Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Hey All! It's Snow White week(s)!! For the next few months, I plan to watch all 53 Walt Disney Animation movies and review them, talking about the movie, the villains, the merchandise, other adaptions of the story, the inspiration, the music, the prince (if there is one), and the pets/sidekicks/friends of the titular character! I have finished watching the Snow White movie and will spend a few days talking about the above things. (I will also link the posts to the specific words once the posts are published). Not sure how long Snow White Week will span for but let's start off with a summary of the story, with pictures!

Intro Book

 We start off with the book and a message of appreciation from Walt and the credits. That way, you won't leave at the end and the people who put the hard work in won't get recognized. Nowadays, they just put the scene in the end credits so that we have to stay and watch.

The introduction:

 See, Snow White was a princess to begin with. She didn't really need a prince to make her a princess

 Q: slave in the magic mirror, come from the farthest space, through wind and darkness i summon thee. speak, let me see thy face
M: what wouldst thou know, my queen?
Q: Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of them all?
M: Famed is thy beauty majesty, but oh a lovely maid i see. rags cannot hide her gentle grace. alas, she is more fair than thee.

Our favorite scullery maid:

We are standing by a wishing well
She wishes to find someone to love. Women of those days tend to do that.

Oh look, an eavesdropping prince

Breaking and entering into her home.

I LOVE YOU, BE MINE!

Have I frightened you? (Me: Uh duh)

Very Romeo, singing to her on a balcony. At least she doesn't pretend to not hear him.

Why doesn't The Queen just let Snow go? That way Snow's beauty won't get in the way anymore

Old school way of sending a kiss. I wonder if doves can really blush

 Giving the order to take her far away

Not as hot as the huntsman from Once Upon a Time

She wears a nice dress when shes goes out but has to wear rags when inside the castle walls

He's got them crazy eyes

A terrified child with an overactive imagination in a dark forest
Down the rabbit alligator hole

When you're scared, you sing a song

'Sup

 "Oh it's adorable, just like a doll's house!" -Snow White

As snow talks about the seven children and how disappointed their mother would be by the mess, she realizes they don't have a mother. Very much like the Lost Boys from Peter Pan!
She tells the animals to wash the dishes, tidy the rooms, and clean the fireplace and she will "move the broom"

Very Chip and Dale-esque squirrels.

Guest starring Jerry:

Bambi decides to lick the plates clean

Special appearance by Mickey's trousers:

They like to dig dig dig dig, dig dig dig to get rich quick

Dopey throws the hollow sounding gems into the water. They break like glass

Getting off work at 5

Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it's home from work we go

She only needs 3 beds to lay across. I always remembered it as all 7.
The animals abandon her as they hear the dwarfs coming

"The lit's light! The light's lit!"
(Doc has a speech impediment. Does not live up to his name)

"Jimney Crickets!!"

They all have pretty large irises except for Grumpy and Sleepy

This is how seven men sneaks in on their intruder

Ahh a noise!

Someone broke in and cleaned our house!!

Sneezy's hay fever acts up

They send Dopey up to investigate all by himself

We'll be right behind you

They do not fight fair

Dopey looks a lot like Snow White in this scene. Blue eyes, blush in cheeks.

"Off with its head!"

Preparing to srike

Let's kill her anyway! (Note: He did not say that)
But he did say that females are full of wicked wiles

Why, you're little men!

Don't be scared

Wait, don't tell me. Let me guess your names

Dwarfs:

Doc

Bashful

Sleepy

Sneezy

Happy

That's Dopey

Grumpy

Oh please don't send me away! (Me: please don't slam the door)

I can wash, sew, clean, and cook

Oh let me fluff my hair while I run down the stairs

What is this "wash" she speaks of?

Do you know?

Show me your hands!

Courage men, courage.
It's wet! And cold!

Doc doesn't have to wash

This is how normal people wash their face

Poor bashful

Planning to get Grumpy

Act natural

Nothing going on

They are all evil laughing

Return of the Magic Mirror
"Over the seven jeweled hills, beyond the seventh fall, in the cottage of the seven dwarfs, where Snow White, fairest of all"

The heart of Bambi's heart is in here (do you guys remember the story as having a deer's heart? Just me?)
It's actually a pig's heart

Maleficent's pet bird

Coolest books ever

Recipe

Mummy dust - to make me old

The black of night - to shroud my clothes

The old hag's crackle - to age my voice
(it sounds a lot like Ursula)

The scream of fright - to whiten my hair

A blast of wind - to fan my hate

A thunderbolt - to mix it well

It looks delicious, this is the drink they should have had at the 24 hour event

Coolest piano ever

Animals

Great glute workout

Whose coat is that?

