brave // movie review

I know. It's been a little while. Actually a long while. But I'm still here. I'm just mega-busy with life. :D

But I wanted to post this for a specific reason...I went to see Brave in 3D yesterday with my family. Pretty awesome. And I wanted to review it to give y'all my opinion on Pixar's awesome new film.

So here we are...

Having watched most of Pixar's films, I'm a huuuuge fan. They (almost. Walle's my 1 exception) always seem to add a perfect amount of seriousness with a perfect amount of humor. Plus they're animated. And I LOVE animated movies. :D

Brave is the first Pixar film in which there is a princess. And it's also the first Disney princess film in which there isn't a prince.

So let me introduce you to Princess Merida:

Let me just put it like this. She rocks. She's an archer; she has triplet brothers; and she has red hair. How can you go wrong?

But Merida hates her fate. Very soon she's going to have to be betrothed. And all that will do it take away her freedom, in her opinion.

Her well-respected mother, Queen Elinor trys to make a proper lady of Merida. But Merida is convinced that Elinor is trying to live Merida's life for her. And the princess hates it.

 So when the time comes when she'll have to pick her future husband, she runs. And she and her horse find a witches cottage where Merida thinks she may have found a solution to her problem.

But the witch doesn't mention one of the side-effects of her potion...

And everything goes downhill from there.

It's a very cute movie. But, honestly, for a Pixar film, it gets rather dark. If you've watched the trailer, you'll know there are bears involved. And even animated, these bears are terrifying. I know my brother would've been scared to death. So if anyone in your family was scared by Tangled, Brave is probably not for them.

However, there was some pretty clever humor in it, provided mostly by these three. I have to say, the triplets are the best characters in the movie, by far. They're cute, and they're very clever (especially for people so small. :D) 

So of the humor wasn't quite so nice, though. You know, bathroom humor and stuff. All of it wasn't really necessary, but at least since it's animated, they can still pass it off as PG.

All in all, *very* cute movie. At times it was scary, it even made me cry (yeah, i know. an animated film.), but it was great. 

And the storyline is good too. Because, though Merida is sassy in the beginning, she ends up having to fix her mistake herself. And that was good for her and her family.

I'm gonna give it a ***** out of *****. :)

And know that it's up there with The Incredibles, Ratatouille, and Cars 2. ;)

~Vivi~

P. S. It has a toddler version of Merida in it that's adorable. So even if you watch it just for that, it'll be worth it. :P

P. P. S. I know I said we saw it in 3D, but just FYI, the 3D doesn't add very much. So I'd probably just go 2D if I went again. ;)

that awkward moment...

...when you realize that every single one of your friends that has taken the quiz you made turned out to be most like YOU. Seriously. This is sad.

And since YOU happened to make the quiz in the first place...

Oh, dear. :P

Well, apparently it's not as accurate as I thought it was. Not that y'all *aren't* like me, it's just 6 people in a row turning up to be most like me is a little...unexpected. :D

So...sorry! ;) Maybe in a couple years I'll make another one that's not so...biased (for lack of a better word :). But you had fun...right? So that's all that matters. :D

feel like takin' another quiz?? :P

Yeah, I made another Coulter sister quiz...:) Sorry, I just have way too much fun with them.

You might remember this quiz that Gab and I made a couple years back (under the names HerMajesty (gab), MissVivi (me), JooJoo (annette), and SillyGal (josie)). It wasn't that accurate...so I decided to make a new and updated version. :) So now *you* can know which Coulter sister you are most like.

I'd take it and show you the results, but I know I'd just be me. And it wouldn't be any fun. :D So I want you to go take it and tell me who you get in the comments (especially if you get me :P). 

So please. Waste 15 minutes of your time to find out which sister you're most like. :P 

(if you really do have school to do, then it's actually probably best that you don't waste you time...right now...wait till later and then waste your time. :D)

Which Coulter sister are you most like?

There we go. :)

 Love,

~Vivi~

prom pictures. :)

So I put together this video of our prom photo shoot this morning. :) Gab and I went together with my friend, Hannah. It was yesterday night, and my ankles and shins are still aching. 

But it was awesome. Hope you like it!

