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 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 92. Starflight One (✩✩✩✩) - Download 93. Floored (✩✩✩½) - YouTube 94. Side Effects (✩✩✩✩½) - Download 95. Parker (✩✩✩½) - Download 96. I Am a Sex Addict (✩✩✩) - Download 97. Snitch (✩✩✩✩) - Download 98. Now is Good (✩✩✩½) - Download June 99. Now You See Me (✩✩✩✩½) - Theatre 100. After Earth (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 101. Bride of Frankenstein (✩✩✩) - Live TV 102. Creature from the Black Lagoon (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 103. Predators (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 104. Starter for 10 (✩✩✩) - DVD 105. This Is the End (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 106. Super (✩✩✩✩) - Download 107. Superman: Unbound (✩✩✩½) - Download 108. Man of Steel (✩✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 109. 4:44 Last Day on Earth (✩✩) - Download 110. Identity Thief (✩✩½) - Download 111. Bad Teacher (✩✩✩) - Download 112. World War Z (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 113. Death Defying Acts (✩✩) - Download July 114. Inside Job (✩✩✩) - DVD 115. The Kids Are All Right (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 116. Cashback (✩✩✩) - Netflix 117. The Lone Ranger (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 118. Superman (The Expanded Edition) (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 119. Superman II (The Donner Cut) (✩✩½) - Blu-ray 120. The Host (✩✩✩✩) - Download 121. Pacific Rim (✩✩✩✩½) - Theatre 122. Doomsday Prophecy (✩) - Live TV 123. The Sessions (✩✩✩✩) - Netflix 124. Spring Breakers (✩✩✩✩) - Download 125. Hesher (✩✩✩✩½) - Download 126. Tiny Furniture (✩✩✩) - Netflix 127. The Wolverine (✩✩✩) - Theatre 128. Upstream Color (✩✩✩) - Download 129. 13 (✩✩✩½) - Download 130. Jack Reacher (✩✩✩✩½) - Download August 131. Twilight (✩✩✩) - Download 132. New Moon (✩✩½) - Download 133. Eclipse (✩✩½) - Download 134. Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (✩✩✩✩) - Download 135. Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (✩✩✩✩) - Download 136. The Apparition (✩✩✩½) - Download 137. The Surrogacy Trap (✩✩✩) - Download 138. Elysium (✩✩✩✩½) - Theatre 139. Limitless (Unrated Extended Cut) (✩✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray 140. Charly (✩✩✩✩½) - Download 141. Flowers for Algernon (✩✩✩½) - Download 142. Wind (✩✩✩½) - Netflix 143. Kick-Ass 2 (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 144. Assault on Wall Street (✩✩✩✩) - Download 145. I Melt With You (✩✩½) - Netflix September 146. Riddick (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 147. The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury (✩✩✩) - Download 148. The Bling Ring (✩✩) - Download 149. I Give It a Year (✩✩✩) - Download 150. Europa Report (✩✩✩½) - Download 151. Earth's Final Hours (✩) - Download 152. Marooned (✩✩) - Download 153. Star Trek: Of Gods and Men (✩✩✩) - Download 154. The Place Beyond the Pines (✩✩✩½) - Download 155. Don Jon (✩✩✩✩) - Screening 156. World Without End (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 157. The Omega Man (✩✩✩) - Live TV 158. People Like Us (✩✩✩½) - Download 159. Scarface (✩✩✩) - Download October 160. What to Expect When You're Expecting (✩✩) - Download 161. Goats (✩✩✩✩) - Download 162. Gravity (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 163. The Heat (✩✩✩) - Download 164. Before Midnight (✩✩✩✩) - Download 165. Black Snake Moan (✩✩✩½) - Download 166. Captain Phillips (✩✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 167. Machete Kills (✩✩✩) - Theatre 168. Escape Plan (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 169. The Purge (✩✩✩½) - Download 170. Kung Fu Panda 2 (✩✩½) - Download 171. The Great Gatsby (✩✩✩) - Download 172. Blackfish (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 173. The East (✩✩✩✩) - Download 174. The Wedding Chapel (✩✩½) - Live TV 175. The Conjuring (✩✩✩½) - Download 176. The Kings of Summer (✩✩✩½) - Download 177. Nancy Drew (✩) - Download 178. Bachelorette (✩✩✩) - Download 179. The Romantics (✩✩) - Download 180. The Last Stand (✩✩✩✩) - Download 181. Man on a Ledge (✩✩✩½) - Download November 182. The Last International Playboy (✩✩½) - Download 183. Thor: The Dark World (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 184. Welcome to the Rileys (✩✩✩✩) - Netflix 185. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (✩✩½) - Live TV 186. 2 Guns (✩✩) - Download 187. Paranoia (✩✩✩½) - Download 188. Boogie Nights (✩✩✩) - Download 189. Wild Things (✩✩✩✩) - Download 190. Garden Party (✩✩✩½) - Download 191. Safe (✩✩✩✩½) - Download 192. Life in Flight (✩✩✩) - Netflix 193. Prisoners (✩✩✩✩✩) - Download 194. Loosies (✩✩✩½) - Netflix 195. Take Shelter (✩✩✩✩) - Netflix 196. The Last Days on Mars (✩✩) - Download 197. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (✩✩✩) - Theatre 198. The Starving Games (✩✩½) - Download 199. Crossing Over (✩✩✩✩) - Netflix 200. Slightly Single in L.A. (✩✩½) - Netflix 201. White House Down (✩✩✩✩) - Download 202. Olympus Has Fallen (✩✩✩) - Download 203. The Challenger (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 204. Defending Santa (✩✩) - Live TV 205. Insidious: Chapter 2 (✩✩½) - Download - Not great, but it was nice to get a follow-up to the events in the first movie. 