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Chronicle The Movie And Its Relationship With The Audience
Saturday, February 11th, 2012
I watched in intrigue the recent movie ‘Chronicle’ that came out this month and has caused quite a stir amongst the movie fans. Firstly, the movie was directed by an unknown direct Josh Trank who only has 3 other movies to his credit and is about to turn 27 this Feb. 19th. It is for this reason why perhaps the imagery and the story of the movie progressed well resulting in a spectacular ending towards the end.
Chronicle The Movie And Its Relationship With The Audience
The young Josh Trank can relate to the teenagers of the movie and coupled with his deep insight for movie making has turned this movie into a possible cult movie. The very things we often criticize in movies to support the plot was not much evident in this movie. For starters, Andrew with his supernatural powers could quite easily go to a bank and pull out all the money but instead decides to rob a few thugs living locally. However, this was cleverly handled and almost justified by the madness streak that followed in Andrew at the end. What made this movie good and very watchable was because the audience could not ‘fault’ the storyline so much. The only technical flaw I witnessed was when Steve was moving the car in the parking lot and I could visibly see the CGI effects of the wheels against the tarmac although I would imagine other folks watching the whole car moving and not paying much attention to this trivial detail.
There was another part of the movie where Josh Trank’s portrayal of Andrew was when he became lucky with a college girl but it turned out disastrous at the end when he threw up at the most important step. A consequence of this was that he was a joke of the school the next day where the kids especially the girls made leering remarks against him. Again in reality not something that is easily believed but against the backdrop of bullying that is taking place around schools reported by the media this becomes credible.
Another aspect of the movie that becomes almost non believable but something which Trank handles with deft in making the audiences somehow believe are the way they the kids are very restrained in using their power. One of the reasons for this is that the powers did not come to them at 100% and they needed to learn and master their powers over time. This may have given a sense of greater understanding to the kids on the wider implications of the misuse of this power as they had time to learn and apply.
A turning point for the climatic ending was long developed early in the movie by Trank who portrays Andrew as an introverted and socially inept child living with an abusive father. This can be compared to the horror movie Carrie (1976) starring Sissy Spacek as the troubled child in a family who blows a fuse and ultimately causes the destruction of her school.
All in all, the movie engages the audience well in its progressive and thought provoking storyline and scores 8/10.
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Top 5 Free e-Greetings for your Valentine
Saturday, February 11th, 2012
We are in the middle of a romantic Valentine week and today being a “Promise Day”, this is the day when you promise your Valentine to stay together, share joy and sorrows and make commitments and promises. They promise each other life that will be full of fun, joy, romance, never ending love and ensure to fulfill these commitments in the future. You stay together in good times and your love becomes stronger though time. Greeting card is the perfect way to express your promises and commitments to each other. In this digital age, e-cards are the best option to cash in on your commitments. There are plenty of sites that provides a free service and you can send free e-greeting cards. Jumpdates has hand picked five top free e-greeting card sites just for you.
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123 Greeting is in full mood as they have geared up for Valentine’s Day 2012. 123 Greeting is the leading free e-card sites, but for a special festival like Valentine’s day you have a dedicated section and plenty of options to look for. No matter whom you want to send the message it could be your mother, wife, girlfriend or your new dating partner 123 Greeting’s make it really interesting for you. You can preview your selected card and add custom messages to give it a personalized touch.
American Greetings Special for Valentine
American Greetings is a 17 year old company providing e-card services. The website theme seems to be painted with a love color attracting you on first glance. With American Greetings you get lots of customizing options from theme color to text. This free-greeting card website has one of the biggest database of musical greeting card and are the best amongst the entire lot.
3. Ojolie
Ojolie Greeting Cards Website
Ojolie.com is an attractive website with cool e-greeting cards in their kitty. The good thing about this site is that it comes in four languages (English, French, Dutch and Spanish) which help you if you are in a long distance relationship from these countries. With dedicated Valentine’s greeting section you are all set to send colorful, musical and fresh Valentine e-greetings.
4. HD Greetings
High Quality HD Greetings for your Valentine
HD Greetings is the unique website that has a good collection of HD video greetings and lets you customize your Valentine messages. Customization is fun with this site as you can add photo, choose different songs from their collection, themes and custom messages. This makes the best website for those who are looking for just about everything on a perfect Valentine day.
www.free-e-greetings.com
Free-e-Greetings.com is a basic website to send free e-cards this Valentine day. Site is perfect for dating couples as it has the exclusive section devoted just for them. You can also give your suggestion as they keep improving and adding more and more free e-greetings cards.
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A simple word of advice on Valentine’s Day
Friday, February 10th, 2012
For some of us when Valentine or any other holidays are around the corner, we tend to let the event pass by. This could be because we don’t have a partner or we have come out of an unfortunate break-up or many other reasons that we would rather not think about.