Singing Some Day My Prince Will Come

They let Snow White sleep in their beds while they sleep downstairs
Dopey got the pillow first

This fly has been bugging him all day

 Apple recipe

Famous skull!

Want a bite?

Because it would be wrong of them to not have an antidote
It says "love's first kiss" does that mean a second kiss won't work?

Doc: watch out for the queen, she has magic
A huge, obvious foreshadowing

Dopey may be the youngest, but he sure has experienced hormones

Grumpy preening before getting his kiss

GRUMPY SMILES!!

You'll die! You'll die!
Did those birds just tell us we're going to die?
(From Oz the Great and Powerful)

 Birds on a pie, cannot be sanitary
FDA not approved!
Meanwhile, Snow White sings about wedding bells

One red apple out of all green and yellow ones
Not suspicious at all

Apple falls on ground, eats anyway

Animal instincts: knew something bad was going to happen before it did

Off to work they go

Run! The hunter is coming! (Bambi reference)

She's trying to "Indiana Jones" them

Poor queen had to die as an ugly hag. And the boulder ended up crushing her when she fell

Stupid vultures. Silent but deadly omens

Laying her down to rest

Even the candle is crying

The animals are out in the rain

I wonder how long the "eternal" vigil is

Look the stalker is back

They look so happy!!!

My prince has come!

The Prince lifts them up one at a time

Somehow, he is able to lift these three at the same time

Grumpy is so happy

They ascend into the castle floating in the sky

Or so we think...

The upcoming days, will be going over the following things:
-Villain: Evil Queen
-The Prince
-Sidekicks/friends: 7 dwarfs and animals
-Original story: Grimm fairy tale

(500) Days of Summer

Today, I watched the movie (500) Days of Summer, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel

This is a story of boy meets girl. Not a love story
Day 488 Summer and Tom sitting at the bench. She has an engagement ring

Day 1 Jan 8, Tom meets Summer. Moon River plays every time he sees her or when they have a connection.

Day 290 Tom's sister, Rachel,  rides a bike to Tom's apartment and sees him smashing plates. Things were going so well then "I think we should stop seeing each other." She says she loves the pancakes and he walks off. "You're still my best friend!"

Day 1 Tom meets Summer during a pitch meeting.
Summer: average but she induced a rise in sales of a band, sales at a ice cream store, and at least 9% below rent in every where she stayed.

Day 3 Tom's friend, McKenzie, tells him Summer is a bitch

Day 4 Summer is in the same elevator as Tom. She comments on the fact he's listening to The Smiths.

Day 8 Talks to Summer at a co-worker's engagement party. She tells him that she moved there because she was bored. She asks him about his architecture.
Best quote of the movie "They used to call me anal girl" "I was very neat and organized"

Day 154 Tom tells his friend, Paul,  he's officially in love with Summer. He lists all the things he loves about her

Day 11 Talks to his sister, she tells him just because they like the same things doesn't mean they're soul mates

Day 22 Tells his friends it's over between him and Summer

Day 27 McKenzie invites Tom to karaoke

Day 28 They have fun. Tells them she doesn't believe in having a boyfriend. Or relationships. Or love. She gets Tom to sing. McKenzie tells Summer that Tom likes her. She asks if it's true. And says they should be friends.

Day 31 They see each other in the copy room and she makes out with him and leaves after her papers are done. Paul goes over to Tom's place all excited and sees Summer come out of the bathroom.

Day 282 Ikea. Hun, all our sinks are broken. She shows no interest

Day 34 Famous Ikea scene. They play around, tv's not working, invisible food, broken sink, a home with two kitchens, racing to the bedroom. Chinese family in the bathroom. She reminds him that she's not looking for anything serious. That night at his apartment, he goes into the bathroom to give himself a pep talk and comes out to find her naked in his bed.

