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Holiday Movies 2021🎄🎬 : Festive AF or Bah Humbug?

Uhmm...hi there! I have not uploaded anything on here for so long... But I felt inspired so here we are. How are you? I hope you are doing okay, staying safe and healthy, and are having a wonderful festive season so far. Tonight is Christmas Eve!!! I can't believe we are here again, but I have been loving the festive season this year. It truly is the most wonderful time of the year. Of course, I watched a lot of Christmas movies again this year, including some new ones or old ones I had never watched before. So, it's time to play Festive AF or Bah Humbug! With these non-spoiler reviews, find out if these movies will bring you comfort and joy or make you feel like Santa put some coal in your stockings...

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WandaVision Review

BEWARE: SPOILERS FOR ALL WANDAVISION EPISODES AHEAD

Didn't WandaVision end over a month ago now? Yes. Wasn't The Falcon and Winter Soldier finale yesterday? Yes. Is that going to stop me from talking about this incredible show? No, it won't.

Hi everyone! I started writing this review while WandaVision was still airing, but got so swamped with life that I did not have time to finish it. But here we are, finally! I adore this show, it is a fresh and different take on the MCU and I personally loved every second of it. The concept should not have made sense, like Paul Bettany kept saying, it is bonkers! However, somehow, they just made it work and I just enjoyed it so much! The sitcom aspect, the different songs and score, the attention to detail, the new characters, and spending time with Wanda and Vision was just fantastic! Because at the end of the day, that was what this was all about, Wanda and Vision and their relationship! For a more in-depth and spoiler review of every episode, keep on reading!

Episode 2 is where you really start to see that nothing is at it seems in this ‘perfect’ world. So, there is a talent show that day and our favorite unusual couple is preparing for their magic act. Wanda also tells Vision that is their home and she wants to fit in. Later, Vision goes to the Neighborhood Watch because of a strange sound he heard the night before, where we meet some more people from Westview and Vision’s co-workers. Vision mentions he does not eat food. However, when Herb offers him gum, he takes it but accidentally swallows it. This leads to a really cool animation that Vision might not be doing so well after eating that piece of gum. Meanwhile, Wanda hears a strange noise so she goes to check it out, and it is this little red and gold-colored drone with a logo on it... Which was later revealed to be the SWORD logo. But then who comes to visit... Agnes. She was suspicious since the beginning and we were right about that... So Wanda joins Agnes for a meeting with the Planning Committee. Here we meet, Geraldine aka Monica Rambeau, Dottie, and some more people from Westview. So, Wanda is trying really hard to fit in but is not really successful. They say the talent show is for the children but are not any children in Westview... Fishy! Then Wanda has to clean everything up after the meeting and has a really weird moment with Dottie. Someone is trying to contact Wanda through the radio which freaks Dottie out completely, the glass breaks and Dottie’s blood is red, while the rest is still black and white just like that little drone... So, when it’s time for the magic show, Vision shows up at the nick of time and appears to be acting a little weird or ‘drunk’ so to speak. So of course, everything goes wrong during the show and Wanda tries to cover it up. But everyone thought they were being funny so they won! And they go back home, and Wanda turns out to be pregnant! I thought it was a really cute reveal but it did not last long because there is some strange dude outside in a beekeeper costume coming out of the sewer and Wanda is like ‘oh hell no’ and rewinds time like it never happened. Badass.

In this episode, Wanda and Vision prepare for the arrival of the baby, which of course causes some trouble not just in the house but in the neighborhood of Westview too. I loved how Vision was making Dad jokes and was quite nervous about becoming a dad. Yet, Wanda was just like chill, we got this, so cute. The pregnancy goes very fast, which confuses Vision. He also starts questioning the situation they are in and how weird the citizens of Westview act sometimes. He even looks straight into the camera! So, Wanda looks a bit scared and rewinds again!! So, it was becoming very clear that Wanda is pulling the strings here and can alter what happens. Afterward, Vision runs to get the doctor and Geraldine (aka Monica) shows up. At some point, Geraldine realizes what’s up and she helps Wanda deliver her baby, or babies as we later find out. Twins! What a twist, as Darcy says in the next episode (although it was in the trailer that there were 2 babies, I just wanted to make that joke). So, everyone is very happy and as Vision lets the doctor out, Monica stays with Wanda. Now, this is where this episode gets super weird. So, Vision sees Agnes and Herb talking and they are discussing how Geraldine is an outsider since she just showed up in Westview with no home and family. Then, Herb wants to say something important, but of course, Agnes stops him. Meanwhile, Wanda and Monica are inside and Wanda mentions Pietro for the first time in a long time!!! I think since Age of Ultron. Speaking of Ultron, Monica then mentions that Pietro was killed by him. We do not see what happens next (just yet hehe) but the aspect ratio changes and we go outside of Westview where SWORD is monitoring the hex very closely... This episode brought up a lot of questions, which is one of the things I loved about it. A scene I liked was when Wanda’s water broke and the house got all wet. So, Wanda used her powers to create some wind to dry off. She was standing there very gracefully and Vision was in the background struggling to keep his balance. I just thought that was funny.

Did I mention how much I love the titles for every episode, I think they are so clever. In this episode, we see the last 3 episodes but from outside the hex! So, we get a couple more answers to our questions. For example, that it is ALL WANDA! Wanda is creating a reality where she can live in a perfect world with Vision. We get re-introduced to some characters we have not seen in a while! Jimmy Woo, who has mastered close-up magic like he was practicing in Ant-Man and The Wasp! We love to see it. And Dr. Darcy Lewis, who is now an astrophysicist, just like Jane! I think it was really good to pair these two together because they had a great dynamic and quickly became such a fun duo! We also get introduced to one of the worst people in MCU history, the new director of SWORD... Tyler Hayward. The literal definition of a bastard. I mean this man is a liar and is sitting in Monica’s chair (who should obviously be the new director). This brings me to the beginning of the episode, which in my opinion is the best perspective on the Blip we have gotten so far. The VFX when Monica blipped back was incredible. I also thought that whole sequence in the hospital showed how chaotic it must have been for some places after Hulk snapped everyone back. For example, when this one guy said “Everyone is coming back, we don’t the capacity!” I think that is a really interesting angle to explore the ramifications of The Blip. But the most heartbreaking thing about that scene was Monica finding out her mother, Maria, passed away while she was blipped. That was just awful. A fun thing about this episode was that everyone at SWORD was kind of like us, trying to piece together what was going on! But the best part about the episode was, of course, seeing how Wanda took Monica out of the hex. She really looked and sounded like a villain. It was amazing, but the most creepy thing I have ever seen in the MCU was talking zombie Vision. Really good jump scare and very unexpected and dark!

