Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Movies Watched In 2010

Rankings are out of 10 with half points.
Anything 5.0 and higher is more or less a thumbs up.
Anything 4.0-4.5 is a somewhat admirable failure.
Anything below that is varying degrees of despicable failure.

January:
01.04:
Confessions Of A Shopaholic (2009) - P.J. Hogan - Instant Watch (3.5)
Brick (2005) - Rian Johnson - Instant Watch (2.5)
01.13:
Bad Boys II (2003) - Michael Bay - DVD (4.0)
The Guard From Underground (1992) - Kiyoshi Kurosawa - DVD (5.5)
01.18:
The Island (2005) - Michael Bay - DVD (7.0)
01.23:
Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) - Steven Spielberg - DVD (5.5)
01.24:
Gamer (2009) - Brian Neveldine & Brian Taylor - DVD (4.5)
01.25:
Transformers (2007) - Michael Bay - DVD (5.0)
01.29:
Romancing The Stone (1984) - Robert Zemeckis - Instant Watch (2.0)

Movies Watched in January: 9

February:
02.04:
Indiana Jones And The Temple of Doom (1984) - Steven Spielberg - DVD (7.0)
02.07:
Star Trek (2009) - J.J. Abrams - Blu-Ray (3.5)
02.09:
Charisma (1999) - Kiyoshi Kurosawa - DVD (5.5)
02.14:
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (2009) - David Yates - Blu-Ray (3.0)
02.16:
The Earrings Of Madame De... (1953) - Max Ophuls - Instant Watch (9.0)
02.19:
An Unfinished Life (2005) - Lasse Hallstrom - DVD (2.0)
02.20:
Obsessed (2009) - Steve Shill - DVD (1.5)
02.21:
Touch Of Evil (1958) - Orson Welles - Instant Watch (9.0)
02.23:
Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (1989) - Steven Spielberg - DVD (4.0)
02.24:
The 400 Blows (1959) - Francois Truffaut - Instant Watch (7.5)
The Stranger (1946) - Orson Welles - Instant Watch (4.0)
02.25:
Patriotism (1966) - Yukio Mishima - DVD (6.0)
02.26:
Eleven Minutes (2008) - Michael Selditch & Robert Tate - DVD (3.0)
Spider-Man (2001) - Sam Raimi - Blu-Ray (6.0)
02.27:
Spider-Man 2 (2004) - Sam Raimi - Blu-Ray (8.5)

Movies Watched in February: 15

March:
03.03:
The Lady From Shanghai (1947) - Orson Welles - Instant Watch (6.0)
A Serious Man (2009) - Joel Coen - Blu-Ray (6.5)
03.05:
Spider-Man 3 (2007) - Sam Raimi - Blu-Ray (4.5)
03.06:
Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull (2008) - Steven Spielberg - Blu-Ray (4.0)
03.09:
Election (2005) - Johnnie To - Instant Watch (4.5)
The Alley Cats (1966) - Radley Metzger - Instant Watch (4.0)
03.10:
La Ronde (1950) - Max Ophuls - DVD (6.5)
03.14:
An American Tail (1986) - Don Bluth - Instant Watch (4.5)
03.15:
Fiddler On The Roof (1971) - Norman Jewison - DVD (5.0)
03.16:
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (2009) - Michael Bay - Blu-Ray (5.5)
03.18:
RocknRolla (2008) - Guy Ritchie - Blu-Ray (5.0)
Synecdoche, New York (2008) - Charlie Kaufman - Instant Watch (4.0)
03.23:
Duel (1971) - Steven Spielberg - DVD (7.0)
03.24:
Coraline (2009) - Henry Selick - Blu-Ray (7.5)
03.25:
Tron (1982) - Steven Lisberger - DVD (2.5)
03.27:
Munich (2005) - Steven Spielberg - DVD (9.5)

