^ I thought it was duller than dirty dishwater, with only a few parts that were even worth a damn. But that's just me, I guess...
Saw three films recently. Most recent was The Great Gatsby which I really enjoyed. Before that was Disconnect which was pretty tepid and then The Place Before the Pines which was good but not great.
Iron Man 3 - Theater - Wen't out for Mothers day dinner and movie with the wife last night. So it was a win/win, she got a nice dinner out and I got to see IM3. Unfortunately the wife doesn't enjoy 3D, so we had to see it in 2D. This is my first movie in a theater this year, I saw Best of Both Worlds in the theater a few weeks ago but I don't think that counts as it wasn't really a "movie." While I really enjoyed the movie, however it left me feeling flat. Robert Downy Jr. just owns the role of Tony Stark. The action set pieces were amazing, I loved the Air Force 1 rescue. Even with seeing it in trailers and commercials, it was very powerful on screen. The whole mantra about the Demons we create was an interesting but I don't think fully realized. Also the character of the Mandarin and it's commentary about living in todays society and the whole do we just need someone to hate, was very powerful and resonated for me. For me, IM3 while not as convoluted as IM2 actually wasn't significantly better. There was so much more potential with IM3. I could go on and on with critiquing it but that would make it seam like I didn't enjoy the movie as much as I did. ETA: I have been thinking about what I said, I erred in saying IM3 wasn't significantly better then IM2. IM3 is a significantly better movie then IM2, it just falls flat for me.
Spoiler: 2010 viewed movies I didn't start in the thread till August that year, partial list Piranha 3D: C+ Book of Eli: B Lethal Weapon: A Lethal Weapon 2: A- Lethal Weapon 3: B Lethal Weapon 4: C+ The Crow: A Clash of the Titans: B+ Prince of Persia: B The Fountain: D Resident Evil: A- Resident Evil: Apocalypse: B Resident Evil: Extinction: B- Resident Evil: Afterlife: B Resident Evil: Degeneration(animated): B Bad Boys: B+ Zombieland: B The Evil Dead: B- R.E.D.: B 30 Days of Night: Dark Days: B+ Conviction: A- Crazies(2010): A- Paranormal Activity: A+ Paranormal Activity 2: A Shutter Island: B- Gamer: F Last House on the Left(orig): D+ Thirst(asian film): C- The Hills Have Eyes: B When In Rome: B- Dr.Horrible Sing-A-Long: A Expelled No Intelligence Allowed(doc): B Zombie Strippers: D Mammoth: D+ Everyone Else: D Dark Ages(doc): A Batman vs Dracula(anim): A- Independence Day: A Robin Hood(2010-Crowe): B Taken: A Only You: B- Momma Mia: C High Plains Drifter: C Joe Kid: A- Tron Legacy: B Voyage of the DawnTreader: B+ Tourist: B Duchess: B Blade Runner: B+ Men In Black: A Jumper: B- Interview with the Vampire: A- Brideshead Revisted: B Wizard of Oz: A Gone With the Wind: A True Grit: A Spoiler: 2011 viewed movies 1. The Fighter: B- 2. Batman(90's saga): A-,B-,C-,D 3. Star Wars OT-Special Edition: B+, A, B 4. The Green Hornet: B 5. True Grit(1969): C+ 6. Lord of the Rings saga: (A,A,A) 7. The Machinist: A- 8. Season of the Witch: B 9. Frozen: A- 10. Due Date: B+ 11. Planet of the Apes(2001): B- 12. Faster: C 13. Romance: D (French film, subtitled) 14. YPF: C- (YPF=Young People F*&^ing) 15. The Beautiful Truth: B- 16. Strictly Sexual: C+ 17. DOOM: C 18. Brothers: B+ 19. Men In Black II: B- 20. The Crow: Wicked Prayer: C- 21. The Soloist: C 22. Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love: C+ 23. I Now Pronounce you Chuck & Larry: B- 24. Battle in Heaven: C+ (Mexican film, subtitled) 25. Legion: B- 26. Battle: LA: B+ 27. Righteous Kill: B 28. Dracula II: Ascension: B- 29. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li: D 30. You Don't Mess With the Zohan: C+ 31. Finding Bliss: C 32. Dracula III: Legacy: B- 33. Tangled: B+ 34. Paul Blart Mall Cop: C- 35. Chloe: B 36. Kung Fu Panda: B- 37. Centurion: B 38. The People I've Slept With: C 39. Grown Ups: B- 40. The Conspirator: A- 41. XXX: State of the Union: C+ 42. Fast Five: B+ 43. THOR: A- 44. Priest: D+ 45. The Fourth Kind: B+ 46. POTC: On Stranger Tides: B- 47. Turtles Forever: A- 48. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story: B+ 49. Easy A: A 50. Inception: B 51. #1 Cheerleader Camp: D 52. Freakanomics: C+ 53. Green Lantern: C 54. The American: C- 55. Super 8: A 56. Green Lantern: First Flight: B 57. Transformers: Dark of the Moon: B- 58. 9 Songs: F 59. Kings Speech: A- 60. Whiteout: C+ 61. Passion Play: D+ 62. Captain America: The First Avenger: A- 63. Marley & Me: A 64. Date Night: C+ 65. Frantic: B+ 66. Presumed Innocent: A 67. Invictus: A 68. Rocky: A 69. Hurt Locker: A+ 70. Rocky II: C+ 71. Rocky III: B+ 72. Rocky IV: A 73. Cowboys & Aliens: B 74. Wonder Woman (DC Animated): B+ 75. Rocky V: B- 76. Conan The Barbarian('11): B- 77. Dinner for Schmucks: D 78. Nothing But the Truth: B 79. Snow Angels: B+ 80. Everybody's Fine: C- 81. Rise of the Planet of the Apes: A+ 82. Fragments: C+ 83. Fright Night ('11): A- 84. Cold Comfort Farm: D 85. Machete: C- 86. The Queen: A 87. Public Enemies: B+ 88. Drive Angry: D 89. Red Riding Hood: C+ 90. Fright Night ('85): B 91. Love & Other Drugs: B 92. X-Files: I Want to Believe - B+ 93. Source Code: A- 94. Paranormal Activity 3: A 95. Rachel Getting Married: C 96. Love Guru: F 97. Funny People: C- 98. Win Win: B+ 99. Everything Must Go: B 100. Scott Pilgrim vs The World: D+ 101. American Ninja: D 102. Revenge of the Ninja: D 103. Lonesome Dove: A 104. Black Swan: B 105. Westworld: B 106. Fireproof: A- 107. Mission Impossible(4):Ghost Protocol: A 108. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: A 109. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: A- 110. Belly: D- 111. Despicable Me: B+ Spoiler: 2012 viewed movies Kicking off my 2012 list: 1. Edge of Darkness: A 2. Star Trek: The Motion Picture: B+ 3. Repo Men: B- 4. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier: B- 5. Underworld: Awakening: B 6. Lost City Raiders: C+ 7. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist: B+ 8. Contraband: B+ 9. Kick-Ass: B+ 10. Hereafter: A- 11. Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance: B 12. Act of Valor: C+ 13. John Carter: B 14. Hunger Games: B+ 15. Wrath of the Titans: C 16. Cabin In the Woods: B+ 17. The Rum Diary: C 18. The Eagle: C+ 19. The Avengers: A+ 20. The Adjustment Bureau: A 21. Sucker Punch: B- 22. Knight & Day: C+ 23. Mechanic: B 24. Devil: A 25. Dark Shadows: C+ 26. Men In Black 3: B- 27. Columbiana: B 28. Haywire: C 29. Snow White and the Huntsman: B- 30. Meet the Parents: A- 31. Meet the Fockers: B 32. Prometheus: B 33. Chernobyl Dairies: B- 34. Little Fockers: B- 35. Halloween III: Season of the Witch: B+ 36. Winters Bone: B+ 37. Battleship: A- 38. Much Ado About Nothing: B+ 39. Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs: B 40. Beauty & the Beast: A+ 41. Bambi: A- 42. Sex & the City 2: D+ 43. Top Gun: B 44. Abraham Lincoln-Vampire Hunter: B- 45. Brave: B+ 46. Kill Bill vol.1: A- 47. Kill Bill vol.2: B 48. The Amazing Spider-man: B- 49. Virgin Territory: C- 50. 21 Jump Street: B+ 51. The Dark Knight Rises: A- 52. Sicko: C 53. Capitalism A Love Story: C 54. Seven Pounds: B 55. Hot Fuzz: B 56. Total Recall (2012): A- 57. Total Recall (1990): B+ 58. Hardware: D+ 59. The Bourne Legacy: A- 60. Once Upon A Time in the West: B- 61. Expendables 2: B+ 62. Hangover 2: C 63. Moneyball: A- 64. Adventures of Tin Tin: B- 65. 2016 Obama's America: A- 66. Unknown: B 67. No Strings Attached: B+ 68. Megamind: A- 69. Superman/Batman: Public Enemies: A- 70. Halloween 4:Return of Michael Myers: A- 71. Halloween 5:Revenge of Michael Myers: B+ 72. Halloween The Curse of Michael Myers: B 73. Halloween H2O: A 74. Halloween Resurrection: C+ 75. The Day the Earth Stood Still(2008): B 76. Looper: A- 77. Smart People: C- 78. Atlas Shrugged-Part One: B 79. Dredd: A- 80. Bridesmaids: C- 81. Taken 2: B 82. Atlas Shrugged-Part Two: C+ 83. Alex Cross: A- 84. RockNRolla: B- 85. Paranormal Activity 4: B 86. Argo: A+ 87. Skyline: F 88. Cop Out: D 89. Skyfall: A 90. Red Dawn (2012): B- 91. Dracula (1979): B 92. Dracula (2009): C+ 93. Slither: B- 94. Your Highness: F 95. Goldeneye: A 96. Whistleblower: B+ 97. The Town: A+ 98. Ted: A 99. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: B+ 100. Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: A 101. Jack Reacher: A- 102. Django Unchained: B+ Spoiler: Movies viewed first time in 2013 The 2013 list: 1. A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas: C- 2. Les Miserables(2012): B 3. Lincoln: A+ 4. Parental Guidance: C+ 5. Warm Bodies: B 6. Waiting for Superman: B 7. Grindhouse: Planet Terror: B- 8. Grindhouse: Death Proof: C+ 9. Zero Dark Thirty: A 10. Last Stand: B 11. Red Tails: A- 12. Hansel & Gretel-Witch Hunters: C- 13. Parker: B- 14. Bullet to the Head: B+ 15. Judge Dredd(1995): C 16. The Mist: B+ 17. A Good Day to Die Hard: B- 18. Fired Up: C+ 19. Fling: C 20. Ask the Dust: D+ 21. Mulan: A- 22. The Lovely Bones: B 23. The Initiation of Sarah: D 24. Jack the Giant Slayer: C+ 25. Oz the Great and Powerful: B+ 26. Olympus Has Fallen: A- 27. The Lives of Others: B+ (German film) 28. The Croods: B+ 29. Jennifers Body: D+ 30. Evil Dead (2013 remake): B+ 31. G.I. Joe: Retaliation: B 32. The Dark Knight Returns pt.1: A+ 33. The Dark Knight Returns pt.2: A+ 34. Batman: Gotham Knight: B 35. Superman/Shazam: Return of Black Adam: A- 36. Batman: Year One: B 37. Batman/Superman: Apocalypse: A+ 38. Superman vs The Elite: B+ 39. Justice League: Doom: A 40. Green Lantern First Flight: A 41. Oblivion: B+ 42. Iron Man 3: B- 43. Planet Hulk: A- 44. Welcome to the Jungle: F Planet Hulk: A solid translation of the story into an animated form. The one change they made that I wonder why is having Beta Ray Bill instead of Silver Surfer being the cosmically powered slave that Hulk has to best in the arena. Very solid effort here for a Marvel animated adaptation. Learning from Warners perhaps here? Welcome to the Jungle: It's one of those first person, hand held camera flicks. It was DDVD it seems. It is about 2 20-something couples who are vacationing out in the Indonesian Islands and decide they are going to track down Michael Rockefeller who disappeared in 1961. Last assumed location was New Guinea so they detour their time there. The plan is to find him, alive, interview him, get pics and sell the exclusive for $1 MILLION DOLLARS. A character even mentions the $250K apiece that is as seemingly cheap for the possible dangers but hey, alcohol says to hell with that...lets go. It's bad and I kept watching cause frankly I figured the pay off of the cannibals finding these annoying guys would at least be worth it. The "kicker" of this film is that as the last ones are killed the camera falls and apparently the leader of the cannibals is a 60-ish year old hunching white guy......OMG it's Rockefeller, still alive. *YAWN*
