A Quiet Place - Silent But Deadly REVIEW (NO SPOILERS!)

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A Quiet Place is a silent horror film directed by John Krasinski, who also stars alongside Emily Blunt in this flick. The plot follows a family of four who must live life in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound and silence is the biggest and best character in the film! I will aim to be as spoiler free as I can!

Silence is golden it was atmospheric and so tense, I have never sat through a film and been so tensed up awaiting the creatures to kill someone because of an accidental noise being made, it's insane! Seriously before the film started there was the odd few rustling of crisp's and popcorn and the usual people talking or coughing and when the film started these noises stopped or people were doing it really quietly, it was a first to say the least. 

The Abbott family are highly likeable, for once a horror movie with kids in which they were not so annoying and dumb I thought, well besides one or two moments I suppose. 

Only back in February I seen trailers for this film and from then I was hooked, I was like "oh my god this looks scary and intense!" I told my friends about it and showed them the trailers to which they also reacted the same and said "WE HAVE TO SEE THIS ON THE BIG SCREEN!" and we did and we all enjoyed it like I said, it's a really good film! Might be worth noting we were all debating how we would all survive if the events of this film happened in real life....answer I think is we would not last long haha. 

The film left me wanting more not only knowing more about the creatures but also the world and what happened to the family between these gaps of day's we had for example one minute it was day 89 and the next 400 odd so it's like what the hell went on over the course of the year or so!? 

Props to Krasinski though he did a hell of a job with the screenplay, acting and directing this, it's his own masterpiece he has conducted, no other film i have seen in years has made an entire screen shut up soon as the film starts and stay absolutely quiet until the credits roll! A truly inventive, emotional, tense, film! Props to all cast and crew for this I hope it gains a great deal of success. 

No there are NO POST CREDITS OR AFTER CREDITS!

8/10! 

GO SEE IT BUT BE QUIET!

The End Of DragonBall Super Thought's.

Good writing and good story telling does so much! I can not express it enough!

Not sure if anyone else here watches Dragonball Super but when they revealed 131 was going to be the last episode i was like "what no way, its not over yet, there's so much more left to explore and blanks need to be filled in." 

I was not happy and i was concerned the series would be rushed then til the end and although the final episode fight was a little bit rushed it was just so good because they kept the pacing, the writing it was all flowing right as one. Sure there's been some bumps during super but it's fine and they got smoothed out or just ignored and it's ok. 

It's a relief this is not the end just a see you later which i love the series and episode 131 as a whole delivered and if you see the ratings world wide you can see that this 30+ franchise is far from dead and it keeps growing and getting so much stronger every year and every new manga or anime we get. I can not express my love enough for dragonball. 

DB Super's final episode was so good, it was poetry in motion! It had everything to make fans, cheer, tear up, shocked, pumped up and satisfied. It put the biggest smile on my face.

Now don't worry the Sub has ended but the dub continues to catch up and it's currently on one of the best arc's in Super...The Future Trunks Arc!

DB Super is so big and popular that some countries in the world hosted big parties for the last two episodes, they had big tv's in their town squares and had people watch it and buy drinks and food from stalls so they made a right big event over it. I wish uk had an experience here like it, it would be weird to do it at 2am is the only problem haha and only for 30mins but there's some live footage reactions online that make it worth it. To watch db super with hundreds or thousands of fans in one place together would be epic. It was amazing last night i watched the last episode on a live stream on youtube with 95k people watching live too it was amazing! I mean 95k!!! That's huge!

You can not tell me anime is not popular or anything when the giant that is the dragonball franchise can drive that many views! 

Sorry i just love it and feel a sense of pride and what not for being a fan and for this massive success it has had. I've been a big fan of the show for almost 20 years! I cant seem to find the ratings but the fact dragonball, z, gt and super have all always been in the top 10 anime most watched, is something right? Well not GT that was alright but it was least watched and is fanbase least fave series and the fact it's not canon also is something more to add. The fact also this year when Goku went ultra instinct for the first time, it crashed so many anime sites people went nuts!

