"You're a wizard, Harry!"

Ok since I'm still obsessing with the damn Harry Potter movies I thought I should just go ahead and review each movie! :)

Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone:

The first movie of the series is my favorite so far because it

explores the world of magic more than the others because they have to introduce everything thing to you through the first movie so you know what is to come. It's also my favorite because you get to meet the characters for the first time and see their relationship start and bloom. Harry, Ron, and Hermione are so adorable as their 11 year old selves and you fall in love with them instantly along with some of the professors at Hogwarts like Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, and Hagrid! And who can't help but love Professor Snape who is constantly after the three first year students! :)

Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets:

In the second movie it seems to focus less on the simple fact that the kids are learning magic and more on the story that will continue to grow

throughout the series. The relationships between all of the characters will continue to grow in the second year and my favorite things to watch are the bonds of a strong friendship between Harry and Hermione and the beginning of young love/shyness growing between Ron and Hermione. It's also in the second movie where Harry and Dumblebore start to form their own kind of relationship with each other where Dumbledore takes on a grandfather like role in Harry's life!

Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban:

In the third movie the darkness of that will the movies will start to take in the future is introduced and you learn a lot more about Harry's past and the possibilities for his future. It's also in the third movie that Dementors are introduced, these are the guards of Azkaban and they will play a very important part throughout the rest of the films. Dumbledore's stance as their teacher is even more signified in this film when it is learned that he gave a time travel device to Hermione at the beginning of the terms so that the three can go back into the past to help change the future of those who had recent events come into extreme contact with themselves.

Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire:

The fourth film took on a whole different purpose than the other films before and after this, instead of tracking the kids throughout their classes during the year they follow them as two other school join with them for a wizardry competition that Harry was unknowingly entered in. This year also shows us some breaking points in the three friends relationships. Ron becomes angry at Harry because he thinks that Harry entered into the competition behind his back and refuses to speak to him which in turns makes Harry made at Ron himself, then later as a winter ball arrives Ron becomes jealous that Hermione goes as the date of a very handsome and popular student from the all male wizards school that is visiting for the competition. Lord Voldemort makes his very first appearance as being back from the dead and out for Harry and that fact alone will change the lives of everyone to come!

Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix:

With the return of Lord Voldemort the wizarding world is in a state of chaos. With the wizards council refusing to believe that the dark lord is back, they send in their own member to be a professor at Hogwarts, Professor Dolores Umbridge who sets off to change the way that Hogwarts works. When Umbridge decides that she will not allow the student's to practice or learn defensive spells, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and a group of their closest friends gather together in Dumblebore's army to help each other learn the defensive spells they will need to know in order to face the dark lord when the time comes. Those spells then come in handy when the student's are faced to battle a group of death eaters who work for the dark lord.

Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince:

In the latest films it seems as though life at Hogwarts has returned to somewhat normalcy with Dumbledore back as headmaster and the three best friends hard at work in their sixth year. But this year is where everything changes- Malfoy is chosen by the dark lord to perform a task that plays heavily with his conscience- killing Dumbledore! Meanwhile Dumbledore has Harry becoming friends with Hogwarts newest professor who might lead to some discoveries about Lord Voldemort's past that will help Harry and the others fight him in the future. Also in this film it becomes obviously clear of three major relationship- Harry and Hermione's friendship, Harry and Ron's little sister Jenny, and Ron and Hermione's relationship. All are tested with Jenny and Ron find boyfriend/girlfriends and the others adapt to having to be witnesses to their loves being with other people and in that Harry and Hermione's friendship grows tenfold!

All in all the series is utterly fantastic!! I think everyone out there should watch all of these movies... multiple times! :)

So until later, I'm just Simply Bitsie!!

"I'm an English teacher, not fucking Tomb Raider."

So for the last two weeks, ever since I had to have surgery to remove all 4 of my wisdom teeth I cannot stop watching the 6 Harry Potter movies! Literally! I just keep switching around the DVD's in the order as they go, just watching them over and over again. So tonight I finally put all the HP DVD's back on the shelves and pulled out tonight's selection...

The Descent!

The Descent is about a group of European women who meet up in a remote part of the Appalachians for an extreme exploration of a cave hidden deep in the woods one year after a tragic accident that killed the husband and daughter of the groups best friend Sarah who will be joining them for the first time since the accident.

Only the friends don't know that the mastermind behind the trip, Juno, the newcomer to the group of lifelong friends, is taking them into an unknown cave that hasn't been explored before-- and has no known way out.

So as the ladies struggle with the effects of the dark and the conflicting feelings towards each other they continue to travel further and deeper into the cave and discover that they aren't alone.

This movie truly creeped me out! I remember seeing this in theaters with my boyfriend and clinging to his arm the whole time.

