Movie Reviews – Netflix's 'teen' genre

There are a lot of 'teen' movies on Netflix. Like, a lot. It's a very specific genre, strangely, and all of the teen movies I've watched all seem to have the same kind of feel to them, like they're books all written by the same author, or by different authors, all copying each other's style.

I'm not saying that all the teen movies are the same, just that they have the same feel to them.

It's difficult to explain. If you understand, then you understand. If not, then just forget I said anything in the first place.

Anyway, I was in the mood for a teen movie, and decided I would watch some of the ones that have been in my Netflix list for ages, and make a post out of it.

So here we are.

I'll stop rambling, and get into it.

When smart but cash-strapped teen Ellie Chu agrees to write a love letter for a jock, she doesn't expect to become his friend - or fall for his crush.

My Review!

Ellie Chu writes other students papers for cash. It’s a simple transaction. But when Paul Munsky corners her, asking for her to help him write, not a school paper, but a love letter? Things start to get a little more complicated. Especially when the girl Paul is trying to woo is Ellie’s crush. Strapped for money, Ellie initially agrees only to ensure the power stays on in her house, but she finds a friend in Paul, and finds herself unable to stop.

This is a story of love, but this isn’t a love story. Every moment of this film is about love, in one way or another, but it is not the story of two people finding love with each other. Love is too messy for it to be that simple. But this is a story about love for others helping people find themselves. After all, how can you love someone so completely when you aren’t even completely sure who you are, and what you want from life?

This film is packed with poetic turns of phrase, I don’t know if you can tell that it’s completely rubbed off on me by the way I’m writing this review! This film is romantic without the romance, but, in a way, that is what makes it such a good film. But I must share the opening lines of this film, because they were what stuck with me the entire way through:

The ancient Greeks believed humans once had four arms, four legs, and a single head made of two faces. We were happy. Complete. So complete that the gods, fearing our wholeness would quell our need for worship, cleaved us in two… leaving our split selves to wander the Earth in misery. Forever longing. Longing. Longing… for the other half of our soul.

Isn’t that completely heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time? I love it. This is a great film, not entirely heavy, although it does have some important themes – in particular, acceptance. Accepting yourself, and others, for who they are, and coming to an understanding that, while you can’t change who you are, once you accept you for yourself, a whole new world of possibilities opens up.

Wholesome college freshman Tessa Young thinks she knows what she wants out of life, until she crossed paths with complicated bad boy Hardin Scott.

My Review!

Tessa Young has her whole life planned out. She has grown up spending time with her mother, and her best friend turned boyfriend, Noah. But, when she heads off to college, and the people she knows most in the world are no longer there with her, she has to make her way alone. And that includes figuring out who she really wants to be. When she meets Hardin Scott, a certified bad boy, she is torn between continuing to be the good girl she’s always been, and getting to know him.

This film is, unfortunately, not one I enjoyed. For the most part, I absolutely could not stand Hardin. He is arrogant, rude, condescending… in fact, Tessa says that she will not allow him to get a reaction out of her. And suddenly she’s infatuated with him? I can find no redeeming qualities for him in this film. Apparently this film is based on a book series – I don’t know if the book is better, and the film cut out things, but there is absolutely no build up at all. Tessa practically hates Hardin, then she loves him. And that switch happens in about ten minutes. I don’t mean to go on and on about it, but this film is about their relationship, and I just didn’t feel that their relationship worked at all. And I didn’t like Hardin… did I mention that already?

It wasn’t just my hatred for Hardin that made me not like this film. Important scenes were rushed over, without a clear conclusion. It almost had the feel of flicking through a book, reading a paragraph, and then moving on, without reading the full story. The film flowed, it wasn’t overly disjointed, but the story was. After reading some of the reviews for the book this film is based on, there is clearly a lot of extra information about important scenes that was not put into the movie. I do get that it’s a very long book (nearly 600 pages) and not everything can go into the film, but still.

I don’t often write bad reviews, and I know a lot of people really liked this film, but it absolutely was not for me. Well, we can’t all like everything!

The summer before college Auden meets the mysterious Eli, a fellow insomniac. While the seaside town of Colby sleeps, the two embark on a nightly quest to help Auden experience the fun, carefree teen life she never knew she wanted.

My Review!