And we are back with Wanda and Vision living their ‘perfect’ life, trying to get the twins to sleep, which is not really working out for them. And of course, Agnes shows up to help them. Vision is kind of apprehensive and prefers if Agnes does not get too close. However, Agnes starts acting weird and asks Wanda: "Do you want me to begin from the top?" WHAT...?! I thought this sounded like she knew Wanda was in control. Wanda tries to talk some sense into her and lets Agnes do her thing. Vision starts getting really suspicious of the situation in this episode and I loved seeing that and how Wanda dealt with it as well. We catch up with SWORD and our favorite duo has become a trio!! Jimmy Woo, Darcy, and Monica! Hayward is briefing everyone about Wanda’s history, tells more lies, Monica actually sticks up for her (yas), and Jimmy & Darcy agree with the whole world that Hayward is a bastard. Back in the hex, we are introduced to Sparky the dog, and the twins age up to ten. Later, our favorite trio is on a mission to figure out what is going on. What I found most interesting about this scene was when Jimmy mentioned Captain Marvel, Monica was super dismissive... I smell some drama between those two. They then figure out if they can send something in the Hex to contact Wanda. While Vision is at work, they get a mysterious e-mail from SWORD trying to make contact inside the hex, which results in Vision waking up Norm from someone’s control!!! Such a cool scene, very well acted as well. Back at the Vision residence, Wanda has a little heart to heart with the twins about family, which I thought was very heartwarming. But then, a SWORD drone has come into the hex and Hayward actually weaponized it. And we get one of Wanda’s most badass scenes ever! She comes out of the hex and throws the drone right back at them and tells them to leave her alone since she has everything she wants. Then, she amplifies the hex with her powers and now it has this red glow around it. What I found really interesting about this was her Sakovian accent, which was so present here. The commercial for ‘Lagos’ paper towels this episode was very clever: ‘when you make a mess you did not mean to.’, which is obviously a reference to what Wanda did to that hospital in Civil War. So, Sparky is missing and they find him dead in Agnes’ hands. RIP :(. The ending of the episode where Wanda and Vision fight was amazing and SO WELL ACTED by both of them. Super tense! And of course, in the end, Evan Peters shows up as Pietro. I have never seen the X-Men movies (I know, I am sorry.), so I had no clue that he actually played Quicksilver in the FOX movies.

This was one of my favorite episodes and it may or may not be because of the Halloween elements. I thought the twins talking to the audience in this episode was really cute and a great way for us to get to know their personalities as well. Wanda comes downstairs looking fabulous in her classic Scarlet Witch costume from the comics!! The kids and Pietro kind of think the costume is a bit meh, but they obviously do not know what they are talking about... Pietro then talks about trick or treating with Wanda in Sakovia and Wanda says she does not remember... Clue #1 that this Pietro is being kind of weird. Later, Vision shows up in his classic comics costume, which was funny to see him in that. So Vision tells Wanda he cannot go trick or treating with them because he is doing some stuff with the Neighborhood Watch tonight, while in fact, he is going to be doing some investigating in Westview. So Pietro joins the fam instead with his classic Quicksilver costume and Tommy has the same outfit on because it is later revealed that he also has super speed. I really enjoyed the trick-or-treating bit. So, Vision is nearing the edge of the Hex and seems as though people are either stuck in a loop but still conscious or just standing completely still. Back at SWORD, our favorite trio is taking matters into their own hands and are trying to figure out a way to go back into the hex and they find out that Hayward is tracking Vision and the decay of Vibranium. Which raised a bunch of questions for me, like is Hayward just after Vision? Darcy mentions that going in and out of the hex is changing Monica’s cells. Interesting and scary. When Vision found Agnes at the edge of the hex and got her out of the spell, she knew about the Avengers but Vision did not since he has no memory. She was acting really weird though... AS ALWAYS! The town square with all the Halloween decorations looked so cute and gave me serious Halloweentown vibes! Pietro is fishing for answers with Wanda and we get another jump scare with zombie Pietro... This was even worse than Vision. Then, we get this heartbreaking scene, where he is trying to get out of the hex and tries to tell SWORD the people need help and he is slowly falling apart and nobody tries to help him but Darcy. I really thought he was going to die again and I was not ready for that. Luckily, Billy senses his dad is in trouble and goes to Wanda. She then freezes the whole town and EXPANDS THE ENTIRE HEX. That was just crazy and what a cliffhanger.

