Tuesday 3 December 2013

Movie: October Sky

Would you rather watch a movie named October Sky or Rocket Boys? I think I would have chose October Sky, but actually they are the same movie. 

The movie October Sky was "Prodigious"! Homer Hickman has really inspired me to be more determined, and never give up on what you are doing no matter how difficult it is. The idea of the film which was based on a true story, was failure is the first step of success. 

My favourite character was Quentin, even though he was rejected by everyone, but he stayed true to himself and continued his interest in Science and eventually became very successful. 


Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

I really enjoyed the book Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, it was heart warming but intense,  the plot was very unpredictable. My favourite character of this book was Sirius Black, but I am not going to say the reason for that because that will ruin the surprise J.K Rowing has prepared for you. 

Harry was different to everyone else, he hated holidays, because he is once more stuck in his least favourite place of all, number 4 Privet drive. Just imagine being forced to live with relatives that hated you, and insulted you every time they saw you, it would be pretty horrible.

Everyone has an emotion range, Harry was already frustrated, but the arrival of Aunt Marge made things worst, she insulted his parents who died a heroic death protecting him, Harry's extreme anger triggered underage magic, causing Aunt Marge to swell up into a big ballon. 

Why wasn't Harry in big trouble for blowing up his Aunt? He felt everyone was keeping something important away from him. But he soon found out..... If you recall why Harry was forced to live with his Aunt, you would wonder how Lord Voldemort found them and killed Harry's parents with protective enchantments surrounding ever corner of their house? 

Sirius Black, best friend of James Potter (Harry's father) was responsible for the death of 12 muggles and their good friend Peter Pettigrew, he betrayed the Potters at the last second and revealed their location to Lord Voldemort. But most importantly, he escaped from the wizard prison, Azkaban, rumoured to finish what he started, finding Harry and killing him. But things became complicated when Peter's name appeared on the Marauder's Map. 

Was Sirius Black, godfather of Harry Potter, really the murderer of the Potters? Was he innocent after all?