The Phantom of the Opera

The story of The Phantom of the Opera is best know thanks to the Musical that goes by the same name, The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber. This book was written by the French author, Gaston Leroux and was published in 1911 (The English version), but it was first published in 1910 in the city of Paris.

This books tells the story of Erik or the masked "phantom" of the Paris Opera House and how he fell in love with the young Swedish soprano, Christine Daaé, while he made her believe that he was the angel of music her father had promised to send once he had died.

This book has been adapted to many films, stage productions and a Tony Award-Winning musical. The movie that I think gets closer to the book would be the 1925 versions, which was the first movie based on "The Phantom of the Opera". Some people may prefer the musical adaptation of the book, which is alright as long as we're talking about the stage musical and not the 2004 movie. In my opinion the stage musical is way better than the 2004 movie, and I absolutely recommend people to watch the 25th anniversary performance of "The Phantom of the Opera", that was released in DVD back in February 2012.

Romeo & Juliet

"For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo."

- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet, the tragic story written by William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths reconcile their feuding families. This story has been around for quite sometime, and I'm sure everyone has heard something about or even watched the movie adaptations of Romeo and Juliet.

Personally my favorite is the 1968 adaptation with Leonard Whiting as Romeo and Olivia Hussey as Juliet. I love this movie because I think is the one that goes more to the book and the performances by Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey are wonderful, thought I also like the 1996 version with Leonardo DiCaprio as Romeo and Claire Danes as Juliet.as Romeo and Claire Danes as Juliet.

World War Z

World War Z is an  apocalyptic horror film directed by Marc Forster, and it's based on the 2006 novel by the same name written by Max Brooks. 

The movie starts when Former United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) and his family sit in traffic in the city of  Philadelphia while the radio reports on a rabies outbreak that has spread internationally. While they are waiting, unusual things begin to happen and soon they're realise that they are being attacked by the undead (Zombies). They manage to escape and go to a U.S. Navy vassel, thanks to Gerry's former UN colleague, Thierry Umutoni.

While aboard the ship Gerry is told that if he wants his family to stay aboard the vessel he needs to help them find a cure to the outbreak. Gerry agrees since that's the only way to keep his family safe from the undead. Gerry goes from Korea to Israel to England, looking for something that may be useful and that may help them find a cure to te outbreak. 

I personally loved this movie, is one of the best apocalyptic/zombie movies that I have actually liked. Throughout most of the movie I was scared, yet I couldn't stop watching it. If you guys want something good to watch this weekend, I absolutely recomend World War Z.

Origin Teaser #4

"I love you," I said, our lips brushing. "I love you so very much"

Origin Teaser #3

Daemon POV

All the pent up, helpless rage formed a wrecking ball inside of me. Maintaining human form was near impossible. I wanted to hit something—destroy something. I needed to.

"Daemon, no one—"

"Shut up," I said, turning to where Matthew sat in the corner of the room. Right this moment I wanted to destroy him. "Just shut the hell up."

Origin Teaser #2

Deamon's POV

"We can't lose you," she said after a few moments of awkward as hell silence. "You have to understand that we aren't doing this because we don't care about Kat. We're doing this because we love you."

"But I love her," I said without hesitation.Dee's eyes widened, probably since it was the first time she'd heard me say it out loud, well, about anyone other than my family. I wished I had said it more often, especially to Kat. Funny how that kind of shit always turns out in the end. While you're deep in something, you never say or do what you need to. It's always after the fact, when it's too late that you realize what you've should've said or done.

It couldn't be too late. I knew that. The fact that I was still alive was testament to that. Like Dee said, though, there were worse things than death.

Origin Teaser #1

Daemon's POV

"There's only one thing I want."

"And that is?"

"I want to see Kat."

Nancy's smile didn't fade. "And what are you willing to do to accomplish that?"

"Anything," I said without hesitation, and I meant it. "I will do anything, but I want to see Kat first and I want to see her now."