Looking back
I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays.
A while back on Current Flavor I posted this, prompting myself to get out to the theater more this year. Unfortunately I was only slightly more successful in that task -- viewing 22 films theatrically vs. 15 last year (ouch). But the good news is I saw MORE films than last year, mostly in the area of new releases and notable films (potential award winners).
I dutifully kept a list of films I saw over the course of the year and here's how it broke down (not including repeat viewings):
2007 (new) releases (theatrical): 22
2007 releases (DVD): 6
Previous releases (DVD or projected DVD): 21
A grand total of 49 films watched.
For those interested, here they are:
2007 NEW FILMS/THEATRICAL/DVD
Waitress
Atonement
Juno
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Gone Baby Gone
Michael Clayton
Things We Lost in the Fire
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood (2x)
King of Kong
My Kid Could Paint That
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Into the Wild
3:10 To Yuma
Paris Je T'aime
The Simpsons Movie
Transformers
Ratatouille(2)
A Mighty Heart
Pirates 3 - At World's End
28 Weeks Later
Hot Fuzz
300
The Host (US release)
Zodiac
The Queen (SF release)
Children of Men (2)
Letters From Iwo Jima
DVD/OLD
3 Days of the Condor (r)
Day Night Day Night
The Isle
All The President's Men
On the Waterfront
Touching the Void
The Train
Last King of Scotland
Little Children
Paths of Glory
Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
Tale of Two Sisters
Half Nelson
The Lives of Others
Marie Antoinette
The Departed
Land of the Dead (1/4)
Irreversible (1/2)
Thank You For Smoking
The White Diamond
Mission Impossible III
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Happy New Year and see you all in 08!
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Labels: film
posted by Ted M @ 9:36 AM
4 comments
4 Comments:
Excellent list. I wish I'd seen half the movies you have this year. I notice a kind of tonal trend in the movies you've listed. Here are some that are similar that I think you will enjoy, if you haven't seen them already. Please note the year release as some have been remade recently.
Runaway Train 1985
script by kurosawa, voight has a monologue that gives me shivers just thinking about it
12 Angry Men 1957
The Manchurian Candidate 1962
The Proposition 2005
You totally kicked my ass in the movie seeing department. I feel so ashamed. I will see more movies this year!!!!
Hi, Ted !
I have the same (good or strange?) habit to do a list of movies to see (theatrically) each year. Every Dec.31, I find out that much were missed, but I can reach a total of 50 on "good" years.
Have just seen the excellent "Into the Wild", after coming back from Angouleme where we met :o))
Hope you and Bill had a good time !
Jean.
Hey Ted,
I knew about you through the story splinecast, which was great! You have an awesome blog, I really like your posts about composition.
Cool movie list! If I can recommend a film for this year, it is, The Orphanage! Great film!
Sant
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