Movies Watched in March: 16

April:
04.01:
Eagle Eye (2008) - D.J. Caruso - Blu-Ray (2.0)
04.03:
Saturday Night Fever (1977) - John Badham - Blu-Ray (7.0)
04.04:
Reign Of Fire (2002) - Rob Bowman - Instant Watch (4.0)
04.05:
Paradise Now (2005) - Hany Abu-Assad - DVD (6.5)
04.08:
Twilight (2008) - Catherine Hardwicke - Blu-Ray (6.5)
04.09:
The Last Days Of Disco (1998) - Whit Stillman - DVD (6.0)
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) - Chris Weitz - Blu-Ray (1.5)
04.11:
Le Plaisir (1952) - Max Ophuls - DVD (6.0)
04.12:
Where the Wild Things Are (2009) - Spike Jonze - Blu-Ray (5.0)
Sherlock Holmes (2009) - Guy Ritchie - Blu-Ray (3.0)
04.14:
Beavis And Butt-Head Do America (1996) - Mike Judge - Instant Watch (3.5)
04.16:
To Live And Die In L.A. (1985) - William Friedkin - DVD (4.5)
04.22:
Trouble The Water (2008) - Tia Lessin & Carl Deal - DVD (5.5)
04.23:
The Punisher (2004) - Jonathan Hensleigh - Blu-Ray (3.0)
04.29:
Punisher: War Zone (2008) - Lexi Alexander - Blu-Ray (0.5)
04.30:
District B13: Ultimatum (2009) - Patrick Alessandrin - Blu-Ray (4.5)
Funny People (2009) - Judd Apatow - Blu-Ray (1.0)

Movies Watched in April: 17

May:
05.12:
Ponyo (2009) - Hayao Miyazaki - Blu-Ray (5.5)
05.13:
Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf (1966) - Mike Nichols - Instant Watch (3.0)
05.14:
Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call - New Orleans (2009) - Werner Herzog - Blu-Ray (3.5)
05.16:
The Birds (1963) - Alfred Hitchcock - Instant Watch (6.5)
Suspect Zero (2004) - E. Elias Merhige - Instant Watch (1.0)
05.18:
Cowards Bend The Knee (2003) - Guy Maddin - DVD (7.5)
05.19:
The Loveless (1982) - Kathryn Bigelow & Monty Montgomery - DVD (3.5)
They Live By Night (1949) - Nicholas Ray - DVD (4.0)
05.21:
Torque (2004) - Joseph Kahn - DVD - (8.5)
05.23:
Clash Of The Titans (2010) - Louis Letterrier - Theatre (3.0)
05.24:
Mission To Mars (2000) - Brian De Palma - DVD (6.0)
05.25:
The Flight Of The Phoenix (2004) - John Moore - Blu-Ray (4.0)
05.26:
The Lords Of Dogtown (2005) - Catherine Hardwicke - DVD (5.5)
05.28:
Blood Simple (1986) - Joel Coen - DVD (7.0)
05.31:
Thirteen (2003) - Catherine Hardwicke - DVD (5.5)

Movies Watched in May: 15

June:
06.01:
Donnie Darko (2001) - Richard Kelly - Instant Watch (2.0)
06.18:
El Dorado (1966) - Howard Hawks - DVD (7.5)
06.19:
The Dentist (1996) - Brian Yuzna - AVI Rip (3.0)
The Dentist 2 (1998) - Brian Yuzna - AVI Rip (1.5)
06.21:
Winchester '73 (1950) - Anthony Mann - DVD (6.5)
06.22:
Hold You Tight (1997) - Stanley Kwan - DVD (5.5)
06.24:
Killers (2010) - Robert Luketic - Theatre (2.5)
06.25:
The Furies (1950) - Anthony Mann - DVD (7.0)
06.26:
From Paris With Love (2010) - Pierre Morel - Blu-Ray (4.0)
06.27:
Jonah Hex (2010) - Jimmy Hayward - Theatre (2.0)
I Can Do Bad All By Myself (2009) - Tyler Perry - AVI Rip (4.5)
06.30:
I Shot Jesse James (1949) - Samuel Fuller - DVD (5.0)
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) - David Slade - Theatre (3.5)

