July is here and that means we are halfway through 2014. If you remember, back in January on our New Years Resolutions episode, I made the ludicrous claim that I was going to watch the equivalent of a movie a day this year.
To make it harder, I put restrictions in place:
- New Releases seen in theatres don’t count
- 50 of the films MUST be Documentaries
- 100 of the films MUST be Foreign Films
- Rewatches don’t count
As of this post, I’ve seen 105 films. Yeah, I’m behind. Nearly 80 films behind. But now is not the time for naysayers or doubt. Now is the time to step up and invest just a bit more time and energy into this exercise of insanity. It took Rocky two films to beat Apollo. It took the Rebel Alliance three films (and presumably many years before that) to defeat the Empire. They split the last Harry Potter Book into two films. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (theatrical release) was 201 minutes. What does any of this mean? It means I’ve got time to complete this goal!
STATS TIME:
Of the 105 films I’ve seen:
I’ve watched 11,207 minutes of film.
That equals out to 186.78 hours OR 7.78 days.
The average length of the films clock in at 106.73 minutes.
I’ve seen 17 of the 100 Foreign Films and 14 of the 50 Documentaries.
The shortest film on this list is the 1946 documentary Let There Be Light
with a run time of 58 minutes.
The longest film on this list is the epic Lawrence of Arabia
with a run time of 216 minutes.
My favorite film from this list (so far) is the insanity that is: Wild at Heart
(even though Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms)
The worst film I’ve seen from this list (so far) is CBGB.
The movie is just awful. You almost feel bad for Alan Rickman.
These are the 105 films I’ve seen so far:
- The Words
- The Sound of My Voice
- Drew: The Man Behind The Poster
- Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
- Tyler Perry’s Temptation
- Short Term 12
- The Good Doctor
- High School
- The Hunt
- Phantoms
- Milius
- The Wild Bunch: Original Directors Cut
- Fade To Black
- Smashed
- TWA: Flight 800
- Black Dhalia
- Hellraiser IV: Bloodline
- Hellraiser: Hellseeker
- Hellraiser: Deader
- Hellraiser: Revelations
- Kill Your Darlings
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture
- Star Trek III: Search For Spock
- Doc of the Dead
- The Grand Hotel
- Doctor Zhivago
- Chinatown
- Gosford Park
- 47 Ronin
- A Fantastic Fear of Everything
- A Matter of Trust: Bridge to Russia
- The Rules of Attraction
- Bombay Talkie
- Eraserhead
- Wild at Heart
- Blue Jasmine
- Inland Empire
- Coffee Town
- Rounders
- CBGB
- Top Secret!
- Santa Sangre
- Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia
- A Better Tomorrow (2010)
- The Canyons
- Romancing The Stone
- Enemy of the State
- Made
- Predator
- Outrage
- I Declare War
- *** (Three Stars)
- American Addict
- Young Frankenstein
- The Toxic Avenger
- Big Fish
- Glory
- Rapture-Palooza
- The Big Boss
- Stay
- Easy Rider
- Tomorrow Night
- The Ladykillers
- Deliverance
- Let’s Go To Prison
- The Maltese Falcon
- Filthy Gorgeous
- Charles Bradley: Soul of America
- Hellraiser 3: Hell on Earth
- Hellraiser: Inferno
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Hellraiser: Hellworld
- Oz: The Great and Powerful
- Bernie
- White Zombie
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- Singing In The Rain
- The Treasure of Sierra Madre
- Robocop (1987)
- Angel Heart
- The Boxer’s Omen
- Spartacus
- Fantastic Four
- The Hidden Fortress
- Dune
- Stand Up Guys
- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
- Lost Highway
- King Kong (1933)
- The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
- National Treasure
- Koyaanisqatsi
- Next
- Sunshine
- Powaqqatsi
- Renegade
- On The Waterfront
- Thor 2: The Dark World
- The Internship
- 12 O’Clock Boys
- Double Take
- Big Bad Wolves
- Let There Be Light
I’ll check back in round the 200 mark. Feel free to leave comments below cheering me on (or chastising me) and leave any/all film recommendations.
Always looking to watch something new!