Auden wants to do something different the summer before college. She has spent her entire life being a person she is not sure she wants to be, and she knows she can’t become someone else in her hometown. So she travels to visit her father, hoping that a change of scenery and new faces will help her figure out who she wants to be. And then, she meets Eli, a mysterious guy who helps her have fun on night time quests – quests to allow Auden to experience what being a teenager, and having fun, really is.

This film is laid out like your typical teen movie – the quiet girl who spends her time studying and reading goes away for the summer, and suddenly makes friends, after a life of not having any. But, there is so much more to this film. I did really enjoy watching this one. While Auden is unsure about Eli’s ‘quests’, she goes along with it, growing closer to her midnight companion, but at the same time, Auden is helping Eli, without even really knowing it. Eli has his secrets from the past, reasons for why he is only around in the middle of the night, when no one else is around, and as Eli helps Auden to live her life, Auden helps Eli to heal, and move on with his.

There is not a lot of romance in this film, but a lot of great friendships – I’m not going to lie, I’m jealous of Auden. What I would give for an Eli of my own, to do quests with in the middle of the night! Also, I haven’t ridden a bike in ages, and haven’t owned one in longer, but Eli rides a bike, and bikes are a big thing in this film, and now I really want to get a bike to ride it around where I live. I might have to try and find one for sale!

Anyway, I went off topic a little. Amazing film, great friends, good feels. All of it. Love it. Highly recommend!

A clean-cut high school student relies on the school's rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.

My Review!

Olive did not expect a little lie she told her friend to get out of going camping to escalate quite as much as it did. One minute, she had a date with an imaginary guy, the next minute, she had spent the weekend with him, and lost her v-card. And suddenly, the whole school knew. But it wasn’t the fact that everyone believed Olive had sex that really caused the problem – it was Olive’s inability to not help people out. So, she also fake slept with someone because they were bullied for being gay. And then someone else. And so on, and so forth.

To be fair to Olive, it was a very good business that she had going on. People could say that they had made out with her, slept with her, ect. In exchange for gift cards. The only problem was that Olive’s reputation went rapidly downhill with so many people believing that she actually had done so, and her life got very difficult, very quickly.

This is a very comedic film, although a serious one at the same time. There are jokes, sure, and Olive’s parents are the most chill, sarcastic, carefree parents any film has ever created, but Olive doesn’t exactly have an easy time of it. She loses friends, people refuse to talk to her, or those that do talk to her only want to spend time with her for her reputation. She is incredibly lonely, even though all the attention is always on her. She is completely ostracized, and can’t figure out how to free herself.

This is a great film. I’ve seen it many times before, but I wanted to watch it again, and it seemed a great addition to this post. I’ve done poetic, terrible, romantic… time for comedy! Also, Emma Stone is amazing by herself. Perfect for the role of Olive. Anyway, love this film, I’ve watched it at least five times, will watch again!

And done!

I wasn't entirely sure how many movies to include in this post. There's something that demands I stick to odd numbers – a review of one film, or three, or five... but I said screw it, I didn't want to have to find another film, so I did four instead.

Anyway, that's all for now...

Bye!

Short Story – Ghost Music

Sometimes, when I can’t sleep, and my bedroom is too hot and suffocating, I crawl behind my curtains, and sit in the windowsill with the window cracked open. Night air fills the lungs so much more satisfyingly than daytime air, and there’s something about looking out of the window at the dark street, knowing that you might be the only person awake to witness this particular moment in space and time, that gives me a sense of calmness and purpose. After all, otherwise I’m just an insomniac who’s sat in her windowsill at 1:38 in the morning. 

There are many things you can do in an windowsill, hidden behind the curtains, not hiding from the outside world, but the inside one, where the responsible thing to do is lie in bed, trying to fall asleep, so you can be up early and have enough energy for the day. You can read, scroll, binge-watch. You can remain as long as you can stay comfortable. I fit quite nicely in my windowsill. My head just skims the top, and if I point my toes, I can slouch and comfortably push my toes against the wall to hold me up and stop me from sliding. And with the window open, there’s a sense of freedom. That being in that windowsill is a choice of your own, and no one else in the entire world can tell you that you can’t sit in your windowsill, with the window open, in the middle of the night. 

And to begin with, I didn’t notice it. I am alone in being awake, on a quiet street that only the occasional car will drive alone, headlights briefly making their way into my eyeline, before passing on their way. There’s something about background noise, that you don’t really notice it until you start paying attention. The sound of a car engine catches my attention, the sound of an owl hoot, but the rustling of the wind through the leaves of the plants outside my window are practically silent, even though I could hear them if I tried to listen. It doesn’t sound like it makes sense, but it does. I didn’t start paying attention to the sound, until I heard a very human ‘whoo’. And suddenly, a whole new layer to the outside on this particular night joined the world. 

