Fréya

From Fréya:

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

I was supposed to write a short story for English, but I somehow went tumbling through the lanes of procrastination, and ended up watching Elizabeth: The Golden Age (watching movies is one of the better forms of procrastination for me- better than the alternatives that I have recently found myself doing, including searching for grandfather clocks on ebay, and belting out 'We Belong Together' by Mariah Carey into a gluestick with my sister (accompanied by a dance too, of course)).

I started watching the film, knowing that it had won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, but it was only after 10 minutes into the film that I realised HOLY CRAPPITYMAPPITY, THESE ACADEMY PEOPLE REALLY DO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THE COSTUMES ARE MAGNIFICENT.

YES! MAGNIFICENT! I think I actually gasped at some point in the movie, the pleats and scrunches are exquisite, and the frilly lace neck collar things are amazing. I wish I could get away with wearing a frilly lace neck collar thing. But people on the street would start honking their horns at me and I'd probably be lassooed and burnt at a stake.









The lighting of the whole film is also amazing. If you ever get to watch the film (or you have already), note the scenes where the white horses are jumping into the water and all the ships are on fire. The shot where the Raleigh guy is swimming under the water, and its all orange and bubbly behind him, and it fades to complete and calm blueness.

Also note: her suit of armour-





My mind is blown. LOOK AT THAT CAPE. Those flowers and those swirls!!! And the armour itself!! I had no idea people could do these sorts of things to metal. All those pleats and folds and layer after layer of metal. It is all very baffling, did people employ magic to make the armour?!.

5 Reasons Why I Love Gossip Girl

Gossip Girl isn't just the latest flimsy show that everyone's only watching because everyone else is watching it. And if you have been unfortunate enough to have thought so, and haven't watched it yourself, here are 5 reasons why you should. Before it's too late.

1. It's set in New York City. Upper East, New York city, to make things better. So Gossip Girl acts as a terrific insight into the fantastic places in New York City that the dump hole we live in is deprived of.

2. The clothes. I would happily take any of the female characters' wardrobes (that is, if someone offered, but I highly doubt that. If the producers of the show happen to be passing by here, I am a desperate fan who is in desperate need of new clothes. Hint hint!) I don't know about you, but I am passionately in love with Serena's wardrobe. Heaps of people seem to love Blair's outfits though. They're cute and preppy and all, but it just doesn't beat Serena's look .

3. The scandalous plot. They're a bunch of rich teenage socialites who live very difficult lives. And everyone sleeps with everyone. From best friend's boyfriend/girlfriend (both happen in Season 1 ), to ex-girlfriend's boyfriend's stepmother. Its complicated, see?

They've also got money $$$. And watching their frivolous spending, their extravagantly furnished homes and their expensive holidays in the Hamptons is fun. Because it's not everyday that you get to watch loaded people spending like there's no tomorrow.

4. The soundtrack: it features everything from the latest pop songs, to cool local bands you've never heard of. The music supervisor for Gossip Girl is the same person who did the sountracks for Grey's Anatomy and The O.C. I have discovered many many artists I love from watching Gossip Girl, including The Bravery and Aqualung.

5. Chuck Bass. Need I say more? Okay, I will because I'm madly in love with him. He's dashing, charming and very very disreputable. But what makes him even more cute is that underneath the whole playboy heartless front he puts up, he has a heart. *Squeals*

WATCH IT. You wont regret it. And if you have stopped at around the 6th episode because you don't think it's exciting enough, keep watching. It gets much more dramatic, trust me

Gossip Girl Returns!

I know how excited we all are for the start of Gossip Girl season 2, so I've done a little research, and have found some behind-the-scenes pics of the new season:

--Images from fabsugar.com--

I'm already in love. I'm eyeing the dress Blake is wearing in the second pic, and the one Leighton's wearing in the third pic. I absolutely cannot wait until the new season releases. *squeals*.

For those of you who are impatient little kiddies like me, here are more previews of the new season: clickCLICK!