In this once every year post and I'm going to take a look back and talk about the great, and not so great stuff I watched and played in 2014. Or what I can remember of it anyway.
These are roughly in order of how I watched them, not ranking order, and THERE WILL BE SPOILERS, probably.
I didn't start off 2014 with a bang, instead I spent it watching the 180 minute marvel that Is the desolation of Smaug. I've never really like new year so where better to spend it than in the cinema?!
The film was superb, It was more action packed and emotional than the first part instalment. My favourite moment, or scene has to be the river, barrel fight scene.
Me when I was told you can't bring your own food into the theatre.
Now, the first few week of the year started, January blues where kicking in and the anticipation of the summer blockbusters was too intense to handle. I'd recently went on a Doctor Who binge and re-watched every season from new who, again. This was when I developed a new found respect for the 11th doctor - Matt Smith.
I thought to myself, hmm I wonder what else he has done apart from Doctor Who, naturally I clicked to the Imdb app and typed in his name and a decent amount of roles popped up, Although only one title slapped me in the face - 'Womb'.
Womb, released in 2010 is a German film featuring Eva Green and Matt Smith. I like how the the ideas of a dystopian word were the main foundations for the plot but they were none existent in majority of the scenes, a lonely beach cabin is far from the electronic super houses that films about cloning connote. One of the best scenes is when Eva Green and the clone of her ex boyfriend, she gave birth to, have sex, again - the portrayal of the characters immerses you in the controversy so it makes for awkward and uncomfortable viewing when you can't decide if it's incest or not.
The gif was either going to be this, or incest.
Grand theft auto 5 was one of the hugest games released in 2013, argued one of the best -selling over 32 million copies. I'd never actually completed a mission on vice city - the only over GTA game I played, I just drove cars off bridges and shot people, healthy. However, GTA 5 and the hype that it brought with it practically made me play it. It helped that I got it as a gift.
The gameplay was stunning and the meticulous visual details that was put into making it was astounding. One of my favourite missions has to be the paleto score, it was so fun, can't really say much about it.
Oh and I killed Trevor. Trevor's not a nice man.
When your takeout food is getting cold
Jackie Brown, the third instalment to the Tarantino holy trinity is the film I am most glad I watched this year. I've been a Tarantino fan for a few years however I'd never watched this gem. It's adapted from the novel rum punch by Elmore Leonard, It's a crime drama with homage to the blaxploitation genre.
The film is smart and without much gore at all, contrary to what you'd expect from Tarantino. It's a great film with iconic references to 90s American culture. My favourite scene us of course the final scam where Max Cherry walked calmly out of the department with a bag full of cash (and beach towels), it wouldn't be my favourite if it didn't have it music it does have.
Doesn't even need a caption.
Studio Ghibli has always been a part of my life, Howl's moving castle was my go to movie when I needed a cheer up, before I watched my neighbour Totoro. Released in 1988 in Japan, a story about a family who move closer to the hospital their mother is staying, they eventually find magic in their attic and back yard in the form of Totoro, a cat that's also a bus, and dust. It's better than I make it sound, Okay?
I love my neighbour Totoro, it's one of those films that you have to force people to watch, but once they do, they'll love it. My favourite scene has to be when Mei first discovers the mysterious creatures in the grass.
She's beauty, she's grace, she's miss United states
Next up is Game of thrones! Yes i'm really late into starting to watch this but I like waiting for tv shows to be out ages so I can binge watch them all in one shameful weekend. We all know what game of thrones is about, sex, incest, dragons and women who are stronger than the men. Basically, it's amazing. Now I can't chose a favourite moment, so I'm just going to tell you who I love and hate.
My least favourite character is Bran, his story bores me. I know it's building up to better things but the character just doesn't appeal to me, he's like that annoying little brother that you wish your parent's would lose in Asda and never find him again.
My favourite is hard, it's either Sansa, Cersei or Daenerys!
Stupid men and their mercy.
