Pre-screening : Maze Runner

 Maze Runner

PG-13

Amount of Crunch : THE CRUNCH WAS REAL x10

Time : 113 min

Release Date : 19 September 2014.

September 8th, at about 6:40 my friend and I joined a surprising amount of people to watch the new movie The Maze Runner. The tickets were offered by Regal for free to

anyone who wanted them. So naturally I scooped up a pair of tickets because I had been rather excited to see this movie for some time. We got in the theater about 7:00, and were reminded about 1,000 times that your phone was prohibited. After a grueling 20 minutes, the head security guy quieted everyone and strictly told us that cell phones were not allowed and they will have 6 guys during the movie with night vision that will be watching everyone the whole time. That was not a lie and it was the most distracting thing ever.

So as a person that had read the book I was quite interested to see how they were going to create this movie. The book is quite long and very full of detail so how they were going to cram all of that into a two hour movie seemed a bit of a stretch. Im not going to give away the plot or anything but know as a book reader the changes that the director Wes Ball had created were nothing short of fantastic. They made things flow in a way that wasn’t too drastically different from the book. 

Kaya Scodelario was fantastic. From the look she had to the mannerisms , she was a great Teresa. I’ve watched Kaya in a couple of movies and tv shows and I was excited to see her on the big screen. She did not disappoint.

The casting for the boys in the movie was spot on. Dylan O’Brien was incredible as Thomas. I literally have no other words than he brought a book character to life and I couldn’t be happier. Plus he wasn’t too bad to look at on a big screen either ;) 

The part I was most worried about though was Newt. He was my favorite in all of the books and I thought that it would be hard to capture that intelligent sass that comes with Newts character. But Thomas Brodie-Sangster was incredible. He had the whole persona of Newt inside of him. Maybe it’s just my undying love for this character but I was so happy to see that he had brought him to life in the best way possible. 

Overall, I was very impressed with this movie and the actors inside of it. They are all rather new faced factors for the big screen and some people were nervous that they wouldn’t perform. If you are one of those people , the group that they have casted for this movie is nothing short of fantastic and that reason alone should not stop you from seeing this fantastic movie. 

August in a nutshell

August -

This past month has been more of a whirlwind than anything.Between moving to Denver, settling in, my birthday and getting a new job I haven’t had time to do anything but sleep.

Denver - 

Living in up here has done nothing but make my life better. I like the city life so much more than I could ever imagine. More people , more food, more movies , BETTER SHOPPING. Oh god the mall is so much better up here I can’t even explain to you. ( I live for Lush, and my paychecks go straight from me to Lush , I need help) My apartment up here is much older than my last , but it hasn’t been anything short of awesome. Dobby likes it too so that makes me happy. 

Getting a new Job - 

So , at the beginning of the month I moved to up here and would have never imagined within the same month I would have a different employer. iTriage contacted me at the beginning of the month of a position on their QA team. At my interview I met some of the people that I would be working with and everyone was just so down to earth and chill. Obviously they liked me because they offered me the job here. I now work downtown and ride the light rail into work every day. Oh so city chic. But the light rail is a blog of it’s own, don’t get me started on it. I was rather nervous about switching back to automation after previously leaving my automation position, but a week in to the new job and I couldn’t be happier. 

That’s just a bit of what’s going on in my life and why the hell i had been so absent in the month of August. But now that everything has settled down a bit more and i am getting back into a routine, I will absolutely blog more. 

Keep an eye out for this week because I’ve been given free passes to see a pre-screening of The Maze Runner and I am going to see that tonight! I will let you know what I think. It better be good because I read the book and I fell in love with the book. 

ANYWAY.. now that this is the most unorganized post I must go. Talk to tomorrow most likely! 