The soft thumping of bass and drums, and an electronic melody over the top. The kind of music you hear in a film, softly seeping through the walls of the nearby house, when a character who really does not want to go to a party sits in the car outside, trying to build up the courage to walk up the drive. The thing with this new sound, in the night that feels like my world, and my world alone, is that I don’t know what to make of it. Sometimes, I hear the chatter of people walking past my house, and sometimes, it’s scarily loud and close. But there’s a motion sensor light that lights up near my window if anyone gets too close, and I have a dog who is very good at waking up if an unexpected human gets near the house. 

And while the sound of the music is slightly muted, I can’t tell if it’s coming from a house, or a bad speaker. It sounds like it’s coming from the bottom of my driveway, around the corner where I can’t see from my window, but there’s no lights anywhere. As I listen to the music, and start to realise that, while I’ve never heard the song before, I quite like it, I begin to wonder if the music is really there. It could just be in my head. As far as I’m aware, everyone on the street is asleep, and I’m the only person awake to witness this moment in space and time. How could I find out? It’s not like I could ask someone if they heard that music last night if everyone was asleep. 

It’s tempting to pull a coat on over my pyjamas, and go to investigate, but I have an overactive imagination, and I fear too much for my life to have the courage to climb out my window at night to check out mysterious music. So I simply sit and listen. And imagine. Has my opposite neighbour forgotten her window is open, and not realised quite how loud her music is turned up? Or maybe someone is sat at the end of my drive, leaning against the wall and listening to music without realising their earphones are not plugged in properly. Maybe a group of teenagers are walking down the road with a speaker. It’s difficult to tell where the music is coming from, with it echoing softly down the street. Or, again, is it simply as made up as those scenarios, my brain trying to play me a lullaby to tempt me back into bed and allow me to drift to sleep. 

Either way, the longer I listen to the music, the more eerie and ghost like it becomes. What if the player of the music is not even alive? What if I’ve peeked through the veil and I’m glimpsing the world of the dead. I can find no proof that anyone else is awake. I see no lights, no torch beams. I don’t hear footsteps, or a sniff or a cough. Other than the initial ‘whoo’, all proof of human presence is gone. Maybe it’s ghost music, or maybe I’m sleep deprived and my imagination is in overdrive. 

Eventually, I close my window, and climb back through my curtains. The strange thing is, I can generally still hear things happening outside regardless of whether my window is open or closed. Yes, it’s usually a lot clearer with the window open, but you know what I mean. Well, when I close the window, I listen hard for the music again, but it’s gone. Disappeared. And something scares me about opening my window again, to see if I can actually still hear it. Superstition, maybe. Perhaps just fear itself. But as I lay in bed, still as awake as ever, I can hear the soft thudding of bass and drums in my ears, but instead of it accompanying a melody, and creating a symphony of notes, it’s my heartbeat, and the sound of blood pumping around my body. 

And done!

Is this based on a true story? Yes. I wrote it in the middle of the night. Did I hear ghost music tonight? Potentially. It’s really quite nice music, though, so I’m not complaining. 

Anyway, that’s all for now…

Bye!

A Review – Vanished by Jade Madden

There's something I absolutely love about short stories, and that is that they always help me get back into reading after a reading break.

The last two days (before I'm writing this) I haven't been very well, and have been lying in bed, watching YouTube videos and napping. Today, though, I woke up feeling better, and wanting to read, but not wanting to dive into a long book because I don't have the brain power for one currently.

I haven't read a book in probably weeks, but after reading this short story, I can't wait to get back into reading more.

Let me introduce the book, and then I will share my review!

An FBI Agent. A missing hiker. And a secret to die for...

FBI Agent Faith Black was damn good at her job.

But considering the events of her last case, she is lucky to still have her badge.

Her latest assignment lands her in a sleepy backwoods town where people are disappearing.

She’s less than enthused.

She partners with the local sheriff who's desperate for answers. They agree that their only option is to retrace the footsteps of a college grad who recently vanished while hiking.

Together they scour the hiking trail over 87 miles through the thick mountain forest. They can't shake the eerie feeling they are not alone.

Whatever was lurking in the shadows wants them gone.

