150 Movies in 2022 Challenge!

**CJStriker** · 12-27-2022, 11:52 PM

I Just Wanted to say before we come to the close to the year Thank You All for Participated in this Yearly Challenge, it brings me such joy to see this lists, read them, the movies the idea and the Art we are filling our Minds and Hearts with, You Truly Impress Me all!

I do Plan on Doing this in 2023 & I hope we can continue this Journey each year together, I love ths Challenge getting me to watch movies I held off of for to long, this truly is fun!

I will post my final list by the end of the year and Post the 2023 Challenge by the year to start, any new questions or wonderments for next year or new rules you may want to consider just let me know. I plane to keep in 150 too cause that seems a perfect number.

**Raffi Ol D'Arcy** · 12-31-2022, 07:06 AM

This is a fine challenge. Thanks CJStriker. Initially, I thought it won't be so hard, but yeah, as you can see below, with just nine or so hours to go here in Poland, I may just miss out. It's been fun, though. This year, we bought a projector and we've used it to watch dvds, blu-rays and streaming.

The year started with finishing off watching the "extended" MCU. The last few years I'd been watching with my two sons all the old Superhero films and series in chronological order such as The Incredible Hulk series (Bill Bixby & Lou Ferrigno), The Amazing Spider-Man series (Nicholas Hammond), Doc Savage, The Phantom, The Shadow, the 3 old Cap movies, all the Supes movies, X-movies, The Dark Knight Trilogy (the greatest superhero movies IMHO) and many others. They were prepared for Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield in Spider-Man: No Way Home and "got it". The Sam Raimi Spidey movies have become some of the most rewatched movies by my younger (my favourite Spidey also). After that, we took on the DCU and Zack Snyder's Justice League became my favourite of the lot.

In particular, I've enjoyed introducing my boys to movies from my childhood such as the Rocky's, Karate Kid Trilogy, Elvis Presley and Cliff Richard musicals

There were several younger themed movies I watched with my second born which I probably wouldn't normally have watched. Some of the highlights from this year included watching old Westerns (so many great ones) with them (and also convincing my wife to watch with us) which I love and other classics such as Twelve Angry Men and A Bridge Too Far. A classic which I had never seen but has become one of my favourite movies is Kurosawa's "Ikiru" - a masterpiece. Disappointments included Three Thousand Years of Longing, The Gray Man and Thor: Love and Thunder. My wife and I had fun showing the boys the original Footloose before we watched the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special. It's important to give context. Which child today understands who Kevin Bacon is or how he saved a town by dancing