-Hannah

I got emotional over a tree and a raccoon

Guardians of the Galaxy
Times I cried cause of tears : Three
Times I cried of laughter: 15 +
Soundtrack : CRUNCHYYYY like totes amazeballs

I went in expecting your very typical super hero movie. Full of action , saving people, seriousness because clearly the world is about to end , you know the whole deal. But it was all of those things just replace the seriousness with sarcasm. I haven't laughed so hard in so long, it was quiet refreshing to be honest.

I found my spirit animal in a raccoon. Rocket( played by Bradley Cooper)  by far was my favorite character and the absolute sassiest. If i were a talking raccoon , I'd be Rocket I can tell you that much. He was one of the two animated Guardians , the other was Groot. Groot (played by Vin Diesel) was actually a very expressive character for being a tree that said four , of the same , words the whole movie. NEVER WOULD I EVER IMAGINE that I would get emotional over a tree. I CAN'T GET OVER IT. Both Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel should get awards for portraying these characters. I completely forgot that they were animated too! Hats off to the animators because that was some flawless work.

Also , the soundtrack added that extra layer of just pure badassery to the whole film. I have no idea what it was about hearing these retro tunes in outer space but it really did it for me. I am absolutely going to add some of the music from that soundtrack onto my August playlist.

Enough rambling , I vote you go see this movie. I probably will go see it again to be honest.I don't want to give away any spoilers so I am not going to do a summary of the movie. SO GO SEE IT!

Bye people of the internet.

Life at 5280 Feet

Today is the day that I move to Denver. I am so excited to start this new chapter of my life. Colorado Springs was a nice city, but it really wasn't me. I needed something with a beating pulse to it, not a place that shuts down at 6 pm. On top of the new location I am moving closer to my friends , which I am sure will end up in my blog as we go on our adventures.

As this has been posted on the day that I am actually moving, my life is currently in a small U-Haul on its way north and I am so excited. Minus the fact that I realized I have WAY too many soccer shirts for my own good and I may have a slight t-shirt problem. Regardless I am excited, as you can probably tell because I've literally said excited like 10 times so far.

If you live in or near Denver, let me know cute places to eat. I’m tired of eating the same old chain restaurants. Plus ever since Alyssa introduced me to the Greek place in Vegas I need to find myself a delicious place to get Greek Pita.

Till next time people of the internet.

-Hannah 

Right, so I wrote this the night before i moved then haven't been able to get internet for my abode yet. STILL HAVEN'T! Four hours later with Comcast and turns out i have to wait three more days.. ugh. But, I love Denver so far and I can't wait to share :D

-Kay bye again...

Review : The Scary Movie that Surprised Me.

Deliver Us From Evil

Rated : R

Run time : 101 minutes

Rating 2.5 out of 5

So going into this movie I was expecting a supernatural horror. From the weird hooting owl rolling across the floor in the commercial , I’m assuming that’s something that you’d also expect , Right? WRONG! This movie is about a possession. WHO THE FLIP WOULD HAVE GUESSED THAT FROM THE COMMERCIAL. Granted there was a priest in the commercial but I honestly did not get any sort of religious connotation from the commercial. Loads of scary movies add priests because they assume that the horror in their house is cause from some sort of evil presence and the priest is like “nah man, y’all are screwed” and he usually leaves as fast as his character is introduced.(source : see ever paranormal activity movie) I ASSUMED THE SAME FROM THIS MOVIE BUT I WAS VERY WRONG.

This movie had loads more of religious point of view than it did super natural. Overall the movie wasn't that bad, but it surprised me which was good.[Spoiler] The characters were rather weak , along with the overall plot. I mean honestly, soldiers go into a cave in Iraq and get posessed. I think I held my breath for the entirety of the last scene. There were some scary scenes but nothing too traumatizing. I slept well after the movie if that matters to you or not.

Tl;dr – Movie was Okay, wouldn't see it again but wasn't a horrid first watch either. Also , the priest looked like Jon Snow.

p.s. after looking at the movie poster it has crosses and stuff on it. Okay maybe it was meant to be religious but I totally didn't get that from the trailer. So , I blame the editor of the trailer for that.

