Thursday, 17 January 2013

Long-overdue movie update...

I can't believe I haven't updated this thing since October! I suppose it goes to show just how busy my semester got... I did, however, manage to watch a lot of movies since then, mostly thanks to the extended Christmas break I had (oh, how I miss that already). Here's what I've got, starting after My Neighbour Totoro:


32. October 20?- We Need to Talk About Kevin. I read the book, so I felt like I should see the movie.
33. October 27- Made. I really can't remember why I bothered to watch this. It was unmemorable, but it was on Netflix and so was easy.
34. October 29- Sixteen Candles. Not bad.
35. October 31- Cabin in the Woods. I watch very few "horror" movies, so this one seemed okay to me, but everyone seems to have a different opinion.
36. November 3- Moonrise Kingdom. Wes Anderson!!
37. November 10- The Blob (1958). Sufficiently entertaining.
38. November 12ish- Slap Shot. Pretty funny.
38. November 17- Galaxy Quest. HOW HAD I NEVER SEEN THIS MOVIE BEFORE?????? Alan Rickman is a genius. The rest of the movie was great too.
39. November 19- Election. Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon- started out okay. Kind of got weird and withered after a while.
40. November 22- Pretty in Pink. All I could think about was how "Ducky" is in 2.5 Men.
41. December 1- Puss in Boots. Exactly the same as every other Dreamworks animated feature. Take that how you like.
42. December 3- Looper. Overhyped. Good, but I HATED the ending... almost made me wish I hadn't seen the rest of the movie.
43. December 4- Whatever Works. Larry David is hilarious, but I think I prefer him in TV-episode-length intervals. Not a bad movie though.
44. December 8- Vegucated. Basically a movie about these people who are challenged to go vegan for six weeks, what they learn, and whether or not they stay vegan at the end. Interesting.
45. December 11- Dial M for Murder. Classic! Good movie.
46. December 15- The Over-the-hill Gang. I watched this at home with my family but I'd just arrived home and was falling asleep. What I saw of it was pretty funny, though- sometimes you need a cheesy western.
47. December 16- Hanna. Awesome!
48. December 18- Little Shop of Horrors (1986). How had I not seen this movie before? Weirdly though, the version we rented had the original "director's cut" ending, and was super weird. Wish they'd had both endings on the DVD, as I had to Youtube the other ending because the one I saw didn't make the movie feel complete.
49. December 20- Scrooged. Easter Egg at the end of this movie- "Feed me, Seymour!" -directly taken from Little Shop of Horrors (the plant says it)- didn't even expect for that to happen. Hilarious though.
50. December 21- Deathtrap. Twists and turns, pretty entertaining. I've since watched Sleuth, though, and Sleuth was the better of the two.
51. December 22- Annie Hall. I think I just need to take Woody Allen in small doses, because this was a good movie, but it was almost too much after just seeing Whatever Works.
52. December 23- Skyfall. Loved this! 
53. December 26- Superman (1978). So long, but worth it in the end.
54. December 28- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. The first Elizabeth Taylor movie I've ever seen. 
55. December 30- Django Unchained. Pure indulgent entertainment. Some great lines and scenes in this movie.
56. January 2/3- Cleanflix. A doc about Mormons editing Hollywood films in Utah. You can probably imagine the rest from that.
57. January 3- The Terminator. When he said "I'll be back," I was like huh? That's no big deal. Then he came back and I was like OH.
58. January 6- The Land Before Time. Cute.
59. January 7- Goldeneye. After seeing Skyfall, I felt like I should go back and actually watch some other Bond movies, since I've mostly only watched the ones with Daniel Craig and his "lived-in look". Pierce Brosnan was definitely more slick, but still good.
59. January 10- The Jungle Book. Look for the bare necessities, the simple bare necessities, forget about your worries and your strife!
60. January 12/13 - Cool Hand Luke. Nobody can eat 50 eggs. Damn, Paul Newman was a looker.
61. January 14- Sleuth. For being a fairly long film, Sleuth had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. SO good!

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