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Bullying

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Sadly I’m not reviewing a movie at all today I’m here writing about something that has been floating around the internet as off last week and the week before, as you are aware the controversy surrounding a boy in Texas has many people questioning if this is an actual kid who made a video because he was getting bullied by kids in his school or was it something racially motivated… yeah it’s that kind of story… this is the story of Keaton Jones.

Keaton posted a video online earlier this month crying his eyes out saying that the kids in his school are bullying him, so after the video went viral thousands upon thousands of celebrities gave support to this kid even Captain America’s Chris Evans came out and offered Keaton tickets to The Avengers Infinity War premier next year… then after a week of support things started coming to light i.e. Keaton’s mum’s Facebook posts, her children posing with the Confederate flag, which to people who don’t know this but most people believe it to be a sign of racism and slavery back in the day. When this came out everybody and I mean everybody on Facebook and Twitter voiced their outcry at this, a celebrity came out and posted a picture of a conversation between him and Keaton’s mum stating that she only wants money nothing else, alarm bells started ringing when this came out, and thousands of people turned on Keaton, calling him racist, calling him really awful names, and comparing him to sloth from the goonies.

Why am I writing about this your wondering because these are rumours people need to stop jumping on the bandwagon, his sister has come out and denied the allegations about the racism but people are quick to judge because of just one picture they saw on the internet, the mum has come out and publicly apologised stating that she and her children are not racists. But people still don’t believe him and his mum, and I think it’s horrible, to believe rumours spread by other people and jumping on the bandwagon. I am writing this because I hate bullies and I hate bullying of any shape or form, as someone who has been bullied before it’s not nice hearing stuff like this, I also read another thing, this from a YouTube video I watched recently titled boy had fidget spinner removed from finger… I clicked on it and he comments I saw were horrific, one user saying I hope he gets cancer because he owns a fidget spinner. Another said that he looked ugly and deserved to die, and this comment… this comment made me angry to the point I replied to the user and let rip at what he said.

What did he say I hear you cry, he said “mine craft top fidget spinner and long hair classic autistic child”… I have autism… and to hear people say that is heartbreaking, it got worse “if I had autism I would kill myself” “autistic kids deserve to die” “Fuck kids with autism they should all die”… that’s heartbreaking to read, as someone who has autism to hear someone say that is heartbreaking, it’s sad, and down right disrespectful, as I said in my Wonder review choose kind, and I have chosen kind and to hear to people say these things is hard to read, as I said before I hate bullies I hate bullying in any shape or form, verbal, physical, mental, and emotional bullying I hate it, and I urge people to speak up and tell people if they are being bullied if they see anyone being bullied tell someone, and if you are being bullied there are so many helplines and centres to go to and get help.

Let’s put an end to bullying, let’s end bullying once and for all, the world would be a much happier place if people stopped bullying each other and just got along, any way guys my apologies for making this post so depressing I just want to get a message out there to people who are getting bullied, just a few weeks ago a 10 year old girl committed suicide… 10! 10 years old and she killed herself just 10 years old and her life was cut short by bullies so please if you see anyone or know anyone who is getting bullied tell someone, tell a teacher or your parents. Anyway guys until next time catch ya later

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Wonder… One Of The Most Heartbreaking Films That Every Parent Needs Their Children To See

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A film needs a good moral, take Disney, they have really good morals like believe in yourself and dreams can come true if you make them, Wonder has one of them morals that every parent needs to teach their children choose kindness, I speak from the heart with this one and this film affected me in way that no film has ever done before, I felt connected to the story because I have a brother who had a cleft lip and palate, and he went through so many surgeries to repair it that he’s left with a permanent scar on his lip, and on top of that he has ginger hair, a trait that bullies just adore, he’s ten going on eleven and he is everything to me, I love him more than anything in the world, as irritating as he may be he is still my brother and I am grateful to have him in my life.

I felt emotional during this movie mainly because of my brother but mostly due to the fact that this film tackles bullying a lot, something that I have been through in my childhood and all the way up until I was sixteen, I was bullied in primary school by a boy whose name I shall not mention but he made my life a living hell, he would throw my coat down the toilet, throw it in the girls bathroom, punch, kick and hit me, but the worst thing he did was made me out to look invisible to the whole class, no one would talk to me and I felt like an outsider to my class, exactly how Auggie feels in the movie.

