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[krickets]

So over at "The Lemon Tree" where only myself and Colin lurk anymore, we've been keeping lists of the new flicks we watch in a year. We don't count movies we're re-watching and the goal is to get to 100. In order to make it so that "bad" movies still count, I call it a win if I get through half of it. Which you'd think would make this easy. But! I'm at 86. I think there's a high probability that I'm leaving some movies off of this list. But here's what I've got written down:


001. State of Play
002. The Lovely Bones
003. Whip It
004. The Hollywood Librarian: A Look at Librarians Through Film [Documentary.]
005. The Boys Are Back
006. Universal Signs
007. Where the Wild Things Are
008. Up in the Air
009. Adam
010. Toy Story

011. Leap Year
012. Gracie's Choice
013. Sherlock Holmes
014. The Princess and the Frog
015. New York, I Love You
016. A Perfect Getaway
017. Motherhood
018. Couples Retreat
019. Triangle
020. Hard Candy

021. Dare
022. Cairo Time
023. It's Complicated
024. Kung Fu Panda
025. Valentine's Day
026. Mean World Syndrome: Media Violence & the Cultivation of Fear [Documentary.]
027. Sin Nombre
028. When in Rome
029. The Jungle Book 2
030. Everybody's Fine

031. Possession
032. Planet 51
033. The Secret of Moonacre
034. Malice in Wonderland
035. Hot Tub Time Machine
036. Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
037. The Vicious Kind
038. I Love You, Beth Cooper
039. Did You Hear About the Morgans?
040. Shank

041. Tooth Fairy
042. Yossi & Jagger
043. The White Stripes: Under the Great White Northern Lights [Documentary.]
044. Dear John
045. Kick-Ass
046. The Crazies
047. The Losers
048. How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days
049. The Beauty and the Briefcase
050. The Wolfman

051. Ondine
052. Mystery Team
053. Wake [2009]
054. Remember Me
055. TiMER
056. Date Night
057. Lake Mungo
058. The Lazarus Project
059. Coach
060. Inception

061. All the President's Men
062. Encounters at the End of the World
063. Predators
064. Gone Baby Gone
065. The Magic of Ordinary Days
066. Do Começo ao Fim [From Beginning to End]
067. The Town
068. The Switch
069. The Disappearance of Alice Creed
070. Paper Man

71. Easy A
72. Wild Target
73. The Social Network
74. Winter's Bone
75. A Hidden America: Children of the Mountains [Documentary.]
76. Catfish [Documentary.]
77. The Trotsky
78. Morning Glory

79. The Book of Eli
80. The Sorcerer's Apprentice
81. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I
82. Never Let Me Go
83. Moon
84. Despicable Me
85. Black Swan
86. A Dennis the Menace Christmas
87. A Town Without Christmas [TV Movie]
88.
89.
90.

91.
92.
93.
94.
95.
96.
97.
98.
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100.



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So, POLL TIME? What movies do you think I should watch in the next two weeks to make it an even hundred? I do realize that you don't know every movie I've ever seen so it's possible you'll suggest something that won't count for my list. But that's okay! I'm sure you'll pick some that I haven't seen yet! And I sincerely doubt I'll have the time to watch fourteen movies before the end of the year. But I can try!

[Poll #1658877]

Comments

[hypertwink.livejournal.com]

I just suggested some old and new films that I liked so hopefully, you'll find a likely candidate. =)

[crickets.livejournal.com]

I have not seen Scott Pilgrim yet. Is Tron out yet? I wasn't sure when it was coming out. I haven't ever seen the original. I have been wanting to see Letters to Juliet actually! And never did get to finish Hot Fuzz. Started way back when but something happened and I never got to finish it. I will definitely add a few of these to my list. I'll have to look up the ones I don't recognize, thank you!

[hypertwink.livejournal.com]

Watch the original Tron too. It's not like you won't follow the story if you didn't but it just enhances Tron Legacy.

[daybreak777.livejournal.com]

Best movie I've seen lately was Toy Story 3. I cried but I laughed more. It was awesome. :-D

After that, I'd recommend The Prestige. If you haven't seen it.

[crickets.livejournal.com]

You know I only saw that first Toy Story movie this year! And I didn't even really watch it so much as I was in the room while it was on and vaguely remember very basic details, lol. I should catch up huh?

Yes, the Prestige was good! I saw that!

[chrestomanci]

I suggested all things you can dl/rent. Well, you can't rent Attack on the Pinup Boys because it's Korean... Borrowed Hearts is my Christmas classic and Elvis and Annabelle was really touching (even if it did have Blake Lively.)

[crickets.livejournal.com]

I might have to give that Librarian one a shot! Also Borrowed Hearts -- I've never heard of it but LOVE the title. I'm gonna go hunt it down. (And I've seen Elvis and Annabelle! Cute!)

[later-tuesday.livejournal.com]

a lot of the movies I've suggested are older movies, but they are the ones I love best (and I haven't seen many new movies.

And I forgot to add The Lost Boys, both Bill and Ted Movies and that Ethan Hawke vampire movie (I want to say Daybreakers?)

Good luck making it to 51 :)!

[crickets.livejournal.com]

I've seen almost all of the ones that you've suggested, lol. But I have NOT actually seen Pitch Black but I heard good things about it! It's going on the list!

[later-tuesday.livejournal.com]

It's one of my favourites. Pretty deep and very interesting considering it had such a tiny budget-and almost all unknown actors.

There's Dark Fury and Chronicles of Riddick too, if you want 2 more movies-but neither is as good as the original (IMHO).

[ozmissage.livejournal.com]

I just saw your suggestions to yourself and (500) Days of Summer and The Boat that Rocked were both wonderful. I suggested a few things, but I just watched Micmacs this weekend and it was pure eye candy. It was directed by the same guy that did Amelie.

[crickets.livejournal.com]

I am still unsure about watching (500) Days of Summer. I just, the longer I waited before watching it the more I was sure I would be disappointed despite the fact that I really really wanted to see it ever since first seeing the trailer. And I just love Zooey and Joe so much. I am afraid to be disappointed. (Which is why I still haven't watched The Happening, but that's because I LOVE M. NIGHT! And I can't bring myself to watch it because of all the horrible things I've heard about it.)

Micmacs! I started that movie like a year ago and LOVED IT but then never finished. I am lame!

[ozmissage.livejournal.com]

I love M. Night, too! The Happening was pretty awful though. It would have worked beautifully as a silent film because the images are so creepy/gorgeous. It's just the script was terrible. I don't know what he was thinking, but honestly the visuals alone make the movie worth seeing. I believe M. Night is a truly gifted storyteller, he just gets a little lost sometimes.

[theladyscribe]

I wrote as many as would fill the poll - most of the ones I recced are classic Hollywood, because I figure you're less likely to have seen them and a lot of them are relatively short (90 minutes or so). Also, even if you don't get to it before the end of the year, you NEED TO SEE Prince Achmed. It's a silent stop-motion animated film from Germany, using black paper cut-outs against a colored background. It's the first (known) animated feature-length film, it's absolutely beautiful, and it puts all those Disney classics to shame.

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

Mine are mostly gay or slashy; some surprise, huh? Older generally though: 70's & 80's

[far-to-nowhere.livejournal.com]

I put out some of my standard recs, you might of seen most of them but if you haven't they're all a great mix of unique entertainment. Nothing too heavy for your end of the year holiday! All great to watch with friends/family or alone :D They're all fantastic examples of their genres too!