My 2011!

As Christmas is nearly upon us and then a week after that we will be in the New Year I thought I would do a quick blog on my year of 2011.

This year has been a great one, the best in years. After a dodgy start the year really picked up with loads of filming, festivals, travelling and has ended in both me and Mel back in my home village of Cold Norton. We have had some pretty good blockbuster movies (Captain America, Super 8, Rise of the Planet of the Apes), a few average (Thor, Pirates 4) and some pure rubbish (Transformers 3). I have played my way through Lego Potter and Pirates, wasted my money on DJ Hero and become addicted to Arkham City, which has started off a new obsession for Batman Graphic Novels. I have seen some brilliant bands including Muse, Pulp, Eminem, The Offspring and Noah and the Whale. Had another very exciting set of filming take place for “I am Tim” which ended in a very pretty and gory looking series 2 on youtube. I hopefully have spent my last year in shared housing which I was sad to leave as I enjoyed the company of the people I lived with, and I was very proud of Steve and Jonny on filming their first feature film on very little budget, which I can not wait to the finished article next year sometime. Most of all this year Mel and me decided to take a 7 week break and have a little trek around Europe, which saw us taking in some amazing sights and opened my eyes up to art, music, architecture and just so many cultures, but most importantly how much I love the woman who convinced me to do this trip and how I want to spend the rest of my life with her experiencing whatever the future holds! Come on 2012 you got a lot to do to out do 2011!

The Things You Find

While sorting out the word documents on my Laptop I found this list that I made over 2 years ago for some Facebook thing and I thought I would re-share it with you guys. Enjoy!

1: I have a 2.1 in Film and Television production

2: Even tho I'm 22 I love toys and collectables that i do not need.

3: My claim to fame is that a sweaty jade goodie pushed past me at V festival

4: I once got so into a TV show that I thought I was part of it, and that was only a year ago

5: I have a fear of dolls and Ballons

6: Milkshake is a weakness to me, I love milkshake

7: I want to own a VW Camper Van, but i do not want to learn to drive

8: I'm not afraid to admit that im a geek

9: Until at least 10 years of age I was scared of the following movies: Ghostbusters 1 and 2 and Who Framed Roger Rabbit

10: When I draw the characters and images all look like demons and devils and I normally write the words

"Death" and "Darkness" above them

11: My Dad would never let me have a games console, so my close friends came together to get me a PS2 for my 18th birthday

12: I have had this thing (corn, maybe?) on my foot for the last 5 years but i want to see how long it will take to go away on its own!

13: At least once a day I disappear into my own little world in my head

14: A couple of days ago I had my first proper nightmare in about 10 years, it included a grudge looking child flying at me

from under a sofa

15: I love BLT, and I'm really starting to miss the B part!

16: Whan I was 7-8 my sister convinced me that I wanted to be a model when i grow up

17: When I got my video camera when i was 15 me and the village lot, filmed blowing up slugs and our own version of jackass, which

also included a lot of bangers

18: If I ever win an oscar or bafta, I have promised to thank, My mum and dad, my nan, Judy Kennedy and Mel

19: I know a very important fact of life, in America Burger King is much better then here

20: My dad gave Brois Johnson his left over toilet roll!

21: If I had a super power I would have control over the 4 elements

22: When I was 11 I told my best friend a secert that a girl told me and he told everyone, I felt so bad I went round her house and gave

her flowers

23: I once sat in the emergency room for 4 hours cose I put my arm through a window, and had to watch "I'm Alan Partridge", now I hate it

24: I fired a gun in a real low life american shooting range and it was one of, maybe the most, scariest thing I have ever done

25: It has nearly killed me thinging of 25 facts!!

When Bad Films Turn Out Good

One of the best feelings in the world is to watch a film that you truly think is going to be pretty god awful, and it turns out to be a real treat. I talk of “Orphan”, a horror/thriller about a family who adopt a 9 year old girl who turns out to really creepy. The orphan of the film is the true start. The actress, too lazy to research name, was very impressive creating a realistic Russia accent and a character who was love able but totally creepy at the very same time. The Plot was maybe a little predictable, but the story continued to be gripping and all the actors put in a well rounded effort.

Two other films that surprised and did not totally suck of late, were my green themed rents. The first being “Green Lantern” which managed very well not to be too cheesy by taking it’s self seriously, a lot more then the naff Fantastic 4 films!

The other one, also a superhero movie, “The Green Hornet” was not great but again out did what I thought it was going to be like. It was funny, which is something that Seth Rogan (a comedian) has missed out on of late!

So other all watch bad rated films because sometimes your be surprised what you find!!