The 2009 books/movies/stuff post because this year I want to do it. - now sticky!
I'm not setting myself any goals, I just want to see how much do I manage by the end of the year. I'm stealing the rating system from lasamy ♥.
01/10 > utterly devastating
02/10 > bad
03/10 > disappointing
04/10 > half-hearted
05/10 > average
06/10 > okay
07/10 > good
08/10 > very good
09/10 > awesome
10/10 > excellent
1. Sedotta e abbandonata (should be A Matter of Honor in English, anyway, Italian movie from 1964 which I ended up watching after the family dinner with said family), 2/10
2. The Philadelphia Story, 9/10
3. The Full Monty, 7/10
4. The Italian Job (the latest one), 4/10
5. Misery 8/10
6. The Corpse Bride*, 9/10
7. Some Like It Hot*, 1000/10 ♥
8. The Man Who Laughs, 10/10 ♥
9. Freaks, 8/10
10. In Bruges, 8/10
11. Milk, 10/10 (x2)
12. W., 7/10
13. The Defiant Ones, 9/10
14. Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb*, 100/10 ♥
15. Religiolous, 8/10
16. The Reader, 7/10
17. For A Few Dollars More*, 10/10
18. Watchmen, 8/10
19. Gran Torino, 9/10 ♥
20. The Fisher King, 9/10 ♥
21. Welcome To The Dollhouse, 8/10
22. Stalag 17, 8/10
23. Leatherheads, 7/10
24. Harold And Maude*, 9/10
25. High Fidelity, 8/10
26. Two Lovers, 7.5/10
27. Che - part I, 7.5/10
28. Alatriste, 5/10 the movie and 9/10 Viggo Mortensen
29. Wolverine, 4/10 the movie (I mean, LULZ) and 8/10 Taylor Kitsch
30. Wonder Boys, 7/10
31. Wings of Desire*, 8.5/10
32. Fireball, 1/10
33. Near Dark, 8.5/10
34. The Boat That Rocked, 9.5/10 ♥ (x2)
35. One, Two, Three, 8.5/10
36. Finding Home, 5/10 (well, fine. It's an honest medium between the 2 that movie would objectively deserve and the 8 or 9 Misha Collins would deserve)
