Top 5 Thursday: Movie Archers

I recently saw "Brave" for the first time and that made me think of this top 5. The best movie archers.

5. Clint Barton/ Hawke Eye (“The Avengers”)
He is part of the ensemble, but doesn't have any superpowers. His bow and arrow do the trick.

4. Neytiri (“Avatar”)
She is the Na'vi princess of the Omaticaya clan. She is good with her bow and she can quite do some damage because of the size of the arrows.

3. Princess Merida (“Brave”)
Merida is a character with a strong will and a young woman who just wants to make her own decisions. Her mother doesn't like it that Merida is so good at archery.

2. Katniss Everdeen (“The Hunger Games”)
Katniss taught herself to shoot a bow and arrow, just for the simple reason of survival. As you can see, it can come in handy. Katniss really rocks this weapon.

1. Robin Hood (“Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves”)
Robin Hood is the most well known archer in the history of the world and also in the movie history. My favorite indeed!

They almost made the top 5: Kili ("The Hobbit")

50 Books Challenge 2012 - # 51: City of Glass by Cassandra Clare (The Mortal Instruments # 3)

Title: City of Glass ("The Mortal Instrumenst # 3")
Author: Cassandra Clare
Story: To save her mother's life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters - never mind that entering the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. To make things worse, she learns that Jace does not want her there, and Simon has been thrown in prison by the Shadowhunters, who are deeply suspicious of a vampire who can withstand sunlight. As Clary uncovers more about her family's past, she finds an ally in mysterious Shadowhunter Sebastian. With Valentine mustering the full force of his power to destroy all Shadowhunters forever, their only chance to defeat him is to fight alongside their eternal enemies. But can Downworlders and Shadowhunters put aside their hatred to work together? While Jace realizes exactly how much he's willing to risk for Clary, can she harness her newfound powers to help save the Glass City - whatever the cost?
Start: december 4th 2012
End: december 17th 2012
Comment: I like this series, I enjoy it a lot. I got this book for my birthday and I was really looking forward to reading it. "City of Glass" opens with Clary and her friends while they are about to head to Alicante, the City of Glass. Things don't go according to plan. In this book I think Clary is finally the heroine a series like this needs. She grew in her role as a shadowhunter, Clary grew stronger. Jace's character is darker then the previous two books. What I liked most about "City of Glass" are all the twists. Especially the one involving Sebastian. That really surprised me. Like the two other books, "City of Glass" is fast paced and action packed. "The Mortal Instruments" series is very solid and I hope Cassandra Clare can hold on to it.
Rating: 4/ 5

Movie Trailer Sunday (64)

This weeks trailers are about the earth after a cataclysmic event, Roosevelt, adetective trying to take down his biggest enemy, a haunting and robots.

After Earth
Description: A crash landing leaves teenager Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) and his legendary father Cypher (Will Smith) stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape. With Cypher critically injured, Kitai must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help, facing uncharted terrain, evolved animal species that now rule the planet, and an unstoppable alien creature that escaped during the crash. Father and son must learn to work together and trust one another if they want any chance of returning home.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Starring: Will Smith, Jaden Smith
Trailer: Trailer "After Earth"
Comment: The trailer looks good, but I'm still a bit sceptic.

Hyde Park on Hudson
Description: In June 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Bill Murray) and his wife Eleanor (Olivia Williams) host the King and Queen of England (Samuel West, Olivia Colman) for a weekend at the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park on Hudson, in upstate New York, the first-ever visit of a reigning English monarch to America. With Britain facing imminent war with Germany, the Royals are desperately looking to FDR for support. But international affairs must be juggled with the complexities of FDR's domestic establishment, as wife, mother, and mistresses all conspire to make the royal weekend an unforgettable one. Seen through the eyes of Daisy (Laura Linney), Franklin's distant cousin, neighbor, and intimate, the weekend will produce not only a special relationship between two great nations, but, for Daisy, for us all, a deeper understanding of the mysteries of love and friendship.
Director: Roger Michell
Starring: Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Colman, Samuel West, Elizabeth Marvel, Elizabeth Wilson, Eleanor Bron, Olivia Williams
Trailer: Trailer "Hyde Park on Hudson"
Comment: Bill Murray can hardly do anything wrong.

Welcome to the Punch
Description: When a notorious criminal is forced to return to London, it gives a detective one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.
Director: Eran Creevy
Starring: James McAvoy, Mark Strong, Elyes Gabel, David Morrissey, Peter Mullan, Daniel Mays, Andrea Riseborough
Trailer: Trailer "Welcome to the Punch"

The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
Description: When Andy Wyrick (Chad Michael Murray) moves his wife Lisa (Abigail Spencer) and daughter Heidi to an historic home in Georgia, they quickly discover they are not the house's only inhabitants. Joined by Lisa's free-spirited sister, Joyce (Katee Sackhoff), the family soon comes face-to-face with a bone-chilling mystery born of a deranged desire, a haunting secret rising from underground and threatening to bring down anyone in its path.
Director: Tom Elkins
Starring: Chad Michael Murray, Abigail Spencer, Katee Sackhoff, Emily Alyn Lind, Cicely Tyson
Trailer: Trailer "The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia"

Pacific Rim
Description: When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes,a washed up former pilot and an untested trainee who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Ron Perlman, Robert Kazinsky, Max Martini, Clifton Collins, Jr., Burn Gorman, Larry Joe Campbell, Brad William Henke, Diego Klattenhoff
Trailer: Trailer "Pacific Rim"
Comment: This actually look awefull, but it's directed by Guillermo del Toro. The same guy from "Pan's Labyrinth, so something has to be good.