This is the Modern Family style episode and as a huge fan of that, this was sooooo well done! The humor, the confessionals to the camera, the camera work even. It was perfect. So, it’s not going so well in the hex. A lot of furniture and things in the house are switching between decades, like the twins’ game consoles and the milk. Wanda kept saying she was fine, while we can all see she obviously is not. Agnes suggests taking the twins so Wanda can have a little self-care time. Speaking of which, her confessionals to the camera were so funny! Vision seeks out Darcy and Darcy just thinks he wants to go on a date with her. All I kept thinking was: Vision, just take her out of the spell. Which of course he does later and Darcy says how she thought it would be fun to be on WandaVision but in reality, it was not, that was great. They then escape the circus by getting in a funnel cake truck. Meanwhile, Monica and Jimmy meet up with the engineer who turned out to be no one we knew. But she did bring a vehicle that Monica could use to get back in the hex. Which eventually did not work, so Monica literally runs in there without any protection really. But we got this beautiful sequence where Monica gets her powers and it was just stunning. She hears all these voices of her past and she is also ripped apart somehow with different versions of herself but she pulls them all together and she goes comes out on the other side in a superhero landing and GLOWING eyes, wow. Vision and Darcy are stuck somewhere in Westview like someone really does not want them to get to Wanda. Darcy basically tells Vision his whole story and he finally learns what Wanda had to endure concerning his death as well. Vision’s confessionals in front of that funnel truck were hilarious as well! Another thing I loved about that was that Darcy mentioned how she had been watching WandaVision (just like us hehe) and the love Wanda and Vision share is real, which I thought was really cute. Monica visits Wanda at home and she is NOT happy. Elizabeth Olsen is really selling the more villainous moments and Teyonnah Parris killed this scene as well, the emotion in her voice was on point. Agnes sees what happens and goes to stop it and takes Wanda to her house. Wanda sits in the living room and the twins are nowhere to be found, so Agnes says they are in the basement. Which has these really weird branches coming out of it, Wanda goes down and there are all these weird artifacts and this book, very WITCHY... And it is revealed that Agnes is Agatha Harkness, a witch!!! This leads to the instantly iconic smash hit, Agatha All Along!!! (which I am still very much obsessed with) So we see her messing with events like the talent show and it was also revealed that she was the one that killed Sparky... I had been following theories throughout the show, so some already suspected Agnes was Agatha but the way it was revealed was just iconic.

I loved this one too. This episode gives us some answers to our questions and a glimpse into Wanda's past. Hosted by none other than Agatha Harkness! (I love how she was giving commentary on everything this episode, Katherine Hahn is amazing!) In the beginning, we also see some of Agatha's past and I thought it was really cool, I love the magic section of the MCU and I feel like they are starting to explore it more and more. It was also a very dark scene, really great stuff. After that, Agatha is explaining to Wanda why she came to Westview, why is she is seeking her out specifically, and showcases her magic. She also explains how she brought FIETRO in the picture (cannot stop calling him that now lol). We then take a trip down memory lane. First up, Sokovia. I thought this was cute and gave us an answer to why they are referencing sitcoms. I did not expect to see the bombing that Wanda and Pietro talked about in Age of Ultron and as it turns out the bomb did not go off because Wanda put a spell on it! Then we move to the Hydra facility where Wanda and Pietro volunteered. So when Wanda was alone with the scepter, the mind stone went to her by itself, almost like it chose her or something. I thought it was really cool that it was showing her true self or her future self for that matter. Next up, the Avengers compound. I loved how when Vision entered he came through the wall, just like he did in Civil War and he is kind of confused about the sitcom she is watching. They have a little heart-to-heart about how Wanda is feeling after Pietro's death. I have to say the writing and lines here are great but Vision says this gorgeous one: "But what is grief, if not love persevering?" That is one of the best lines in the show and MCU, so beautiful. I mean even Agatha had to wipe away a tear. The last scene was incredible. So we find out that Wanda never took Vision's body from SWORD and that Hayward is a lying bastard (tells us something we do not know). I was on the verge of tears when Wanda went to Vision's body and said she could not feel him anymore. Gosh, that was sad and made me think of Infinity War. She then leaves the SWORD HQ and drives to Westview and she stops at this empty plot of land... Because Vision bought that for them to live there :( That is just so sad and Wanda her grief was so great that SHE created the hex out of nothing. On top of that, she even created a new Vision. That whole scene was so visually striking, it was incredible. So back to 'reality'. Agatha leads Wanda outside and she is wearing her costume (which looks great btw!) and her hair is blowing in the wind and she is holding the twins hostage and she tells Wanda she used chaos magic to create the hex, which makes her THE SCARLET WITCH!!!!!! SHE SAID IT! The way I screamed omg, it was amazing!

We've made it!! Congrats if you have made it this far, cause this a long post. Let me start off by saying that even though some people hated this finale because of all the theories that had been spread on the internet, I really enjoyed it! Yes, even I was convinced that some of them were true, particularly Mephisto and Doctor Strange showing up. It did not happen and at the end of the day, I was fine with it because they were just theories, it was not confirmed. Now, the whole Evan Peters thing... It was a bit weird that he was just a nobody, but I was honestly not that invested in that storyline, so yeah, I get why other people were disappointed. But to say it ruined the whole show, no way, it was never about him in the first place. With the mystery of WandaVision, I think we all looked too much into every single detail. WandaVision is about Wanda dealing with her grief and the love she shares with VIsion, which they delivered on in spades and I loved seeing that. Plus, it is not to say that Mephisto will never show up, there were a lot of clues here that he might in the future with all those devil references... The finale wrapped up this story and gave some teases for what is to come. It delivered some great action at the beginning of the episode with Wanda vs. Agatha and Vision vs. White Vision. I thought the little philosophy session with the Visions was so in character, it was great. Speaking of White Vision, now that he has all of Vision's memory... WHERE DID HE GO?! I am sure we will see him again. I thought the scene where the people from Westview surrounded Wanda and were blaming her for all their trauma these past weeks, which is totally within their right, was so intense and Elizabeth really sold it!! All the Wanda vs. Agatha scenes were awesome and loved seeing them use their magic in different ways. Now, my two favorite moments of this finale. I did not realize what Wanda was doing while fighting Agatha in the air, not until Agatha could not use her powers anymore... Wanda literally used Agatha's own tricks against her by casting those ruins inside the hex! Wanda accepting her destiny as the Scarlet Witch was such a beautiful moment, I had legit chills! AND HER NEW COSTUME LOOKS STUNNING! With her hair and the headpiece, omg yes queen. Also, I think we will be seeing Agatha again, they really established that her path will cross with Wanda in a future MCU project! Now, my other favorite moment. Wanda saying goodbye to her family. Some of the lines were just beautiful and the score was emotional. I thought it was chilling how you could just see the hex closing in on them, it felt very cinematic. I genuinely think it is among some of my favorite moments in the MCU. It was a beautiful ending to this story. So, what's next?! One post-credit scene was Monica being recruited by a SKRULL!! I love it when the Skrulls just pop up out of nowhere, it's great. So the Skrull tells her there is someone who wants to see her up there... That has to be Nick Fury right?! The last time we saw him he was on some sort of space station with Skrulls in Far From Home. Maybe Monica will also play a part in Secret Invasion?! I am excited about that reunion nonetheless! The other scene was Wanda settled in a secluded area in the mountains. Wanda has been confirmed for Multiverse of Madness with Doctor Strange and I am SO excited for that. This scene confirmed it too! If u listen closely you can hear a different version of Doctor Strange's theme!! I thought it was really cool and a little scary that Wanda could be awake and have her astral projection reading the dark hold at the same time! That was powerful!

