Landlocked Mermaid

Final Friday Top Five Film Scores 5. Sharknado series: (The Ballad of) Sharknado by Quint It is no secret that despite being a shark advocate, I love a good Creature Feature B-Movie. The Sharknado series ticks all my boxes: bad acting, ridiculous premise, cheap CGI, and an escalation of silliness you couldn't predict in a million years. Plus, all the cameos! And the music does not disappoint. It enhances the aesthetic and completes the tone to the film. It's fun and everything it needs to be. 4. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea: Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea - Movie Version by Joe Hisashi You get the Noah Cyrus and Bonus Jonas version, rather than original Japanese. In my books, Joe Hisashi can do no wrong. The man knows his way around an orchestra. I am a fan. (I mean, I have the score to Spirited Away tattooed on my arm.) I can (and regularly do) listen to his music for hours on end. His scores are the perfect accompaniment to Hayao Miyazaki's b...

Marine Creature of the Month Famous Fish: Jaws Poster from arthipo Great White Shark   As March is my Birthday Month (yes, I milk it for that long) I thought it was high time I covered the OG Famous Fish on #MCotM.  Photo from Oceana Kingdom: Animalia Class: Chrondrichthyes Conservation Status: Vulnerable WHAT IS JAWS? Thanks to the 1975 blockbuster, Jaws , the great white shark is possibly one of the most famous sharks swimming about in the ocean. It belongs to the Mackerel Shark family, which also contains basking sharks, goblin sharks, and thresher sharks. Great whites are known for their size, being among the biggest sharks alive today. Females are larger than the males, averaging at 4m (13ft) for the males and 4.9m (16ft) for the females. Certain specimens have been known to grow as large as 6m (20ft), like the one living off the coast of Mexico known as Deep Blue .  Like all sharks, great white skeletons are made out of ca...

In an attempt to get organised, I have decided to introduce a new feature blog - everybody's favourite, a Top 5! So on the last Friday of every month, I will be doing aquatic themed Top 5s, starting with Top 5 Sea Movies. This is marrying two of my loves, really. I did Film and Television Studies at university, and I like to pay hommage to that every now and then. So, no more waffle and onto the list! Top 5 Sea Movies! 5: Help! I'm a Fish (2000) Photo from IMDb.com As a guppy, I used to surf the music channels a lot. I stumbled across the bop Help! I'm a Fish by Little Trees and a little bit fell in love it with. I am a sucker for a catchy tune. Once I realised it was from a film, I then had to watch it. Eventually, it came round to Sky and I was able to record it. I. Loved. It. It's a nonsense film where some kids drink a potion and become fish. They lose the antidote potion and go on an adventure to find it. Someone else finds it, an evil fish voi...