Spider Man

This movie really marked my past because I was very addicted to super heroes (and I’m still being) and the movie came in a specific time in my life.

Peter Parker was just a photographer when he was minced by a spider, in a museum. After this his life changed a lot, including his body and his psychological aspect. He started to defend New York against the crime and some people really dangerous. He was completely in love for Mary Jane, a beautiful and hard working girl, who put him in danger many times.

Three movies have already been launched with success at the box office, and another one will be launched in 2012.  

I  recommend to those who didn’t see to watch it .

Thanks,

                                                                                    Pedro Henrique

Flash mob

What is a Flash mob?

A flash mob  is a group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual and sometimes seemingly pointless act for a brief time, then disperse, often for the purposes of entertainment, artistic expression or in rare cases violence. Flash mobs are organized via telecommunications, social media, or viral emails.

Is a movement that is already very interesting, unexpected, unusual. Sometimes it's just fun for those watching, sometimes intended to pass something important for society

Look here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDNOB6TnHSI

 

Carolina

Yes Man ( Sim senhor)

Jim Carrey in the role of Carl Allen is  a man who says no to everything, never do anything different and  live the same life every day. Then, because of a friend he decides to participate in a self-help program based on a simple principle: say "yes" to everything and anything. At first he is crazy and it turns his life upside down. But soon he begins to realize infinite possibilities to life better than before.

 

This film shows that we can't be pessimistic, we have to create opportunities.After you watch this movie, your life will change for the better!  You will see the world through different eyes. It talks about how you can balance what you want, choose the best for you and for your life.

Carolina

Flash Mobs

I don’t know what I like most in flash mobs, the beginning, when no one is expecting that something huge is going to happen, or the end, when people pretend that nothing huge has happened at all. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3d3KigPQM This is a very nice flash mob in Liverpool, it’s a mix of various types of songs and people are much synchronized. It’s impressive, in fact.

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Leonardo

Flash Mob

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVJVRywgmYM

This video is a Michael Jackson's Flash Mob, made in Stockholm, after his death.
More than 300 dancers met to honor the most famous singer ever. They perfomed Thiller,
a music from the album Thriller, the best sold album of the world.

The perfomance is very good, that's why I like more this video than the others,
there are lots of honors for Michael Jackson, but, only a few are well done, Michael was,
in fact, the most famous and polemic entertainer.

Leonardo

 

                                                                                                      

                                                                                      Sabrina



Flash Mobs

Hi guys, our theme this week is "Flash Mob", do you know what is it?

A flash mob is a group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual and sometimes seemingly pointless act for a brief time, then disperse, often for the purposes of entertainment, satire, artistic expression or, in recently increasing cases, violence. Flash mobs are organized via telecommunications, social media, or viral emails.

One of the first flash mobs was created in Manhattan in May 2003, by Bill Wasik, senior editor of Harper's Magazine. The first attempt was unsuccessful after the targeted retail store was tipped off about the plan for people to gather. Wasik avoided such problems during the second flash mob, which occurred on June 3, 2003, at Macy's department store, by sending participants to preliminary staging areas – in four prearranged Manhattan bars – where they received further instructions about the ultimate event and location just before the event began.
More than 130 people converged upon the ninth floor rug department of the store, gathering around an expensive rug. Anyone approached by a sales assistant was advised to say that the gatherers lived together in a warehouse on the outskirts of New York, that they were shopping for a "love rug", and that they made all their purchase decisions as a group. Subsequently, 200 people flooded the lobby and mezzanine of the Hyatt hotel in synchronized applause for about 15 seconds, and a shoe boutique in SoHo was invaded by participants pretending to be tourists on a bus trip.

The Worldwide Pillow Fight Day (or International Pillow Fight Day) is one of the most popular flash mobs where people come together to make a big pillow fight. Over 25 cities around the globe participated in the first "international flash mob", which was the world's largest flash mob to date. According to The Wall Street Journal, more than 5,000 participated in New York City, overtaking London's 2006 Silent Disco gathering as the largest recorded flash mob. Word spread via social networking sites, including Facebook, Myspace, private blogs, public forums, personal websites, as well as by word of mouth, text messaging, and email.

I hope you enjoyed and learned a little more about theseinstant meetings that are flash mobs.

Here are some links to videos super cool. Watch.  :D

Black Eyed Peas – I got a feeling                                                           http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aSbKvm_mKA

Shakira – Waka waka                                                                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=v7zvoM2Frko&feature=fvwp

Michael Jackson – They don’t care about us                                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXEeUzCqxBA&feature=related

Beyonce – Single ladies                                                                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6iNnjYqxIQ

Kisses!