The Mandalorian Season 2 Review

BEWARE: SPOILERS AHEAD FOR THE MANDALORIAN SEASON 1 AND 2

Hi everyone, it has been a while since The Mandalorian finished up its second season, and to be honest, I kind of miss waking up at 9 AM on Friday to watch this show. Now, I loved season 1 and have watched it multiple times already. I was so excited for season 2 and to see more of Mando/Din and The Child and where their story would go. I never would have thought season 2 would go the way that it did. It was incredible and even better than I thought it would be. This Is The Way. Keep on reading to find out my opinions for every episode this season!

And again, beware... SPOILERS AHEAD

This was magical. Purely magical. Dave Filoni... Oh my goodness, what a legend. He understands Star Wars in a way no else but George Lucas does. From the action, to the samurai and western infleunces, to the emotion, everything was perfect. So, in this episode Din finally finds Ahsoka Tano, one of the few Jedi that are left. The episode wastes no time to introduce Ahsoka. Her entrance in the forest was amazing, the way she uses the force and her lightsabers, just ugh, amazing. Now, I really like Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka but it took some getting used to since Ahsoka originally is an animated character. However, she looked great here. I loved the scene where Ahsoka was communicating with The Child through the force and we learn his backstory!! His name is Grogu and was trained at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant by many masters and was hidden during Order 66. The way we learned all of this was so natural and I really did not see it coming. It was great. I really like the name Grogu, it fits him haha. The little training session with Grogu was fantastic and showed how much Din cares about Grogu. Ahsoka tells Din she cannot train Grogu because of his attachements and how that can lead him to the dark side. She even references Anakin!!!!!! Omg, the feels. Mando and Ahsoka team up to fight the Magistrate of the town and this fight was fantastic. Manda and Ahsoka are both so cool and have some great moments. Then, when we thought this episode could not get any better, Ahsoka teases what is to come as she name drops GRAND ADMIRAL THRAWN!! Now, if you have not watched Rebels, this might mean nothing to you. But I gasped so loud when she said it, good stuff is coming for the Ahsoka show!!!! When Mando had to say goodbye to Grogu, I thought no... They are not going to do it, are they?! But Ahsoka sticks to her gut and says she cannot train Grogu. Instead, she sends them to the remants of an ancient Jedi temple where Grogu can choose his path. And so Mando, Grogu, and Ahsoka part ways. I just loved this episode. Also a special shout-out to Ludwig Göransson’s score. He has been fantastic for season 1 and 2, but the score at the very end of this episode, just captured the magic and beauty of this one. He is so talented!

Where to begin?! Oh my goodness, SO MUCH happened during this episode. Mando adds Bo-Katan and Koska Reeves to his crew to get Grogu back. They agree, since this is Bo-Katan’s chance to take back the darksaber from him. So Boba Fett distracts Gideon’s people for the rest of the crew to sneak on board. So we had Cara, Fennec, Bo-Katan, and Koska just kicking these stromtrooper’s asses and it was stunning to see. Mando goes to look for Grogu but encounters the dark troopers and they were ruthless. I honestly thought he was going to get hurt or something. Thank goodness he had that Beskar speer, so he yeeted them out of the ship and made his way to Grogu. Only to find Gideon standing there with the darksaber. He is like just take him, I got his blood. Of course, it is a trap and he attacks Mando. We get an epic fight between Gideon with the darksaber and Mando with his speer. It was so cool and Mando wins! He then walks back to the crew with Gideon in handcuffs, wielding the darksaber, and Grogu in his hand. Bo-Katan sees it and looks shocked since she now cant get it from him since it needs to won in battle as Gideon reminds everyone (he was obviously enjoying this), which I completely forgot. Then just says I yield, take it. She cannot just accept, which makes Din the rightful ruler of Mandalore (CRAZY!!!). This was left with no answers, so I am hoping that this will be explored during season 3!!. The dark troopers get back to the ship and they need a miracle now. Out of nowhere, one single X-Wing shows up. I knew it was a Jedi, but who? Of course, Luke crossed my mind, but I was like, NO WAY. So I thought, it could be Ezra from Rebels (he also has a green lightsaber). However, there was no way someone that powerful was Ezra, it had to be Luke. I will never forget it, my heart was beating so fast, I was crying, and the suspense was just, oh my. The hallway scene was fantastic. Then the jedi reveals his face, and it is Mark Hamill back as Luke Skywalker in all his glory. The CGI was impressive, although when he started talking, it looked a little off. Anyway, now Din has to say goodbye to Grogu and he lets him see his face. This was such a beautiful moment, it made me cry even more. This show is incredible, however this just proves that when you strip away all the cool stuff and guest appearances, this show is about Din and Grogu’s relationship, which in the end, is my favorite thing about the show. It was so emotional. Grogu then leaves with Luke and R2 (!!!), and that concludes season 2! This finale was just incredible, and what made it even more emotional was Pedro’s perfromance. He is fantastic! Again, the score this season was so good but in the finale, Ludwig outdit himself! So beautiful and emotional.

