Let's try this again
First post of the year and it's already March and the most I have to offer is a list. It's a start, right.
So I saw 110 films last year for the first time, 87 of them at the cinema. Some good, some bad, some fecking dire (I suggest should you ever find it, you avoid The Reverend at all costs).
I saw my first ever Woody Allen film (Midnight in Paris) and loved it, tho I don't know if it's representational of his other work. Black Swan reminded me that I'm actually quite glad I never made it as a dancer, tho I did love hearing her bones click. 127 Hours taught me to always take your (sharp) penknife out treking.
Some things are better left alone - Brideshead Revisited film wasn't a patch on the TV series, which I have rewatched recently so it's not an inaccurate memory, although others are quite beautiful - the Japanese version of The Borrowers - Arriety.
And Breakfast at Tiffany's has lodged itself firmly in my top 10. How did it take me til 32 to see that ?
Would I be a better person if I'd read 110 books ? (I read 18. Six of them have been adapted into films) Or been to 110 exhibitions/galleries/theatre productions ? Or done 110 hours community work? Let's say 2 hours a film that'd be 220 hours of something. Just over nine days. Could have been a holiday somewhere. Maybe it was a holiday somewhere.
1. Chatroom - AMC 3.1
2. Love and Other Drugs - AMC 3.1
3. Once upon a time in Mexico - TV 6.1
4. Season of the Witch - AMC 7.1
5. Elizabeth: The Golden Age - TV 19.1
6. Black Swan - AMC 21.1
7. Morning Glory - AMC 22.1
8. 127 Hours - AMC 24.1
9. The King's Speech - AMC 24.1
10. How do you know ? AMC 28.1
11. The Mechanic -AMC 30.1
- Black Swan - printworks 3.2
12. Buitiful - Cornerhouse 5.2
13. The Fighter - AMC 11.2
14. The men who stare at goats - TV 18.2
15. War of the worlds - TV 18.2
16. True Grit - AMC 18.2
17. Never let me go - Printworks 19.2
18. Howl - Cornerhouse 25.2
19. I am number four - AMC 25.2
20. Drive Angry - AMC 25.2
21. The Rite - AMC 26.2
22. The Adjustment Bureau AMC 4.3
23. Brideshead Revisited TV 5.3
24. Girl with a pearl earring TV 6.3
25. The Terminal TV 11.3
26. Little Miss Sunshine TV 12.3
27. Priceless TV 13.3
28. The Lincoln Lawyer AMC 18.3
29. Unknown AMC 18.3
30. Battle: Los Angeles AMC 19.3
31. The Eagle AMC 26.3
32. Death Race TV 27.3
33. A Guide to Recognising your Saints TV 30.3
34. Suckerpunch AMC 1.4
35. Source Code AMC 7.4
36. Limitless AMC 7.4
37. Cave of Forgotten Dreams CH 8.4
38. Little White Lies Cornerhouse 15.4
- Suckerpunch IMAX 16.4
39. Your Highness AMC 23.4
40. Thor AMC 24.4
41. Farewell Cornerhouse 29.4
42. Cedar Rapids AMC 30.4
43. Hanna AMC 8.5
44. Attack the Block Cineworld 15.5
45. Water for Elephants AMC 21.5
46. Natural Born Killers TV 21.5
47. The Changeling DVD 27.5
48. Pirates of Caribbean 4 Odeon 28.5
49. Julia's Eyes Cornerhouse 2.6
50. X-men first class AMC 3.6
51. Kaboom Cornerhouse 11.6
52. Blue Velvet TV 11.6
53. Bad Teacher AMC 23.6
54. Bridesmaids AMC 24.6
55. Rescue Dawn TV
56. Potiche Cornerhouse 1.7
57. The Conspirator AMC 2.7
58. Tell No One TV 9.7
59. Harry Potter 7.2 AMC 22.7
60. Cell 211 Cornerhouse 24.7
61. Captain America AMC 30.7
62. Breakfast at Tiffanys CH 3.8
63. Creation TV 7.8
64. Super 8 AMC 11.8
65. Arriety CH 14.8
66. Cowboys & Aliens AMC 19.8
67. One Day Cineworld Bradford 27.8
68. The Guard CH 30.8
69. Apollo 18 AMC 2.9
70. Let the right one in TV 9.9
71. Troll hunter CH 10.9
72. Columbiana AMC 11.9
73. Jane Eyre AMC 23.9
74. Tinker Tailor AMC 23.9
75. Drive CH 23.9
76. Melancholia CH 1.10
77. Killer Elite AMC 2.10
78. The Retreat AMC 6.10
79. Some guy who kills people 8.10
80. The Woman AMC 8.10
81. The Reverend AMC 8.10
82. The Divide AMC 9.10
83. The Theatre Bizarre AMC 9.10
84. The Wicker Tree AMC 9.10
85. Contagion AMC 21.10
86. The Debt AMC 21.10
87. The Ides of March AMC 5.11
88. Wuthering Heights CH 16.11
89. Twilight DVD 16.11
90. Immortals AMC 18.11
91. The Help Odeon TC 19.11
92. The Rum Diary AMC 20.11
93. In Time Odeon 23.11
94. The Awakening Odeon 23.11
95. Midnight in Paris AMC 23.11
96. 50/50 AMC 26.11
97. Justice AMC 1.12
98. Dream House AMC 1.12
99. Moneyball AMC 1.12
100. Hugo AMC 2.12
101. The Thing AMC 10.12
102. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Swedish DVD
103. Sherlock Holmes 2 16.12
104. Paul DVD 16.12
105. The Lovely Bones TV 21.12
106. Knowing TV 21.12
107. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo AMC 27.12
108. Mission Impossible 4 IMAX 29.12
109. We need to talk about Kevin CH 29.12
110. Tyrannosaur CH 30.12
So I saw 110 films last year for the first time, 87 of them at the cinema. Some good, some bad, some fecking dire (I suggest should you ever find it, you avoid The Reverend at all costs).
