movies & books 2010

Dec 31, 2010 13:26

Assuming I remember to update this...

loved it
liked it
neither/nor
disliked it
a rewatch** (for movies only, obviously)


+MOVIES+
*Includes documentaries*
(Goal: 200)

001. 12 Angry Men (1997) | [they shouldn't have remade it.]
002. La Faute à Fidel!(Blame it on Fidel!) (2006)
003. The Hurt Locker (2009)
004. Rachel and the Stranger (1948) | [William Holden *sigh*]
005. Rear Window** (1954)
006. Wisegal (2008) | [lol. me and my 'Lifetime' movies.]
007. Susan Slept Here (1954)
008. Madame Bovary (1949)
009. Strangers (2007)
010. Offside (2006)
011. Savage Grace (2007)
012. Choking Man (2006)
013. Che: Part One & Two (2008) | [I finally saw it! Both parts! I feel so proud of myself haha.]
014. In America** (2003)
015. A Place in the Sun** (1951) | [Montgomery Clift ♥ love him. a lot]
016. Ondskan(Evil)** (2003)
017. Mermaid (2007)
018. La Mala Educación(Bad Education)** (2004)
019. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
020. The Touch of Mink (1962)
021. East of Eden** (1955)
022. Suddenly, Last Summer** (1959)
023. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
024. Leap Year (2010) | [The clichés oozed out of the screen. but. Matthew Goode. that's a valid answer.]
025. Daddy's Little Girls (2007)
026. Streetcar Named Desire** (1951)
027. Talk of Town (1942)
028. Man On Wire (2008) | [I'm so glad I finally saw this.]
029. Wristcutters: A Love Story** (2006) | [Freaken love this soundtrack. Eugene Hütz!]
030. La Habitación de Fermat(Fermat's Room) (2007)
031. The Guns of Navarone** (1961) | [Gregory Peck. just. <333]
032. Thumbsucker** (2005)
033. Forever, Darling (1956) | ["Ricky" & "Lucy" in color. weird. plus, James Mason was in it and I kept thinking about Lolita.]
034. Inglorious Basterds (2009) | [I saw it.]
035. Red River** (1948)
036. Love and Death on Long Island (1997)
037. Lonelyhearts** (1958)
038. The Fugitive Kind** (1960) | [damn Brando for being so hot.]
039. The Postman Always Rings Twice** (1946)
040. The Guitar (2008) | [I'm not sure about this one. Was it about the power of music?]
041. Jump Tomorrow (2001)
042. Great Expectations** (1946) | ["Not at all, I'm sure!" lol]
043. Wuthering Heights** (1939)
044. Starting Out in the Evening (2005)
045. From Here to Eternity** (1953) | [♥]
046. For the Love of a Child (2006) | [ngh lifetime movies. They always do all they can to pull your heartstrings.]
047. The United States of Leland** (2003)
048. Valentine's Day (2010)
049. Roman Holiday** (1953) | [I love this movie sfm. haha. The way I get when Gregory arches his eyebrow...lawd.]
050. Chris & Don (2007)
051. The Heiress** (1949)
052. To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar** (1995)
053. Unbreakable** (2000)
054. Indiscretion of an American Wife** (1952) | [Not the good version(see Terminal Station) but Monty shines as always <3.]
055. Casablanca** (1953) | [It had been a good while since I saw this.]
056. Le Voyage du Ballon Rouge(Flight of the Red Balloon) (2007)
057. Love Notes (2007) | [Extremely predictable. of course.]
058. The Killing of John Lennon (2007)
059. Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) | [Surprised myself when I realized I've never seen this one.]
060. Cidade de Deus(City of God)** (2002) | [one of those films I wanted to like, but hated.]
061. The Pleasure of Being Robbed (2008) | [This was really flat, but...idk.]
062. Quo Vadis (1951)
063. Rebel Without A Cause** (1955) | [every time I watch one of his films, I can't help getting struck with how gorgeous he was.]
064. Giant** (1956) | [Had to watch this afterwards too. 5 hours laying in bed watching James Dean. it was well spent.]
065. Lilies of the Field (1963)
066. American History X** (1998) | [One of the movies that sealed my love of Edward Norton in and out of the acting world.]
067. Alice in Wonderland (2010) | [Didn't surpass and didn't disappoint.]
068. 25th Hour** (2002) | ["I kept saying, 'Montgomery Clift - look what happened to that poor fuck. Died way too young. Bad luck.'" <3]
069. City Island (2009) | [Really great storyline & the actors were perfectly picked. Steven Strait! <3]
070. Remember Me (2010) | [ my quick review]