Spoiler: Movies Seen in January, February, March & April Playback - Netflix Instant Parenthood (1989) - DVD Young Adult - Netflix Instant Django (1966) - free admission Django Unchained (2012) - free admission Housesitter - DVD The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) - YouTube The Sting - free admission This is 40 - free admission The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D/HFR - free admission/free admission Parental Guidance - free admission The Sting II - Netflix Instant Abduction - Netflix Instant Dial M for Murder 3D - free admission Gangster Squad - free admission Zero Dark Thirty - free admission Treasure Planet - Netflix Instant The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption - Netflix Instant Commando - Netflix Instant Battle Royale II - Netflix Instant The Invisible War - Netflix Instant Texas Chainsaw 3D - free admission Lawrence of Arabia - free admission Ron White: A Little Unprofessional - DVD Valkyrie - DVD Our Man Flint - DVD Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap - Netflix Instant Margin Call - Netflix Instant In Like Flint - DVD Purple Rain - free admission Mama - free admission The High and the Mighty - DVD Dave Chappelle's Block Party - DVD Black X-Mas (2006) - DVD Bad Teacher - DVD They Live - free admission Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D/2D - free admission/free admission Inglourious Basterds - DVD The Last Stand - free admission The Night of the Hunter - free admission Warm Bodies - free admission P.S. I Love You - DVD The Lake House - DVD Alonzo Bodden: Who's Paying Attention? - Netflix Instant Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 - Netflix Instant Side by Side - free admission Pennies from Heaven - free admission Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid- DVD The Lonely Guy - DVD Batman: The Dark Knigth Returns, Part Two - DVD Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt - DVD Side Effects - free admission Funny Girl - free admission Christopher Titus: Neverlution - YouTube Ralphie May: Just Correct - YouTube Top Gun 3D - IMAX Fourplay: Tales of Sexual Intimacy - free admission 'Salem's Lot(2004) - DVD Body of Lies - DVD 2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Animated - free admission 2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Live Action - free admission A Good Day to Die Hard - free admission Last Chance Harvey - DVD Paul Williams Still Alive - free admission The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - DVD Invasion of the Blood Farmers - free admission Safety Not Guaranteed - Netflix Instant One Life - free admission Identity Thief - free admission The Switch - Netflix Instant John Dies at the End - free admission Singin' in the Rain - free admission Benny & Joon - free admission Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater - Netflix Instant I'm No Dummy - Netflix Instant The Adventures of Tintin - Netflix Instant Beautiful Creatures - free admission Snitch - free admission Dark Skies - free admission The Queen - USA Network A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III - free admission Safe - DVD The Mechanic - DVD Jack the Giand Slayer 3D - free admission Happy People: A Year in the Taiga - free admission The Wiz - free admission Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome - Unrated Exteded Edition - DVD Jay and Silent Bob Go Down Under - Netflix Instant Lewis Black: In God We Rust - Netflix Instant Jackass: The Movie - Unrated - Netflix Instant Mardi Gras Massacre - free admission Battle Beyond the Stars - Netflix Instant Oz the Great and Powerful 3D - free admission Nashville - free admission Fat Man Little Boy - Netflix Instant Craig Ferguson: I'm Here to Help - Netflix Instant Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - free admission Josie and the Pussycats - free admission Millennium - Netflix Instant Trek Nation - Netflix Instant Indecent Proposal - Netflix Instant This Film is Not Yet Rated - Netflix Instant The People vs George Lucas - Netflix Instant Everybody's Fine - Netflix Instant The Incredible Burt Wonderstone - free admission The Call- free admission Spring Breakers - employee screening Mad Dog and Glory - Netflix Instant The Wild Bunch - free admission Trekkies - Netflix Instant Bad Teacher - Unrated - DVD Salt - Unrated Director's Cut - DVD 30 Minutes or Less - DVD Burn After Reading - DVD Straw Dogs(2011) - DVD The Croods 3D - free admission The ABC's of Death - free admission G.I. Joe: Retaliation 3D/2D - free admission/free admission Admission - free admission Come Out and Play - free admission The Host - free admission The Buddy Holly Story - free admission Trekkies 2 - Netflix Instant Machete Maidens Unleashed! - Netflix Instant Aisha Tyler is Lit: Live at the Fillmore - Netflix Instant Wrong - free admission Winnebago Man - Netflix Instant Kevin Nealon: Now Hear Me Out - Netflix Instant Pocahontas - Netflix Instant Barbarella - Netflix Instant Girls Gone Dead - Netflix Instant Starship Troopers 3: Marauder - Netflix Instant Bill Burr: Let It Go - Netflix Instant Jim Gaffigan: Mr Universe - Netflix Instant Stolen- Netflix Instant Jurassic Park 3D - free admission Faire: An American Renaissance - free admission Bobcat Goldthwait: You Don't Look the Same Either - Netflix Instant The Comedians of Comedy: The Movie - Netflix Instant Doctor Detroit - Netflix Instant C.H.U.D. - Netflix Instant Evil Dead (2013) - free admission Bully - Netflix Instant Trance - free admission Bye Bye Birdie - free admission Rise of the Zombies - Netflix Instant In Time - DVD The Place Beyond the Pines - free admission 42 - free admission Leviathan (1989) - Netflix Instant The Conversation - Netflix Instant London's West End: Great Expectations - free admission Oblivion - free admission Upstream Color - free admission Cars 2 - Starz on Demand Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds - Fathom Events Anonymous - Starz on Demand Year of the Dragon - free admission Heaven's Gate - free admission Mud - free admission To the Wonder - free admission Graceland - free admission Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy - HBO on Demand Pain & Gain - free admission Iron Man Three 2D/3D - free admission/free admission On the Town - free admission Public Enemies - DVD New York, I Love You - DVD The World Before Her - free admission The Legend of Billy John - free admission Star Trek Into Darkness IMAX - free screening I was fifth in line for Ain't It Cool News' big event this past Saturday - a 3D IMAX screenin' of the new Star Trek followed by the original Robocop with Peter Weller in attendence. I was one of four folks in costume (the dude in the Gorn suit was awesome). Peter Weller was epic - he introduduced both movies, did post-film Q&As for both movies AND signed autographs in between. I got his signature on my copies of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Parts One & Two. No spoilers for the movie. I did enjoy the hell out of it, though, and already have my ticekts to see the Star Trek double feature at the Alamo Drafthouse tomorrow night (the '09 reboot followed by STID 3D). Waitin' in line for STID at the Gateway, Austin TX, May 11, 2013
Another Earth - DVR - HBO is showing this, so I recorded it. It's one of a few films I wanted to see. I also want to see Melancholy, Sound of my Voice and Safety Not Guaranteed. I want to put this out right away, I really enjoyed this movie. I liked the performances, thought that both Brit Marling and William Mapother were outstanding. The movie has a Primer vibe to it, which I count as a positive. I can see why some people wouldn't like the movie, it's a bit plodding. Lets get to the heart of the movie, are the events happening real or just part of her coping mechanism? After watching the movie I thought I need to know this answer, but after running through my head a few hundred times, I don't think so. I don't think knowing either way would make the movie any different. Rhoda is an unreliable narrator, even before the accident. So you can't believe a word she said or what we were shown. I like these heady forays into science fiction. Even when they aren't the greatest, still gives me hope.