(5 brownie points if you know what movie our 'princess waving' is from)

that orange UVA hat...:D

It's Bug's favorite thing to wear. And so, it only seemed right that, for his birthday this past Sunday, we make him a baseball cake.
Yes, our little baby bug had his 3rd birthday. Here are some great pictures to sum him and his special day up. :)

aren't his eyes *lovely*?

sorry, had to 'erase' his name that we put on the rim. that's why it looks foggy in all the hat pictures. :D

notice Gab and mom's scared looks when i hit the pinata. :D

The little blonde girl is 'A' from Pure Joy. We had their family over for his 'party'. :)

please excuse how weird i look in all of them.
And Gab and I were all fancied up because we went to the swim team banquet before. :)

I think he had a wonderful birthday. :) Happy late birthday again, Bug!! I can't believe you're 3. 

oh, how productive my day has been...

I've managed to wake up,

go to practice,

eat breakfast,

do my chores,

and get done 0% of the homework I need to.

I'll blame it on the fact that I'm sick. It's nice to have an excuse. Only, excuses won't really get me out of the mess I'll be in on Monday, when I'll wake up to a full week of more than 1 subject.

And it's not really nice that I actually am sick. With this awful cough-y, sore throat-y, stuffy nose-y, ache-y virus. Plus 4 days in a row of swim practice after 2 weeks off isn't really helping.

Oh, well.

At least it's Friday.

A picture for your entertainment. Feel free to make up any story behind it...

Hope y'all have a lovely Easter Friday!

if you look at the downside, you'd mention this is 2 weeks later...

...but look at the bright side! (that I'm posting at all :P)

I wish I could say that I have a perfectly logical, understandable, and acceptable explanation for my absence...such as:

"I've been so incredibly busy that I haven't been on my laptop for a whole 2 weeks!"

or

"All my free time has been spent in prayer, fasting, and folding laundry in preparation for Holy Week and Easter"

or

"I've written like 5 different posts with tons of pictures, I just haven't had time to post them" (which is stupid, because pushing the 'publish' button takes about 2 seconds)

...but, alas (as they always say in books), my real reasons are not quite so noble. :D

The main reason was that I was too lazy to think up a post. My life was interesting enough...but who really wants to read about how I got new silver sparkly sandals from Target??

(that actually is true. And in case you're one of the few people that *does* care about that (yes, that's actually correct grammar. Gab would be proud. :P), here's what they look like)

I was too busy relaxing, sleeping in, and playing Draw Something on my iPod (this game is addicting. please get it and find my by typing in my username 'vivi coulter' :D). Oh yeah, plus I'm reading THG. Again. (desperate times call for desperate measures...)

But here I am! Back into swimming, school, orchestra, and normal busy life. And I LOVE IT. :) I don't care for school much (I just want that to be done), but I like my normal routine...know what's going on, and what'll happen each day. And lounging on the couch is not part of it. Plus I realized how much I missed swimming. You go for two weeks without exercising (except one time that left me sore for days), and you'd miss it too. ;)

Easter was awesome. Still is. After all, it's gonna be Easter for the next...what, 50 days? Don't you love how you even have an extra ten days to make up for all that lost sweet-eating time in Lent? *sigh* Life is good.

In case you're interested in stuff like this, here are a couple Easter-y pictures for you. Starting right before Easter Vigil when we ran outside and had a messy photo shoot. ;)

(the weird stuff that happens after the 4th photo)
(pretend Josie has her eyes open)

chocolate-covered peeps. who knew, right?

i had to get the bunny out. i mean, it was kinda his special day...(p. s. if you have yet to learn his name, check here for an intro)

We went to the baseball game to cheer on the hoos (he had too much popcorn, apparently. it does things to ya...).

(5 brownie points if you can find his football egg! :D)

(um. yeah.)

Anyway, we had a fantastic Easter Day. I can only hope that the next 46 days are half that good. :)

Christ is Risen! PRAISE THE LORD.

How was your Easter? How many jelly beans did you eat? (be honest. I'll answer first and say I didn't count, and I don't think any of us really want to know. I'm just hoping that they'll get swum off in the next...month maybe?)