206. Catch A Christmas Star (✩½) - Live TV - A pop star returns to her hometown and rekindles a romance with an old flame who's now a widowed dad. Very little to do with Christmas other than it takes place around that time of year. Pretty bad by TV movie standards, but it had Shannon Elizabeth. 207. A Star for Christmas (✩✩) - Live TV - A young woman struggling to manage her bakery meets a movie star who's shooting a film in her town. Very little to do with Christmas other than it takes place around that time of year. Pretty bad by TV movie standards, but it had Briana Evigan, daughter of Greg Evigan. 208. Let It Snow (✩✩) - Live TV - A woman tries to save a vacation resort from her dad who's a developer and wants the property. Stars Candace Cameron and Alan Thicke as the evil-in that-lightharted-christmasy-sort-of-way dad. Saw it just for Cameron. Otherwise, it's a pretty forgettable TV movie. 209. The Christmas Ornament (✩✩) - Live TV - I don't even know what this one was about but it had Kellie Martin and Jewel Staite. ...and a Christmas ornament. 210. A Very Merry Mix-Up (✩✩½) - Live TV - A woman is supposed to meet her fiancé's parents at Christmas before he arrives, but through a series of events, ends up at the wrong house and bonds with this other family (they have the same last name and a son with the same name as her fiancé). Predictable and not great, but it wasn't that bad either. Stars Alicia Witt. Theatre: 29 Blu-ray: 10 DVD: 21 Netflix: 11 Live TV: 29 Download: 106 YouTube: 3 Screening: 1
Christmas movies rewatched… Batman Returns - Blu-ray Christmas movies seen for the first time… A Star for Christmas (✩✩) - Live TV A Very Merry Mix-Up (✩✩½) - Live TV Catch A Christmas Star (✩½) - Live TV Defending Santa (✩✩) - Live TV Let It Snow (✩✩) - Live TV The Christmas Ornament (✩✩) - Live TV Regarding Batman Returns... I noticed that Selina Kyle had a neon sign in her apartment that said "Hello There". Then when she first put on the Catwoman costume, some of the letters were obscured and it looked like it read "Hell here". Never noticed that before.
The Spectacular Now ★★★ - It's good. I think I would have really enjoyed this movie a lot more 7-8 years ago. It's well acted and engaging the entire time. Lee Daniels' The Butler ★★★1/2 - It was a little unevenly paced, but I really enjoyed it. I almost think it would have been better if they hadn't cast the presidents with well-known actors, though. That kind of took me out of the story... and the epilogue is probably too long. Other than that, I really enjoyed it. Oprah got snubbed by the Golden Globe committee. Mud ★★★ - Not as good as I thought it was going to be. Maybe the hype spoiled it for me. The kids in the movie were great, but it was just a little too slow for my tastes. I fell asleep watching it a couple of nights in a row. I think Take Shelter is the better film from Nichols.
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+ 49. Fast and Furious 6: A- 50. Hangover III: C- 51. Now You See Me: A 52. Boot Camp: B- 53. Green Zone: C 54. Ninja Assassin: B 55. Mr&Mrs. Smith: A- 56. Silver Linings Playbook: A- 57. Man of Steel: B+ 58. Doubt: A 59. Godfather: A 60. World War Z: B 61. Much Ado About Nothing: A- 62. The Lone Ranger: C+ 63. Godfather pt.II: A+ 64. Godfather pt.III: B 65. Beyond Sherwood Forest: D 66. R.E.D. 2: B- 67. The Wolverine: B+ 68. R.I.P.D.: C+ 69. Proof of Life: B- 70. The Conjuring: B 71. Pacific Rim: B- 72. Alone in the Dark: D 73. Apocalypto: A 74. Stargate: Ark of Truth: A- 75. Stargate: Continuum: A 76. Mortal Instruments: City of Bones: B- 77. Pi: C- 78. Riddick: B+ 79. Percy Jackson: Lightning Thief: B 80. The World's End: C+ 81. The Other Woman: B 82. The Other Guys: B- 83. The Sorcerer's Apprentice: C+ 84. Catfish: A- 85. Wild Hogs: C 86. Zach & Miri Make a Porno: B 87. Gravity: A+ 88. Supergirl: D 89. Escape Plan: B+ 90. Prisoners: A 91. Disappearance of Alice Creed: A 92. Deathrace 2000: C+ 93. Thor Dark World: A- 94. Superman Unbound: B+ 95. JCVD: B- 96. Drive: B- 97. Hunger Games: Catching Fire: B+ 98. War Horse: B 99. How to Train Your Dragon: A 100. Scrooged: A- 101. W: D+ 102. 127 Hours: A- 103. Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug: B+ 104. Moonrise Kingdom: A A very smartly written quirky period piece film set during the 60's that focuses on two tweens and their outcast social situation but finding themselves together. At times I wasn't sure if I should admire the story or turn it off cause it felt more than a bit awkward really with the amount of physicality they showed a 12&13 yr old engaging in. Being a dog person I also can't say I liked how Snoopy was treated. I'll have to tell a friend she'll have to not watch it. Dogs=dead is a no-no for her in a film. Ed Norton, Bill Murray, Bruce Willis and Frances McDormand all perform admirably and bring to life this island community a bit detached from "normal" and adding to the quirkiness inherent throughout the film.
