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Movies Seen In 2014

1) Her (2013) - A
2) Saving Mr. Banks (2013) - B+
3) The Dallas Buyers Club (2013) - B
4) Frozen (2013) - A
5) Wolf of Wall Street (2013) - B
6) Rush (2013) - B+
7) Blackfish (2013) - B
8) The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) - A
9) Captain America: Winter Soldier (2014) - A
10) X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) - B
11) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) - B
12) Edge of Tomorrow (2014) - A-
13) The X Files: Fight the Future (1998) - B
14) Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) - A
15) Dead Poet's Society (1989) - B
16) Boyhood (2014) - A+
17) Chef (2014) - B+
18) Birdman (2014) - C-
19) The Hunger Games: Mocking Jay I (2014) - B
20) Intersteller (2014) - A-
21) The Theory of Everything (2014) - B

Eddie Rydmaine and Falicity Jones carried this movie, and it was a great movie at that. There were some slow and meandering scenes in the middle, but this was a well done film about the life of Jane and Stephen Hawking. I also wanted a little bit more about the science (There were times when this film felt more like a film about Jane rather than Stephen) but overall, I really enjoyed it.

Netflix
Theater: 17 (+1)
Itunes: 2
Blu Ray/DVD/TV: 2
 
20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (9)
20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (9)
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (9)
300: Rise of an Empire (10)
The Amazing Spider-man 2 (7)
Anohana-The Flower We Saw That Day: The Movie (8)
Appleseed: Alpha (8)
Black Rain (7)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (9)
Columbiana (7)
Dirty Pair: Affair on Nolandia (7)
Dirty Pair: Flight 005 Conspiracy (8)
Dirty Pair: Project Eden (6)
Divergent (7)
Dragonball Z: Battle of the Gods (7)
Edge of Tomorrow (10)
The Equalizer (10)
The Expendables 3 (8)
Fairy Tail The Movie: The Phoenix Priestess (8)
Fury (9)
Garden of Sinners: Blessings for the Future (9)
Garden of Sinners: Blessing for the Future-Extra Chorus (9)
Godzilla (2014) (9)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (9)
Guardians of the Galaxy (8)
Heat (1995) (8)
Hercules (2014) (7)
The Hobit: Battle of the Five Armies (8)
Interstellar (9)
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (9)
John Q (9)
John Wick (8)
Kick Ass 2 (8)
Lone Survivor (8)
Lucy (9)
Lupin the 3rd: Bye Bye Liberty (7)
Lupin the 3rd: The Hemingway Papers (7)
Lupin the 3rd VS Detective Konan: The Movie (8)
Lupin the 3rd: Strange Psychokentic Strategy (5)
Mass Effect: Paragon Lost (7)
Maze Runner (6)
Mission Impossible II (8)
Mission Impossible III (8)
Monuments Men (8)
Mr. Popper's Penguins (7)
Need for Speed (8)
Non-Stop (10)
The November Man (7)
The Odessa File (1974) (10)
Oldboy (2013) (9)
Pack Up Your Troubles (7)
Patema Inverted (Sakasama no Patema) (9)
The Raid: Redemption (8)
The Raid 2 (7)
Red Dawn (2012) (5)
Robocop (2014) (8)
The Rover (5)
Short Peace: Possessions (9)
Short Peace: Combustion (7)
Short Peace: Gambo (8)
Short Peace: A Farewell to Weapons (9)
Snowpiercer (6)
Stargate SG1: Children of the Gods (8)
Tales From Earthsea (5)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) (7)
Time of Eve: The Movie (10)
Transformers 4: Age of Extinction (8)
A Walk Among the Tombstones (8)
Walking Tall: Lone Justice (6)
White House Down (7)
The Wind Rises (7)
Wolf Children (8)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (9)


Recently Seen:
Batman: Assault on Arkam (9)
Kite (2014 live action) (5)
Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise (8)

