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Below be me bio...enter at yer own peril....[evil2]ye have been warned!!....[evil4]
Just kidding! [wink]And yes..I have watched Pirates too much!
Hi and welcome to my biography. [clap] On this page you will find out my favourite films, actors, actresess, books, games and all sorts of other things. Also there will be more about me and what my hobbies are and stuff like that. It's very long but I hope you will enjoy reading it and that you find it interesting. [smile]
My Website
First off about my newly created website. The Dwarven Lords. It's a forum where LOTR is discussed but also lots of other things like films, books, games etc. It was hard work seting it up but I think it was worth it. There are quite a few members now and most are from IMDB. Feel free to explore The Home Of The Dwarven Lords....and maybe even join![winkgrin] The address is above.
Here's a little bit about my favourite film.[jump1]
The Lord Of The Rings
My favourite character from The LOTR (can you tell who it is yet?) Gimli son of Gloin. He's just a grumpy dwarf with some brilliant battle moves who needs a bit of lovin'[love1] as a lot of people don't like the way he was portrayed in the movies [roll]. So my mission is to Defend the Dwarf as best I can ]. I think that The LOTR is the best film I have ever seen and I hope it will continue to be so for many more years. Star Wars really opened up the world of films to me but LOTR is the trilogy that carries that on. I am in total awe at what Peter Jackson and the rest of the cast and crew have made and I am very pleased that they proved everybody wrong who said they could never do it. Please note: I am not someone who goes round dressed like a Ringwraith or a Ranger, I do not have a shrine in the back garden where I sit and worship the films, I just really, really enjoy them and although it is a "modern" film and everyone has a problem when people like "modern" films - most seem to think you are just jumping on the band wagon because it's so popular - that is not the case with me. The LOTR does not rule my life but it does enhance it. I am proud to be able to call myself a Lord Of The Rings fan (or Ringnut) and be in the company of many great Ringnuts that are on the LOTR boards.
How I Came To IMDB[chatty]
Well it all started by accident��
I had only recently discovered IMDB and I was looking at the LOTR ROTK page when I noticed that there was a message board and I saw a post along the lines of �LOTR FANS GET A LIFE� by some bozo called I Love Teletubbies or something. I read the post and I must admit I saw red.[flameangry] I saw red so much I signed up for IMDB (which my brother had previously tried to do but failed�..must be my feminine touch![angel]). I then posted a message (but I can�t remember what I said). Then I started a post of my own something along the lines of why people have a problem with LOTR fans (little did I know that was only the tip of the iceberg[frozen]). On that post jjlord replied and that was how I came to know him. A little bit later I came across lazycatbj and these two have been great friends and allies since! [cheers]Oh, by the way, you are reading the bio that won the �Biography Contest�. I won that and the person who designed that contest was��me!! [gum] I also won jjlord's Ringnu conetest! I am a Maiden Ringnut.
How I Started Watching Films[colorful]
I first started watching films at a very young age. The first films I remember watching were probably Laurel & Hardy films. I have never laughed so hard as when they danced in Way Out West. They are a joy to watch. I loved them then and they are firm favourites now. Also the very early Universal horror films - Frankenstein, Bride Of Frankenstein, Dracula etc. Although Frankenstein originally scared me, I now I have no fear of the "monster" just pity. The Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes films I also very much enjoyed and I still do. The above made me appreciate older films and the main bulk of films I watch today are ones which were made in the 1930's and 1940's. I particularly like British films from the 1940's and 1950's as I think we made some of the best films of that period and we had and still have some of the finest actors. I like all genres, although I don't really enjoy science fiction with the exception of Star Wars.
Please note that none of the below lists are in any order unless stated.