-Hannah 

P.S.S. Also , i have no idea when i will have time to go to the movies again. :( I am in the middle of packing my life up right now and preparing for my move to Denver. But not to worry , more reviews on the way I'm sure. If anyone reads these. 

Take me away

Level of Crunch – 10/10

Amount of replays- uncountable

Rating – hella

Occasionally there is a song that just hits so close to home and this is absolutely one of them. This song has become much more than just a sick beat and some crunchy tunes. The lyrics sing a song that was my life a little over a year ago.  I have yet to find a song to perfectly match that time in my life until now. The connection to this song is so deeply rooted inside of me I honestly don’t think I’ll ever get over this song. 

The first time you listen to it I am sure that you think it’s about some sort of drug like ecstasy, which I don’t condone.  But, if actually sit down and listen to the lyrics Troye is singing about loneliness , just existing and not feeling anything , and having to use prescribed medication to get that ounce of happiness that eventually just ends up numbing you to everything.

This song is truly about the struggle of depression and the thing people do to try to mute the sadness inside of themselves. This song hurts in such a good way and I am so happy that this song is doing so well.

Troye’s EP drops on August 15^th and I highly suggest getting it.

Right now that I’m done being emosh back to your daily routine

-Hannah 

p.s. this is the first time i've ever really publicly talked about anything like this soooo .... keep the chill 

Music : bringing people together since ... forever

Music is a rather important feature in my life, besides movies of course. I listen to more music than I watch TV , I don’t even have cable anymore. But i’ve always found it so fascinating that a particular song can take you back to a time and place in your life whether it be a wild night from spring break , a heart break, or a crowd of people at a club all singing the same song.

I guess I am making a music diary, is that a thing? If it’s not I am going to make it a thing. Below are just a few songs that I’ve been addicted to this past month, plus a few oldies. ( there are a couple of songs that I couldn’t find on 8Tracks so I’ll just add them below this playlist.)

July from JustHannah19 on 8tracks Radio.

My current favorite jam is – Happy Little Pill ( By TroyeSivan)

1       Money Trees by Kendrick Lamar

a.       Why you ask? Because yeh bish

2       Habits – Tove Lo Chainsmokers edit

a.       To be honest I like this mostly because the beat.

3       Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran

a.       This is of my favorite songs by Ed currently. This particular song is off his new album “X” and I highly suggest taking a listen

4       Tenerife Sea – Ed Sheeran

a.       Also a favorite off his new album , although the quality on 8Tracks is poor , Youtube it I promise that you won’t be disappointed.

5       Come Get it Bae – Pharrel

a.       This song I actually listened to the first time on the radio and it made me involuntarily dance in my car.

6       Earthquake – DJ Fresh , Diplo and Dominique Young

a.       I first heard Earthquake at XS , a club in vegas. This song was playing whilst my best friend and I were first entering the club and it was a very surreal moment.  Also , a fantastic song to play as loud as your ears can handle.

7       Sweet Victory – IDK

a.       You know why.

8       Delirious – Steve Aoki

a.       Yet another song I heard for the first time at XS. No words can describe that night but I believe that this song does that night justice… That whole weekend actually

9     I love it- Icona Pop and Charli XCX –

a.       When you hear well over 500 people shouting I don’t care… I love it as loud as they can… just does something to yeh I guess.

10   Happy Little Pill – Troye Sivan

a.       Well I am quite addicted to watching people on youtube, and Troye was a channel I have been subscribed to for quite a long time actually. About two weeks ago he announced that he was going to drop his debut album called “ Trxye” and I was so excited. This is his first single from it and I cannot stop mashing the replay button. What really draws me to this song though is the lyrics. ( this song isn’t on the 8Tracks list but it is available to listen to on sound cloud I highly suggest you go take a listen)