Running Total: 75
 
Last edited:
The Devil's Double - Netflix Instant
MST3K: Future War - Netflix Instant
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay - Netflix Instant
Stephen King's Graveyard Shift - Netflix Instant
Charge - Netflix Instant
The Eiger Sanction - Netflix Instant
MST3K: Laserblast - Netflix Instant
The Joneses - Netflix Instant
The Reich Underground - Netflix Instant
In the Loop - Netflix Instant
The Other Man - Netflix Instant
Our Nixon - Netflix Instant
Broadcast News - Netflix Instant
MST3K: Final Justice - Netflix Instant
The Blob (1958) - HuluPlus
American Breakdown - HuluPlus
Spy Kids 3: Game Over - Netflix Instant
The Beast with a Million Eyes - Netflix Instant
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) - Netflix Instant
Escape from Alcatraz - Netflix Insant
River of No Return - Netflix Instant
The Apartment - Netflix Instant
Rewind This! - HuluPlus
Ping Pong - Netflix Instant
Schooled: The Price of College Sports - Netflix Instant
Bronies - Netflix Instant
Le Lac Des Zombies (aka Zombie Lake) - Netflix Instant
Cockneys vs Zombies - Netflix Instant
Humanoids from the Deep (aka Monster) - Netflix Instant
The Haunting in Connecticut - Netflix Instant
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia - Netflix Instant
Giorgio Moroder Presents Metropolis (1984) - Netflix Instant
Dinosaur Island - Netflix Instant
Age of Dinosaurs - Netflix Instant
The Dinosaur Project - Netflix Instant
Baby Boom - Netflix Instant
Blindsided - Netflix Instant
Hobo with a Shotgun - Netflix Instant
Stranded - Netflix Instant
MST3K: The Phantom Planet - Netflix Instant
Looney Tunes: Back in Action - DVD
The Crow: Wicked Prayer - Showtime Extreme
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home - Starz Kids & Family
Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit - HBO on Demand
Bullet to the Head - Cinemax on Demand
Howard the Duck - HBO Family
Battlefield Earth - HBO on Demand
Me, Myself & Irene - HBO on Demand
Bad Milo! - Netflix Instant
The Final Cut - Netflix Instant
Starship Troopers: Invasion - Netflix Instant
P!nk: The Truth About Love Tour - Netflix Instant
Saving Mr. Banks - DVD
Avengers Confidential: Black Widow / Punisher - DVD
Suddenly - Netflix Instant
Captain America: The Winter Soldier 2D - theater
Turbulance - HBO
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor - BBC America
Fearless- Cinemax
Blly Crystal: 700 Sundays - HBO
Jay Mohr: Funny for a Girl - Showtime
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) - Cinemax
The Natural - MoviePlex
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie - Cinemax
She's the Man - HBO
Godzilla vs Destroyah (1995) - Movieplex
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 3D - Alamo Drafthouse
Justice League: War - DVD
Son of Batman - DVD
Prisoners - HBO
A Day at the Races - free admission
The Lego Movie 2D - discount theater
Non-Stop - discount theater
Godzilla 2D (2014) - free admission
The Grand Budapest Hotel - free admission
Neighbors - free admission
X-Men: Days of Future Past 2D - free admission
Million Dollar Arm - free admission
Grudge Match - DVD
The Monuments Men - DVD
3 Days to Kill - DVD
Maleficent 2D - matinee
The Family - Netflix Instant
Romancing the Stone - Netflix Instant
The Jewel of the Nile- Netflix Instant
The Sklar Brothers: What Are We Talking About? - Netflix Instant
Robocop (2014) - DVD
Lone Survivor - DVD
Knights of Badassdom - DVD
Frozen - DVD
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - DVD
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 - Netflix Instant
A Million Ways to Die in the West - free admission
Wolverine: Weapon X - Tomorrow Dies Today - DVD
Dumb and Dumber: Unrated Edition - DVD
Maria Bamford: The Special Special Special! - Netflix Instant
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit - DVD
Escape from Tomorrow - Netflix Instant
22 Jump Street - theater
Edge of Tomorrow 2D - theater
Harlem Nights - Netflix Instant
JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time - DVD
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 - Netflix Instant
The Raid 2 - DVD
The Wolf of Wall Street - DVD
Homefront - Netflix Instant
Out of the Furnace - Netflix Instant
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 2D - theater
Stan Lee's Mighty 7 - DVD
Hot Coffee - Netflix Instant
Transformers: Age of Extinction 2D - theater
Odd Thomas - Netflix Instant
Bad Words - DVD
300: Rise of an Empire - DVD
Her - DVD
Under the Skin - DVD
Sabotage - DVD
Lewis Black: Old Yeller - Live at the Borgata - Netflix Instant
Emperor - Netflix Instant
Robin Williams: Weapons of Self Destruction - YouTube
Guardians of the Galaxy 3D/2D - theater/theater
Batman: Assault on Arkham - DVD
You're Next - Netflix Instant
The Nut Job - Netflix Instant
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project - Hulu Plus
Dennis Miller: America 180 - Netflix Instant
The Sons of Katie Elder - Netflix Instant
Doctor Who: Deep Breath - DVD
Draft Day - DVD
A Walk Among the Tombstones - theater
The Equalizer - theater
Space Station 76 - DVD
Chef - DVD
Star Wars: Rebels - Spark of Rebellion - DVD
Eternals - DVD
Iron Man/Captain America: Heroes United - Netflix Instant
Gone Girl - theater
The Maze Runner - theater
Winter's Bone - DVD
Girlfight - Netflix Instant
Cuban Fury - Netflix Instant
The Fluffy Movie - DVD
The Fluffy Movie: Extended Cut - DVD
Big Hero 6 2D - theater
Patton Oswalt: My Weakness is Strong - Netflix Instant
How to Train Your Dragon 2 - DVD
The November Man - DVD
Interstellar - theater
Nebraska - Netflix Instant
Mike Birbiglia: My Girlfriend's Boyfriend - Netflix Instant
Mike Birbiglia: What I Should Have Said was Nothing - Netflix Instant
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues- Netflix Instant
Sleepwalk with Me - Netflix Instant
The Expendables 3 - DVD
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 3D - theater
The Purge: Anarchy - DVD
When the Game Stands Tall - DVD
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones - Extended Version - Netflix Instant
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise - Netflix Instant
Vampire Academy- DVD
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For - DVD
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) - DVD
Let's Be Cops- DVD
The Giver - DVD
The Hustler - Netflix Instant
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part One - theater

Made my last trip to the movie theater for the year to see the first part of the HG finale.

