THE ONLY WAY IS..

                                                              ..VEGAS!  

...Glittering gowns and suave suits filled the marquee. Free champagne was being guzzled by students. Canapés were circulating around on trays, quickly snatched off by those hungry ones who had skipped dinner in order to maximize drunkenness (classic). In the background, an acoustic band played and a few people were starting to dance. Inside the SU casino tables filled the room and people were queuing up to buy chips. It could only be....

THE BROOKES SUMMER BALL!

On Saturday the 21st May, I made my way along with friends up to the SU bar, which I admittedly had never visited before (shocking!). The drink I had consumed in the standard pre-drinks had not hit me yet so I was able to walk up quite gracefully in my platform heels wooo! With my arm linked through my boyfriends I was excited! The main source of this excitement was the thought that later.. I was going to meet JAMES ARGENT (ultimate lad) from TOWIE! I LOVE TOWIE! Ahem so anyways we went in had lots of fun, got drunk, smoked shisha, drank cocktails, and danced to an acoustic band. They also had some dodgems there which I went on, my boyfriend and I absolutely smashed our opponents haha.. 

Some of the girls and I

The lovely Robyn and I 

Later on in the night we moved into the main area of the SU. This was where all the acts were performing. I was very impressed with the size of the SU - I was imagining a teeny room with not much decor but the organisers had done well! By this time my feet were aching so much from my heels and I was suitably drunk, yet I desperately wanted to meet the TOWIE cast. After waiting a while Wagner came on stage and played some racket on bongo drums classic. By this point I was so upset but realised I had wanted to leave. I couldn't handle my feet aching anymore and I was so drunk/tired. I tried everything from taking off my shoes to sitting down but nothing worked! I was gutted! It was only like 1am! But we had arrived too early at the ball at half 7. I wish we had arrived later so we could see more acts :( 5 hours of drinking is not so good. So my lovely boyfriend took me home and we collapsed into bed after a good night!! x x 

Wagner 

Me and Tom messing around 

The famous towie lads

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WATER FOR ELEPHANTS FILM REVIEW

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WATER FOR ELEPHANTS: FILM REVIEW 

 I sat down comfortably in the cinema, full fat coke in one hand, salted popcorn in the other. As I took a handful I wondered what I would make of this film. I had mixed feelings, though predominantly positive ones; I am not Robert Pattinson's biggest fan however from what I could gage from the trailers of the film I thought this would be his chance to play more than a two dimensional character - *cough* twilight *cough* - so I decided to give him a chance. 

The film's follows a travelling circus, lead by August, (played excellently by Christoph Waltz - but more about that later) and his wife Marlena (Witherspoon). Jacob (Pattinson) is a veterinary student who drops out from college following his parent's death, and joins the circus by chance as its vet.  What ensues is love, murder, betrayal... all sounds pretty generic hey? Well, though the story may follow a conventional plot - poor guy and rich woman fall in love.. rich woman's husband angry.. WFE provides I think personally enough depth to enable us to engage and empathise with the characters. It also has some pretty shocking moments, Rosie the elephant was the cause of  many 'awwws' and 'sssssss' (yes that's the sound of an intake of breath in horror) within the audience. 

My verdict, go and see it! While it is oozing with Hollywood conventions - the whole story being told in flashback, the poor orphaned guy the most brilliant morals and care for women (awwwww) and the unattainable woman - it does provides laughs, shocks and if that fails.. CARNIES.. who can resist... ?

CASTING

Witherspoon as Marlena

Although there was controversy around this casting choice, I personally felt Witherspoon fell into the role quite well.  I considered who else I personally would have cast and all I could think of was possibly Rachel McAdams, however I personally think it worked well Witherspoon being older than Pattinson. She was a likable character and I was able to see her side of the story rather than rubbish her for having an affair. The only notable negative is perhaps the chemistry on screen between Marlena and Jacob., which I felt was a little contrived at times. 

Pattinson as Jacob

 Surprisingly worked well in the role. It required two sides;  a soft, innocence changed later in the film to a protective dominance. Andrew Garfield audition for this role, and while I believe he would have been able to the portray the innocent Jacob I'm not sure he would have been as convincing as Pattinson was in the more heated argument and fight scenes.  I did not think Pattinson would be that convincing but I actually thought he did a great job. And hey, when he's not pale and has regular coloured eyes, basically NOT A VAMPIRE.. he isn't that bad looking he hehe 

Waltz as August 

The character of August was dominant, heartless, weak at  times, controlling and cruel. Oh hey Christoph Waltz! The best casting choice of the film personally.  Inglorious Bastards saw Waltz, portraying such a similar character in the role of Col. Landa, which I believed aided him in the audience reception of the character. We already, well me personally, had this impression of Christoph Waltz for being a very powerful heartless character. Applying this to August was easy; and I even found myself thinking 'YESSSS' in the ending, horrific as it was. Thats good acting!