Spoiler: The rest of my list. January 1. You Again (✩✩½) - Live TV 2. Vanishing Point (✩✩✩½) - DVD 3. Cyrus (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 4. The Thing (✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 5. Zero Dark Thirty (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 6. Django Unchained (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 7. Inglourious Basterds (✩✩✩) - Live TV 8. American Splendor (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 9. Soul Surfer (✩✩✩) - DVD 10. 30 Minutes or Less (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 11. To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 12. Moby Dick (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 13. Just Go With It (✩✩✩) - Live TV 14. Battle Los Angeles (✩) - Download 15. Mama (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 16. Gangster Squad (✩✩✩½) - Theatre February 17. The Lucky Ones (✩✩✩) - Live TV 18. The Tourist (✩✩½) - Live TV 19. Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (✩✩) - Live TV 20. The Watcher (✩✩✩) - Live TV 21. After Sex (✩✩✩) - Download 22. Sex and Breakfast (✩✩✩) - Download 23. Textuality (✩✩✩½) - Download 24. I Am Number Four (✩✩½) - DVD 25. Waiting for "Superman" (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 26. A Good Day to Die Hard (✩✩✩) - Theatre 27. Dorian Gray (✩✩✩) - DVD 28. Cougars Inc. (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 29. Tasmanian Devils (✩) - Live TV 30. Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray 31. The Promotion (✩✩) - DVD 32. Barney's Version (✩✩✩½) - DVD 33. The Best and the Brightest (✩✩½) - Download 34. Upside Down (✩✩✩✩) - Download March 35. Seven Psychopaths (✩✩½) - Download 36. Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle (✩✩✩½) - YouTube 37. Oz the Great and Powerful (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 38. And Soon the Darkness (2010) (✩✩½) - DVD 39. And Soon The Darkness (1970) (✩✩✩✩) - Download 40. Jack (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 41. Please Give (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray 42. Compliance (✩✩✩) - Download 43. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part I (✩✩✩) - Download 44. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part II (✩✩✩) - Download 45. Midnight in Paris (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 46. Happy Accidents (✩✩✩½) - DVD 47. All Good Things (✩✩✩) - Live TV 48. This Is 40 (✩✩✩) - Download 49. The Good Guy (✩✩✩) - Download 50. Running Scared (✩✩✩) - DVD 51. G.I. Joe: Retaliation (✩✩✩) - Theatre April 52. Everything Must Go (✩✩✩✩) - Download 53. My Awkward Sexual Adventure (✩✩✩✩) - Download 54. The Oh in Ohio (✩✩) - DVD 55. Surviving My Mother (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 56. Oblivion (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 57. Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (✩✩✩) - Download 58. Premium Rush (✩✩✩½) - Download 59. The Pill (✩✩✩✩) - Download 60. The Grey (✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 61. Robot & Frank (✩✩✩✩) - Download 62. The Last House on the Left (✩✩✩) - DVD 63. Womb (✩✩✩✩) - Download 64. Life Happens (✩✩½) - Download 65. Smashed (✩✩✩✩) - Download 66. Step Up Revolution (✩✩✩) - Download 67. Trust (✩✩✩) - Download May[/i] 68. The Oranges (✩✩✩½) - Download 69. Iron Man 3 (✩✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 70. The High Cost of Living (✩✩✩✩) - Download 71. The Mechanic (✩✩✩) - Live TV 72. Vanishing on 7th Street (✩✩✩½) - DVD 73. Uncertainty (✩✩✩½) - Download 74. 10 Years (✩✩) - Download 75. The Darkest Hours (✩✩✩) - Download - A pretty good horror/scifi mix and I just realized that the title has a double meaning. 76. The First Time (✩✩✩½) - Download - An independent teen dramedy elevated by Britt Robertson who plays an interesting and charismatic girl. 77. Your Sister's Sister (✩✩✩) - Download - It's always fun when two strangers hop in the sack. 78. The Bouquet (✩½) - Live TV - Dumb movie with Michael Shanks, Kristy Swanson and danny Glover. 79. Blue Valentine (✩✩✩) - DVD - This is the one where Ryan Gossling and Michelle Williams have "real" sex. It was the only reason I got the movie. Saw the scenes and they were meh! 80. Star Trek Into Darkness (✩✩✩½) - Theatre - Would have been fun if my 80th movie review went to Star 80, but Star Trek will have to do. "A fun specacle of a summer movie with action, special effects and a bit of Trek thrown in." You can read the rest of my review here. Theatre: 10 Blu-ray: 6 DVD: 18 Live TV: 14 Download: 31 YouTube: 1
1. Reservoir Dogs (1992) - A 2. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011) - D 3. Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) - C+ 4. Zero Dark Thirty (2012) - A 5. The Amazing Spiderman (2012) - B 6. Life of Pi (2012) - A 7) The Perks of being a Wallflower (2012) - B+ 8) Looper (2012) - B+ 9) Iron Man 3 (2013) - B 10) Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) - B- I enjoyed the movie, but hated the ending and thought the writers became lazy. In the interest of not spoiling anything here you can read the rest of my review here, which is very spoiler-ific. Theater: 4 (+1) Blu-Ray/DVD/TV: 4 Itunes: 2
Spoiler: 2010 viewed movies I didn't start in the thread till August that year, partial list Piranha 3D: C+ Book of Eli: B Lethal Weapon: A Lethal Weapon 2: A- Lethal Weapon 3: B Lethal Weapon 4: C+ The Crow: A Clash of the Titans: B+ Prince of Persia: B The Fountain: D Resident Evil: A- Resident Evil: Apocalypse: B Resident Evil: Extinction: B- Resident Evil: Afterlife: B Resident Evil: Degeneration(animated): B Bad Boys: B+ Zombieland: B The Evil Dead: B- R.E.D.: B 30 Days of Night: Dark Days: B+ Conviction: A- Crazies(2010): A- Paranormal Activity: A+ Paranormal Activity 2: A Shutter Island: B- Gamer: F Last House on the Left(orig): D+ Thirst(asian film): C- The Hills Have Eyes: B When In Rome: B- Dr.Horrible Sing-A-Long: A Expelled No Intelligence Allowed(doc): B Zombie Strippers: D Mammoth: D+ Everyone Else: D Dark Ages(doc): A Batman vs Dracula(anim): A- Independence Day: A Robin Hood(2010-Crowe): B Taken: A Only You: B- Momma Mia: C High Plains Drifter: C Joe Kid: A- Tron Legacy: B Voyage of the DawnTreader: B+ Tourist: B Duchess: B Blade Runner: B+ Men In Black: A Jumper: B- Interview with the Vampire: A- Brideshead Revisted: B Wizard of Oz: A Gone With the Wind: A True Grit: A Spoiler: 2011 viewed movies 1. The Fighter: B- 2. Batman(90's saga): A-,B-,C-,D 3. Star Wars OT-Special Edition: B+, A, B 4. The Green Hornet: B 5. True Grit(1969): C+ 6. Lord of the Rings saga: (A,A,A) 7. The Machinist: A- 8. Season of the Witch: B 9. Frozen: A- 10. Due Date: B+ 11. Planet of the Apes(2001): B- 12. Faster: C 13. Romance: D (French film, subtitled) 14. YPF: C- (YPF=Young People F*&^ing) 15. The Beautiful Truth: B- 16. Strictly Sexual: C+ 17. DOOM: C 18. Brothers: B+ 19. Men In Black II: B- 20. The Crow: Wicked Prayer: C- 21. The Soloist: C 22. Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love: C+ 23. I Now Pronounce you Chuck & Larry: B- 24. Battle in Heaven: C+ (Mexican film, subtitled) 25. Legion: B- 26. Battle: LA: B+ 27. Righteous Kill: B 28. Dracula II: Ascension: B- 29. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li: D 30. You Don't Mess With the Zohan: C+ 31. Finding Bliss: C 32. Dracula III: Legacy: B- 33. Tangled: B+ 34. Paul Blart Mall Cop: C- 35. Chloe: B 36. Kung Fu Panda: B- 37. Centurion: B 38. The People I've Slept With: C 39. Grown Ups: B- 40. The Conspirator: A- 41. XXX: State of the Union: C+ 42. Fast Five: B+ 43. THOR: A- 44. Priest: D+ 45. The Fourth Kind: B+ 46. POTC: On Stranger Tides: B- 47. Turtles Forever: A- 48. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story: B+ 49. Easy A: A 50. Inception: B 51. #1 Cheerleader Camp: D 52. Freakanomics: C+ 53. Green Lantern: C 54. The American: C- 55. Super 8: A 56. Green Lantern: First Flight: B 57. Transformers: Dark of the Moon: B- 58. 9 Songs: F 59. Kings Speech: A- 60. Whiteout: C+ 61. Passion Play: D+ 62. Captain America: The First Avenger: A- 63. Marley & Me: A 64. Date Night: C+ 65. Frantic: B+ 66. Presumed Innocent: A 67. Invictus: A 68. Rocky: A 69. Hurt Locker: A+ 70. Rocky II: C+ 71. Rocky III: B+ 72. Rocky IV: A 73. Cowboys & Aliens: B 74. Wonder Woman (DC Animated): B+ 75. Rocky V: B- 76. Conan The Barbarian('11): B- 77. Dinner for Schmucks: D 78. Nothing But the Truth: B 79. Snow Angels: B+ 80. Everybody's Fine: C- 81. Rise of the Planet of the Apes: A+ 82. Fragments: C+ 83. Fright Night ('11): A- 84. Cold Comfort Farm: D 85. Machete: C- 86. The Queen: A 87. Public Enemies: B+ 88. Drive Angry: D 89. Red Riding Hood: C+ 90. Fright Night ('85): B 91. Love & Other Drugs: B 92. X-Files: I Want to Believe - B+ 93. Source Code: A- 94. Paranormal Activity 3: A 95. Rachel Getting Married: C 96. Love Guru: F 97. Funny People: C- 98. Win Win: B+ 99. Everything Must Go: B 100. Scott Pilgrim vs The World: D+ 101. American Ninja: D 102. Revenge of the Ninja: D 103. Lonesome Dove: A 104. Black Swan: B 105. Westworld: B 106. Fireproof: A- 107. Mission Impossible(4):Ghost Protocol: A 108. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: A 109. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: A- 110. Belly: D- 111. Despicable Me: B+ Spoiler: 2012 viewed movies Kicking off my 2012 list: 1. Edge of Darkness: A 2. Star Trek: The Motion Picture: B+ 3. Repo Men: B- 4. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier: B- 5. Underworld: Awakening: B 6. Lost City Raiders: C+ 7. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist: B+ 8. Contraband: B+ 9. Kick-Ass: B+ 10. Hereafter: A- 11. Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance: B 12. Act of Valor: C+ 13. John Carter: B 14. Hunger Games: B+ 15. Wrath of the Titans: C 16. Cabin In the Woods: B+ 17. The Rum Diary: C 18. The Eagle: C+ 19. The Avengers: A+ 20. The Adjustment Bureau: A 21. Sucker Punch: B- 22. Knight & Day: C+ 23. Mechanic: B 24. Devil: A 25. Dark Shadows: C+ 26. Men In Black 3: B- 27. Columbiana: B 28. Haywire: C 29. Snow White and the Huntsman: B- 30. Meet the Parents: A- 31. Meet the Fockers: B 32. Prometheus: B 33. Chernobyl Dairies: B- 34. Little Fockers: B- 35. Halloween III: Season of the Witch: B+ 36. Winters Bone: B+ 37. Battleship: A- 38. Much Ado About Nothing: B+ 39. Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs: B 40. Beauty & the Beast: A+ 41. Bambi: A- 42. Sex & the City 2: D+ 43. Top Gun: B 44. Abraham Lincoln-Vampire Hunter: B- 45. Brave: B+ 46. Kill Bill vol.1: A- 47. Kill Bill vol.2: B 48. The Amazing Spider-man: B- 49. Virgin Territory: C- 50. 21 Jump Street: B+ 51. The Dark Knight Rises: A- 52. Sicko: C 53. Capitalism A Love Story: C 54. Seven Pounds: B 55. Hot Fuzz: B 56. Total Recall (2012): A- 57. Total Recall (1990): B+ 58. Hardware: D+ 59. The Bourne Legacy: A- 60. Once Upon A Time in the West: B- 61. Expendables 2: B+ 62. Hangover 2: C 63. Moneyball: A- 64. Adventures of Tin Tin: B- 65. 2016 Obama's America: A- 66. Unknown: B 67. No Strings Attached: B+ 68. Megamind: A- 69. Superman/Batman: Public Enemies: A- 70. Halloween 4:Return of Michael Myers: A- 71. Halloween 5:Revenge of Michael Myers: B+ 72. Halloween The Curse of Michael Myers: B 73. Halloween H2O: A 74. Halloween Resurrection: C+ 75. The Day the Earth Stood Still(2008): B 76. Looper: A- 77. Smart People: C- 78. Atlas Shrugged-Part One: B 79. Dredd: A- 80. Bridesmaids: C- 81. Taken 2: B 82. Atlas Shrugged-Part Two: C+ 83. Alex Cross: A- 84. RockNRolla: B- 85. Paranormal Activity 4: B 86. Argo: A+ 87. Skyline: F 88. Cop Out: D 89. Skyfall: A 90. Red Dawn (2012): B- 91. Dracula (1979): B 92. Dracula (2009): C+ 93. Slither: B- 94. Your Highness: F 95. Goldeneye: A 96. Whistleblower: B+ 97. The Town: A+ 98. Ted: A 99. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: B+ 100. Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: A 101. Jack Reacher: A- 102. Django Unchained: B+ Spoiler: Movies viewed first time in 2013 The 2013 list: 1. A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas: C- 2. Les Miserables(2012): B 3. Lincoln: A+ 4. Parental Guidance: C+ 5. Warm Bodies: B 6. Waiting for Superman: B 7. Grindhouse: Planet Terror: B- 8. Grindhouse: Death Proof: C+ 9. Zero Dark Thirty: A 10. Last Stand: B 11. Red Tails: A- 12. Hansel & Gretel-Witch Hunters: C- 13. Parker: B- 14. Bullet to the Head: B+ 15. Judge Dredd(1995): C 16. The Mist: B+ 17. A Good Day to Die Hard: B- 18. Fired Up: C+ 19. Fling: C 20. Ask the Dust: D+ 21. Mulan: A- 22. The Lovely Bones: B 23. The Initiation of Sarah: D 24. Jack the Giant Slayer: C+ 25. Oz the Great and Powerful: B+ 26. Olympus Has Fallen: A- 27. The Lives of Others: B+ (German film) 28. The Croods: B+ 29. Jennifers Body: D+ 30. Evil Dead (2013 remake): B+ 31. G.I. Joe: Retaliation: B 32. The Dark Knight Returns pt.1: A+ 33. The Dark Knight Returns pt.2: A+ 34. Batman: Gotham Knight: B 35. Superman/Shazam: Return of Black Adam: A- 36. Batman: Year One: B 37. Batman/Superman: Apocalypse: A+ 38. Superman vs The Elite: B+ 39. Justice League: Doom: A 40. Green Lantern First Flight: A 41. Oblivion: B+ 42. Iron Man 3: B- 43. Planet Hulk: A- 44. Welcome to the Jungle: F 45. The Time Travelers Wife: B+ Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams star in this film from a few years ago which I finally got around to seeing. I thought it was a well done film. Probably handled his time jumping and various ages of him appearing as they could have without nitpicking it too much. The wedding day time jump were pretty good. The one nit pick I would make is that he clearly can affect things. Picking the winning Lotto numbers proves that. So when he says he's tried to stop his mothers death but every time it still happens, I just don't think he's tried the right thing yet. If I know I die of a gun shot wound I'm very aware of each jump my surroundings. When I jump into a wooded area and am 10' from a deer, I instantly duck not look back over my shoulder. Still, he kinda still lives on beyond his lifetime cause now he's jumping in a connected manner attached to his daughter. Overall a very solid movie I thought.
Updates in Bold: Asura (4) Batman: The Mystery of the Batwoman (7) Beck-Mongolian Chop Squad (2010) (10) Bleach Movie 4: Hell Verse (9) Blood-C: The Last Dark (6) Broken City (7) Bullet to the Head (7) Children Who Chase Lost Voices (7) Dead Man Down (8) Dragon Lord (6) Evangelion 3.33: You Can [Not] Redo (9) Fafner: Heaven and Earth (8) Fairy Tail: Priestess of the Pheonix (8) Gangster Squad (8) GI Joe: Retaliation (8) A Good Day to Die Hard (7) The Grey (8) Hoshizora Kiseki (7) The Illusionist (10) Iron Man 3 (9) Jack Reacher (8) K-ON: The Movie (8) The Last Stand (8) Library War: Wings of Revolution (9) Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 2nd A's (9) The Man With the Iron Fists (6) Metal Skin Panic: Madox 01 (6) Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion-Theatrical version (9) Niji-iro Hotaru (Rainbow Fireflies) (9) Oblivion (8) Olympus Has Fallen (8) Operation Condor (7) Operation Condor 2: Armour of God (5) Parker (8) Rurouni Kenshin (2012) (8) Star Trek: Into Darkness (10) Tripping the Rift: The Movie (6) Tucker and Dale VS Evil (6) Twin Dragons (7) Why Worry? (1923) (8) Current Total: 40
Spoiler: Movies Seen in January, February, March & April Playback - Netflix Instant Parenthood (1989) - DVD Young Adult - Netflix Instant Django (1966) - free admission Django Unchained (2012) - free admission Housesitter - DVD The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) - YouTube The Sting - free admission This is 40 - free admission The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D/HFR - free admission/free admission Parental Guidance - free admission The Sting II - Netflix Instant Abduction - Netflix Instant Dial M for Murder 3D - free admission Gangster Squad - free admission Zero Dark Thirty - free admission Treasure Planet - Netflix Instant The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption - Netflix Instant Commando - Netflix Instant Battle Royale II - Netflix Instant The Invisible War - Netflix Instant Texas Chainsaw 3D - free admission Lawrence of Arabia - free admission Ron White: A Little Unprofessional - DVD Valkyrie - DVD Our Man Flint - DVD Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap - Netflix Instant Margin Call - Netflix Instant In Like Flint - DVD Purple Rain - free admission Mama - free admission The High and the Mighty - DVD Dave Chappelle's Block Party - DVD Black X-Mas (2006) - DVD Bad Teacher - DVD They Live - free admission Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D/2D - free admission/free admission Inglourious Basterds - DVD The Last Stand - free admission The Night of the Hunter - free admission Warm Bodies - free admission P.S. I Love You - DVD The Lake House - DVD Alonzo Bodden: Who's Paying Attention? - Netflix Instant Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 - Netflix Instant Side by Side - free admission Pennies from Heaven - free admission Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid- DVD The Lonely Guy - DVD Batman: The Dark Knigth Returns, Part Two - DVD Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt - DVD Side Effects - free admission Funny Girl - free admission Christopher Titus: Neverlution - YouTube Ralphie May: Just Correct - YouTube Top Gun 3D - IMAX Fourplay: Tales of Sexual Intimacy - free admission 'Salem's Lot(2004) - DVD Body of Lies - DVD 2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Animated - free admission 2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Live Action - free admission A Good Day to Die Hard - free admission Last Chance Harvey - DVD Paul Williams Still Alive - free admission The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - DVD Invasion of the Blood Farmers - free admission Safety Not Guaranteed - Netflix Instant One Life - free admission Identity Thief - free admission The Switch - Netflix Instant John Dies at the End - free admission Singin' in the Rain - free admission Benny & Joon - free admission Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater - Netflix Instant I'm No Dummy - Netflix Instant The Adventures of Tintin - Netflix Instant Beautiful Creatures - free admission Snitch - free admission Dark Skies - free admission The Queen - USA Network A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III - free admission Safe - DVD The Mechanic - DVD Jack the Giand Slayer 3D - free admission Happy People: A Year in the Taiga - free admission The Wiz - free admission Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome - Unrated Exteded Edition - DVD Jay and Silent Bob Go Down Under - Netflix Instant Lewis Black: In God We Rust - Netflix Instant Jackass: The Movie - Unrated - Netflix Instant Mardi Gras Massacre - free admission Battle Beyond the Stars - Netflix Instant Oz the Great and Powerful 3D - free admission Nashville - free admission Fat Man Little Boy - Netflix Instant Craig Ferguson: I'm Here to Help - Netflix Instant Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - free admission Josie and the Pussycats - free admission Millennium - Netflix Instant Trek Nation - Netflix Instant Indecent Proposal - Netflix Instant This Film is Not Yet Rated - Netflix Instant The People vs George Lucas - Netflix Instant Everybody's Fine - Netflix Instant The Incredible Burt Wonderstone - free admission The Call- free admission Spring Breakers - employee screening Mad Dog and Glory - Netflix Instant The Wild Bunch - free admission Trekkies - Netflix Instant Bad Teacher - Unrated - DVD Salt - Unrated Director's Cut - DVD 30 Minutes or Less - DVD Burn After Reading - DVD Straw Dogs(2011) - DVD The Croods 3D - free admission The ABC's of Death - free admission G.I. Joe: Retaliation 3D/2D - free admission/free admission Admission - free admission Come Out and Play - free admission The Host - free admission The Buddy Holly Story - free admission Trekkies 2 - Netflix Instant Machete Maidens Unleashed! - Netflix Instant Aisha Tyler is Lit: Live at the Fillmore - Netflix Instant Wrong - free admission Winnebago Man - Netflix Instant Kevin Nealon: Now Hear Me Out - Netflix Instant Pocahontas - Netflix Instant Barbarella - Netflix Instant Girls Gone Dead - Netflix Instant Starship Troopers 3: Marauder - Netflix Instant Bill Burr: Let It Go - Netflix Instant Jim Gaffigan: Mr Universe - Netflix Instant Stolen- Netflix Instant Jurassic Park 3D - free admission Faire: An American Renaissance - free admission Bobcat Goldthwait: You Don't Look the Same Either - Netflix Instant The Comedians of Comedy: The Movie - Netflix Instant Doctor Detroit - Netflix Instant C.H.U.D. - Netflix Instant Evil Dead (2013) - free admission Bully - Netflix Instant Trance - free admission Bye Bye Birdie - free admission Rise of the Zombies - Netflix Instant In Time - DVD The Place Beyond the Pines - free admission 42 - free admission Leviathan (1989) - Netflix Instant The Conversation - Netflix Instant London's West End: Great Expectations - free admission Oblivion - free admission Upstream Color - free admission Cars 2 - Starz on Demand Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds - Fathom Events Anonymous - Starz on Demand Year of the Dragon - free admission Heaven's Gate - free admission Mud - free admission To the Wonder - free admission Graceland - free admission Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy - HBO on Demand Pain & Gain - free admission Iron Man Three 2D/3D - free admission/free admission On the Town - free admission Public Enemies - DVD New York, I Love You - DVD The World Before Her - free admission The Legend of Billy John - free admission Star Trek Into Darkness IMAX/3D - free screening/free admission The Great Gatsby 3D (2013) - free admission Iron Man: Rise of Technovore - DVD Cabaret - free admission The Source Family - free admission Detention (2011) - free admission Turkish Star Trek (1973) - free admission Went to see TGG 3D Wednesday afternoon. I don't think it was worth delayin' the movie for a year to upgrade it to 3D...and the movie just wasn't that good, anyway. Followed that up with the double feature Alamo Drafthouse did Wednesday night, of the 2009 Star Trek reboot followed by Star Trek Into Darkness 3D with my friend Maeby. Took three tries, but I finally finished the latest Iron Man animated feature. The style reminded me of the cheap anime cartoons I watched when I was a kid, and it peeved me off more than a little that the audio on the DVD started out as Japanese (had to change it to english), and the subtitles didn't match the audio (when I watch something on my computer, I turn subtitles on), which was distractin'. Then yesterday was a four-movie marathon on the Ritz. Was surprised Michael York was in Cabaret, which was a nice surprise. Not the best musical ever, though. The Source Family was an interestin' documentary about a '70s hippie cult that started in California, moved to Hawaii, and now has more than a few former members in Washington state. Detention was every kind of teen/high school movie blended together and thrown at the screen with horror & time travel bein' the biggest genre benders. Crazy awesome, and the director was there to introduce the movie & did a Q&A afterward. And finally Turkish Star Trek, which followed TOS 'The Man Trap' more than anything, but with elements from 'Charlie X', 'Amok Time' and 'What Are Little Girls Made Of?' thrown in. Plus Turkey's own Omar the Tourist, a hobo that is transported through time & space to interact clownishly with the crew. May try to get to Drafthouse Films' Pieta later today...