Holiday Movies🎄🎬 : Festive AF or Bah Humbug?

Hi! First up, I hope you are doing okay and are staying safe. It has been a weird Christmas season, and since The Netherlands is now in their second lockdown period for 2020, it is even weirder. However, that is not messing up my festive spirit. Christmas is my favorite time of the year, and not even 2020 will mess that up for me. Something I have been doing since lockdown is watching movies (even more than usual). Including a bunch of new Christmas movies. I watch the classics as always and made a blog post for that a couple of years ago. Which you can read here. So, I decided to make a post with all the ‘new’ Christmas movies I have watched this year! So keep reading to find out if these movies will make you say Ho-Ho-Ho or No-No-No...

No worries, all the reviews are spoiler-free!

HAMILTON ON DISNEY+

BEWARE: SPOILERS AHEAD FOR HAMILTON ON DISNEY+

Hi everyone! I’m back with a very exciting post that I thought I would not be writing for a very long time. My review of the filmed Hamilton Production on Broadway with the OBC!! After the unexpected announcement that the Hamilton film would find it’s home on Disney+ instead of being released in theaters in 2021, I was ecstatic. I could not believe it! I have been listening to the album with the OBC for years now. I never get tired of it, it always puts a smile on my face and the occasional comfort whenever I need it. I have watched Hamilton four times now and I just love it so much. So let’s go...

A Little Update

(not my gifs)

Yes, I am also a Star Wars stan now, whoops...

Hi everyone, Yenai here! It has been a minute since I have posted anything! Life has been crazy (that is 2020 for ya) and I just haven’t had the urge and time to write anything these past few months. Plus, I have no clue if anyone is still interested in these sorts of posts on Tumblr, but hey, I enjoy writing, so what the heck? Let’s keep this going!

I have so many drafts and ideas planned for the coming weeks, some are festive and some are for movies/shows I have been watching this past year (a lot). The first one I want to post is one I have been writing since July... My Hamilton review (aka me raving about the entire thing).

If you read my posts and enjoy them, thank you so much!!! My Hamilton review will be up in the next few days!

Have a wonderful day and stay safe!!! (Unfortunately, we are still in a pandemic)

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Yenai

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Must-do’s at Disneyland Paris for first-timers

Hey everyone. I really wanted to start a series of posts about DLP here on my blog. Giving you some tips, my favorite things to do, how to meet characters, etc. So first up is this one. Let’s start, shall we!

Illuminations

Make your day at Disney complete with Illuminations. This is Disneyland Paris’ nighttime spectacular! Enjoy beautiful fireworks with projections on the castle! If it’s your first time, you definitely want to put this on your list to see at least once. (I see it every night I’m there, but hey that’s just me). The best spot is obviously right in front of the castle. However, if you want this prime spot, be prepared to secure it up to 2 hours in advance. if you do not want to wait that long, there is always some room on the left and right side of the castle. I prefer the left side because fewer trees are blocking your view of the middle of the castle.

Top tip when Illuminations is over and you want a picture in front of the castle, wait a little bit for everyone to make their way towards the exit!

My first reaction to Disney +

Hello... It’s been a while since I have posted here. I had exams, then summer vacation and then I finally started college! So now that I’ve settled in I thought it would be fun to give you my thoughts on Disney+! Yes, you read that right! Disney+ is here... in the Netherlands. Exclusively. Disney is having a free trial here which started on September 12th and goes on until launch day on November 12th!

So let’s dive into Disney+

Marvel Trailer Madness: Spider-Man: Far From Home

Hi everyone, I know this is super late. I was contemplating not to do this post, cause it’s been a while since this came out. However, I NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS TRAILER. So let’s see what Far From Home has to offer!

BEWARE SPOILERS AHEAD FOR AVENGERS ENDGAME!

So first up is a spoiler warning for Endgame by none other than the king of spoilers, Mister Tom Holland himself. Hilarious. But seriously if you HAVE NOT SEEN ENDGAME YET (first of all what are you doing? Go and see it!) THEN STOP READING THIS! WE ARE GOING INTO MASSIVE SPOILER TERRITORY! If you have seen it, well then keep reading!

Still here? Awesome! So the trailer starts out with a very sad Peter Parker up on a roof looking at a mural of Iron Man. Telling us that everywhere he goes he sees his face. Oh my gosh, Marvel, it’s too soon. After that, we see Happy who says he misses Tony too. Who doesn’t miss him? I still cry about it. You have a shot of Peter crying, the poor kid. Happy goes to say that Tony wouldn’t have done what he did if he didn’t know he was going to be here after he was gone. Next up is an awesome shot of Spidey taking down some bad guys in a restaurant. He is wearing his Iron suit and it looks amazing! I love the spider legs on the suit, it really adds something special to it. We then have Peter telling the cops he can’t be the next Iron Man, cause he’s busy doing their jobs. THE SASS. He also tells them that he’s going on vacation! We see Happy with Peter again. Nick Fury is calling him and Peter nor Happy doesn’t want to talk to him. Why wouldn’t you? Nick Fury is the best. Anyway, Peter solves the argument by just sending Fury to voicemail. Like Happy said: you don't ghost Nick Fury. We have some shots of the Europe trip, which looks fun! (if you don’t count those fire, water, and earth monsters). I want to go on that trip. After that, we have a scene from the other trailer, just slightly different. After Fury shoots Ned, he now says: “You’re a very difficult person to contact, Spider-Man.” You see Peter, this is what happens when you ghost Nick Fury. In the first trailer, we saw that Fury takes Peter to some sort of cave? Well, now we can see that it’s an underground office or headquarters. Maybe he’s trying to get SHIELD up and running again. Who knows. Anyhow, Peter meets Mysterio for what seems like the first time. Fury introduces him as Quentin Beck. He says that his world could use someone like Spider-Man. Fury then says that Mysterio is from another earth. The snap (I have no idea which one of the three that happened he's talking about) tore a hole in their dimension. Which means, a multi-verse, probably. That’s what Peter says that means, so I’m going with that! Which immediately makes me think about Spider-Verse! Which also had multiple universes! Imagine MILES MORALES IN THE MCU!!! Back to the trailer, we can see that Maria Hill is also there! Fury tells Peter he has a job to do and he needs to come with them. Peter is a little skeptical about coming with them, so he asks if Thor or Captain Marvel can’t help instead. Fury says Thor is off world and Maria says Carol is unavailable. Peter says he’s just a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. Fury claps back by saying: “Bitch please, you’ve been to space!” HILARIOUS! AMAZING! And very true. We then see Mysterio and Peter having some drinks in a bar. He tells him he just wants to go back on his trip, with a girl he really likes and he wants to tell her how he feels. So cute! So we see Peter walking with MJ and as Peter is about to say that he likes her, MJ interrupts him by saying: You’re Spider-Man. I was like oh my gosh, she knows. She says it’s pretty obvious. Peter panics, of course. Next up is Mysterio giving Peter some advice about saving the world and sacrifice. We see some shots from the battle on the Tower Bridge in London. There is one particular shot that raises a lot of questions. You see Peter wearing some glasses. These are Tony’s glasses!!! He wore those in Infinity War during that battle in New York! I really wonder what Peter saw... The last scene of the trailer is a very funny scene between Happy and Peter’s friends! Happy being chaotic as always. I love him so much!