I quite liked it, not as good as the first two, but maybe once the second part comes out, viewin' 'em together will make a difference.

There was one guy in the theater who, when the movie ended, yelled out, "REALLY!?!?"

There are still a couple of movies out there I'd like to see, but tomorrow's my last day off 'til New Year's, so I guess it they can wait.
 
Recently Seen:

Carrie
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Babadook
Deliver Us from Evil
How to train Dragon 2
Interstellar
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay
 
1. Philomena (B+)
2. Blue Is The Warmest Colour (A)
3. Her (A+)
4. Bicycle Thieves (B)
5. Frances Ha (B+)
6. Inside Llewyn Davis (A)
7. American Hustle (B+)
8. East of Eden (C+)
9. The Hunt (A-)
10. Amadeus (A+)
11. The LEGO Movie (A-)
12. Nebraska (B+)
13. Short Term 12 (A)
14. The Square (B+)
15. The Act of Killing (A)
16. Metropolitan (B)
17. Almost Famous (A+)
18. The Ice Storm (C+)
19. 300: Rise of an Empire (B)
20. The Great Beauty (B+)
21. Network (A+)
22. The Palm Beach Story (A+)
23. The Past (B+)
24. The Royal Tenenbaums (B+)
25. The Grand Budapest Hotel (A-)
26. Room 237 (B-)
27. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (A+)
28. Noah (B+)
29. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (A)
30. Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (D)
31. Fantastic Mr. Fox (B+)
32. Independence Day (A)
33. Sherlock, Jr. (B+)
34. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (B)
35. Godzilla (B+)
36. Anna Karenina (B+)
37. X-Men: Days of Future Past (A)
38. Pride & Prejudice (A+)
39. The Perks of Being A Wallflower (A-)
40. Tess (B+)
41. Belle (B+)
42. Barton Fink (B+)
43. Miller's Crossing (A+)
44. Punch-Drunk Love (B-)
45. The General (A)
46. Ida (B+)
47. How To Train Your Dragon 2 (B+)
48. Jane Eyre (B+)
49. The Fault in Our Stars (A-)
50. Star Trek Into Darkness (B-)
51. 22 Jump Street (A-)
52. Chef (B+)
53. Begin Again (A)
54. The Immigrant (A+)
55. Sense and Sensibility (A+)
56. The Birds (B+)
57. Populaire (B+)
58. Tracks (B)
59. Fish Tank (A-)
60. Malena (B)
61. Paper Moon (A)
62. Guardians of the Galaxy (A)
63. Lucy (C+)
64. Raising Arizona (B+)
65. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (A-)
66. Looper (A+)
67. Footloose (B+)
68. Lola (B+)
69. Bay of Angels (B)
70. The Fisher King (C+)
71. Boyhood (A)
72. Oliver Twist (A-)
73. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (A+)
74. Bernie (B+)
75. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (C+)
76. Life Itself (A)
77. Being John Malkovich (A+)
78. The Young Girls of Rochefort (A)
79. Wadjda (A+)
80. Donkey Skin (C+)
81. Une chambre en ville (A+)
82. The Lady Eve (A)
83. The Earrings of Madame de... (A)
84. Jules and Jim (A-)
85. The Hunt for Red October (A-)
86. Young and Beautiful (B-)
87. Hoop Dreams (A+)
88. A Room With A View (B)
89. The 400 Blows (A-)
90. Les Miserables (A+)
91. Zero Dark Thirty (A)
92. MASH (C)
93. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (A-)
94. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (B+)
95. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (A-)
96. The Little Mermaid (A)
97. Gone Girl (A)
98. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (A+)
99. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (A)
100. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (A)
101. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (C+)
102. Sleeping Beauty (B)
103. The Graduate (B-)
104. Raise the Red Lantern (A-)
105. Where the Wild Things Are (A-)
106. Beauty and the Beast (A+)
107. The Wolf of Wall Street (A+)
108. The Parallax View (A-)
109. Moonrise Kingdom (A+)
110. Ride With The Devil (A-)
111. Lolita (B)
112. Fury (B+)
113. Se7en (A-)
114. Rosemary's Baby (A+)
115. Black Swan (A-)
116. The Incredibles (A+)
117. The Red Shoes (A)
118. Big Hero 6 (A-)
119. Interstellar (A)
120. Sin Nombre (B+)
121. Witness (A-)
122. Doctor Zhivago (A-)
123. The Rocketeer (A-)
124. Birdman (B+)
125. Whiplash (A)
126. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (B+)
127. Princess Mononoke (A)
128. Reds (A)
129. Stand By Me (A-)
130. Kiki's Delivery Service (B+)
131. The Theory of Everything (B+)
132. Love Actually (A-)
133. We Are The Best! (A-)
134. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (C+)
135. Under the Skin (B)
136. Miracle on 34th Street (1947) (A-)
137. Miracle on 34th Street (1994) (B)
138. The Interview (B)
139. Team America: World Police (A-)
140. Into the Woods (B+)
141. Unbroken (B-)

