Now I know there's going to be a lot of ass-hurt people out there who say I'm just a kid and I don't know what the hell I'm talking about but to be fair...I haven't gotten around to seeing Looper, Argo, Zero Dark Thirty, Django Unchained, Silver Linings Playback, etc. etc. But fuck them! I only got around to seeing movies that would appeal to a "kid", I am 13 to be fair. Even though I'm turning 14 in two months. Please understand I do appreciate good movies like The Lord of the Rings trilogy, which are probably my favorite movies of all time. Now, I give you: THE TOP 8 MOVIES OF 2012 (THAT I'VE SEEN!) Please note: I also might fully review these.
8. Pitch Perfect
This movie follows a bunch of college age girls who form a singing group, much similar to the premise of Glee except this is actually good. It is genuinely good and just all around funny. It was the funniest (adult) movie I've seen all year! Ted was a meh for me, so it barely missed the Top 10, which disappoints me because I'm a fan of Seth MacFarlane's American Dad! Plus, for whatever reason, I love things that involve singing especially when the singers don't actually have an album. I'm not a fan of musicals that's for sure.
7. ParaNorman
This was a hugely unexpected good movie for me. Seeing the trailer for this in front of The Avengers kind of made me face-palm. Its jokes were surprisingly mature for a kids movie ("Aw man, it's the apocalypse and we're trapped in a library! There's an adult video store right next door") or something of that sort. Not to mention the first openly gay character in a kids movie, although it was subtle. This was amazingly good, I think it even topped Coraline for me.
6. The Avengers
Now if there's one thing I love, it's superheroes, so the idea of the most badass superheroes coming together is awesome! But it's all about the execution. This was...more or less good. I know what you're thinking, why isn't this lower if you hate it. I think the action is enough to justify it's place here. The jokes were a hit or miss for me but I guess this will have to hold me over until the Justice League film.
5. The Amazing Spider-Man
I know what you're thinking but this one is special to me! I grew up on the Sam Raimi Spider-Man movies so I didn't expect this to top it but it did! It had humor, heart, good chemistry on the protagonists, etc. It was everything I wanted it to be! A tip of the hat to Marc Webb who successfully topped my childhood. I loved Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker, he just really made the character like Heath Ledger did The Joker. I loved his awkwardness and stuttering (ex. "Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, I gotta tell you this one thing, I gotta tell you this one thing and it's, it's about the, the car thief and the vigilante") plus he acts the way I would act around girls...at least ones that I don't hate.
4. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Believe it or not, I first wanted to see this for the trailers (Man of Steel and Stark Trek Into Darkness, how could I not?). I did however, watch The Fellowship of the Ring and some of The Two Towers beforehand. I loved every minute of it! Despite the distracting 3D (not HFR 48fps regular 3D alone!). My favorite scene was of course with Gollum, played by Andy Serkis. I think the best part overall was the end battle. People say it was bloated but I have no idea what they're talking about! This movie was the perfect length. However, after finishing The Return of the King, I don't think I can look at Bilbo Baggins without getting sad. I'll definitely be watching the following sequels.
3. The Dark Knight Rises
After watching this, I was basically in tears, which is good. That's how a proper trilogy comes to an end. I had recently got into Batman by watching the first two Nolan movies, but I was long anticipating this. Although, it gets a little dull after the 4th watch. I guess it just doesn't feel the same out of the theater. It's totally worth sitting for 2 hours and 45 minutes. Bane is the best villain possible and is just pure evil. The ending was confusing....and disappointing once you figure it all out. I don't think this was over-hyped though.
2. Wreck-it Ralph
I don't think it's the child in me that's putting Wreck-it Ralph almost on the top; I think it's the up-and-coming critic in me. Wreck-it Ralph was just such a good film! I mean...during it, I felt...sort of disappointed. The jokes were pretty much non-existent which was okay. I did smile and laugh at the game references and LOVED the CGI animated, it looked so beautiful on the big screen. That climax and ending was just genius! I definitely want this on DVD and...oh man. I know a movie is good when I can't even find the words to describe how much I love it and when my dad likes it. I used to watch crappy movies when I was a kid like Madagascar. I really want to watch this again! The only disappointment is that I thought Sonic the Hedgehog would come along with Ralph and others.
1. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
As far as good movies go, this is a damn good movie. This movie was so good, I saw it again two days later. For one thing, I can relate to the protagonist Charlie, played by Logan Lerman (Almost Spidey and Percy Jackson) in so many ways. I wasn't raped as a child luckily. SPOILER! Sorry about that. Plus, the acting was great! The ending was great, in so many ways. I am kind of surprised that teenagers who know who the heck The Smiths are have never heard David Bowie's "Heroes" (to be fair, I first heard it when my sister was watching Glee). I could go into spoiler-detail, but all I can say is go see this movie! I've already pre-ordered it on Amazon!
Some that missed the list were: Ted (just didn't do it for me), The Hunger Games (sorry, no one can make the list that I've reviewed)
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Shows: Randy Cunningham - 9th Grade Ninja
Now, it sure escalates quickly when it goes from TV-14 to TV-Y7-FV. Anyways, next up for the review is Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja. This is a new show which recently premiered on Disney XD. Now, I for one expect quality in my children cartoons. And some was found...
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja tells the story of Randy, a 15-year old freshman who has been chosen to be Norrisville High's Ninja. Every 4 years a new ninja is chosen to wear a badass black suit with red across and a kickass red scarf. This show is...pretty good. Along the way we meet some annoying characters, like his best friend Howard Weinerman (Weiner? Grow up!)
Yeah, sometimes I hate stuff like that. Including fart jokes. Though to my surprise, there was not as many fart jokes to be found here. I think the plot is pretty well developed and Randy is among Finn and Dipper to have a cool book telling them secrets. The Ninjanomicon. Yeah, sounds like some kind of comic convention where people in there 40s go right? Wrong. It's a book which helps Randy with some stuff. Not mind wipes though...
There's some jokes that are so downright embarrassing you want to facepalm, but it's an overall good show. I won't continually watch it, but you know, I'd watch it if I was bored. The character designs are also great. They're done by Jhonen Vasquez, creator of Invader Zim. It's not as disgusting as Invader Zim, I mean you don't have roaches crawling in peoples hair and boogers on the lunch tables.
I especially like Randy's look. He's tall and has awesome purple hair. He's pretty cool, I like him. The Ninja's also pretty cool since they're the same guy. Overall, the humor is pretty good. The action is awesome. The characters are fairly likeable and the animation is beautiful. Earns an overall score of a B. Check it out, you might find yourself enjoying it a lot. There's one other thing I should mention. The characters use sort-of-annoying "slanguage" like "That's the cheese", "What the juice?", "That's so Bruce", etc. Very...weird. Kind of catchy though. It airs daily on Disney XD.
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja tells the story of Randy, a 15-year old freshman who has been chosen to be Norrisville High's Ninja. Every 4 years a new ninja is chosen to wear a badass black suit with red across and a kickass red scarf. This show is...pretty good. Along the way we meet some annoying characters, like his best friend Howard Weinerman (Weiner? Grow up!)
Yeah, sometimes I hate stuff like that. Including fart jokes. Though to my surprise, there was not as many fart jokes to be found here. I think the plot is pretty well developed and Randy is among Finn and Dipper to have a cool book telling them secrets. The Ninjanomicon. Yeah, sounds like some kind of comic convention where people in there 40s go right? Wrong. It's a book which helps Randy with some stuff. Not mind wipes though...
There's some jokes that are so downright embarrassing you want to facepalm, but it's an overall good show. I won't continually watch it, but you know, I'd watch it if I was bored. The character designs are also great. They're done by Jhonen Vasquez, creator of Invader Zim. It's not as disgusting as Invader Zim, I mean you don't have roaches crawling in peoples hair and boogers on the lunch tables.
I especially like Randy's look. He's tall and has awesome purple hair. He's pretty cool, I like him. The Ninja's also pretty cool since they're the same guy. Overall, the humor is pretty good. The action is awesome. The characters are fairly likeable and the animation is beautiful. Earns an overall score of a B. Check it out, you might find yourself enjoying it a lot. There's one other thing I should mention. The characters use sort-of-annoying "slanguage" like "That's the cheese", "What the juice?", "That's so Bruce", etc. Very...weird. Kind of catchy though. It airs daily on Disney XD.
Shows: Awkward.
Okay, this is the last MTV review...I promise! I might start regularly covering The Inbetweeners, because it's so good, but maybe not. I'm kind of lazy. Anyways, this next one has been growing in popularity and I can definitely see why. It's called Awkward. and it follows Jenna Hamilton and her life. It's kind of awkward in a way but yeah...
