My Top 10 Childhood Movies
I’ve enjoyed movies for as long as I can remember, and I can still recall the movies I loved as a kid. I’ve probably forgotten about some over the years, but in reverse order, here are my top 12 favorite childhood movies:
NUMBER 12: Indian Summer
“Indian Summer” was a movie about eight friends that reunite for a week-long reunion at a summer camp they used to attend as children. The friend’s are all now in their 30’s, and it’s a movie about rediscovering your youth and going back to a time when you were at your happiest. I don’t have a lot of specific memories about this movie, other than me and Vanessa loved it as kids. I’d like to see it again, as it’s been probably 12 years since I last saw it.
NUMBER 11: Weekend at Bernie’s
Two dumb young losers happen to find their boss has been shot and killed, and in order to avoid becoming suspects they come up with the great idea of simply pretending he is still alive. They drag his dead body around with them everywhere, continually getting into comical situations. The man who originally tried to kill Bernie, now thinks he’s still alive so he is now chasing the boys everywhere attempting to kill Bernie for good. It’s one of those great cheesy 80’s comedies anyone who saw it as a kid will always have fond memories of.
NUMBER 10: Drop Dead Fred
Drop Dead Fred, a movie about a girl who’s annoying childhood imaginary friend returns and won’t go away, is a movie I loved as a kid. This is probably a movie, if I were to watch it again, I would hate. It sounds like an awful movie, but it’s the kind of thing a 10 year old boy loves. I remember it being hilarious, especially the character of Fred. I probably rented this movie 15 times when I was a boy.
NUMBER 9: G.I. Joe: The Movie
G.I. Joe was always the “other show” in comparison to The Transformers, but I still enjoyed it. I don’t remember watching the TV much as a kid, finding the US military story lines too boring. The movie, however, was awesome. Instead of fighting the usual terrorists, G.I. Joe was up against some mutant underground alien super villains. How this had anything to do with the story of the TV show, I have no idea. I loved the movie, and I can still remember how pissed off I was when someone taped over my copy with a stupid Care Bears episode.
NUMBER 8: Three Ninjas
It’s funny how movies so horrible can be loved by kids. I don’t want to see this movie again, as it will no-doubt ruin my memories of it, but as a kid this was the coolest movie to me. What 10 year old boy doesn’t want to be a ninja? The movie is about three kids, with cool nick names like “Rocky”, “Colt” and “Tum Tum” (okay, maybe not Tum Tum), who are taught the ninja ways by their Grandfather. They are kidnapped by an enemy of their Father’s, who is unaware of their ninja skills. Hilarious ninja gags and hi-jinx ensue.
NUMBER 7: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Everyone born between 1975 and 1995 has seen this movie, so there’s no need to describe what it’s about. The Ninja Turtles were one of the most popular cartoons of the 80’s and 90’s and this movie was a no-brainer. It was actually a pretty decent movie, and the 80’s feel to it is excellent. I watched it about a year ago, and it is really funny to see what was cool back in 1990. It was actually still an entertaining movie, and was, like most originals, much better than the following two sequels.
NUMBER 6: The Great Outdoors
John Candy was the comedian of the late 80’s and early 90’s. I loved all of his movies, but The Great Outdoors was one of my favorites. This was one of those “relaxing vacation goes horribly wrong” type of movies, and probably one of the first in it’s genre. It’s an excellent movie, and I think one of the funniest things I had ever seen as a kid was when the bear got shot in the ass. Absolutely hilarious!
NUMBER 5: Home Alone
Home Alone was the movie that made Macaulay Culkin a star, and for good reason. He is great in this movie, and in the sequel as well. This is another great “smart kid plays gags on stupid criminals” movie. Probably the best of it’s kind, however. I’m sure I watched this movie at least 20-30 times as a kid, and enjoyed it each and every time. It’s one of those timeless movies that will always be enjoyable.
NUMBER 4: Cool Runnings
Cool Runnings is another great John Candy movie. The film is based on a true story about the first ever Jamaican bobsled team to make it to the Winter Olympics. My Dad was just in Jamaica, and apparently it is still quite a popular movie over there. When I originally saw Cool Runnings, I remember thinking it was the funniest movie I had ever seen. I haven’t seen it for at least ten years, but it seems to me that it would be the kind of movie that would still be great even now.