Sabrina

Flash Mobile

Flash mob of the pillow battle held in Madrid.

Flash mobs are instant agglomerations of people in a public place to perform a certain action before an unusual combination, these dispersing as soon as gathered. The term usually applies to meetings organized via e-mail or media.
From Wikipedia.

Flash mobs are the actions of people together that make workers "break" with the routine and have fun, so as to not disrupt the plans of pedestrians.
I love this flash mob: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3d3KigPQM
The people at a Liverpool Station danced to create this special T-Mobile Advert. Life's for sharing.
By: Stéfany

OUR LOVE IS LIKE THE WIND, I CAN’T SEE IT BUT I FEEL IT

Hello, this week I'll talk about a subject that everybody likes: movies.

I chose the movie 'A walk to remember' what was done in 2002, based on the novel of the same title, written by Nicholas Sparks.

Landon  Carter (Shane West) is a teen-problem and is always getting into trouble. When one of his  jokes  goes  wrong  and  leaves  a  colleague  paralyzed,  he  is  forced  to  participate  in the school's  drama  club  as  punishment.  It  is  there  that  he  meets  the  innocent Jamie Sullivan (Mandy  Moore),  until  then  a  stranger  to  whom  he  had  hardly looked at. In his innocence, Jamie Landon offers to help in his new role.

The  infectious  personality  Jamie  and  Landon  feels natural connection that leads him to look into your  own  heart  and  realize  that there is something more to this relationship. However, Jamie  is  a  girl  that  Landon  would never want to see until 6 months earlier, very different from the superficial girls with whom he used to hang out.

Talking  more  about  the  movie  would  spoil the emotionally dense jouney that it is and so I will stop here.

This is a beautiful movie, very romantic, super inspiring and sad, with a lovely couple and an equally excellent soundtrack, perfect for watching with your boyfriend under the blanket.

Watch! It’s really PERFECT!

Kisses!

Sabrina

Flash mob or not.

It was a flash mob, but it wasn’t.

If you watch the video, you’re going to notice that it was not on purpose.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA8z7f7a2Pk&feature=player_embedded

A man just started a very bizarre dance on a music festival and then people joined him copying his strange movements.  The party seemed more exciting after that.

I just chose this video because I thought it is nice when a person is brave enough to start something and make the difference or change something. It was a very poor example but still…

I bet that other guys in the party were wishing someone start to dance so they wouldn’t be ashamed of themselves dancing alone, or not, maybe they were just too high…

In fact, I just knew that my mates were probably going to take flash mobs about Michael Jackson, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Waka Waka, Frozen (my favorite) or zombies. I already put here a lightsaber flash mob in Bristol and I wanted to do something different.

'Dani

Disney's Tarzan


Movie Description
Memorable, captivating, and heart-warming, young, orphaned Tarzan is taken in by a infinitely-kind gorilla named Kala. After many delightful years in the jungle, Tarzan is discovered by an explorer who reveals Tarzan isn't like the rest of the gorillas. Given the choice to leave the jungle, Tarzan must decide whether to stay with the family he knows or go where he thinks he belongs.

The movie Tarzan, marked a lot my childhood, because I identified myself with the situation in which Tarzan is, displaced, without knowing his true function in the world. Besides demonstrating the connection between father and son, which is deep and true, even when it's not the same "blood."

By:Stéfany

Flashh Mobbb yayyy!! :D

A flash mob is when a large group of people get together in a large public place and perform a random dance and then disperse as if nothing ever happened. These performances seem pointless at the time but are very fun to watch, and in the past few years have become a major craze . Some have used this act for advertising but mostly it isnt for the purpose of and organized event or to make a point, but it is done just for the fun of doing it. Professionals aren`t even often involved (maybe just to choreograph the dance moves but it is generally doen by everyday people. One of the most famous ones out there is the T-Mobile flashmob.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3d3KigPQM


another well known flashmob is the Glee II fashmob in Italy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhbK2bMTRbI


-Devin O`Brien

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Oh, how I love old movies.

I thought that I could write about a million movies here. It's actually very difficult to choose one.

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is one of my favorite movies. In fact it’s one of the list that my aunt told me and my cousins to watch, because they could be old but they are brilliant. I won’t forget the first time I saw Star Wars - again with my cousins. We were excited to watch just because my dad told us that it was nice since he was young. We went to the cinema to watch Episode III. We couldn’t believe how amazing it was with the force and lightsabers. That’s why the next Fridays, after school, we’ve promised ourselves to watch all of them in a roll. We've never finished episode IV together.

