2008: Film and Word
2008 Movies (all virgin viewings)
01. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - 8
02. National Treasure: Book of Secrets - 3
03. The Bucket List - 6
04. Knocked Up - 7
05. Saw IV - 4
06. The Man Who Would Be King - 7
07. Judas Kiss - 7
08. Snow Cake - 9
09. Juno - 6
10. Blood Tea and Red String - 9
11. Coach Carter - 4
12. Wristcutters: A Love Story - 6
13. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - 4
14. Wicked (bootleg) - 5
15. Lars and the Real Girl - 7
16. Good Luck Chuck - 1
17. Dedication - 8
18. Margot at the Wedding - 5
19. Jane Eyre - 5
20. Descent - 3
21. Something the Lord Made - 6.5
22. A Tale of Two Cities - 10
23. Hamlet - 8
24. Hamlet - 7
25. Hamlet - 7
26. August Rush - 7
27. 10,000 BC - 4
28. Vantage Point - 6
29. The Defiant Ones - 9
30. A Good Year - 8
31. 88 Minutes - 4
32. Bang Bang You're Dead - 5
33. The Winter Guest - 8
34. An American Crime - 8
35. Once - 7
35. Bee Movie - 5
36. No Country For Old Men - 7
37. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story - 1
38. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - 6
39. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 4
40. Iron Man - 7
41. Bella - 6
42. The Incredible Hulk - 4
43. The Happening - 5
44. Death Becomes Her - 6
45. El Orfanato (The Orphanage) - 9
46. Ravenous - 5
47. Get Smart - 6.5
48. Otis - 7
49. Dead Alive - ?
50. He Was A Quiet Man - 8
51. Click - 6.5
52. Chance - 3
53. Joshua - 8
54. Hancock - 8
55. The Local Stigmatic - 6
56. Clerks. - 6
57. Not I
58. Rough for Theater I
59. Ohio Impromptu
60. Fido - 8
61. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - 6.5
62. Grayson Arms - 2
63. WALL E - 10
64. Deliverance - 7
65. Jackass Number Two - 0
66. Dan in Real Life - 6
67. Hairspray - 5
68. Boogie Nights - 6
69. Irreversible - 6
70. Happily N'Ever After - 4
71. Journey to the Center of the Earth - 5
72. Enchanted - 5
73. Freedom Writers - 5
74. The Black Cauldron - 7
75. The Nanny Diaries - 4
76. The Sentinel - 4
77. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood - 4
78. Dreamgirls - 4
79. Elizabethtown - 6.5
80. Mamma Mia! - 5
81. 16 Blocks - 6
82. Lawn Dogs - 8
83. American Dreamz - 3
84. The Dark Knight - 6.5
85. In the Company of Men - 9
86. The Brave One -8
87. Buffy the Vampire Slayer - 3
88. Brother/Brat - 8
89. Kids - 5
90. Prom Night - 3
91. Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door - 5
92. Candyman - 8
93. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - 7 (for entertainment value)
94. Snakes on a Plane - 8 (EV)
95. For the Bible Tells Me So - 4
96. Henry Poole Is Here - 7
97. Deathtrap - 6
98. Short Cuts - 9.5
99. 21 - 4
100. Baby Mama - 3
101. The Air I Breathe - 5
102. Showgirls - (this movie defies the rating system) (also, it requires more men)
103. The Monster Squad - 5
104. Cruel Intentions - 6
105. Misery - 7
106. Sleepaway Camp - 8
107. Hatchet - 4
108. Boogeyman - 3
109. The War Zone - 10
110. Cannibal Holocaust
111. Alpha Dog - 5.5
112. Righteous Kill - 7
113. Play
114. The Piano - 8
115. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer - 7
116. The Wolf Man
117. Funny Games U.S. - 8
118. Funny Games - 8
119. Shutter - 4
120. Insanitarium - 5
121. Halloween - 5
122. August Underground - 0
123. Blood Diner - 3
124. Cannibal! The Musical - 6.5
125. Last House on the Left - 7
126. Suspect Zero - 5
127. House - 4
128. Love Object - 7
129. The Ruins - 7
130. The Fun Park - 2
131. eXistenZ - 9
132. The Midnight Meat Train - 6
133. Martin - 8
134. Tropic Thunder - 6
135. Puppetry of the Penis: Live at the Forum
136. Step Brothers - 1
137. Eastern Promises - 7
138. The Search For John Gissing - 8
139. The House Bunny - 4
140. Blow Dry - 5
141. Rasputin - 8
142. The Secret of Roan Inish - 8
143. Eden Lake - 7
144. Purple Violets - 6
