About A Boy Review

IMDb Rating: 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 93%
Notable Cast/Crewmembers: Hugh Grant, Natalia Tena, Toni Collette, Rahcel Weisz
Genre: Romantic comedy

Adorable, funny and entertaining.
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A rich, spoiled man takes care of a young boy with a suicidal mother.
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I love this kind of movie, the romantic comedy with a good story. I was surprised to hear that Richard Curtis wasn't involved in this film, as his work (Love Actually, Sixty Six etc.) is a lot like this.
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Will: I am an island. I am bloody Ibiza!
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-The Shy Hipster

30DCC Day Six

A cartoon that you watch 'till nowadays.

-Spongebob! I can't imagine someone NOT loving Spongebob.

-The Shy Hipster

Something I Want To Do In The Near Future

Sit on someone's back and make them run very fast through a crowded street, while I shout YOLO.

-The Shy Hipster

No Way

Barbra Streisand turns seventy today! I'm normally not the person to post this on a blog, but I had to say how extremely young she looks for her age. Which, of course, led me to a list of celebrities who look younger than they are:

1. Elijah Wood
2. Johnny Depp
3. Edward Norton
4. Brad Pitt
5. Nicole Kidman
6. David Tennant
7. Ewan McGregor
8. Paris Hilton
9. Winona Ryder
10. George Takei

-The Shy Hipster

FGF Vlogs

As you may or may not know, the idea of FunkyGreenFishie started out as an idea for a vlog on Youtube. We tried to do it, but it was too hard. Meanwhile, I had made this Blogspot account, and FunkyGreenFishie continued here, me being the only member (apart from a few friends writing sometimes, but hat has happened only about three times).
Now, since a year has passed in which our brain capacity has increased, we decided to try again. It's still in its testing phase, but maybe in about two months time, you can enjoy FGF on Youtube as well.

-The Shy Hipster

30DCC Day Five

A cartoon with very ugly characters.

-Jimmy Neutron. The horror THE HORROR!

-The Shy Hipster

A Tomato Is NOT Fruit

It's A fruit. Which basically means that it has seeds.

-The Shy Hipster

30DCC Day Four

A cartoon that you think is not for kids.

-The Fairly Odd Parents. It's nice to watch as a kids, but it's so much more fun to watch if you're older.

-The Shy Hipster

French

Because I'm going to Paris, I thought it may be nice to learn some French words and phrases, since I can only order food in French.

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic - My Little Pony: Les amies c'est Magique
Doctor Who - Docteur Who
Do you like waffles? - Aimez-vous les gaufres?
Is this the Tim Burton exhibition? - Est-ce l'exhibition du Tim Burton?
Am I bovvered? - Suis-je bovvered?
Does he look like a bitch? - Ressemble-il une putain?
Fox News tells lies. - L'actualité du renard dit mesonges.
Always bring a banana to a party. - Apporte toujours une banane à un parti.
And I said: OATMEAL, ARE YOU CRAZ- - Et je dit: FLOCONS D'AVOINE, ÊTES-VOUS FO-

-L'Hipster Timide

30DCC Day Three

A cartoon that you miss.

-Catscratch. It was on the telly until about three years ago. It just vanished. I loved Catscratch, it was funny, even in Dutch.

-The Shy Hipster

Glee's Take On Somebody That I Used To Know

As you can read in the title, Glee has made their own version of Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye. The original is one of the very few pop songs I really like. It's sung beautifully, you can relate to the lyrics and above all, it's a very SIMPLE song. Its simplicity reflects the meaning of a song: a feeling that everybody has had at some point in their life, but still hurts.

You know what Glee does. They add auto-tune and background vocals. Dammit. I'm not a Glee-basher and I honestly think that they make some songs better than the original (Bad Romance for instance), but I think it's really cheap to cover songs and think they will become better if you just add Mariah Carey-like melodies and background choirs.

-The Shy Hipster

30DCC Day Two

A cartoon that you hate.

-Fanboy and Chum Chum. Seriously, all they can do is scream and be annoying. Somebody needs to replace that bowl of ugly with El Tigre.

-The Shy Hipster

Paris

OK, I'm definitely going to the Burton exhibition in Paris! HELLYEAH!

-The Shy Hipster

30DCC Day One

A cartoon that you like.