Secondary school was a whole new kettle of fish, as this was the first time I had heard the word rumour, there were rumours about me left right and centre, year seven I was picked on by another boy, he would make me paranoid about the littlest things… okay I went to a special needs school and when you have special needs you take things quite literally, for instance year 9 came and the summer holidays were upon us, I spent every single day up in my room because this kid said he spoke to the headteacher/principal of the school and they were going to put me in the mental hospital, he said expect any day from now an ambulance coming for you. Summer 2009 was the worst summer ever because I was very very paranoid, so much so I developed a fear of ambulances, because I thought they were taking me away, and to this day I still do have a fear of ambulances, while not as big as when I was fourteen/fifteen the fear is still there.

Year 11 was the year I finally stood up to him (yeah it took me five years) I would just ignore him and if he said anything I would ignore him until it became such an issue with him, I remember this day like it was yesterday, because this was the day I found out why he bullied me for five years… he felt sorry for me!!!! I remember looking at him thinking “well that’s an odd way of showing someone that you feel sorry for them”

I have never spoken about this at all for years now that I’ve got it down in writing, parents I’m speaking to you, show your children this, talk to them make them feel like they have nothing to worry about, let them tell you everything word from word if they are getting bullied, and kids I say this, stand up! Stand up to the bullies who are picking on you because of what you look like or your hair colour or your fashion sense, stand up to those bullies and say I’m not afraid of you, you have nothing to worry about with bullies they are nothing don’t let them ruin your education, don’t take days off because the bully says he/she’s going to beat you up tomorrow, don’t fake being ill say something, say something to your parents, teachers, friends, family and even the headteacher/principal talk to any members of staff, they are there to help.

But most importantly choose kind, choose kindness, go out and do a good deed be friendly to people make someone’s day, this film teaches you to be kind and the moral is fantastic in this film, there’s a great quote that Julia Roberts’s character says in this film “your heart is the map to where you are going, the scars on your face is the map to where you’ve been” that is now my favourite quote of all time thanks to this film, trust me there’s more amazing quotes like “why blend in when you were born to stand out”

I give wonder a massive 10/10 the message in this movie is amazing and relatable to children who have been through bullying the acting is superb, massive praise for Jacob Tremblay who plays Auggie Pullman he does an outstanding job in this film as does the other cast members in this flick, but parents do me a massive favour show your children this film and get them to choose kindness, and if their being bullied talk to them. Until next time guys catch ya later 🙂 🙂 🙂

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A Monster Calls, Who In The Love Of God Is Cutting Onions Here

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Oh jeez never has a film affected me so much, I’m gonna come clean about something I am a huge mummy’s boy I love my mum to the end of the earth and would do anything for her, I saw the trailer for this film and thought right.. yeah I’m not going to see this at all because I know what I will be like, an emotional cry baby, so my mum and dad and a few friends got together and watched A Monster Calls… as the lights came up at the end I was a wreck my face was soaked with tears it was like I had half of Niagara Falls pouring out of my eyes.

A Monster Calls follows the story of a young boy named Connor his mum has cancer and his one fear is losing her, he is tormented at school by bullies, one night a monster in the form of a tree comes along and tells him three stories, by the way the animation that goes with these stories is phenomenal just wanna point that out, any way as the film goes on we learn that Connor’s mum is dying and the only thing that can cure her is medicine from an ancient old yew tree, we start thinking yay there’s hope, but alas there isn’t and the final bit of treatment is unsuccessful, after an emotional talk about if your feeling angry and want to break something then break them, Connor goes back to the monster and tells him that he’s afraid of letting go, he’s afraid and doesn’t want his mum to die (feeling emotional yet) he feels tired and falls asleep with the monster telling him that when he wakes up it’ll be time.

