Because I am a sad, SAD person, I have made a list of the films I have watched so far this year (as many as I've been noting down and can remember, that is!). As a Film Studies student, I have a passion for film (corny times) and could watch them all day, every day if so! I would LOVE to get paid to watch films, access them and review them - although I would be extremely fat in the long-term :P
My films are fairly precious to me - it is the norm for me to give my brother a five minute lecture on looking after my cases and disks even if he just wants to borrow one DVD for the night! (I have my reasons - he has ruined NUMEROUSLY DVD's in the past just from throwing them around and leaving them scattered around his room, to return them months later with scratches, dents (?) and sticky marks and stains (???) - I don't even want to know!!) HA
Anyways, so yeah, my films are pretty precious... got a nice collection of about 500-600 so far in my room alone, let alone in the rest of my house. I used to buy any cheap bargains that I could just 'cause I was desperate to watch anything, but now I'm older and more sensible with my money, I tend to mainly watch the films before actually buying them at least. So now it's more of a treat to purchase a DVD - for example, I haven't brought any for quite a few weeks, and as I've organised myself a lot this morning and am actually starting to focus on my future, I brought myself The Village (2004) for just £1.66 (result!)
Anyhoo, here's a list of the films that I can RECALL watching so far this year! I'll probably sadly update this weekly with what films I've watched, with reviews or facts or colloquial thoughts on my viewings'. It's too late and I'm too tired to include details/release year/review per film - EXTREME - although I'll give a brief amount if info if I feel relevant...but here ya go!
NOTE-
the red films I have seen before, but just fancied them again :D
the purples are the ones I didn't like
yellow - saw at the cinema
Chernobly Diaries - saw at the cinema and got this on DVD over the Christmas period... will say, I wasn't AS impressed watching it second time, but still enjoyed it none-the-less
Terminator
Scum
Falling down
Dark city
Cruel Intentions - pretentious characters - irritating! Still kinda enjoyed this though...hmmm
Dodgeball
Sixty Six
The Weatherman - for a Nicholas Cage film - who irritates the hell out of me!!!! - I actually really enjoyed this!!!!
Paradise Lost - crap
Toy Story - never gets old!
Attack of the Crab Monsters - would have been freaky in its day, but I just wasn't feeling it... humorous (for the wrong reasons) though
Them!
Indiana Jones quadrilogy - WOWWWWWW can't believe I waited so long to see this !!!
The Warriors
The Lost Boys
Road Trip
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - so good!!!! cliffhanger alert
Reality Bites - found this fairly boring, slow and repetitive... won't be watching again! I enjoyed Winona Ryder's performance though
The Class
Bad Biology - hahahaha so tacky and cringey and explicit, but actually enjoyed this! *SLIGHT SPOILER ALERT* - let's just say the narrative involves an overally large penis and a vagina with a mind of its own which get to meet in the finale... creepy, funny stuff!
Harold and Maulde - really enjoyed this and could relate to it family-wise in some ways to when I was younger :)
Argo - I preferred some of the other films nominated for Best Picture at the Oscar's, but I still really enjoyed this gripping film
The Life of Pi - I LOVED this - not sure if I'd consider getting it on DVD when it comes out though, as although I don't judge films too highly on special effects, I think this was the mass appeal for this film - however, I definatley want to watch this again!
Constantine - a bad habit of mine is casually putting a film on in the background and not paying attention - to automatically disliking the film as I only viewed the 'bad bits' - I did this with Constantine last year whilst watching it with friends and thought it was awful. However, upon being forced to watch this by my boyfriend in January, I REALLY enjoyed this; lesson learnt - PAY ATTENTION TO FILMS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Forrest Gump - just oh my. We watched this at University for a Baby-boomers lecture :)
The Player
Robocop - just LOL, an epic film
Adaptation - confused how much I enjoyed this; Nicholas Cage, AGAIN, irritated me throughout, but the plot coming together at the end resulted in an awesome conclusion.
Friday 13th (2009) - for a massive horror fan, and moreover one not keen on pointless horror re-makes.... just no.
Harry potter and the Philosophers Stone - enjoyed very much when younger, but now I just find the Harry Potter series tedious - doesn't excite me!
Stand By Me - just WOWWWWWW, one of my favourites by far!! Still meaning to read the Stephen King classic... I actually nearly brought this film today but forced myself to resist so I didn't go on a DVD splurge, especially after I'd just brought The Village
The Tourist - watched this on Channel 4 last night with my boyfriend - was unsure at the start, but really enjoyed it! I found the twist at the end a bit silly and unrealistic, but was still a fun, action-chase film
Interview with a Vampire - three words; Brad Pitt Mmmmmm
Submarine - amazing amazing amazing, deffo a new favourite film!
Contagion
Road to Perdition
The People Who Live Under the Stairs - haha tacky fun
Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie
Bram Stoker’s Dracula - watched this when I was younger but wasn't so keen, was gripped this time round though!
Inside Man
Thirteen - wrote a film review of this for a university film assignment; made me appreciate it a lot more, although somewhat tacky at times
Breakfast Club - <3
Liar Liar - classic
Edward Scissorhands - perhaps the first film I ever watched to get me passionate about film
The Illusionist
Kill List
Face/Off
The ‘burbs Uncut - the only film I can think of with Tom Hanks that I didn't actually enjoy :(
Happy Gilmore
50/50
Total Recall (1990)
Source Code - first watched this for my first year at Uni and my first Film Society meeting!
Walk The Line - AMAZING
Election
The Kids Are All Right
One Hour Photo - Williams is very creepy in this film...and I like it!
About a Boy - one of my faves, could watch this on repeat and never get bored
Beverly Hills Cop
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - loved Robert Downey Jr. in this!
Gosford Park - I liked this twist :D
Eaten Alive - tacky, repetitive, irritating, awful acting/dubbing....
Super High Me - interesting take on Supersize Me - but with a guy constantly stoned from weed... a bit repetitive at times but I guess that's expected of a diary
Howl’s Moving Castle
Pretty in Pink
Basquiat
Gregory’s Girl
Melancholia
Grindstone Road - boring, slow, nothing REALLY happens, predictable, failed 'jump out of your seat' jumps...
The Silent House (2011) -American re-make of the below film - appreciated Elizabeth Olsen's performance as the troubled protagonist, but the film is too slow, very little happens ... whilst all shot in one take which is amazing, the film was way too dark and WAY too silent (like its title!) at times; whilst expected of horror films, this didn't work here. The ending is far more cleared up in this as compared to the original...
Silent House (La casa muda, 2010) - Spanish orginal - more tension and eerieness as compared to the American re-make above, but the ending is highly ambiguous - a bit puzzling which isn't enjoyable
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) - personally boring for me in the day of age (it's a grainy silent film) but liked the make-up/special effects for the time
The Birth of a Nation - if I'm honest, I skipped through most of this - found it highly boring, but just wanted to watch the Ku Klux Klang scenes, which were alarming and shocking, but the rest of the film was a bore
Django Unchained - no more words needed than just WOW; Quentin Tarantino is a genius, I want to be him. An INEVITABLE DVD purchase!!!!
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