Woot woot!!! Get pumped! Get excited! Because you know what?!?!?! Yea!!! That's what!!! Mmmmhhhhhhmmmmm. Oh yea!!!!
Ok, I'm a little excited can you tell?!
Today marks a very special day!!! I have had this blog for exactly..... Wait for it....
ONE YEAR, SIX MONTHS, AND FOUR DAYS!!!!!!!!! That my friends, is pretty amazing. If I do say so myself...
It has been an incredible journey and I am so blessed for those that have followed me from the beginning and for those that probably just found out about my blog today. BUT!!! You are all very incredibly awesome and I couldn't keep writing without y'all! Now, in saying so, it seems that many people, older and newer followers, don't really know what this blog is really all about.
Let me guess, most of y'all just think that I review movies and I want to see 1001 movies before I die. WRONG. I probably already have seen that many movies, honestly. I love love love to watch movies.
So today's post isn't a review of the latest movie, book, or TV Show that I've gotten into. Today's post is just going to be a recap of the true meaning of my blog.
Here's how the story goes...
Once upon a time there was this little girl named Shelbi who dreamed of becoming a best selling author, much to the likes of J.K. Rowling, Rick Riordan, or C.S. Lewis. Then one day, Shelbi saw a movie called Julie and Julia and she knew that she was meant to start a blog. However, Shelbi needed a topic of interest. In the movie, Julie wrote about the different recipes she made from Julia Child's cookbook. Shelbi did not like to cook. But she loved to read, write and watch movies. Shelbi even had a book called "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" (The 5th Edition)! She knew right then and there that her destiny awaited... DUM DA DUHHHHH.
Anyways.... That's how this blog started. That movie inspired me, so I set about to do movie reviews and books reviews. However, the title of my blog is The Quest to See 1001 Movies Before I Die because I want to see the specific 1001 movies from the book I mentioned in the paragraph above. I think that has been confusing some people so I just wanted to clarify. I will, however, watch movies and take suggestions that are not from the book specifically. Also, the title of the book is incredibly long, so in many of my posts, I refer to it as "The Book".
Is everyone on the same page now?! Awesome!!!
I hope to have some more reviews for y'all soon!!!! And don't forget to add your friends to the Facebook group so we can spread the love and the blogging goodness!
Love y'all!!!!!
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Be Brave My Wee Friends!
Hi, my name is Shelbi, and I'm a sucker for kid's movies.
[Everybody joins in] Hi Shelbi...
Yea, y'all better not judge me, but it's true, some of my favorite movies are designed to entertain little kids, like Tangled for instance.
If you haven't guessed it, I'm going to do a review for a kid's movie... (:
Yes, ladies and gents, Disney Pixar's Brave is the latest and greatest movie out on the streets! And honestly, it wasn't that bad, but compared to other Disney movies, I couldn't say it ranks in my favorites.
Brave is about a Scottish Princess who must choose between three suitors, one from each clan besides her own. However, Merida, the princess, is no ordinary princess. She loves Archery, goofing around with her three younger brothers, and nothing related to being a princess. Because of this, Merida and her mother, Elinor, don't get along very well. Elinor sees one thing for her daughter, while Merida sees something completely different. Not to mention her three choices for a husband were NOT impressive, at all. So Merida escapes and stumbles upon an old witch in the woods, whose voice might sound familiar to you (Because it's Mrs. Weasley!!!). Anyways... Old witch gives Merida a spell that turns Elinor into a... Bear!!!! And since bears are not looked on very highly in the kingdom, Merida and Elinor must run off and hide while learning to face their differences!!
Ca-yoot movie, but like I said, not my favorite, and definitely not what I was expecting after seeing the previews!! Kind of reminded me a little bit of that old bear movie, Big Brother!
However, I still recommend that you go see it with your family! It's a Disney movie, it can never go wrong! Plus it's a good, clean-cut, wholesome movie with a great moral!!!
My final rating is 4 stars! (:
See y'all laterzzzzz.
[Everybody joins in] Hi Shelbi...
Yea, y'all better not judge me, but it's true, some of my favorite movies are designed to entertain little kids, like Tangled for instance.