145. Gardener of Eden - 6
146. Zack and Miri Make a Porno - 4
147. Chasing Amy - 5
148. Strictly Sexual - 5
149. Lakeview Terrace - 7
150. Nothing - 7
151. Million Dollar Baby - 6
152. Wanted - 7
153. Fred Claus - 4
154. Seven Pounds - 8
155. Choke - 5
156. In Bruges - 7.5
2008 Books (re-reads in italics)
01. American Gods (Neil Gaiman) - abandoned after 379 pgs.; 4
02. Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie) - 7
03. The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood) - 6
04. Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis) - 8
05. Pride & Prejudice (Jane Austen) - 9
06. Henry IV, Part One (Shakespeare) - 7
07. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë) -2nd read; 7
08. Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë) - 2nd read; 9.5
09. A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens) - 3rd read; 10
10. Hamlet (Shakespeare) - 8
11. Collected Stories: A Play (Donald Margulies) - 6
12. Fences (August Wilson) - 7
13. Proof: A Play (David Auburn) - 6
14. The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky) - 7
15. The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare) - 7
16. Anna in the Tropics (Nilo Cruz) - 4
17. Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy) - 10
18. Doubt: A Parable (John Patrick Shanley) - 6
19. The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide (Robert Pinsky) - 5
20. The Real Thing (Tom Stoppard) - 5
21. Julius Caesar (Shakespeare) - 9
22. The Book of Hosea (God)
23. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (J.K. Rowling) - 3rd read; 10
24. The Book of Jeremiah (God)
25. The Book of Isaiah (God)
26. A Winter's Tale (Shakespeare) - 6
27. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (J.K. Rowling) - 4th read;10
28. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (J.K. Rowling) - 4th read; 10
29. Nicholas and Alexandra (Robert K. Massie) - 8
30. Prince Caspian (C.S. Lewis) - 6
31. The Butcher Boy (Patrick McCabe) - 4
32. the curious incident of the dog in the night-time (Mark Haddon) - 4.5
33. The Immoralist (André Gide) - 7
34. Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov) - 10
35. A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway) - 8
36. King Solomon's Mines (H. Rider Haggard) - 7
37. Closer (Patrick Marber) - 9
38. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling) - 10
39. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (J.K. Rowling) - 5th read; 10
40. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J.K. Rowling) - 4th read; 10
41. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky) - 6
42. The Law of Violence and the Law of Love (Leo Tolstoy) - 4
43. I, Lucifer (Glen Duncan) - 9
44. The Woman Who Walked Into Doors (Roddy Doyle) - 8
45. Candide (Voltaire) - 9
46. Ion (Plato)
47. Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson) - 10
48. The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer (Philip Carlo) - 7 (4 for writing; 10 for story)
49. The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald) - 7
50. Out Of The Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis) - 6
51. Cane (Jean Toomer) - 8
52. Twilight (Stephenie Meyer) - 2
53. Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston) - this book really irritated me, but it is a good and important one, objectively; 8
54. The Last Place I Want To Be (P. Buchanan)
55. The Professor's House (Willa Cather) - 10
56. As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner) - i hate Faulkner so much; 10
57. The Way of the Wiseguy (Joey Pistone) - 6
58. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
59. The Best American Short Stories 1999 - 6.5
60. yet unpublished manuscript by Buck
61. Drinking Coffee Elsewhere (ZZ Packer) - 6.5
62. Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri) - 7.5
01. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - 8
02. National Treasure: Book of Secrets - 3
03. The Bucket List - 6
04. Knocked Up - 7
05. Saw IV - 4
06. The Man Who Would Be King - 7
07. Judas Kiss - 7
08. Snow Cake - 9
09. Juno - 6
10. Blood Tea and Red String - 9
11. Coach Carter - 4
12. Wristcutters: A Love Story - 6
13. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - 4
14. Wicked (bootleg) - 5
15. Lars and the Real Girl - 7
16. Good Luck Chuck - 1
17. Dedication - 8
18. Margot at the Wedding - 5
19. Jane Eyre - 5
20. Descent - 3
21. Something the Lord Made - 6.5
22. A Tale of Two Cities - 10
23. Hamlet - 8
24. Hamlet - 7
25. Hamlet - 7
26. August Rush - 7
27. 10,000 BC - 4
28. Vantage Point - 6
29. The Defiant Ones - 9
30. A Good Year - 8
31. 88 Minutes - 4
32. Bang Bang You're Dead - 5
33. The Winter Guest - 8
34. An American Crime - 8
35. Once - 7
35. Bee Movie - 5
36. No Country For Old Men - 7
37. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story - 1
38. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - 6
39. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 4
40. Iron Man - 7
41. Bella - 6
42. The Incredible Hulk - 4
43. The Happening - 5
44. Death Becomes Her - 6
45. El Orfanato (The Orphanage) - 9
46. Ravenous - 5
47. Get Smart - 6.5
48. Otis - 7
49. Dead Alive - ?
50. He Was A Quiet Man - 8
51. Click - 6.5
52. Chance - 3
53. Joshua - 8
54. Hancock - 8
55. The Local Stigmatic - 6
56. Clerks. - 6
57. Not I
58. Rough for Theater I
59. Ohio Impromptu
60. Fido - 8
61. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - 6.5
62. Grayson Arms - 2
63. WALL E - 10
64. Deliverance - 7
65. Jackass Number Two - 0
66. Dan in Real Life - 6
67. Hairspray - 5
68. Boogie Nights - 6
69. Irreversible - 6
70. Happily N'Ever After - 4
71. Journey to the Center of the Earth - 5
72. Enchanted - 5
73. Freedom Writers - 5
74. The Black Cauldron - 7
75. The Nanny Diaries - 4
76. The Sentinel - 4
77. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood - 4
78. Dreamgirls - 4
79. Elizabethtown - 6.5
80. Mamma Mia! - 5
81. 16 Blocks - 6
82. Lawn Dogs - 8
83. American Dreamz - 3
84. The Dark Knight - 6.5
85. In the Company of Men - 9
86. The Brave One -8
87. Buffy the Vampire Slayer - 3
88. Brother/Brat - 8
89. Kids - 5
90. Prom Night - 3
91. Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door - 5
92. Candyman - 8
93. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - 7 (for entertainment value)
94. Snakes on a Plane - 8 (EV)
95. For the Bible Tells Me So - 4
96. Henry Poole Is Here - 7
97. Deathtrap - 6
98. Short Cuts - 9.5
99. 21 - 4
100. Baby Mama - 3
101. The Air I Breathe - 5
102. Showgirls - (this movie defies the rating system) (also, it requires more men)
103. The Monster Squad - 5
104. Cruel Intentions - 6
105. Misery - 7
106. Sleepaway Camp - 8
107. Hatchet - 4
108. Boogeyman - 3
109. The War Zone - 10
110. Cannibal Holocaust
111. Alpha Dog - 5.5
112. Righteous Kill - 7
113. Play
114. The Piano - 8
115. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer - 7
116. The Wolf Man
117. Funny Games U.S. - 8
118. Funny Games - 8
119. Shutter - 4
120. Insanitarium - 5
121. Halloween - 5
122. August Underground - 0
123. Blood Diner - 3
124. Cannibal! The Musical - 6.5
125. Last House on the Left - 7
126. Suspect Zero - 5
127. House - 4
128. Love Object - 7
129. The Ruins - 7
130. The Fun Park - 2
131. eXistenZ - 9
132. The Midnight Meat Train - 6
133. Martin - 8
134. Tropic Thunder - 6
135. Puppetry of the Penis: Live at the Forum
136. Step Brothers - 1
137. Eastern Promises - 7
138. The Search For John Gissing - 8
139. The House Bunny - 4
140. Blow Dry - 5
141. Rasputin - 8
142. The Secret of Roan Inish - 8
143. Eden Lake - 7
144. Purple Violets - 6
145. Gardener of Eden - 6