The first season I must admit is far better than the second season. The second season kind of just follows Jenna trying to decide between Jake or Matty and it kind of gets annoying. The show is overall funny and well-acted. The characters are pretty cool too. The only thing that bugs me about it is that the characters underage drink. That really pisses me off. I mean is it so hard waiting just a few years? God, at least MTV knows how regular teenagers are. The other thing that bugs me is that Jenna has premarital sex. It's not too much of a problem though since she claims she "loves" them, even though it is high school. Also, the thing that I find awkward is...do they really have sex? Like it shows it and it obviously looks real, but...
So anyways, time to wrap up this short little review. The final show score is an A-, overall a really great show, but it can sometimes well...be awkward. Not sure if that's the point or what...but anyways, it's been renewed for a third season of 20 episodes, as the second season pulled in great ratings for MTV. Check it out if you haven't, it airs Thursday at something I don't know 10. MTV by the way.
The first season I must admit is far better than the second season. The second season kind of just follows Jenna trying to decide between Jake or Matty and it kind of gets annoying. The show is overall funny and well-acted. The characters are pretty cool too. The only thing that bugs me about it is that the characters underage drink. That really pisses me off. I mean is it so hard waiting just a few years? God, at least MTV knows how regular teenagers are. The other thing that bugs me is that Jenna has premarital sex. It's not too much of a problem though since she claims she "loves" them, even though it is high school. Also, the thing that I find awkward is...do they really have sex? Like it shows it and it obviously looks real, but...
So anyways, time to wrap up this short little review. The final show score is an A-, overall a really great show, but it can sometimes well...be awkward. Not sure if that's the point or what...but anyways, it's been renewed for a third season of 20 episodes, as the second season pulled in great ratings for MTV. Check it out if you haven't, it airs Thursday at something I don't know 10. MTV by the way.
Shows: The Inbetweeners (2012)
Time for another pointless MTV show review. Next up is The Inbetweeners, which is based on the UK show of the same name. The series follows terrible actor Will MacKenzie, who is thrown into a new school and is introduced by three other guys, Jay, Simon and Neil.
So...when I first heard of this I thought it could be fun. I mean...I've been an "inbetweener" before and I know how it feels. Plus, it's one of the first MTV shows revolving around not just two nerds, but four. I thought it would be good. It was! I thoroughly enjoy this show. I find it hilarious. Now, I can exactly review the show in a whole as I've seen every episode so far.
Instead I'll just give a brief description of the boys. Jay Cartwright, is an fat asshole who always lies about everything and anything. Hate him. He sounds like Jonah Hill, which is obviously why he plays that guy on Dragons: Riders of Berk. Next is Simon Cooper, who is just a regular guy who has a crush on this girl he's been in the friendzone with for years. Then we have Neil Sutherland, a guy who's fricking hilarious. He's so ridiculously funny. The fun thing about this show is that I can relate to each one of these guys.
So, the humor is top-notch, though it sometimes gets annoying hearing jokes about Neil's gay dad every single episode. Also, don't watch the first few episodes, there not as good as the final episodes. It's also good to see Carli getting jealous because of Simon's new girlfriend. Good to see where this is going. The acting is pretty...meh. Will is a TERRIBLE actor...just saying. The rest are okay. The plotlines are pretty good, but some are your usually high-school series plotlines. Anyways, the final show score is A. I certainly hope that MTV renews this as it is currently doing better than Under-shit-employed in the ratings.The thing that pisses me off is that stupid British people who love the original are going "ohe MTV, it's gottae bee shite. the originale programme is so muche bettere."
So...when I first heard of this I thought it could be fun. I mean...I've been an "inbetweener" before and I know how it feels. Plus, it's one of the first MTV shows revolving around not just two nerds, but four. I thought it would be good. It was! I thoroughly enjoy this show. I find it hilarious. Now, I can exactly review the show in a whole as I've seen every episode so far.
Instead I'll just give a brief description of the boys. Jay Cartwright, is an fat asshole who always lies about everything and anything. Hate him. He sounds like Jonah Hill, which is obviously why he plays that guy on Dragons: Riders of Berk. Next is Simon Cooper, who is just a regular guy who has a crush on this girl he's been in the friendzone with for years. Then we have Neil Sutherland, a guy who's fricking hilarious. He's so ridiculously funny. The fun thing about this show is that I can relate to each one of these guys.