37. I Vitelloni, 8/10
38. Young Guns II, er, giving it 4/10 but I kinda didn't get half of it for how much I was interested...
39. Dark Star, 7/10
40. Rent, 8/10
41. The Rocky Horror Picture Show*, 10000000000/10 ♥
42. Benny And Joon*, 9/10 ♥
43. Moulin Rouge!, 7/10
44. Desperate Hours (the Cimino one), 7.5/10
45. Serenity, 7.5/10
46. White Hunter, Black Heart, 7.5/10
47. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence*, 1000/10 ♥
48. Nightmare Before Christmas*, 9/10
49. Coraline, 8/10
50. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, 8/10
51. Videocracy, 7/10
52. Whatever Works, 8/10
53. Inglorious Basterds, 9/10
54. Taking Woodstock, 9/10
55. Wedding Wars, 7/10
56. Io, Don Giovanni, 6.5/10
57. The Men Who Stare At Goats, 8/10
58. La prima linea, 7/10
59. A Serious Man, 8/10
60. Up, 9/10
61. Sherlock Holmes 8-/10
1. Four Letter Word, various writers, 8/10
2. A Perfect World by Michael Chabon, 6.5/10
3. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood, 9/10
4. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama 8/10
5. The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli, 10/10
6. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner, 7/10
7. The Seven Per-Cent Solution by Nicholas Meyer, 8/10
8. La solitudine dei numeri primi by Paolo Giordano, 5/10
9. The Last Days of Immanuel Kant by Thomas de Quincy, 7/10
10. The Emperor's Tomb by Joseph Roth, 7/10
11. Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, 8/10
12. Colpi al cuore by Kari Hotakainen, 7/10
13. Gomorrah by Roberto Saviano, 8/10
14. An Age Like This, 1920-1940, collected essays, journalism and letters by George Orwell, 10/10
15. Gentlemen Of The Road by Michael Chabon, 8/10
16. The Final Solution by Michael Chabon, 7/10
17. Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, 9/10
18. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, 7/10
19. Tropic Of Cancer by Henry Miller, 8/10
20. Coraline by Neil Gaiman, 6.5/10
21. The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon, 8/10
22. Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon, 8/10
23. Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman, 8/10
24. Filosofia e medicina: una regione comune - Massimiliano Biscuso (school stuff), 7.5/10
25. Filosofia e medicina by a shitload of people, it was my manual and I can't rate it
26. Shakespeare Wrote For Money by Nick Hornby, 8/10
27. Il tunnel delle multe - ontologia degli oggetti quotidiani by Maurizio Ferraris, 8/10
28. Dei delitti e delle pene by Cesare Beccaria, 10/10
29. Humphrey Bogart: Take It Or Leave It by Johnathan Coe, 7.5/10
30. Boone's Lick by Larry McMurtry, 6.5/10
31. Maus by Art Spiegelman, 10/10
32. Maps And Legends by Michael Chabon, 8/10
33. On Being And Essence by Thomas Aquinas, can't rate it because imo = boring as hell but it's freaking theology *sigh*
34. Life's That Way by Jim Beaver, 8/10
35. The Threesome Handbook by Vicki Vantoch, 8/10
36. History of Medieval Philosophy by Etienne Gilson, 0/10 -> that'd be my textbook. Trust me, it's that bad.
37. Just After Sunset by Stephen King, 8/10
38. Doghouse Roses by Steve Earle, 9/10
39. M Is For Magic by Neil Gaiman, 7.5/10
40. Me, Cheeta by James Lever, 7.5/10
41. La bellezza e l'inferno by Roberto Saviano, 8/10
I might add concerts or stuff when/if they happen. ;)
01/10 > utterly devastating
02/10 > bad
03/10 > disappointing
04/10 > half-hearted
05/10 > average
06/10 > okay
07/10 > good
08/10 > very good
09/10 > awesome
10/10 > excellent
1. Sedotta e abbandonata (should be A Matter of Honor in English, anyway, Italian movie from 1964 which I ended up watching after the family dinner with said family), 2/10
2. The Philadelphia Story, 9/10
3. The Full Monty, 7/10
4. The Italian Job (the latest one), 4/10
5. Misery 8/10
6. The Corpse Bride*, 9/10
7. Some Like It Hot*, 1000/10 ♥
8. The Man Who Laughs, 10/10 ♥
9. Freaks, 8/10
10. In Bruges, 8/10
11. Milk, 10/10 (x2)
12. W., 7/10
13. The Defiant Ones, 9/10
14. Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb*, 100/10 ♥
15. Religiolous, 8/10
16. The Reader, 7/10
17. For A Few Dollars More*, 10/10
18. Watchmen, 8/10
19. Gran Torino, 9/10 ♥
20. The Fisher King, 9/10 ♥
21. Welcome To The Dollhouse, 8/10
22. Stalag 17, 8/10
23. Leatherheads, 7/10
24. Harold And Maude*, 9/10
25. High Fidelity, 8/10
26. Two Lovers, 7.5/10
27. Che - part I, 7.5/10
28. Alatriste, 5/10 the movie and 9/10 Viggo Mortensen
29. Wolverine, 4/10 the movie (I mean, LULZ) and 8/10 Taylor Kitsch
30. Wonder Boys, 7/10
31. Wings of Desire*, 8.5/10
32. Fireball, 1/10
33. Near Dark, 8.5/10
34. The Boat That Rocked, 9.5/10 ♥ (x2)
35. One, Two, Three, 8.5/10
36. Finding Home, 5/10 (well, fine. It's an honest medium between the 2 that movie would objectively deserve and the 8 or 9 Misha Collins would deserve)
37. I Vitelloni, 8/10
38. Young Guns II, er, giving it 4/10 but I kinda didn't get half of it for how much I was interested...
39. Dark Star, 7/10
40. Rent, 8/10
41. The Rocky Horror Picture Show*, 10000000000/10 ♥
42. Benny And Joon*, 9/10 ♥
43. Moulin Rouge!, 7/10
44. Desperate Hours (the Cimino one), 7.5/10
45. Serenity, 7.5/10
46. White Hunter, Black Heart, 7.5/10
47. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence*, 1000/10 ♥
48. Nightmare Before Christmas*, 9/10
49. Coraline, 8/10
50. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, 8/10
51. Videocracy, 7/10
52. Whatever Works, 8/10
53. Inglorious Basterds, 9/10
54. Taking Woodstock, 9/10
55. Wedding Wars, 7/10
56. Io, Don Giovanni, 6.5/10
57. The Men Who Stare At Goats, 8/10
58. La prima linea, 7/10
59. A Serious Man, 8/10
60. Up, 9/10
61. Sherlock Holmes 8-/10
1. Four Letter Word, various writers, 8/10
2. A Perfect World by Michael Chabon, 6.5/10
3. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood, 9/10
4. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama 8/10
5. The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli, 10/10
6. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner, 7/10
7. The Seven Per-Cent Solution by Nicholas Meyer, 8/10
8. La solitudine dei numeri primi by Paolo Giordano, 5/10
9. The Last Days of Immanuel Kant by Thomas de Quincy, 7/10
10. The Emperor's Tomb by Joseph Roth, 7/10
11. Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, 8/10
12. Colpi al cuore by Kari Hotakainen, 7/10
13. Gomorrah by Roberto Saviano, 8/10
14. An Age Like This, 1920-1940, collected essays, journalism and letters by George Orwell, 10/10
15. Gentlemen Of The Road by Michael Chabon, 8/10
16. The Final Solution by Michael Chabon, 7/10
17. Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, 9/10
18. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, 7/10
19. Tropic Of Cancer by Henry Miller, 8/10
20. Coraline by Neil Gaiman, 6.5/10
21. The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon, 8/10
22. Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon, 8/10
23. Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman, 8/10
24. Filosofia e medicina: una regione comune - Massimiliano Biscuso (school stuff), 7.5/10
25. Filosofia e medicina by a shitload of people, it was my manual and I can't rate it
26. Shakespeare Wrote For Money by Nick Hornby, 8/10
27. Il tunnel delle multe - ontologia degli oggetti quotidiani by Maurizio Ferraris, 8/10
28. Dei delitti e delle pene by Cesare Beccaria, 10/10
29. Humphrey Bogart: Take It Or Leave It by Johnathan Coe, 7.5/10
30. Boone's Lick by Larry McMurtry, 6.5/10
31. Maus by Art Spiegelman, 10/10
32. Maps And Legends by Michael Chabon, 8/10
33. On Being And Essence by Thomas Aquinas, can't rate it because imo = boring as hell but it's freaking theology *sigh*
34. Life's That Way by Jim Beaver, 8/10
35. The Threesome Handbook by Vicki Vantoch, 8/10
36. History of Medieval Philosophy by Etienne Gilson, 0/10 -> that'd be my textbook. Trust me, it's that bad.
37. Just After Sunset by Stephen King, 8/10
38. Doghouse Roses by Steve Earle, 9/10
39. M Is For Magic by Neil Gaiman, 7.5/10
40. Me, Cheeta by James Lever, 7.5/10
41. La bellezza e l'inferno by Roberto Saviano, 8/10
I might add concerts or stuff when/if they happen. ;)