year in review

The Movies I Saw in 2009

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Here’s the list of movies I saw in 2009…  I saw 147 movies this year, which is just about where I was the year before.  I think the number of films I can see in a year given all of my other interests and responsibilities is right in the neighborhood of 150.  I haven’t really sat down and thought about my "best of" list yet, as I usually take January to try and catch up on acclaimed movies I missed, but my gut tells me it was a pretty good year for movies.   

I think in 2010 I’m going to keep more data about the movies I view, but I also think I may eliminate my distinction between "Theatre" and "Video" in the list I actually publish next year.  We’ll see.

The list is mostly in the order I viewed them, and I tried to italicize any films I had already seen.

2008 Films in Review

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Another great year for film..  Trying to pick my favorites this year might have even been harder than in 2007.  

To reinforce my tradition of not placing importance of one film over another in each category, I decided to alphabetize the lists this year.  

The Movies I Saw in 2008

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Here’s the list of the movies I saw in 2008…  I was a little lazier about keeping this list up to date this year, so it’s possible I missed one or two movies.   I saw 150 movies this year, which is a handful less than last year, but still fairly ridiculous.  This year was very polarized, with some completely amazing movies and some complete stinkers.  I’m going to wait a few weeks (until before the Oscar ceremony) to compile my "Best Of 2008" list, which should hopefully give me some time to catch up on some of the ones I missed this year.

Also, I am coming to the point, with my HDTV and surround sound system, that the distinction between "Theatre" and "Video" viewing is becoming rather academic.  I do still prefer to watch movies in the "art house" theaters in Boston, because the audiences are usually quite respectful.  But the downsides of going to one of the multiplexes easily match (and probably surpass) any downsides of watching a movie in your living room.  So it’s possible in the future I may not keep track of the distinction, but I haven’t decided yet.

The list is mostly in the order I viewed them, and I tried to italicize any films I had already seen.

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2007 Films in Review

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The Movies I Saw in 2007

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I have no idea how I am going to compile the “best of” list, given how many great movies came through this year.. As you can see, the new TV greatly increased the number of movies I watched at home from the past few years.

Over the next few weeks I’ll try to catch up with some of the movies I missed in 2007 and then post my “best of”.

The list is pretty much in the order I saw the pictures, and I tried to italicize films I had previously viewed.

Theatre:

  1. Children of Men
  2. Pan’s Labyrinth
  3. Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
  4. Letters from Iwo Jima
  5. Smokin’ Aces
  6. Hannibal Rising
  7. An Unreasonable Man
  8. Zodiac
  9. 300
  10. The Host
  11. Hot Fuzz (2x)
  12. Les Ordres
  13. Grindhouse (2x)
  14. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theatres
  15. Black Book (Zwartboek)
  16. Fay Grim
  17. The King of Kong
  18. Fido
  19. Rabbit
  20. Black Sheep
  21. Death Trike
  22. Monster Camp
  23. Spider-man 3
  24. 28 Weeks Later
  25. Incubo sulla città contaminata (a.k.a. Nightmare City)
  26. The Return of the Living Dead
  27. Sleuth (1972)
  28. Severance
  29. Crazy Love
  30. 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
  31. Live Free or Die Hard
  32. Sicko
  33. Transformers
  34. Frownland
  35. Talk to Me
  36. Sunshine
  37. Interview
  38. The Simpsons Movie
  39. The Bourne Ultimatum
  40. The Ten
  41. Summercamp!
  42. Naked Lunch
  43. The Omega Man
  44. Superbad
  45. TRON
  46. Halloween (2007)
  47. 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
  48. The Rape of Europa
  49. 30 Days of Night
  50. Elizabeth: The Golden Age
  51. American Gangster
  52. No Country for Old Men
  53. Blade Runner
  54. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
  55. I’m Not There
  56. In Bruges
  57. The Golden Compass
  58. Lars and the Real Girl
  59. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Video:

