-ish, worldly sequel to the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe – and oh, look, there are lines from the book we can throw in there and call it Narnia.” With Dawn Treader, they said “let’s adapt this book into a movie – and oh, we’ll add this and this and this and this and this and this because it needs it and we’re not going to do any of that.”

See the difference? Prince Caspian was a movie with Narnia thrown in, Dawn Treader was Narnia with disastrous plot twists thrown in.

Jane Eyre was neither. It was like the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. “let’s adapt this book into film.”And they did it right.

::happy sigh::

Comment and tell me what you think, thought, or if you've read the book, or ANYTHING. (:

More pictures because I didn't want the top of the post to be crowded.... (:

Okay, done geeking out.

Guess what today is?

April 8th!!! haha, bet you never would have figured that out by looking at the calendar or anything.

Actually, nowadays they look at cell phones and ipads. Huh.

Anyways. Today is April 8th. Well, actually, today is March 30th, but blogger has this spiffy and grand thing called "scheduled posts" and this is now set not to publish until April 8th. So in reality it really is April 8th.

This is weird. It's like I'm predicting the future or something.

Anyhow. Two very special things are happening today, and I shall award you brownie points if you can tell me the first one. The second one is not your duty to know, but you should know it anyway. (that was a contradiction, I think. oops. )

First off: DAWN TREADER COMES OUT ON DVD TODAY!!!

Oy, ain't it purty? I can't wait to get one. ;sladksdagh;adsf It's going to be so much fun and now we can have NARNIA MARATHONS. Anyone want to have one with me? I've always wanted to do that.

So, you should all go out to the shops and purchase your VERY OWN copy of this amazing movie. How cool is that? You can now legally own the movie in your home and watch it as many times as you please without having to trek down to the theatre multiple times. (not like any of you besides me would do that) (but you should still go buy it.)


Alright, next, a Very Awesome Movie is coming out today: Soul Surfer.

To say the least, I was rather ecstatic when I heard they were making this into a movie. It's about the life of Bethany Hamilton, who got her arm bit off by a shark while surfing, and today she's like a world-known surfer. I was hesitant about it at first, but as more clips have come out, it looks like they're sticking to Christian values and actually sharing Christian themes prominently in the movie. AFFIRMfilms is also in the production - they worked on Facing the Giants, Fireproof, The Grace Card, etc. All those awesome Christian films.

I'm excited about this film for a number of reasons:
1) AnnaSophia Robb is in it. I like her. :P
2) It's based off a true story
3) They promote Christian values
4) It's another good movie out there

Alright, so perhaps I'm being a little redundant. However, (for any of you who care to know) Carrie Underwood, who did the end credits song for Dawn Treader ("There's a Place for Us") stars in this movie as well. So you see Narnia really is connected to this in a roundabout sort of way. (I actually heard about this movie because Carrie Underwood appeared in our Narnia news feed during VDT's theatrical run. True Story.)

Trailer:



There's another movie coming out April 8th called "Hanna", which caught my attention for obvious reasons. It stars Saoirse Ronan, whom I'm a fan of only because she was in "The City of Ember." However, it...uh, looks really weird, and I'm not terribly sure about the values/themes presented, and it looks kind of dark. So, if any of you happen to see it, tell me what you think of it. You can't ever tell much from the trailers.

EDIT: so upon further investigation of the trailers and websites, it's apparently about a 16-year-old girl who is trained as an assassin all her life by her father, and then sent out into the world with one mission. (probably to assassinate someone.) It's apparently how she discovers that there's more to life than what she's been brought up to know, but that's sort of ambiguous. (it could be redeeming, making it a decent movie, but I doubt it.) Given what I know about it now, I doubt it's a very good movie.

Alright, that's all.

Oh! In case you were wondering, this post is scheduled because - guess what? I'm at a speech tournament. (no. way. I'm never at speech tournaments.)

Love, Hannah

IT'S TRUE!!!!

Rarely does something like this hit my blog moments after it hits the Narnia fan-base. But here it is.

Magician's Nephew is officially going to be the next movie.

That's right. Only a couple hours ago, The Christian Post published an article confirming that Walden Media was planning to make this movie next in the series. You can read our post at Aslan's Country HERE.