If you haven't guessed it, I'm going to do a review for a kid's movie... (:
Yes, ladies and gents, Disney Pixar's Brave is the latest and greatest movie out on the streets! And honestly, it wasn't that bad, but compared to other Disney movies, I couldn't say it ranks in my favorites.
Brave is about a Scottish Princess who must choose between three suitors, one from each clan besides her own. However, Merida, the princess, is no ordinary princess. She loves Archery, goofing around with her three younger brothers, and nothing related to being a princess. Because of this, Merida and her mother, Elinor, don't get along very well. Elinor sees one thing for her daughter, while Merida sees something completely different. Not to mention her three choices for a husband were NOT impressive, at all. So Merida escapes and stumbles upon an old witch in the woods, whose voice might sound familiar to you (Because it's Mrs. Weasley!!!). Anyways... Old witch gives Merida a spell that turns Elinor into a... Bear!!!! And since bears are not looked on very highly in the kingdom, Merida and Elinor must run off and hide while learning to face their differences!!
Ca-yoot movie, but like I said, not my favorite, and definitely not what I was expecting after seeing the previews!! Kind of reminded me a little bit of that old bear movie, Big Brother!
However, I still recommend that you go see it with your family! It's a Disney movie, it can never go wrong! Plus it's a good, clean-cut, wholesome movie with a great moral!!!
My final rating is 4 stars! (:
See y'all laterzzzzz.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Roman's Suggestion #1
Alrighty, so I'm getting better at this suggestion thing, huh? The latest one was from a friend Roman, who has actually suggested two movies for me to watch. The first, he suggested about a year ago and I have yet to watch it, the second he suggested yesterday and I've already watched it.(:
That is the extent of my good mood though. My momma always taught me, "if you ain't got nuttin' nice to say, then don't say nuttin' at all..."
OK-so maybe not quite as hickish, but something along those lines anyhow...
Well the movie I will not be saying anything about is called Daydream Nation. Let me tell you, it had potential. I love Andi McDowell and I love Kat Dennings. I just absolutely hated that movie. (Sorry Roman)
So just for the readers' future reference, which would be all of you, I ask that you please not suggest anything that heavily revolves around drug use, or anything remotely like this movie. Because... I did not like it AT ALL.
It's set in the druggie capital of America. Well, Here's Your Sign! Oh, and it has this creepy love triangle between this sex-crazed girl, giant pothead, and suicidal, depression ridden, psycho teacher.
No, not cute student teacher relationship like Ezria, this relationship was sick. The whole movie was sick. They even throw in some random serial killer for grins. The serial killer really had no point in the central storyline, this movie just had a really sick crew working on it I guess.
Definitely not my kind of movie. And it has forever tainted Kat Dennings for me, who ironically played a character named Caroline. (for those of you who don't know, Dennings is in a TV series called 2 Broke Girls where she plays Max and her best friend's name is Caroline, hence the irony)...
So if your into the druggie stuff, it might seem like a good movie to you. But not me, lo siento amigos.
G'Night
That is the extent of my good mood though. My momma always taught me, "if you ain't got nuttin' nice to say, then don't say nuttin' at all..."
OK-so maybe not quite as hickish, but something along those lines anyhow...
Well the movie I will not be saying anything about is called Daydream Nation. Let me tell you, it had potential. I love Andi McDowell and I love Kat Dennings. I just absolutely hated that movie. (Sorry Roman)
So just for the readers' future reference, which would be all of you, I ask that you please not suggest anything that heavily revolves around drug use, or anything remotely like this movie. Because... I did not like it AT ALL.
It's set in the druggie capital of America. Well, Here's Your Sign! Oh, and it has this creepy love triangle between this sex-crazed girl, giant pothead, and suicidal, depression ridden, psycho teacher.
No, not cute student teacher relationship like Ezria, this relationship was sick. The whole movie was sick. They even throw in some random serial killer for grins. The serial killer really had no point in the central storyline, this movie just had a really sick crew working on it I guess.
Definitely not my kind of movie. And it has forever tainted Kat Dennings for me, who ironically played a character named Caroline. (for those of you who don't know, Dennings is in a TV series called 2 Broke Girls where she plays Max and her best friend's name is Caroline, hence the irony)...
So if your into the druggie stuff, it might seem like a good movie to you. But not me, lo siento amigos.
G'Night
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Lucas's Suggestion #2!
