Allegiant Movie Review

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Movie: The Divergent Series: Allegiant

Book: Allegiant - Veronica Roth
Rating: 6/10



Okay, so first thing’s first, did anyone that worked on the movie actually ever get around to reading the book? Where the hell did that plot come from? I was honestly extremely confused through most of the movie and had no clue what the hell was going on. Which, really sucked because I LOVED the Divergent books (except the ending, but that’s a story for another time). The Insurgent movie was all over the place too and I’m still pretty upset about it, but what are you gonna do?

Overall, I did like the movie because is was super suspenseful and kept me hooked but as someone who actually read the books, I was ultimately disappointed. The books are so good, there’s no need to change the plot that drastically. I understand every movie team has to change bits and pieces to fit the book into a 2 hour film, but changing the whole plot? There’s no point. You just end up pissing off all the book lovers to no end. It’s happening more and more often that the movies go way out sync with the books, it happened with The Maze Runner, Paper Towns & now Divergent. Don’t get me wrong, the first Divergent movie was on point but the second and now the third seem like they’re coming out of nowhere.




Alright, here come the spoilers so if you don’t want to ruin the movie or the book for yourself (STOP NOW). Okay, if you keep reading I’m not responsible for any spoilers.

 The Differences:
1. The Fringe
  • When did the Fringe turn into Mars? It’s supposed to be a wasteland, yes but not some crazy space-themed place with toxic rain. I mean, I’m pretty sure there’s trees and stuff, they also don’t get chased by one of Evelyn’s psychotic minions and instead run into some divergents that used to belong to Dauntless before they faked their deaths and ran away.
2. The Divergents
  • Speaking of those Divergents from Dauntless, they’re so central to the plot, what the hell happened to them? George Wu is the DIvergent brother of Tori, who thought he died and there’s a super heartbreaking moment in the book where the Allegiant group have to tell him that his sister died while they were trying to reach the outside. THIS NEVER HAPPENED IN THE MOVIE yet Tori still died and after a few minutes, she was completely forgotten….
3. Peter
  • What the hell happened to him? I have no idea, he’s pretty much completely different in the movie and has no intention of getting anywhere near the memory serum. I admired him so much in the book because he took that memory serum, and even though it broke my heart I knew it was the right thing to do. In the movie he’s just a complete ass 100% of the time. Don’t get me wrong, I adore Miles Teller and think he’s a perfect Peter, I just wish the movie writers and kept closer to the book on at least his character, but who knows, maybe he’ll change in the last movie?
4. Memory Serum
  • It was never actually released on the city…. Um….
5. Tris & Four’s relationship
  • What…. was… that… about…. The movie had them all over each other all the time, yeah they had a mini fight but like in the book they’re always disagreeing and literally the whole group is torn apart, which makes the ending so heartbreaking and unbearable.
6. Chicago
  • I know the city is Chicago, but do the people in the city ever actually find that out? I’m pretty sure Tris & The gang only find out once they’re with the Bureau…? They say Chicago about a thousand times in the movie and it just makes it… awkward? Yeah, awkward.
7. Uriah
  • My absolute favorite character in the entire series & he’s not even in the movies. I mean he has one small scene in Insurgent, but… that doesn’t count, not really. And his character is SO important in Allegiant. AH.
I have 0 hope for the last movie and no clue where they’re going with this, I mean Tris & Four aren’t supposed to head back to the city… I think four does at the very end but Tris never returns. No idea where’re they’re going but if they’re going to change everything else, here’s hopping they change the ending? Maybe…. Maybe not.
Until next time!

 *Images from google

x Mitchie

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Best of Boston #1

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Hey guys! So as you probably know by now, I live in the wonderful city of Boston, Ma. I've lived here for about 10 years, which is pretty much half my life. I love it here and it's my favorite city on the planet. There's so much Boston offers so I thought I'd share with all of you some of my favorite spots. These aren't going to be in any particular order, it just depends on when I can get there and take pictures and all that.