Mother getting valentine flowers
Remember, Valentine is day of love and remembrance, it doesn’t have to be just your dating partner or lover but can be your very own family members. For example, show your affection for your mother by giving her card or flowers, you will be surprised by the response.
The act of giving can be such a redeeming quality that you can find changes within yourself that takes away the worries of life. Learn to change within yourself and you will find that the world changes around you. Happy Valentine!
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Top iPhone and Android Apps for Your Valentine to Show How Much You Love… The Gismo Way – Part 2
Friday, February 10th, 2012
Top iPhone and Android Apps for Your Valentine to Show How Much You Love… The Gismo Way – Part 1
A. Hottest iPhone apps. for your Valentine.
3. ProFlowers
Any Valentine gift can set the mood with a bunch of red roses as red is the color of love. ProFlower iPhone app is the perfect gifting for sending out red roses to your Valentine’s sweetheart. The price starts from $10.99 and goes high as you want by adding more red roses. The app gives you the option to add gifts like soft toys, chocolates and hand dipped Valentine barriers and much more.
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4. Victoria’s Secret
If you are planning to surprise your Valentine with an exotic gift but not sure how to choose it then Victoria’s Secret iPhone app runs you through with a series of interesting questions and s up with the most exotic lingerie for your gift. You can watch a Victoria’s secret online video about the important do’s and don’ts of the Valentine day.
Buy sexy valentine day lingerie - iPhone app
B. Hottest Android apps. for your Valentine
As the name suggests Valentine Scanner lets you scan the finger tip of you and your Valentine and churns out a chemistry match. This is a unique app on Jumpdates found on the Android market. We gave it a try of scanning fingertips of a few couples to test it’s accuracy, well it is difficult to say if the app gives a 100% correct answer, but it’s worth trying.
The love scanner Android app
4. I Love You SMS
This is the one of the best Android app on the Android market by using this you can send special romantic messages to your Valentine. This app has a preloaded suggestion and you can even create custom Valentine messaged with lots of visuals to add an extra zing.
These apps are certainly not the only Valentine apps on the Apple app store and the Android market, but they are certainly the best out of the lot. If you find apps that should get featured on Jumpdates dating blog then you can get in touch with us @ [email protected]. Enjoy your Valentine!
Tags: I Love You SMS android app, ProFlowers iphone app, The Valentine Scanner Android App, Top iPhone and Android Apps for Your Valentine to Show How Much You Love… The Gismo Way – Part 2, Victoria’s Secret iphone app
Top iPhone and Android Apps for Your Valentine to Show How Much You Love… The Gismo Way – Part 1
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
Technology has touched every part of our life. Dating, love, romance and all of the human emotions are not untouched by the modern technological evolution. In particular the gadgets, where we have witnessed an enormous gadget boom in the last decade which is progress never seen in the past 100 years. In the last one year Smartphones have changed the way people interact and communicate with each other.
Valentine day is just five days away and at Jumpdates we look for the coolest Android and iPhone Apps for you. Smartphone that gives you ample options for your needs but also you can buy online from the comfort of your own home.
A. Hottest iPhone apps. for your Valentine
1. Ghirardelli Chocolate Mobile and Godiva
iPhone-app for choosing valentine gifts
Chocolates have always been the perfect gift for your sweetheart for the occasion like Valentine’s day. Jumpdates has researched the Apple app store and found the best way to buy the exotic chocolates for your sweet heart. Both Ghirardelli Chocolate Mobile and Godiva have the special Valentine Day section. You can use their store locator option to look for the nearest store to buy locally in addition to buying the sumptuous chocolates online.
Postagram Postcard app on apple app store
2. Sincerely Inc
Cards can express your true feelings and the words become your voice, Postagram Postcard is the perfect app for iPhone users to create the customized greeting card. Modern designs, huge selection to create Valentine cards, customized photo, vintage Valentine card and a whole lot of options to choose from the app and placing orders is very quick and easy. You can email those cards or print them on the glossy card. They will charge you $1.99 per card.
B. Hottest Android apps for your Valentine
1. Valentine’s Photo Heart Locket
This Android app. is perfect for those who want to show how much they love their Valentine sweetheart as this lets you place them on the home screen. You can create the live wallpaper following a few easy steps. This Android app can give you plenty of options to customize such as themes, colors, pictures and you can even plant a kiss.
Kiss My Valentine- The Coolest App
2. Kiss My Valentine
You may have more than one Valentine and on that special day you want to get in contact with all of your heartthrobs. If you are one of them then this is the perfect app for you. You can send virtual flowers, kiss, hugs and create the customized Valentine messages. You can save all you Valentine and can reuse for 2013 but by then you may have different heartthrobs to contend with.
Top iPhone and Android Apps for Your Valentine to Show How Much You Love… The Gismo Way – Part 2
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