Disney Trailer Madness: The Lion King

Naaaaaaants ingonyama bagithi Babaaaaa!! Yes, I looked it up... Hi everyone, Disney has finally blessed us with a full trailer for the upcoming live-action Lion King! The first trailer was already spectacular and now we have a brand new one to lose our minds over! Let’s go!

So we start out at the Elephant Graveyard with little Simba and Nala. We can hear Scar for the first time. I saw quite a few people on Twitter saying that they really didn’t like Chiwetel’s performance here. Now, of course, it’s not Jeremy Irons, who originally voiced Scar. However, I truly like Chiwetel’s voice here. So we don’t just hear Scar, we also have our first look! Now once again a lot of complaints on Twitter. I can see where people are coming from, but I don’t mind his look. He looks fine. The scar is there, it’s Scar! Moving on, we also see the hyenas who look incredibly accurate. Just one thing I want to point out is in the shot of Scar with the 3 hyena’s you can see one of his ears just moving a little bit. I adore that, it’s the little things! We have a gorgeous shot of some birds? flying over the savannah, absolutely stunning! We then hear James Earl Jones, who’s back to voice Mufasa once again! Every time I hear his voice I get chills. He’s giving Simba a speech about the balance in their kingdom. Next, there are a lot of shots. Another little detail that just immediately caught my eye was that wind blowing in Mufasa’s mane during this scene that’s on the poster as well. WOW! Then you have what might be my favorite shot of this trailer and it’s a really cute Simba looking at a bug, his eyes are just so pretty! I can’t handle all this cuteness! We can see Zazu for the first time. I actually really like how he looks, can’t wait to hear what John Oliver is going to bring to the character! There is also the shot once again of Simba walking in his father’s footsteps, it’s so powerful! Especially hearing that Hans Zimmer score again, absolutely magnificent! You can see the wildebeest scene with some new footage of Scar telling Simba to run and never return. Then you have a gorgeous of Rafiki with some fireflies. Disney then decides to truly play on all of our nostalgia with those iconic shots of Hakuna Matata! I’m so excited about that song! Next up are some shots of Rafiki swinging from the trees and our first look at Can You Feel The Love Tonight and Nala! We have yet to hear Beyoncé, but I’m 100% sure that she and Donald are going to be magical singing together! Lastly, you have Mufasa saying Simba has to take his place in the circle of life and you can see him at the top of Pride Rock! You have all the names of the cast and as a nice little surprise at the end, we have our favorite duo Timon and Pumbaa singing The Lion Sleeps Tonight! If we get another trailer I hope we can see and hear some more of them!

Marvel Trailer Madness: Avengers Endgame

BEWARE: SPOILERS AHEAD

OH MY GOD! So when the mayhem began that was the Avengers Endgame ticket sale, we also got a special look at the upcoming film! And WOW, this movie is going to be insane! Let’s take, what will probably be, our last look at Endgame before it comes out!!!

So we start out at the Avengers compound. We can hear Bruce saying how the Avengers are shorthanded for this plan. Rhodey then says that’s because Thanos killed all their friends (cries). Natasha says a line we have heard in the other trailer already: “We owe this, to everyone who’s not in this room, to try.” That’s some powerful stuff. Up next we have a shot of Steve in a very fancy bathroom, looking at himself. After the logo (no dusting this time?!), we see Rocket reuniting with Nebula and TONY reuniting with Pepper! What a moment #Pepperonyforever. Someone on twitter pointed out that Rocket still has no idea that all of his friends are gone up until the point Nebula comes back and tells him. That’s so sad. Tony then says how they’re the Avengers and that they have to finish this. We then see Hawkeye, who’s also back at the compound (with a full sleeve of tattoos on his arm), Natasha smiling, a different take of the Thor and Carol scene from the other trailer and all our heroes in a shot! WOW. When I saw Tony and Steve together again, omg the feels! You can probably imagine how I felt during this next scene. We see Tony and Steve together. Tony asks Steve if he trusts him and Steve that he does and they shake hands! ASDFGHJKL, it’s been 3 YEARS! We then see what looks to be the Guardians’ ship shooting off into space and guess who’s flying the ship with Rocket... It’s none other than Carol Danvers! I can’t wait to see her and Rocket interact! Joining them are Steve, Natasha, Thor and War Machine. Afterward, we have a really heartbreaking shot of Tony looking at a picture of him and Peter. We then hear Thanos and you can see some shots of our heroes, all looking pretty disheartened. Thanos says how they couldn’t live with their own failure, and that’s what brought them back to him. While he says this, we also get our first full look of the guy, who’s still looking like a purple grape. Finally, we see a shot of Tony, Steve, and Thor walking together towards something/someone. I can’t really make out what/who it is. Absolutely love this shot however it does scare me a bit. I’m really anxious about the fate of these 3.