The Boston Harbor



So, to start off I'm taking you all on a little trip to The Boston Harbor. There's lots of little parts that are called "The Harbor" but in my mind it's just any place next to the water where the boats come in. I love the part of the harbor that's by the aquarium and Faneuil Hall. In order to get over to the harbor you walk through Christopher Columbus Park, which is beautiful, especially in the winter because it's all lit up.


There's usually a million people all over this bit but I was there on March 1st, which is a Tuesday and I was there in the middle of the day so there really was no one in site and it was so peaceful and pretty. I loved it. 



Walking along the little boardwalk area is great too, even though it's actually cobblestones and not a legit boardwalk. 

It's all around a cool place to chill out in the sun and get some sea breeze without having to go to a beach. There's plenty of places to get food with Fanueil Hall right there and after your nice little walk, you can go to the aquarium, it's not huge or impressive or anything but it's fun to spend an afternoon hanging out with a ton of penguins.



Hope you enjoy this little series I'm gonna work on & I'll see you in a bit!

x Mitchie


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February Favorites

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I'm guessing this won't be up till a few days into March, but i'll try to make sure it's not too late!



Alright so let's start it off with music again!

Song:
"Bite" - Troye Sivan

We all know I love Troye, but this song has been on repeat all month, I swear. I just love the feel to it completely and it's one of those songs that is AMAZING when you listen to it through your headphones so you should all go do that now. It's on the deluxe version of Blue Neighborhood and you can check out Troye singing it live over here.

Artist/ Album:
Panic! At The Disco - Death Of A Bachelor

Amazing album and amazing band. I've been listening to a lot of Panic! all month, and pretty much always. I'd say Panic! is my 2nd favorite band of all time. I'm pretty sure there's not a single song of their's out there that I don't adore. Death of a Bachelor only recently came out, so if you haven't heard it yet you should definitely go check it out. My favorite is probably "LA Devotee" or "Don't Threaten My With A Good Time"but I love them all. :)

TV Shows:
FULLER HOUSE, DUH. Do I need to say more? No.

(I'm also really digging the new season of The Vampire Diaries and the 3 years forward thing is super cool, just thought i'd let you know.)

No but really, Fuller House was amazing and I hope there's gonna be a season 2 soon.



Book:
Glass Sword - Victoria Aveyard

I'm currently in the middle of it but I read every chance I get because it's amazing. It's the sequel to her book Red Queen, which is equally amazing. If you're in to fantasy and crazy worlds go give it a read. I've read books like The Hunger Games, The Lunar Chronicles, Matched, and more crasy fantasy YA books but this one is very unique and I think it's awesome.

You can check out my goodreads page it you ever want to know what i'm reading or what i've read in the past. I don't update constantly but i'll try to work on it. :)

Makeup:

L'Oreal Products:
  • Eyeliner: L'Oreal Paris The Super Slim Eyeliner by Infallible, Black (I looked up the full name but I could be 100% wrong so who knows). Super awesome & waterproof and I wear it constantly.
  • Eyeshadow: L'Oreal Paris Eyeshadow Quad Color Riche (again looked up the full name) all of their little palettes are pretty cool and I love them so yeah
  • Lipstick: L'Oreal Color Riche Lipstick, Sugar Plum (I think, I lost it like 3 or 4 days ago so I suck...) It's one of those nude/ pinkish colors though and I love it and wish I could wear it every day. I'll have to get a new one soon.


Maybelline Pumped Up Colossal Mascara: 

Some super cheap drugstore mascara but still great nonetheless and it's waterproof, which is perfect because it'll go ahead and stay all day long. I'm a big fan of Maybelline's mascaras & I've used them for years but I'm now really loving this one.

Nails:


Sinful Colors nail polish has been my favorite recently. It's pretty cheap but works really well! I've got about 6 or 7 different colors but I've been using my white and gold polishes and I've currently got the gold polish on my fingernails right now. It's pretty cool and will last a few days but again, it's pretty cheap so it won't stick around forever.

Clothes:

There's these pair of shoes/boots that I've been wearing a bunch this month, even though I've had them for a couple of years I never really wore them all that much. Don't know why but here we are and they're pretty great so I'm recommending every girl should have a pair of little boots like these. You can probably find some at TJMax or someplace like that.