Favourite Film Things[clown]
Top 50 Films (although it does change often and only the first film is in order)
1. The Lord Of The Rings (as one)
2. Star Wars (as one)
3. The Villiage
4. Gone With The Wind
5. Jurassic Park
6. Pirates Of The Caribbean
7. Frankenstein
8. Bride Of Frankenstein
9. The Maltese Falcon
10. The African Queen
11. Bringing Up Baby
12. Way Out West
13. Driving Miss Daisy
14. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre
15. Father Of The Bride (Spencer Tracy)
16. Air Force One
17. The Fugitive
18. Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
19. The Odd Couple
20. The Sixth Sense
21. Shadow Of A Doubt
22. The Lady Vanishes
23. Casablanca
24. Rear Window
25. Rebecca
26. Shrek
27. Shrek 2
28. Toy Story
29. Toy Story 2
30. Monsters Inc
31. The Bridge On The River Kwai
32. The Guns Of Naverone
33. My Fair Lady
34. Sense & Sensibility
35. Babe
36. The Ladykillers (original)
37. X-Men
38. The Lion King
39. Beauty & The Beast
40. The Magnificent Seven
41. The Mummy (1999)
42. Dracula
43. The Invisible Man
44. Hobson's Choice
45. Arsenic & Old Lace
46. The Philadelphia Story
47. Great Expectations (original)
48. It's A Wonderful Life
49. The Big Country
50. Jaws
Other Films I Like (not including any from DVD's I own)
Goodbye Mr. Chips
Mrs. Miniver
Jezebel
Mister Roberts
Calamity Jane
Zulu
The Patriot
The Last Samurai
Master and Commander
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
Sergeant York
Dumbo
Bambi
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Blythe Spirit
The Importance Of Being Earnest (original)
The Court Jester
Red River
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
I Was A Male War Bride
Troy
X-Men 2
From Here To Eternity
How Green Was My Valley
The Private Life Of Henry VIII
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
E.T
Duel
Gremlins
Back to The Future Trilogy
Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves
True Grit
3:10 To Yuma
Odd Man Out
The Untouchables
From Russia With Love
I was Monty's Double
This Happy Breed
Spiderman 2
Van Hesling
The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Bug Business
A Chump At Oxford
The Hound Of The Baskervilles
Terror By Night
A Christmas Story
Mousehunt
The Scarlet Claw
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
The County Hospital
Them Thar Hills
Tit For Tat
Murder On The Orient Express
Mr. Skeffington
In Which We Serve
Galaxy Quest
Signs
A Knight's Tale
Road To Perdition
Gilda
Citizen Cane
Henry V
Men In Black
Pillow Talk
Send Me No Flowers
Some Like It Hot
The Dish
Castaway
Galdiator
We Were Soldiers
Edward Scissorhands
Sleepy Hollow
The Scarlet and The Black
Cape Fear (original)
12 Angry Men
The Lavender Hill Mob
A Tale Of Two Cities (original)
White Heat
Angels With Dirty Faces
The Public Enemy
Truly, Madly, Deeply
Gunga Din
Without A Clue
A Muppet Christmas Carol
A Muppet Treasure Island
King Kong
Support You Local Gunfighter
Support You Local Sheriff
Rooster Cogburn
Gaslight
Marty
Von Ryan's Express
To Be Or Not To Be (isn't annoying you have to keep saying "original"?)
The Petrified Forest
Stalag 17
Mr. Blanding's Builds His Dream House
Dead Of Night
The Best Years Of Our Lives
Inherit The Wind
Saving Private Ryan
and....
That's all the films your getting! Phew!
