Saturday, December 11, 2010

2007 Film List

Ok 2007 at the movies. The Disclaimer from last post applies.

1. The Fountain - 3 times
2. Pan's Labyrinth - 3 times
3. The Assasination of Jessie James by the Coward Robert Ford
4. Apocalypto - 2 times
5. Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer - 2 times
6. Hostel Part 2
7. Disturbia - 2 times
8. Zodiac - 2 times
9. Eastern Promises - 2 times
10. 28 Weeks Later - 3 times

11. Transformers - 3 times
12. 300 - 3 times
13. Stardust - 2 times
14. Knocked Up
15. The Bourne Ultimatum - 2 times
16. Hot Fuzz
17. Bridge To Teribithia - 2 times
18. Ratatouille - 2 times
19. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - 2 times
20. Razzle Dazzle
21. Enchanted - 2 times
22. Meet the Robinsons - 3 times
23. Sunshine
24. Little Children
25. Waitress
26. Flushed Away
27. Deja Vu
28. Black Book
29. Atonement
30. Beowulf
31. The Science of Sleep
32. Breach
33. Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End - 2 times
34. The Good Shepherd
35. Black Snake Moan
36. Rogue
37. No Country For Old Men
38. Superbad
39. Mr. Brooks
40. Nightwatch
41. Daywatch
42. Black Sheep
43. Stranger Than Fiction - 2 times
44. The Last King of Scotland
45. Man of the Year
46. Hairspray
47. Smokin' Aces
48. Die Hard 4.0
49. Notes On A Scandal
50. Running With Scissors
51. Ocean's 13
52. Michael Clayton
53. The Illusionist
54. National Treasure:Book Of Secrets - 2 times
55. Pink Flamingos
56. Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
57. Surf's Up
58. The Darjeeling Limited
59. Rescue Dawn
60. Spiderman 3 - 2 times
61. Dr. Plonk
62. Curse of the Golden Flower
63. Noise
64. The Golden Compass
65. Amazing Grace
66. 1408
67. Breaking and Entering
68. Nanny Diaries
69. Letters From Iwo Jima
70. Resident Evil: Apocalypse
71. Bee Movie
72. Pursuit of Happyness
73. The Good German
74. Inland Empire
75. Hollywoodland
76. Next
77. The Dead Girl
78. Fracture
79. Scoop
80. The Queen
81. The Reaping
82. Tales from Earthsea
83. The Number 23
84. Blood Diamond
85. The Simpsons Movie
86. Hitman
87. Shooter
88. Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer - 2 times
89. The Hitcher
90. Death At A Funeral
91. Venus
92. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
93. Mr. Bean's Holiday
94. Perfect Stranger
95. Dreamgirls
96. The Seeker: The Dark is Rising
97. Tenacious D: The Pick of Desitny
98. Premonition
99. The Brave One
100. Saw IV
101. Bobby
102. Arthur and the Invisibles
103. Halloween
104. Rocky Balboa
105. Miss Potter
106. Shrek the Third
107. Aliens Vs Predator: Requiem
108. The Holiday
109. Music and Lyrics
110. 30 Days Of Night
111. Evan Almighty
112. Ghost Rider - 2 times
113. Night at the Museum
114. Blades of Glory
115. Hannibal Rising
116. Gabrial
117. Norbit
118. License To Wed
119. The Game Plan
120. Wild Hogs
121. Epic Movie


This year I went to the movies 146 times. 4 more times than last year! I saw 121 movies and a double episode of Star Trek. I went to 2 Movie Marathons. I went to 12 Preview Screenings, 1 Free screening and snuck into 1 screening, Saw 4. I also saw 1 film, Pink Flamingos in a festival, an older film but one I had always intended to see and I'm glad I got to see it for the first time on the big screen.

I'd also like to mention some films that, for whatever reason, were not released in Australia but I managed to see them anyway. Films like Southland Tales, The TV Set, Bug, and the Grindhouse Double feature of Planet Terror and Deathproof, which was actually released here but for a very short run and I missed it. They would have all made it high up on my list as well.