When Connor wakes up his grandmother comes and drops him off at the hospital, cue one of the most emotional moments ever seen in a children’s film… oh yeah did I mention this is a children’s film, anyway the monster appears in the hospital with Connor and tells him that this is the end of the fourth tale (the fourth tale was Connor’s fear of losing his mum) Connor asks what he should do to which the monster replies “speak the truth” Connor then looks at his mum smiles at her and says “I don’t want you to go” well let’s just say at this point Niagara Falls was pouring out of my eyes, I was a wreck, anyway after an emotional farewell Connor’s mum sadly passes away in Connor’s arms (if your not crying your eyes out then your a cyborg I’m sorry)

Oh boy this film was sad, emotional and above all depressing! I have never cried at a film like that…. oh yeah The Notebook forgot about that anyway A Monster Calls is by far a very very very emotional film and for a kids film it does touch on some pretty dark themes such as death, cancer and losing someone we love, but then saying that that’s every child’s fear, look at Disney when they kill of the parents that’s every kids worst nightmare losing a parent, any way let’s make this review happy happy happy, I loved this film a lot my final rating is 10/10 is dark, depressing and really really emotional, so do yourselves a favour and go watch this film it’s amazing but until next time guys catch ya later.

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The Emoji Movie…. Do You Think Critics Should Critique Kids Movies

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Please don’t judge, please don’t judge for the love of god please don’t judge but I quite enjoyed this movie.

With that being said it was good it was funny and had tons of adult humour in it, it was definitely something for everyone kids and adults will like this movie however this does beg the question should kids movies be reviewed by critics… okay, okay, okay I know what your thinking “but Jack your a reviewer and your reviewing a kids movie” hear me out I’m praising the movie saying it was good, but critics go out their way and slam and slate a children’s movie, shouldn’t it be the other way round, what I mean by this is shouldn’t we here from the people that these films are intended for which of course is the children, I would love to hear children’s opinions on these movies, instead we get critics who repeatedly slam a kids movie saying “it’s dull” “don’t waste your time” and the most common one “too many fart jokes”I honestly would love to hear your thoughts about this, let me know if you think this is right or wrong

That’s humour that kids know and understand they love all the farting and burping, I should know I have a 10 year old brother who laughed at Paddington squirting tomato sauce, kids get that sort of humour, now I’m not having a rant or throwing a tantrum I just think it would be nice for us to hear some opinions from the future generation. With that being said The Emoji Movie is really good, okay I do have one nitpick and that’s the moral which is find who you are and don’t let others tell you who you are, we do see that a lot in children’s movies.

Anyway the Emoji Movie is an enjoyable kids movie with funny jokes and plenty of adult humour… Oh also look out for Patrick Stewart playing the poop Emoji he has some pretty funny lines too. Anyway final rating of the Emoji Movie I’m giving it a 9/10 it’s funny, enjoyable and just plain silly just the moral was a bit too cliched any way guys apart from that… catch ya later

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The Book Of Henry The Sort Of Film You Will Find In The DVD Bargain Bin

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Colin Trevorrow director of such films like Safety Not Guaranteed and 2015s smash hit Jurassic World, and now he returns to the big screen with The Book Of Henry starring Naomi Watts Jaeden Lieberher and Jacob Trembley, like the title suggests here’s why I think this.

Firstly I’m not slating the movie in anyway I really enjoyed it however the film doesn’t know sometimes what it wants to be for example we open up with a typical suburban family with single mother Susan (Naomi Watts) and her two sons Henry (Jaeden Lieberher) and Peter (Jacob Trembley) we get a happy run of the mill family comedy, we then suddenly get what I like to call it a kiddyfied PS, I Love You Henry is suddenly diagnosed with a brain tumour and dies in his mums arms (didn’t see that coming) then suddenly it turns in to a drama/thriller, basically Christina played by Maddy Ziegler is being abused by her step dad (Breaking Bad’s Dean Norris) Henry comes up with a plan to save Christina from the abuse.

The film then takes us on a journey where Susan tries to complete Henry’s wish, by killing Christina’s step father (say what!!!) yeah this film then gets turned in to a kiddyfied John Wick (a great film in case you haven’t seen it) I’m not gonna say if the plan is successful or not, trust me the ending will leave you like “what the hell just happened”

Okay I may of slated this film a little bit but hey it was enjoyable to say the least, this film will eventually become underrated at some point and when it comes out on DVD you will find it in the near future in say a bargain bin in your local Tesco’s or Asda. So to summarise, The Book Of Henry is enjoyable and heartwarming I just think it should of stayed being a family comedy/drama but hey who am I to judge.

So final score I’m giving The Book Of Henry a 7/10 it was enjoyable but really needs to decide on a genre rather than mashing 3 into 1 anyway guys hope you enjoyed and until next time catch you later 🙂

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