[popcorn]
Actors[bounce]
1. Humphrey Bogart
2. Cary Grant
3. Spencer Tracy
4. James Cagney
5. James Stewart
6. Morgan Freeman
7. Alan Rickman
8. Harrison Ford
9. Claude Rains
10. Henry Fonda
11. John Wayne
12. Burt Lancaster
13. Sean Connery
14. Robert Mitchum
15. Ian McKellen
16. John Mills
17. Leslie Howard
18. John Rhys Davis
19. Tom Cruise
20. Bruce Willis
21. Joaquin Phoenix
22. Mel Gibson
23. Alec Guinness
24. Johnny Depp
25. Jason Isaacs
Actresses (tough one) [hmm]
1. Katherine Hepburn
2. Bette Davis
3. Deborah Kerr
4. Jean Simmons
5. Audery Hepburn
6. Ingrid Bergman
7. Lauren Bacall
8. Emma Thompson
9. Cate Blanchett
10. Maureen O' Hara
Best Brits [3c]
1. Alan Rickman
2. John Mills
3. Claude Rains
4. Leslie Howard
5. Robert Newton
6. Richard Todd
7. Laurence Olivier
8. Jean Simmons
9. Deborah Kerr
10. David Niven
11. Alec Guinness
12. David Suchet
13. Michael Kitchen
14. John Nettles
15. Richard Attenborough
16. Peter O'Toole
17. Stewart Granger
18. Jack Hawkins
Favourite Actor And Why[cool]
Well this is a difficult one. It's a tie between Cary Grant, James Stewart, Spencer Tracy, Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney. Cary Grant always played Cary Grant but let's face it, he did it very well, he made some of the best double-takes ever. So funny. James Stewert started out as the every-day American but progressed to tougher and more unlikely roles you wouldn't have thought he could do. He is really diverse and probably has more range than those I have mentioned. Humphrey Bogart played tough guys and slime balls to perfection. He then went to film noir with some of his most memorable performances. Then to Casablanca with his most-loved role. But for me he was at his best when not in one of his toughie roles. The African Queen was his best film, I think because it was so unexpected of him. Spencer Tracy, you could throw anything at him and he'd be brilliant. Give him the worst film and he'd hold it up single handed. The teaming of him and Katharine Hepburn is legendary. James Cagney only remembered for his gangster roles, but his best was in Yankee Doodle Dandy - you have to be really miserable not to be wowed by his magnificent dancing. Also he was excellent in little comdies like The Strawberry Blonde and he was brilliant as The Captian in Mister Roberts.
My Favourite Actress And Why[royal]
My favourite actress without a doubt is Katharine Hepburn. She is the closest you can get to perfection in an actress. I have yet to see her being awful in a film. She is just brilliant. One of her best films is Bringing Up Baby with Cary Grant. Any film starring those two is good but with Hepburn�s comic performance it�s excellent. It is one of the funniest films I have ever seen. I love all her films with Spencer Tracy whether it is comedy � Adam�s Rib - or drama � Guess Who�s Coming To Dinner. They were perfect together and are a joy to watch. I also like her other films with Cary Grant such as Holiday as they made a great team. I love it when great stars are paired together and none are greater than Katharine and Humphrey Bogart. The African Queen is probably Humphrey�s best and Katharine has never been sharper. Another great pairing is in Rooster Cogburn where she gets to be witty to John Wayne. Not the best film on the planet but worth watching just to see them together. The film though with the most sarcastic, witty and basically stab-in-the-back remarks is The Lion In Winter with Peter O�Tool. There are so many retorts and snarls flying backwards and forwards it�s like watching a tennis match. I don�t know what it is about Katharine Hepburn. Whether it�s just her acting or whether it�s her no-nonsense and I�m-going-to-do-that-whether-I�m-allowed-to-or-not attitude along with her strength and determination. I just think she is a rarity in acting. She is one of the few who really deserve the title of �Legend�.
Trilogies(in order)[fight3]
1. The Lord Of The Rings
2. Star Wars
3. Indiana Jones
4. New Star Wars
5. Back To The Future
Films Based On Comic Books (in order) [spider]
1. X-Men
2. X-Men 2
3. Spiderman
4. Spiderman 2
5. The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (come on it wasn't that bad)
6. Van Helsing (was it really that bad?)
Westerns[fight2]
1. Open Range
2. True Grit
3. Red River
4. She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
5. The Searchers
6. Rio Bravo
7. Rio Grande
8. The Magnificent Seven
9. The Big Country
10. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
11. El Dorado
Musicals (in order)[cats]