1) This Is 40 - C+ 2) Easy A - A- 3) The Bounty Hunter - B+ 4) Crazy, Stupid, Love. - B- 5) What To Expect When You're Expecting - B+ 6) Contagion - C 7) Identity Thief - A 8) We Bought A Zoo - A- 9) The Ides of March - B+ 10) Top Gun - C+ 11) It Could Happen To You - B+ 12) Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close - A+ 13) Mirror, Mirror - A 14) Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World - A 15) Inglorious Basterds - B+ I was really psyched to see this movie, but was a little let down. I'm not one of those who says "Eww, lots of subtitles!", but I just couldn't get into the story. I did however like individual elements, like the scene in the tavern. But the final scenes, while they may be Tarantino staples, did nothing for me. 16) Independence Day - B+ It's just such a popcorn action flick that it's hard to take it seriously. But who wouldn't want Robert Loggia as their commanding officer?
Spoiler: 2010 viewed movies I didn't start in the thread till August that year, partial list Piranha 3D: C+ Book of Eli: B Lethal Weapon: A Lethal Weapon 2: A- Lethal Weapon 3: B Lethal Weapon 4: C+ The Crow: A Clash of the Titans: B+ Prince of Persia: B The Fountain: D Resident Evil: A- Resident Evil: Apocalypse: B Resident Evil: Extinction: B- Resident Evil: Afterlife: B Resident Evil: Degeneration(animated): B Bad Boys: B+ Zombieland: B The Evil Dead: B- R.E.D.: B 30 Days of Night: Dark Days: B+ Conviction: A- Crazies(2010): A- Paranormal Activity: A+ Paranormal Activity 2: A Shutter Island: B- Gamer: F Last House on the Left(orig): D+ Thirst(asian film): C- The Hills Have Eyes: B When In Rome: B- Dr.Horrible Sing-A-Long: A Expelled No Intelligence Allowed(doc): B Zombie Strippers: D Mammoth: D+ Everyone Else: D Dark Ages(doc): A Batman vs Dracula(anim): A- Independence Day: A Robin Hood(2010-Crowe): B Taken: A Only You: B- Momma Mia: C High Plains Drifter: C Joe Kid: A- Tron Legacy: B Voyage of the DawnTreader: B+ Tourist: B Duchess: B Blade Runner: B+ Men In Black: A Jumper: B- Interview with the Vampire: A- Brideshead Revisted: B Wizard of Oz: A Gone With the Wind: A True Grit: A Spoiler: 2011 viewed movies 1. The Fighter: B- 2. Batman(90's saga): A-,B-,C-,D 3. Star Wars OT-Special Edition: B+, A, B 4. The Green Hornet: B 5. True Grit(1969): C+ 6. Lord of the Rings saga: (A,A,A) 7. The Machinist: A- 8. Season of the Witch: B 9. Frozen: A- 10. Due Date: B+ 11. Planet of the Apes(2001): B- 12. Faster: C 13. Romance: D (French film, subtitled) 14. YPF: C- (YPF=Young People F*&^ing) 15. The Beautiful Truth: B- 16. Strictly Sexual: C+ 17. DOOM: C 18. Brothers: B+ 19. Men In Black II: B- 20. The Crow: Wicked Prayer: C- 21. The Soloist: C 22. Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love: C+ 23. I Now Pronounce you Chuck & Larry: B- 24. Battle in Heaven: C+ (Mexican film, subtitled) 25. Legion: B- 26. Battle: LA: B+ 27. Righteous Kill: B 28. Dracula II: Ascension: B- 29. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li: D 30. You Don't Mess With the Zohan: C+ 31. Finding Bliss: C 32. Dracula III: Legacy: B- 33. Tangled: B+ 34. Paul Blart Mall Cop: C- 35. Chloe: B 36. Kung Fu Panda: B- 37. Centurion: B 38. The People I've Slept With: C 39. Grown Ups: B- 40. The Conspirator: A- 41. XXX: State of the Union: C+ 42. Fast Five: B+ 43. THOR: A- 44. Priest: D+ 45. The Fourth Kind: B+ 46. POTC: On Stranger Tides: B- 47. Turtles Forever: A- 48. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story: B+ 49. Easy A: A 50. Inception: B 51. #1 Cheerleader Camp: D 52. Freakanomics: C+ 53. Green Lantern: C 54. The American: C- 55. Super 8: A 56. Green Lantern: First Flight: B 57. Transformers: Dark of the Moon: B- 58. 9 Songs: F 59. Kings Speech: A- 60. Whiteout: C+ 61. Passion Play: D+ 62. Captain America: The First Avenger: A- 63. Marley & Me: A 64. Date Night: C+ 65. Frantic: B+ 66. Presumed Innocent: A 67. Invictus: A 68. Rocky: A 69. Hurt Locker: A+ 70. Rocky II: C+ 71. Rocky III: B+ 72. Rocky IV: A 73. Cowboys & Aliens: B 74. Wonder Woman (DC Animated): B+ 75. Rocky V: B- 76. Conan The Barbarian('11): B- 77. Dinner for Schmucks: D 78. Nothing But the Truth: B 79. Snow Angels: B+ 80. Everybody's Fine: C- 81. Rise of the Planet of the Apes: A+ 82. Fragments: C+ 83. Fright Night ('11): A- 84. Cold Comfort Farm: D 85. Machete: C- 86. The Queen: A 87. Public Enemies: B+ 88. Drive Angry: D 89. Red Riding Hood: C+ 90. Fright Night ('85): B 91. Love & Other Drugs: B 92. X-Files: I Want to Believe - B+ 93. Source Code: A- 94. Paranormal Activity 3: A 95. Rachel Getting Married: C 96. Love Guru: F 97. Funny People: C- 98. Win Win: B+ 99. Everything Must Go: B 100. Scott Pilgrim vs The World: D+ 101. American Ninja: D 102. Revenge of the Ninja: D 103. Lonesome Dove: A 104. Black Swan: B 105. Westworld: B 106. Fireproof: A- 107. Mission Impossible(4):Ghost Protocol: A 108. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: A 109. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: A- 110. Belly: D- 111. Despicable Me: B+ Spoiler: 2012 viewed movies Kicking off my 2012 list: 1. Edge of Darkness: A 2. Star Trek: The Motion Picture: B+ 3. Repo Men: B- 4. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier: B- 5. Underworld: Awakening: B 6. Lost City Raiders: C+ 7. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist: B+ 8. Contraband: B+ 9. Kick-Ass: B+ 10. Hereafter: A- 11. Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance: B 12. Act of Valor: C+ 13. John Carter: B 14. Hunger Games: B+ 15. Wrath of the Titans: C 16. Cabin In the Woods: B+ 17. The Rum Diary: C 18. The Eagle: C+ 19. The Avengers: A+ 20. The Adjustment Bureau: A 21. Sucker Punch: B- 22. Knight & Day: C+ 23. Mechanic: B 24. Devil: A 25. Dark Shadows: C+ 26. Men In Black 3: B- 27. Columbiana: B 28. Haywire: C 29. Snow White and the Huntsman: B- 30. Meet the Parents: A- 31. Meet the Fockers: B 32. Prometheus: B 33. Chernobyl Dairies: B- 34. Little Fockers: B- 35. Halloween III: Season of the Witch: B+ 36. Winters Bone: B+ 37. Battleship: A- 38. Much Ado About Nothing: B+ 39. Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs: B 40. Beauty & the Beast: A+ 41. Bambi: A- 42. Sex & the City 2: D+ 43. Top Gun: B 44. Abraham Lincoln-Vampire Hunter: B- 45. Brave: B+ 46. Kill Bill vol.1: A- 47. Kill Bill vol.2: B 48. The Amazing Spider-man: B- 49. Virgin Territory: C- 50. 21 Jump Street: B+ 51. The Dark Knight Rises: A- 52. Sicko: C 53. Capitalism A Love Story: C 54. Seven Pounds: B 55. Hot Fuzz: B 56. Total Recall (2012): A- 57. Total Recall (1990): B+ 58. Hardware: D+ 59. The Bourne Legacy: A- 60. Once Upon A Time in the West: B- 61. Expendables 2: B+ 62. Hangover 2: C 63. Moneyball: A- 64. Adventures of Tin Tin: B- 65. 2016 Obama's America: A- 66. Unknown: B 67. No Strings Attached: B+ 68. Megamind: A- 69. Superman/Batman: Public Enemies: A- 70. Halloween 4:Return of Michael Myers: A- 71. Halloween 5:Revenge of Michael Myers: B+ 72. Halloween The Curse of Michael Myers: B 73. Halloween H2O: A 74. Halloween Resurrection: C+ 75. The Day the Earth Stood Still(2008): B 76. Looper: A- 77. Smart People: C- 78. Atlas Shrugged-Part One: B 79. Dredd: A- 80. Bridesmaids: C- 81. Taken 2: B 82. Atlas Shrugged-Part Two: C+ 83. Alex Cross: A- 84. RockNRolla: B- 85. Paranormal Activity 4: B 86. Argo: A+ 87. Skyline: F 88. Cop Out: D 89. Skyfall: A 90. Red Dawn (2012): B- 91. Dracula (1979): B 92. Dracula (2009): C+ 93. Slither: B- 94. Your Highness: F 95. Goldeneye: A 96. Whistleblower: B+ 97. The Town: A+ 98. Ted: A 99. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: B+ 100. Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: A 101. Jack Reacher: A- 102. Django Unchained: B+ Spoiler: Movies viewed first time in 2013 The 2013 list: 1. A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas: C- 2. Les Miserables(2012): B 3. Lincoln: A+ 4. Parental Guidance: C+ 5. Warm Bodies: B 6. Waiting for Superman: B 7. Grindhouse: Planet Terror: B- 8. Grindhouse: Death Proof: C+ 9. Zero Dark Thirty: A 10. Last Stand: B 11. Red Tails: A- 12. Hansel & Gretel-Witch Hunters: C- 13. Parker: B- 14. Bullet to the Head: B+ 15. Judge Dredd(1995): C 16. The Mist: B+ 17. A Good Day to Die Hard: B- 18. Fired Up: C+ 19. Fling: C 20. Ask the Dust: D+ 21. Mulan: A- 22. The Lovely Bones: B 23. The Initiation of Sarah: D 24. Jack the Giant Slayer: C+ 25. Oz the Great and Powerful: B+ 26. Olympus Has Fallen: A- 27. The Lives of Others: B+ (German film) 28. The Croods: B+ 29. Jennifers Body: D+ 30. Evil Dead (2013 remake): B+ 31. G.I. Joe: Retaliation: B 32. The Dark Knight Returns pt.1: A+ 33. The Dark Knight Returns pt.2: A+ 34. Batman: Gotham Knight: B 35. Superman/Shazam: Return of Black Adam: A- 36. Batman: Year One: B 37. Batman/Superman: Apocalypse: A+ 38. Superman vs The Elite: B+ 39. Justice League: Doom: A 40. Green Lantern First Flight: A 41. Oblivion: B+ 42. Iron Man 3: B- 43. Planet Hulk: A- 44. Welcome to the Jungle: F 45. The Time Travelers Wife: B+ 46. Star Trek into Darkness: A- 47. The Lost Tomb of Jesus: B STiD: I don't have the patience to delve into the actual grade thread in the proper forum. So much nit picking in the build up alone to release I can only imagine what's going on now. Suffice to say I found that once again the PR of Cumberbatch "he's not who you think" fell through as dynamically as for 3yrs them telling us we had't figured out LOST. This attempt at subterfuge should die. I did enjoy the film. The Klingon look wasn't that too far removed from what we expected. Not sure the helmets added anything imo. I actually got a Predator vibe. Spoiler: some spoilers I had resigned myself to the fact that Kirk was dead once it was clear they were doing their own Trek II. Therefore I forgot about the resurrection power of Khan's blood. Was resigned to the notion that Trek 13(3) was "The Search for Kirk". Some ploy to bring Shatner on board. So, while Spock asked him if he felt maniacal could be be stronger and faster, just a little now? I now think ST 13 will be a war with the Klingons, Admiral Wallace all but spelled it out. Lost Tomb of Jesus: In this 1hr45min Discover Channel documentary Executive Produced by James Cameron they trace the probability that a burial tomb unearthed in Israel in 1980 during construction for some apartments could be that of Jesus of Nazareth. What I found interesting was that for the whole documentary he's never referred to as Jesus Christ, always Jesus of Nazareth. Now regardless of ones spiritual leanings I think if you are of a historical curious person you might find this an interesting viewing. The Bible as a historical record is still part of our history and Jesus has had a big impact ever since. The brush up against possible ramifications if the bones found in one of the ossuaries (crypts) is actually Jesus and explain how they could be and still allow for those connected to the faith aspect to be in tact. There are speculations regarding Mary Magdalene and ties to a child that died young also found in the Tomb. As well as an ossuary for one of Jesus' brothers, which was a unique spelling. I enjoyed it from multiple perspectives but could see how it would upset the bedrock believer perhaps.
Spoiler: The rest of my list. January 1. You Again (✩✩½) - Live TV 2. Vanishing Point (✩✩✩½) - DVD 3. Cyrus (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 4. The Thing (✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 5. Zero Dark Thirty (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 6. Django Unchained (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 7. Inglourious Basterds (✩✩✩) - Live TV 8. American Splendor (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 9. Soul Surfer (✩✩✩) - DVD 10. 30 Minutes or Less (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 11. To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 12. Moby Dick (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 13. Just Go With It (✩✩✩) - Live TV 14. Battle Los Angeles (✩) - Download 15. Mama (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 16. Gangster Squad (✩✩✩½) - Theatre February 17. The Lucky Ones (✩✩✩) - Live TV 18. The Tourist (✩✩½) - Live TV 19. Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (✩✩) - Live TV 20. The Watcher (✩✩✩) - Live TV 21. After Sex (✩✩✩) - Download 22. Sex and Breakfast (✩✩✩) - Download 23. Textuality (✩✩✩½) - Download 24. I Am Number Four (✩✩½) - DVD 25. Waiting for "Superman" (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 26. A Good Day to Die Hard (✩✩✩) - Theatre 27. Dorian Gray (✩✩✩) - DVD 28. Cougars Inc. (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 29. Tasmanian Devils (✩) - Live TV 30. Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray 31. The Promotion (✩✩) - DVD 32. Barney's Version (✩✩✩½) - DVD 33. The Best and the Brightest (✩✩½) - Download 34. Upside Down (✩✩✩✩) - Download March 35. Seven Psychopaths (✩✩½) - Download 36. Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle (✩✩✩½) - YouTube 37. Oz the Great and Powerful (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 38. And Soon the Darkness (2010) (✩✩½) - DVD 39. And Soon The Darkness (1970) (✩✩✩✩) - Download 40. Jack (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 41. Please Give (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray 42. Compliance (✩✩✩) - Download 43. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part I (✩✩✩) - Download 44. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part II (✩✩✩) - Download 45. Midnight in Paris (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 46. Happy Accidents (✩✩✩½) - DVD 47. All Good Things (✩✩✩) - Live TV 48. This Is 40 (✩✩✩) - Download 49. The Good Guy (✩✩✩) - Download 50. Running Scared (✩✩✩) - DVD 51. G.I. Joe: Retaliation (✩✩✩) - Theatre April 52. Everything Must Go (✩✩✩✩) - Download 53. My Awkward Sexual Adventure (✩✩✩✩) - Download 54. The Oh in Ohio (✩✩) - DVD 55. Surviving My Mother (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 56. Oblivion (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 57. Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (✩✩✩) - Download 58. Premium Rush (✩✩✩½) - Download 59. The Pill (✩✩✩✩) - Download 60. The Grey (✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 61. Robot & Frank (✩✩✩✩) - Download 62. The Last House on the Left (✩✩✩) - DVD 63. Womb (✩✩✩✩) - Download 64. Life Happens (✩✩½) - Download 65. Smashed (✩✩✩✩) - Download 66. Step Up Revolution (✩✩✩) - Download 67. Trust (✩✩✩) - Download May[/i] 68. The Oranges (✩✩✩½) - Download 69. Iron Man 3 (✩✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 70. The High Cost of Living (✩✩✩✩) - Download 71. The Mechanic (✩✩✩) - Live TV 72. Vanishing on 7th Street (✩✩✩½) - DVD 73. Uncertainty (✩✩✩½) - Download 74. 10 Years (✩✩) - Download 75. The Darkest Hour (✩✩✩) - Download 76. The First Time (✩✩✩½) - Download 77. Your Sister's Sister (✩✩✩) - Download 78. The Bouquet (✩½) - Live TV 79. Blue Valentine (✩✩✩) - DVD 80. Star Trek Into Darkness (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 81. Cosmopolis (✩✩) - Download 82. Margaret (✩✩✩½) - Download Over the last few days, I watched the entire Fast & Furious series for the first time in chronological order. 83. The Fast and the Furious (✩✩✩) - Download 84. Turbo-Charged Prelude (✩✩✩✩) - YouTube 85. 2 Fast 2 Furious (✩✩) - Download 86. Los Bandoleros (✩✩✩) - Download 87. Fast & Furious (✩✩✩½) - Download 88. Fast Five (✩✩✩✩) - Download 89. Furious 6 (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 90. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (✩✩✩½) - Download You can read my reviews starting here. Theatre: 11 Blu-ray: 6 DVD: 18 Live TV: 14 Download: 39 YouTube: 2
