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A Bunch 50 Movies In 2009
Everything I've seen for the first time this year.
1. Role Models 12/01 (cinema)
2. Soldier's Girl 24/01 (TV)
3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 27/01 (cinema)
4. Doubt 04/02 (cinema) (review)
5. Honey 08/02 (TV)
6. Changeling 17/02 (cinema)
7. The Reader 22/02 (cinema)
8. Milk 24/02 (cinema) (review)
9. W. 01/03 (cinema) (review)
10. The Wrestler 02/03 (cinema)
11. The International 08/03 (cinema)
12. Watchmen 24/03 (cinema) ( brief thoughts)
13. Tulpan 19/04 (cinema)
14. Fast and Furious 27/04 (cinema)
15. Star Trek 12/05 (cinema) (review)
16. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian 24/05 (IMAX)
17. Angels and Demons 26/05 (cinema) ( brief thoughts)
18. Terminator Salvation 07/06 (cinema)
19. Ice Princess 14/06 (TV)
20. Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen 30/06 (cinema) (review)
21. Disgrace 14/07 (cinema) ( brief thoughts)
22. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince 21/07 (cinema) (review)
23. The Wild 25/07 (TV)
24. Mamma Mia 08/09 (DVD while on a four hour nighttime bus ride back from the snowfields)
25. Adam 12/08 (cinema)
26. Coraline 18/08 (cinema)
27. Something New 19/10 (TV)
28. Whip It 28/10 (cinema)
29. Capitalism: A Love Story 30/10 (cinema)
30. Michael Jackson: This Is It 31/10 (cinema)
31. The Boys Are Back 01/11 (cinema) (brief thoughts)
32. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 01/12 (cinema)
33. Where The Wild Things Are 15/12 (cinema)
34. State of Play 28/12 (ITunes rental)
35. Avatar 29/12 (cinema) ( brief thoughts)
- On the whole I saw a good bunch of movies this year, and I'm proud of the fact 95% of them I saw on discount Tuesday at the movies, where tickets are $10 for everyone as opposed to the usual $14 student/$17 adult. The only movies on here I can remember paying that full price for were "This Is It" for the MJ factor, and "Terminator Salvation" on my birthday.
- Some of these I also managed to see for free, thanks to my cinema's Member Club contests. The most stunning foreign/arthouse movies I saw this year such as 'Tulpan' and 'The Boys Are Back' were ones I saw for free. For 'Tulpan', a small Kazakstani movie, the director was there and did a Q&A session after the film. Bottom line, it's worth getting a Village member card if you're in Vic because their free screening contests aren't even contests. I have "won" every single time I've entered.
- I saw an average of 2.91, or let's just say 3, movies per month, or 75% of a movie each week. And I still spent far too much money.
- I saw my first IMAX movie this year thanks to a promotion where you could see "Night At The Museum 2" and get half-price entry to Melbourne Museum after (helped by the fact Melbourne's only IMAX screen is at Melbourne Museum in the first place). I was worried it would make me nauseous, and it kind of did during the ~epic museum showdown~ featuring a bit of handheld camera shake. I wouldn't want to see an action movie there, or even any movie over 90 minutes.
- I also rented my first movie from ITunes this year. It is very good for holidays, and I love the doomsday-esque 48 hour countdown to when the file will no longer work. That was also the only movie I rented all year, which is kind of amazing considering I used to rent 3 movies a week in high school.
- I didn't see a single movie alone at the cinema this year, which I suppose is good for me being social? I saw all of them with either my mum, my friend Heather, or both; a couple I actually watched with more than one person, including two with my family. I'M A LONER SO THIS IS A BIG DEAL K.
- Worst movie this year: If you look at all the ones I saw on TV this year you can see they're all pretty terrible (though okay, "The Wild" was cute). That said, I really do believe "Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen" was the worse, because it was really terrible with no redeeming factors. Even "Ice Princess" had more redeeming factors (ice skating, Michelle Kwan, Hayden).
- Best movie this year: "Avatar". No, I'm just kidding. I would say "Milk" considering I did see it this year, but theatrically it came out in the US in 2008. So you know what, I'm actually going to say "The Boys Are Back", which is a tiny British/Australian co-production starring Clive Owen that no one else will ever see but I adored from the very first frame.
