fairy tale things: Hanna

So tonight I watched a movie called Hanna, starring Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana and Cate Blanchett. The movie isn't ordinarily something I'd consider putting on my blog under the title "fairy tale things", except for the fact that the film is heavily, heavily influenced by fairy tales!

(I love her long, white blonde hair + her blonde blonde eyebrows. Makes her look otherworldly!)

The plotline is: sixteen year old Hanna has been trained by her father to become an assassin. She has never been part of the modern world, raised in a forest with her father. She goes on her own into the world for a mission across Europe, while ruthless CIA agents hunt her. The plotline alone raises several fairy tale comparisons: young, beautiful girl (without a mother) who has been kept away from society finds herself being hunted.

The visuals really call upon the fairy tale motif as well. There are countless beautiful shots that the director Joe Wright (famous for Atonement and Pride and Prejudice) uses to really bring about this feeling. Even some of the dialogue is taken directly from fairy tales!

(See this beautiful shot?! Hanna and the wolf. Wonderful!)

It was a great action movie, a lot of fun, and beautifully reminiscent of fairy tales! If you want a fun thriller, I really recommend it!

Miss Nicki!

Just when I thought I couldn't enjoy the technicolored Nicki Minaj any more, she comes out with a fairytale themed music video for her single Moment for Life. Although I'm not a fan of Drake (I can't get over that he's Jimmy from Degrassi!), I love this little video!

I love that Miss Nicki is a king, not a queen!

disney day!

Hello friends! As I get back into the swing of blogging, I'm getting back into Disney Day!

Disclaimer: I find most of my images from tumblr. If they are not credited, it is only because I did NOT FIND a credible source on Tumblr. If it is wrongly credited or not credited, I am sorry! PLEASE let me know if you know the correct source for an image I post EVER: I only want to credit the people whose hard work I admire!

These insanely awesome Macbook decals! I'm dying for the Snow White one!

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This is beautiful. I'd love a poster of this.

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This photo has been floating around Tumblr. I would LOVE this! Dying. If anyone knows where I could find it, I'd be forever grateful!

Beautiful fanart of Sleeping Beauty & Belle.

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I love these interpretations of fairy tales by artist Courtney Brims.

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fairy tale fashion: gold glitter toms

So for Christmas, my magical mama bought my gold glitter Toms. A dream! I love Toms shoes- I had a red pair and wore them probably two or three times a week for a year or two before I wore them apart.

I am thrilled to get this pair of glitter Toms, they are so cute! But I'm going to try to wear them a LOT less than my beloved red Toms, to save them to last longer. Not only that, but I'm afraid that gold glitter shoes don't go as well with most outfits like the red ones seemed to!

Any suggestions on what sorts of things to wear with my new gold glitter Toms?

disney day!

Last week I skipped Disney Day for a mysterious reason. Here are some fun Disney pictures I found on Tumblr this week!

Disclaimer: I find most of my images from tumblr. If they are not credited, it is only because I did NOT FIND a credible source on Tumblr. If it is wrongly credited or not credited, I am sorry! PLEASE let me know if you know the correct source for an image I post EVER: I only want to credit the people whose hard work I admire!

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How beautiful is this strange Ariel painting? So awesome. Her eyes are amazing!

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Disney has this awesome line of vinyl toys. I collect their Cutesters line, because that seems to be mostly princessy, but I also LOVE Disney villains. I've been thinking about expanding my collection to include Disney villains, and this looks like the perfect way to start! The Ursula one is my favorite- she's my favorite villain!

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This necklace is BEAUTIFUL. I love it! I only found it on Tumblr, and here's the only place I found it was on Zappos. Disney Couture is super expensive but beautiful.

I don't know who this girl is, but she's got such a cute little Snow White style.

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Cute little fanart for Beauty and the Beast- Belle and the Beast reading a book.

crackedclockwork on Deviantart.

This fanart is actually based off of a coloring book pictures! So beautiful.

disney day!