  1. Clerks.
  2. Sssssss
  3. Mr. & Mrs. Smith
  4. Goodfellas
  5. Haiku Tunnel
  6. Heavy: The Story of Metal
  7. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
  8. Un Chien Andalou
  9. Tzameti (13)
  10. Cannibal Holocaust
  11. Oldboy
  12. The Evil Dead
  13. Evil Dead II
  14. Marjoe
  15. The Proposition
  16. The U.S. vs. John Lennon
  17. Moog
  18. Crónicas
  19. Marie Antoinette
  20. Hostel
  21. Getting Away with Murder
  22. The Hills Have Eyes
  23. Ghosts of the Abyss
  24. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
  25. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
  26. Batman
  27. Superman Returns
  28. Serenity
  29. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
  30. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
  31. War Dancing (a.k.a. Dance to Win)
  32. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
  33. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
  34. Hustle & Flow
  35. Fright Night
  36. Batman Begins
  37. Lord of War
  38. Red Eye
  39. The Nomi Song
  40. Beerfest
  41. All the President’s Men
  42. Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out
  43. Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
  44. The Bourne Identity
  45. Aliens
  46. The Omen (2006)
  47. Blow Dry
  48. Transporter 2
  49. Rize
  50. Apt Pupil
  51. District B13
  52. When Stand Up Stood Out
  53. Coffy
  54. Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
  55. Patriot Act: A Jeffrey Ross Home Movie
  56. Halloween (1978)
  57. Poseidon
  58. The Queen
  59. Mission: Impossible III
  60. The Conversation
  61. Cars
  62. Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
  63. The Departed
  64. Henry Fool
  65. The Call of Cthulhu
  66. Damien: Omen II
  67. Fast Food Nation
  68. For Your Consideration
  69. The Iron Wall
  70. Volver
  71. Click
  72. Hard Candy
  73. Up for Grabs (2004)
  74. Kurtlar vadisi – Irak
  75. Slither
  76. The Meaning of Life
  77. Crash
  78. Jesus Camp
  79. Times Square
  80. This Filthy World
  81. Stranger Than Fiction
  82. Darkon
  83. Word Wars
  84. Ronin
  85. Redacted
  86. Primeval
  87. The Illusionist
  88. Closing Escrow
  89. Idiocracy
  90. Beer League
  91. Henry Rollins: Uncut from NYC
  92. Jackass Number Two
  93. The Birds
  94. Cocaine Cowboys
  95. Krieger und die Kaiserin, Der (The Princess and the Warrior)
  96. Children of Men
  97. A Smoky Mountain Christmas
  98. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
  99. La Vie en Rose
  100. Amazing Grace

The Movies I’ve Seen in 2007 (So far)…

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I figured I’d issue a mid-point progress report…  Already at a ridiculous pace this year, already having seen as many videos half-way through the year as I saw throughout all of 2006.  I also think I might have missed adding a video or two to the list, but I can’t figure out what I missed..  The list is pretty much in the order I saw the pictures, and I tried to italicize films I had previously viewed.

Theatre:

  1. Children of Men
  2. Pan’s Labyrinth
  3. Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
  4. Letters from Iwo Jima
  5. Smokin’ Aces
  6. Hannibal Rising
  7. An Unreasonable Man
  8. Zodiac
  9. 300
  10. The Host
  11. Hot Fuzz (2x)
  12. Les Ordres
  13. Grindhouse (2x)
  14. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theatres
  15. Black Book (Zwartboek)
  16. Fay Grim
  17. The King of Kong
  18. Fido
  19. Rabbit
  20. Black Sheep
  21. Death Trike
  22. Monster Camp
  23. Spider-man 3
  24. 28 Weeks Later
  25. Incubo sulla città contaminata (a.k.a. Nightmare City)
  26. The Return of the Living Dead
  27. Sleuth
  28. Severance
  29. Crazy Love
  30. 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
  31. Live Free or Die Hard
  32. Sicko
  33. Transformers
  34. Frownland

Video:

  1. Clerks.
  2. Sssssss
  3. Mr. & Mrs. Smith
  4. Goodfellas
  5. Haiku Tunnel
  6. Heavy: The Story of Metal
  7. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
  8. Un Chien Andalou
  9. Tzameti (13)
  10. Cannibal Holocaust
  11. Oldboy
  12. The Evil Dead
  13. Evil Dead II
  14. Marjoe
  15. The Proposition
  16. The U.S. vs. John Lennon
  17. Moog
  18. Crónicas
  19. Marie Antoinette
  20. Hostel
  21. Getting Away with Murder
  22. The Hills Have Eyes
  23. Ghosts of the Abyss
  24. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
  25. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
  26. Batman
  27. Superman Returns
  28. Serenity
  29. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
  30. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
  31. War Dancing (a.k.a. Dance to Win)
  32. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
  33. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
  34. Hustle & Flow
  35. Fright Night
  36. Batman Begins
  37. Lord of War

    2006 Films in Review

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    The Movies I Saw in 2006

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    Keeping up the tradition of the past few years, here is the list of flicks I watched in 2006. This was a strange year for me, I saw more movies in the theatre, but (relatively) few on video. I can only attribute that to all the home improvement stuff
    coco_b and I had to deal with this year… Our plan is to move to a new home in 2007, so it’s possible that this trend could continue for another year. In a few weeks I will put together my “best of 2006” list, but I want to give myself an opportunity to catch some of the things from 2006 I haven’t seen yet.