The lengthy sequence of Zamperini and his friends marooned at sea is gripping, and the prison camp sequence is effectively grueling, but the story is saddled with a bunch of flashbacks to his early life that don't tell you anything meaningful about the character (indeed, I'd argue they make him seem blander, since they're the most cliched part of it), and a general lack of focus on his inner life (especially obvious when a ton of stuff relating to his PTSD and postwar religious awakening are relegated to a text epilogue).

Cinema: 46 (+1)
DVD/Blu-Ray: 51
Streaming Service: 44
 
A Hard Day's Night ★★★

I got the Criterion edition for Christmas. I thought the movie was pretty good. There are hours and hours and hours of bonus footages that I'm going to be sorting through and a pretty thick booklet that came with it.
 
The Devil's Double - Netflix Instant
MST3K: Future War - Netflix Instant
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay - Netflix Instant
Stephen King's Graveyard Shift - Netflix Instant
Charge - Netflix Instant
The Eiger Sanction - Netflix Instant
MST3K: Laserblast - Netflix Instant
The Joneses - Netflix Instant
The Reich Underground - Netflix Instant
In the Loop - Netflix Instant
The Other Man - Netflix Instant
Our Nixon - Netflix Instant
Broadcast News - Netflix Instant
MST3K: Final Justice - Netflix Instant
The Blob (1958) - HuluPlus
American Breakdown - HuluPlus
Spy Kids 3: Game Over - Netflix Instant
The Beast with a Million Eyes - Netflix Instant
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) - Netflix Instant
Escape from Alcatraz - Netflix Insant
River of No Return - Netflix Instant
The Apartment - Netflix Instant
Rewind This! - HuluPlus
Ping Pong - Netflix Instant
Schooled: The Price of College Sports - Netflix Instant
Bronies - Netflix Instant
Le Lac Des Zombies (aka Zombie Lake) - Netflix Instant
Cockneys vs Zombies - Netflix Instant
Humanoids from the Deep (aka Monster) - Netflix Instant
The Haunting in Connecticut - Netflix Instant
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia - Netflix Instant
Giorgio Moroder Presents Metropolis (1984) - Netflix Instant
Dinosaur Island - Netflix Instant
Age of Dinosaurs - Netflix Instant
The Dinosaur Project - Netflix Instant
Baby Boom - Netflix Instant
Blindsided - Netflix Instant
Hobo with a Shotgun - Netflix Instant
Stranded - Netflix Instant
MST3K: The Phantom Planet - Netflix Instant
Looney Tunes: Back in Action - DVD
The Crow: Wicked Prayer - Showtime Extreme
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home - Starz Kids & Family
Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit - HBO on Demand
Bullet to the Head - Cinemax on Demand
Howard the Duck - HBO Family
Battlefield Earth - HBO on Demand
Me, Myself & Irene - HBO on Demand
Bad Milo! - Netflix Instant
The Final Cut - Netflix Instant
Starship Troopers: Invasion - Netflix Instant
P!nk: The Truth About Love Tour - Netflix Instant
Saving Mr. Banks - DVD
Avengers Confidential: Black Widow / Punisher - DVD
Suddenly - Netflix Instant
Captain America: The Winter Soldier 2D - theater
Turbulance - HBO
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor - BBC America
Fearless- Cinemax
Blly Crystal: 700 Sundays - HBO
Jay Mohr: Funny for a Girl - Showtime
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) - Cinemax
The Natural - MoviePlex
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie - Cinemax
She's the Man - HBO
Godzilla vs Destroyah (1995) - Movieplex
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 3D - Alamo Drafthouse
Justice League: War - DVD
Son of Batman - DVD
Prisoners - HBO
A Day at the Races - free admission
The Lego Movie 2D - discount theater
Non-Stop - discount theater
Godzilla 2D (2014) - free admission
The Grand Budapest Hotel - free admission
Neighbors - free admission
X-Men: Days of Future Past 2D - free admission
Million Dollar Arm - free admission
Grudge Match - DVD
The Monuments Men - DVD
3 Days to Kill - DVD
Maleficent 2D - matinee
The Family - Netflix Instant
Romancing the Stone - Netflix Instant
The Jewel of the Nile- Netflix Instant
The Sklar Brothers: What Are We Talking About? - Netflix Instant
Robocop (2014) - DVD
Lone Survivor - DVD
Knights of Badassdom - DVD
Frozen - DVD
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - DVD
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 - Netflix Instant
A Million Ways to Die in the West - free admission
Wolverine: Weapon X - Tomorrow Dies Today - DVD
Dumb and Dumber: Unrated Edition - DVD
Maria Bamford: The Special Special Special! - Netflix Instant
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit - DVD
Escape from Tomorrow - Netflix Instant
22 Jump Street - theater
Edge of Tomorrow 2D - theater
Harlem Nights - Netflix Instant
JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time - DVD
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 - Netflix Instant
The Raid 2 - DVD
The Wolf of Wall Street - DVD
Homefront - Netflix Instant
Out of the Furnace - Netflix Instant
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 2D - theater
Stan Lee's Mighty 7 - DVD
Hot Coffee - Netflix Instant
Transformers: Age of Extinction 2D - theater
Odd Thomas - Netflix Instant
Bad Words - DVD
300: Rise of an Empire - DVD
Her - DVD
Under the Skin - DVD
Sabotage - DVD
Lewis Black: Old Yeller - Live at the Borgata - Netflix Instant
Emperor - Netflix Instant
Robin Williams: Weapons of Self Destruction - YouTube
Guardians of the Galaxy 3D/2D - theater/theater
Batman: Assault on Arkham - DVD
You're Next - Netflix Instant
The Nut Job - Netflix Instant
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project - Hulu Plus
Dennis Miller: America 180 - Netflix Instant
The Sons of Katie Elder - Netflix Instant
Doctor Who: Deep Breath - DVD
Draft Day - DVD
A Walk Among the Tombstones - theater
The Equalizer - theater
Space Station 76 - DVD
Chef - DVD
Star Wars: Rebels - Spark of Rebellion - DVD
Eternals - DVD
Iron Man/Captain America: Heroes United - Netflix Instant
Gone Girl - theater
The Maze Runner - theater
Winter's Bone - DVD
Girlfight - Netflix Instant
Cuban Fury - Netflix Instant
The Fluffy Movie - DVD
The Fluffy Movie: Extended Cut - DVD
Big Hero 6 2D - theater
Patton Oswalt: My Weakness is Strong - Netflix Instant
How to Train Your Dragon 2 - DVD
The November Man - DVD
Interstellar - theater
Nebraska - Netflix Instant
Mike Birbiglia: My Girlfriend's Boyfriend - Netflix Instant
Mike Birbiglia: What I Should Have Said was Nothing - Netflix Instant
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues- Netflix Instant
Sleepwalk with Me - Netflix Instant
The Expendables 3 - DVD
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 3D - theater
The Purge: Anarchy - DVD
When the Game Stands Tall - DVD
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones - Extended Version - Netflix Instant
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise - Netflix Instant
Vampire Academy- DVD
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For - DVD
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) - DVD
Let's Be Cops- DVD
The Giver - DVD
The Hustler - Netflix Instant
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part One - theater
Carrie (2013) - Netflix Instant
I, Frankenstein - Netflix Instant