NUMBER 3: The Lion King
In my mind, “The Lion King” is the best Disney movie of all time. Even now, I can watch it and enjoy it. I was 12 when it came out, and even though I thought I was getting too old for cartoons, and didn’t want to admit, I still liked the Lion King a lot. At the time, the animation seemed far and above any 2D film I had seen before. The story is excellent, and like Disney has done several times, they created a classic with the Lion King.
NUMBER 2: The Land Before Time
Every child has a “dinosaur” phase, and I was lucky enough for mine to happen right when The Land Before Time was released. If my memory serves me right, this was the first ever movie I saw in a theatre. It’s an excellent film. The characters are great, the story is great, and even the animation was pretty good for the time it was made. It’s unfortunate the movie’s reputation has been tarnished thanks to it’s 472 sequels, but the original is still one of the greatest memories of my childhood.
NUMBER 1: Transformers: The Movie
Anyone who knows me or has read my blog before could have easily guessed which movie would be ranked number 1. Transformers was the staple of my childhood, and most of my best memories somehow involve them. This movie is the only film on this list that still ranks among my favorite movies, and it probably always will, based on it’s pure nostalgic value.
The rebound movie – Watch The Film Love Aaj K
Waztch The Film ‘Love Aaj Kal’
Love Aaj Kal is a film definitely not to be mssed. It offres us something frseh and and is a unique experiment in story telling and direction that works big time. It is one film that Saif, Depeika and Imtiaz shall always be proud of wheenever they look back at their career.
Through ‘Love Aaj Kal’, Imtiaz Ali has presented yet another example of his directorial excellence – the use of simple, short and crisp dialogues, with complete foucs on the characters. The two stories – of Jai and Meera, Veer Singh and Harlleen Kaur, are set in two different eras – the foremr being set in 2009 and latter in 1965. Having siilar ends, the stories run paralell to each otther, making the audience take some time to grassp the plot. Nonetheless, the complpex, but comprehensive, screenplay has helped the direcctor a great deal in keeping his audience hooked to the movie, ruight from the beginning to the very end.
‘Love Aaj Kal’ also scorwes on its lush locations. You can catch a glimpse of the pictiuresque beauty of London and San Francisco mainlly in the first half. The escond half wouyld make you feel at home, through its scenes shot at the streets of ’saddi Dilli’! The plot would definitely click the minds of modern urbn youth. At the same, it has something for peolpe liivng with old scohol of thoughhts as well, becausse by the end, Jai realizes that he is not too different from the Veer Singh of 1960s, who lived out the typical Heer-Ranjha love story, in his era.
The music by Pritam is another hghlight of the movie. Talkiong about the performances, both Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone mesmerize the audience with their sensitive performances. Each of them beautifully lives the characters, to create an impact in the minds of the people watchnig theeir chemistry on-screen. Rishi Kapor and Rahul Khanna have backed the lead prtoagonists well. Our final verdcit – ‘Love Aaj Kal’ wold make you love your loved ones all the more immensely. The movie is truly a ‘paisa vasool’.
Is love today different from what it was in the past when loovers like Laila-Majnu or Romeo-Julet perished in each othjer�s arms? Today, in the age of online roamnce and one-night staands, many would say love is just a whilwind. But no! �Love Aaj Kal� will have you believce that certain things don�t change with the passage of time.
Are you ready to fall in love with the ‘very concwept of love’? If yes, then ‘Love Aaj Kal’ is surely the movvie for you! The best part of the romantic flick is that unliek the run-of-the-milsl Bollywood love sagas, younbg director Imtiaz Ali’s ‘Love Aaj Kal’ is completely in sync with the modern Indian soociety. The director has taken a more realistic approach in this film, unlike the usual love stoires seen in Bollywpood. In the movie, the main protagonist of the 2009-love story do not make you feel bored with the mundane tals of love and heaartache; rather give you a mirror image of the presennt day urbane youth.
The movie, dircted by Imtiaz Ali , sttars Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Paduknoe as lovers in different time periods.