I'm a thinker, that's just the kind of person I am. I love things that get me to think. I'm a big puzzle solver, I want to be the person who figures everything out and it bugs me when I can't remember something or solve the problem or puzzle or whatever it is.
That's why I really enjoyed Lucas's 2nd suggestion, Exam. It's a movie that really makes you think. The whole time I was trying to figure everything out before the end, and I'll admit, they had me stumped. I'm no Nancy Drew, I'll tell ya, but I sure wish I was sometimes...
So, like I said the movie is called Exam. It's set sometime in the future, but there no indication of how much farther into the future it is, aside from some medicinal advancement references. And judging by everyone's accents, probably set somewhere in England or close to...
Basically, the movie is about... An Exam, duh. Pretty evident by the title if you ask me. Only 8 people take the exam, and we are introduced to each individual character at the very beginning of the movie with abstract close-ups of each individual, giving some kind of glimpse into their personality before you're able to tell what they look like fully.
The Exam is given to these 8 people as the final step into the very long, difficult process of an application for a job at this biomedical company. The rules to the exam are simple: They were each presented a sheet of paper with one question which would require one answer. They were not allowed to communicate with the man administering the test, nor the guard inside the room. If they chose to leave the room, they would be disqualified. And finally, it they soiled their exam paper, intentionally or not, they would be disqualified. They had 80 minutes to complete the exam.
Well, little did they know, absolutely nothing was on each person's sheet of paper. Let the mind games begin. Muahahshahahahahahahahahaha. Ha.
It was almost like The Hunger Games in this little bitty exam room. First everyone worked together to find the question, but soon, everyone started turning against each other until the 80 minutes were up. Actually, the more I think about it, it was a lot like THG...
I definitely enjoyed this movie and may or may not watch it again. The suspense may be ruined though because I know what's waiting at the end unlike all of you people reading this review instead of going and watching the movie!
And if you aren't convinced yet, one of the 8 exam takers is quite the looker, just sayin' (;
What are you still doing reading this post?! Go watch it!
You'll regret finishing this, so go watch it now!!!
NOW I SAY!
Ha. Well thanks Lucas, hopefully I can get everyone else to watch it too.
Keep the suggestions coming guys!
Love y'all!
That's why I really enjoyed Lucas's 2nd suggestion, Exam. It's a movie that really makes you think. The whole time I was trying to figure everything out before the end, and I'll admit, they had me stumped. I'm no Nancy Drew, I'll tell ya, but I sure wish I was sometimes...
So, like I said the movie is called Exam. It's set sometime in the future, but there no indication of how much farther into the future it is, aside from some medicinal advancement references. And judging by everyone's accents, probably set somewhere in England or close to...
Basically, the movie is about... An Exam, duh. Pretty evident by the title if you ask me. Only 8 people take the exam, and we are introduced to each individual character at the very beginning of the movie with abstract close-ups of each individual, giving some kind of glimpse into their personality before you're able to tell what they look like fully.
The Exam is given to these 8 people as the final step into the very long, difficult process of an application for a job at this biomedical company. The rules to the exam are simple: They were each presented a sheet of paper with one question which would require one answer. They were not allowed to communicate with the man administering the test, nor the guard inside the room. If they chose to leave the room, they would be disqualified. And finally, it they soiled their exam paper, intentionally or not, they would be disqualified. They had 80 minutes to complete the exam.
Well, little did they know, absolutely nothing was on each person's sheet of paper. Let the mind games begin. Muahahshahahahahahahahahaha. Ha.
It was almost like The Hunger Games in this little bitty exam room. First everyone worked together to find the question, but soon, everyone started turning against each other until the 80 minutes were up. Actually, the more I think about it, it was a lot like THG...
I definitely enjoyed this movie and may or may not watch it again. The suspense may be ruined though because I know what's waiting at the end unlike all of you people reading this review instead of going and watching the movie!
And if you aren't convinced yet, one of the 8 exam takers is quite the looker, just sayin' (;
What are you still doing reading this post?! Go watch it!
You'll regret finishing this, so go watch it now!!!
NOW I SAY!
Ha. Well thanks Lucas, hopefully I can get everyone else to watch it too.
Keep the suggestions coming guys!
Love y'all!
Lucas's Suggestion #1
I finally had my first movie request/suggestion! (well aside from Hot Rod which I may or may not ever get to...)