071. Precious** (2009)
072. The Runaways (2010)
073. Spellbound** (1945) | [Gregory Peck & a dash of Salvador Dalí = ♥]
074. Jellyfish (2008)
075. Nathalie (2003) | [Kinda predictable but I enjoyed the performances none the less.]
076. La Ragazza del Lago(The Girl by the Lake) (2007) | [Really liked Marco Baliani in here- however short his scenes may have been.]
077. Animas Perdidas(Lost Souls) (2009)
078. Judgment at Nuremberg** (1961) | [To this day, Monty's Oscar nominated scene is still one of the best performances EVER.]
079. The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) | [I waited much too long to see this. Will Smith was incredibly perfect.]
080. Easy (2004)
081. To Have and Have Not** (1944) | [Lauren Bacall is just so gorgeous & sultry.]
082. An Education** (2009)
083. Up in the Air** (2009)
084. George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984)
085. Angel-A (2005)
086. Marty (1955)
087. Singin' in the Rain** (1952) | [This movie always makes me happy. haha]
088. Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) | [Appropriately enough, this is #88; my birth year! w00t 80's!]
089. Some Like it Hot** (1959)
090. Girl, Interrupted** (1999)
091. All Through the Night (1942)
092. A Little Trip to Heaven (2005)
093. Daniel's Daughter (2008) | [an actor in here always does these Hallmark/Lifetime movies; no idea why I find him attractive.]
094. Dot the i** (2003) | [Gael Garcia Bernal & James D'Arcy in one = hot.]
095. The Adventures of Robin Hood** (1938) | [Errol Flynn & Olivia de Haviland should've happened. so much chemistry.]
096. 16 Blocks (2006) | [Mos Def "most definitely" held his own as an actor here.]
097. Before Sunrise** (1995)
098. The Temper Trap
099. Pan's Labyrinth** (2006)
100. La Tigre e la Neve(The Tiger and the Snow) (2005)
101. Sherlock Holmes (2009)
102. Hotel Rwanda** (2004)
103. Wind Chill (2007)
104. Girl From Mexico (1939)
105. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest** (1975)
106. Sud Pralad(Tropical Malady) (2004)
107. The Legend of Zorro (2005)
108. The Wedding Weekend (2008)
109. Green Street Hooligans (2005) | [idk why everyone kept making such a fuss about this one.]
110. The Big Parade (1925)
111. Ratatouille** (2007)
112. Splice (2010) | [my overview with spoilers]
113. The Client (1994)
114. The Official film of the 2006 Fifa World Cup (2006)
115. Les Chansons D'amour(Love Songs)** (2007)
116. The Nightmare Before Christmas** (1993)
117. Toy Story** (1995)
118. 12 Angry Men** (1957) | [twice in a row...lol ♥]
119. Toy Story 2** (1999)
120. La Belle Personne(The Beautiful Person)** (2008) | [Louis Garrel <3]
121. Twilight Saga: New Moon** (2009) | [One of my friends wanted to see this after years of talking crap about it. Now she loves it. :/]
122. Los Dos Escobars(The Two Escobars) (2010) | [heard of Andres when I was 10. i always i think of him when there's an autogol.]
123. The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
124. Anchorman: The Ron Burgandy Story** (2004)
125. Summer's Moon (2009) | [right.]
126. August Rush (2007)
127. Inception (2010) | [ my thoughts]
129. The Yearling (1946)
130. James Dean** (2001) | [my two James. :]]
131. Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
132. La Misma Luna(The Same Moon/Under the Same Moon)** (2007)
133. Mr. and Mrs. Smith** (2005)
134. Double Jeopardy (1999)
135. 100 Feet (2008)
136. Newcastle (2008)
137. Marie Antoinette** (2006)
138. Darling (1965)
139. The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
140. Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005)
141. Splendor in the Grass** (1961)
142. Anchors Aweigh** (1945)
143. The Virgin Suicides** (1999)
144. El Orfanato(The Orphanage)** (2007)
145. She's Out of My League (2010) | [it was entertaining enough.]
146. Veronika Decides to Die (2009) | [I need to stop watching book adaptations; I'm never satisfied with them.]
147. Rounders** (1998)
148. Summertime** (1954)
149. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?** (1966)
150. 16 Wishes (2010) | [man, Disney movies these days are lacking.]
151. Queen Christina (1933)