Recently I've become obsessed with wearing headbands and I bought a stack of them from Primark and I love them. They're perfect for a crappy hair day and also it's pretty easy to use them even with a good hair day.

I'm sure there's a million other things I could talk about but that's all I've got for right now. Until next time!

x Mitchie

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Songs You Haven't Thought Of In Years

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Music Monday

Hello everybody! Today is Monday so I thought I'd share a little post about music, because that's kind of how music Monday goes. Today we're gonna take a little trip to the past and look back at a whole bunch of songs that you know you've been obsessed with at some point in your life. I think everyone's had a slight "alternative phase" in their lives. 

So, here we go with 30 Of Your Favorite Songs That You Haven't Thought Of In Years:

1. "Misery Business" - Paramore

2. "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" - My Chemical Romance

3. "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - Panic! At The Disco

4. "Hero/Heroine" - Boys Like Girls

5. "Stacy's Mom" - Fountains Of Wayne

6. "Basket Case" - Green Day

7. "Shake It" - Metro Station

8. "Whoa Oh! (Me vs Everyone)" - Forever The Sickest Kids

9. "Dance Dance" - Fall Out Boy

10. "Thunder" - Boys Like Girls

11. "Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off" - Panic!

12. "Helena" - My Chemical Romance

13. "I Miss You" - Blink 182

14. "American Idiot" - Green Day

15. "Miserable At Best" - Mayday Parade

16. "The Anthem" - Good Charlotte

17. "Welcome To The Black Parade" - My Chemical Romance

18. "Move Along" - The All-American Rejects

19. "Sugar, We're Going Down" - Fall Out Boy

20. "Dear Maria, Count Me In" - All Time Low

21. "All The Small Things" - Blink 182

22. "Ocean Avenue" - Yellowcard

23. "Dirty Little Secrets" - The All-American Rejects

24. "Jamie All Over" - Mayday Parade

25. "Teenagers" - My Chemical Romance

26. "Girls & Boys" - Good Charlotte

27. "Jasey Rae" - All Time Low

28. "The Only Exception" - Paramore

29. "Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy" - Fall Out Boy

30. "The Great Escape" - Boys Like Girls

Obviously, theres a whole lot more these are just a few of my personal favorites that I still love to this day.

x Mitchie

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Pizza Time!

5:53 PM Mitchie 0 Comments

Homemade Pizza

Everyone loves pizza, it's impossible not to. The only problem is, ordering pizza is a major hassle and it's so unhealthy. The best way to have pizza is to make it homemade, trust me. It's not super healthy or anything but it's a whole lot less greasy than ordering take out. Also, you can make it healthier depending on what you put on it. It's pretty easy to make and can be a bunch of fun. It's a cool activity to do on a girls night, too.

What You'll Need:

  • Dough, whether you make it yourself or get it from the store like I do.
  • Sauce if you want (I don't eat tomatoes so I didn't have any)
  • Cheese, again only if you want it & you can have whatever kind you want.
  • Then any topics you want.
  • Spices (they'll make it 100% better.
  • Melted butter or olive oil
  • Flour
So you'll first want to get flour all over the counter that you're using then get the dough on there and add a bit more flour so it's not wicked sticky. Next you'll roll out the dough into whatever shape you want, and get that onto an oven tray. Now it's toppings time. If you are gonna use melted butter or olive oil, put a little bit around the edge of your pizza, where the crust will be. This makes it a lot crunchier and tastier. Then usually you do sauce, cheese & toppings. I went for some cheese, black olives, and turkey bacon. I was just using up what we had in the fridge. 

Now spices, use whatever you like obviously but I'd say adding a little garlic powder/ salt, onion powder, basil, parsley or anything like that makes the finished product that much better. 


Cook at 425 degrees for about 10-13 minutes, or until the cheese/crust gets nice and golden brown. Let it cool for a few minutes then cut it up and serve. Depending on how you rolled out your dough, you should have enough for a bunch of people. Or, if you're like me and made it just for yourself, it's enough to last for both dinner and breakfast the next morning. Nothing's better for breakfast than leftover pizza!

x Mitchie

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Peanut Butter M&M Balls

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Peanut Butter and M&M Balls





On to the recipe... I found this online. I thought it was pretty cool and would make an excellent first food related post! It's super easy to make and inexpensive to get the ingredients. 