My friend Lucas from school suggested two movies to me on the Facebook group yesterday and I watched the first one this morning!
This movie was called Boy Wonder, and it wasn't that bad. It's a thriller, which isn't my usual movie type, but as I let it sink in, I kind of enjoyed it. It was something different from my norm, which was nice; refreshing even.
I've seen thrillers in the past that I like better, honestly, but here's a little about Boy Wonder:
In BW, a teenage boy is tormented by his past. He witnessed a carjacker murder his mom as a very young boy. The kid, Sean, grew up with a vengeance and became a Peter Parker type character, going around "righting justice" by killing wanted criminals who, too, had been charged with previous murders.
In many ways, the character Sean reminded me of Spiderman without the super powers. He lost a member of his family, so he goes around NYC killing people who did others wrong.
Unlike spiderman however, Sean was very sloppy... He used the same gun every time, the men he killed all lived in the same neighborhood, and he looked up mug shots at the local police department, where a detective starts to pick up on things.
That's just an overview of it mostly. At first when I started watching the movie I didn't think I'd like it. But it was actually pretty good and towards the end, a lot of strings start tying together and the suspense builds up to a twist at the end of the movie. And as sloppy as Sean was, he was actually a smart kid and pulled a lot of stuff over unnoticed. Pretty cool if you ask me, except that he got away with murder on many accounts... That's not cool.
If anyone else wants to, I love suggestions! That was a good one Lucas, can't wait to watch the next!
Thanks! Love y'all!
My friend Lucas from school suggested two movies to me on the Facebook group yesterday and I watched the first one this morning!
This movie was called Boy Wonder, and it wasn't that bad. It's a thriller, which isn't my usual movie type, but as I let it sink in, I kind of enjoyed it. It was something different from my norm, which was nice; refreshing even.
I've seen thrillers in the past that I like better, honestly, but here's a little about Boy Wonder:
In BW, a teenage boy is tormented by his past. He witnessed a carjacker murder his mom as a very young boy. The kid, Sean, grew up with a vengeance and became a Peter Parker type character, going around "righting justice" by killing wanted criminals who, too, had been charged with previous murders.
In many ways, the character Sean reminded me of Spiderman without the super powers. He lost a member of his family, so he goes around NYC killing people who did others wrong.
Unlike spiderman however, Sean was very sloppy... He used the same gun every time, the men he killed all lived in the same neighborhood, and he looked up mug shots at the local police department, where a detective starts to pick up on things.
That's just an overview of it mostly. At first when I started watching the movie I didn't think I'd like it. But it was actually pretty good and towards the end, a lot of strings start tying together and the suspense builds up to a twist at the end of the movie. And as sloppy as Sean was, he was actually a smart kid and pulled a lot of stuff over unnoticed. Pretty cool if you ask me, except that he got away with murder on many accounts... That's not cool.
If anyone else wants to, I love suggestions! That was a good one Lucas, can't wait to watch the next!
Thanks! Love y'all!
Monday, July 16, 2012
Fixed it!
Ok, so I recently (5 minutes ago recently) apologized for my issues with the setting on my iPad and in my blog posts.
Welllllllll...... I think I might have figured it out, so thanks for being so patient with me and reading my posts even though they looked a lot longer than they should've been...
Also, thanks for putting up with any grammatical or autocorrect error in any of my posts. I do my best to proofread each one, but I'm only human!!!
Thanks again, love y'all!
And keep on reading! (:
Welllllllll...... I think I might have figured it out, so thanks for being so patient with me and reading my posts even though they looked a lot longer than they should've been...
Also, thanks for putting up with any grammatical or autocorrect error in any of my posts. I do my best to proofread each one, but I'm only human!!!
Thanks again, love y'all!
And keep on reading! (:
Apology
Firstly, I would like to apologize for a couple of things...
Apparently whenever I post from my iPad, the setting are a bit different. I'm not sure if you noticed but in some of my posts, the post is a long giant paragraph. Others a a bit more organized into little neat paragraphs. I'm trying to figure out what the issue is, and hopefully I'll be able to fix it because I prefer blogging from my iPad than on my computer. I will also try to fix the previous posts because a big long paragraph is less appealing to read than short paragraphs...
Love y'all!
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