Shopping Balloons and other useful items

From http://www.last.fm/music/Balloon+Shop

Ok, admittedly, Balloon shop is not a movie. It is, or better, they are a series of funny short vids posted by three guys.  Not, as you might have thought, this page. That page is an actual balloon shop. I'm not sure how you make a business that big out of selling balloons, but there you go. It's the twenty first century - you can sell anything! (Quote from Julian Smith). However, as warning, even if you love comedy, be careful. Balloon shop is great - if it's your type of humor. If it's not - well, you might just end up staring at the screen and thinking "How did that guy ever manage to convince me to watch this?" (answer: it's my amazing mental convincing powers, which I am even now pouring into this piece of writing).

Some of my friends look at Balloon Shop and crack up, others watch a video and think "well, this was a waste of my time". Just as quick review, I took a small poll among other bloggers and friends (January Galaxy, Andre Beren, elfantasmita22, Candy Panda, Emerald Avalanche, and Renaissance Man) and they gave Balloon Shop an average entertainment rating of 9.1 out of 10, and an intelligence rating of 5 or lower.

So if you're looking for intelligence - look somewhere else. But if you want entertainment - Balloon Shop is great. You can find all their videos on YouTube, however, to give you a taste of their videos, I will post one below in place of the traditional trailer.

How to train your Dragon

"This

is Berk. It's twelve days north of Hopeless and a few degrees south of Freezing to Death. It's located solidly on the Meridian of Misery. My village. In a word? Sturdy, and it's been here for seven generations, but every single building is new. We have fishing, hunting, and a charming view of the sunset. The only problems are the pests. You see, most places have mice or mosquitoes. We have... Dragons [...] Most people would leave, but not us. We're Vikings. We have stubbornness issues." 

Hiccup is the son of Stoick the vast, chief of the tribe on this island. He has one problem. Well, actually a lot of them, but they can all be summed up in this: He's not viking like. Not that he doesn't want to help fight the dragons. The problem is that whenever he comes in, something bad happens. So to prove his competence, Hiccup decides to kill a dragon. Not much of a problem. Except that he doesn't want to get just any kind of dragon. He wants the ultimate prize. "But the ultimate prize is the dragon no one has ever seen. We call it the-" "Night Fury!" "...This thing never steals food, never shows itself, and never misses.” Despite all this, Hiccup is determined to bring down a night fury. In a battle with the dragons, he manages to approximate the night fury's position, and brings it down with a net. Does he kill it? No, or the movie would probably be called how to kill your dragon, not How to Train your Dragon. And as the illegal friendship begins, both Hiccup and the night fury have many problems coming their way.

How to Train your dragons is a movie featuring lots of fire, combat, and everything from weird to cool to random and funny between the vikings and dragons. Despite a lot of violence though, there is no real damage done  by dragons or vikings, even when beating with hammers, or clawing faces. Except for that toothless loses part of a steering wing. And, (Spoilers) Hiccup ends up losing a foot.

Because of its unusual ideas, HtTyD was a big hit, and was widely loved by audiences ranging from little kids to grown-ups. And for people who love dragons - it was basically one of the best movies ever. In the movie, a lot of values are stressed, including family, friends, and loyalty. Hiccup struggles to work with His dragon, Toothless, while maintaining his loyalty to the vikings, his friends and family.  And apart from that, there his crush on Astrid, a Viking girl. All factors combine to form a movie that's half-comedy, half-adventure. And it's great, one of Dreamworks biggest hits.