A Bunch 50 Movies In 2009
Everything I've seen for the first time this year.
1. Role Models 12/01 (cinema)
2. Soldier's Girl 24/01 (TV)
3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 27/01 (cinema)
4. Doubt 04/02 (cinema) (review)
5. Honey 08/02 (TV)
6. Changeling 17/02 (cinema)
7. The Reader 22/02 (cinema)
8. Milk 24/02 (cinema) (review)
9. W. 01/03 (cinema) (review)
10. The Wrestler 02/03 (cinema)
11. The International 08/03 (cinema)
12. Watchmen 24/03 (cinema) ( brief thoughts)
13. Tulpan 19/04 (cinema)
14. Fast and Furious 27/04 (cinema)
15. Star Trek 12/05 (cinema) (review)
16. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian 24/05 (IMAX)
17. Angels and Demons 26/05 (cinema) ( brief thoughts)
18. Terminator Salvation 07/06 (cinema)
19. Ice Princess 14/06 (TV)
20. Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen 30/06 (cinema) (review)
21. Disgrace 14/07 (cinema) ( brief thoughts)
22. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince 21/07 (cinema) (review)
23. The Wild 25/07 (TV)
24. Mamma Mia 08/09 (DVD while on a four hour nighttime bus ride back from the snowfields)
25. Adam 12/08 (cinema)
26. Coraline 18/08 (cinema)
27. Something New 19/10 (TV)
28. Whip It 28/10 (cinema)
29. Capitalism: A Love Story 30/10 (cinema)
30. Michael Jackson: This Is It 31/10 (cinema)
31. The Boys Are Back 01/11 (cinema) (brief thoughts)
32. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 01/12 (cinema)
33. Where The Wild Things Are 15/12 (cinema)
34. State of Play 28/12 (ITunes rental)
35. Avatar 29/12 (cinema) ( brief thoughts)
- On the whole I saw a good bunch of movies this year, and I'm proud of the fact 95% of them I saw on discount Tuesday at the movies, where tickets are $10 for everyone as opposed to the usual $14 student/$17 adult. The only movies on here I can remember paying that full price for were "This Is It" for the MJ factor, and "Terminator Salvation" on my birthday.
- Some of these I also managed to see for free, thanks to my cinema's Member Club contests. The most stunning foreign/arthouse movies I saw this year such as 'Tulpan' and 'The Boys Are Back' were ones I saw for free. For 'Tulpan', a small Kazakstani movie, the director was there and did a Q&A session after the film. Bottom line, it's worth getting a Village member card if you're in Vic because their free screening contests aren't even contests. I have "won" every single time I've entered.
- I saw an average of 2.91, or let's just say 3, movies per month, or 75% of a movie each week. And I still spent far too much money.
- I saw my first IMAX movie this year thanks to a promotion where you could see "Night At The Museum 2" and get half-price entry to Melbourne Museum after (helped by the fact Melbourne's only IMAX screen is at Melbourne Museum in the first place). I was worried it would make me nauseous, and it kind of did during the ~epic museum showdown~ featuring a bit of handheld camera shake. I wouldn't want to see an action movie there, or even any movie over 90 minutes.
- I also rented my first movie from ITunes this year. It is very good for holidays, and I love the doomsday-esque 48 hour countdown to when the file will no longer work. That was also the only movie I rented all year, which is kind of amazing considering I used to rent 3 movies a week in high school.
- I didn't see a single movie alone at the cinema this year, which I suppose is good for me being social? I saw all of them with either my mum, my friend Heather, or both; a couple I actually watched with more than one person, including two with my family. I'M A LONER SO THIS IS A BIG DEAL K.
- Worst movie this year: If you look at all the ones I saw on TV this year you can see they're all pretty terrible (though okay, "The Wild" was cute). That said, I really do believe "Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen" was the worse, because it was really terrible with no redeeming factors. Even "Ice Princess" had more redeeming factors (ice skating, Michelle Kwan, Hayden).
- Best movie this year: "Avatar". No, I'm just kidding. I would say "Milk" considering I did see it this year, but theatrically it came out in the US in 2008. So you know what, I'm actually going to say "The Boys Are Back", which is a tiny British/Australian co-production starring Clive Owen that no one else will ever see but I adored from the very first frame.