In My Maibox (74)

Six postcards this week. The first one got lost and the sender decided to send me a new one. This is an OK postcard, but when I saw the original card I nearly cried. it was a wonderful elephant card.... But it's always nice when the sender is so kind to resend a card. It's from Coburg, Germany.

Sent: october 30th 2012
Received: december 10th 2012
Distance: 364 km (226 miles)
Travel Time: 41 days

This postcard, from Hrodna, Belarus, really has a huge aaaw-factor. It's super adorable.

Sent: december 4th 2012
Received: december 11th 2012
Distance: 1,240 km (771 miles)
Travel Time: 7 days

My first card from Bulgaria. From a town called Sliven. A real cute puppy postcard. The writer was also a big movie fan and "Forrest Gump" was her favorite.

Sent: november 27th 2012
Received: december 12th 2012
Distance: 1,805 km (1,122 miles)
Travel Time: 15 days

A Christmas card from Tilburg, the Netherlands. She was surprised that I didn't liked religious cards. Well, they just freak me out, that's all. But I'm glad she didn't send me one. I like Santa.

Sent: december 5th 2012
Received: december 12th 2012
Distance: 73 km (45 miles)
Travel Time: 7 days

My favorite of the week also came from the Netherlands, this time Rotterdam. Sesamestreet!!! And Oscar is on it too. My rabbit is named after this muppet.

Sent: december 10th 2012
Received: december 13th 2012
Distance: 132 km (82 miles)
Travel Time: 3 days

Most people don't like add cards, but I do when they're vintage. This one came from Medan, Indonesia. And it has Dutch features, because we are a bicycle country.

Sent: december 1st 2012
Received: december 14th 2012
Distance: 9,883 km (6,141 miles)
Travel Time: 13 days

Thanks Sabrina, Anna, Hrissy, Jolijn, Maureen and Nora for your wonderful.

Top 5 Thursday: Movie Posters 2012

Like last year I summed up the best movie posters of the year. Again I had the choice between some wonderful, creative and original posters. So here they are. I haven't seen any of the movies on this list yet.

5. Big Miracle
As a nature lover and a slight preference for whales, I just had to choose this poster.

4. Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter
I like the dark and mysterious look. It fits this movie perfectly.

3. Frankenweenie
I always like these kind of posters. Looks like concept art. The etchy form really speaks to me.

2. The Cabin in the Woods
This poster reminded me of Escher, his drawings have a similar style. It looks so good, there are so many things to look at in this poster.

1. The Amazing Spider-Man
This poster captures it all. It's perfect and this really amazed me when I first saw it. Great poster.

They almost made the top 5: Paranorman, The Words, Prometheus

Check This Out # 4

I found some great things on the web again. First I found this photo of Tom Hanks. He helps a random guy to take the collest drunk pictures ever!!

And here's a link with more pictures: Coolest drunk pictures EVER!!

I know what to ask for Christmas. I found this book on the internet. I love movies and love to make lists, so this is the perfect book for me. For example: Movie stars you can't bear to watch, favorite gangster movies, comic book adaptations you give two thumbs up, classic movies you'd love to see remade and favorite films about social change. THE present for me. And there are more versions of this book.

This video made me laugh. Someone is trying to fool a frog with his Iphone. But the frog eventually doesn't like to be messed with.

Fooling a bulfrog

And finally this wonderful "Jurassic Park" boxset. Awesome!!

Movie Trailer Sunday (63)

This weeks trailers are about a destroyed world, a cop seeking revenge, an illegal young girl, high school kids in detention and a Brazilian soccer player in the 1940's.

Oblivion
Description: Jack Harper (Tom Cruise) is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack's mission is nearly complete. Living in and patrolling the breathtaking skies from thousands of feet above, his soaring existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Starring: Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Melissa Leo
Trailer: Trailer "Oblivion"

Officer Down
Description: One year ago, dirty cop Detective Callahan (Stephen Dorff) was shot in a drug bust gone wrong and saved by a stranger, giving Callahan a second chance to clean up his life. But when the stranger finally comes forward, seeking revenge against the men responsible for a string of assaults on young women at a local strip club, Callahan must go rogue to find the attacker in an effort to hide how his own past played a part in these crimes. His desperation to find the attacker and cover his tracks takes him down a violent road of deception and fraud. Can he play the "good cop" and track down the assailant, while still keeping his reputation clean?
Director: Brian A. Miller
Starring: Stephen Dorff, James Woods, Dominic Purcell, David Boreanez, AnnLynne McCord
Trailer: Trailer "Officer Down"
Comment: Always like a good copmovie.

The Girl
Description: a Texas woman (Abbie Cornish) finds the young daughter of an illegal immigrant who has become separated from her mother. Saddled with a child she doesn't wish to care for, the woman then searches for the child's mother, a quest that takes her south of the border
Director: David Riker
Starring: Abbie COrnish, Will Patton, Maritza Santiago Hernandez
Trailer: Trailer "The Girl"
Comment: How come I never heard of it before. It looks so good.

Bad Kids Go to Hell
Description: Six private school students are locked in a Saturday detention with a killer on the loose.
Director: Matthew Spradlin
Starring: Amanda Alch, Marc Donato, Augie Duke, Roger Edwards, Ali Faulkner, Cameron Deane Stewart, Jeffrey Schmidt, Chanel Ryan, Eloise DeJoria, Ben Browder, Judd Nelson
Trailer: Trailer "Bad Kids Go to Hell"

Heleno
Description: Gifted with incredible athletic talent, Brazilian-born Heleno de Freitas (Rodrigo Santoro) conquered the soccer world in the 1940s. As his fame and fortune grew to new heights, his passion for a decadent life of women and nightclubs would threaten his career.
Director: Jose Henrique Fonseca
Starring: Rodrigo Santoro, Alinne Moraes, Angie Cepeda
Trailer: Trailer "Heleno"