I saw my first ever Woody Allen film (Midnight in Paris) and loved it, tho I don't know if it's representational of his other work. Black Swan reminded me that I'm actually quite glad I never made it as a dancer, tho I did love hearing her bones click. 127 Hours taught me to always take your (sharp) penknife out treking.
Some things are better left alone - Brideshead Revisited film wasn't a patch on the TV series, which I have rewatched recently so it's not an inaccurate memory, although others are quite beautiful - the Japanese version of The Borrowers - Arriety.
And Breakfast at Tiffany's has lodged itself firmly in my top 10. How did it take me til 32 to see that ?
Would I be a better person if I'd read 110 books ? (I read 18. Six of them have been adapted into films) Or been to 110 exhibitions/galleries/theatre productions ? Or done 110 hours community work? Let's say 2 hours a film that'd be 220 hours of something. Just over nine days. Could have been a holiday somewhere. Maybe it was a holiday somewhere.
1. Chatroom - AMC 3.1
2. Love and Other Drugs - AMC 3.1
3. Once upon a time in Mexico - TV 6.1
4. Season of the Witch - AMC 7.1
5. Elizabeth: The Golden Age - TV 19.1
6. Black Swan - AMC 21.1
7. Morning Glory - AMC 22.1
8. 127 Hours - AMC 24.1
9. The King's Speech - AMC 24.1
10. How do you know ? AMC 28.1
11. The Mechanic -AMC 30.1
- Black Swan - printworks 3.2
12. Buitiful - Cornerhouse 5.2
13. The Fighter - AMC 11.2
14. The men who stare at goats - TV 18.2
15. War of the worlds - TV 18.2
16. True Grit - AMC 18.2
17. Never let me go - Printworks 19.2
18. Howl - Cornerhouse 25.2
19. I am number four - AMC 25.2
20. Drive Angry - AMC 25.2
21. The Rite - AMC 26.2
22. The Adjustment Bureau AMC 4.3
23. Brideshead Revisited TV 5.3
24. Girl with a pearl earring TV 6.3
25. The Terminal TV 11.3
26. Little Miss Sunshine TV 12.3
27. Priceless TV 13.3
28. The Lincoln Lawyer AMC 18.3
29. Unknown AMC 18.3
30. Battle: Los Angeles AMC 19.3
31. The Eagle AMC 26.3
32. Death Race TV 27.3
33. A Guide to Recognising your Saints TV 30.3
34. Suckerpunch AMC 1.4
35. Source Code AMC 7.4
36. Limitless AMC 7.4
37. Cave of Forgotten Dreams CH 8.4
38. Little White Lies Cornerhouse 15.4
- Suckerpunch IMAX 16.4
39. Your Highness AMC 23.4
40. Thor AMC 24.4
41. Farewell Cornerhouse 29.4
42. Cedar Rapids AMC 30.4
43. Hanna AMC 8.5
44. Attack the Block Cineworld 15.5
45. Water for Elephants AMC 21.5
46. Natural Born Killers TV 21.5
47. The Changeling DVD 27.5
48. Pirates of Caribbean 4 Odeon 28.5
49. Julia's Eyes Cornerhouse 2.6
50. X-men first class AMC 3.6
51. Kaboom Cornerhouse 11.6
52. Blue Velvet TV 11.6
53. Bad Teacher AMC 23.6
54. Bridesmaids AMC 24.6
55. Rescue Dawn TV
56. Potiche Cornerhouse 1.7
57. The Conspirator AMC 2.7
58. Tell No One TV 9.7
59. Harry Potter 7.2 AMC 22.7
60. Cell 211 Cornerhouse 24.7
61. Captain America AMC 30.7
62. Breakfast at Tiffanys CH 3.8
63. Creation TV 7.8
64. Super 8 AMC 11.8
65. Arriety CH 14.8
66. Cowboys & Aliens AMC 19.8
67. One Day Cineworld Bradford 27.8
68. The Guard CH 30.8
69. Apollo 18 AMC 2.9
70. Let the right one in TV 9.9
71. Troll hunter CH 10.9
72. Columbiana AMC 11.9
73. Jane Eyre AMC 23.9
74. Tinker Tailor AMC 23.9
75. Drive CH 23.9
76. Melancholia CH 1.10
77. Killer Elite AMC 2.10
78. The Retreat AMC 6.10
79. Some guy who kills people 8.10
80. The Woman AMC 8.10
81. The Reverend AMC 8.10
82. The Divide AMC 9.10
83. The Theatre Bizarre AMC 9.10
84. The Wicker Tree AMC 9.10
85. Contagion AMC 21.10
86. The Debt AMC 21.10
87. The Ides of March AMC 5.11
88. Wuthering Heights CH 16.11
89. Twilight DVD 16.11
90. Immortals AMC 18.11
91. The Help Odeon TC 19.11
92. The Rum Diary AMC 20.11
93. In Time Odeon 23.11
94. The Awakening Odeon 23.11
95. Midnight in Paris AMC 23.11
96. 50/50 AMC 26.11
97. Justice AMC 1.12
98. Dream House AMC 1.12
99. Moneyball AMC 1.12
100. Hugo AMC 2.12
101. The Thing AMC 10.12
102. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Swedish DVD
103. Sherlock Holmes 2 16.12
104. Paul DVD 16.12
105. The Lovely Bones TV 21.12
106. Knowing TV 21.12
107. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo AMC 27.12
108. Mission Impossible 4 IMAX 29.12
109. We need to talk about Kevin CH 29.12
110. Tyrannosaur CH 30.12