152. Designing Women** (1957) | [Gregory's character explaining how his 'wife' laughs by tilting her head like a pony...lol me mata.]
153. The Big Sleep** (1946) | [this right here? classic noir.]
154. Light in the Piazza (1962)
155. To Each His Own** (1946)
156. Tillsammans(Together)** (2000) | [the unnecessary camera-zooms began to irritate me tbh.]
157. Pal Joey (1957)
158. The Wild One** (1953)
159. Gidget (1959)
160. The Haunting (1963)
161. Sex and the Single Girl (1964) [freeway scene in the end is the absolute best.]
162. Gone with the Wind** (1939)
163. Linkeroever(Left Bank) (2008) | [I just...um. I think i got it, but no thanks.]
164. Män som Hatar Kvinnor(The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) (2009) | [a couple scenes were too much for me.]
165. When in Rome (2010) | [good lawd I tried to like it. really I did. so horribly and ridiculously underdeveloped.]
166. Hasta el Viento Tiene Miedo(Even the Wind is Scared) (2007)
167. Como Agua Para Chocolate**(Like Water for Chocolate) (1992)
168. Gigi (1958)
169. With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)
170. Dial M For Murder (1954) | [fantastic camera work.]
171. La Ley del Deseo(The Law of Desire) (1987)
172. The Town (2010) | [Jeremy Renner's performance was the only thing that made me 'love' instead of 'like.']
173. Viva Zapata!** (1952) | [Brando as Zapata <333]
174. The Sting** (1973)
175. ¡Átame!(Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!) (1990)
176. We Were Dancing (1942)
177. Sunset Boulevard** (1950)
178. Treeless Mountain (2008)
179. Desire Me (1947)
180. The Last Mistress (2007)
181. The Story (2010)
182. Brick** (2005)
183. Who Was That Lady? (1960)
184. The Defiant Ones (1958)
185. The Princess Bride** (1987)
186. Lokas (2008)
187. Double Wedding (2010) | [it gave what you expected. *shrugs*]
188. This is England (2006)
189. Fa Yeung Nin Wa(In The Mood For Love)** (2000)
190. Everything Is Illuminated** (2005)
191. Inherit the Wind (1960)
192. Seven Pounds (2008) | [stop touching my heart with your movies, Will.]
193. Fracture** (2007)
194. Twitches** (2005)
195. Practical Magic** (1998)
196. Hocus Pocus** (1993) | [if i hear that i look like thora birch one more time...]
197. The Prestige** (2006)
198. Trade (2007) | [well fuck. i teared up way too many times imo.]
199. Voy a Explotar(I'm Gonna Explode) (2008)
200. Mr. Holland's Opus** (1995) | [oh look, i reached 200. lol.]
201. The Angel Wore Red (1960)
202. How To Be (2008)
203. The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
204. Suspicion (1941)
205. High Society** (1956)
206. To Kill a Mockingbird** (1962) | [forced advised my little sis to watch this.]
207. The Bucket List (2007)
208. Top Hat** (1935)
209. Do Começo ao Fim(From Beginning to End)** (2009) | [love when films don't come out the way i'd figured they would.]
210. No Reservations (2007)
211. 300 (2006) | [felt like 300 minutes]
212. Black Swan (2010) | [made me queasy.]
213. Revolutionary Road** (2008)
214. Tangled (2010)
215. Sunday's at Tiffany's (2010) | [lifetime movie with a semi-original plot. huh.]
216. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner** (1967)
217. Out West with the Hardys** (1938)
218. Love Finds Andy Hardy** (1938)
219. Fish Tank (2009)
220. Lady From Shanghai** (1948)
221. The Family Stone (2005) | [i think i liked it, anyway]
222. Swing Time** (1936) | [the first film i saw of fred & ginger ~memories~]
223. Adam's Rib** (1949) | [teheh AND the first film i saw of spencer & katharine :3]
224. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
225. Boys Town** (1938)
226. Men of Boys Town (1941) | [i was always afraid of watching this sequel, tbh]
227. In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
228. All Good Things (2010) | [ryan gosling will father my children one day; that said, characters & story very underdeveloped.]
229. It's a Wonderful Life** (1946)
230. Bell, Book and Candle (1958) | [fun little movie]
231. Everybody's Fine (2009)
232. It Happened One Night** (1934)
233. Ordinary People (1980)
234. The Bicycle Thief** (1948)
235. Holiday (1938)
236. Johnny Belinda (1948) | [some of the signs are still the same as today's]
237. North by Northwest** (1959)
238. Mammoth (2009)