Watched the latest Stephen King remake starrin' Chloe Grace Moretz. I watched the original with Sissy Spacek awhile back...thinkin' this one may have been better. Some obvious CGI, but Carrie at the prom was better, more animated, then just bein' bug eyed and lookin' at stuff.

Glad I got to it before Netflix drops it from the listings.

Watchin' I,F tonight, just 'cause I like Aaron Eckhard & Bill Nighy, but the story of Frankenstein's monster being' caught in a war between demons from hell & gargoyles from churches is kinda dull. Way too much CGI & green screen in this one.
 
Timecrimes ★★★

For all the critical praise, this is a pretty simple movie that is really disappointing by the last act.

Tiny Furniture ★★★

It's the spiritual prequel to Girls. It's not bad and Lena is charming, but it goes nowhere and does nothing.
 
1) Her (2013) - A
2) Saving Mr. Banks (2013) - B+
3) The Dallas Buyers Club (2013) - B
4) Frozen (2013) - A
5) Wolf of Wall Street (2013) - B
6) Rush (2013) - B+
7) Blackfish (2013) - B
8) The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) - A
9) Captain America: Winter Soldier (2014) - A
10) X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) - B
11) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) - B
12) Edge of Tomorrow (2014) - A-
13) The X Files: Fight the Future (1998) - B
14) Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) - A
15) Dead Poet's Society (1989) - B
16) Boyhood (2014) - A+
17) Chef (2014) - B+
18) Birdman (2014) - C-
19) The Hunger Games: Mocking Jay I (2014) - B
20) Intersteller (2014) - A-
21) The Theory of Everything (2014) - B

Netflix
Theater: 17 (+1)
Itunes: 2
Blu Ray/DVD/TV: 2

I usually do a New Year's Eve one last go to the movies but I didn't do it this year because I got sick so this is my list. I don't watch a lot of movies (Mainly a Sports and TV fan) but 21 is decent for me.