Spoiler: The rest of my list... 1. Jack Reacher (C+) 2. The Help (B+) 3. The Silver Linings Playbook (A-) 4. Kramer vs. Kramer (A-) 5. Super 8 (B+) 6. Hugo (B+) 7. Zero Dark Thirty (A) 8. Miss Bala (A-) 9. Monsieur Lazhar (A) 10. Trainspotting (B+) 11. True Grit (A) 12. Casino Royale (A-) 13. Le Mepris (D) 14. On the Road (B) 15. Barbara (B+) 16. Side Effects (B+) 17. Tom Jones (B+) 18. Les Miserables: Part 1: Tempest in a Skull (A-) 19. Les Miserables: Part 2: The Thenardiers (A-) 20. Les Miserables: Part 3: Liberty, Sweet Liberty (A) 21. Rust and Bone (B) 22. GoldenEye (A+) 23. Argo (A) 24. Cool Hand Luke (B+) 25. The Wild Bunch (A) 26. Quantum of Solace (B-) 27. Contact (B+) 28. Wooden Crosses (A-) 29. American Graffiti (A-) 30. The Silence of the Lambs (A) 31. Gone Baby, Gone (A) 32. A Royal Affair (A-) 33. Exotica (B+) 34. Peter Pan (B) 35. Amour (A-) 36. Moulin Rouge (B) 37. The Artist (A-) 38. Les Miserables (A+) 39. A Serious Man (A) 40. Slumdog Millionaire (A) 41. Mulan (A-) 42. Pitch Perfect (B) 43. Schindler's List (A+) 44. Iron Man 3 (B+) 45. Man of Steel (B+) 46. Lincoln (A-) 47. Beautiful Creatures (C-) 48. Pacific Rim (B+) 49. Apocalypse Now (B) 50. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (A-) 51. The Sapphires (B) 52. The Wolverine (B+) 53. Much Ado About Nothing (B+) 54. Elysium (C+) 55. Kick-Ass 2 (B) 56. Before Midnight (A+) 57. The Butler (B) 58. Spring Breakers (B-) 59. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (A-) 60. 20 Feet from Stardom (A) 61. Blue Jasmine (A+) 62. 21 Jump Street (B+) 63. Moonrise Kingdom (A+) 64. This Is The End (A-) 65. Fruitvale Station (B+) 66. The Shawshank Redemption (A+) 67. The Spectacular Now (A) 68. Gravity (A+) 69. Captain Phillips (A) 70. Rush (A-) 71. The Bling Ring (B) 72. Zodiac (B+) 73. Romeo + Juliet (A) 74. Persona (N/A) 75. The Shining (A-) 76. Cast Away (B+) 77. Fight Club (B+) 78. Thor: The Dark World (A-) 79. 12 Years A Slave (A+) 80. Shakespeare in Love (A+) 81. The Descendants (B+) 82. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (A) 83. Frozen (A-) 84. Wadjda (A+) 85. All Is Lost (B+) 86. The Adventures of Robin Hood (A+) 87. The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug (B+) 88. Dallas Buyers Club (B+) 89. The Nightmare Before Christmas (B) 90. Vertigo (A) 91. American Hustle (B+) 92. Psycho (A+) 93. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (B) 94. The Wolf of Wall Street (A) 95. Like Crazy (C+) 96. Rear Window (A-) 97. The Thirteenth Tale (C+) BBC2 adaptation of a moderately popular Diane Setterfield novel from midway through the last decade. The film has an exceptionally good cast, including Vanessa Redgrave, Olivia Colman, and Sophie Turner (the latter being the main reason I tuned in); but the story frankly isn't terribly cinematic, and the direction, while competent, never really conjures up the sort of modern Gothic atmosphere the story really needs (not helped by the very short 90-minute running time). I do enjoy seeing Turner play some roles very different from Sansa Stark. 98. The Great Gatsby (B+) I was not expecting to like this quite as much as I did. From the moment it was announced, and especially as the budget and production images started to come out, this seemed a real mismatch of director and material. But, much to my surprise, Luhrmann's hyperkinetic, splashy style does suit the material. Luhrmann is basically a creator of opera in a cinematic guise, and he turns Fitzgerald's fairly simple themes into an operatic story of sweeping emotions and big gestures. It will not be show in film schools like Gatsby is regularly assigned to high school classes, but so what? The main problem, interestingly, is the main instance of Luhrmann attempting to humanize Fitzgerald's archetypal/symbolic characters, namely, Daisy. The book is fairly straightforward about Gatsby's vision of Daisy being nothing more than a mirage, but the first two-thirds of Luhrmann's film paint Daisy far more sympathetically than Fitzgerald ever did, which makes the final third, where she largely reverts to her book form in order to keep the plot on track, seem rather disconnected from what came before. Also, I really want that white suit that Leo has in this movie. Cinema: 39 Home Video: 48 (+1) Computer: 10