1. Cats (not a film I know)
2. My Fair Lady
3. The Sound Of Music
4. Yankee Doodle Dandy
5. Gigi
6. Calamity Jane
7. Top Hat
8. Grease
9. Hello Dolly!
Comedies [laugh]
1. Bringing Up Baby
2. The Odd Couple
3. Way Out West
4. Father Of The Bride
5. Arsenic and Old Lace
6. Some Like It Hot
7. The Ladykillers
8. Send Me No Flowers
9. Pillow Talk
10. His Girl Friday
11. I Was A Male War Bride
12. The Philadelphia Story
13. Adam's Rib
War Films [fight10]
1. The Great Escape
2. The Bridge On The River Kwai
3. The Guns Of Naverone
4. The Longest Day
5. Zulu
6. The Colditz Story
7. The Dam Busters
8. The Last Samurai
9. The Patriot
10. We Were Soldiers
11. Saving Private Ryan
12. Windtalkers
13. The Cruel Sea
14. Ice Cold In Alex
Horror Films [hairrise]
1. Frankenstein
2. Bride Of Frankenstein
3. The Invisible Man
4. Dracula
5. King Kong
6. Gremlins
7. The Mummy
8. The Mummy (1999)
9. The Mummy Returns
Animal Films [pig]
1. Babe
2. Mousehunt
3. Born Free
4. Mighty Joe Young
Animated Films[rainbow]
1. The Lion King
2. Beauty and The Beast
3. Bambi
4. Lilo and Stitch
5. Robin Hood
6. The Prince Of Egypt
7. Dumbo
Computer Animated Films[misc1]
1. Toy Story
2. Monsters Inc
3. Shrek
4. Shrek 2
5. Ice Age
6. Toy Story 2
7. Finding Nemo
8. A Bug's Life
9. The Incredibles
Film Makers[angry3]
Steven Speilberg - one of the greatest directors ever and the greatest living one
Alfred Hitchcock - possibly the greatest ever British director (until he became an American) his suspense films spawned many films in that genre
David Lean - brilliant director one of many Brill Brits
Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger - a fantastic collaboration who made many fantastic British films
Peter Jackson - Genius
James Whale - the father and grandfather of all horror films
Michael Curtiz - made some of the best loved films
John Huston - his films with Humphrey Bogart are some of my favourites
John Ford - although not always politically correct, his westerns are some of the finest in that genre
M.Night Shyamalan - fantastic director, has made some of the most interesting and thoughtful films for man, many years.
Tim Burton - his films (and him) are a bit weird but are brilliant nonetheless
I also like Frank Capra, Billy Wilder, Howard Hawks, George Cukor, William Wyler and Kevin Costner.
The Film I Can Watch Again and Again[roll2]
Driving Miss Daisy
The Thing That Annoys Me In Films [flameangry]
KIDS!!!!
Things That Annoy Me About Films[angry7]
1. Dumb people who try to compare films that are so different to each other. For example Bambi to Star Wars. Somehow they will find a way to compare characters, situations and the story between the two films.
2. Dozy people (usually stick thin women) who know nowt about films but get to interview famous, well respected actors and directors for making-of or premiere programmes. Most of whom have no idea what the actor or the director have been in or directed and 5 minutes prior to the interview look it up in a films guide. Surely there are more people around who deserve to interview these big stars?
3. Even dozier people, who the powers at be call celebrities and who have nothing to do with the film world,who stick their nose in the Top 100 shows with opinions that no-one cares to hear.
4. Cinemas thinking that everyone who watches films are deaf and turn the volume up on the adverts so your teeth rattle. If they are really nice they keep the volume cranked up all the way through the film. Are you listening Cineworld?
5. London premiers. It is bad enough when you live miles from the place and so are not fortunate enough to line the streest for hours waiting for the stars, but you cannot escape all the hype when a big film is released. T.V, magazines eveything will have some snippet about the grand event that you didn't get to see. London has all the premeiers, conventions and exhibitions but the one thing they can keep is the Dome. (Londoners don't take it personally I would still have a rant if it was Dover.)
6. The Oscars. No longer about the films and the people who craft them - their just shuffled to one side. All about the people and what they are wearing and who they are with. Who cares what suit Joe Bloggs is wearing?