So, the humor is top-notch, though it sometimes gets annoying hearing jokes about Neil's gay dad every single episode. Also, don't watch the first few episodes, there not as good as the final episodes. It's also good to see Carli getting jealous because of Simon's new girlfriend. Good to see where this is going. The acting is pretty...meh. Will is a TERRIBLE actor...just saying. The rest are okay. The plotlines are pretty good, but some are your usually high-school series plotlines. Anyways, the final show score is A. I certainly hope that MTV renews this as it is currently doing better than Under-shit-employed in the ratings.The thing that pisses me off is that stupid British people who love the original are going "ohe MTV, it's gottae bee shite. the originale programme is so muche bettere."
Shows: Underemployed (2012)
So...I went from books reviews to shit MTV reviews...sorry that escalated so quickly. Anyways, Underemployed is MTV's newest baby. It may seem like a lame attempt by MTV to make another awesome like Awkward. It is. Unfortunately. Now, I decided to check out the TV show after the promos made it look so damn hilarious. I mean calling a cashier a bitch and calling an environmental guy a lesbian, how can this fall? It failed in every way possible.
The episode opens some girl who Wikipedia tells me is named Sophia voicing-over talking about how them and her friends thought life after graduation would be so peachy-keen. It then cuts to about a year later when all of them have terrible jobs. There's about three jokes in the episode and that's it.
A few minutes in, there's this guy who apparently got his girlfriend knocked up or something, I don't exactly know. Then, there's this other guy who like, asks out some girl or something. They kiss in the park later or something...it's just kind of hard to follow or remember.
The premiere is about an hour long but I couldn't even finish 30 minutes of this terrible, terrible show. It had so much potential! I was looking forward to it and it brought me so fricking down. I don't think, or recommend, Underemployed to you and think you should just pass. If you want a quality MTV show watch Awkward. or The Inbetweeners. They're so much better. The final score is a C-. It didn't make me laugh since they spoiled all the jokes in the promos, it's forgettable and you got like 12 characters who are never introduced or anything. Like fricking New Year's Eve, the movie by the way. Sorry, this review is so short, I mean there's nothing more I can say about this abomination.
The episode opens some girl who Wikipedia tells me is named Sophia voicing-over talking about how them and her friends thought life after graduation would be so peachy-keen. It then cuts to about a year later when all of them have terrible jobs. There's about three jokes in the episode and that's it.
A few minutes in, there's this guy who apparently got his girlfriend knocked up or something, I don't exactly know. Then, there's this other guy who like, asks out some girl or something. They kiss in the park later or something...it's just kind of hard to follow or remember.
The premiere is about an hour long but I couldn't even finish 30 minutes of this terrible, terrible show. It had so much potential! I was looking forward to it and it brought me so fricking down. I don't think, or recommend, Underemployed to you and think you should just pass. If you want a quality MTV show watch Awkward. or The Inbetweeners. They're so much better. The final score is a C-. It didn't make me laugh since they spoiled all the jokes in the promos, it's forgettable and you got like 12 characters who are never introduced or anything. Like fricking New Year's Eve, the movie by the way. Sorry, this review is so short, I mean there's nothing more I can say about this abomination.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Books: The Titan's Curse
I've already read Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters, but sadly that was about a year ago and I have shit memory. Wow, I really shouldn't use that kind of language when it's children books I'm reviewing. Eh, whatever onto this review....
After I loved Gregor the Overlander, I thought to myself, why am I not reading more series like this? So, I continued reading Percy Jackson, since I had a lot to catch up on. I started the third book, The Titan's Curse. The plot follows yet another prophecy this time possibly involving new half-bloods and archers.
The books starts out with Percy, Annabeth and Thalia, in human form, who go to a school dropped off by Percy's mom to go see the half-bloods Grover found at a private school, Bianca and Nico di Angelo. They go into the dance and there's a funny joke about Grover playing shit Jesse McCartney instead of Green Day. I like Thalia now. Anyways, Annabeth and Percy awkwardly dance to fit in, but soon Grover and Thalia are gone along with the di Angelos. They quickly go out into the hall and find a monster in the hallway. They fight it. So yeah, the usual. This leads to a battle out over some kind of cliff and the Hunters of Artemis show up. Thalia sees her foe, Zoe Nightshade, again. Apparently, Zoe wanted her to join the Hunters, but she declined.