And nothing could have prepared them for what they find.

It was a secret that the ominous forest has been hiding.

A secret only the dead knew...

Vanished is the prequel to the Faith Black FBI Crime Files series; it can be read as a standalone.

Disclaimer: This book is for mature audiences and contains mild profanity and violence.

Amazon UK • Amazon US

My Review!

June Robinson was eager to get going on her hike, but a downpour on the second day, and a chill that settles in her bones, slows her down. She finds her seven day timeframe destroyed as she grows sick, and has a difficult decision to make – does she press on, even through she barely has any energy, or does she try to turn back, even through the way back would be difficult. Without cell service, June is stuck by herself.

FBI agent Faith Black is lucky to still have a job after a mistake she made on a previous case, so she can’t complain too much when she is assigned a missing person’s case in a quiet town. The town has had multiple missing people reported, but none of the cases have yet to be solved. The most recent is a young girl, June Robinson, who was last heard from when she called her parents at the beginning of a hiking trail, before she inevitably lost cell service. Teaming up with the town’s Sheriff, James Hollow, Faith heads into the woods to retrace June’s path in the hopes of finding her alive and well.

I have an immense love for short stories, but there is one problem when it comes to writing reviews – there’s always so much I want to talk about, but I can’t because it’ll give away too much of the plot! There is so much packed into this book, with Faith trying to solve a mystery that the reader already knows the truth behind. I have always found crime/mystery books creepier when there is the perspective of both the victim and the law enforcement, because you know the dangers that the law enforcement characters are in, even when it doesn’t seem to them that they are in any trouble. There are certainly moments in this book when I was scared for Faith and James’ lives, and they had no idea about how concerned they should really be.

This book is not without some gore, but everything that happened, no matter how much it might make me cringe at the mental images, added immensely to the story and depiction of the characters. I felt like I thoroughly understood all the characters, not just the good guys. The author has done a wonderful job at adding backstory to everything, without overwhelming the reader in such a short amount of time. Every single character is perfectly fleshed out, and they all seem incredibly real, even though the realness of certain characters will creep you out.

This is only the prequel of a series, but it is more than enough to get you hooked on the characters. I can’t wait to read more about Faith, and her cases. The length of the book, along with the pacing, almost makes it feel like the first episode in a very binge-worthy television series – as soon as you finish episode one, you immediately want to click through to episode two. Except, this is a prequel, and book one isn’t out yet. You must wait for the next instalment, but it is a series to bookmark, so you can immerse yourself in the next part as soon as it is available! 

Faith is a wonderful character, who I connected with immediately. The reasons she has been assigned to this particular case, and what exactly went wrong before, are revealed slowly throughout the story, so you have time to get to know who she really is before you judge her on past mistakes. Even through she feels a missing persons case is beneath what she should be doing, that doesn’t mean she is any less dedicated to the case than any higher profile case she might’ve been assigned to. Finding June is her number one priority, and she puts her all into it. I really enjoyed following her, and definitely look forward to joining her again in future books.

This is an excellent start to a series that promises to be just as gripping, exciting, and well developed as this first book. I read this book in one sitting, in just over an hour. It is well and truly unputdownable. 

And done!

The next book in the series (Deceived: A Suspenseful Crime Mystery with a Shocking Twist (Faith Black FBI Case Files Book 1)) is due out on July 27th, so what better time to get your hands on this prequel, and introduce yourself to the series? It’s quite literally the perfect timing!

Anyway, that's all for now...

Bye!

Rewatching my favourite films from when I was younger

Sometimes, you just want to sit back and watch a Universal or PG rated film, because you don't really have to pay attention to them for them to make sense.

There are several DVDs on my shelf that I was absolutely obsessed with when I was younger, when I was maybe 12 ish, that I haven't watched for years. So I decided to rewatch them, to see if I still love them as much, and to see if they bring back the obsessions I once had.

Let's get watching!

Morgan Freeman, Harry Connick Jr and Ashley Judd star in this family drama based on the true story of a dolphin who is given a new lease of life after being badly injured in a trap off the Florida coast. When a young dolphin loses her tail after becoming caught in a crab trap, she is rescued and taken to the Clearwater Marine Hospital, where she is given the name of Winter. There a marine biologist joins forces with a brilliant prosthetics doctor to create a new tail for Winter, who is also befriended by a young boy, Sawyer (Nathan Gamble).

