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Marvel Cinematic Universe Quick Review

August 1, 2021Posted in UncategorizedTagged Ant Man, Black Widow, Black Widow Review, Captain America, films, Iron Man, Loki, marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, marvel movies, marvel review, MCU, MCU fans, review, Spider Man, The Avengers, The Incredible Hulk, thematic sequence, ThorLeave a comment

Something a bit different on our blog today but after sharing online in a couple of spaces that I was about to delve into watching the Marvel films, I had messages and comments from MCU fans wanting to know how I got on.

The important thing to note here is that I had seen some of the films, all the Iron Man films, Ant Man, one Captain America and one Thor. However these were once and far between so I had no idea of how they knitted together as part of the MCU.

I decided to watch them in an order suggested on the AMC article with an added Black Widow entry placement thanks to my friend Tim Lewis. I actually managed to get this in at the right time as I was just a couple of movies away as I approached it in the sequence. The sequence is one that is a thematic structure to help the viewer and I would certainly recommend it.

Rob joined me on the journey, he was watching the Loki TV series as we went through this 3-4 week venture. We have rated them out of 10 for a quick review.

Here we go…

1. Captain America: The First Avenger ✅ 7/10

2. Captain Marvel ✅ 7/10

3. Iron Man ✅ 8/10

4. Iron Man 2 ✅ 4/10

5. The Incredible Hulk ✅ 3/10

6. Thor ✅ 5/10

7. The Avengers ✅ 7/10

8. Thor: The Dark World ✅ 4/10

9. Guardians of the Galaxy ✅ 9/10

10. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 ✅ 9.5/10

11. Iron Man 3 ✅ 6/10

12. Captain America: The Winter Soldier ✅ 6.5/10

13. The Avengers: Age of Ultron ✅ Jen says 4.5/10 Rob says 5/10

14. Ant-Man ✅ 8.5/10

15. Captain America: Civil War ✅ 7/10

16. Black Panther ✅ 6/10

17. Spider-Man: Homecoming ✅ 9/10

18. Doctor Strange ✅ 6.5/10

19. Thor: Ragnarok ✅ 9/10

20. Ant-Man and the Wasp ✅ 7/10

21. Black Widow ✅ 7.5/10

22. Avengers: Infinity War ✅ 9/10

23. Avengers: End Game ✅ 9/10

24. Spider-Man: Far From Home ✅ 6.5/10

With all the movies watched it is now time to delve into the TV series.

I hope you enjoyed reading through, we’ve been Geocaching since as the weather has gotten better but this is certainly a great idea for the wet days.

Jen

Sophie’s review of Skycircus by Peter Bunzl

June 13, 2021Posted in UncategorizedTagged 2020, 3 stars, 3rd book of the series, Book Review, circus, mechanicals, mechanimals, Peter Bunzl, reading, review, showstopper, Skycircus, Sophie Gilmour, star, Tightrope, trickeryLeave a comment

I wrote this book review last year and have got around to typing it up for you to enjoy.

Skycircus is the third book in the series, the first is called Cogheart and the second is Moonlocket. You may want to read these first as this review may contain spoilers.

Skysircus starts with a ticket for a circus and Lily’s mum’s notebook which was discovered at the beginning of the story. Lily ends up going to the circus and everyone knows it’s her birthday she receives free gifts. she watches the show, but as she is about to exit, she gets surrounded by Security and they carry her to a cell-like room (while she is non-conscious) with some of the performers. Lily picks the locks in the cell to break free and makes a plan to escape. Lily’s friend Robert nearly dies because he got punished by Mr. Slimwood who is the bad guy, Robert tries to balance on a tightrope high over some tigers and bears and ends up falling onto the ground. In Paris, their plan goes as expected, they end up escaping Mr. Slimwood and Madam Lions-Mane as they were very wanted criminals for stealing Lily’s papa’s papers.

I felt like I had to keep turning the pages to find out what was going to happen, I couldn’t put the book down.

I recommend it to people who like fictional books with adventure and danger.

I rate it 3 out of 5 stars. I rated Skycircus this because it doesn’t have Robert’s mum and sister in it, I had become attached to those characters in the previous book. It did have action and kept me wondering what was going to happen which is what I enjoyed the most.

Written review by Sophie Gilmour!😍🤪

Sophie’s review of Cogheart book by Peter Bunzl

May 28, 2020May 28, 2020Posted in UncategorizedTagged 2020, activity, Book, Book Review, Cogheart, DANGER, DARING, First time review, Peter Bunzl, review, SHOCK, Sophie Gilmour, Usborne books7 Comments

There is a girl called Lilly and everyone thinks her dad has died. But her family member Dr.Silverfish/Uncle wants this device called Cogheart. It is this mechanical heart that can keep you alive forever (I wouldn’t like that because your skin would go extremely wrinkly after 200 years) because he is really poorly. And so he had got a couple of evil people to try and find the Cogheart, but no one knows it is inside of Lilly’s body. She made a couple of friends 1st Robert his dad had died during this book. Also a fox the mechanical called Malkin who delivered a special note to Lilly and finally Anna who flew the airship all the way to London for Lilly, Robert and Malkin.

I would recommend it to people who like SHOCK, DANGER and DARING!!!!

I rate it four out of five

Because it took a long time to get into the story for me but other than that great!!!

Let me know what you think of my review in the comments below…

Review written by Sophie Gilmour