Fantasy Movie of the Month: MARCH

This month's fantasy movie is Alice in Wonderland, directed by Tim Burton.

Alice in Wonderland. It should all be so simple. But it's not.

Alice is played by Mia Wasikowska, and in this new twist on a classic tale, it's been 13 years since Alice first visited Wonderland when she was six. If you do the math, you can work out that Alice is now 19. She believes that her whole "Wonderland" experience was just a dream, but has always been a little different from everyone else all her life. After she runs to the garden to escape the decision of marrying an English lord whom she hates or disgracing herself and her family. She follows a little white rabbit...and ends up falling down a rabbit hole and into Wonderland. But Wonderland has changed in 13 years. The bloodthirsty Red Queen has stolen the throne from her kind little sister, the White Queen. And Alice finds out that she alone can slay the monstrous Jabberwocky.

Through many trials and tribulations, Alice finally decides that she is brave enough to slay the Jabberwocky. The end confrontation is incredible. With a star-studded cast including Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp, and the voice of Alan Rickman, and with flawless CGI and an amazing set, this movie is sure to be recognized as yet another Tim Burton classic.

I saw this movie the day it came out: Friday, March 5. It was absolutely mind-blowing. Please do not listen to critics who give it bad reviews. This movie is now on my Top 10 favorites list, and I'm sure at least 90% of the people on the blog will enjoy it very much.

XOXOXO Luna Lovegood

Fantasy Book of the Month: MARCH

This month's fantasy book is Pandora Gets Jealous by Carolyn Hennesy. 

You all know the story of Prometheus, right? He stole fire from Mount Olympus and gave it to the people of Earth. As punishment, Zeus chained him to a rock, and a vulture came and ate out his liver. Of course, with Prometheus being a Titan and therefore immortal, his liver grew back overnight, and the vulture came and ate it in the morning again...and again...and again. Finally, Hercules convinced Zeus to release Prometheus, and Zeus did so. But, as a reminder to Prometheus, Zeus gave him a box which contained seven great evils. It was warned that this box never be opened. And so Prometheus took the box back down to Earth. And he married. And he had a daughter. And he named her...Pandora. 

Pandora is an average 13-year-old who just wants to fit in with the more popular kids. She feels very plain indeed, with regular old brown hair and a slight overbite. So one day, instead of bringing her dad's liver in a jar for show-and-tell (again), she decides to bring this cute little box. That will impress the popular kids! Of course, we all know what happens next: through a series of events and emotions, the box is opened, and seven great evils are released into the world. Gulp. Now Pandy has to collect all of the evils and return them to the box, or go down in history as the girl who ruined the world.

Read it! It's fantastic! (I bet all you Rick Riordan fans will love it...)

XOXOXO Luna Lovegood

Hullo!

I am pleased to announce that Luna's Fantasy Book Club has been given a complete makeover...and now it is just Luna's Fantasy Blog!! We can talk about fantasy/science fiction books, movies, and...I don't know...fictional bacon??? 

Anyway, I deleted all the other posts since no one has been on here for a while and it was kind of a ghost blog. But I promise, promise, promise this time will be better! 

Peace out!

XOXOXO Luna Lovegood