My first reaction: YES! WE GET ANOTHER NARNIA MOVIE!
My second reaction: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

I really really really really want to see Silver Chair made. I think it has fabulous potential if they market it correctly. It has a plot, contrasting characters, an evil guy too! It even has lessons, Aslan appears, and the opportunity to build characters is amazing.

While they're going to be able to market this as a prequel, they're going to have to be REALLY careful...with a lot of stuff. The Magician's Nephew has a magic to it that the other books don't - and while I could abide more plot changes in Silver Chair because of it's nature, I will not abide much for this one. They'd better get it right.

Hear that, Walden? You be careful this time. Aslan's Country is watching you.

What are your thoughts?

A much needed Narnia update.

That's a warning for all you people who think I'm crazy and obsessed, you can stop reading now. (::heehee::)

So Dawn Treader recently "won" on Box Office Mojo for "biggest box office failure" (or some other such depressing title) which....yeah. I kind of have to agree. It was a box office failure - especially in the US.

The US domestic gross is currently $104,159,819 and the foreign gross is at $296,500,000 which puts the total at$400,659,819.

We were all ridiculously pleased when they finally hit $400m - woooo!!! Based purely off of opening weekend (which was a major fail: $24,005,069) it wouldn't have been near enough to continue to the next film. However, now that they have reached $400m, which exceeded their production budget by a lot ($155m) things are looking much better.

Compared to the previous movie, Prince Caspian, this isn't actually too bad. Prince Caspian started out with an opening weekend of $55,034,805. It grossed $141,621,490 domestically, $278,044,078 in other countries, and $419,665,568 worldwide.






Prince Caspian, however, was a box offices failure in contrast to what the production was expecting, based on the numbers from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe:

Opening weekend: $65,556,312
Domestic: $291,710,957
Foreign: $453,300,315
Worldwide: $745,011,272

My reasoning: Obviously LWW was a smash hit and there's nothing to worry about with that. Prince Caspian was marketed excellently (you can thank Disney for that) but had a poor theatrical run - because the production got cocky after LWW and decided to release it with Indiana Jones and Iron Man. (how dumb is that?) It had a fairly okay opening weekend, but didn't progress that far because it wasn't that good.

In contrast, their production budget was $255m. Yeah.

So then the production got scared that they'd keep losing money so they backed out and 20th Century Fox took over.

And they don't know how to market properly. VDT was probably the worst marketing failure I have ever seen in a movie - resulting in a poor opening weekend. BUT - people told other people about it - that it was a good movie - and they managed to pull off a worldwide gross that wasn't too far from Prince Caspian - and exceed Prince Caspian's foreign gross by $20m.

This poster is probably one of the most poorly designed posters in history. With the exception of Eustace, the faces of all the characters (partiularly Lucy, Edmund, and Caspian) are ridiculously washed out and none of them are in character at all. the "N" on the sail of Dawn Treader is backwards because they flipped the picture around (and how they thought they could get away with that, I don't know.) Aslan also looks like he's about to murder everyone with his laser glare. (this is a foreign poster, btw, but all of them looked the same, domestic and foreign included)

SO, that was a lot of gibberish about the box office numbers. What's next?

Originally the production of Dawn Treader said they would let fans decide whether they wanted The Magician's Nephew or The Silver Chair next - and the votes came in with an overwhelming favor for The Silver Chair. This is obviously the next logical step in the series.


However, last month, the producer of the three Narnia films thus far, Perry Moore, died on February 17th, age 39. For those of you who don't know who he is: while he was the producer, he was also the one who started the entire Narnia film franchise to begin with. He had the vision and he got the ball rolling.


After his death, a lot of fans were worried as to what the future of the films would be - until two days later, February 19th, when we learned that the night before he died, Perry Moore had secured funding for the production of - The Magician's Nephew.

So what does this mean for the series? It's looking a lot like The Magician's Nephew will be next.

While I'm ecstatic to see another Narnia film and I can't wait to see what they do with this one - I'm sorely disappointed that the Silver Chair won't be next.


I have been SO anticipating this movie for a long time, and it's always been one of my favorites in the series. And Will Poulter, who plays Eustace, is going to be too old to be in SC if they make MN first.

From a strictly marketing standpoint, MN would be a lot easier to do. Think - how easy would it be to market a "Prequel to Narnia?" But "Sequel to VDT?" - with only one reoccurring character? (that's Eustace) They already had a hard enough time tying VDT in with PC - in fact they were trying to tie it in more with LWW by bringing back the witch (who had hardly no screen time at all) and playing up a lot of themes that didn't actually come into the movie.