Spoiler: 2010 viewed movies I didn't start in the thread till August that year, partial list Piranha 3D: C+ Book of Eli: B Lethal Weapon: A Lethal Weapon 2: A- Lethal Weapon 3: B Lethal Weapon 4: C+ The Crow: A Clash of the Titans: B+ Prince of Persia: B The Fountain: D Resident Evil: A- Resident Evil: Apocalypse: B Resident Evil: Extinction: B- Resident Evil: Afterlife: B Resident Evil: Degeneration(animated): B Bad Boys: B+ Zombieland: B The Evil Dead: B- R.E.D.: B 30 Days of Night: Dark Days: B+ Conviction: A- Crazies(2010): A- Paranormal Activity: A+ Paranormal Activity 2: A Shutter Island: B- Gamer: F Last House on the Left(orig): D+ Thirst(asian film): C- The Hills Have Eyes: B When In Rome: B- Dr.Horrible Sing-A-Long: A Expelled No Intelligence Allowed(doc): B Zombie Strippers: D Mammoth: D+ Everyone Else: D Dark Ages(doc): A Batman vs Dracula(anim): A- Independence Day: A Robin Hood(2010-Crowe): B Taken: A Only You: B- Momma Mia: C High Plains Drifter: C Joe Kid: A- Tron Legacy: B Voyage of the DawnTreader: B+ Tourist: B Duchess: B Blade Runner: B+ Men In Black: A Jumper: B- Interview with the Vampire: A- Brideshead Revisted: B Wizard of Oz: A Gone With the Wind: A True Grit: A Spoiler: 2011 viewed movies 1. The Fighter: B- 2. Batman(90's saga): A-,B-,C-,D 3. Star Wars OT-Special Edition: B+, A, B 4. The Green Hornet: B 5. True Grit(1969): C+ 6. Lord of the Rings saga: (A,A,A) 7. The Machinist: A- 8. Season of the Witch: B 9. Frozen: A- 10. Due Date: B+ 11. Planet of the Apes(2001): B- 12. Faster: C 13. Romance: D (French film, subtitled) 14. YPF: C- (YPF=Young People F*&^ing) 15. The Beautiful Truth: B- 16. Strictly Sexual: C+ 17. DOOM: C 18. Brothers: B+ 19. Men In Black II: B- 20. The Crow: Wicked Prayer: C- 21. The Soloist: C 22. Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love: C+ 23. I Now Pronounce you Chuck & Larry: B- 24. Battle in Heaven: C+ (Mexican film, subtitled) 25. Legion: B- 26. Battle: LA: B+ 27. Righteous Kill: B 28. Dracula II: Ascension: B- 29. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li: D 30. You Don't Mess With the Zohan: C+ 31. Finding Bliss: C 32. Dracula III: Legacy: B- 33. Tangled: B+ 34. Paul Blart Mall Cop: C- 35. Chloe: B 36. Kung Fu Panda: B- 37. Centurion: B 38. The People I've Slept With: C 39. Grown Ups: B- 40. The Conspirator: A- 41. XXX: State of the Union: C+ 42. Fast Five: B+ 43. THOR: A- 44. Priest: D+ 45. The Fourth Kind: B+ 46. POTC: On Stranger Tides: B- 47. Turtles Forever: A- 48. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story: B+ 49. Easy A: A 50. Inception: B 51. #1 Cheerleader Camp: D 52. Freakanomics: C+ 53. Green Lantern: C 54. The American: C- 55. Super 8: A 56. Green Lantern: First Flight: B 57. Transformers: Dark of the Moon: B- 58. 9 Songs: F 59. Kings Speech: A- 60. Whiteout: C+ 61. Passion Play: D+ 62. Captain America: The First Avenger: A- 63. Marley & Me: A 64. Date Night: C+ 65. Frantic: B+ 66. Presumed Innocent: A 67. Invictus: A 68. Rocky: A 69. Hurt Locker: A+ 70. Rocky II: C+ 71. Rocky III: B+ 72. Rocky IV: A 73. Cowboys & Aliens: B 74. Wonder Woman (DC Animated): B+ 75. Rocky V: B- 76. Conan The Barbarian('11): B- 77. Dinner for Schmucks: D 78. Nothing But the Truth: B 79. Snow Angels: B+ 80. Everybody's Fine: C- 81. Rise of the Planet of the Apes: A+ 82. Fragments: C+ 83. Fright Night ('11): A- 84. Cold Comfort Farm: D 85. Machete: C- 86. The Queen: A 87. Public Enemies: B+ 88. Drive Angry: D 89. Red Riding Hood: C+ 90. Fright Night ('85): B 91. Love & Other Drugs: B 92. X-Files: I Want to Believe - B+ 93. Source Code: A- 94. Paranormal Activity 3: A 95. Rachel Getting Married: C 96. Love Guru: F 97. Funny People: C- 98. Win Win: B+ 99. Everything Must Go: B 100. Scott Pilgrim vs The World: D+ 101. American Ninja: D 102. Revenge of the Ninja: D 103. Lonesome Dove: A 104. Black Swan: B 105. Westworld: B 106. Fireproof: A- 107. Mission Impossible(4):Ghost Protocol: A 108. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: A 109. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: A- 110. Belly: D- 111. Despicable Me: B+ Spoiler: 2012 viewed movies Kicking off my 2012 list: 1. Edge of Darkness: A 2. Star Trek: The Motion Picture: B+ 3. Repo Men: B- 4. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier: B- 5. Underworld: Awakening: B 6. Lost City Raiders: C+ 7. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist: B+ 8. Contraband: B+ 9. Kick-Ass: B+ 10. Hereafter: A- 11. Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance: B 12. Act of Valor: C+ 13. John Carter: B 14. Hunger Games: B+ 15. Wrath of the Titans: C 16. Cabin In the Woods: B+ 17. The Rum Diary: C 18. The Eagle: C+ 19. The Avengers: A+ 20. The Adjustment Bureau: A 21. Sucker Punch: B- 22. Knight & Day: C+ 23. Mechanic: B 24. Devil: A 25. Dark Shadows: C+ 26. Men In Black 3: B- 27. Columbiana: B 28. Haywire: C 29. Snow White and the Huntsman: B- 30. Meet the Parents: A- 31. Meet the Fockers: B 32. Prometheus: B 33. Chernobyl Dairies: B- 34. Little Fockers: B- 35. Halloween III: Season of the Witch: B+ 36. Winters Bone: B+ 37. Battleship: A- 38. Much Ado About Nothing: B+ 39. Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs: B 40. Beauty & the Beast: A+ 41. Bambi: A- 42. Sex & the City 2: D+ 43. Top Gun: B 44. Abraham Lincoln-Vampire Hunter: B- 45. Brave: B+ 46. Kill Bill vol.1: A- 47. Kill Bill vol.2: B 48. The Amazing Spider-man: B- 49. Virgin Territory: C- 50. 21 Jump Street: B+ 51. The Dark Knight Rises: A- 52. Sicko: C 53. Capitalism A Love Story: C 54. Seven Pounds: B 55. Hot Fuzz: B 56. Total Recall (2012): A- 57. Total Recall (1990): B+ 58. Hardware: D+ 59. The Bourne Legacy: A- 60. Once Upon A Time in the West: B- 61. Expendables 2: B+ 62. Hangover 2: C 63. Moneyball: A- 64. Adventures of Tin Tin: B- 65. 2016 Obama's America: A- 66. Unknown: B 67. No Strings Attached: B+ 68. Megamind: A- 69. Superman/Batman: Public Enemies: A- 70. Halloween 4:Return of Michael Myers: A- 71. Halloween 5:Revenge of Michael Myers: B+ 72. Halloween The Curse of Michael Myers: B 73. Halloween H2O: A 74. Halloween Resurrection: C+ 75. The Day the Earth Stood Still(2008): B 76. Looper: A- 77. Smart People: C- 78. Atlas Shrugged-Part One: B 79. Dredd: A- 80. Bridesmaids: C- 81. Taken 2: B 82. Atlas Shrugged-Part Two: C+ 83. Alex Cross: A- 84. RockNRolla: B- 85. Paranormal Activity 4: B 86. Argo: A+ 87. Skyline: F 88. Cop Out: D 89. Skyfall: A 90. Red Dawn (2012): B- 91. Dracula (1979): B 92. Dracula (2009): C+ 93. Slither: B- 94. Your Highness: F 95. Goldeneye: A 96. Whistleblower: B+ 97. The Town: A+ 98. Ted: A 99. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: B+ 100. Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: A 101. Jack Reacher: A- 102. Django Unchained: B+ Spoiler: Movies viewed first time in 2013 The 2013 list: 1. A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas: C- 2. Les Miserables(2012): B 3. Lincoln: A+ 4. Parental Guidance: C+ 5. Warm Bodies: B 6. Waiting for Superman: B 7. Grindhouse: Planet Terror: B- 8. Grindhouse: Death Proof: C+ 9. Zero Dark Thirty: A 10. Last Stand: B 11. Red Tails: A- 12. Hansel & Gretel-Witch Hunters: C- 13. Parker: B- 14. Bullet to the Head: B+ 15. Judge Dredd(1995): C 16. The Mist: B+ 17. A Good Day to Die Hard: B- 18. Fired Up: C+ 19. Fling: C 20. Ask the Dust: D+ 21. Mulan: A- 22. The Lovely Bones: B 23. The Initiation of Sarah: D 24. Jack the Giant Slayer: C+ 25. Oz the Great and Powerful: B+ 26. Olympus Has Fallen: A- 27. The Lives of Others: B+ (German film) 28. The Croods: B+ 29. Jennifers Body: D+ 30. Evil Dead (2013 remake): B+ 31. G.I. Joe: Retaliation: B 32. The Dark Knight Returns pt.1: A+ 33. The Dark Knight Returns pt.2: A+ 34. Batman: Gotham Knight: B 35. Superman/Shazam: Return of Black Adam: A- 36. Batman: Year One: B 37. Batman/Superman: Apocalypse: A+ 38. Superman vs The Elite: B+ 39. Justice League: Doom: A 40. Green Lantern First Flight: A 41. Oblivion: B+ 42. Iron Man 3: B- 43. Planet Hulk: A- 44. Welcome to the Jungle: F 45. The Time Travelers Wife: B+ 46. Star Trek into Darkness: A- 47. The Lost Tomb of Jesus: B 48. The Heat: C+ Went to a sneak of this new Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy buddy cop film. This film only reinforces that overly vulgar, for the sake of vulgarity, lines spat out one after the other for the sake of meanness or discomfort is just not what I consider side splitting humor. Situational humor, accidental humor is more my enjoyment. McCarthy's character, Det.Mullins, is just one liner after one liner for 85% of the film. Now the audience seemed to love it, must be the Bridesmaid crowd, another film I found overrated. So why a C+ grade, why not lower? They lace the characters with just enough heart that when Mullins isn't just being an arrogant ass and Bullock's FBI Special Agent Ashburn isn't being a presumptuous jerk both characters are lonely individuals for different reasons who need someone. An odd sisterhood is formed that saves the script from just being a string of SNL skits strung together. When I did laugh it was mostly at Ashburn moments, those were more the "accidental, site gags" type humor I prefer. It'll probably do decent at the box office if my overall crowd's response is a fair anecdotal barometer.