Can someone please explain Birdman and why it was so loved? The more I think about that movie the more annoyed I get with it. It was a pretentious movie with one of the most annoying "musical scores" I've ever heard. I guess people like the set up of it being filmed in one shot, but there was something nauseating about it. Every year it seems like there is a film I just didn't get (One year I couldn't even finish Tree of Life because it was so boring) and Birdman might be this year's film.
 
1. Philomena (B+)
2. Blue Is The Warmest Colour (A)
3. Her (A+)
4. Bicycle Thieves (B)
5. Frances Ha (B+)
6. Inside Llewyn Davis (A)
7. American Hustle (B+)
8. East of Eden (C+)
9. The Hunt (A-)
10. Amadeus (A+)
11. The LEGO Movie (A-)
12. Nebraska (B+)
13. Short Term 12 (A)
14. The Square (B+)
15. The Act of Killing (A)
16. Metropolitan (B)
17. Almost Famous (A+)
18. The Ice Storm (C+)
19. 300: Rise of an Empire (B)
20. The Great Beauty (B+)
21. Network (A+)
22. The Palm Beach Story (A+)
23. The Past (B+)
24. The Royal Tenenbaums (B+)
25. The Grand Budapest Hotel (A-)
26. Room 237 (B-)
27. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (A+)
28. Noah (B+)
29. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (A)
30. Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (D)
31. Fantastic Mr. Fox (B+)
32. Independence Day (A)
33. Sherlock, Jr. (B+)
34. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (B)
35. Godzilla (B+)
36. Anna Karenina (B+)
37. X-Men: Days of Future Past (A)
38. Pride & Prejudice (A+)
39. The Perks of Being A Wallflower (A-)
40. Tess (B+)
41. Belle (B+)
42. Barton Fink (B+)
43. Miller's Crossing (A+)
44. Punch-Drunk Love (B-)
45. The General (A)
46. Ida (B+)
47. How To Train Your Dragon 2 (B+)
48. Jane Eyre (B+)
49. The Fault in Our Stars (A-)
50. Star Trek Into Darkness (B-)
51. 22 Jump Street (A-)
52. Chef (B+)
53. Begin Again (A)
54. The Immigrant (A+)
55. Sense and Sensibility (A+)
56. The Birds (B+)
57. Populaire (B+)
58. Tracks (B)
59. Fish Tank (A-)
60. Malena (B)
61. Paper Moon (A)
62. Guardians of the Galaxy (A)
63. Lucy (C+)
64. Raising Arizona (B+)
65. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (A-)
66. Looper (A+)
67. Footloose (B+)
68. Lola (B+)
69. Bay of Angels (B)
70. The Fisher King (C+)
71. Boyhood (A)
72. Oliver Twist (A-)
73. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (A+)
74. Bernie (B+)
75. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (C+)
76. Life Itself (A)
77. Being John Malkovich (A+)
78. The Young Girls of Rochefort (A)
79. Wadjda (A+)
80. Donkey Skin (C+)
81. Une chambre en ville (A+)
82. The Lady Eve (A)
83. The Earrings of Madame de... (A)
84. Jules and Jim (A-)
85. The Hunt for Red October (A-)
86. Young and Beautiful (B-)
87. Hoop Dreams (A+)
88. A Room With A View (B)
89. The 400 Blows (A-)
90. Les Miserables (A+)
91. Zero Dark Thirty (A)
92. MASH (C)
93. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (A-)
94. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (B+)
95. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (A-)
96. The Little Mermaid (A)
97. Gone Girl (A)
98. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (A+)
99. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (A)
100. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (A)
101. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (C+)
102. Sleeping Beauty (B)
103. The Graduate (B-)
104. Raise the Red Lantern (A-)
105. Where the Wild Things Are (A-)
106. Beauty and the Beast (A+)
107. The Wolf of Wall Street (A+)
108. The Parallax View (A-)
109. Moonrise Kingdom (A+)
110. Ride With The Devil (A-)
111. Lolita (B)
112. Fury (B+)
113. Se7en (A-)
114. Rosemary's Baby (A+)
115. Black Swan (A-)
116. The Incredibles (A+)
117. The Red Shoes (A)
118. Big Hero 6 (A-)
119. Interstellar (A)
120. Sin Nombre (B+)
121. Witness (A-)
122. Doctor Zhivago (A-)
123. The Rocketeer (A-)
124. Birdman (B+)
125. Whiplash (A)
126. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (B+)
127. Princess Mononoke (A)
128. Reds (A)
129. Stand By Me (A-)
130. Kiki's Delivery Service (B+)
131. The Theory of Everything (B+)
132. Love Actually (A-)
133. We Are The Best! (A-)
134. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (C+)
135. Under the Skin (B)
136. Miracle on 34th Street (1947) (A-)
137. Miracle on 34th Street (1994) (B)
138. The Interview (B)
139. Team America: World Police (A-)
140. Into the Woods (B+)
141. Unbroken (B-)
142. Another Year (A-)

In picking one last film to close out the year (albeit not on a nice round number), I looked at my Netflix list and this jumped out as appropriate on a title basis. I recall this being talked about a lot back in 2010, centering around Lesley Manville's performance, which a lot of people wanted to see get an Oscar nomination. It didn't, but it certainly would have merited it; Manville is superb as a jittery, perpetually-miserable woman, whose life is observed through the viewpoint of a happily married pair of acquaintances. As with a lot of the work of Mike Leigh, it's hard to describe on a plot level, but it's a fascinating watch.

