As a major fan of everything Disney, I had been excited for months to watch Maleficent. As soon as it was released at the cinema, I dragged my best friend Lucy to come and watch it with me. I have never really seen a movie featuring Angelina Jolie before, and therefore didn't know what to expect. However, her portrayal of Maleficent was perfect! I was more than impressed with her look, acting quality and her voice. I couldn't have asked for a better Maleficent.
The storyline itself was a fantastic twist on the original Sleeping Beauty story. Without giving away the story to you people who have yet to watch it, it was highly different in parts to the original which makes for good viewing.
Elle Fanning is one of my favourite actresses so I knew she was going to be the perfect princess. She still upheld the class and elegance of the original cartoon Aurora, with a little added sassiness and a lot more independence. This princess, unlike the original, isn't going to wait around to be saved.
Disney have made an amazing film with fabulous special effects. The three fairies are really life-like as they shrink and grow throughout the movie. The woodland creatures too are very cleverly made via computer animation.
This definitely is a must see movie for any Disney or fairy tale fan. I cannot wait till it comes out on DVD so I can watch it again and again.
Yesterday, I was lucky enough to have received a limited edition Monopoly board game. I had entered a facebook competition with Virgin Hot Air Balloons and had somehow managed to pluck the exact cubic feet of air that one of their hot air balloons holds out of thin air. Apparently the answer is 425,000 cubic feet or air in case you ever need to know. They told me that they would send out a prize for the closest answer and I was really excited to find out what I had won.
When the large rectangular shaped box arrived at my door I was even more intrigued. As I unwrapped the brown paper from around it, I was excited to find a board game. Me and my friends have games nights all the time so this is a perfect prize for me. My current Monopoly board game was my mum's from when she was a child, therefore it is ripped, missing pieces and just in a bad way. This particular version is called the Virgin Money Edition. All of the squares which are usually properties are based on Virgin businesses such as Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Trains, Virgin Hot Air Balloons, Virgin Books and so on, which makes the game a lot more interesting. I cannot wait to play this with my friends and be able to review it properly. But so far so good.
I love entering competitions and I class it as one of my hobbies. The main reason I enter is because it's fun, the prizes are always just a bonus. I love the kind of competitions with effort involved, such as making videos, taking photographs to a theme, making up slogans etc.
As a young girl I always dreamed of being a princess, and to be perfectly honest that childish dream hasn't gone away. Between my love of Disney, fashion, make-up and fantasy, my life is as much as I can possible make it a fairy tale. This blog is going to be full of everything that I have a passion for; and although the majority of it will be girly banter, I also partake in the love of theme parks, travelling, photography, YouTube and horror movies. So don't rule yourselves out of reading this just yet!
However, first of all I feel it proper to introduce myself. My name is Ellie, I have just turned 22 years old and come from a small town that nobody has ever heard of. My favourite place on Earth is Orlando in Florida and I cannot wait to visit there once again in September this year. You will most likely find me joined at the hip with my best friend Lucy who features in most of my adventures. She may even have her say on this blog. My hobbies are extremely varied and people seem to clarify me as a unique sort of person. I'll latch on to anything that takes me fancy, be it media related, baking, entering hundreds of competitions or being a total know-it-all at a pub quiz with my friends.
So this is me. If you want to follow my adventure then please feel free.