There all my moaning done. [angel]
Film Soundtracks[tongue]
1. The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy
2. Pirates Of The Caribbean
3. Star Wars
3. The Mummy
4. Gladiator
Film Tunes[white]
1. Concerning Hobbits (LOTR:FOTR)
2. The Bridge Of Khazad Dum (LOTR:FOTR)
3. Minas Tirith (LOTR:ROTK)
4. The Breaking Of The Fellowship (LOTR:FOTR)
5. The Riders Of Rohan (LOTR:TTT)
6. The King Of The Golden Hall (LOTR:TTT)
7. Isengard Unleashed (LOTR:TTT)
5. Star Wars
8. The White Tree (LOTR:ROTK)
9. The Great Escape
10. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
11. Gone With The Wind
12. Ben-Hur
13. The Guns Of Naverone
14. The Magnificant Seven
15. The Big Country
16. The Battle (Gladiator)
About Me[chatty]
Below you will find out more about what my interests are.
To start of with I live in Cheshire, England it is a really lovely part of the country and I have been very lucky to see lots of beautiful animals where I live - such as foxes, hedgehogs, squirels, bats, herons and an owl. We have had foxes, hedgehogs (one we rescued recently) and squirrels (one a few summers ago, called Scrat, we fed peanuts by hand) in our garden. I am trying to get a pond built so we can encourage even more frogs into our garden and hopefully other animals. Our garden is already wildlife friendly but anything else we can do to make it even more so would be great. The birds in our garden must be the best fed in Cheshire!]But more about animals later.
Favourite Season[frozen]
Winter. I hate the hot weather (although we don't have much in Cheshire), so I always look forward to the crisp, frosty mornings and evenings that winter gives. Until last Christmas (2004) (when we actually had snow on Christmas day I built an 8" snowman - yayy!!) [snow] I hadn't seen proper snow for 8 years I am always hoping that it will be a "White Christmas". I love Christmas time. I love looking round all the shops at the Christmassy things and seeing how towns and villages are decorated, we even go for drives to see how nicely or absurdly people decorate their homes. I suppose really at my age (cough, cough) it is a bit childish to still get excited by Christmas, but there's a child in all of us, and me enjoying the festive season like I do, is just the way I am. November is also a special month as my Mum's birthday is on the 2nd, my Dad's is on the 11th and my older brother's is on the 25th!
My Birthday[birthday]
20th December [xmas]
My Hobbies[odd]
I have had many hobbies (most of them short lived) but I enjoy watching films (obviously), reading, playing board and computer games, listening to music,Ebaying and doing cross stitch. I have nearly finishe my cross stitch of Gandalf The White from the scene where he is in the midst of battle from ROTK. There are 17,000 stitches but I have have a quater to do now! I also really enjoy gardening along with another one of my favourite hobbies which is annoying my older brother, well.......
Music[trendy]
I have been playing the recorder now for about 5 years and I think I can safely say I am quite good at it (I would hope so after all the time I have spent practising). I can pick out tunes on the keyboard, but I have yet to learn chords, although thanks to the music manuscript on the Harry Potter Chamber of Secrets CD I can play, with the correct chords, the Harry Potter theme. I can also pick out tunes on a guitar but that's about it. I would love to be able to play the keyboard - properly - but we will see. I am currently trying to play an Irish tin whistle as I have been wanting to play one for years. I wouldn't mind having a go at playing the clarinet or the violin either. I did wasnt a drum kit a few years ago but my parent drew the line at that!
Poetry [embarrassed]
I quite like poetry. I prefer ones that rhyme and I don't like these new fangled ones that are more like entire books but set out like poems. I have had a go at writing a few myself - one which revolved aroung Gimli but I haven't finished it yet (typical!). I like The Daffodils, The Tyger,The Listeners, The Charge Of The Light Brigade and various others. Some of my favourites are written by Lewis Carroll such as The Walrus and The Carpenter, Father William, The White Knight's Song and Jabberwocky. I also like all the poems from T.S Eliot's Old Possums Book Of Practical Cats.
Ebay[wild]
I have been on Ebay since September 11th 2002 and I really enjoy it. I can't really remember why we decided to look and then sign up, but the first thing we bought was a huge promo video holder in the shape of Sulley's head from Monsters Inc and also a Mummy Returns promo t shirt. It started from there. We have had over 420 transactions, both buying and selling but mainly buying(!). Recently Sideshow Weta Lord Of The Rings items have been what we are looking for (well I am but I think my Mum would prefer I didn't). That's what I like about Ebay, there are some items that you would not find anywhere else, like the Weta stuff. My brother has lots of clothing and crew stuff fom films, and without Ebay we would have none. You do have to careful of cowboys but you soon learn what to look out for. Long Live Ebay!