What You'll Need:
  • 1/2 cup of melted butter
  • 1 1/2 cups of peanut butter
  • 2 1/2 cups of powdered sugar
  • Chocolate Chips
  • M&Ms



To start this off, you should get an oven tray or really any tray that will fit in your freezer and put a layer of parchment paper on it. Next, put the peanut butter first in your mixing bowl first. Then your melted butter then the powdered sugar. To make melting the butter easier, I cut it up into a bunch of pieces then depending on your microwave it should take about 30 seconds to melt the butter. You'll want to work quickly mixing because the butter can solidify again when it cools down.

Mix the PB, butter and sugar together nice and smooth then add a handful of M&Ms or more if you want. Go ahead and mix that all together. The next bit is a little messy. You're going to have to take bits out and roll them into balls as big or small as you want. Then put the balls on the parchment paper. When you've used all the PB mix stick the tray in the freezer for about 20 minutes. 



Now you have to melt chocolate chips. Pour a bunch into a microwave safe bowl then put it on for 30 seconds, give it a stir then put it on for another 15 or so seconds. If you want to make it a little easier on your self, put a little bit of vegetable oil in with the chocolate ships when you melt them. It will make the melted chocolate a little thinner and creamer and will help you out when it's time to dip.

You'll have to work really quick when dipping the balls in the chocolate because the chocolate will harden up again very quick. When you're all done with that put the tray back in the freezer for a while until they're nice and firm, I'd say at least an hour. 

Hope you all enjoy!

x Mitchie

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January Favorites

7:23 AM Mitchie 0 Comments

I feel like every blogger/ vlogger ever does monthly favorites, so why not give it a try? I know we are already a little over a week into February but I don't really care, so here we go!

Anyone that knows me knows I'm super into music so I'm gonna go ahead and do that little category first!

Song:
"Figure Me Out" - The Summer Set

The Summer Set has been one of my favorite bands since like 2009-2010 and this is the first single they've released in a little while and it's absolutely fantastic. It just came out and I've been listening to it every chance I get. I'm in love! The video is also super cool so you should all go check that out. Their newest album "Stories For Monday" comes out April 1st and you can go pre-order it on iTunes here.


They're also going on tour this spring so check that out. Their website is over here.

Artist:
Troye Sivan

I know he's been putting music out there in the world for a while but I just recently got into his stuff around the time his album "Blue Neighborhood" came out. I've been loving it all this month. My favorite of the album is probably "for him" but I'm also a sucker for "YOUTH" You can find his youtube channel and Vevo.

TV Show(s):
New Girl & Fear: The Walking Dead

Normally, I'd only put one show but this month I started watching New Girl on Netflix and I got all the way through all four seasons and I'm even up to date on the current 5th season thanks to hulu! I watched a lot of this show with my mom and we both loved it so much that we couldn't wait for each other to watch it and ended up watching it on our own.


On the other hand, Fear: The Walking Dead just released the first 6 episodes of it's first season on hulu and I'm so in love. The Walking Dead is one of my favorite shows ever and it's probably in my top 5. So obviously, I'm going to adore the spin off. It's a great look at how the whole zombie apocalypse thing started. Super cool! Can't wait for more.

Book:
Binge - Tyler Oakley

Honestly, there are no words to describe how much I adore this book. I love Tyler and he has such an interesting way of telling a story. If you haven't already, I highly recommend giving this book a try. I assure you that you will love it no matter who you are. There's a story in there for everyone.

Random Products and things:

- Swiss Miss K-cups have been an absolute blessing. I don't drink coffee so a quick on-the-go hot chocolate in the morning really helps me get through my day. Without it, I don't know where I'd be especially with my 8:30am class twice a week.

- Neff Beanies, I wear my Neff hats almost everyday. It's cold outside and it's super important to cover your head, it will make the rest of you feel slightly warmer! I've currently got a white one, a gray one, and a pink one. I switch it up a lot and use all of them all the time. Sometimes it's not even cold and I'm just having a weird hair day.