Alright, so if you've made it through all that I think you really deserve a prize. I tried to make it more bearable by putting lots of nice pictures in.

In other news, VDT comes out on DVD APRIL 8TH!!!! (check the cool widget on the sidebar!) That's right. If you haven't seen it, you need to. The DVD cover (for once) is uh-mazing and it's PURPLE, and it's got tons of awesome bonus features on it. While the cropping/photoshopping wasn't that good, at least they improved the placement/coloring. It's only flaw is the lack of Caspian on the cover - and the witch in his place. >.<

As for what comes next in the Narnia films...who knows? It's nothing like Harry Potter, Twilight, or Indiana Jones, where the production is secured, and the characters are always the same. But that, I believe, is what makes it unique. Lewis made each book a stand-alone book, yet they all tie beautifully into each other. There's a reason their called the chronicles of Narnia. But the key to making these films a success is not the marketing, but the adaptation - taking the core, important themes found in the books and translating them on the screen.

Dawn Treader: My Review

Spoiler Free: (or sort of, anyway)

I’ve been, as I’ve said to many, “cautiously optimistic” about this film for a very long time. Hoping for a great movie, but not putting too much of my faith into it.

I was amazed. The effects were phenomenal, the storyline was great, characters were excellently portrayed, the music was awesome. The jokes and humor weren’t slapstick, but were actually funny. The action scenes were amazingly well done, and the depth of the emotion in the more serious scenes brought me to tears numerous times.

To those of you who worry about the witch: don’t. Although it seems at times that she appears, she never is actually real or alive. The “green mist” is simply an evil force that tempts them: added to provide a contrasting idea in which they must fight against.

Spoiler: (highlight to read)

They took the idea of temptations in the book and used that as the sort of “antagonist” in the story to provide clash, opportunity for growth, and a climax. While I found it slightly overplayed at times, it did not ruin the overall themes of the story, nor did it affect the characters themselves.

There are still things I don’t like, things that shocked me when I first saw them, but hey – every movie will have them, and it’s not a perfect movie. But it definitely rises above the episode before it – it captures the characters well and the overall themes in the story are well preserved.

The beginning and the end are especially enrapturing. I’ll say no more on that. ;)

Read the full post here.

Also, if you live in the Seattle area or you are going to be in Seattle when it releases, and you haven't already received the facebook invite, you are invited to come see Dawn Treader with me on December 10th!! I'm trying to get tons of people so we can get a really good group rate. If you want more info, you can comment or email me and I'll get you details. (:

I definitely recommend seeing this movie. I think Narnia fans will be pleased and enjoy it. I laughed out loud, sat on the edge of my seat, and cried…Definitely worth watching.

What we've been waiting for

DAWN TREADER COMES OUT IN 23 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!

But guess what??? I am going to see it in TWO days!!!

Hear that echo? TWO!

I honestly can't believe it myself. This entire movie has been nothing but anticipation for years. And all of a sudden I'm going to go see it. It's sort of surreal.

So you're probably wondering why I'm seeing it 20 days before the release - basically I was invited to a special pre-screening. I am basically excited BEYOND WORDS. It's going to be amazing.

In the mean time, Carrie Underwood's new song (which will appear in the credits of the movie) was released today.

I was pretty skeptical about it at first, but so long as it's only in the credits, I think I'll be fine. Dawn Treader is, in a lot of ways, extremely different from the first two movies - and I think variation in the credits music is okay too.



In other news, there is also a Narnia exhibit in malls across the US called the "Ice Palace", and last weekend they had the Grand Opening Ceremony at the Ice Palace in LA - and one of our mods got to go to it AND, get this, MEET Georgie Henley (Lucy), Will Poulter (Eustace), and Michael Apted (director). Anyway. That was pretty exciting, even though I wasn't there. :P We've got exclusive reports and videos on Aslan's Country.

And, stay tuned, I'll soon have a review of the movie for you. :)

AHH! Life is so exciting. DAWN TREADER! yeahhh.

Surprise for the Day

They've come out with a NEW Dawn Treader trailer!!

Okay, okay. I know you're probably dead sick of the endless posts about Aslan's Country, Narnia, Dawn Treader...bear with me. Only 63 days longer...then I'll calm down. (after I post a nice little review)

[WARNING: major spoilers!]