Updates in Bold: Asura (4) Batman: The Mystery of the Batwoman (7) Beck-Mongolian Chop Squad (2010) (10) Bleach Movie 4: Hell Verse (9) Blood-C: The Last Dark (6) Broken City (7) Bullet to the Head (7) Children Who Chase Lost Voices (7) Dead Man Down (8) Dragon Lord (6) Evangelion 3.33: You Can [Not] Redo (9) Fafner: Heaven and Earth (8) Fairy Tail: Priestess of the Pheonix (8) Fast and Furious 6 (9) Gangster Squad (8) GI Joe: Retaliation (8) A Good Day to Die Hard (7) The Grey (8) Hoshizora Kiseki (7) The Illusionist (10) Initial D: 3rd Stage (9) Iron Man 3 (9) Jack Reacher (8) K-ON: The Movie (8) The Last Stand (8) Library War: Wings of Revolution (9) Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 2nd A's (9) The Man With the Iron Fists (6) Metal Skin Panic: Madox 01 (6) Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion-Theatrical version (9) Niji-iro Hotaru (Rainbow Fireflies) (9) Oblivion (8) Olympus Has Fallen (8) Operation Condor (7) Operation Condor 2: Armour of God (5) Parker (8) Rurouni Kenshin (2012) (8) Star Trek: Into Darkness (10) Tripping the Rift: The Movie (6) Tucker and Dale VS Evil (6) Twin Dragons (7) Why Worry? (1923) (8) Current Total: 42
Spoiler: Movies Seen in January, February, March & April Playback - Netflix Instant Parenthood (1989) - DVD Young Adult - Netflix Instant Django (1966) - free admission Django Unchained (2012) - free admission Housesitter - DVD The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) - YouTube The Sting - free admission This is 40 - free admission The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D/HFR - free admission/free admission Parental Guidance - free admission The Sting II - Netflix Instant Abduction - Netflix Instant Dial M for Murder 3D - free admission Gangster Squad - free admission Zero Dark Thirty - free admission Treasure Planet - Netflix Instant The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption - Netflix Instant Commando - Netflix Instant Battle Royale II - Netflix Instant The Invisible War - Netflix Instant Texas Chainsaw 3D - free admission Lawrence of Arabia - free admission Ron White: A Little Unprofessional - DVD Valkyrie - DVD Our Man Flint - DVD Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap - Netflix Instant Margin Call - Netflix Instant In Like Flint - DVD Purple Rain - free admission Mama - free admission The High and the Mighty - DVD Dave Chappelle's Block Party - DVD Black X-Mas (2006) - DVD Bad Teacher - DVD They Live - free admission Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D/2D - free admission/free admission Inglourious Basterds - DVD The Last Stand - free admission The Night of the Hunter - free admission Warm Bodies - free admission P.S. I Love You - DVD The Lake House - DVD Alonzo Bodden: Who's Paying Attention? - Netflix Instant Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 - Netflix Instant Side by Side - free admission Pennies from Heaven - free admission Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid- DVD The Lonely Guy - DVD Batman: The Dark Knigth Returns, Part Two - DVD Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt - DVD Side Effects - free admission Funny Girl - free admission Christopher Titus: Neverlution - YouTube Ralphie May: Just Correct - YouTube Top Gun 3D - IMAX Fourplay: Tales of Sexual Intimacy - free admission 'Salem's Lot(2004) - DVD Body of Lies - DVD 2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Animated - free admission 2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Live Action - free admission A Good Day to Die Hard - free admission Last Chance Harvey - DVD Paul Williams Still Alive - free admission The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - DVD Invasion of the Blood Farmers - free admission Safety Not Guaranteed - Netflix Instant One Life - free admission Identity Thief - free admission The Switch - Netflix Instant John Dies at the End - free admission Singin' in the Rain - free admission Benny & Joon - free admission Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater - Netflix Instant I'm No Dummy - Netflix Instant The Adventures of Tintin - Netflix Instant Beautiful Creatures - free admission Snitch - free admission Dark Skies - free admission The Queen - USA Network A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III - free admission Safe - DVD The Mechanic - DVD Jack the Giand Slayer 3D - free admission Happy People: A Year in the Taiga - free admission The Wiz - free admission Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome - Unrated Exteded Edition - DVD Jay and Silent Bob Go Down Under - Netflix Instant Lewis Black: In God We Rust - Netflix Instant Jackass: The Movie - Unrated - Netflix Instant Mardi Gras Massacre - free admission Battle Beyond the Stars - Netflix Instant Oz the Great and Powerful 3D - free admission Nashville - free admission Fat Man Little Boy - Netflix Instant Craig Ferguson: I'm Here to Help - Netflix Instant Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - free admission Josie and the Pussycats - free admission Millennium - Netflix Instant Trek Nation - Netflix Instant Indecent Proposal - Netflix Instant This Film is Not Yet Rated - Netflix Instant The People vs George Lucas - Netflix Instant Everybody's Fine - Netflix Instant The Incredible Burt Wonderstone - free admission The Call- free admission Spring Breakers - employee screening Mad Dog and Glory - Netflix Instant The Wild Bunch - free admission Trekkies - Netflix Instant Bad Teacher - Unrated - DVD Salt - Unrated Director's Cut - DVD 30 Minutes or Less - DVD Burn After Reading - DVD Straw Dogs(2011) - DVD The Croods 3D - free admission The ABC's of Death - free admission G.I. Joe: Retaliation 3D/2D - free admission/free admission Admission - free admission Come Out and Play - free admission The Host - free admission The Buddy Holly Story - free admission Trekkies 2 - Netflix Instant Machete Maidens Unleashed! - Netflix Instant Aisha Tyler is Lit: Live at the Fillmore - Netflix Instant Wrong - free admission Winnebago Man - Netflix Instant Kevin Nealon: Now Hear Me Out - Netflix Instant Pocahontas - Netflix Instant Barbarella - Netflix Instant Girls Gone Dead - Netflix Instant Starship Troopers 3: Marauder - Netflix Instant Bill Burr: Let It Go - Netflix Instant Jim Gaffigan: Mr Universe - Netflix Instant Stolen- Netflix Instant Jurassic Park 3D - free admission Faire: An American Renaissance - free admission Bobcat Goldthwait: You Don't Look the Same Either - Netflix Instant The Comedians of Comedy: The Movie - Netflix Instant Doctor Detroit - Netflix Instant C.H.U.D. - Netflix Instant Evil Dead (2013) - free admission Bully - Netflix Instant Trance - free admission Bye Bye Birdie - free admission Rise of the Zombies - Netflix Instant In Time - DVD The Place Beyond the Pines - free admission 42 - free admission Leviathan (1989) - Netflix Instant The Conversation - Netflix Instant London's West End: Great Expectations - free admission Oblivion - free admission Upstream Color - free admission Cars 2 - Starz on Demand Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds - Fathom Events Anonymous - Starz on Demand Year of the Dragon - free admission Heaven's Gate - free admission Mud - free admission To the Wonder - free admission Graceland - free admission Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy - HBO on Demand Pain & Gain - free admission Iron Man Three 2D/3D - free admission/free admission On the Town - free admission Public Enemies - DVD New York, I Love You - DVD The World Before Her - free admission The Legend of Billy John - free admission Star Trek Into Darkness IMAX/3D - free screening/free admission The Great Gatsby 3D (2013) - free admission Iron Man: Rise of Technovore - DVD Cabaret - free admission The Source Family - free admission Detention (2011) - free admission Turkish Star Trek (1973) - free admission Pieta - free admission Superman Unbound - DVD Only two new movies this week, I must be slippin'... Went into work early the other day, and watched Pieta, the latest from Drafthouse Films, before my shift. Its a Korean movie about a loan shark collector who maims the borrowers that can't pay back the loans until he meets a woman who claims to be his mother that abandoned him as a baby. Followed that up with Superman Unbound on DVD. Superman goes off in search of Brainiac after a probe lands in Arizona, and finds the lost city of Kandor while Supergirl is charged with protectin' Earth. I picked up the blu ray, for the exclusive bonus features, but haven't watched 'em yet. The "Flashpoint" trailer looks like it could be cool, though.
Spoiler: The rest of my list. January 1. You Again (✩✩½) - Live TV 2. Vanishing Point (✩✩✩½) - DVD 3. Cyrus (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 4. The Thing (✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 5. Zero Dark Thirty (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 6. Django Unchained (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 7. Inglourious Basterds (✩✩✩) - Live TV 8. American Splendor (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 9. Soul Surfer (✩✩✩) - DVD 10. 30 Minutes or Less (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 11. To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 12. Moby Dick (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 13. Just Go With It (✩✩✩) - Live TV 14. Battle Los Angeles (✩) - Download 15. Mama (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 16. Gangster Squad (✩✩✩½) - Theatre February 17. The Lucky Ones (✩✩✩) - Live TV 18. The Tourist (✩✩½) - Live TV 19. Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (✩✩) - Live TV 20. The Watcher (✩✩✩) - Live TV 21. After Sex (✩✩✩) - Download 22. Sex and Breakfast (✩✩✩) - Download 23. Textuality (✩✩✩½) - Download 24. I Am Number Four (✩✩½) - DVD 25. Waiting for "Superman" (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 26. A Good Day to Die Hard (✩✩✩) - Theatre 27. Dorian Gray (✩✩✩) - DVD 28. Cougars Inc. (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 29. Tasmanian Devils (✩) - Live TV 30. Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray 31. The Promotion (✩✩) - DVD 32. Barney's Version (✩✩✩½) - DVD 33. The Best and the Brightest (✩✩½) - Download 34. Upside Down (✩✩✩✩) - Download March 35. Seven Psychopaths (✩✩½) - Download 36. Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle (✩✩✩½) - YouTube 37. Oz the Great and Powerful (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 38. And Soon the Darkness (2010) (✩✩½) - DVD 39. And Soon The Darkness (1970) (✩✩✩✩) - Download 40. Jack (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 41. Please Give (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray 42. Compliance (✩✩✩) - Download 43. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part I (✩✩✩) - Download 44. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part II (✩✩✩) - Download 45. Midnight in Paris (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 46. Happy Accidents (✩✩✩½) - DVD 47. All Good Things (✩✩✩) - Live TV 48. This Is 40 (✩✩✩) - Download 49. The Good Guy (✩✩✩) - Download 50. Running Scared (✩✩✩) - DVD 51. G.I. Joe: Retaliation (✩✩✩) - Theatre April 52. Everything Must Go (✩✩✩✩) - Download 53. My Awkward Sexual Adventure (✩✩✩✩) - Download 54. The Oh in Ohio (✩✩) - DVD 55. Surviving My Mother (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 56. Oblivion (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 57. Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (✩✩✩) - Download 58. Premium Rush (✩✩✩½) - Download 59. The Pill (✩✩✩✩) - Download 60. The Grey (✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 61. Robot & Frank (✩✩✩✩) - Download 62. The Last House on the Left (✩✩✩) - DVD 63. Womb (✩✩✩✩) - Download 64. Life Happens (✩✩½) - Download 65. Smashed (✩✩✩✩) - Download 66. Step Up Revolution (✩✩✩) - Download 67. Trust (✩✩✩) - Download May[/i] 68. The Oranges (✩✩✩½) - Download 69. Iron Man 3 (✩✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 70. The High Cost of Living (✩✩✩✩) - Download 71. The Mechanic (✩✩✩) - Live TV 72. Vanishing on 7th Street (✩✩✩½) - DVD 73. Uncertainty (✩✩✩½) - Download 74. 10 Years (✩✩) - Download 75. The Darkest Hour (✩✩✩) - Download 76. The First Time (✩✩✩½) - Download 77. Your Sister's Sister (✩✩✩) - Download 78. The Bouquet (✩½) - Live TV 79. Blue Valentine (✩✩✩) - DVD 80. Star Trek Into Darkness (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 81. Cosmopolis (✩✩) - Download 82. Margaret (✩✩✩½) - Download 83. The Fast and the Furious (✩✩✩) - Download 84. Turbo-Charged Prelude (to 2 Fast 2 Furious) (✩✩✩✩) - YouTube 85. 2 Fast 2 Furious (✩✩) - Download 86. Los Bandoleros (✩✩✩) - Download 87. Fast & Furious (✩✩✩½) - Download 88. Fast Five (✩✩✩✩) - Download 89. Furious 6 (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 90. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (✩✩✩½) - Download 91. The Hangover Part III (✩✩✩) - Theatre - Some laugh-out-loud moments and humor that pushes boundries, but otherwise, it's not rip-roaringly funny or clever. Ken Jeong really shines though. 92. Starflight One (✩✩✩✩) - Download - When I was younger, I saw bits and pieces of a movie about a new supersonic airliner that flew too high and got trapped in orbit. Since it couldn't land, a shuttle had to be sent up to rescue everyone onboard. It was a fascinating idea, so I had to do some creative searching to find out what his movie was called and track it down. I did and saw it the other night. It was a TV movie from 1983 and starred Lee Majors. And for a TV movie made in the early 80s, it was pretty ambitious and had great production values. 93. Floored (✩✩✩½) - YouTube - A documentary about floor trading, those who got into it and how it's dying off with the advent of computers and programmers who write algorythms to execute trades. It's a fascinating look into that world. I didn't know that a lot of these market makers were blue collar types just looking to get rich. Theatre: 12 Blu-ray: 6 DVD: 18 Live TV: 14 Download: 40 YouTube: 3