-The Powerpuff Girls! WOOHOO

-The Shy Hipster

New Challenge

My new challenge will be about cartoons!

day 01 - a cartoon that you love
day 02 - a cartoon that you hate
day 03 - a cartoon that you miss
day 04 - a cartoon that you think is not for kids
day 05 - a cartoon with very ugly characters
day 06 - a cartoon that you watch 'til nowadays
day 07 - a cartoon that you wouldn't admit you used to watch
day 08 - a cartoon that you used to like but now hate
day 09 - a cartoon with a cool theme song
day 10 - a very stupid cartoon
day 11 - a cartoon that shouldn't have become a movie
day 12 - a cartoon with a very good story
day 13 - a cartoon everybody likes but you don't
day 14 - a cartoon that you wish you were one of the characters
day 15 - a cartoon with a sticky theme song
day 16 - a cartoon with good jokes
day 17 - a cartoon that you were obsessed with
day 18 - a cartoon that you wish you had created
day 19 - a cartoon that should never have existed
day 20 - a cartoon with a character you wish it was real
day 21 - a cartoon that should have been only a movie (or a TV serie)
day 22 - a recent cartoon you like
day 23 - a classic cartoon
day 24 - a cartoon that could inspire you for a custom party
day 25 - a cartoon you don't understand
day 26 - a cartoon that you've already played the game
day 27 - a cartoon that makes you think of someone special
day 28 - a cartoon you love and people usually don't
day 29 - a cartoon that should be on 'til nowadays
day 30 - a cartoon character that looks like somebody you know

-The Shy Hipster

30DMC Day Thirty

Your favourite movie of all time.

-Probably a tie between The Nightmare Before Christmas, Sweeney Todd, Conversations With Other Women and In Bruges.

-The Shy Hipster

Prediction Of Big Debates

1. Harry Potter vs. The Hunger Games vs. Twilight

The HG fans and the HP fans would form an alliance and eat the Twilight fans. Then they'd have a nice debate. They'd come to the conclusion thet it's just a matter of opinion.

2. Star Wars IV-VI vs. Star Wars I-III

The I-IIIs would make a huge Powerpoint/video/art thingy to convince the IV-VIs that the prequels are better. The IV-VIs would then proceed to send the I-IIIs to their rooms.

3. The Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones

They can't be put in the same room, so there wouldn't be a debate.

There is more to come.

-The Shy Hipster

30DMC Day Twenty-Nine

A movie from your childhood.

-Finding Nemo. I watched that a million times because I was obsessed with fish.

-The Shy Hipster

Spotify Adds

I'm just going to make this a regular thing where I tell you everything I've added on Spotify.

1. Don't Unplug Me - All Caps
2. Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera
3. De Ridder - Kud
4. Koraal Verhaal - Kud
5. They're Coming To Take Me Away - Napoleon XIV
6. Out Of The Game - Rufus Wainwright
7. Still Doll - Kanon Wakeshima
8. Pride (In The Name Of Love) - U2

-The Shy Hipster

30DMC Day Twenty-Eight

Favourite movie from your favourite director.

-Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street. Almost everything is in black and white-ish, except for the blood.

-The Shy Hipster

Companion Quotes: Donna

The best quotes from each Doctor Who Companion, because I'm bored. I'm starting with Donna:

THE RUNAWAY BRIDE

The Doctor: [scanning Donna with his sonic screwdriver] Weird. I mean, you're not special. You're not powerful. You're not connected. You're not clever. You're not important.
Donna: This friend of yours, just before she left, did she punch you in the face?

The Doctor: Why aren't they stopping?
Donna: They think I'm in a fancy dress.
[a cab drives by and the driver says something at Donna]
Donna: They think I'm drunk.
[a car drives by in the other way and both occupants yell something at her]
Donna: They think I'm in drag!


THE FIRES OF POMPEII

Donna Noble: [she and the Doctor have returned to find the TARDIS missing] You're kidding. You're not telling me the TARDIS is gone?
The Doctor: Ok.
Donna Noble: Where is it?
The Doctor: You... told me not to tell you.
Donna Noble: Don't get clever in Latin.

Lucius: The prophecies of women are limited and dull. Only the men folk have the capacity for true perception.
Donna Noble: [partly to herself] I'll tell you where the wind's blowing right now, mate.

Donna Noble: [outraged] You can't just *leave* them!
The Doctor: [bitter] Don't you think I've done enough? History's back in place and everyone *dies*.
Donna Noble: You've got to go back! Doctor, I am telling you, take this thing *back*!
[the Doctor pulls a control and the TARDIS shudders]
Donna Noble: [softly] It's not fair.
The Doctor: [softly] No, it's not.
Donna Noble: [crying] But your own planet, it burned.
The Doctor: That's just it. Don't you see, Donna? Can't you understand? If I could go back and save them, then I would, but I can't!
The Doctor: [pauses] I can *never* go back. I can't. I just can't. I can't.
Donna Noble: Just someone. Please.
Donna Noble: [sobbing] Not the whole town. Just save someone.


PARTNERS IN CRIME

The Doctor: The last time, with Martha, it got complicated. And that was all my fault. I just want a mate.
Donna Noble: You just want to mate?
The Doctor: I just want *a* mate!
Donna Noble: You're not matin' with me Sunshine!
The Doctor: A mate! I want *a* mate!
Donna Noble: Well, just as well, because I'm not having any of that nonsense! I mean, you're just a long streak of nothing, y'know, alien nothing!