I love that we get to see more of Eustace - both as himself and as a dragon. There's a lot more of Dark Island, which worries me some because Edmund seems as if he's just about to give into whatever it is the White Witch is tempting him to do. In Prince Caspian, Edmund was the strongest against the White Witch's power - I'd hate to see him be so weak in this one.

The whole "searching-for-the-swords-to-save-Narnia" is pretty cheesy. Not ever Narnia book is about "the fate of Narnia rests on YOU!" sort of theme, but it seems like they've incorporated that into this movie. But if that's the only major change and they don't do any character changes, I think I'll be okay with it.

I'm loving Lilliandil. And Ramandu's Island - so far it's looking amazing.And the Magician's Island. We haven't seen very much of Narrowhaven except for fighting scenes.

Excitement grows!!

Coming soon...

...to a DVD near you!!!

Brand new DELIVER-E trailer! Check it out over on our facebook page and our blog

Must-See

There are several movies coming out this year/next year that I'm particularly excited about.

If you don't know already - I'm a huge fan of quality, Christian movies, and whenever they come out, I give them as much support as I can, and there are a LOT of good movies coming out this year.

Coming up first (although not explicitly Christian) is the one and only The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader



While I'm not positive on how well this is going to follow the book, (the closer we get to the release, the more nervous us Narnia-fans get) I am positive it will be a fairly decent movie. Plus, I am just SO. EXCITED. for it to come out!!!!!! December 10th, everyone.

Next up is Courageous, from the Sherwood Pictures, the people who made Facing the Giants and Fireproof, some of my favorite movies. They don't have a trailer that I can find, but here's where the Alex and Stephen Kendrick explain what it's about.



I'm really excited about this, because Sherwood Pictures have a great reputation and have made some really amazing movies that have inspired and encouraged me. I'm not terribly overly obsessed with it because it's looking slightly like Fireproof in that it's really targeted at adults and not really for the younger generation. However, I have no doubt that there will be something in it for everyone, even if it's targeted towards adults. It's coming out in 2011...not quite sure when.

Next is Rogue Saints



I don't know a whole lot about this movie, because the descriptions on the site aren't all that detailed, and I've never heard of these people before. But I personally know quite a few people who have worked on this movie, and the basic storyline is a Christian one. It makes me really excited to see more and more movie makers coming out with Christian movies - because our culture so badly needs it!

I heard about What If on the radio, so I checked it out. I'm excited for the message this movie is sharing, and especially that it's showing in theaters. The general feel I get from the trailer is that it's not the greatest movie ever, but I've never seen it, so I could be wrong.



And Upside.
The plot is almost exactly the same as What If, but it's got a hilariously original twist and looks like it is much better written. I don't think it was ever in theaters, but it's coming out on dvd soon, and I'm super excited for it.



Lastly, and one that gets me the most eager to support, is from HeuMoore Productions, who made The Widow's Might. These people really inspire me, because they started out as just a homeschooling family making amateur films, just like us (Snowtop Studios), and they've grown so much in just a few years. The Widow's Might beat Fireproof at the SAICFF (San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival), and it's an amazing film. (So's Fireproof, but just saying.)

Their next movie is set to release in Summer 2011 (like Courageous), and I'm SO excited for it. It looks really exciting and very promising.



Gator Moore (who plays that little detective guy) is such a fun actor.... hee. And I'm just super excited not only for this movie, but for this company: God can use them to do huge things, and I'm so excited to see what He will do with this movie.

Announcing.....

Ladies and Gentlemen! Boys and Girls! Children of ALL ages! As of TODAY: Monday, July 12th, twenty-ten in the year of our Lord: Snowtop Studios is OFFICIALLY a legal Washington state business!!



Most of you are probably wondering "wha-?"

That's alright, it's not your fault if you don't know what I'm talking about. But no fear, I am here to explain.

Snowtop Studios is our movie company - founded in 2004 by my brother, Raymond, it began with a few silent, extremely amateur clips that we made just for fun. 6 years later, we are still extremely low-budget, amateur, but we have improved significantly in technology (besides being a lot older) and it's a passion I've been delighted to see grow in my brother.

He's talented, funny, smart, engaging, everything it takes to be a moviemaker, and I think he's going to go really far.