Sideshow Weta Things I Own
1. Uruk-Hai Scout Bust
2. Cleaved Orc Bust
3. Gimli son of Gloin Bust
4. Saruman the White Bust
5. Galdriel Bust
6. Moria Orc Swordsman Bust
7. Orc Overseer Bust
8. Pippin Bust
9. Ringwraith Bust
10. Nazgul Steed Bust
11. Uruk Hai Swordsman Bust
12. The White Hand Of Saruman Medallion
13. Cave Troll Medallion
14. Uruk-hai Berserker Bust
15. Theoden Bust
My DVD's[winkgrin]
Together me and my brother have over 330 but these are the ones I own:
The 39 Steps
The African Queen
The Big Country
The Big Sleep
Beauty and The Beast Collector's Edition
The Bridge On The River Kwai
Brief Encounter
A Bug's Life
Casablanca Special Edition
Cats
Chicken Run
The Colditz Story
The Creature From The Black Lagoon
The Cruel Sea
The Dambusters
Dinosaur
Dracula
Dragonheart
Driving Miss Daisy
Father's Little Dividend
Finding Nemo
The Fortune Cookie
Foyle's War Epiosodes 1 & 2
Foyle's War Episodes 3 & 4
Frankenstein and The Bride Of Frankenstein Collector's Edition
Gigi
The Guns Of Naverone
The Haunted Mansion
His Girl Friday
House Of Dracula
I Know Where I'm Going!
Ice Age
Ice Cold In Alex
The Invisible Man
It Happened One Night
Key Largo
The Lady Vanishes
Lawrence Of Arabia Special Edition
The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp
Lilo and Stitch
The Lion In Winter
The Lion King Special Edition
The Longest Day
Made For Each Other
The Maltese Falcon
A Matter Of Life And Death
Monsters Inc. Collector's Edition
The Mummy (Karloff)
The Mummy and The Mummy Returns Ultimate Edition
My Fair Lady
The Odd Couple
Of Human Bondage
The Others
The Out Of Towners
The Phantom Of The Opera
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl
Poirot x 8
Reach For The Sky
Rebecca
The Red Shoes
The Remains Of The Day
Roman Holiday
Sabrina
Sense and Sensibility
Shrek
Snow Dogs
The Sound Of Music
Spiderman
Stuart Little
Sunset Boulevard
The Third Man
Toy Story and Toy Story 2 Ultimate Toy Box
A Werewolf In London
The Wolfman
Websites[gum]
www.sideshowweta.com
www.lordoftherings.net
www.ebay.co.uk
www.ty.com
www.writetoaceleb.com
TV Programmes (old & new)[explode]
1. Poirot
2. Foyle's War
3. Midsomer Murders
4. Animal Hospital
5. Bargain Hunt
6. Animal Park
7. Dad's Army
8. Most Haunted
9. Fawlty Towers
10. Some Mother Do 'Ave 'Em
11. Wallace and Gromit
12. Rosemary and Thyme
13. Hornblower
14. Monk
15. Sherlock Holmes
16. Dr Quinn
17. Dalziel and Pascoe
Singers/Groups[joker]
1. Johhny Cash
2. Willie Nelson
3. The Highwayman
4. The Bee Gees
5. Queen
6. The Flying Pickets
Books[gonemad]
1. Harry Potter Series
2. The Hobbit
3. The Lord Of The Rings
4. The Lost World
5. Horrible Histories Series
6. A Christmas Carol (everyone should read this)
7. Rebecca
8. Any Agatha Christie Poirot's
9. Little Women
10. Sherlock Holmes Stories
11. Many film novels
12. Many making of film books
13. The Chronicles Of Narnia
Computer/Gamecube Games[cool]
1. LOTR Return Of The King
2. LOTR The Two Towers
3. Mario Cart Double Dash
4. James Bond Nightfire
5. Outlaws
6. Commander Keen
7. Harry Potter Qudditch World Cup
8. Harry Potter Chamber Of Secrets
9. Wallace and Gromit Project Zoo
10. Shrek Extra Large
Board Games[jump2]