Marvel Trailer Madness: Avengers Endgame

BEWARE: SPOILERS AHEAD

ASDFGHJKL. Now that that’s out of the way, hi. Without any time to mentally prepare myself, Marvel dropped a full new Avengers Endgame trailer without any warning and when I tell you I lost it, I lost it hard. There is so much stuff to go over so let’s get into it, shall we!

We start with an amazing montage of Iron Man, Cap, and Thor’s origins. We hear more of what seems to me like Tony’s goodbye message to Pepper. I loved the shot of the arc reactor that Pepper gave him in the first Iron Man! At one point he says that he was hoping to pull off one last surprise, which has me so confused. Next up we have Cap with a voice over from Peggy! (Can she please come back somehow omg) During this part, we also have a shot of Hawkeye practicing archery with what looks to be his daughter. I’m pretty sure Clint’s family got dusted which is what has caused him to become Ronin. You also see him and Natasha, and by the looks of her face, she probably knows what drove him to this as well. Last but certainly not least we have Thor. We have a shot of Asgard and Thor with Odin. Thor says that he saw all those people die and you can see some of the fallen Avengers. One thing that stands out especially during the first half of the trailer is the red that’s popping out in the black and white scenes. I wonder what that means. Does it have something to do with the reality stone? Is it a symbol for all the people that have fallen after the snap? What are you trying to say, Marvel? After this part, we get some shots of Endgame! We have Steve saying that he’s been telling people to move on, but not us [The Avengers]. Which has now become a hilarious meme. If you listen closely it sounds like he says bananas. Now that’s all I hear haha. We then have a shot of Scott in a suburb? It kinda looks like some time has passed, because of the house in the background. All these plants haven’t been looked after and you can see he’s looking at all these missing person posters. I bet it might take him a while to get out of the Quantum Realm and when he does get out, the world is completely different and he has no idea what happened and then goes to the Avengers compound like what we saw in the first trailer. Next up is Natasha saying how they owe this to everyone who is not in the room to try. You get a sweet shot of her and Clint. The next few shots are all over the place (not in a bad way though haha). So we have Rocket and War Machine! I’m already loving this team-up. I hope they’ll have a funny dynamic between them. Steve tells Hawkeye that they will (bring everyone back???). Then we have shots of all of our heroes and they all say: whatever it takes. I’m scared. That shot of Natasha reloading her gun is so badass omg I love it! The shot of Steve strapping on his shield really makes me nervous. It feels like is truly giving it his all for that battle. I also love the shot of Ant-Man using the pencil to kind of lift off into the air! Now we have the best, most beautiful shot of this trailer and it’s all of them assembled in new suits!!! Oh my, I was already freaking out because Cap looks really good there and they are all together wearing new suits. At some point, I noticed something very very exciting and I was almost crying, TONY MADE IT BACK TO EARTH!!!! Which means that he and Nebula (she’s also there in the line-up) found a way to get out of space and Steve & Tony reunited! I am so anxious to see how that first interaction between them was. We also had a little surprise at the end with Thor and... CAPTAIN MARVEL! Yes, Carol is joining the Avengers and I’m so excited. So Thor is calling/summoning/getting (how do you call this haha) Stormbreaker and Carol just stands there without even flinching and Thor says: ”I like this one.” and he does this really cute giggle at the end and you can see Carol smirking a bit! I loved it and can’t wait to see her interacting with all the other characters!

Disney Trailer Madness: Aladdin

Hi everyone! So today I wanted to discuss the new official trailer for Disney’s upcoming live-action Aladdin. Aladdin is one of my favorites of all time, so I’m pretty skeptical if they’re going to pull it off.

This trailer was overall better than the rest they have shown. I actually enjoyed the very first one. I loved the music, the cave of wonders looked amazing, although that shot of Aladdin at the end didn’t really sell it for me. Now that second trailer wasn‘t that good... Y’all know why, of course, Genie looked awful and Jafar’s voice just didn’t do anything for me. However, let’s discuss the new trailer which has given me some hope that maybe it won’t be as bad as I thought.

So we start out with what seems to be the One Jump Ahead scene of the movie. We have Aladdin (Mena Massoud) running away from what looks to me like the Royal Guard (is that what you call it?) just like in the original. That part where he uses the rope to escape them looks cool! So then Abu joins him again and we see Jasmine (Naomi Scott) with all these petals falling around her and Aladdin sees her for the first time. This shot looks like it’s straight out of a Bollywood movie. I haven’t made up my mind yet if that’s a good or bad thing because I do like a good Bollywood movie, although I’m more a fan of the older ones like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Kabhi Khushi Khabi Gham & Veer-Zaara. I’m getting off top topic here. Let’s continue! We get a shot from Jafar (Marwan Kenzari) and Iago flying in the back. I really wonder if he’ll talk in this movie because we haven’t seen anything yet proving that he will. Jafar meets with Aladdin during the daytime saying that he can make him rich. I will be disappointed if the whole scene of the original where old man Jafar recruits Aladdin in the prison has been completely changed because I really like that scene and the fact Jafar is able to look like that is just amazing! One thing that I can’t shake is Jafar. I don’t get why they decided to make him this young and that voice just doesn’t sound menacing to me. Jafar is one of Disney’s best villains so the fact that this Jafar is not scary in the slightest really sucks. Maybe he’ll surprise me in the movie itself. Now we are in the cave of wonders again. It still looks stunning! Aladdin rubs the lamp and a huge Genie (Will Smith) pops out. Now if they showed this shot in that other trailer I think the response would have been way more positive because he looks great! We then go into Friend Like Me, which looks like a lot of fun. Abu is playing the trumpet and Carpet has maracas! We go out of the cave and into the desert. We have a fun exchange between Genie and Aladdin. I didn’t get the ‘I can just make you a prince’ joke at first but I do now haha. Genie is now in his human form and I like Will Smith’s performance here. Let’s just set the record straight. No one will ever be able to do as good as Robin Williams. There will never be someone like him. So I just hope that Will won't be doing a bad Robin Williams rip-off. By judging the trailer he doesn’t seem to be doing that and I love Will as an actor and person so I’m pretty sure he will do some great things with Genie. It’s just that Robin Williams had such an iconic performance in the original so he’ll just always be Genie for me no matter who was cast for this part. After that Aladdin is now dressed like a prince we see a bit of the Prince Ali scene and it looks good. After that, there seems to be a party going on for whatever reason. Genie is telling Aladdin that he only changed the outside of him and not the inside. I loved that part where just used his magic to transport Aladdin towards Jasmine. On a side note: I think Mena looks great in the Prince Ali suit! We then get a lot of shots, I always hate to describe these haha. The big thing here is, of course, A Whole New World. It doesn’t sound as bad as I thought and I already know I’m going to be a crying mess during that part. We also see Genie riding ostriches, a better shot of Rajah, Aladdin in the ice and a huge Iago flying after Aladdin and Abu.