They make the manticore fall off the cliff. The problem: He was holding Annabeth. They start arguing and stuff and decide to go back to Camp Half-Blood for another prophecy. This time the prophecy only wants Zoe, Thalia, Grover and Bianca. But of course, our hero must go. He uses Annabeth's cap of invisibility to go sneak with them. Also, Bianca joins the Hunters of Artemis, without even consulting her brother, but it's cool, he's too busy playing with himself. Mythomagic, of course. The group are looking for a hippocampus, which Percy saves, who has the power to destroy Olympus. He names it "Bessie" for whatever reason. I guess 'cause it's a cow and farms and shit names..
He uses his pegasus Blackjack from the second book to go to Washington, D.C. There Percy finds Dr. Thorn (the manticore/monster), Luke and "the General" who want to kill the hunters. Percy goes to warn them but the monster attacks and they have a hard time killing. They do and Percy takes it's coat, but they fucked up the National Air & Space Museum, so....while, at a gas station, Grover drinks coffee and senses the presence of Pan, who's a god who the satyrs also want to look for.
They then go to Gila Claw, Arizona and Percy has a conversation with the goddess, Aphrodite, who says Percy and Annabeth should have some kind of romance. The group go into a junkyard later and, feeling her brother is mad, Bianca takes a statue of Hades, as it was the only Mythomagic figure he didn't have. Then, a junkyard monster attacks them for stealing something. They put everything back, but Bianca wants to pull an Iron Man and try to kill the monster from the inside. She gives Percy the statue in case she doesn't make. The monster explodes and Bianca is presumably dead.
They travel all the way to the Hoover Dam, where they have a funny conversation about finding "the dam restroom" and buying some "dam french fries". It's especially funny because Zoe doesn't get what the heck they're laughing at. The skeleton warriors attack again, they were from D.C., but Percy uses a mortal, Rachel Elizabeth Dare, to lead the skeletons the wrong way. Percy finds out she can see through the mist.
Lots of other stuff happens, but in the end, Zoe dies by her father and Artemis makes a constellation for her. The gang find out there is a loophole for Annabeth or Thalia to escape the prophecy of the series. It is to join the hunters and Annabeth considers it. Thalia accepts it and she leaves in like 2 seconds. Back at camp, Poseidon, Percy's dad, tells him, Luke survived a fall that should've killed him. The gang have a kickass party and Percy must tell Nico the bad news. While out in the woods, Percy tells him the dreadful news, he really doesn't take it well. He cracks the ground open and makes skeleton warriors fall in there and he falls to. This is a huge revelation, as Percy discovers Nico is a son of Hades.
In the end, Percy must keep it a secret from everyone. Overall, I give this book an A. Probably the best Percy book I've heard so far...the humor was top-notch. Usually the chapter names are the only funny things we get in the book. I'm looking forward to reading more on the series. Goodbye, friends.
After I loved Gregor the Overlander, I thought to myself, why am I not reading more series like this? So, I continued reading Percy Jackson, since I had a lot to catch up on. I started the third book, The Titan's Curse. The plot follows yet another prophecy this time possibly involving new half-bloods and archers.
The books starts out with Percy, Annabeth and Thalia, in human form, who go to a school dropped off by Percy's mom to go see the half-bloods Grover found at a private school, Bianca and Nico di Angelo. They go into the dance and there's a funny joke about Grover playing shit Jesse McCartney instead of Green Day. I like Thalia now. Anyways, Annabeth and Percy awkwardly dance to fit in, but soon Grover and Thalia are gone along with the di Angelos. They quickly go out into the hall and find a monster in the hallway. They fight it. So yeah, the usual. This leads to a battle out over some kind of cliff and the Hunters of Artemis show up. Thalia sees her foe, Zoe Nightshade, again. Apparently, Zoe wanted her to join the Hunters, but she declined.
They make the manticore fall off the cliff. The problem: He was holding Annabeth. They start arguing and stuff and decide to go back to Camp Half-Blood for another prophecy. This time the prophecy only wants Zoe, Thalia, Grover and Bianca. But of course, our hero must go. He uses Annabeth's cap of invisibility to go sneak with them. Also, Bianca joins the Hunters of Artemis, without even consulting her brother, but it's cool, he's too busy playing with himself. Mythomagic, of course. The group are looking for a hippocampus, which Percy saves, who has the power to destroy Olympus. He names it "Bessie" for whatever reason. I guess 'cause it's a cow and farms and shit names..