Not only do you get scared by the creatures that lie within the dark of the cave but the whole film is either really dark or an creepy red tint, so you really can't see what's coming at you or when!

The creatures in this movie were really amazing too, whoever thought them up were really creative. It's as if these... things were mutated humans who thrived in the dark and fed on the flesh of people who entered their cave!

There is also a sub-story the runs throughout the movie- a certain love triangle/betrayal thing, Juno had been having an affair with Sarah's husband right before he died! So once Sarah finds out- and she does- she goes out for revenge!

Juno is still my favorite character, even though she was a husband steeling whore! lol. She is just such an epic character! She risks her life and the lives of her friends to go through this unknown cave in hopes of naming it out of Sarah- out of guilt over the affair- and doesn't really care about the reaction of said friends! And once the shit really hits the fan she really works hard to get her friends and herself out of there!

I seriously recommend this movie to every horror movie buff out there! It will really creep you out and keep you on the edge of your seat!

Also, just last year they released a sequel to this movie and it is just as epic as this one! So I recommend everyone to go out and rent both The Descent and The Descent: Part 2!

So until later, I'm just Simply Bitsie!

"I like smart girls. That's why I married your mama. Well, that and I knocked her up."

Tonight's movie is Whip It!

Whip It is a movie about a teenager who tries to get away from her life where her mother puts her in beauty pageants and goes off into the exciting world of Roller Derby in the heart of Texas.

This movie cracks me up for several reasons, one of them being simply because Ellen Page

is in the movie. Her characters are always a laugh and full of funny lines that I can't stop quoting. Another reason I find this movie so good is the element of roller derby itself and the fact that the people playing this rough ass sport are these itty bitty ladies!

But I must say that my favorite part of the movie had to be Bliss' best friend Pash! Pash and Bliss' relationship reminded me so much of me and my best friend which made everything even funnier! Pash also has some of the greatest lines in the movie, so if you watch this keep an eye out for her and be prepared to laugh!

Whip It marks the directorial debut of Drew Barrymore! And for a first time job I think Drew did a spectacular job! I truly believe that you cannot tell that this was a first time director while watching! A+ goes to Drew!

I totally recommend this movie to every woman out there who loves to laugh and see women kick ass! Also, I think men will like it for the simple fact that half naked women roll around beating the crap out of each other! :)

So until next time, I'm just Simply Bitsie!

"You must go at once. Leave the ship while you still can!"

Tonight is a double feature! Haha!

So I was chilling in my room looking over my blog, changing a few things up, adding some music :), when I realized that I have yet to review a horror movie!

So I went over to my bookcase which stores my horror movies and looked through my collection and after of 15 minutes of deliberating landing on the movie Ghost Ship!

Now this movie has somewhat sentimental meaning to me! This was the first horror movie to enter into my movie collection back in 2002 and it is one of my best friend's and I favorite movie!

So, the story. Ghost Ship is about a group of boat salvagers who are confronted by a man who gives them the location of a possible ghost ship out in the waters worth millions. So with the man they set course for the possible ship only to stumble upon a British luxury liner with a horrifying history... and a couple of permanent visitors.

The story really starts to unfold when the group find cases upon cases of sold gold only to have their boat blow up and kill 2 of their crew when they try to take the gold and leave the ship.

But the creepiest thing of all is when Epps, the only woman in the crew sees a little girl aboard. After looking all over the ship

to try and find her again to talk to her Epps is led through a strange journey that showed the bloody past of the ship.

A demon who walks in the form of man roams around luring people to the ship so that he can take their soul to fill his quota. Once his quota is filled the souls of everyone who died on the ship will be trapped forever, and all he needs is a few more souls before his quota is filled.

This movie is so good! It's so full of mystery, horror, and a good ghost story! Unlike other horror movies today this movie doesn't rely on cheap tricks like nudity, foul language, sex, drugs, and bloody gore-filled death scenes to make it good!

My favorite character of this film was the

little girl Katie. With her perfect dress and proper statue you could never really tell if she was real or dead. You also feel a certain compassion for her, especially when shown how she was killed. Her bond with Epps and her courage to help the others on the boat just made you love her!

This film is good for those who are scared of horror movies because its the story that grabs you here not stupid horror movie tricks that usually scare everyone to death. Plus its good for old ER fans because the main character Epps is played by Julianna Marguiles, who played nurse Carol Hathaway on ER in the earlier seasons :) !

That's it for now. Until later, I'm just Simply Bitsie!

"All Jane Austen, all the time. It's the perfect antidote." - "To what?" - "To life!"

Tonight's DVD review is...

The Jane Austen Book Club

The Story is about a group of women-and one man, who get together once a month for a book club where all they read are

Jane Austen novels while trying to deal with the struggles of their lives. Each person is responsible for hosting the meeting at their

house on the night of their designated book. 6 books, 6 people, 6 months of love, loss, pain, and passion.

