19. Watch these Films

The Graduate

I watched this film last week I think, it was not what I expected at all, was such a brilliant film though. The acting from Dustin Hoffman was particularly superb. I found the story to be so sad for him, he is such a naive kid I feel and a sensitive soul. After he graduates he feels like he has no purpose, he is so unsure of what to do next, and there are all these expectations from his parents. It seems as if he is trying to please everybody when he would rather just sit back in the shadows; but it seems in the end that love conquers all and I suppose in the end that that is really all that matters..

The music of course is classic: Simon and Garfunkel whats not to love?

Greatest Books Ever Written

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

I absolutely loved this book, it was so well written, the characters have so much depth to them. You see how much Scout and Jem grow and become more adult by the end of the book, their story if you like. I am not a very critical book reviewer but I know I could easily read this book again, perhaps even to analyse the characters further. Set in the town of Maycomb Atticus Finch and his two children Scout and Jem, their lives are turned around when his father takes a case where a black man Tom Robinson is accused of raping Mayella Ewell.
The key line in this book really is:
"Kill all the blue jays you want if you can hit em' but remember it is a sin to kill a mockingbird".
This is said by Atticus to his kids, and the explanation is this: A mockingbird has done no harm,to anybody it sings its little heart out and is innocent therefore it is a sin, which is closely linked to the characters in the book.

19 Watch these films

19. Watch these Films

When Harry Met Sally
Just watched When Harry Met Sally let me tell you it was well worth the wait I cannot believe how young Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan look, thats probably because they were considering the film was made in 1989. So epic, and some scenes were absolutely classic, I wouldnt want to ruin anything so I'll just say two things: tissues and orgasms = hilarious. You wont be disappointed I promise. If only all of us could have those sorts of relationships: fulfilling, loves all of us including our flaws, can talk to the middle of the night know what we are thinking type person. Gah a girl can dream right?

Memorable quote:

Marriages don't break up on account of infidelity. It's just a symptom that something else is wrong.

Places I've been and Places I want to go

Places I've been and Places I want to go

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Breakfast at Tiffanys

A glamorous Miss Audrey Hepburn plays Miss Holly Golightly who co-stars along George Peppard who plays Fred Varjak. I love it when she calls the cat 'slob darling'.

I also love the rain scene at the end, then again who doesnt? =]

Memorable quote:

Holly Golightly: No. The blues are because you're getting fat and maybe it's been raining too long, you're just sad that's all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you're afraid and you don't know what you're afraid of. Do you ever get that feeling?

Paul Varjak: Sure.

Holly Golightly: Well, when I get it the only thing that does any good is to jump in a cab and go to Tiffany's. Calms me down right away. The quietness and the proud look of it; nothing very bad could happen to you there. If I could find a real-life place that'd make me feel like Tiffany's, then - then I'd buy some furniture and give the cat a name!

Donnie Darko
This film will always remind me of Mad World by Gary Jules, very cleverly written with good acting from Jake Gyllenhaall who plays Donnie Darko. I wouldnt fancy a rabbit telling me to do bad things, however.. Frank is actually I think rather good looking.

Memorable quote:


Donnie Darko ( to Cherita Chen): I promise, that one day everything will be better for you

49. See These Animals in the Wild

49.See These Animals in the Wild...
c) Hippo
e) Elephant
k)Lion
h)Koala
l) Monkey
p)Crocodile


OK so unfortunately I cant show you all of my experiences with these animals as some I saw when I was younger and others well I forgot to take pictures silly cow... but it still counts right? =P These pictures are taken from the Lower Zambezi National Park and Chongwe River Camp Zambia. May I just say that it is an absolutely amazing experience...

To be so close to these animals sitting in the vehicle watching them lie there, the lions I must say were quite pro-active as you can see by their rolling in the sun. Just like domestic cats, however I think it would be pushing it to jump out and stroke them, I think they would look at you thinking you were more like dinner.







There were also quite a few elephants at camp, they like the acacia trees =] I suppose less dangerous (slightly) to Buffalos who will just charge at you which means RUNN!! Elephants on the other hand can also mock charge best of 2? If you see one just try and hide.. They're very protective of their young though, the baby ellies can be quite unpredictable, but aww theyre so sweet I remember seeing one looking very enthusiastic jumping on the sand.



You know Hippos are quite difficult to take pictures of because as soon as you dig your camera out on the water in your boat, they can feel the ripples and go down under. So I am afraid to say that my pictures of them are just heads and ears mainly oh well. They have quite a distinctive sound as well, which is great and everything just not at 2 in the morning when all you want to do is shut them up so you can get some sleep XD although you do get used to it and come to love it. Will try and post sound of them, its quite hard to describe but yeah.



Saw some Vervet monkeys hence I have crossed it off my list ^_^ too theyre very sweet and cute but quite cheeky!

Greatest Films

Greatest Films according to Richard Horne plus some I've added which are in red

• 12 Angry Men
• 2001: Space Odyssey
• A Bout de Souffle
• Alien
• Aliens
• Amadeus
• Amelie
• American Beauty
• An American Werewolf in London
• Annie Hall
• Apocalypse Now
• Arsenic and Old Lace
• Audition
• Back to the Future I
• Barbarella
• The Big Lebowski
• Big Wednesday
• Blade Runner
• Blue Velvet
• Das Boot
• Brazil
• Breakfast at Tiffany’s
• The Breakfast Club
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
• Caddyshack
• Casablanca
• Casino
• A Christmas Carol (1970)
• Citizen Kane
• City of God
• Chariots of Fire
• Clash of the Titans
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind
• The Deer Hunter
• Deliverance
• Les Diaboliques
• Donnie Darko
• Do the Right Thing
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
• Dr Zhivago
• Ed Wood
• The Elephant Man
• The Empire Strikes Back
• Enter the Dragon
• Eraserhead
• Evil Dead 2
• Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
• Festen
• Fight Club
• Flash Gordon
• Ghostbusters
• The Godfather, Part I
• The Godfather, Part 2
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
• Goodfellas
• The Graduate
• The Great Escape
• Grosse Point
• Blank
• Groundhog Day
• Harold and Maude
• Harvey
• Heathers
• The Italian Job (1969)
• It’s a Wonderful Life
• Jaws
• Jules et Jim
• The Jungle Book
• Kind Hearts and Coronets
• Kingpin
• L.A. Confidential
• The Ladykillers (1955)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• Lost in Translation
• The Matrix
• Memento
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail
• Monty Python’s Life of Brian
• National Lampoon’s Animal House
• The Night of the Hunter
• North by NorthwestO Brother, Where Art Thou?
• The Omen (1976)
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
• A Passage to India
• Peeping Tom
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
• Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
• Platoon
• The Producers (1967)
• Psycho
• Pulp Fiction
• Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Rear Window
• The Right Stuff
• The Ring
• Risky Business
• The Royal Tenenbaums
• Scanners
• Secretary
• Sexy Beast
• Seven
• Seven Samurai
• The Shawshank Redemption
• The Shining
• Shrek
• The Sixth Sense
• Sleepless in Seattle
• Spirited Away
• Star Wars IV: A New Hope
• The Sting
• The Straight Story
• The Sure Thing
• Swingers
• Taxi Driver
• Terminator 2: Judgement Day
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
• The Thing
• This is Spinal Tap
• To Kill a Mockingbird

Top Secret

Touch of Evil

Toy Story

Toy Story 2

Trading Places

True Romance

Two-Lane Blacktop

The Untouchables

The Usual Suspects

The Vanishing

Videodrome

When Harry Met Sally

When We Were Kings

The Wicker Man (1973)

Withnail & I

Young Frankenstein