1. Being the Ricardos (2021)
2. The Suicide Squad (2021)
3. Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
4. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
5. The Last Duel (2021)
6. Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
7. Batman Begins (2005)
8. The Dark Knight (2008)
9. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
10. C’mon C’mon (2021)
11. The Tender Bar (2021)
12. CODA (2021)
13. Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
14. A Week Away (2021)
15. Penguin Bloom (2020)
16. The Unforgiveable (2021)
17. Wonder Woman (2017)
18. Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
19. Man of Steel (2013)
20. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition (2016)
21. Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)
22. Aquaman (2018)
23. Shazam! (2019)
24. Spencer (2021)
25. Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)
26. The Batman (2022)
27. King Richard (2021)
28. Encanto (2021)
29. Slow West (2015)
30. The Expendables 3 (2014)
31. Death on the Nile (2022)
32. The French Dispatch (2021)
33. The Flash: TV Pilot (1990)
34. The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster (1991)
35. The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade (1992)
36. West Side Story (2021)
37. Sing 2 (2021)
38. Wolfwalkers (2020)
39. Doc Martin: On the Edge (TV Special) (2006)
40. The Tiger Rising (2022)
41. The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
42. Get Out (2017)
43. Pete’s Dragon (2016)
44. Rocky (1976)
45. Rocky II (1979)
46. Rocky III (1982)
47. Rocky IV (1985)
48. Rocky V (1990)
49. Rocky Balboa (2006)
50. Creed (2015)
51. Creed II (2018)
52. The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)
53. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)
54. Belfast (2021)
55. Lego Star Wars: Terrifying Tales (2021)
56. The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
57. A Monster Calls (2016)
58. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
59. Morbius (2022)
60. RV (2006)
61. Cars 3 (2017)
62. The Sandlot (1993)
63. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
64. Le Roman de Renard (1937)
65. Avatar (2009)
66. City Lights (1931)
67. The Mitchells vs the Machines (2021)
68. The Jungle Book (1967)
69. Legiony (2019)
70. Enola Holmes (2020)
71. I Am David ( 2003)
72. Monster House (2006)
73. Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
74. The Salvation (2014)
75. The Karate Kid (1984)
76. The Karate Kid II (1986)
77. The Karate Kid III (1989)
78. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
79. Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
80. The Adam Project (2022)
81. Downton Abbey (2019)
82. DC League of Super-Pets (2022)
83. Shane (1953)
84. The Wild Bunch (1969)
85. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
86. Rashomon (1950)
87. Summer Holiday (1963)
88. Peter Pan (1953)
89. Love Me Tender (1956)
90. The Young Ones (1961)
91. Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
92. Dog (2022)
93. Walt Before Mickey (2015)
94. The Gunfighter (1950)
95. High Noon (1952)
96. Newsies (1992)
97. A Bridge Too Far (1977)
98. Remember the Titans (2000)
99. Werewolf by Night (2022)
100. Flaming Star (1960)
101. Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
102. Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)
103. The Lost City (2022)
104. Matilda (1996)
105. The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
106. Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
107. Inkheart (2008)
108. Ikiru (1952)
109. Life (2017)
110. Ticket to Paradise (2022)
111. Follow that Dream (1962)
112. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai in the 8th Dimension (1984)
113. Black Adam (2022)
114. Turning Red (2022)
115. The Bad Guys (2022)
116. The Gray Man (2022)
117. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
118. Disenchanted (2022) (Polish dubbing – pretty bad)
119. Persuasion (2022)
120. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
121. The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)
122. Disenchanted (2022)
123. Elvis (2022)
124. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022)
125. A History of Violence (2005)
126. Footloose (1984)
127. Princess Mononoke (1997)
128. Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2022
129. Spirited (2022)
130. The Good Hosue (2021)
131. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022) (Polish dubbing – not bad)
132. Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them (2016)
133. Till (2022)
134. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
135. Sam & Kate (2022)
136. Uncharted (2022)
137. Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
138. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

We'll probably catch one more movie at least today. 139, not quite 150, but not bad.

EDIT:
139. Greenland (2020)

Wishing you all a Very happy New Year and many fantastic movies.

**The Gold Stream** · 12-31-2022, 07:18 AM

challenge accepted

**Iron Maiden** · 12-31-2022, 04:50 PM

I'll just post my list even though I never made it even to 100!

