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This is the thread where I make comments to myself.

Hey self, your movie list DESTROYED the previous years lists. In 2011 I hit 54 movies that I saw for the first time. This year in 2012, still with ten days left, I'm up to 152 movies. That's 98 more than I saw last year. That's a new movie every 2.34 days. If the average movie length was 110 minutes then I would have spent at least 278 hours and 40 minutes watching movies this year. That's 11.6 days spent watching movies, and that's just new movies. That doesn't count any movies that I saw for a second, third, etc. time.

The List:
NSFW:

1) American Psycho (2000)
2) 500 Days of Summer (2009)
3) Back to the Future (1985)
4) Friday the 13th Part III (1982)
5) Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter [Part IV] (1984)
6) Menace II Society (1993)
7) Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011)
8 ) Michael Clayton (2007)
9) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008 )
10) Paul (2011)
11) Back to the Future Part II (1989)
12) Shutter Island (2010)
13) The Machinist (2004)
14) Take Me Home Tonight (2011)
15) The Perfect Host (2010)
16) Memento (2000)
17) Charlie Wilson’s War (2007)
18 ) O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
19) Burn After Reading (2008 )
20) Black Swan (2010)
21) The Blind Side (2009)
22) Chinatown (1974)
23) Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
24) Party Monster (2003)
25) Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
26) Back to the Future Part III (1990)
27) Roger & Me (1989)
28 ) Notorious (2009)
29) Clockers (1995)
30) 30 Minutes or Less (2011)
31) Baby Boy (2001)
32) Bridesmaids (2011)
33) Drive (2011)
34) Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
35) Moneyball (2011)
36) The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
37) Get Him to the Greek (2010)
38 ) Ghostbusters (1984)
39) Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008 )
40) Iron Man (2008 )
41) I Love You, Man (2009)
42) Tropic Thunder (2008 )
43) Iron Man 2 (2010)
44) Adventureland (2009)
45) Mystic River (2003)
46) 187 (1997)
47) Thursday (1998 )
48 ) Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (1998 )
49) Blue Velvet (1986)
50) Raging Bull (1980)
51) Lost in Translation (2003)
52) 25th Hour (2002)
53) Battle Royale (2000)
54) The Shining (1980)
55) Clerks (1994)
56) Bad Teacher (2011)
57) Shaun of the Dead (2004)
58 ) The Brothers McMullen (1995)
59) Léon: The Professional (1994)
60) The Midnight Meat Train (2008 )
61) Spiderman 3 (2007)
62) The Proposition (2005)
63) The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
64) Rocky II (1979)
65) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
66) The Hurt Locker (2008 )
67) Rocky III (1982)
68 ) The Dark Knight Rises (MT) (2012)
69) Up in the Air (2009)
70) Cat’s Eye (1985)
71) Kick-Ass (2010)
72) True Grit (2010)
73) One False Move (1992)
74) Brick (2005)
75) 50/50 (2011)
76) The Godfather (1972)
77) Vertigo (1958 )
78 ) Rain Man (1988 )
79) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
80) 1,000 Convicts and a Woman (1971)
81) RocknRolla (2008 )
82) Rocky IV (1985)
83) Avatar (2009)
84) Due Date (2010)
85) Déjà Vu (2006)
86) Idiocracy (2006)
87) Eagle Eye (2008 )
88 ) Demolition Man (1993)
89) Public Enemies (2009)
90) Above the Rim (1994)
91) Street Thief (2006)
92) Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
93) Rocky V (1990)
94) Green Street Hooligans (2005)
95) Risky Business (1983)
96) Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
97) Dead Poets Society (1989)
98 ) Heat (1995)
99) Youth in Revolt (2009)
100) Twelve Monkeys (1995)
101) Blade Runner [Directors Cut] (1982)
102) 28 Weeks Later (2007)
103) Valkyrie (2008 )
104) Bowling for Columbine (2002)
105) Cape Fear (1991)
106) Rocky Balboa (2006)
107) Dan in Real Life (2007)
108 ) The Help (2011)
109) The Informant! (2009)
110) Three Kings (1999)
111) Invictus (2009)
112) Into the Wild (2007)
113) Source Code (2011)
114) Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
115) Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
116) Contagion (2011)
117) Bobby (2006)
118 ) True Romance (1993)
119) Project X (2012)
120) Argo (MT) (2012)
121) Smokin’ Aces (2006)
122) Sunset Blvd. (1950)
123) The Hangover Part II (2011)
124) Taken 2 (MT) (2012)
125) Carlito’s Way (1993)
126) 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997)
127) Being John Malkovich (1999)
128 ) Brokedown Palace (1999)
129) North by Northwest (1959)
130) City of God [Cidade de Deus] (2002)
131) 127 Hours (2010)
132) Taxi Driver (1976)
133) Stranger than Fiction (2006)
134) The Day of the Jackal (1973)
135) Milk (2008 )
136) Bottle Rocket (1996)
137) The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
138 ) Casino Royale (2006)
139) Quiz Show (1994)
140) Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2010)
141) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
142) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
143) Adaptation (2002)
144) A Bronx Tale (1993)
145) Serpico (1973)
146) The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
147) Transformers (2007)
148 ) Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
149) Unstoppable (2010)
150) Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The (1974)
151) Mallrats (1995)
152) Mad Max (1979)
153) Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)
154) Miracle (2004)
155) I Love You Phillip Morris (2009)
156) Matchstick Men (2003)



Edit: Had ended with 156 for the year. I beat my old record by 102! Don't know if I'll get anywhere near that amount this year.

