03 August 2009

Films of 2009: The Bumper Edition.

Thus continues my filmic saga of 09. I've included the first half of the year below, just to make it a complete list. In sum: I watch a lot of crap. It's surprising how little that bothers me.

(ps, * means I'd seen it before.)

August:
53. Gladiator*
54. Whale Rider*

September
55. Mean Girls*
56. National Treasure*
57. Ghost in the Shell
58. Romancing the Stone*
59. Bright Young Things*
60. Anastasia (1997)*

October
61. The Bridges of Madison County
62. Picture Perfect*
63. The Scarlet Pimpernel* (1999)
64. Lady of Burlesque (1943)
65. Murder She Wrote, South by Southwest (feature length special! 1997)
66. XMen :The Last Stand*
67. The Nightmare Before Christmas*

November
68. Priceless
69. Shakespeare in Love *
70. Death on the Nile
71. While You Were Sleeping*

December
72. Muppet Christmas Carol*
73. Hound of the Baskervilles (1997)
74. Sherlock Holmes (2009)
75. Fellowship of the Ring*
Two Towers*
Return of the King* (all of these were partial, but together I think they still count as at least one as it was like 5 something hours of viewing)
76. 101 Dalmetians* (1996)
77. Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1999)
78. Bandits*
79. The Holiday
80. Enemy at the Gate




TV:
The Wire Series 2, 30 Rock Series 2, Peep Show Series 1 & 2, Jeeves & Wooster Series 1, Being Erica, Samantha Who Series 2, The Scarlet Pimpernel, more Poirot than is good for me.

January
1. Jurassic Park*
2. The Philadelphia Story*
3. Enchanted*
4. My Fair Lady*
5. As You Like It (Branagh, 2007)
6. Chocolat*
7. Walk the Line*
8. Sense & Sensibility* (Lee, 1994)

February
(my only excuse for this length is two intercontinental flights this month)
9. Persuasion*
10. Monthy Python's The Meaning of Life*
11. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
12. Rachel's Getting Married
13. First Daughter
14. Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)
15. Spectacular!
16, Arthur and the Invisibles
17. The International
18. Wanted
19. Coraline 3D
20. Battlefield Earth* (I am ashamed of this. Mostly because it's not the first time. It's my mother's fault.)
21. How to Lose Friends and Alienate People

March:
22. Stardust
23. Singing In the Rain*
24. Addams Family*
25. Watchmen
26. Starship Troopers*

April:
27. The Devil Wears Prada
28. Shoot 'Em Up
29. Juno*
30. Little Women (Armstrong, 1994)*
31. Ice Princess
32. Ghost in the Shell
33. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind*

May:
34.The Muppet Movie*
35. Son of Rambow
36. Clueless*
37. Star Trek (Abrahms, 2009)
38. Master and Commander: Far Side of the World*

June:
39. Dan in Real Life
40. Muppets Take Manhattan*
41. That Thing You Do*
42. Transformers
43. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade*
44. Blues Brothers
45. Anchorman*

July:
46. 40 Year Old Virgin
47. Practical Magic
48. Strictly Ballroom
49. Wedding Crashers
50. The Family Stone (ugh)
51. Ever After *
52. Romeo + Juliet (Luhrmann, 1997)*


I can't believe I've only been the cinema 7 times. Jesus.


Also, TV on DVD/OD (which sort of counts) :
Battlestar Galactica Season 2-3,
The Wire Series 2 (in progress),
Californicaton 1 (in progress),
Nature's Great Events,
Samantha Who? series 2,
30 Rock Series 1 & 2,
Flight of the Conchords Season 1,
That Mitchell & Webb Look series 3,

No wonder I never have any time. That's about 184 hours of sitting in front of the tube, not including watching regular tv. Lordy.