Marvel Trailer Madness 2.0

Marvel is really on a roll! Okay, it wasn’t exactly in the same week like last time, but still. It was pretty soon after Marvel gave us a special look at the upcoming Captain Marvel, that we finally got our first look at Spider-Man Far From Home! And that’s not all, there were some trailers that aired during the Super Bowl for not only Captain Marvel but also for Avengers Endgame! So I just thought to put them all in 1 post. Let’s discuss!

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Best of 2018: Movie Edition

BEWARE: SPOILERS AHEAD FOR BLACK PANTHER AND INFINITY WAR

2018 has been a great year for movies and while a lot came out (I probably didn’t even see half of them) I will be highlighting my top 3 here in this post with of course some honorable mentions! Let’s start.

Best of 2018: Music Edition

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! In this post, I’ll be talking about all my favorite music that has come out in 2018. I really wanted to post this before 2019 started but with all the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, I just did not have time. So here we are!

Spotify Wrapped

According to Spotify, It turns out my most listened artist of 2018 was the Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton. I’m still loving Hamilton! There are always Hamilton songs in my playlists so this came as no surprise. My most listened song of the year was, however, a surprise. I was sure it was going to be All The Stars by Kendrick Lamar & SZA as I have probably listened to that song every other day if not every day. While All The Stars is in the top 3, the winner was Bonita by CNCO! When I saw that I remembered the month where I literally had that song on repeat for days on end. That’s probably what gave it the number one spot.

Marvel Trailer Madness

BEWARE: SPOILERS AHEAD FOR CAPTAIN MARVEL AND AVENGERS 4 TRAILERS!

If you are a Marvel fan, I’m pretty sure Christmas came a LOT sooner than expected. Not only did we get a new trailer for Captain Marvel last week, but the very highly anticipated trailer for the formerly untitled Avengers 4 as well! Plus there have been rumors floating around the internet that we are also getting our first look at Spider-Man Far From Home before Christmas! However today I’ll be giving my thoughts on the trailers we did get!

After months of begging, waiting, speculation and failing miserably trying to be patient (or that was just me?), we finally have a trailer AND title for the next Avengers movie! I don’t even know what to say about this other than WOW. This trailer lived up to the immense hype! It now is the most viewed trailer in 24 hours with a massive 289 million views. Why? Well, that’s easy, everyone who has seen Infinity War wants to know what is going happen next. What’s happening next? I couldn’t tell you, not even after that trailer. Quite frankly I am super happy about this! While there are so many theories about how Thanos’ snap can be undone, no one knows anything for sure. I hope it’ll all stay a surprise, I want to be shocked when April finally arrives. So what did we see in the trailer? It starts with a very depressing scene of Tony recording a goodbye message to Pepper on what looked to be the Guardians’ ship. He says that he ran out of water and food 4 days ago and the oxygen will run out tomorrow. Please don’t die, Tony... If that wasn’t enough to have you crying he says that part of the journey is the end and that when he’ll drift off, he’ll think about Pepper... Marvel is already making us emotional but of course, they won’t let us forget about all the characters that got ‘dusted’ in IW. How? Well, they just dusted the logo, thanks for the reminder Marvel. After that, we only got 1 shot of Thanos. First, you see his armor, which now being used as a scarecrow, which is hilarious. There are already so many memes about farmer Thanos! Then you see his hand just touching his plants/crop. However it seems like the gauntlet has sort of attached to skin somehow, don’t quote me on this, that’s just what I’m seeing here. We then see the other Avengers that survived at the Avengers compound, including Steve, Natasha, Thor, and Bruce. They all look so defeated, Steve is even crying. There was one thing that stood out in Bruce’s shot. Before the screen changes to Peter’s picture (I miss you!), you see SHURI. Does this mean that she got snapped away as well?! I really, really hope she didn’t. I love Steve’s line when he says they have all lost something, even a part of themselves. Then who do we get to see?! CLINT! Yay, he’s back! Although he seems to have gone on a bit of a dark path. Even Natasha looked shocked to see him like this. However, the reveal was so awesome! We can also see 1 of the 2 surviving Guardians, Nebula. She seems to be on the ship with Tony. Where is Rocket though?! So from what we can hear, they do have some sort of plan as you can see Nat and Steve talking about how this plan is going to work. I’m very curious to see what they plan on doing. Soon after we finally get that title, Avengers Endgame! The Russo’s even said that this wasn’t the title, so I kind of thought this definitely wasn’t it. My bets were on Annihilation. This just goes to show how unpredictable Marvel is. The final shot is a bit of comedic relief with Scott! To me it looks like he got out of the Quantum Realm and went to the Avengers compound for help, I guess.

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