+SHORT FILMS+
I wasn't sure about putting this into the same category as "movies" since they're really short(obvs.) and I watch more than a handful of these every year so I decided it'd have its own list.
(Goal: no goal for these.)

001. Gratte-Papier(Pen Pusher) (2005)
002. Soft (2006)
003. I Love Sarah Jane (2007)
004. Spider (2007)
005. Pol Pot's Birthday (2004)
006. Pal/Secam (2008) | [This was just...hmm. haha.]
007. Harvie Krumpet (2003)
008. Aloha New York (2007) | [Surfing in New York. Who would've thought?]
009. Den Danske Dikteren(The Danish Poet)** (2006)
010. Éramos pocos(We Were Few) (2006) | [I liked the punchline haha.]
011. The Metamorphosis (2007) | [Not the one I thought it was going to be.]
012. Helmer & Søn (2006)
013. New Boy (2007)
014. Spielzeugland(Toyland) (2007)
015. Tsumiki no Ie(La Maison en Petit Cubes/The House of Small Cubes) (2008) | [Really interesting concept, I thought.]
016. Manon Sur le Bitume(Manon on the Asphalt) (2007)
017. Om Natten(At Night) (2007)
018. Kidnap (2009)
019. La Paz (2009)
020. Il Falconiere(The Falconer) (2008)
021. Collectibles (2009)
022. No Kill (2009) | [This was just way too heartbreaking.]
023. Piece of Cake (2009)
024. Übernachtung(Overnight Stay) (2009)
025. Saccharine (2009)
026. Our Neck of the Woods (2009)
027. Ida y Vuelta(Roundtrip) (2009)
028. Soleil (2009)
029. Shattercane (2009) | [pretty okay attempt]
030. Sebastian's Voodoo (2009) | [I'm glad I changed my mind about watching this and I'm surprised by how much I liked it.]
031. The Looking Glass (2009)
032. The Kolaborator (2008)
033. Shades of Gray (2009)
034. The Black Hole (2009) | [lol greed.]
035. Crash! Bang! Wallow? (2009) | [aw, this was kinda sad.]
036. The Piano (2007) | [so beautiful.]
037. Countdown (1995)
038. Muto (2008)
039. Subject 1** (2003) | [can't believe I finally found it again. ohmygod ♥ ♥ ♥]
040. Pest Control (1950)
041. One Life (2008)
042. Smile (2009) | [;_;]
043. The Sweater (1980) | [kept waiting for that last punch.?]

+BOOKS+
(Goal: 25) this # will go up if my course reading decreases

001. The Things they Carried - Tim O'Brien
002. Burton on Burton - Tim Burton | [It's more of an interview than it is an autobiography & I love that.]
003. The Hardball Handbook: How to Win at Life - Chris Matthews | [ah Chris.]
004. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel García Márquez
005. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac - Gabrielle Zevin
006. The Street Lawyer - John Grisham | [kinda a "made-for-tv" plot, but it entertained.]
007. The Truth About Forever - Sarah Dessen | [I couldn't relate.]
008. The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis | [this had been collecting dust for far too long.]
009. Vampire Academy: Spirit Bound - Richelle Mead | [all things considering, I'm surprised at how long it took me to read/finish this.]
010. To Hate and to Hold - Dakota Rebel | [lol this was a fanfic in book form.]
011. Why Men Marry Bitches - Sherry Argov | [ahah my sister got this and i got curious.]
012. A Single Man - Christoper Isherwood
013. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa - E.B. Sledge | [just wow.]
014. James and the Giant Peach - Roald Dahl | [found it in the garage and got nostalgic haha.]
015. The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To - DC Piersen | [quirky.]
016. Mara and Dann: An Adventure - Doris Lessing
017. City of Shadows - Ariana Franklin

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