Also, #155 I Love You Phillip Morris has absolutely nothing to do with the cigarette companies as I thought it did before I started watching it. I was in for quite a surprise.
 
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hey carl, tell carl i said well done. not just for the sheer number of films, but for being so organised. nice one.
 
I don't have a list, but this is the first year I've had Netflix, so I'm sure I've set some sort of personal best for # of movies watched. I counted to around 80 and then lost track.
 
MrGrunge said:
I don't have a list, but this is the first year I've had Netflix, so I'm sure I've set some sort of personal best for # of movies watched. I counted to around 80 and then lost track.
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If you go to your account information you can see all the movies you've either streamed or got in the mail.


My number one source for movies was the library, then Netflix Instant, then Netflix through the mail.


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Also want to bring this up. What's the deal with Arrested Development? Development arrested? Wasn't is supposed to be coming back with some episodes in early 2013 or something? I haven't heard anything about it except when they made those announcements several months ago. It was such a funny bone tease.
 
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I've also pirated a bunch of movies, and I really have no way of knowing how many I saw this year.

As for Arrested Development, they're adding a couple more episodes than they initially announced (so it'll be about 12 or 13 new episodes instead of 10). The new season should be on Netflix, in it's entirety, around March 2013.
 
Instead of aging action-adventure movie stars, they should do an Expendables-esque film with all former mob actors. Al Pacino, Ray Liotta, De Niro, James Gandolfini, a hologram of Marlon Brando.
 
woohoo alright - its a movie night to night

Andrei Rublev
Andrei Tarkovsky

au hasard Balthazar
Robert Bresson
(never got past the first half hour of it when i started it last year)

Band of Outsiders
Jean-Luc Goddard

Cul-De-Sac
Roman Polanski

diabolique
Henry-George Clouzot

Ride with the Devil
Ang Lee

The Tempest(2011)
Juli Taymor
 
What are some good animated movies that have come out in the last decade or so? Out of the 156 new movies I saw last year only one of them was animated, The Fantastic Mr. Fox. I saw Toy Story 2 for the first time last night and I enjoyed it considerably more than I thought I would. Probably should have figured I would have liked it since the first Toy Story is probably the best animated movie I've ever seen and is an overall great movie.

Seeing both those movies was the first time I had seen an animated movie on DVD and on a quality screen so I was partially blown away in just the quality of the animation. Most of the animated movies I've seen were on VHS and they were older Disney movies, so a lot of them made in early 90's or much, much earlier (Robin Hood 1973, Phantom Toll Booth 1970, 101 Dalmations 1961, Peter Pan 1953, etc.). With that in mind these newer movies were absolutely amazing visually. I also noticed that I like animated movies because anything that is on screen was purposely put there. That gives these movies opportunites that regular movies don't have as far as complete control over color, brightness, backgrounds, etc. Anything that is on screen was consciously put there.

Anyone have any suggestions for other good animated movies? On my list to watch I've got Toy Story 3, Up, and Monsters vs. Aliens but was looking for other suggestions.
 
^ WALL·E is prolly my most favorite recent animated movie
I mush prefer the older ones like some you mentioned, especially Robin Hood 1973, that's one of my most favorite out of the older ones

Robin+Hood+with+Little+John+dancing.jpg


Also like you said animation has come a long way, but I must prefer the older classic stuff for some reason, maybe it's just the nostalgia
 
MrGrunge said:
I don't have a list, but this is the first year I've had Netflix, so I'm sure I've set some sort of personal best for # of movies watched. I counted to around 80 and then lost track.
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one year, a few years ago when i lived in london, my sister and i started a movie diary on january 1st and kept a journal of all movies watched. they could be in the theatre or on tv/dvd - the only rule was they had to be watched from beginning to end in one sitting.

i watched over 400 movies that year.

alasdair
 
Bill said:
^ WALL·E is prolly my most favorite recent animated movie
I mush prefer the older ones like some you mentioned, especially Robin Hood 1973, that's one of my most favorite out of the older ones

Robin+Hood+with+Little+John+dancing.jpg


Also like you said animation has come a long way, but I must prefer the older classic stuff for some reason, maybe it's just the nostalgia
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Thanks for the suggestion! I've heard good things about WALL-E so I'll be checking that out. Actually just got it from the library today after seeing your post last night, so should be seeing it somewhat soon (assuming the DVD isn't scratched up or nothing). That Robin Hood movie happens to be really dope, so it's hard to make comparisons to new movies with it because it is a classic animated film.


alasdairm said:
one year, a few years ago when i lived in london, my sister and i started a movie diary on january 1st and kept a journal of all movies watched. they could be in the theatre or on tv/dvd - the only rule was they had to be watched from beginning to end in one sitting.

i watched over 400 movies that year.

alasdair
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That puts me to shame. Were they all new though? I saw a lot more than 156 movies last year, but I only count movies that I'm watching for the first time. Goal is to beat last years record. Second goal would be to try and break 200. 400 is impressive, watching more than 1 new movie every single day would be hard. I'd already be behind for this year as I'm only up to 3.
 
I'm trying to decide which movie I should see in the theater. I want to see a number of films out right now and a number of them are all rated highly. I'm deciding among Lincoln, Django Unchained, The Hobbit, Gangster Squad, Zero Dark Thirty, and Silver Linings Playbook.

Any suggestions?
 
^ The Hobbit is the only film in your list that benefits greatly from being seen in theaters (especially in 3D 48fps), so that would be my recommendation.
 
^this.

3d 48fps is a great way to counter film piracy imo. you lose significantly by cheapskating out.
 
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