One day I was trying to find something nice on TV and I got half of Back To The Future. Needless to say that I loved and got to see all of them. Now every movie I watch that people goes back or further in time look such a poor copy of them.

Now back to Ferris Bueller and why I love this movie:

 - Ferris teaches you how to skip classes, and most important, without being caught. He talks with you. He actually does that all the time.

- Matthew Broderick just does the funniest faces ever. He just looks at the camera to convince you that it isn’t so wrong lie if you to do it properly.

- Everybody likes him. And I can’t imagine why you wouldn’t if you watch the end of the movie.

- He doesn’t see what’s wrong of having a day with no worries or responsibilities. See, there isn’t anything wrong with this.

- That are quotes I’ll never forget, like: “Anyone? Anyone?” or “Jeanine? Is that you?”

- Charlie Sheen is on this movie.

- Ferris says that his friends shouldn't ask what they're going to do, but what they aren't going to do. 

- 'Twist and Shout' and "Oh Yeah" are one of the sountrack of this movie.

“Ferris Bueller, you’re my hero” – Cameron, I couldn’t agree more with you.

Dani

"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn"Breaking Dawn begins with another preface in which our narrator, Bella, once again faced with death. This time, though, it's a person she loves who's about to kill her. She decides that her love for that person leaves her no choice but to sacrifice her life.
Premier: November 18 this year.Brazil has some magic in the air, Robert and Kristen have never been more at ease and so openly passionate before. Robsten is hot! Robsten is romantic. Robsten is real! Well, the Brazilian fans are anxious for the premiere of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn", and "calientes" scenes of the couple Bella and Edward.
For more informations...
http://www.shmoop.com/breaking-dawn/summary.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ldYW9ycZGw

By:Stéfany

Favorite Childhood Movies

      One beneift of growing up in the United States are the movies! :) There are many classics and many new ones coming out all the time, but two movies that have stuck with me throughout my childhood are The Sandlot and Forest Gump.


         The Sandlot is about a boy ( Scotty Smalls) growing up in the 1960`s , who is new to town, and really wants to learn how to play baseball and to make new friends. He soon is taken under the wing of Rodrigez, a boy in his neighbor hood who is amazing at baseball. Soon Smalls fits into Rodrige`s group of baseball friends. Together they all play in the sandlot, an old baseball feild. Behind the back fence of the sandlot lies `The Beast`. After hitting a ball, signed by Babe Ruth, over the fence to where the beast is they go on an adventure trying to retreive it. I love ,love, love this movie! It`s a classic in the United States, and it`s one that is quoted all the time.
         Another Classic that is special to me is Forest Gump. Forest Gump is about a man who throughout his life is not very smart, but has been present at many historical points in time, and acheived many great things. However, Although he has doen so much in life with so little, his one love (Jenny) always eludes him. This is another movie that is quoted all the time, and is a classic. It also has a really good message, I think- That if you put a little effort into life you will be plesantly suprised with the outcomes.
Both of these movies are great period pieces ang both carry great messages!
These are just some of the ones that were special to me growing up. :)
-Devin O`Brien

V for Vendetta

This film is called V for Vendetta, released in 2006. This film is situated in a alternative future where people were controlled by a kind of a military government.A man who called himself "V", wants revenge (vendetta) for a human experiment that transformed him in a monster.In a backstreet, he finds a girl called Evey, who later he falls in love for.
This film has a social and cultural representation, a man who wants to open the popluation's minds so they can fight against the militaries.
It's a very good film, actualy, it's my favority one, you will spend a short time waching it a gain centuries of knowledge.

Leonardo

Read this book

Castelo de vidro (glass castle)

This book is very interesting. It tells the story of a woman since childhood.Narrated by itself, showing feelings of hurt and rejection by the education he received from his parents. Loads shame the lifestyle chosen by his parents, butalso shows feelings of any free trial.
There are times when the desire to laugh at your crazy stories, but sometimesyou want to cry at the hard life she had.

I say it is very interesting because I think striking attitudes of parents with their children this story and who is the mother's protective father and I feel someanger and at the same time, you can draw conclusions that lead to reflection and consequent enhancement and strengthening of its values. This is not always light reading, often thought too many details, but it is a richand fascinating history that shows a different form of love between parents and children.


I recommend to everyone who thinks they can not overcome small challenges!

It's on the NET !

Hello guys, how long! This week I will give a very interesting tip for those who want to learn English having fun.

We found a site that provides explanations and exercises about the English Grammar, it's worth take a look and learn a little more about this language that is so important for everyone.

Here is the site: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar

Enjoy it!

Kisses!

Sabrina