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+ 49. Fast and Furious 6: A- 50. Hangover III: C- 51. Now You See Me: A 52. Boot Camp: B- 53. Green Zone: C 54. Ninja Assassin: B 55. Mr&Mrs. Smith: A- 56. Silver Linings Playbook: A- 57. Man of Steel: B+ 58. Doubt: A 59. Godfather: A 60. World War Z: B 61. Much Ado About Nothing: A- 62. The Lone Ranger: C+ 63. Godfather pt.II: A+ 64. Godfather pt.III: B 65. Beyond Sherwood Forest: D 66. R.E.D. 2: B- 67. The Wolverine: B+ 68. R.I.P.D.: C+ 69. Proof of Life: B- 70. The Conjuring: B 71. Pacific Rim: B- 72. Alone in the Dark: D 73. Apocalypto: A 74. Stargate: Ark of Truth: A- 75. Stargate: Continuum: A 76. Mortal Instruments: City of Bones: B- 77. Pi: C- 78. Riddick: B+ 79. Percy Jackson: Lightning Thief: B 80. The World's End: C+ 81. The Other Woman: B 82. The Other Guys: B- 83. The Sorcerer's Apprentice: C+ 84. Catfish: A- 85. Wild Hogs: C 86. Zach & Miri Make a Porno: B 87. Gravity: A+ 88. Supergirl: D 89. Escape Plan: B+ 90. Prisoners: A 91. Disappearance of Alice Creed: A 92. Deathrace 2000: C+ 93. Thor Dark World: A- 94. Superman Unbound: B+ 95. JCVD: B- 96. Drive: B- 97. Hunger Games: Catching Fire: B+ 98. War Horse: B 99. How to Train Your Dragon: A 100. Scrooged: A- 101. W: D+ 102. 127 Hours: A- 103. Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug: B+ 104. Moonrise Kingdom: A 105. Piranha DD: D The sequel to Piranha 3-D from a few years ago that was a surprisingly modest hit. And itself not all that bad considering the genre. It's not that the story, as overly simple as it is, that is bad, it's that they play it as a spoof instead of a more horror entrenched film. Focusing on the blatant nudity instead. So like some sequels do this one took the wrong lessons from the first and focused on the wrong thing and instead of making at least as modestly enjoyable film this next time it felt like the DDVD supremely low brow flick it is. I can't feign ignorance, I expected bad and got it. So I ended the year on a down note but watched nearly the same as last year, which was 102. Slightly less than 2011 which was 111 so I think I've about found an average of films per year I'm taking in that are new to me or re-watched for the 1st time in over 10 years.
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 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 92. Starflight One (✩✩✩✩) - Download 93. Floored (✩✩✩½) - YouTube 94. Side Effects (✩✩✩✩½) - Download 95. Parker (✩✩✩½) - Download 96. I Am a Sex Addict (✩✩✩) - Download 97. Snitch (✩✩✩✩) - Download 98. Now is Good (✩✩✩½) - Download June 99. Now You See Me (✩✩✩✩½) - Theatre 100. After Earth (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 101. Bride of Frankenstein (✩✩✩) - Live TV 102. Creature from the Black Lagoon (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 103. Predators (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 104. Starter for 10 (✩✩✩) - DVD 105. This Is the End (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 106. Super (✩✩✩✩) - Download 107. Superman: Unbound (✩✩✩½) - Download 108. Man of Steel (✩✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 109. 4:44 Last Day on Earth (✩✩) - Download 110. Identity Thief (✩✩½) - Download 111. Bad Teacher (✩✩✩) - Download 112. World War Z (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 113. Death Defying Acts (✩✩) - Download July 114. Inside Job (✩✩✩) - DVD 115. The Kids Are All Right (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 116. Cashback (✩✩✩) - Netflix 117. The Lone Ranger (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 118. Superman (The Expanded Edition) (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 119. Superman II (The Donner Cut) (✩✩½) - Blu-ray 120. The Host (✩✩✩✩) - Download 121. Pacific Rim (✩✩✩✩½) - Theatre 122. Doomsday Prophecy (✩) - Live TV 123. The Sessions (✩✩✩✩) - Netflix 124. Spring Breakers (✩✩✩✩) - Download 125. Hesher (✩✩✩✩½) - Download 126. Tiny Furniture (✩✩✩) - Netflix 127. The Wolverine (✩✩✩) - Theatre 128. Upstream Color (✩✩✩) - Download 129. 13 (✩✩✩½) - Download 130. Jack Reacher (✩✩✩✩½) - Download August 131. Twilight (✩✩✩) - Download 132. New Moon (✩✩½) - Download 133. Eclipse (✩✩½) - Download 134. Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (✩✩✩✩) - Download 135. Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (✩✩✩✩) - Download 136. The Apparition (✩✩✩½) - Download 137. The Surrogacy Trap (✩✩✩) - Download 138. Elysium (✩✩✩✩½) - Theatre 139. Limitless (Unrated Extended Cut) (✩✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray 140. Charly (✩✩✩✩½) - Download 141. Flowers for Algernon (✩✩✩½) - Download 142. Wind (✩✩✩½) - Netflix 143. Kick-Ass 2 (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 144. Assault on Wall Street (✩✩✩✩) - Download 145. I Melt With You (✩✩½) - Netflix September 146. Riddick (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 147. The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury (✩✩✩) - Download 148. The Bling Ring (✩✩) - Download 149. I Give It a Year (✩✩✩) - Download 150. Europa Report (✩✩✩½) - Download 151. Earth's Final Hours (✩) - Download 152. Marooned (✩✩) - Download 153. Star Trek: Of Gods and Men (✩✩✩) - Download 154. The Place Beyond the Pines (✩✩✩½) - Download 155. Don Jon (✩✩✩✩) - Screening 156. World Without End (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 157. The Omega Man (✩✩✩) - Live TV 158. People Like Us (✩✩✩½) - Download 159. Scarface (✩✩✩) - Download October 160. What to Expect When You're Expecting (✩✩) - Download 161. Goats (✩✩✩✩) - Download 162. Gravity (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 163. The Heat (✩✩✩) - Download 164. Before Midnight (✩✩✩✩) - Download 165. Black Snake Moan (✩✩✩½) - Download 166. Captain Phillips (✩✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 167. Machete Kills (✩✩✩) - Theatre 168. Escape Plan (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 169. The Purge (✩✩✩½) - Download 170. Kung Fu Panda 2 (✩✩½) - Download 171. The Great Gatsby (✩✩✩) - Download 172. Blackfish (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 173. The East (✩✩✩✩) - Download 174. The Wedding Chapel (✩✩½) - Live TV 175. The Conjuring (✩✩✩½) - Download 176. The Kings of Summer (✩✩✩½) - Download 177. Nancy Drew (✩) - Download 178. Bachelorette (✩✩✩) - Download 179. The Romantics (✩✩) - Download 180. The Last Stand (✩✩✩✩) - Download 181. Man on a Ledge (✩✩✩½) - Download November 182. The Last International Playboy (✩✩½) - Download 183. Thor: The Dark World (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 184. Welcome to the Rileys (✩✩✩✩) - Netflix 185. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (✩✩½) - Live TV 186. 2 Guns (✩✩) - Download 187. Paranoia (✩✩✩½) - Download 188. Boogie Nights (✩✩✩) - Download 189. Wild Things (✩✩✩✩) - Download 190. Garden Party (✩✩✩½) - Download 191. Safe (✩✩✩✩½) - Download 192. Life in Flight (✩✩✩) - Netflix 193. Prisoners (✩✩✩✩✩) - Download 194. Loosies (✩✩✩½) - Netflix 195. Take Shelter (✩✩✩✩) - Netflix 196. The Last Days on Mars (✩✩) - Download 197. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (✩✩✩) - Theatre 198. The Starving Games (✩✩½) - Download 199. Crossing Over (✩✩✩✩) - Netflix 200. Slightly Single in L.A. (✩✩½) - Netflix 201. White House Down (✩✩✩✩) - Download 202. Olympus Has Fallen (✩✩✩) - Download 203. The Challenger (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 204. Defending Santa (✩✩) - Live TV December 205. Insidious: Chapter 2 (✩✩½) - Download 206. Catch A Christmas Star (✩½) - Live TV 207. A Star for Christmas (✩✩) - Live TV 208. Let It Snow (✩✩) - Live TV 209. The Christmas Ornament (✩✩) - Live TV 210. A Very Merry Mix-Up (✩✩½) - Live TV 211. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre - It had a great message about getting out of your head and learning to live life but the execution was a little off. The story was a bit unfocussed and meandered a little too much. It felt like the trailer filled in with more padding. This is more of an observation than a complaint though. The movie was funny, poignant and Ben Stiller was great and brought his usual brand of humor to the role. Reading more about the movie, I see that this project has been in development limbo since the early 90s. First Jim Carrey was attached, then other names came along like Mike Myers, Owen Wilson, Sasha Baron Cohen and Johnny Depp, all of whom would have been good too. Another thing… I was surprised to see that the theatre I was at was nearly empty. Only seven people were there, while The Wolf of Wall Street was sold out. 212. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) (✩✩✩½) - Download - I found out that there was a 1947 version, so I decided to watch that as well. Both movies are based on the same short story but this one is a little different. The title character is similar to the contemporary version in that he tunes out from time to time and lives in his own rich fantasies, but in this movie, he's engaged to be married, then meets a pretty woman and finds himself embroiled in a murder conspiracy. That's what shakes him out of his mundane life and idle fantasies in this movie. It stars Danny Kaye. I've never heard of him but with all the fantasy sequences featuring a lot of song and dance, I figured he was a real showman and that this movie was a vehicle for that and it looks like I was right. I'd say he's talented but a lot of his routines were pretty dated. Also, I think this was the first time I saw Boris Karloff without his Frankenstein make-up. 213. The Wolf of Wall Street (✩✩✩✩½) - Theatre - A very good movie about the excesses of Wall Street. DiCaprio, Jonah Hill and the rest of the bunch brought an enormous amount of fun and energy to the film and the first hour and a half went by quite fast. I can't think of anything I don't like right now. Comments I've read say this is a man's movie and I hadn't thought of it that way but they're probably right given the hoards of strippers and hookers throughout. And I gotta say I loved every bit of it. The sexual component was well done. Dirty, funny and full of the same excess as the rest of the movie. I've also got Matthew McConaughey's cadence in my head right now. That scene encapsulates the kind of enthusiams for money and excess featured in the film and it's just plain catchy. I heard that McConaughey improvised it. Obviously Scorsese liked it too because it plays during the end credits. Another fun bit of info… Apparently the cast actually snorted crushed vitamine pills when the scenes called for cocaine use. And yeah, there was a lot of that too. This concludes my movie viewing for 2013. Only 213 movies, down from last year's 360. I'd say that's an improvement. Theatre: 31 Blu-ray: 10 DVD: 21 Netflix: 11 Live TV: 29 Download: 107 YouTube: 3 Screening: 1