Movies Watched in June: 13

July:
07.01:
The Book Of Eli (2010) - Allen & Albert Hughes - Blu-Ray (2.5)
07.02:
Citizen Kane (1941) - Orson Welles - DVD (7.5)
07.03:
Hard Times (1975) - Walter Hill - DVD (3.5)
07.04:
Stagecoach (1939) - John Ford - Instant Watch (7.5)
07.05:
Zombieland (2009) - Ruben Fleischer - Instant Watch (3.0)
07.06:
Mad Max (1979) - George Miller - Instant Watch (5.0)
07.07:
You're Never Too Young (1955) - Norman Taurog - DVD (3.5)
07.08:
The Bachelor And The Bobby-Soxer (1947) - Irving Reis - DVD (5.0)
Bandidas (2006) - Joachim Roenning & Espen Sandberg - DVD (3.0)
07.10:
The Return Of Frank James (1940) - Fritz Lang - DVD (2.0)
Toy Story 3 (2010) - Lee Unkrich - Theatre (4.5)
07.12:
The Road (2009) - John Hillcoat - Blu-Ray (3.5)
07.13:
Metropolis (1927) - Fritz Lang - Theatre (6.0)
07.14:
Bend of the River (1952) - Anthony Mann - DVD (8.0)
07.15:
Joint Security Area (2000) - Chan-Wook Park - DVD (6.0)
07.17:
The Naked Spur (1953) - Anthony Mann - DVD (8.5)
Inception (2010) - Christopher Nolan - Theatre (3.0)
07.19:
Six-String Samurai (1998) - Lance Mungia - DVD (1.5)
07.20:
The Rat King (2010) *Short* - Benjamin Parslow - Streaming (1.5)
07.24:
Drums Along The Mohawk (1939) - John Ford - DVD (7.0)
07.25:
Bottle Rocket (1994) *Short* - Wes Anderson - Streaming (3.5)
07.27:
Despicable Me (2010) - Chris Renaud & Pierre Coffin - Theatre (5.0)
Rosewood (2010) *Short* - Marvin Choi - Streaming (2.0)
07.29:
The Heart of the World (2000) *Short* - Guy Maddin - Streaming (5.0)
Crossroads (2002) - Tamra Davis - DVD (2.5)
07.31:
Empire Of The Sun (1987) - Steven Spielberg - DVD (6.5)

Movies Watched in July: 26

August:
08.04:
What's Your Raashee? (2009) - Ashutosh Gowariker - Instant Watch (6.5)
08.08:
Step Up 3D (2010) - Jon Chu - Theatre (3.5)
08.09:
The Fugitive (1993) - Andrew Davis - Instant Watch (4.5)
08.10:
Dinner For Schmucks (2010) - Jay Roach - Theatre (1.0)
08.11:
Jurassic Park (1993) - Steven Spielberg - DVD (6.0)
08.14:
The Expendables (2010) - Sylvester Stallone - Theatre (3.0)
08.15:
Man Of The West (1958) - Anthony Mann - DVD (8.5)
Crank (2006) - Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor - Blu-Ray (6.5)
Monsters, Inc. (2001) - Pete Docter, David Silverman & Lee Unkrich - Instant Watch (3.5)
08.17:
The Proposal (2009) - Anne Fletcher - Instant Watch (2.0)
08.19:
Wallace & Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death' (2008) *Short* - Nick Park - Instant Watch (4.5)
08.20:
Seven Men From Now (1956) - Budd Boetticher - DVD (5.5)
Day of the Outlaw (1959) - Andre De Toth - DVD (7.0)
08.22:
Surrogates (2009) - Jonathan Mostow - Instant Watch (3.5)
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010) - Edgar Wright - Theatre (6.5)
08.23:
Crank 2: High Voltage (2009) - Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor - Blu-Ray (4.5)
08.25:
Snake Eyes (1998) - Brian De Palma - DVD (8.0)
08.26:
High Noon (1952) - Fred Zinneman - DVD (4.5)
08.28:
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) - Steven Spielberg - DVD (5.0)
08.29:
Decision At Sundown (1957) - Budd Boetticher - DVD (6.5)
Piranha 3D (2010) - Alexandre Aja - Theatre (0.5)
Mary And Max (2009) - Adam Elliot - DVD (4.0)
08.30:
Takers (2010) - John Lussenhop - Theatre (4.5)
Youth In Revolt (2009) - Miguel Arteta - DVD (1.5)
08.31:
Twilight (2008) - Catherine Hardwicke - Blu-Ray (6.5)