I think Disney Day will be a weekly thing- every Friday! Here are some Disney images I found via Tumblr this week. As always, a disclaimer! Disclaimer: I find most of my images from tumblr. If they are not credited, it is only because I did NOT FIND a credible source on Tumblr. If it is wrongly credited or not credited, I am sorry! PLEASE let me know if you know the correct source for an image I post EVER: I only want to credit the people whose hard work I admire!

(I believe this is concept art!)

(I LOVE this and would love love love to know the artist!)

(screencap; capper unknown)

(I believe this is a scan from a book!)

fairy tale things: Golden Globes!

So I love love love awards shows. It's a silly addiction, but luckily my roommate Casie also loves award shows. I love the fashion, the silly jokes from the hosts, the music sequences. The Oscars are my favorite, but I love the Golden Globes as well.

Of course, I can't be a fairy tale addict without mentioning Olivia Wilde's dress.

Usually I kind of roll my eyes at ballgowns, but oh my gosh. She looks like she's wearing stars!



Boys outfits I usually ignore- they all wear suits of course!- but my favorite little boy star recently dressed super cute. Darren Criss, popular from Glee but also from YouTube's A Very Potter Musical.

One thing to know about me: I LOVE bow ties! I love love bow ties. And I think his glasses are cute.



My favorite winner of the night was Colin Firth. I love love love Colin Firth! He's an amazing actor and I adore him. However, my second favorite win was Chris Cofler. He's a sweet kid and I'm glad he won. Glee wasn't perhaps the most deserving of the win for the show, I think his acting has been amazing and his speech was sweet.



It was a fun night overall, and I was so happy Toy Story 3 won! I wanted the King's Speech to win, but I liked The Social Network. I'm so excited to see the Oscars!

book review: The Book of Lost Things

I read. A lot. More than a lot. All the time, I read constantly and consistently. Sometimes I have to take breaks when I'm in school- as an English major, I have enough to read! But overall, I love to read and I like to share my reviews, especially of books I liked.

I read this book, John Connolly's The Book of Lost Things over winter break. It was a gift from my brother, and one of my favorite books I've read recently. The story follows as such: A young boy named David loses his mother. His father remarries and David feels angry and left out. He escapes into a world of fantasy- possibly of his imagination, possibly of other people's. The world he gets lost in is one of fairy tales and magic.

The book goes through many of the popular fairy tales, and retells them in an even darker fashion. The popular princess stories- Snow White, Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty- are told darker, and with many of the princesses featured as villains. If you don't like dark retellings, this book is definitely not for you! The fairy tales featured are often violent and sexual, so beware! The book is not for children or the faint of heart.




Here's me reading the first few sentences of the book. Please enjoy and please reading the book!

fairy tale things: Pushing Daisies!

One of my favorite shows of all time is Pushing Daisies. It was a brief show, it only ran two seasons before it got canceled. It's one of my favorite shows of all time because it contains some of my favorite aspects:

• fairy tale: The show revolves around a man named Ned, called the Pie-maker, who has the power to revive the dead with a touch, but if he touches them again, they return to being dead. He revives his childhood sweetheart Charlotte, called Chuck, and they continue their romance without touching. They also solve crimes. The combination of sweetness and creepness is my favorite thing about fairy tales, which this show has in spades: sweetness and murder and death.
• fashion: the fashion of this show is INSANE. It is so so so good. Chuck has beautiful clothing in every episode. If I could have any wardrobe in the world, it would be Chuck's. Additionally, the set design of the show is beautiful.
  
  
  
• the writing: The writing is sweet and fast. I love their quick dialogue. They also embrace wordplay: Charlotte's full name is Chuck Charles, their partner is named Emerson Cod, the shop Ned works at is called the Piehole. The narration is also wonderful, like a fairy tale.
• the food! The show is about pies. Enough said.
• the romance: I love love love the actor who plays Ned- his name is Lee Pace and he's truly one of my favorite actors. I also think he's super gorgeous! The romance is so cute and sweet.