    The list is pretty much in the order I saw the pictures, and I tried to italicize films I had previously viewed.

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    2005 Films In Review

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    The Movies I saw in 2005

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    Here is a list of the movies I saw this year. I saw just about as many movies in the theatre but far less on video as the past few years, which is somewhat counterintuitive given how long I was laid up with my leg. I think the reduced number of videos is a combination of my immobility while laid up with my leg combined with ‘s last semester, where she was sequestered for 3 months straight, in which we didn’t watch anywhere near as many movies as we usually do.

    I kept track of movies as I watched them this year, so this list is rather complete. Also, this year I was smart and linkified the films as I added them to the list, which made putting this up very simple. I have no idea if any of you actually care about this list, but I find it personally interesting. If you are curious about my opinions of any of these films, just ask. In addition, in a few hours/days I will put up my picks for the best and worst of the year.

    Update: I went through and italicized any film I had seen already.


    Theatre:

    1. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
    2. Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
    3. Million Dollar Baby
    4. The 10th District Court: Moments of Trial
    5. Born Into Brothels
    6. Inside Deep Throat
    7. La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc
    8. Cursed
    9. Sin City
    10. Millions
    11. The Interpreter
    12. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
    13. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
    14. Shane
    15. Unleashed
    16. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (twice: once analog, once digital)
    17. Double Dare
    18. Brothers
    19. Howl’s Moving Castle
    20. Batman Begins
    21. Land of the Dead
    22. War of the Worlds
    23. Me and You and Everyone We Know
    24. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
    25. The Devil’s Rejects
    26. Murderball
    27. Labyrinth
    28. March of the Penguins
    29. Wedding Crashers
    30. The Aristocrats
    31. The Skeleton Key
    32. The 40 Year-Old Virgin
    33. The Brothers Grimm
    34. Le Monde du Silence (The Silent World)
    35. The Baxter
    36. A History of Violence
    37. Serenity
    38. MirrorMask
    39. Capote
    40. Good Night, and Good Luck.
    41. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
    42. Doom
    43. Jarhead
    44. The Squid and the Whale
    45. Walk the LIne
    46. Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic
    47. The Ice Harvest
    48. Aeon Flux
    49. Syriana
    50. King Kong (2005)
    51. Wolf Creek

    Video:

    1. The Last Samurai
    2. West Side Story
    3. Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle
    4. Envy
    5. Rounders
    6. The Last Broadcast
    7. Shaun of the Dead
    8. Garden State
    9. Love Actually
    10. Along Came Polly
    11. Mystic River
    12. Spider-man 2
    13. Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
    14. Deep Throat
    15. Team America: World Police (2 Times)
    16. Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
    17. Jackie Brown
    18. Trainspotting
    19. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (2004 Special Edition)
    20. The Stepford Wives (2004)
    21. The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
    22. The Pixies
    23. Stand By Me
    24. Ghostbusters
    25. Strange Days
    26. The Bourne Identity
    27. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
    28. Dirty War
    29. The Transporter
    30. The Sound of Music
    31. Mean Girls
    32. Private Parts
    33. The Incredibles
    34. The Big One
    35. Deliverance
    36. The Fugitive
    37. After the Sunset
    38. Revolution OS
    39. Fight Club
    40. And All That Could Have Been
    41. Predator
    42. The Matrix
    43. The Matrix Reloaded
    44. Waxwork
    45. The Matrix Revolutions
    46. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
    47. Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
    48. Sideways
    49. Z Channel: A Magnificient Obsession
    50. Star Trek: Insurrection
    51. Star Trek: First Contact
    52. Boogie Nights
    53. Hoop Dreams
    54. The Last Shot
    55. In Good Company
    56. Oceans Eleven
    57. Pauly Shore is Dead
    58. The Last Man on Earth
    59. Sonic Outlaws
    60. Napoleon Dynamite
    61. Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
    62. Wayne’s World 2
    63. Old School
    64. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
    65. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
    66. Triumph of the Nerds
    67. Fantastic Four (2005)
    68. Primer
    69. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
    70. Die Hard
    71. A Christmas Story
    72. American Psycho
    73. Effects
    74. The Big Lebowski