December Rundown (9 Movies) 5 Stars None 4½ Stars The Wolf of Wall Street - Theatre 4 Stars The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) - Theatre 3½ Stars The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) - Download 3 Stars None 2½ Stars A Very Merry Mix-Up - Live TV Insidious: Chapter 2 - Download 2 Stars A Star For Christmas - Live TV Let It Snow - Live TV The Christmas Ornament - Live TV 1½ Stars Catch A Christmas Star - Live TV 1 Star None ½ Star None 0 Stars None
Spoiler: The rest of my list... 1. Jack Reacher (C+) 2. The Help (B+) 3. The Silver Linings Playbook (A-) 4. Kramer vs. Kramer (A-) 5. Super 8 (B+) 6. Hugo (B+) 7. Zero Dark Thirty (A) 8. Miss Bala (A-) 9. Monsieur Lazhar (A) 10. Trainspotting (B+) 11. True Grit (A) 12. Casino Royale (A-) 13. Le Mepris (D) 14. On the Road (B) 15. Barbara (B+) 16. Side Effects (B+) 17. Tom Jones (B+) 18. Les Miserables: Part 1: Tempest in a Skull (A-) 19. Les Miserables: Part 2: The Thenardiers (A-) 20. Les Miserables: Part 3: Liberty, Sweet Liberty (A) 21. Rust and Bone (B) 22. GoldenEye (A+) 23. Argo (A) 24. Cool Hand Luke (B+) 25. The Wild Bunch (A) 26. Quantum of Solace (B-) 27. Contact (B+) 28. Wooden Crosses (A-) 29. American Graffiti (A-) 30. The Silence of the Lambs (A) 31. Gone Baby, Gone (A) 32. A Royal Affair (A-) 33. Exotica (B+) 34. Peter Pan (B) 35. Amour (A-) 36. Moulin Rouge (B) 37. The Artist (A-) 38. Les Miserables (A+) 39. A Serious Man (A) 40. Slumdog Millionaire (A) 41. Mulan (A-) 42. Pitch Perfect (B) 43. Schindler's List (A+) 44. Iron Man 3 (B+) 45. Man of Steel (B+) 46. Lincoln (A-) 47. Beautiful Creatures (C-) 48. Pacific Rim (B+) 49. Apocalypse Now (B) 50. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (A-) 51. The Sapphires (B) 52. The Wolverine (B+) 53. Much Ado About Nothing (B+) 54. Elysium (C+) 55. Kick-Ass 2 (B) 56. Before Midnight (A+) 57. The Butler (B) 58. Spring Breakers (B-) 59. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (A-) 60. 20 Feet from Stardom (A) 61. Blue Jasmine (A+) 62. 21 Jump Street (B+) 63. Moonrise Kingdom (A+) 64. This Is The End (A-) 65. Fruitvale Station (B+) 66. The Shawshank Redemption (A+) 67. The Spectacular Now (A) 68. Gravity (A+) 69. Captain Phillips (A) 70. Rush (A-) 71. The Bling Ring (B) 72. Zodiac (B+) 73. Romeo + Juliet (A) 74. Persona (N/A) 75. The Shining (A-) 76. Cast Away (B+) 77. Fight Club (B+) 78. Thor: The Dark World (A-) 79. 12 Years A Slave (A+) 80. Shakespeare in Love (A+) 81. The Descendants (B+) 82. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (A) 83. Frozen (A-) 84. Wadjda (A+) 85. All Is Lost (B+) 86. The Adventures of Robin Hood (A+) 87. The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug (B+) 88. Dallas Buyers Club (B+) 89. The Nightmare Before Christmas (B) 90. Vertigo (A) 91. American Hustle (B+) 92. Psycho (A+) 93. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (B) 94. The Wolf of Wall Street (A) 95. Like Crazy (C+) 96. Rear Window (A-) 97. The Thirteenth Tale (C+) 98. The Great Gatsby (B+) 99. F for Fake (B-) Orson Welles' final theatrical feature, a free-form documentary about the nature of illusion and con artistry. A fascinating experiment, eschewing traditional documentary structures, it's consistently interesting, but I don't think it ever soars. It's held together by Welles' commanding presence in front of the camera. The man was a talent, albeit one that Hollywood never really knew what to do with. 100. The African Queen (B+) Bogart in Technicolour. I don't think I've ever seen that before, and honestly, I don't think it suits him; there was an actor made for black and white. This movie made both of the AFI's top 100 of all time lists, and if that's the measuring stick I think it's considerably overrated. Bogart and Hepburn have nice chemistry as the leads, but as a romance it never gets very far, and as an adventure film it's on the tepid side much of the time. On the whole it's a nice package, but I really don't find it exceptional. Cinema: 39 Home Video: 49 (+1) Computer: 11 (+1) And with that, I make it to 100 films for the year.