Day 35 Morning after, everyone is wearing blue and there's a dance sequence. Very Disney-esque bluebird flies by. He goes into the elevator at work all happy

Day 303 He comes out of the elevator all depressed. McKenzie tells Tom to write a book. Tom gets an email from Summer saying maybe it means they could start to be friends

Day 45 McKenzie sees her on the phone in the copy room singing. Tells Tom "your girl is losing it"

Day 87 At a dvd store, she tells him she loves Ringo Starr. They go into an adult section and rent something. They try it out in his tub

Day 95 He talks about the architecture of the city. Shows her his favorite spot at the park. He draws a landscape on her arm

Day 109 He sees her apartment for the first time. Finally inside her inner sanctum. Next 6 words: Summer "I've never told anybody that before" Tom "I guess I'm not just anybody"

He talks to his friends about it. They tell him he should put a label on it

Day 118 Tom is at Rachel's soccer game. "What should I do?" His sister has had multiple boyfriends
Summer and Tom ride in a car, he asks what they're doing and she said they're having fun.

Day 259 At a bar, Tom complains about how women dress nowadays. Summer says "some people like it." Some guy comes up and aggressively tries to buy Summer a drink. She calmly shoots him down and he acts like a jerk about it. Tom punches the guy in the face. Summer takes him back to her place and is upset that he stood up for her and she doesn't need anyone to defend her.
He storms out. Neither of them can sleep. She buzzes at his door and apologizes.

Next morning, they talk about their past experiences.

Day 266 They play the "penis" game at the park

Day 191 At an art gallery. They go to a movie

Day 314 He sits at a movie by himself. Foreign film about his sadness

Day 321 "Roses are red/Violets are blue/ F* you whore". Gets reassigned to misery

Day 167 He finished his 25 cards assignment early and help others do their assignments

Day 322 "I hate Summer" lists of things he hates about her.

Riding on a bus, "I HATE THIS SONG!" Gets kicked off

Day 345 Set up on a blind date by Paul. He tells her that "this isn't going to go anywhere"
He gets drunk and tells her about Summer. They go karaoke.

Day 402 Getting on a train to go to a wedding. Sees Summer. She invites her to coffee. They have fun at the wedding, they sit at the kids table. Summer catches the bouquet. They dance. She invites her to a party at her place.

Day 408 Party day. Expectations vs Reality. Expectation: She kisses him on the mouth. Reality: She hugs him. Expectation: She hugs him after opening the present. Reality: She puts a hand on his shoulder. Expectation: They sit at the table talking while everyone else around them talks to each other. Reality. She stands beside the table while random people talk to him. Expectation: They talk at the balcony and leave together. Reality: He drinks alone while she's with some guy.
And then he notices her engagement ring and leaves.

Day 440 Alarm. Stops it.
Day 441 Alarm. Stops it.
Day 441 1/2 Buys Orange juice, Jack Daniels, and Twinkies while wearing a robe
Day 441 Alarm. Sleeping with eyes open. Goes to work. Everyone stares. Pitch meeting. He quits.

Day 450 At the soccer field. He's sketching suicidal pictures of Summer. Rachel tells him he was only remembering the good stuff and to look again. He remembers a day when they go watch a movie. There's a wedding scene, she cries. That's when she starts acting weird.

Day 456-476 He's lounging around on his bed and then decides to erase his chalkboard wall, read architecture magazines, and go on interviews. He draws a landscape on his wall.
She gets happily married

Day 488 He goes to his bench and finds her waiting there for him to eventually show up.
"You never wanted to be anybody's girlfriend and now you're someone's wife"
"I just woke up one day and I knew" ... "What I was never sure of with you"
"I was sitting in a deli reading Dorian Gray, a guy comes up to me and asks me about it. And now he's my husband."

Day 500 May 23, a Wednesday. At an interview, a girl talks to him. Tells him that she also loves the spot with the bench. He invites her to coffee. She introduces herself as Autumn.

Day 1

Sherlock Holmes: The Reigate Puzzle

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - The Reigate Puzzle

April of '87, a strenuous case concerning Baron Maupertuis left Holmes ill. More than once, he had spent 4-5 days awake at a time working on the case that the police of three countries had failed.
Watson took Holmes to Reigate in the country to visit Colonel Hayter and to let Holmes have a little fresh air.
They happened to visit the day after there was a break in at one of the other residents. And the night they arrived, there was a shooting. Involved were the feuding families of Acton and Cunningham.

Result: Cunninghams robbed Actons looking for a deed to the land. Their coachman, William Kirwan, was shot because he followed his employers (a father and son team) and witnessed them robbing the Acton's library. They both made up a story to cover their tracks about the shooting.

Black Box: Season 1 Ep 8 Free Will

Black Box Season 1 Episode 8 Free Will

Alien Hand Syndrome:

Side effects of brain surgery. Left and right hemispheres of the brain are not connecting, brain synapses are crossing so the right hand doesn't know what the other is doing.