Dolphin Tale 2 continues the story of the brave dolphin Winter, who faces an uncertain future when her surrogate mother, the very elderly dolphin Panama, passes away.

I grouped these two movies together, because if I talk about one, I will also be talking about the other, so I might as well just do it all at once.

Let us first recap the premises, because I couldn't find descriptions that actually explain what the films are about!

Dolphin Tale:

Sawyer is supposed to be participating in summer school, due to failing grades, but when he finds a dolphin, tangled up with ropes, on the beach, he can't just leave her there. Clearwater Marine Hospital are called, and arrive to save her, but Sawyer cannot just let her go, without knowing if she's okay. So, he goes to visit.

The dolphin, named Winter, is in a bad way. Her tail was badly damaged, to the point of needing to be removed, and she seems to be giving up. That is, until she realises Sawyer has snuck in to see her. Even as ill as she is, Winter recognises Sawyer, and, for him, she starts to try. But with the hospital low on funds, and rapidly losing more money, it isn't just Winter's life at stake, but the future of the entire hospital.

Dolphin Tale 2:

When Winter's companion, Panama, passes away, she is left alone in her pool, grieving. Nothing anyone can do will get her to engage, and her spine is starting to get worse without consistent use of her prosthetic tail. With it being law to not keep dolphins alone, due to their need for socialisation, Winter not having a companion is causing more problems than just her own loneliness.

Sawyer has been invited to go on a marine course, with a fully funded scholarship, but he can't possibly agree to leave when he doesn't know if Winter will be okay, or if she will even be staying at Clearwater Marine Aquarium. With the deadline for getting Winter paired with another dolphin, and the deadline for Sawyer to accept the scholarship, looming, it seems that sometimes all you need is a little hope...

These movies were an absolute favourite of mine, especially since they're based on a true story. I actually watched the second movie (and knew it inside out) before I watched the first, but it doesn't really matter which order you watch them in. These are movies I used to watch on repeat, as soon as one ended, I would restart it, or put the other one on, and I became a little dolphin obsessed. It was always a dream of mine to go and visit Winter. Unfortunately, she passed away last year, but her whole story is still incredibly inspirational, and, even though I never got to meet her, she helped to give me a much deeper understanding of the importance of looking after marine life. After watching this the first few times, I tried to find a marine biology course to do online that would end in me having a marine biology qualification – keep in mind I was maybe 11 or 12 at this point!

Even now, I still love dolphins, and after rewatching these films, it has rekindled my desire to learn more about marine life. Maybe I will go searching again for a marine biology course! As with many films I haven't watched for ages, I was a little concerned I might find it slightly boring, since I already knew the whole movie inside and out, but I was pleasantly surprised, and found myself loving it just as much now as I used to. I think these films will forever hold a place in my heart.

Matt Damon stars in this feelgood family feature based on the memoir by Benjamin Mee. Newly widowed Benjamin (Damon) is finding life difficult trying to raise his two young children. Urged on by his father, Duncan (Thomas Haden Church), to start over, Benjamin decides to purchase a rundown zoo in the countryside in the hope that it will bring his family together again. Having to care for 47 species, and with his friends thinking he's mad, Benjamin sets out to restore the zoo to its former glory with the help of a small but loyal staff led by Kelly Foster (Scarlett Johansson).

Again, a film about animals, based on a true story. I think it must've been a phase I went through. But again, this film was one I used to absolutely love. Unlike some of the others on this post, which I think are very much catered towards a younger audience, this is a film that all ages can watch and equally enjoy. 

I will point out something about this description I found. This bit: 'Urged on by his father, Duncan (Thomas Haden Church)'. This blurb was on Amazon, where this DVD is being sold... Duncan is not Benjamin's father, Duncan is his older brother. I can't help but think Duncan would take offence to people thinking he is old enough to be his brother's father!

Watching this film brings up more emotion now than it did whenever I last watched it. Knowing what's going to happen almost makes it worse. This film does cover topics of loss, and grieving, and watching Benjamin try to make difficult decisions, with the pain of losing his wife still fresh, is heartbreaking. He tries to hold onto everything, because he is scared to lose something else he loves. It might be because I now understand this that this film is more emotional for me to watch now. Either way, this is a wonderful family film, and it is one that I continue to love.

