Damsel – A Dragon Story

Although my picture may not represent the Irish dragon who lurks beneath a mountain in this Netflix movie, it captures the mood of the film. In this post, I review this entertaining movie which stars Millie Bobbie Brown and Nick Robinson.

Lasting 1 hour and 49 minutes, this adventure story depicts the joining of two important families by marriage. Elodie (Millie Bobbie Brown) is brilliant as the girl who is betrothed to a prince in order to fix her father’s financial difficulties.

Unfortunately, after the marriage, Elodie is dropped into the cave where an evil dragon dwells. She was meant to be an offering made to keep the dragon away from the medieval town.

My Thoughts

The initial wide images look a bit like cartoon scenes as the special effects are less sophisticated than you would find in the cinema. However, that is soon forgotten as you get sucked into Elodie’s adventure.

Millie really shines in this movie. With Ray Winstone playing her dad and Angela Bassett as her step mum, she is in good company.

I really enjoyed the twists and turns that the main character took as she tried to escape the dragon. Her awkward relationship with the prince (Robinson) was also interesting.

This was never going to be a heavy script with social issues grappled with. It was, though, hugely entertaining and a good piece of escapist television.

If you want a distraction and to be taken off to a medieval world where a dragon threatens civilisation, this is certainly worth checking out.

I totally recommend spending an afternoon following this narrative. Damsel is satisfying, fun and was a Number 1 success on Netflix.

Friday We Love You

A short poem of appreciation

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Friday we missed you,

With your familiar ways.

You’re much more exciting

Than most other days.

Friday you saved me

From a week of despair.

Of struggles and torture

And a load more grey hair.

Friday don’t leave me,

Though you’re sure to return.

Your feeling of freshness

Is one that I yearn.

Friday my favourite,

I can start to relax.

Getting ready for the weekend,

Living life to the max.

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Saving The Planet Doesn’t Require Perfection

A Climate Change Collective Article

This month our Climate Change Collective lead post is about how making a difference doesn’t have to be perfect. Saving the planet cannot be achieved by one person giving it their all. We need to work together on this.

There are so many elements to climate change that it can seem confusing and overpowering if you are trying to live a sustainable life. But this month’s post by Molly at Transatlantic Notes is showing ways that we can make manageable changes without having to be perfect.

Check out the eye-opening post here:

My Thoughts On This

I know how hard it is to make changes to our lives. Transport can be a nightmare and we are a society who have grown to rely on cars and planes.

I still drive a petrol car as I haven’t transitioned to an electric one yet. But I have stopped using aeroplanes to travel the world. I now take almost all of my holidays by rail and the rest as cruises.

This is far from perfect but I have also replaced local car journeys with walking or by taking public transport. At some point I need to think about changing workplaces to somewhere within walking distance but that is something I am holding out on as I feel particularly secure where I work.

I am making a real effort to recycle more. There are items in the past that I would have thrown in the black bin rather than clean out or separate for recycling but I now make that extra effort.

As Molly says in her article, we need to do whatever we can. Humans are far from perfect and we cannot change everything everywhere all at once.

Final Thoughts

The Climate Change Collective is written by a group of bloggers who are passionate about tackling climate change and spreading the word about this nightmare.

If you want to get to know some of us better, have a look at this introductions post by Krista and Alison from A Sustainably Simple Life blog.

If you would like to be involved in writing for our collective, please get in touch either in the comments or via X. Saving the planet is a team effort.