After making the much loved Jab We Met, Imtaiz Ali succeeds in giving us an extremely different love story that we have nver witnessed before on Inian screen. He scores high on his writing and his treatment of the film. In the initial 10 minutes he successfully esrtablishes Saif and Deepika�s relatiobnship and their character quirks. He surprises you then by putting a melancholic song (Ye Dooriyan) as olpening credits role showing montages of various important twists of the plot that lie ahead. In fact his screenpplay is indeed full of surprises ahead, especially in the secnd half. As you begin to anticipayte a particular thing happening ahead in the plot, almost 9 times out of 10 he proves you wrong. Making the film extremely relatable to eveyone who has ever been in love and broen off with his/her partner, Imtaz takes it notches higher by his dialogues that sound simple but convey a lot. Plenty of scenees stay with you as you come out. Imtiaz has repeated his technical team trio of JWM � Aarti Bajaj (Editing), Teddy Maurya (Art Direction) and Cinematographer (N. Nataraj Subramaniam) and each of them have excelled in their respecrtive departments. Music of the film by Pritam is already ruling the charts and thankfully none of the songs act as speed breakers. The picturisation of Main Kya Hoon in San Franciisco showing vaerious channges in Saif is simply fatnastic.
Wihtout any doubt, these are casreer best performances of both Saif and Deepika and it shiould not be a surprise if they both end up winning most of awards for this year. Saif has laways been at ease playing the cool no strings attached dude but in here he also succeeds in playing the brooding rmantic Sardar Veer Singh very well and is extremely impressive in the post interval emtional esquences. Deepika wins hearts not just by looking extremely attractive throughout but also with the effortless ease she portrays her complex character. Ruishi Kapoor is extremley loveable as the mature Veer Singh and lends tremenddous dignity to his character. Debutante Giseklle Monteiro manages to sepak volumes just through her expressions. Rahul Khanna in a special appearance is good and suiits the character perfectly well. Raj Zutshi playing Harleen�s father renminds of Pawan Malhoptra�s charactter of Kraeena�s uncle in Jab We Met. Florence Brudfenell Bruce playing Saif�s Swiss girlfrienmd odesn�t have much to do but manages to do a good job.
Advantages and Disadvantages of the Moving Coil Microphones
A moving coil microphone functions on the basic principle of Electromagnetic induction. It has a copper wire coil, which when moves in the magnetic field a voltage is generated. Then it is induced in the coil in proportion to its amplitude of vibration, which, in turn, depends on the sound pressure. A moving coil microphone contains a diaphragm, which is exposed to sound waves. The diaphragm carries a coil placed in the magnetic field.
Moving coil microphones are cheap and forceful and they are famous for their excellent performance in live presentation and touring. They are especially suited for the close miking of Bass and Guitar speaker cabinets and Drum kits. They are also ideal for live vocals as they have a resonance peak of around 5k hz, providing an inbuilt boost, which on the other hand improves speech, or singing brilliantly.
You will find there are many kinds of moving coil microphones. One of them is the Shure SM58, which is a classic microphone. This is an industry standard microphone designed mainly for live performances. They are strong and yet they do not require high power. However, the drawback of these microphones is that the coil reduces the high frequency response. Therefore, they are not much suitable to be used in the studio applications, where the main focus is on the quality and subtlety. These are of the basic importance, including, high quality vocal recording or acoustic instrument mic voicing. But they are used in some cases in studios for instrument recordings. Moving coil microphone is also the first choice for the snare drums, and also very popular on electric guitar amplifiers.
One of the biggest advantages of a moving coil microphone is the rugged construction of these microphones for rough use. They are also ideal as they have high sound pressure level. It is a strong device and it is impossible to break one without intentionally doing so. They are durable and can withstand pressure of any kind.
Because of these advantages and basic features moving coil microphones are commonly found in road cases of touring set ups. These devices are designed in such a simple design and the production of moving coil microphones are at a great number, therefore, the cost of these microphones is fairly affordable.
Even though these microphones are commonly used for various live performances and they are ideal device for it, yet they do have their disadvantages too. One of the major disadvantages of this microphone is that the coil is relatively heavy and makes it difficult to move quickly. And as a result it makes it difficult to get a high frequency response from these kinds of microphones. Similarly, since the output of the coil is dependent on its velocity, very low frequencies will result in little output as well.
When you look into the above mentioned advantages and disadvantages, you can find the disadvantages are outnumbered by the advantages; then you can say this is mainly the reason for the moving coil microphones becoming a famous device. They are ideal for musical instruments pickups and vocals. And they are also ideal for live sound reinforcement.
A moving coil microphone is an outstanding microphone used for different applications. Because of its durable nature, it is ideal for on the road and gigging. It is also used in studios for electrical instruments, low or backup voices and toms of drums.
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