1. Disney Monopoly (only when I win!)
2. Cluedo
3. Harry Potter Trivial Pursuit
4. Disney Trivial Pursuit
5. Harry Potter and The Mystery At Hogwarts
6. Sherlock Holmes 221B Baker Street
7. Lord Of The Rings Trivial Pursuit
8. Lord Of The Rings Monopoly
9. Lord Of The Rings Memory Games
10. DVD Game
Things I Have That Are Signed[aura]
1. Sir Ian McKellen 2 large photo's dedicated to me and my brother
2. Billy Boyd photo
3. Alan Rickman 2 photo's dedicated to me and my brother
3. David Suchet 2 photo's
4. David Suchet Poirot Case Book
5. Michael Kitchen
6. John Hannah (1st one I ever received)
7. Richard Todd
8. Jim Broadbent photo dedicated to my brother
9. ROTK cast and crew poster signed by 20
10. FOTR DVD signed by Ian McKellen, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan and Cate Blanchett
11. ROTK stamp sheet signed by John Rhys-Davis
12. Mirando Otto dedicated to me
Places I Like To Visit[jump4]
1. Disneyland Paris
2. Wales
3. York
5. Lake District
6. Chester
7. Edinburgh
8. Alton Towers
Places I Would Like To Visit[jump5]
1. London
2. Glasgow
3. Ireland
4. Longleat Safari Park
5. Canada
6. New Zealand
Things I Collect[bigeek]
Ty Beanie Babies, Chubbleys, film sticker books, thimbles and Lord Of The Rings Weta busts and medallions. Me and my brother are big suckers for promo items for films - banners, bunting, standees, desk standees, window stickers, springys (my brother likes things you can wear, t-shirts, caps, watches and jackets). We are particularly pleased with our Gandalf The Grey and The White Standees, Frodo standee, Legolas standee, TTT banners, giant Sulley standee, HUGE Monsters Inc. window stickers and Scrat and Sid standees from Ice Age. Trouble is were running out of room so we can't display them all! [sad2]
Animals[bunny]
I am a huge animal lover and have great respect for them and the natural enviroment. I am against such "sports" like fox hunting and bull fighting, along with other barbaric acts like whale harpooning, shark baiting, bird baiting and all other forms of animal cruelty. I admire all those who work to stop this crualty to animals. I myself wanted to be a RSPCA vet or inspector but I don't think I could be either of those. I am hoping to work at an animal sanctuary or something like that as I really want to work with and help animals in need.
Pets[butterfly]
I have a cream coloured hamster called Murphy who is really cute, he's huge and muscular but a big softie.
R.I.P Murphy 14th August 2005
I now have a new male hamster called (after much deliberation) Scampi. He is about 7 weeks old at the time of writing this and, as his name suggests a right scamp.
I also have two female mice Brandy who's a mottled brown colour with a white stripe and Pepsi who is jet black with white stripes and splodges. They are both little rascals but have wonderful characters.
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People You Should Listen To On The LOTR Board]
elwren - solid LOTR fan, nice person as well, has interesting things to say
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lazycatbj - another very good friend, helpful, pleasant and can always make me laugh
LiL Hobbit - very good friend, always has something to say that makes me smile
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Reviews
The Music Box (1932)
You want to laugh, cry...but mostly strangle the pair of them!!!!