I Highly Recommend any films 1 to 41. That's a lot of good films this year. Films 42 to 85 are recommended. 106 to 121 don't bother with. The rest are just Ok.

Sunday, December 5, 2010

2006 Film List

Here is my current list of top 10 films from 2006 and also how many times I saw them if more than once. It seems to change every day although not drastically. Remember these aren't necessarily the best films of 2006, just my personal favorite ones and sometimes a lot of that has to do with the experience of watching the film with a crowd, not just the quality of the film itself.

1. Children of Men – 4 times
2. Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest – 3 times
3. The Decent
4. Hostel
5. Brick
6. Hard Candy
7. The Weather Man
8. Monster House 3D – 3 times
9. V for Vendetta
10. A History of Violence

11. Casino Royale
12. Suburban Mayhem
13. The Prestige – 2 times
14. The Departed
15. Hidden
16. Zathura - 2 times
17. The Squid and the Whale
18. The Black Dahlia
19. Little Miss Sunshine
20. Mission: Impossible 3
21. Babel
22. Flushed Away
23. Silent Hill
24. Slither
25. The Hills Have Eyes
26. A Scanner Darkley
27. Over the Hedge – 3 times
28. Munich – 2 times
29. The Wrong Man (Lucky Number Slevin)
30. Lord of War
31. Marie Antoinette
32. Capote
33. Cry Wolf
34. The New World
35. Swing Girls – Japanese Film Festival
36. Match Point
37. D.O.A. Dead Or Alive
38. Happy Feet
39. 16 Blocks
40. Borat: The Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Kazakhstan
41. Saw 3
42. Posiden
43. Superman Returns
44. Inside Man
45. Lady In The Water
46. Oliver Twist
47. The Family Stone
48. Brokeback Mountain
49. Aeon Flux – 2 times
50. Nightmare Before Christmas 3D ( only rated for the 3d which wasn’t that great)
51. Crank
52. The Matador
53. Stormbreaker
54. Snakes on a Plane
55. She’s The Man
56. The Chumscrubber
57. Nanny McFee
58. Confetti
59. The Aristocrats
60. The Devil Wares Prada
61. X-Men 3: The Last Stand – 2 times
62. Step Up
63. Hoodwinked
64. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
65. North Country
66. Memoirs of a Geisha
67. Flags of Our Fathers
68. Shortbus
69. Underworld: Evolution
70. Charlotte’s Web
71. Thank You For Smoking
72. Mrs Henderson Presents
73. Friends With Money
74. Rent
75. Final Destination 3
76. Keeping Mum
77. The Break Up
78. John Tucker Must Die
79. When a Stranger Calls
80. Stick It – 2 times
81. Hustle and Flow
82. Fearless
83. Chicken Little 3D
84. 8 Below
85. Fast Food Nation
86. Walk The Line
87. Catch A Fire
88. Cars – 2 times
89. Eragon
90. Syriana
91. The Da Vinci Code – 2 times
92. The Producers
93. Wah Wah
94. Separate Lies
95. Fun with Dick and Jane
96. Casanova
97. The Lake House
98. The Omen
99. Get Rich or Die Tryin’
100. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
101. The Fast and the Furious 3: Tokyo Drift
102. The Guardian
103. Nacho Libre
104. Maimi Vice
105. Trust The Man
106. Failure to Launch
107. The Fog
108. Broken Flowers
109. The Covenant
110. Open Season
111. The Wild
112. Tristram Shandy – A Cock and Bull Story
113. Material Girls
114. A Sound of Thunder
115. My Super X Girlfriend
116. Scary Movie 4
117. Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
118. The Grudge 2
119. Castle of Sand – Japanese Film Festival
120. The Glass Rabbit – Japanese Film Festival
121. You, Me and Dupree
122. Just My Luck
123. R.V.
124. The Long Weekend
125. Cremaster Cycle 1 + 2 – Artrage (not really feature films…)



This year I went to the movies 142 times. I saw 126 different movies. I went to 6 free preview screenings. I went to 5 Festival Films. I went to 4 fundraisers. I snuck into 4 films. I saw 2 Art films. I averaged about 2 and a half films per week this year. My new years resolution is to match that or do better.