146. Zack and Miri Make a Porno - 4
147. Chasing Amy - 5
148. Strictly Sexual - 5
149. Lakeview Terrace - 7
150. Nothing - 7
151. Million Dollar Baby - 6
152. Wanted - 7
153. Fred Claus - 4
154. Seven Pounds - 8
155. Choke - 5
156. In Bruges - 7.5
2008 Books (re-reads in italics)
01. American Gods (Neil Gaiman) - abandoned after 379 pgs.; 4
02. Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie) - 7
03. The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood) - 6
04. Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis) - 8
05. Pride & Prejudice (Jane Austen) - 9
06. Henry IV, Part One (Shakespeare) - 7
07. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë) -2nd read; 7
08. Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë) - 2nd read; 9.5
09. A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens) - 3rd read; 10
10. Hamlet (Shakespeare) - 8
11. Collected Stories: A Play (Donald Margulies) - 6
12. Fences (August Wilson) - 7
13. Proof: A Play (David Auburn) - 6
14. The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky) - 7
15. The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare) - 7
16. Anna in the Tropics (Nilo Cruz) - 4
17. Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy) - 10
18. Doubt: A Parable (John Patrick Shanley) - 6
19. The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide (Robert Pinsky) - 5
20. The Real Thing (Tom Stoppard) - 5
21. Julius Caesar (Shakespeare) - 9
22. The Book of Hosea (God)
23. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (J.K. Rowling) - 3rd read; 10
24. The Book of Jeremiah (God)
25. The Book of Isaiah (God)
26. A Winter's Tale (Shakespeare) - 6
27. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (J.K. Rowling) - 4th read;10
28. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (J.K. Rowling) - 4th read; 10
29. Nicholas and Alexandra (Robert K. Massie) - 8
30. Prince Caspian (C.S. Lewis) - 6
31. The Butcher Boy (Patrick McCabe) - 4
32. the curious incident of the dog in the night-time (Mark Haddon) - 4.5
33. The Immoralist (André Gide) - 7
34. Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov) - 10
35. A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway) - 8
36. King Solomon's Mines (H. Rider Haggard) - 7
37. Closer (Patrick Marber) - 9
38. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling) - 10
39. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (J.K. Rowling) - 5th read; 10
40. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J.K. Rowling) - 4th read; 10
41. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky) - 6
42. The Law of Violence and the Law of Love (Leo Tolstoy) - 4
43. I, Lucifer (Glen Duncan) - 9
44. The Woman Who Walked Into Doors (Roddy Doyle) - 8
45. Candide (Voltaire) - 9
46. Ion (Plato)
47. Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson) - 10
48. The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer (Philip Carlo) - 7 (4 for writing; 10 for story)
49. The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald) - 7
50. Out Of The Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis) - 6
51. Cane (Jean Toomer) - 8
52. Twilight (Stephenie Meyer) - 2
53. Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston) - this book really irritated me, but it is a good and important one, objectively; 8
54. The Last Place I Want To Be (P. Buchanan)
55. The Professor's House (Willa Cather) - 10
56. As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner) - i hate Faulkner so much; 10
57. The Way of the Wiseguy (Joey Pistone) - 6
58. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
59. The Best American Short Stories 1999 - 6.5
60. yet unpublished manuscript by Buck
61. Drinking Coffee Elsewhere (ZZ Packer) - 6.5
62. Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri) - 7.5