You know shows when db came out were like 30 mins of here's a villain and boom, villain is gone! DB series is all about telling the story, it fills you in on the characters and does not make them throwaway at all, its just amazing. Soundtrack is infectious so is the animation too. Such a gripping, highly entertaining, enjoyable series. Storytelling at it's finest!

God I blabber so much about the series, i should just marry the series i know haha i've been told my passion for it know's no bounds just like a Saiyan's limit. 

#ThankYouSuper

#DragonBallSuper

Thanks for stopping by! Have a SUPER day :) 

My DVD Film Watch List! (constantly being updated)

So i thought i'd post my watch list and this will only be all the films i have on my to watch list which will consist of old and new films.

So bare with me and let's have a look at these films i will have to watch at some point.

IF YOU HAVE SEEN ANY DO LET ME KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS WITHOUT SPOILING IT!

ALREADY OUT!

Book Of Eli

12 Years A Slave

Rise Of Guardians

Concussion

H8ful 8

Concussion

Lock, Stock

Krampus

Rough Night

Founder

Street Cat Bob

999

Accountant

Fantastic Beasts

Underworld Blood Wars

War Dogs

Kung Fu Panda 3

Big Short

Night Before

Prisoners

Boyhood

Ninja Assassin

We Still Kill Old Way

We Still Steal Old Way

Negotiator

Dog's Purpose

Going In Style

Let Right One In

6 Days

Marley & Me

A.X.L.
Meg
Overlord
Mortal Engines
Little Shop Of Horrors
Princess Bride
Robin Hood Men In tights
Polar
The Abyss
Goodbye christopher robin
A star is born
Kid who would be king
Happy death day 2u
Dunkirk

More will be added and taken away as we progress through the year :) 

Post Game Depression

It's over.....I can't believe it, finally after all these hours spent, it's done. I finished the game! *Sobs*

Oh hello there, metallic nation you seem to have caught me sobbing uncontrollably at the fact that i have just completed another great game. I am now suffering what people call PGD which means Post Game Depression. The feeling of sadness, emptiness, the loss of direction altogether and the unbearable boredom you feel, all these come from finishing a video game that you put a lot of time in and enjoyed. You don't feel like doing anything else and you feel like these feelings will never leave you.

So as I sit here typing away how I feel and about this PGD I have, do please at anytime leave me a comment or message me if you have had any feelings like this after something or about your own experiences with Post Game Depression.

Game's that made me feel PGD in the past 15 years include, DBZ Budokai 3, GTA 5, Telltales Guardians Of The Galaxy, Telltales Walking Dead Season 1, Yakuza Kiwami, Watch Dogs 2, Dragonball Xenoverse 1&2, Firewatch, Digimon Cyber Sleuth, Uncharted collection 1 - 4, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, The Bureau: Xcom Declassified, Heavy Rain, Spec Ops: The Line, Mass Effect 2, Pokemon X, Sims 3, Gears Of War 1 - 3, Batman Arkham Asylum, Halo 3, Far Cry 3, Saints Row 1-4 and finally LA Noire this is to name but dozen there's been many more but only these have sprung to my mind as of right now.

The first stage of PGD is the feeling of disbelief because the experience you have had over the many hours and days spent playing a game has now finished, the feelings of sadness, empty feeling, boredom all creep in to make their nest in your soul. Stage two is the loss of direction i would say like you are unsure what to do next and you are just craving for something to fill the void but you fear nothing will and stage 3 is just the last stage being starting a game and missing the fun of the previous game. PGD is all caused by the end of a great game you enjoyed which transported you away from reality to a virtual world where your real life troubles did not matter because you are not you, you are someone else with many lives who is not afraid to lose a life because you'll come back in a few seconds or minutes or you can restart and go again. 

You can also get post depression from finishing a series you have been binging like breaking bad, i spent days in bed watching the show i was gripped, enthralled just immersed in this story and when i finished it, i had no idea what to do, i was sad and i felt empty too. People tend to get distressed when a character or game they love comes to an end which this feeling funny enough was dubbed the Seinfeld effect after the cancellation of the tv show of the same name back in the 90s. 