Cinema: 46
DVD/Blu-Ray: 51
Streaming Service: 45 (+1)
 
The Year in Review:

20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (9)
20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (9)
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (9)
300: Rise of an Empire (10)
The Amazing Spider-man 2 (7)
Anohana-The Flower We Saw That Day: The Movie (8)
Appleseed: Alpha (8)
Batman: Assault on Arkam (9)
Black Rain (7)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (9)
Columbiana (7)
Dirty Pair: Affair on Nolandia (7)
Dirty Pair: Flight 005 Conspiracy (8)
Dirty Pair: Project Eden (6)
Divergent (7)
Dragonball Z: Battle of the Gods (7)
Edge of Tomorrow (10)
The Equalizer (10)
The Expendables 3 (8)
Fairy Tail The Movie: The Phoenix Priestess (8)
Fury (9)
Garden of Sinners: Blessings for the Future (9)
Garden of Sinners: Blessing for the Future-Extra Chorus (9)
Godzilla (2014) (9)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (9)
Guardians of the Galaxy (8)
Heat (1995) (8)
Hercules (2014) (7)
The Hobit: Battle of the Five Armies (8)
Interstellar (9)
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (9)
John Q (9)
John Wick (8)
Kick Ass 2 (8)
Kite (2014 live action) (5)
Lone Survivor (8)
Lucy (9)
Lupin the 3rd: Bye Bye Liberty (7)
Lupin the 3rd: The Hemingway Papers (7)
Lupin the 3rd VS Detective Konan: The Movie (8)
Lupin the 3rd: Strange Psychokentic Strategy (5)
Mass Effect: Paragon Lost (7)
Maze Runner (6)
Mission Impossible II (8)
Mission Impossible III (8)
Monuments Men (8)
Mr. Popper's Penguins (7)
Need for Speed (8)
Non-Stop (10)
The November Man (7)
The Odessa File (1974) (10)
Oldboy (2013) (9)
Pack Up Your Troubles (7)
Patema Inverted (Sakasama no Patema) (9)
The Raid: Redemption (8)
The Raid 2 (7)
Red Dawn (2012) (5)
Robocop (2014) (8)
The Rover (5)
Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise (8)
Short Peace: Possessions (9)
Short Peace: Combustion (7)
Short Peace: Gambo (8)
Short Peace: A Farewell to Weapons (9)
Snowpiercer (6)
Stargate SG1: Children of the Gods (8)
Tales From Earthsea (5)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) (7)
Time of Eve: The Movie (10)
Transformers 4: Age of Extinction (8)
A Walk Among the Tombstones (8)
Walking Tall: Lone Justice (6)
White House Down (7)
The Wind Rises (7)
Wolf Children (8)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (9)

Total Seen in 2014: 76
Total Bought On DVD/BD in 2014 Based on That: 28
 
I didn't start in the thread till August that year, partial list
  1. Piranha 3D: C+
  2. Book of Eli: B
  3. Lethal Weapon: A
  4. Lethal Weapon 2: A-
  5. Lethal Weapon 3: B
  6. Lethal Weapon 4: C+
  7. The Crow: A
  8. Clash of the Titans: B+
  9. Prince of Persia: B
  10. The Fountain: D
  11. Resident Evil: A-
  12. Resident Evil: Apocalypse: B
  13. Resident Evil: Extinction: B-
  14. Resident Evil: Afterlife: B
  15. Resident Evil: Degeneration(animated): B
  16. Bad Boys: B+
  17. Zombieland: B
  18. The Evil Dead: B-
  19. R.E.D.: B
  20. 30 Days of Night: Dark Days: B+
  21. Conviction: A-
  22. Crazies(2010): A-
  23. Paranormal Activity: A+
  24. Paranormal Activity 2: A
  25. Shutter Island: B-
  26. Gamer: F
  27. Last House on the Left(orig): D+
  28. Thirst(asian film): C-
  29. The Hills Have Eyes: B
  30. When In Rome: B-
  31. Dr.Horrible Sing-A-Long: A
  32. Expelled No Intelligence Allowed(doc): B
  33. Zombie Strippers: D
  34. Mammoth: D+
  35. Everyone Else: D
  36. Dark Ages(doc): A
  37. Batman vs Dracula(anim): A-
  38. Independence Day: A
  39. Robin Hood(2010-Crowe): B
  40. Taken: A
  41. Only You: B-
  42. Momma Mia: C
  43. High Plains Drifter: C
  44. Joe Kid: A-
  45. Tron Legacy: B
  46. Voyage of the DawnTreader: B+
  47. Tourist: B
  48. Duchess: B
  49. Blade Runner: B+
  50. Men In Black: A
  51. Jumper: B-
  52. Interview with the Vampire: A-
  53. Brideshead Revisted: B
  54. Wizard of Oz: A
  55. Gone With the Wind: A
  56. True Grit: A
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+
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+
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