So far, we've made 4 movies. The first one is called "Super Pig" (a...::cough:: rather interesting movie, starring yours truly as the voice of stuffed pig) and the next three are part of an epic set called the "RISEN Trilogy" - starring my brother and his friend Jared Sweers. The two of them are the most hilarious duo I have ever seen and the movies are SO funny!

We've had a blog for a long time, but have hesitated to publicize it because it was not yet a legal company. Now it is, and we're SO excited to tell the world about it!!

So, if you are following my blog, read this blog, or anything else, I would be delighted if you would follow, comment, and read our movie blog as well!! You can find it at:

http://www.snowtopstudios.blogspot.com

For a couple more notes, our next movie, set to film this August and release on November 23rd is called "DELIVER-E". Plot is currently unrevealed, but it is going to be an epic comedy!! A trailer is up on the website ;)

As a little teaser/spoiler, I will reveal this: We are in need of someone to play a UPS truck driver! I know most of my blog readers are girls, but I know a lot of you have brothers - or even may know someone who could play this part. Here is the information:


All the parts including the UPS man can be filmed in one day, and we can work with YOUR schedule. We are looking for someone tall-ish, preferably 15-16 or older. No extensive acting experience is required: but we need you to be willing and able to play an outgoing, slightly dumb, funny, weird, and rather random character. An audition is not necessary but may be arranged upon our discretion.

We are so excited for this film and I hope you are too! =)

to laugh like a brook when it trips and falls....

I don't often make blog posts about movies...mostly because I haven't the time to devote to writing a nice, long, analytical post about a certain movie I enjoy or dislike. (haha. Yay for being overly critical and analytical, right? no. :P ) Plus, being the...::cough:: OCD/perfectionist that I am, (besides being rather indecisive and unsure about my opinions) never often get the post just right.

But I'll make one here, to say that I LOVE the Sound of Music.

Lovelovelovelovelove. (:


We just finished watching it and it's still one of my all time favorite movies. When I was little I always used to watch it when I was sick because it made me feel better. I haven't seen it in so long, I almost forgot how much I love it....

Here is the main song...probably one of my favorites.
Of course, you can't leave out The Lonely Goatherd
And Edelweiss (:

....And, just because you can't leave out this song and this song. (:

(Note: the top song on the list of the links are the correct ones. It should start playing automatically.)

If playlist would cooperate and give me the original of sixteen going on seventeen, I'd post that too...dear me. I think I've posted nearly all the songs.

So here are some of my favorite quotes, in no particular order...

Captain Von Trapp: It's the dress. You'll have to put on another one before you meet the children.
Maria: But I don't have another one. When we entered the abbey our worldly clothes were given to the poor.
Captain Von Trapp:What about this one?
Maria: The poor didn't want this one.

Herr Zeller: I've not asked you where you and your family are going. Nor have you asked me why I am here.
Captain von Trapp: Well, apparently, we're both suffering from a deplorable lack of curiosity.

Maria: There were times when we would look at each other - oh Mother, I could hardly breathe.

[talking about pink lemonade]
The Baroness: Not too sweet, not too sour.
Max: Just too, uh... pink.

Maria: You know how Sister Berthe always makes me kiss the floor after we've had a disagreement? Well, lately I've taken to kissing the floor whenever I see her coming, just to save time.

Maria: When the Lord closes a door, somewhere He opens a window.

2010

Yes, I've made 3 posts in one day...(well, technically not, today's January 1st)yes, it's 1:30 am, no, I am not planning on staying up all night.

Movies (as you probably well know) put me in a rather emotional, poetic sort of mood, and seeing as it is now 2010 and another year has past, I thought I might as well make a New Years post. :P This shall be my first post of 2010.

(and in case you were wondering, we were watching the Ultimate Gift. I love that movie. Always makes me cry. We've been watching a lot of Christmas movies lately because we missed them all at Christmastime...)

Here's what I posted on my facebook, I'm a bit too tired to think of anything else poetic or philosophical. But seeing as I wrote this at 10pm rather than now, it should make a bit more sense...

On a more serious note, for those of you who read my little blog here, thank you so much. :)

2010...is another gift from God. It's a full 365 days, 24 hours in each, 8,760 hours total - from Him to use for His glory. There is so much potential in that amount of time. How much of myself can I give to Him to further His kingdom this year? What can I do during this year to make it count, to make it different, to become closer to my Savior?

Happy New Year!

Love, Hannah