Movies Challenge
I am doing this challenge because I watched, like, three movies last year. I am clearly going to watch more than 100 this year, so as a personal goal, I’d like to see at least 75 that were new to me.
Green-rated movies are those which I’ve seen before
Blue-rated movies are those which were new to me
***** = Clearly the Best
**** = Really Good
*** = Not Too Bad
** = It’ll Do / Decent Enough for Background Noise
* = Does Not Compute
Note: “DVD” can mean anything from On Demand to Downloaded to an actual, physical DVD. “TV” means it was on and I watched because I had nothing else to do. “Theater” means I actually thought it would be good enough to pay money for it.
January
1. The Golden Compass (Theater) ****
2. 300 (DVD) *****
3. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (DVD) *****
4. While You Were Sleeping (TV) ***
5. Meet Dick & Jane (TV) **
6. Pecker (TV) *****
7. Mallrats (TV) **
8. Little Miss Sunshine (TV) ****
February
9. Superman Returns (TV) ***
10. Robots (TV) **
11. Pan’s Labyrinth (DVD) *****
12. He Was A Quiet Man (DVD) ***
13. Bringing Out the Dead (DVD) ****
14. Emma (DVD) ***
15. Notting Hill (TV) ****
16. Brick (TV) *
17. V for Vendetta (TV) ****
18. The History Boys (TV) *****
19. The Care Bears Movie (DVD) *****
20. Magnolia (DVD) *****
21. Anna and the King (TV) ***
22. Trainspotting (DVD) *****
23. The Night Listener (TV) ***
24. 8 Heads in a Duffle Bag (TV) ****
25. Little Children (DVD) ****
26. The Zodiac (TV) ***
27. The Preacher’s Wife (TV) ***
28. Lucky Number Sleven (TV) *****
March
29. Snake Eyes (TV) ****
30. Being John Malkovich (TV) ****
31. The Full Monty (TV) ****
32. The Frighteners (TV) *****
33. Legend (DVD) ***
34. Hackers (DVD) ****
35. The Little Mermaid (DVD) *****
36. The Lion King (DVD) *****
37. Merlin (TV) ****
38. The Lady and the Tramp (DVD) *****
39. The Phantom of the Opera (DVD) *****
40. Eye of the Beholder (TV) *****
41. Crank (TV) ****
42. Babel (TV) ***
43. Rocket Science (DVD) *****
44. Dracula 2000 (DVD) *
45. Butterfly on a Wheel (DVD) ****
44. Once Bitten (DVD) **
45. Dear Frankie (DVD) *****
46. Bottle Rocket (DVD) ****
April
47. House of Yes (DVD) ****
48. Spanglish (DVD) ****
49. Beowulf & Grendel (DVD) ****
50. Nim’s Island (Theater) *****
51. Timeline (DVD) ***
52. Eragon (TV) **
53. Idle Hands (TV) **
54. Beowulf (DVD) *
55. The Painted Veil (DVD) ****
56. The Postman (DVD) **
57. Running With Scissors (DVD) ***
58. Swing Girls (DVD) ****
59. Monster House (TV) ***
May
60. The Mist (DVD) ***
61. The Mask of Zorro (TV) ****
62. Marie Antoinette (DVD) ****
63. A Good Year (TV) *****
64. Miss Potter (DVD) ***
65. Lara Croft Tomb Raider (DVD) **
66. The Holiday (DVD) ****
67. Music and Lyrics (TV) *****
68. I, Robot (TV) ***
69. PS, I Love You (DVD) *****
70. Evan Almighty (TV) ***
71. Gladiator (DVD) ***
72. Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life (DVD) **
73. Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Theater) *****
74. Back to the Future (TV) *****
75. Take the Lead (TV) ***
76. The Last Unicorn (DVD) *****
77. The Lake House (DVD) **
78. Virgin of Juarez (DVD) ****
79. Tank Girl (TV) *****
June
80. Premonition (DVD) ***
81. Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark (DVD) *****
82. Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom (DVD) *****
83. Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Theater) ****
84. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (TV) *****
85. Coyote Ugly (TV) **
86. Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade (DVD) *****
87. Mrs. Winterbourne (TV) **
88. Hairspray (2007) (DVD) ***
89. Johnny Mneumonic (DVD) ****
July
90. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (TV) ***
91. Ocean’s Thirteen (DVD) ***
92. The Lost City (TV) ***
93. Lover Come Back (DVD) ****
94. High Fidelity (DVD) *****
95. Wall-E (Theater) *****
96. Incredible Hulk (Theater) ****
97. Come September (DVD) ****
98. The Dark Knight (Theater) *****
August
99. Send Me No Flowers (DVD) *****
100. Requiem for a Dream (DVD) ***
101. The Pillow Book (DVD) *****
102. Stormbreaker (DVD) **
103. Brassed Off (DVD) ****
104. Cassandra’s Dream (DVD) ****
105. Pillow Talk (DVD) ****
106. Shallow Grave (DVD) *****
107. The Pillow Book (DVD) *****
108. Across the Universe (DVD) ****
109. 84 Charing Cross Road (DVD) ***
110. Adventures in Babysitting (DVD) *****
110. Mouth to Mouth (DVD) ***
111. The Other Boleyn Girl (DVD) **
112. 21 (DVD) ***
Total # of Movies That I’d Seen Previously: 55
Total # of Movies That Were New To Me: 58