Us gamers in the video game worlds do become quite parasocial and develop parasocial relationships with fictional characters basically we feel a connection with fictional characters because we gamers frequently interact with many of these people models in games and these parasocial relationships are quite positive as we can test out social and emotional realities without the risks of real relationships, our parasocial relationships are one sided with fictional characters in terms of interaction which means we are protected from physical danger and social rejection so you know with this in mind its why we could form a relationship with a psychopath like Trevor in GTA 5 as we are not in danger of him being a real person and cutting our throats. 

It's been a week since i completed Mafia 3 and i still feel this empty void and i feel like nothing can fill this gap in right now like i'm still in the second stage which is basically the loss of direction and just unsure of what to play next. I think this depression is taking a bit longer not just because of how great Mafia 3 is and how much i enjoyed it but more so from the lack of gym time i have had lately, honestly the less exercise and work outs i get i think the more these depressing thoughts and feelings creep in. 

So basically the reality check is what causes the post game depression aswell as finishing a game we spent many hours of which we were thoroughly immersed in. 

Thanks for reading and visiting my blog as ever, take care, have a nice day :)

The Shape Of Water Film Review (SPOILER FREE)

Ok so it's been one of my most anticipated films since October last year i think when i first seen a trailer for it, i thought it looked fresh and unique and it was from Guillermo Del Toro which immediately caught my interest and heightened it further to want to watch this film and not only that but it was it's concept a love story between this creature from the deep and a mute woman and not only that but Michael Shannon's involvement also got me interested and excited to go see this film. 

So what is The Shape Of Water all about? It's a fantasy, drama, romance spectacle set in cold war era America, In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda discover a secret classified experiment in the form of an aquatic beast but he is not a beast just a lovely misunderstood creature. 

The cast are brilliant with Doug Jones playing the role of the Aquatic Man, Sally Hawkins as Elisa, Michael Shannon as Richard Strickland, Octavia Spencer as Zelda and along with Richard Jenkins as Giles they all stood out stole the show and drove the film along nicely. 

The visual's are stunning, really capturing the days of the 50's/60's era of design and art along with the film capturing the era of the golden age of movies, it's really something. Costumes look lovely and of era. Music is great it's all of the same era of course and it's brilliant, not to spoil anything but there's a beautiful musical piece in the film set in black and white which is touching and overall it's a very sweet film too. A lot of practical effects went into the movie and i was shocked to hear Guillermo in an interview recently say "Nothing was filmed underwater, i don't like shooting in water, we hung everything upside down and made it work in slow motion." which i did not expect because the water and the effects of things under the water in the underwater scenes look so real like they were actually filming it underwater you know? I also realise it took me a while but i got to the point in the end of my last sentence haha. 

This is the all new re-imagined Beauty And The Beast minus no rich guy being turned into the beast in this one but it's B&TB directed by Guillermo for sure and it was enjoyable to watch and just visually stunning. 

I hope this film and everyone who worked on it and starred in it get's some awards, I do know it has picked up a bunch of awards already but i want it to gain more.

I have to say, this film is a must see, if you are curious or liked the trailer i highly recommend you go watch the film or if you like Del Toro for that matter. 

I really enjoyed this movie, I hope you do too, please go see it if it interest's you! 

FUN FACTS!

• Director Guillermo del Toro began working on the film in 2011. He self-financed a crew that designed both the creature and the lab.

• It took over nine months to arrive at the look of the creature, and director Guillermo del Toro calls it the most difficult movie he and his team have ever designed.

• Doug Jones spent three hours every day getting into the costume. According to him, it was nothing compared to previous costumes he has worn in other films by Guillermo del Toro.

• This project marked the first time director Guillermo del Toro had a female co-writer on his script.

• This has no connection to Abe from Hellboy.

• Guillermo chose to direct this film instead of Pacific Rim Uprising.