Movies Watched in August: 25

September:
09.05:
Hi, Mom (1970) - Brian De Palma - DVD (8.0)
Life During Wartime (2010) - Todd Solondz - Theatre (3.5)
09.06:
The Tall T (1957) - Budd Boetticher - DVD (8.0)
Friday Night Lights (2004) - Peter Berg - DVD (2.5)
09.07:
Blow Out (1981) - Brian De Palma - AVI (7.0)
09.08:
Murder a la Mod (1968) - Brian De Palma - DVD (4.0)
The American (2010) - Anton Corbijn - Theatre (3.0)
Mississippi Mermaid (1969) - Francois Truffaut - Theatre (4.5)
09.09:
Platoon (1986) - Oliver Stone - DVD (5.5)
The Delta Force (1986) - Menahem Golan - DVD (1.5)
09.10:
Border Incident (1949) - Anthony Mann - DVD (5.0)
The Fury (1978) - Brian De Palma - DVD (5.5)
09.12:
Wall Street (1987) - Oliver Stone - Blu-Ray (3.0)
Four Brothers (2005) - John Singleton - DVD (3.5)
09.13:
Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) - Paul W.S. Anderson - Theatre (5.5)
09.14:
W. (2008) - Oliver Stone - DVD (4.0)
Women Without Men (2009) - Shirin Neshat - Theatre (4.0)
09.15:
Centurion (2010) - Neil Marshall - Theatre (1.5)
09.16:
Sisters (1973) - Brian De Palma - DVD (6.5)
Gladiator (2000) - Ridley Scott - DVD (1.5)
09.17:
Fred (2010) *Short* - Misha Klein - Theatre (1.0)
A Woman, A Gun And A Noodle Shop (2010) - Zhang Yimou - Theatre (4.0)
09.20:
The Town (2010) - Ben Affleck - Theatre (3.5)
09.22:
The Red Balloon (1956) - Albert Lamorisse - DVD (6.5)
09.23:
Act Da Fool (2010) *Short* - Harmony Korine - Streaming (4.0)
09.24:
Pump Up The Volume (1990) - Allan Moyle - DVD (6.5)
Danger: Diabolik (1968) - Mario Bava - DVD (3.5)
The Aviator (2004) - Martin Scorsese - DVD (4.0)
09.25:
Cremaster 1 (1996) - Matthew Barney - Theatre (3.5)
Cremaster 2 (1999) - Matthew Barney - Theatre (2.5)
09.27:
Rebel Without A Cause (1955) - Nicholas Ray - DVD (8.0)
09.30:
Cremaster 3 (2002) - Matthew Barney - Theatre (6.5)

Movies Watched in September: 32

October:
10.01:
Easy A (2010) - Will Gluck - Theatre (4.0)
10.02:
Doppelganger (2003) - Kiyoshi Kurosawa - DVD (7.0)
10.04:
Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972) - Werner Herzog - DVD (4.0)
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) - Oliver Stone - Theatre (4.0)
10.06:
The Social Network (2010) - David Fincher - Theatre (3.5)
10.08:
Carrie (1976) - Brian De Palma - Blu-Ray (8.0)
Never Let Me Go (2010) - Mark Romanek - Theatre (2.0)
10.09:
In A Lonely Place (1950) - Nicholas Ray - DVD (6.5)
10.11:
Stagecoach (1939) - John Ford - DVD (8.5)
10.13:
Dirty Harry (1971) - Don Siegel - DVD (4.5)
10.14:
Rebel Without A Cause (1955) - Nicholas Ray - DVD (8.5)
10.15:
Catfish (2010) - Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman - Theatre (3.0)
10.17:
Jackass 3D (2010) - Jeff Tremaine - Theatre (7.0)
On Dangerous Ground (1952) - Nicholas Ray - DVD (7.0)
10.20:
North By Northwest (1959) - Alfred Hitchcock - DVD (4.0)
The Enforcer (1976) - James Fargo - DVD (1.5)
10.21:
Scarface (1932) - Howard Hawks - DVD (7.5)
Notebook On Cities And Clothes (1989) - Wim Wenders - DVD (4.0)
10.27:
The Beyond (1981) - Lucio Fulci - DVD (8.0)
Paranormal Activity 2 (2010) - Tod Williams - Theatre (3.5)
The Kid (1921) - Charles Chaplin - DVD (4.5)
10.29:
Macao (1952) - Josef von Sternberg & Nicholas Ray - DVD (5.0)