009 Re;Cyborg (10) After Earth (8) Asura (4) The A-Team (9) Batman: The Mystery of the Batwoman (7) Beck-Mongolian Chop Squad (2010) (10) Berserk: The Golden Age I: The Egg of the King (7) Berserk: The Golden Age II: Battle for Doldrey (7) Berserk: The Golden Age III: Decent (7) Bleach Movie 4: Hell Verse (9) Blood-C: The Last Dark (6) Blue Exorcist: The Movie (8) Broken City (7) Bullet to the Head (7) Captain Philips (8) A Certain Magical Index: The Miracle of Endymion (8) Children Who Chase Lost Voices (7) Dead Man Down (8) The Departed (7) Dragonball Z Movie 14: Battle of the Gods (7) Dragon Lord (6) Dredd (7) Elysium (8) Ender's Game (8) Escape Plan (9) 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) From Up on Poppy Hill (10) Gangster Squad (8) GI Joe: Retaliation (8) A Good Day to Die Hard (7) Gravity (9) The Grey (8) Hanasaku Iroha (Blossoms for Tomorrow): Home Sweet Home (9) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (9) Hoshizora Kiseki (7) The Illusionist (10) The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (4) Initial D: 3rd Stage (9) Initial D: Drift Racer (live action) (7) Iron Man 3 (9) Jack Reacher (8) Kick Ass (8) Kimi ni Todoke (From Me to You) (8) K-ON: The Movie (8) The Last Stand (8) Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Golden Wings (9) Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War (9) Library War: Wings of Revolution (9) The Lone Ranger (6) Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 2nd A's (9) Man of Steel (9) The Man With the Iron Fists (6) Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion-Theatrical version (9) Metal Skin Panic: Madox 01 (6) Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (7) Nerawareta Gakuen (Psychic School Wars) (10) Niji-iro Hotaru (Rainbow Fireflies) (9) Now You See Me (9) Oblivion (8) Olympus Has Fallen (8) Operation Condor (7) Operation Condor 2: Armour of God (5) Pacific Rim (8) Parker (8) Phantom (2013) (8) The Princess and the Pilot (8) Puela Magi Madoka Magica I: Beginnings (9) Puela Magi Madoka Magica II: Eternal (9) Puella Magi Madoka Magica III: Rebellion (9) RED 2 (10) Riddick (10) Rurouni Kenshin (2012) (8) Star Trek: Into Darkness (10) Steins Gate: Loading Area of Deja vu (10) SWAT 2: Fire Fight (8) The Tempest (6) Thor 2: The Dark World (8) Tripping the Rift: The Movie (6) True Grit (2010) (8) Tucker and Dale VS Evil (6) Twin Dragons (7) Walking Tall: The Payback (7) Why Worry? (1923) (8) The Wolverine (8) Final Total: 87
So, who is gonna start the thread for 2014? 'cause I've already watched one new movie since midnight...