2014 First time viewed films:
1. Saving Mr.Banks: A
2. American Hustle: A-
3. Larry Crowne: B+
4. The Grey: C
5. Real Steel: B-
6. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit: B
7. Just Go With It: A-
8. The Road: B
9. Blue Valentine: B
10. Fifth Element: C
11. Boy in the Stripped Pajamas: A
12. Hachi: A Dog's Tale: A
13. She's Out of My League: C
14. The Lego Movie: A
15. Whip It: B
16. Up in the Air: B
17. 300: Rise of an Empire: B+
18. Splice: C-
19. Mirrors: B-
20. Pitch Perfect: A-
21. Noah: C-
22. 2 Guns: B
23. The Seventh Seal: B+
24. Mongol: A-
25. Captain America The Winter Soldier: A+
26. Munich: B
27. Amazing Spider-man 2: C-
28. The Killer Inside Me: A-
29. Rio 2: B
30. Welcome to the Rileys: B+
31. X-Men: Days of Future Past: A-
32. Atonement: B
33. Charlie Wilson's War: A
34. Frozen: A-
35. Rio: B
36. Godzilla: B
37. Bowfinger: B-
38. Transformers Age of Extinction: C+
39. We Bought A Zoo: A-
40. Chronicle: D+
41. Knights Tale: C+
42. 9: D+
43. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: A-
44. The Help: A
45. From Paris w/Love: B
46. Guardians of the Galaxy: A-
47. Wreck It Ralph: A
48. Land of the Lost: C-
49. Expendables 3: B-
50. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: B
51. Never Let Me Go: D
52. Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary viewing: A
53. Yes Man: B+
54. The Joneses: B
55. The Informant: A-
56. Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore: B
57. Twelve: B+
58. Cyrus: A-
59. We're the Millers: A-
60. Big Hero 6: A
61. Fun Size: B-
62. Friday: A
63. White House Down: B+
64. Metropolis: B/B-
65. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial: A
66. ELF: A
67. THX 1138: C+
68. Dirty Harry: A-
69. Magnum Force: A
70. The Enforcer: B+
71. Sudden Impact: B
72. The Dead Pool: B-
73. In the Land of Blood & Honey: A+
74. Harry Potter & the Philosophers Stone: A
75. Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets: B+
76. Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban: A


Grossly behind in updating my 2014 list, sorry.

I finished the Dirty Harry films and while there was a drop in them with plotting and cliche's slipping into the screenplay, I found them all to be good. Is it possible to have Rose Colored glasses for actors, guest actors in the film, even if you've not seen the film? I wholly enjoyed watching Tyne Daly forced on Harry in the Enforcer knowing she'd be the lead on Cagney & Lacy. I show I watched in the 80's. Then in The Dead Pool I was not expecting Jim Carrey in the first Act or that Liam Nesson was crucial to the film.

In the Land of Blood & Honey is a really great character piece that focuses on a few individuals during the Bosnian War of the 90's. Very, very good with an ending you can see coming but keep thinking won't develop perhaps.

From Dirty Harry to Harry Potter.
Yes, I'm that guy who had not watched the film series, not seen ONE film and only seen parts on TV over the years. My girlfriend and I (ok she insisted I rectify this film error) thought we'd try and watch them all before years end but alas only got the first 3 in. My 2015 list will fill in the others no doubt.
I enjoyed 1 & 3 the most so far. Chamber of Secrets is good but I figured out plot points in it so that drops it a bit. Maybe it shouldn't but I still enjoyed it overall. I asked my girlfriend if I was going to have to watch a Quidditch match every film cause by HP:PoA I confess to being over that element just by film 3. Apparently I will have to.

So a pretty big drop for me this year vs years past coming in at well under a 100 films viewed for the first time since starting these threads with a full year noted.
Onward to 2015 but I can't be sure I'll rebound as distractions are likely to increase this year for me.
 
^

I actually bought my sister the Harry Potter sequels for Christmas, 'cause she says she loves 'em. But she hasn't opened 'em yet...

Weird.

:confused:
 
Maybe she loves the memories in her head, and re-watching the movies is either unnecessary or harmful to the consistency of those memories?

Nostalgia is tricky.

...

(Edit)

Into the Woods. C+

They told a pretty good a to z fairy tale and then kept going on after happily ever after into...

A story can only have a happily ever after if the story finishes before every thing turns sour.

Anna was lovely, they were doing something to Chris, he was much more handsome than he is on Star Trek, but maybe that's why chicks dig jerks, they're just hotter?

Music was funny.

I may hate Johnny Depp entirely.

2 hours, and the last 40 minutes were entirely unnecessary.

Not enough Rapunzel.
 
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