Theme: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde potion for the Minions. Little girl are cute lovable.
Where: Living room with 9 meter ceiling.
Audience: 12 year old girl who wanted to watch a kids movie
Sound System: Logitech speaker with base speaker
Activity: Writing reviews for blogspot. A movie to share with young children especially girls if you have the chance.
Multitasking: Having desert. Checking emails.
Like: Little yellow minions who seem to do the bidding of Gru. The cute little girls. Gru dealing with the adolescence.
Check it out at: http://despicableme.com/
Cast: Steve Carrell as Gru, Kristen Wig as Lucy, the two directors as Minions
Directors: Pierre Renaud, Chris Coffin
Sunday 29 December 2013
Friday 27 December 2013
The Lone Ranger - Shoulder Exercises
Theme: Justice will prevail and becomes a legend. Plenty of rock throwing (great for encouraging shoulder exercises)
Where: Living room with 9 meter ceiling.
Audience: 3 teenage kids and a 40 something mum
Sound: Logitech speakers with base speaker
Activity: Exercises to strengthen rotator cuff muscles in Left shoulder. For more instructions see the New York Times article with photos http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/phys-ed-how-to-fix-a-bad-tennis-shoulder/?smid=pl-share Includes side lying shoulder rotation, seated rows, external rotation with retraction, standing external rotation, shoulder external rotation with 90 degree abduction. The article in NYT will have photos and more detailed instructions on the exercise of how to fix a bad tennis shoulder.
Multitasking: Shoulder exercises for rotator cuff as above and having television dinner.
Like: The great stunt scenes with 'Silver'the spirit horse and galloping on rooftops. Dislike the difficulties in the relationship between Kimosabe and Tonto and how the film is shown in flashback from 1933 in San Francisco. Mainly as a reminiscence by Tonto at a Wild West display of a fair ground.
Check it out at: Lone Ranger at IMDB
Cast: Johnny Depp as Tonto, Armie Hammer as John Reid, Ruth Wilson as Rebecca Reid, William Fichtner as Butch Cavendish.
Director: Gore Verbinski
Where: Living room with 9 meter ceiling.
Audience: 3 teenage kids and a 40 something mum
Sound: Logitech speakers with base speaker
Activity: Exercises to strengthen rotator cuff muscles in Left shoulder. For more instructions see the New York Times article with photos http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/phys-ed-how-to-fix-a-bad-tennis-shoulder/?smid=pl-share Includes side lying shoulder rotation, seated rows, external rotation with retraction, standing external rotation, shoulder external rotation with 90 degree abduction. The article in NYT will have photos and more detailed instructions on the exercise of how to fix a bad tennis shoulder.
Multitasking: Shoulder exercises for rotator cuff as above and having television dinner.
Like: The great stunt scenes with 'Silver'the spirit horse and galloping on rooftops. Dislike the difficulties in the relationship between Kimosabe and Tonto and how the film is shown in flashback from 1933 in San Francisco. Mainly as a reminiscence by Tonto at a Wild West display of a fair ground.
Check it out at: Lone Ranger at IMDB
Cast: Johnny Depp as Tonto, Armie Hammer as John Reid, Ruth Wilson as Rebecca Reid, William Fichtner as Butch Cavendish.
Director: Gore Verbinski
Thursday 26 December 2013
The Hobbit: An unexpected journey - for butt lift exercises
Theme: Greed brings a curse to everyone. In this case an evil dragon. Cooperation, team spirit and good leadership can overcome unimaginable adversity.
Where: In a living room with two story high ceiling about 9 meters with a 27 inch Sony Brava Televesion and logitech speakers. Sounds has a cavernous quality in this room.
Audience: 3 teenagers and a 40 something mum.
Sound: X2 Logitech speakers with a base speaker.
Activity: 3 sets of butt lift exercises with 36 reps per exercise. Lunges with weights, hip extension from squats with upper limb extension using 2kg and 5 kg weights, feet together everted squats with upper limb extension using 2kg and 5 kg weights. Stretches.
Multitasking: Exercises and interacting with teenagers during the almost 3 hours length movie 169 minutes with some breaks for refreshments.
Like: The great action scenes and the well choreographed fight scenes. Great backdrop and scenery of the mountains and caves in the movie. Dislike complexity of the plot with multiple characters whom the viewers has to work out - more difficult if you have not seen the Lord of the Ring series. In this case there were 3 teenagers to assist with the characters and reference to the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Check it out at: the Hobbit: An unexpected journey
Cast: Martin Freeman, Ian Mckellen, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis, Elijah Wood
Director: Peter Jackson
Where: In a living room with two story high ceiling about 9 meters with a 27 inch Sony Brava Televesion and logitech speakers. Sounds has a cavernous quality in this room.
Audience: 3 teenagers and a 40 something mum.
Sound: X2 Logitech speakers with a base speaker.
Activity: 3 sets of butt lift exercises with 36 reps per exercise. Lunges with weights, hip extension from squats with upper limb extension using 2kg and 5 kg weights, feet together everted squats with upper limb extension using 2kg and 5 kg weights. Stretches.
Multitasking: Exercises and interacting with teenagers during the almost 3 hours length movie 169 minutes with some breaks for refreshments.
Like: The great action scenes and the well choreographed fight scenes. Great backdrop and scenery of the mountains and caves in the movie. Dislike complexity of the plot with multiple characters whom the viewers has to work out - more difficult if you have not seen the Lord of the Ring series. In this case there were 3 teenagers to assist with the characters and reference to the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Check it out at: the Hobbit: An unexpected journey
Cast: Martin Freeman, Ian Mckellen, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis, Elijah Wood
Director: Peter Jackson
Sunday 15 December 2013
Elysium - stomach curls
Theme: Science fiction do good against capitalism and greed.
Where: Qantas flight from Melbourne to Perth December 2013.
Audience: with dad on daytime flight 3pm eastern time to 4pm western time.
Sound: Economy headphones could not hear dialog. Had to use sony noise canceling ear phones.
Activity: Modified yoga position for plane. Stomach curl - lift both leg 6 inches of floor with knees straight & push down on seat or arm rest to counter balance. Hold for 20 seconds then repeat.
Multitasking: Reading work articles in between. Had in flight lunch.
Like: the simple concept that there can be a man made paradise to be shared by everyone. Resource implications permitting of course. Neat device that cures all diseases and ailments.
Check it out at: http://www.itsbetterupthere.com/site/
Cast: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Alice Braga
Director: Neil Blomkamp
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