Movie: Wreck It Ralph

It's a Disney movie, it's necessary viewing for me - isn't it? And it's about video games - another of my favourite things!

I really enjoyed it, but it was a bit of a shame that the only time convenient for us to watch was the 3D showing because we would normally go for the regular version. I think that 3D glasses over our normal glasses really isn't ideal, but we really had to see this movie before it stopped playing.

The funniest thing about this movie is how I felt afterwards - all those sweets and cakes in the movie really made me hungry!

Movie: Lincoln

As soon as I saw that this movie was coming out I knew I had to see it. I never studied American history in school, it's not something we did pre-GCSE at all, so my knowledge of those times comes from TV documentaries, movies and things I've read. I feel like I need to consume as much as possible about history in any part of the world, I find it fascinating. I do have a deep appreciation from British and European history but there's just something about American history I can't help but be drawn into and I want to learn as much as I can about it. That's why I wanted to see Lincoln, and that's why I'll probably - if given the change - watch that movie again. I thought it was great, so easy to forget it was acting and believe you were really watching history.

Movie: Beautiful Boy

I didn't intend to watch a movie today, it wasn't even 9am when I put this one. James was still in bed and there wasn't anything on TV - I didn't want to watch anything we'd recorded because it was all stuff we watch together so I found myself browsing Sky On Demand for something. I sometimes find it hard to sit and watch a movie as I'm distracted with other things and my attention span isn't great, but sometimes to mood is just there and I was in the mood for a movie. I didn't exactly pick the most lighthearted story for early on a Sunday morning, but it looked quite an interesting story to watch. 'Beautiful Boy' starring Michael Sheen told the story of about a college shooting from the perspective of the shooters parents. It's not a true story but it is something that is easy to relate to true-to-life situations and the difficulties for the shooters family in the aftermath. Because I don't really watch a lot of movies it's kind of hard to know what type of movies I like to watch but I can say that I do actually enjoy a thought-provoking drama as well as Disney fluff!