He uses his pegasus Blackjack from the second book to go to Washington, D.C. There Percy finds Dr. Thorn (the manticore/monster), Luke and "the General" who want to kill the hunters. Percy goes to warn them but the monster attacks and they have a hard time killing. They do and Percy takes it's coat, but they fucked up the National Air & Space Museum, so....while, at a gas station, Grover drinks coffee and senses the presence of Pan, who's a god who the satyrs also want to look for.
They then go to Gila Claw, Arizona and Percy has a conversation with the goddess, Aphrodite, who says Percy and Annabeth should have some kind of romance. The group go into a junkyard later and, feeling her brother is mad, Bianca takes a statue of Hades, as it was the only Mythomagic figure he didn't have. Then, a junkyard monster attacks them for stealing something. They put everything back, but Bianca wants to pull an Iron Man and try to kill the monster from the inside. She gives Percy the statue in case she doesn't make. The monster explodes and Bianca is presumably dead.
They travel all the way to the Hoover Dam, where they have a funny conversation about finding "the dam restroom" and buying some "dam french fries". It's especially funny because Zoe doesn't get what the heck they're laughing at. The skeleton warriors attack again, they were from D.C., but Percy uses a mortal, Rachel Elizabeth Dare, to lead the skeletons the wrong way. Percy finds out she can see through the mist.
Lots of other stuff happens, but in the end, Zoe dies by her father and Artemis makes a constellation for her. The gang find out there is a loophole for Annabeth or Thalia to escape the prophecy of the series. It is to join the hunters and Annabeth considers it. Thalia accepts it and she leaves in like 2 seconds. Back at camp, Poseidon, Percy's dad, tells him, Luke survived a fall that should've killed him. The gang have a kickass party and Percy must tell Nico the bad news. While out in the woods, Percy tells him the dreadful news, he really doesn't take it well. He cracks the ground open and makes skeleton warriors fall in there and he falls to. This is a huge revelation, as Percy discovers Nico is a son of Hades.
In the end, Percy must keep it a secret from everyone. Overall, I give this book an A. Probably the best Percy book I've heard so far...the humor was top-notch. Usually the chapter names are the only funny things we get in the book. I'm looking forward to reading more on the series. Goodbye, friends.
Books: Gregor the Overlander
Now, living in today's world of course, I've read a couple chapters of some stuff like Percy Jackson. Though, I usually don't even get to the end by the time I have to return them...anyways, onto le review. So, as usual, in school we went to the library to get some books and I want to check out the Hunger Games books, since I've heard strongly positive things about it and loved the movie. But I found something else when I went into the "Co" section. It was another book by Suzanne Collins called "Gregor the Overlander". So, I picked it up and read the back. It sounded pretty interesting, so I checked it out. It was way better than I expected it to be. I might go into spoilers so, just warning you...
The book follows 11-year old Gregor and his 2-year sister Boots who fall from their washing machine into a place called Regalia. They are greeted by two cockroaches, Temp and Tick, who instantly call them the "overlanders" who are mentioned in some kind of prophecy. Here, I just kind of got mad. I mean, what fantasy book doesn't involve a prophecy? But I loved the way they handled it from them on.
It starts out with Gregor being bored with his grandma who keeps calling him "Simon" and so they go do laundry to not be bored. Wow. So, anyways, down in the Regalia (the Underland) they meet Luxa, a soon to be princess who has a stick up her ass and her grandfather, Vikus, who mentions the prophecy to he gang.
The Underlanders are described as being really, really pale to the point where you could see their veins. That's just...gross. No wonder this didn't get a movie adaption....anyways, Gregor doesn't like the idea of staying there any longer, as his father disappeared a few years back and his mom would be traumatized (Any guesses where the dad went?). So, Gregor sneaks out and is almost killed by rats, but Vikus and the others save him.
Soon enough, Luxa, Gregor, Boots are going on the quest with Henry, Luxa's cousin, Ares, his bonded bat, Aurora, Luxa's bat, Temp and Tick. But oh wait, the prophecy mentions two spiders who come along eventually, Gox and Treflex, both of which (SPOILER!) eventually die. One of which, dies two seconds in.
After that, Gregor has this badass line about them all being there. Oh yeah, I sort of forgot to mention, the prophecy states something about a guiding rat. Who turned out to be, Ripred, a giant rat who loves gnawing on bones. So the gang go, in hopes of finding Gregor's lost father, who was thought to be held captive by the rats. (He was)
There's some long parts, but I'll just spoil it...the prophecy says that about four people will do...and they do. Gox and Treflex don't make it and while walking across a bridge, Tick (I think), dies. This is bad for Boots, since she loves the cockroaches and they love her, but she is too sick to even care. The group eventually find the father, who is dying and is traumatized. Henry turns out to be an evil spy (or something of that sort) and him and Gregor fall to their death.