Comedy superstar Steve Martin (Bringing Down The House) and film favourite Bonnie Hunt (Jerry Maguire) team up in this hilarious tale of two hard-working parents trying to manage careers and a household – amid the chaos of raising twelve rambunctious kids. With a crowd-pleasing supporting cast, including rising young stars Hilary Duff (Lizzie McGuire) and Piper Perabo (Coyote Ugly), this heart-warming hit comedy delivers super-sized fun and laughs by the dozen!

The way I view this film has definitely changed since I last watched it. I remember watching it, and feeling sorry for the kids, wanting the parents to pay more attention to them, to organise themselves a bit better, so they would have the time they needed. Now, though, I see eleven children living at home, and plenty of hands who are very capable of helping out, but who do not want to do so.

I have siblings, although nowhere near as many as there are in this film, and I think the best line that sums up the relationship of siblings is in this film. It goes something along the lines of "sometimes I want to kill you, but I would always kill for you". That isn't the exact quote, but I can't be bothered to find the word for word correct quote right now!

Of all the Baker children, the one I remember most is Charlie. As a thirteen-year-old, I most certainly had a crush on Charlie. Looking things up now, I find out the actor actually older than my parents, but still. In the film, he's playing a 17 year old. I mean, sure, the actor was 25 at the time, but he was cute! My opinion on that still hasn't really changed...!

Mega-budget, special-effects packed action adventure sci-fi epic directed by Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, Stargate), in which global warming and the greenhouse effect have given rise to abrupt climate change - with cataclysmic consequences for the entire planet. Dennis Quaid stars as Professor Adrian Hall, a paleoclimatologist who is fighting to save the world from a second ice age and all the natural disasters that herald it: floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and tornadoes to name but a few. But first, Hall must complete a more personal mission: his son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal) is stranded in New York City where he was taking part in a school competition when the catastrophe began. As well as facing a perpetual onslaught of natural catastrophes, Hall must fight his way through the mass of humanity fleeing south into warmer climes... but can he reach his son in time to save him?

This film is definitely the first disaster movie I ever watched, and it sparked a love for this genre. I haven't watched this film in years, and maybe it's because I have more of an understanding of it now, but I couldn't help but pick this movie apart as I watched it. I mean, there's obviously tons of scientific inaccuracies, but also tons of simple things that I just couldn't quite understand. Maybe it's just me, but if I were stuck in a library, trying to keep a fire going to stay warm and alive, I would burn the wooden chairs, not just the books? Maybe my logic isn't correct, I don't know, but still.

One definite memory about this film is that I had my first nosebleed while watching it. I have never got nosebleeds, so you can imagine my surprise when I get a bad one when just sitting down, watching a disaster film where everything's going wrong, and everyone's dying. I am not sure why I got a nosebleed then, and I haven't had one since. Weird.

Unfortunately, this film doesn't quite hold up now that I'm older, and can spot the inaccuracies. Now that I've seen it again, I think I'll put the film away, and keep my memories of it sparking a love for disaster films, rather than re-rewatch it, and cement the problems in my mind.

Yo-Ho-Ho! join the Muppets on the high seas in their follow up to the successful adaptation of 'A Christmas Carol' in this version of the famous pirate adventure 'Treasure Island'. Tim Curry stars as Long John Silver alongside Gonzo, Rizzo, Kermit as Captain Smollet and Miss Piggy as Benjamina Gunn.

I wasn't going to include this one, because all of the other films so far have been kind of serious films, and this post was starting to feel quite long, but this film was definitely a comfort film growing up, and it still is. Who can resist The Muppets?!

I remember something in particular about The Muppets, although I can't remember if it was this film, or Muppets From Space. When I was 13 or 14, I had an absolutely horrible ear infection, to the point where I physically could not hear anything. Of course, feeling ill, being in pain, and deaf, I put on The Muppets to make me feel better. I also proceeded to drop my DVD remote off my bed, and right into a glass of water that I had on my floor, breaking the remote. Before I had the chance to turn the subtitles on. So I spent several hours watching Muppet films in silence, with no subtitles. Strangely, they're still comforting, even if you can't hear what's going on.

The best thing about this film, though, which sets it above the rest (except maybe The Muppets Christmas Carol, which is still my favourite Christmas film) is the song Cabin Fever. Honestly, go and listen to it. Here's a LINK. This song was my anthem during the COVID lockdowns.

So yeah, The Muppets rule.

And done!

This is probably the longest post I've ever written for this blog, so I'm not going to ramble down here. I'm just going to shut up and say...

Anyway, that's all for now...

Bye!