THE STOLEN EARTH

The Doctor: Donna, come on, think: Earth, there must have been some sort of warning. Was there anything happening back in your day, like... electrical storms, freak weather, patterns in the... sky?
Donna Noble: Well, how should I know? Um, no. I don't- I don't think so. No.
The Doctor: [disappointed] Oh, OK, nevermind.
Donna Noble: Although, there were the bees disappearing.
The Doctor: [dismissive] The bees disappearing.
The Doctor: [sarcastic] The *bees* disappearing.
The Doctor: [revelational] The bees disappearing!


JOURNEY'S END

The Doctor: I'm unique - never been another like me, 'cause all that regeneration energy went into the hand. Look at the hand - I love that hand - but then you touched it. *Wham!*
[Donna startles]
The Doctor: Shhhh! Instantaneous biological metacrisis! I grew... out of you. Still, could be worse...
Donna Noble: Oi! Watch it, spaceman!
The Doctor: Oi! Watch it, earthgirl!

Donna Noble: [she flips a switch] And... spin.
Dalek: Help me! Help me!
Captain Jack Harkness: Ha ha ha!
Donna Noble: [she flips another switch] And... the other way.
Dalek: Ah!


THE SONTARAN STRATEGEM

Donna Noble: [pointing to the Doctor] *He* is too skinny for words. You give him a hug you get a paper cut!
The Doctor: [as Martha laughs] Oh, I rather you were fighting.

Donna Noble: What and that mean's arresting ordinary factory workers? In the streets? In broad daylight? It's more like Guantanamo Bay out there. Donna, by the way. Donna Noble; since you didn't ask. I'll have a salute.
[Colonel Mace, who is taken aback at her outburst, looks at the Doctor; the Doctor just give a 'you better do as she says' look; the Colonel salutes her]
Colonel Mace: Mamm.
Donna Noble: Thank you.


FOREST OF THE DEAD

Donna Noble: How about you, are you alright?
The Doctor: Oh, I'm always all right.
Donna Noble: Is "All right" special time-lord code for... not really all right at all?
The Doctor: Why?
Donna Noble: Because I'm alright too.

Donna Noble: I made up the perfect man. Gorgeous, adores me, and hardly able to speak a word. What does that say about me?
The Doctor: [a little too quickly] Everything.
[Donna gives the Doctor a look]
The Doctor: Sorry, did I say "everything"? I meant to say "nothing". I was aiming for "nothing", accidentally said "everything".

-The Shy Hipster

Enters!

I've changed back to the old Blogger and I've edited my previous posts, so we have enters again!
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-The Shy Hipster

30DMC Day Twenty-Seven

A movie that you wish you'd seen in theaters.

-Again, Conversations With Other Women. In the theatre it's almost completely in split-screen, on DVD only a three parts are in split-screen. I'd liked to have seen the movie like the director intended it to be.

-The Shy Hipster

I Want Enters!

Apparently, the people who made Blogger think it's a good idea that one can't put links in our posts. Yay. Also, we can't use enters.

-The Shy Hipster

Movie Rules

Roger Ebert has written a list of movie rules/cliches. I thought it was very funny, so I made a compilation of my favourites. The complete list is here:

1. Camel, Slow-Moving

All camels in Middle Eastern thrillers are crossing the road for the sole purpose of slowing down a pursuit vehicle.


2. Climbing Villain

Villains being chased at the end of a movie inevitably disregard all common sense and begin climbing up something—a staircase, a church tower, a mountain—thereby trapping themselves at the top.


3. Down Under Rule

No film set in Australia is allowed to use the word Australia in its title where "Down Under" is an acceptable alternative. For example, we don't get THE RESCUERS IN AUSTRALIA or QUIGLEY IN AUSTRALIA.


4. Fifty-five Gallon Drum Rule

Fifty-five-gallon drums are a culturally-rooted symbol of evil, because they usually contain a substance with a long name that we can't identify. The more drums, the more evil.


5. Idiot Plot

Any plot containing problems which would be solved instantly if all of the characters were not idiots.


6. Joel Silver Rule

All women in action-adventure flicks are extraneous to the plot unless naked or dead.


7. Third Hand

Invisible appendage used by Rambo in RAMBO, in the scene where he hides from the enemy by completely plastering himself inside a mud bank. Since it is impossible to cover yourself with mud without at least one hand free to do the job, Rambo must have had a third, invisible, hand. This explains a lot about the movie.

-The Shy Hipster

Changes

Nothing has changed in Blogger, except the way it looks. For now, it's a little inconvenient, since I was really used to the old Blogger, but I can work with this.

-The Shy Hipster

30DMC Day Twenty-Six

A movie that you love, but everyone else hates.

-Planet Of The Apes (2001), though "love" is a pretty big word (it's only four letters, though). I liked it and I don't see why everyone else has a problem with it. Sure, it's not Burton's best, maybe even his worst, but it's still way better than most action movies.

-The Shy Hipster

Blogger Changes

I am curious to see how blogger has changed. The first update after the Movie Challenge will be from an entirely upgraded blogger. Yay.

-The Shy Hipster