Movies Watched in October: 22

November:
11.01:
Ugetsu (1953) - Kenji Mizoguchi - DVD (9.0)
Bigger Than Life (1956) - Nicholas Ray - Blu-Ray (6.5)
11.03:
Around a Small Mountain (2009) - Jacques Rivette - Theatre (3.5)
11.04:
Enter the Void (2010) - Gaspar Noe - Theatre (0.5)
11.06:
Vampires Suck (2010) - Aaron Seltzer & Jason Friedberg - AVI Rip (1.5)
Role Models (2008) - David Wain - DVD (5.0)
11.08:
Resident Evil (2002) - Paul W.S. Anderson - Blu-Ray (4.5)
Chungking Express (1994) - Wong Kar-Wai - DVD (4.0)
Sisters Of The Gion (1936) - Kenji Mizoguchi - DVD (6.5)
11.09:
The Baron of Arizona (1940) - Samuel Fuller - DVD (3.5)
11.10:
True Grit (1969) - Henry Hathaway - DVD (2.5)
11.11:
There Will Be Blood (2007) - Paul Thomas Anderson - DVD (4.5)
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) - Alexander Witt - Blu-Ray (2.0)
11.14:
2012: Doomsday (2008) - Nick Everhart - DVD (0.5)
11.16:
Osaka Elegy (1936) - Kenji Mizoguchi - DVD (7.5)
11.19:
The Fall Of The Roman Empire (1964) - Anthony Mann - DVD (4.5)
11.20:
Women Of The Night (1948) - Kenji Mizoguchi - DVD (4.5)
11.21:
Ugetsu (1953) - Kenji Mizoguchi - DVD (9.0)
11.22:
Singin' In The Rain (1952) - Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly - DVD (8.0)
The Quick And The Dead (1995) - Sam Raimi - DVD (4.5)
11.27:
The Weather Man (2005) - Gore Verbinski - DVD (5.5)
11.28:
Unstoppable (2010) - Tony Scott - Theatre (3.5)
11.29:
The Gold Rush *w/ Narration* (1925/1942) - Charles Chaplin - DVD (6.0)
The General (1926) - Buster Keaton - DVD (8.5)

Movies Watched in November: 24

December:
12.01:
Flow: For Love Of Water (2008) - Irena Salina - DVD (4.0)
12.02:
Spies Like Us (1985) - John Landis - DVD (3.0)
12.03:
Footlight Parade (1933) - Lloyd Bacon & Busby Berkeley - DVD (7.0)
12.04:
Sansho The Bailiff (1954) - Kenji Mizoguchi - DVD (4.5)
12.06:
Street Of Shame (1956) - Kenji Mizoguchi - DVD (8.0)
42nd Street (1933) - Lloyd Bacon & Busby Berkeley - DVD (8.5)
12.08:
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010) - Edgar Wright - Blu-Ray (7.0)
Heartless (2010) - Philip Ridley - Theatre (2.5)
12.09:
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010) - Edgar Wright - Blu-Ray (7.0)
Taboo (1999) - Nagisa Oshima - Theatre (6.0)
12.11:
Broken Arrow (1996) - John Woo - DVD (2.5)
12.12:
Repo Man (1984) - Alex Cox - Instant Watch (4.0)
12.13:
State Of Play (2009) - Kevin MacDonald - DVD (3.0)
The Counterfeiters (2007) - Stefan Ruzowitzky - DVD (2.5)
12.16:
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows (2010) - David Yates - Theatre (3.0)
12.19:
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2009) - Niels Arden Oplev - DVD (2.5)
12.20:
The Girl Who Played With Fire (2009) - Daniel Alfredson - DVD (2.0)
12.21:
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) - Mervyn LeRoy & Busby Berkeley - DVD (8.0)
Anjaana Anjaani (2010) - Siddharth Anand - DVD (5.5)
12.25:
True Grit (2010) - Joel & Ethan Coen - Theatre (4.5)
Dames (1934) - Ray Enright & Busby Berkeley - DVD (7.0)
12.26:
Date Night (2010) - Shawn Levy - DVD (3.5)
12.27:
Easy A (2010) - Will Gluck - DVD (4.0)
12.28:
Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935) - Busby Berkeley - DVD (6.0)

Movies Watched in December: 23

Movies Seen in Theatre: 40
Movies Seen Total: 238