The Laurel & Hardy Transfer Company Foundered 1931 are to deliver a piano which has been bought as a birthday gift by a wife for her husband. All is going fine for the to until helpful postman Charlie Hall (for once not in a role with a grudge against the boys) tell them, that the house they are looking for is at the top of the stoop - in other words on a big hill with lots of stairs between them and it! After practically flattening Ollie taking the piano of their cart, they proceed to take the piano up the stairs. Lots of straining later, half-way up they encounter a nanny with a pram trying to pass. Being the typical gentlemen, Ollie try's to assist the lady - leaving Stan holding onto the piano. Stan (being Stan) joins to help - leaving the piano to it's own devices which decides it would like to go down all the stairs to the bottom. Stan being fed up with the nanny being in hysterics at the pairs misfortune, he promptly kicks her "right in the middle of her daily duties" as she later explains to a policemen. The policemen encounters the two when they are back again half-way up the stairs with the piano. Stan goes down (at Ollie's insistence) to see what he wants - only to be told it's Ollie he wants to talk to (as he believes Ollie kicked the nanny). After letting go of the piano it once again finds it's way at the bottom - only this time with Ollie in tow. Back to square one. Up they go again this time to meet a grand gentlemen who wishes to pass. Ollie (very wisely) suggests he should walk around. The man explodes and we learn that he is a Professor and is too important to walk around. Anyone wearing a hat as large as his had better say farewell to it as courtesy of the boys, it rolls all the way down the stairs and under the wheels of a vehicle below. Stan & Ollie finally get to the top but Ollie mistakes the steps to the pond as the last few stairs to go. Splash! Ringing the doorbell Stan, guarding the piano wanders away leaving it to trundle it's merry way down all the stairs! When the boys finally get back up again the same helpful postman informs them that they should have driven up a road that would have led them to the top - instead of using the stairs. This being Stan & Ollie they proceed to take the piano back down the stairs again so they can come back up the "corret" way!
When they once again reach the top, and finding no-body home, Ollie suggest taking the piano through an open window on the top floor - not even checking to see if the front door is open. When they eventually get the piano into the house after a series of mishaps including Ollie and the piano falling into the pond, as well as confusion over who owns which hat - the when comes to open the case, which due to the fact it went for a paddle in the pond is full of water. Not a problem, as Stan very thoughtfully sponges the water with his handkerchief and wrings it out in Ollies hat. Some more mishaps follow in which the room is wrecked. To the music of the piano the duo have a little dance whilst clearing up the mess. The Professor, finds his home destroyed, a piano (a thing he loathes) and the same two who caused him grief previously in his house. In a rage he sets about destroying the piano - only for his wife to walk in who bought it as a birthday gift for him. The husband and wife make up and the Professor wishes to make amends with Stan & Ollie. All they want is for him to sign their delivery paper, but as they pass him a pen the ink squirts in the professor's face and the two scurry away with him in hot pursuit.
Very predictable. Very Laurel & Hardy. Very funny!!
The plot is so simple yet it is probably Laurel & Hardy's most memorable film. This shows their genius and their appeal more so than any other. It also shows them at the height of their wonderful career. It is a real mixture of laughing out loud, holding your hands over your eyes, sighing in exasperation or feeling you would like to knock their heads together. No matter how many time you see it you always feel the same. Their films give so much pleasure and you always walk away smiling.
The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
Utterly awful
Although I have never read the original Oscar Wilde play I can only hope it is much better than this. As a huge fan of the original screen version of The Importance Of Being Earnest I was hoping for something good of the 2002 version. What I got was a load of rubbish. The costumes and the sets were in keeping with the period (unlike parts of the film) but apart from that it was awful. How respected British actors ever got tangled up with this farce I'll never know. The acting was very bad and the story in parts silly. Although generally, the story may have been keeping closer to Wilde's play rather than the 1952 film, what parts were added to this classic are, in my opinion, unforgivable (e.g the tattoo scene). If you hold classic British plays and films close to your heart I would suggest you do not watch this mauling of them.
Babe (1995)
How an adapation should be done
This is one of the most heart-warming films you are ever likely to see. Taken from the book by Dick King-Smith, it follows the adventures of a little piglet called Babe. It is beautifully shot, Australia substituted for England, and has a cast of human actors who feel like they have just popped out of the book itself. The animals are a clever mixture of real live dogs, pigs, sheep etc. and puppet performers. With some characters that you will just fall in love with, Babe is a true family film and will entertain you again and again. Nominated for Best Picture and unfortunately losing to Braveheart, this small film in comparison to all others nominated that year, is tale that will have you smiling (and perhaps a little bit of crying now and then) from start to finish. It has been kept close to the award-winning book and is how a film based on a book should be.