Hope seems lost, but at the last moment, Ares saves Gregor from the fall. Together, they go back to the Underland. There the dad gets treatment along with Boots and all is safe. Except for one thing, Ares is going to be killed for breaking his bond. Yeah you have to save something about bonding to your flier (bat) and if they don't risk their life for you, they are going to die. So, Gregor bonds to Ares to save the day and now they go back home. But at the last moment, Vikus mentions they are going to see him again, as he is in another prophecy written by the Bartholomew of Sandwich. Ares flies them home and the book closes with the line "Hey mom, we're home."
Overall, I give this book an A. It was a fun book, but I didn't realize that until after I read it. It's probably good for anyone whose a fan of fantasy novels and stuff. It definitely was better than some other fantasy books I've read. I'll be sure to buy or check out Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane (deshi basara) when I see it. One last thing, I'm very shocked his wasn't very popular, in fact, check out the Wikipedia pages, it's pretty stubbing sad. It's a great book and people gobble this prophecy crap up. In fact, how many of you have actually read this?
The book follows 11-year old Gregor and his 2-year sister Boots who fall from their washing machine into a place called Regalia. They are greeted by two cockroaches, Temp and Tick, who instantly call them the "overlanders" who are mentioned in some kind of prophecy. Here, I just kind of got mad. I mean, what fantasy book doesn't involve a prophecy? But I loved the way they handled it from them on.
It starts out with Gregor being bored with his grandma who keeps calling him "Simon" and so they go do laundry to not be bored. Wow. So, anyways, down in the Regalia (the Underland) they meet Luxa, a soon to be princess who has a stick up her ass and her grandfather, Vikus, who mentions the prophecy to he gang.
The Underlanders are described as being really, really pale to the point where you could see their veins. That's just...gross. No wonder this didn't get a movie adaption....anyways, Gregor doesn't like the idea of staying there any longer, as his father disappeared a few years back and his mom would be traumatized (Any guesses where the dad went?). So, Gregor sneaks out and is almost killed by rats, but Vikus and the others save him.
Soon enough, Luxa, Gregor, Boots are going on the quest with Henry, Luxa's cousin, Ares, his bonded bat, Aurora, Luxa's bat, Temp and Tick. But oh wait, the prophecy mentions two spiders who come along eventually, Gox and Treflex, both of which (SPOILER!) eventually die. One of which, dies two seconds in.
After that, Gregor has this badass line about them all being there. Oh yeah, I sort of forgot to mention, the prophecy states something about a guiding rat. Who turned out to be, Ripred, a giant rat who loves gnawing on bones. So the gang go, in hopes of finding Gregor's lost father, who was thought to be held captive by the rats. (He was)
There's some long parts, but I'll just spoil it...the prophecy says that about four people will do...and they do. Gox and Treflex don't make it and while walking across a bridge, Tick (I think), dies. This is bad for Boots, since she loves the cockroaches and they love her, but she is too sick to even care. The group eventually find the father, who is dying and is traumatized. Henry turns out to be an evil spy (or something of that sort) and him and Gregor fall to their death.
Hope seems lost, but at the last moment, Ares saves Gregor from the fall. Together, they go back to the Underland. There the dad gets treatment along with Boots and all is safe. Except for one thing, Ares is going to be killed for breaking his bond. Yeah you have to save something about bonding to your flier (bat) and if they don't risk their life for you, they are going to die. So, Gregor bonds to Ares to save the day and now they go back home. But at the last moment, Vikus mentions they are going to see him again, as he is in another prophecy written by the Bartholomew of Sandwich. Ares flies them home and the book closes with the line "Hey mom, we're home."
Overall, I give this book an A. It was a fun book, but I didn't realize that until after I read it. It's probably good for anyone whose a fan of fantasy novels and stuff. It definitely was better than some other fantasy books I've read. I'll be sure to buy or check out Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane (deshi basara) when I see it. One last thing, I'm very shocked his wasn't very popular, in fact, check out the Wikipedia pages, it's pretty stubbing sad. It's a great book and people gobble this prophecy crap up. In fact, how many of you have actually read this?
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