books/movies/dramas lists

Dec 31, 2009 11:59

One of my goals this year is to read 25 books. Which isn't a whole lot, but probably more than I would read otherwise (I may be over optimistic). The list is likely to change, but so I remember...

The Book List
  1. The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
  2. First Meetings by Orson Scott Card
  3. Fear of Small Numbers by Arjun Appadurai
  4. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
  5. The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe
  6. Pieces of You by Tablo
  7. Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett (tablo, it sounds awesome~)
  8. In the Penny Arcade by Steven Millhauser
  9. Blindness by Jose Saramago
  10. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
  11. The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway
  12. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
  13. Tekkonkinkreet by Matsumoto Taiyo (manga)
  14. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
  15. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
  16. Rain Fall by Barry Eisler
  17. What is the What by Dave Eggers
  18. The Martian Child by David Gerrold
  19. Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
  20. The Wild Things by Dave Eggers
  21. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
  22. Animal Farm by George Orwell
  23. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
  24. Other Colors by Orhan Pamuk
  25. Forbidden Colors by Mishima Yukio (or maybe Confessions of a Mask)
current
finished
I think I'm a pretty ADHD reader. T-T
There is a lot of japanese, gothic, and sci-fi on there because they tend to be my favorite (ok, I suck and stick to what I like a lot). Especially Orson Scott Card; The Ender's Game/Shadow series are my favorites.
If anyone has any suggestions I'd like to hear them (:

The Movie List:
  1. Slumdog Millionaire
  2. Coraline
  3. 25th Hour
  4. La Ronde
  5. The Good, The Bad, and The Weird
  6. Blindness
  7. Pineapple Express
  8. The Great Happiness Space
  9. Man on Wire
  10. The Counterfeiters
  11. Antique Bakery
  12. Amelie 
  13. Two Lovers
  14. Tokyo!
  15. Twilight (I actually DIDN'T want to see this too..)
  16. Departures (Okuribito)
  17. The Day the Earth Stood Still
  18. In Bruges
  19. The Happening
  20. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  21. Rudo Y Cursi
  22. Hyakuman-en to Nigamushi Onna (One Million Yen Girl)
  23. Don't Laugh at My Romance
  24. The Other Boleyn Girl
  25. Elizabeth: The Golden Age
  26. Blue Spring
  27. Detroit Metal City
  28. Let the Right One In
  29. The Fall
  30. 20th Century Boys
  31. Up
  32. This is Spinal Tap
  33. The Forbidden Kingdom
  34. Gran Torino
  35. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
  36. Die Architekten
  37. Sabrina
  38. Phoebe in Wonderland
  39. Gake no Ue no Ponyo
  40. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (lol)
  41. Shortbus
  42. Martian Child (new one to add to my favorites!)
  43. 12
  44. Sunshine Cleaning
  45. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
  46. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
  47. PIKA☆NCHI Life is Hard Dakedo Happy
  48. PIKA☆☆NCHI Life is Hard Dakara Happy
  49. Heaven's Door
  50. Where the Wild Things Are (except the last 10 min)
  51. Yayoi Kusama: I Love ME
  52. The Box
  53. Hana Yori Dango Final
  54. I Come With the Rain
  55. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
  56. X-Men: The Last Stand
  57. Star Trek XI
  58. The Devil Wears Prada
  59. Inglorious Basterds
  60. 9
  61. Mystic River
  62. District 9
  63. Thirst
  64. Traveling with Yoshitomo Nara
  65. 8 1/2
  66. Les Chansons D'Amour
  67. The Class
  68. Happenstance
  69. Scarface
  70. M
  71. Metropolis
  72. Brazil
  73. Invitation at Cinema Orion
  74. Paprika
  75. Doubt
  76. The Passenger
  77. Dorian Gray (actually maybe not..)
  78. Juryoku Pierrot
  79. Jun and Summer (working title)
Suggestions?

The Drama List:
  1. Arifureta Kiseki
  2. Voice
  3. Maou
  4. Ryuusei no Kizuna
  5. Yamada Taro Monogatari
  6. Door to Door SP
  7. Sukoshi wa, Ongaeshi ga Dekitakana SP
  8. Yasashii Jikan
  9. Marathon SP
  10. Juri Ueno to Itsutsu no Kaban
  11. Uta no Oniisan
  12. Tokyo Dogs
  13. My Girl
  14. Tengoku de Kimi ni Aetara SP


The Short Film List (recommended)
  • Tyger by Guilherme Marcondes link
  • More by Mark Osborne link
  • La Maison en Petits Cubes by Kunio Kato link
  • Father and Daughter by Michael Dudok de Wit link
  • Le Moine et Le Poisson by Michael Dudok de Wit link
  • Western Spaghetti by PES link
  • F is for Fail by Brent Barson link
  • Helvetica by Gary Huswit link
More Suggestions?

movies, short film, manga, books

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