An apt alternative name for Game of thrones would be kill your Darlings. However, that's the name given to another favourite I watched in 2014.
Kill your darlings is a film starring Daniel Radcliffe and Dane Dehaan. It focuses on poet Allen Ginsberg and Lucien Carr's university experience. poetry, shouting, anti-establishment, murder and controversial sex ensures.
One of the best scenes is the party where they find a random high guy in the bathtub, i've forgot the details.
We like to drink with Dan, cos Dan is our mate...
The summer came! I had finished sixth form forever! I renewed my Netflix subscription! I didn't leave my room for 13 weeks...
But I watched both seasons of Orange is the black and it was the best tv series I watched in a while.
It's based on a memoir by Piper Kerman, who's also the main character. An old drug smuggling crime catches up with Piper and she goes to Litchfield women's prison for 15 months, where her ex is and there's people trying to kill her, it's basically like high school but the uniforms and food is better.
I can't chose a favourite character so I'm going to tell you my least favourite. It's Piper. Okay, I said it, can we move on?
Since I finished OITNB in like 25 hours, I scrolled through Netflix to find something else to binge on. I came across avatar: the last air bender, I had watched one episode when I was younger, I was apprehensive but ended up loving it!
Basically, there's four elements, therefore four nations. The fire nation went crazy and now the avatar who was found in an iceberg has to master all the elements to defeat the fire nation. Oh yeah, there's people called 'benders' who can manipulate an element to really mess stuff up. It's awesome.
Toph is my favourite character! Oh you're blind? Let me just be the most progressive and badass character ever.
Oh and I watched the movie adaptation. But the less said about that the better. Shame on you Shayamalan.
Since I'm a poor uni student, I usually wait a while to buy games - that's when the price is less ridiculous. Tomb raider was no exception. Though I wish I had played it sooner.
Tomb raider is about a archeologist who is on an expedition to find Yamatai. She finds the mysterious island, but it's inhabited by crazy, brainwashed and shipwrecked people who try to kill you on every turn. It's an amazing, gritty game about mystery, survival and strength. I genuinely felt empowered after playing it, I just wanted to go and hunt and hide from bad guys, but i'm not Lara Croft.
My favourite part if definitely killing Mathias. It's so satisfying after all the disappointment and hell he's put you through, and that's the moment you get dual pistols, so proud!
Literal Cliff hangers!
Right so every six months or so I allow myself a good tv binge. I decided on parks and recreation for this one, I was giving it a second chance. And I fell in love.
It's based in the parks department of local government in fictional town Pawnee. Leslie Knope basically runs the office with her over bearing work ethic. Along with her anti-establishment boss Ron Swanson, her intern April and a bunch of other hilarious people it's simply genius.
I can't chose a favourite episode, one of the top ones is the 'Pawnee rangers' episode, otherwise known as the treat yo self episode. This little motto has lead me to spend more than I care to admit.
And of course my favourite is April, Aubrey Plaza's deadpan and morbid portrayal of intern April is perfect.
Talking about not doing things, I spent my christmas break watching American Horror story. I Really enjoyed murder house, adored asylum, got bored with coven and still haven't made my mind up about Freak show! Basically, it's an anthology series that focuses around witches, nazis, aliens, psychopaths. Anything you can imagine! So yeah, watch it.
Of course my favourite season is Asylum as it genuinely shocked and angered me to the point of insanity. When a tv show can do that, you know you've found a winner.
The moment when Lana escapes from the asylum, but then ends up in shackles again was the turning point in the series for me, suddenly it go real and it scared me a little bit.
From the whole of American horror story, the best actor in my opinion is Jessica Lange, she is just has the best, most diverse and deepest characters. She's the reason why I watched coven all the way t0 the end! Any of her lines is my favourite moment, minus the ableism, racism and homophobia of course...
So, there we have it! This was longer than I expected and shorter than it could have been considering this is a snippet of what I consumed over 2014.
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