One of the best aspects of the movie is the fact that they threw a man into the loop and the effect that he has on the other women. Jocelyn originally had it in her mind that Grigg would be a good match for Sylvia who was just left by her husband of 25 years for another woman, then when Grigg starts to show minor interest in Sylvia she starts to get jealous and you can clearly see that Jocelyn has grown to love Grigg herself.

One of my favorite characters has to be Prudie played by Emily Blunt who grew to fame as the snobby british bitch of an

assistant in The Devil Wears Prada. I think thats why I loved her so much in this film, she was just so different then what we know of her. Her character is so fragile and passionate and just plain quirky.

The movie as a whole is simply fantastic. It exudes the power of friendship, love, sisterhood, and Jane Austen. I totally recommend this to those who love a good story and a happy ending!

This just a nice movie to watch if its a slow Sunday afternoon snuggled on your couch.

Until later, I'm just Simply Bitsie!

"How are you gonna swallow all those?"- "Have we met?"

Ok so with all of the hype going on I went and saw the new Sex and the City movie.

And my review? Eh! It was ok...

The movie itself as a whole was pretty funny and was good for those who watched and loved the series but the plot... was rather boring and slow.

It took a while to get into the movie, the whole wedding in the beginning was unnecessary but pretty. The cameo by Liza Minelli was funny but kinda sad because, sorry Liza, you can hardly understand a word that she is saying! It was like a weird mumbling version of single ladies.

Plus the whole lead up to Abudabe just took too long. They never even get there until 45 minutes into the movie! But I did love the fact that when Carrie was freaking out about the tv in the bedroom (which by the way was sooooooo stupid!) that the tv show that was playing was Deadliest Catch on the Discovery channel! haha that's one of my guilty pleasures!

Some of the things that I did like was the character developments for both Charlotte and Samantha- well there was development with Charlotte and Samantha was simply going back to her routs unlike her character in the first movie who was Samantha but not quite.

We got to see Charlotte actually dealing with the struggles of motherhood and marriage! I loved when she went into the pantry and cried, she was just so fragile and broken that it helped you see the real Charlotte!

Now Samantha is my favorite character! She is just sooo funny!! In this movie she goes back to being the slutty-whore bag that we love! But its even funnier because we get to see Samantha dealing with the trials of her age-menopause!

Basically if you didn't watch the show and you didn't think the first movie was all that great, do not go see this film. But if you were a fan of the series and the first film this movie will be right up your alley!

Well, thats all for now.

Until later, I'm just Simply Bitise!

What if you had a second chance to find true love?

Hello everyone!

It's been a while since I've posted so here I am, back with another movie review!

This week I actually made it to the local theater and saw such a cute movie with my best friend!

Letters To Juliet!!

It was a Saturday afternoon, I had just returned from my half-sisters mother's funeral and was in a really weird funk. I had a date scheduled for later that night but couldn't get my mind settled on that fact so my best friend, who I haven't seen since mid-march because she was away in Boston for college came and got me and took me to see really adorable romantic comedy with one of my more recent favorite actress Amanda Seyfried!

So having cancelled my date, my best friend and I had plenty of time to talk and make up for the time lost from her college adventures. But once we entered the theater we left our boring/sad/mediocre lives in Delaware and entered the exciting/romantic/beautiful life in Verona, Italy(which I have been lucky enough to visit during my spring break in my junior year of high school on a school trip)!

The Story!

New York Times fact-checker Sophie goes on a pre-honeymoon with her fiance Victor to romantic Verona Italy, the setting to William Shakespeare's most famous story Romeo and Juliet!

When her fiance goes off getting things prepared for his restaurant that is to open in six weeks back in New York, Sophie goes a explores the romantic city only to stumble across a letter addressed to Juliet that is 50 years old! After writing the now 65 year old Claire she embarks on a journey to find the woman's true love along with her grandson Charlie!

My Review: The story is rather predictable and will probably bore all men to tears because this film was clearly made for the woman's heart! And boy does it hit to the core! Not only is the story about Claire's long lost love for Lorenzo but also about Sophie and her struggling feelings towards both her fiance and Charlie.

The relationship between Sophie and Claire is also another strong point of the story. Claire reaches out to Sophie who was raised by her father after her mother left when she was only 9 years old and you can see how much Sophie grows to care for Claire and vice-versa! The dialogue is really funny at times and quite touching at others.

The this film is perfect for ladies who love a good romantic comedy!

I will give this movie a A- ! I'm such a girlie girl! :)

Now my recommendation on movie rental this week: Dear John!

Again, another Amanda Seyfried movie and romantic movie, but alas not a comedy! Haha! Dear John comes out on DVD tomorrow and believe me when I say I will be making a stop on the way home from work tomorrow to pick it up!

Check it out!

Until later!

I am just Simply Bitsie!