Hey there, little fella!

A prompt from The Daily Post (this one's been sitting in my 'Draft' pile for a while) is:

Take a quote from your favourite movie — there’s the title of your post. Now, write!

That's right, one of my two most favourite movies is Finding Nemo. The other one is The Lion King. I've always wondered why the movies I like are all the kiddy ones. Maybe it's because they subtly appeal to a wide demographic so people of all ages can enjoy them, and kids can still enjoy them when they grow up, have intricate plots and amazing characters. Yeah, that's gotta be it.

Finding Nemo

The funniest character in Finding Nemo is Dory full stop. Without her, the movie wouldn't have been half as good as it was. Ellen Degeneres was the perfect voice actor, full of humour and life, and it showed. I mean, after the movie came out, kids everywhere were imitating her.

"Hey there, little fella!"
"I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine. He shall be my Squishy."
"BAWETJSTRGRAERHTRSJSTS!"

That last one was supposed to be whale-talk. I don't think it translates well over Blogger.

And OH MY GOD, FINDING DORY IS COMING OUT IN 2015! Words cannot express how excited I am.

The Lion King

I have only one word for this movie: Scar.

He was the coolest villain ever. You know when you watch movies nowadays and you get a ten minute monologue of the villain's evil plans and his sick, twisted background which made him into a sick, twisted person? Yeah, Scar didn't give us any of that shizz. Nope, he sang his song in that wondrous, growling voice 'BE PREPARED FOR THE DEATH OF THE KING, BE PREPARED!' and said, "Long live the king" right before he killed Mufasa.

No character is more badass than that. Plus the whole sly personality made me love and hate him at the time. When Simba was telling (the dearly departed) Mufasa to get up because it was time to go home, my heart broke and feels just came pouring out. All because of Scar. I have a love/hate relationship with him. It's mostly love though, because he's a good villain, if that makes sense.

Lord of the Rings

I’m not much of a movie buff and I don’t do the fangirling thing (except with select anime and manga) but a few months ago, I talked with a bunch of kids about books and they couldn’t believe it when I confessed I hadn’t read or watched Lord of the Rings.

Feeling significantly inferior, I resolved to get into the series but nothing happened until two weeks ago when I went shopping and spotted a bargain—all three LOTR books printed and bound in giant book for a measly $22. I didn’t hesitate to buy it and when I proudly showed it off to my mum, she said, “You bought a dictionary?”

I suppose it looks like one. The cover is fire-engine red and it’s the thickest book in my shelves.

I decided to watch The Hobbit, which came out recently and I loved it. So I went bought The Hobbit book and read that first, which I also loved and once I was done I delved straight into LOTR. I’m almost halfway through my fat book *mental celebratory dance*.

Now when people ask what I’ve been to, I tell them about my new-found love for LOTR and instead of being happy for me, they’re scandalised I only got into it now. To be truthful, I’m kind of scandalised myself.

The characters are vivid and their habits make me laugh. I like Gollum and Treebeard best, then Merry and Pippin. When the Ents went on and on in their language, I giggled at Pippin’s reaction and I had to smile at Gimli and Legolas’ rivalry when they killed Orcs.

I’m having so much fun reading this series and I have to ask myself why I didn’t pick this up earlier.

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