2013 Rundown (213 Movies) Spoiler: The Full List 5 Stars Captain Phillips - Theatre Iron Man 3 - Theatre Man of Steel - Theatre Prisoners - Download 4½ Stars Charly - Download Elysium - Theatre Hesher - Download Jack Reacher - Download Limitless (Unrated Extended Cut) - Blu-ray Now You See Me - Theatre Pacific Rim - Theatre Safe - Download Side Effects - Download Surviving My Mother - DVD The Wolf of Wall Street - Theatre 4 Stars 30 Minutes or Less - DVD American Splendor - DVD And Soon The Darkness (1970) - Download Assault on Wall Street - Download Before Midnight - Download Blackfish - Live TV Breaking Dawn - Part 1 - Download Breaking Dawn - Part 2 - Download Cougars Inc. - DVD Crossing Over - Netflix Cyrus - DVD Don Jon - Screening Everything Must Go - Download Fast Five - Download Goats - Download Gravity - Theatre Mama - Theatre Midnight in Paris - Blu-ray My Awkward Sexual Adventure - Download Oblivion - Theatre Oz the Great and Powerful - Theatre Predators - Blu-ray Riddick - Theatre Robot & Frank - Download Smashed - Download Snitch - Download Spring Breakers - Download Starflight One - Download Super - Download Superman (The Expanded edition) - Blu-ray Take Shelter - Netflix The Challenger - Live TV The East - Download The High Cost of Living - Download The Host - Download The Kids Are All Right - DVD The Last Stand - Download The Pill - Download The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) - Theatre The Sessions - Netflix This Is the End - Theatre Turbo-Charged Prelude (to 2 Fast 2 Furious) - YouTube Upside Down - Download Waiting for "Superman" - Blu-ray Welcome to the Rileys - Netflix White House Down - Download Wild Things - Download Womb - Download World Without End - Live TV Zero Dark Thirty - Theatre 3½ Stars 13 - Download After Earth - Theatre Barney's Version - DVD Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome - Blu-ray Black Snake Moan - Download Creature from the Black Lagoon - Live TV Django Unchained - Theatre Escape Plan - Theatre Europa Report - Download Fast & Furious - Download Floored - YouTube Flowers for Algernon - Download Furious 6 - Theatre Gangster Squad - Theatre Garden Party - Download Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle - YouTube Happy Accidents - DVD Jack - Live TV Kick-Ass 2 - Theatre Loosies - Netflix Man on a Ledge - Download Margaret - Download Moby Dick - Live TV Now is Good - Download Paranoia - Download Parker - Download People Like Us - Download Please Give - Blu-ray Premium Rush - Download Star Trek Into Darkness - Theatre Superman: Unbound - Download Textuality - Download The Apparition - Download The Conjuring - Download The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift - Download The First Time - Download The Kings of Summer - Download The Lone Ranger - Theatre The Oranges - Download The Place Beyond the Pines - Download The Purge - Download The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) - Download Thor: The Dark World - Theatre To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday - Live TV Uncertainty - Download Vanishing on 7th Street - DVD Vanishing Point - DVD Wind - Netflix World War Z - Theatre 3 Stars A Good Day to Die Hard - Theatre After Sex - Download All Good Things - Live TV Bachelorette - Download Bad Teacher - Download Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part I - Download Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part II - Download Blue Valentine - DVD Boogie Nights - Download Bride of Frankenstein - Live TV Cashback - Netflix Compliance - Download Dorian Gray - DVD G.I. Joe: Retaliation - Theatre I Am a Sex Addict - Download I Give It a Year - Download Inglourious Basterds - Live TV Inside Job - DVD Just Go With It - Live TV Life in Flight - Netflix Los Bandoleros - Download Machete Kills - Theatre Olympus Has fallen - Download Running Scared - DVD Scarface - Download Sex and Breakfast - Download Star Trek: Of Gods and Men - Download Starter for 10 - DVD Step Up Revolution - Download Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam - Download Soul Surfer - DVD The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury - Download The Darkest Hour - Download The Fast and the Furious - Download The Good Guy - Download The Great Gatsby - Download The Grey - Blu-ray The Hangover Part III - Theatre The Heat - Download The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - Theatre The Last House on the Left - DVD The Lucky Ones - Live TV The Mechanic - Live TV The Omega Man - Live TV The Surrogacy Trap - Download The Thing - Blu-ray The Watcher - Live TV The Wolverine - Theatre This Is 40 - Download Tiny Furniture - Netflix Trust - Download Twilight - Download Upstream Color - Download You Again - Live TV Your Sister's Sister - Download 2½ Stars A Very Merry Mix-Up - Live TV And Soon the Darkness (2010) - DVD Don't Be Afraid of the Dark - Live TV Eclipse - Download I Am Number Four - DVD I Melt With You - Netflix Identity Thief - Download Insidious: Chapter 2 - Download Kung Fu Panda 2 - Download Life Happens - Download New Moon - Download Seven Psychopaths - Download Slightly Single in L.A. - Netflix Superman II (The Richard Donner Cut) - Blu-ray The Best and the Brightest - Download The Last International Playboy - Download The Starving Games - Download The Tourist - Live TV The Wedding Chapel - Live TV 2 Stars 10 Years - Download 2 Fast 2 Furious - Download 2 Guns - Download 4:44 Last Day on Earth - Download A Star for Christmas - Live TV Cosmopolis - Download Death Defying Acts - Download Defending Santa - Live TV Let It Snow - Live TV Marooned - Download The Bling Ring - Download The Christmas Ornament - Live TV The Oh in Ohio - DVD The Last Days on Mars - Download The Promotion - DVD The Romantics - Download What to Expect When You're expecting - Download Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! - Live TV 1½ Stars Catch A Christmas Star - Live TV The Bouquet - Live TV 1 Star Battle Los Angeles - Download Doomsday Prophecy - Live TV Earth's Final Hours - Download Nancy Drew - Download Tasmanian Devils - Live TV ½ Star None 0 Stars None
Monsters University - Blu Ray - Watched this on New Years Eve with my two sons. This is a prequel done right. It's funny how a movie can make familiar characters new and exciting. One of the best thing Pixar does is give you a movie with a message without seaming to beat you over the head with it. Some people may disagree but I liked it better then Monsters Inc.
May as well be you. I'm thinking about going to see Secret Life of Walter Mitty this afternoon so I may have one to start my '14 list as well.