This is my first favorites, so I'm sorry if I'm not all that interesting. We will get there, I promise!

*Both images here were taken from Google!

x Mitchie



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Where To Find Me

7:18 PM Mitchie 0 Comments

I've got so many links all over the place and I guess I might as well share them all just in case anyone is interested in what I've got to say. :)

Twitter: @xjustmitchie
https://twitter.com/xjustmitchie

Instagram: @xjustmitchie
https://www.instagram.com/xjustmitchie/

Tumblr: salvatoree-winchesterr
http://salvatoree-winchesterr.tumblr.com

Photography Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/xjustmitchiephotos/?fref=photo

Photography Tumblr: xjustmitchiephotos
http://xjustmitchiephotos.tumblr.com

Youtube: MMitchiee
https://www.youtube.com/user/MMitchiee/

I think that's everything! :)



x Mitchie

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Get Those Wheels Turning

7:10 PM Mitchie 0 Comments

I've always been a fan of sudoku, which is odd because I've always hated math. Though, I guess sudoku is more of a mind puzzle/ game than a math equation. Anyway, yesterday (Friday 2/5) I re-downloaded the sudoku app that I used to have on my iPod a year or two ago because I'd somehow got to class an hour early and had nothing to do. From that point on, I rediscovered my obsession for the game.

If you don't know what sudoku is, you should really look into it. It's a great way to pass a little time. If you can't be bothered to look it up (which, I completely understand) here's the basics: each puzzle is a 9-by-9 grid of squares divided into nine 3-by-3 square blocks, which some of the squares filled in. The object is to fill in the blank squares in such a way that each of the numbers 1 to 9 appears exactly once in each row, column, and block.*

It's a lot of fun and really gets the wheels in your brain turning. The app I have on my phone is really great because it'll tell you if you make a mistake so you can do it over, but it also times you and that freaks me out. So, today I happened to be in CVS and saw a sudoku puzzle book and of course had to buy it. So, hopefully this will keep me busy for a while I've only had it for a little while and I'm already 7 puzzles in.


*The breakdown of how it's played was taken from the introduction page in the book in the picture.

x Mitchie

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Let It Snow, Let It Snow

10:54 AM Mitchie 0 Comments

Now, obviously it's not snowing everywhere in the world, but over here in New England, it's ridiculous outside. It usually takes me about half an hour to get home from downtown Boston and today, it took me well over an hour. Just trudging down the street to get home took forever and a half.



I really wanted to walk around downtown and take pictures but the snow was still pounding down so it was impossible to even take out my camera without it being covered in snow. I'm going to try to get back out there later and get some nice shots. So hopefully, that'll all work out! 

In other news, because of all the snow, I no longer have to work tonight. So it's time for Netflix & hot chocolate and as much junk food as I can eat.

x Mitchie

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HEY YOU GUYS!!

6:40 PM Mitchie 0 Comments

So, I'm going to start this off by saying it's my first official post on here! So, hopefully I don't mess it up too much!

Anyway, yesterday (2/2/16) I saw my favorite band of all time, Marianas Trench for the fourth time and it was amazing as usual. Not only was the concert it's self fantastic, but the whole day was wicked fun, well other than the fact that I caught a cold so now I'm kind of sick. *Insert sad face emoji here*

I had VIP for the show, which was really cool we had a Q&A thing with the guys then they performed "Say Anything" off of their very first album and they actually did a really great job even though they hadn't played it in a while. We then got our photo with the band then headed back out.



Skipping ahead to the actual show, it was just fantastic. The setlist was perfect. The lights and the production all fit so amazingly. All four of the guys were absolutely stunning. The guitar riffs and the drum beats, everything was so perfect. And boy can Josh Ramsay sing! Holy crap. I think if I were to choose the greatest current male voice I would say Josh, honestly.



Anyway, by the end of the night I had one of Josh's guitar picks that he threw out during "Desperate Measures" as well as a polaroid with each of the guys and a smile that wouldn't leave my face.

It was one of the best days of my life and such a great way to kick off my concert list for this year!

Check out some videos I took: Fallout & This Means War & Skin and Bones

x Mitchie

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