Firefly and everything else by Joss Whedon

So it's been a while since I wrote a blog post and that is probably because of two reasons:
reason number 1- I have way too much coursework (which I should probably be doing now)
reason number 2- I have a new obsession...Firefly

I'm not saying that my new fad/obsession is a bad thing but it is taking up alot of time, I mean needing to re-watch Firefly, which shouldn't of been cancelled (curse you Fox), just takes up alot of time, as you could imagine. I'm not saying I wasn't cynical about how much I would actually enjoy it but around 3 episodes into the series I was hooked and now I'm so glad that my boyfriend made me watch it (even if I did want to watch it anyway). So after I told one of my friends how much I liked Firefly and Serenity (thank the lord Universal Studios picked that up) he clued me in to a few more Joss Whedon shows, movies, and even mini web-series. Once you like one Joss Whedon thing you like all of them, trust me on this.
As you can guess Firefly is my favorite as it has made me realize that Nathan Fillion exists and that I want to be a space cowgirl when I grow up (it could happen). But that does not mean that I do not absolutely love every other Joss Whedon thing from Buffy to Dr Horrible's sing along blog, they are all amazing and everyone reading this should go and watch them all now and join in with the Joss Whedon fad.

you can find the Dr Horrible Web mini-series here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of9kHpCv1ts

Thanks for reading, I will hopefully be uploading my blogs more frequently again as my coursework is finishing soon and I will also be doing monthly Film reviews on old or new films that I've watched during the month (you can probably guess the movie for December. HINT: it's directed by Joss Whedon)

No Country For Old Men (2007, Coen Brothers)

This is my first film review, and it is also for my film studies homework, so I hope you enjoy!

The Coen brothers’ No Country For Old Men is a film adapted from a Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name. It tells the story of a drug deal gone wrong in an isolated west Texas county, an ex-soldier (Josh Brolin), an old sheriff (Tommy Lee Jones) and a psychotic hit man (Javier Bardem) in pursuit of a briefcase containing two million dollar. A movie made without a soundtrack, containing scenes of deep tension, harsh violence and some dark humour to create a slight crack in the tension. There is some amazing acting throughout this movie especially by Javier Bardem and Tommy Lee Jones, which create deep responses by all audience members. The events throughout the movie are unpredictable and go against the conventions of the piece, the supposed protagonist (Josh Brolin) is killed around 20 minutes before the end which left me as an audience member looking for another character to cling onto, to finish the story. The ending itself is one that leaves you with loose ends for you to tie yourself. From my personal point of view I think that an ending like this is the right move for this film because it allows the spectator to feel more in touch with the movie as it makes them create an ending that they themselves see fit for each character.