1. A Night at the Opera (1935)
2. Sons of the Desert (1933)
3. Robin and Marian (1976)
4. Three Musketeers (1973)
5. Spider-Man No Way Home (2021)
6. Gravity (2013)
7. The Lovely Bones (2009)
8. The Eternals (2021)
9. Highlander (1986)
10. Nightmare Alley (2021)
11. Nightmare Alley (1947)
12. Antlers (2021)
13. Doomed - The Untold Story of Roger Corman's Fantastic Four film
14. Werewolves Within (2021)
15. The Innocents (1961)
16. Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte
17. West Side Story (2022)
18. Morbius (2022)
19. Werewolf of London (1935)
20. Death on the Nile (2022)
21. The Djinn (2021)
22. Aliens (1986)
23. Alien Resurrection (1997)
24. Alien Covenant (2017)
25. The Eyes of Tammie Faye (2022)
26. Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
27. The Batman (2022)
28. Killer Shrews
29. The Night House
30. The Robe
31. Demetrius and the Gladiators
32. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
33. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
34. Shanghai Express
35. Mad Love
36. Horror of Dracula (1958)
37. The Monolith Monsters (1957)
38. Study in Scarlet (1933) - has absolutely nothing to do with the Arthur Conan Doyle book. Reginald Owen, better known for playing Scrooge in a Christmas Carol in 1938, makes one of the least memorable versions of Holmes. Lucky for us in a few years Basil Rathbone would make his first Sherlock Holmes 2 movies in 1939. Reginald Owen would have a long career in films, with his last film role occurring in a TV move Topper Returns in 1972.
39. Dracula (1979) Frank Langella reprises the role he made famous on Broadway. Notable early film score done by John Williams.
40. Jurassic Park
41. What's the Matter with Helen
42. Ride in the Whirlwind
43. House on Haunted Hill (1999)
44. Rio Bravo
45. Mad Max
46. How to Make a Monster
47. Blues Brothers
48. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
49. Mad Max: Fury Road
50. Thor: Love and Thunder
51. Event Horizon. I watched this again since it was mentioned in Thor: Love and Thunder
52. Bucket of Blood (1959) the first half of a Roger Corman horror double header. This features future game show host Bert Convy as a murder victim of aspiring sculptor Walter Paisley played by Dick Miller
53. Little Shop of Horrors (1960) the second half of the double feature and a cult classic. This also marks the film debut of Jack Nicholson, who plays the willing patient to a sadistic dentist. Roger Corman shot this in 2 days on a budget of less than 30,000.
54. Star Trek II - Wrath of Khan.
55. Chamber of Horrors (1964) a sort of remake of House of Wax. It uses part of the Warner Brothers set from the Vincent Price film but in this story the proprietors are two amateur sleuths who investigate crimes in Baltimore around the turn of the century. The villain of the piece of Jason Crevette played by Patrick O'Neal.
56. Jurassic World - Dominion
57. Arsenic and Old Lace - Classic Cary Grant screwball comedy that has a Halloween theme. A family is terrorized by the return of the "black sheep" of the family (Raymond Massey) who has evaded capture by having plastic done by a plastic surgeon who had drunkenly made him look like Boris Karloff.
58. Whatever Happened to Helen
59. Whoever Slew Auntie Roo
60. Masque of the Red Death
61. Count Yorga, Vampire
62. Carnival of Souls
63. War of the Colossal Beast: Sequel to the Amazing Colossal Man. Having survived a fall from Hoover Dam, the now horribly scarred 50 foot giant terrorizes Mexico.
64. Invisible Man (1933) co-star Gloria Stuart is probably better known for being in the James Cameron's Titanic Movie as the present day version of Kate Winslett's character. She died at the age of 100 in 2010.
65. Son of Frankenstein (1939) Karloff's last film as the Monster.
66. Touch of Evil (1958) The restored and extended cut directed by Orson Welles who also starred in the film. Famous for it's 3 1/2 minute crane shot shot
67. Scarlet Empress (1934) Classic Marlene Dietrich playing Catherine II of Russia.
68. The Thing from Another World (1951) I'll prefer this one over the John Carpenter version.
69. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Another case of the even numbered films being the best.
70. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
71. Wakanda Forever
72. Les Miserables (1935)
73. The Raven (1935)
74. Phantom of the Opera (1943)
75. The Body Snatcher (1945)

**foxley** · 01-01-2023, 11:02 PM

For the first time ever, I failed to make the 150 target; managing only 140 films. Try as I might, I could not cram 10 films into the last two days of the years.

My list of films watched:

1) Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
2) No Time to Die (2021)
3) Foolproof (2003)
4) Targets (1968)
5) West Side Story (2021)
6) Side Sho (2007)
7) Southbound (2015)
8) Man Hunt (1941)
9) The Big Night (1951)
10) The Speckled Band (1931)
11) Six-Gun Savior (2016)
12) The Heist (1989)
13) Man in the Attic (1953)
14) May (2002)
15) The Atomic Brain (1963)
16) Botched (2007)
17) Witchboard (1986)
18) Sapphire (1959)
19) I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016)
20) For Your Consideration (2006)
21) In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes (1996)
22) The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)
23) Bad Girls from Valley High (2005)
24) Santa Claus (1959)
25) Dirty Harry (1971)
26) Wishcraft (2002)
27) Night of the Blood Beast (1958)
28) Time After Time (1979)
29) Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1985)
30) Blast of Silence (1961)
31) Miss Bala (2019)
32) Bait (2012)
33) The Sidehackers (1969)
34) Death Wish (2018)
35) The Ripper (1997)
36) Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)
37) The Batman (2022)
38) The Black Room (1935)
39) Pistolera (2020)
40) The Black Cat (1934)
41) The New York Ripper (1982)
42) Pool of London (1951)
43) The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
44) Clegg (1970)
45) Mercenaries (2014)
46) Seven Murders for Scotland Yard (1971)
47) The Man with Nine Lives (1940)
48) A Man with a Maid (1975)
49) Faceless (1987)
50) Mirror Mirror (1990)
51) Henry's Crime (2010)
52) Infamous (2020)
53) Dark Heritage (1989)
54) Cash on Demand (1961)
55) She (1965)
56) Draw! (1984)
57) Scare Campaign (2016)
58) Death Wish (1974)
59) The Big Clock (1948)
60) The Final Destination (2009)
61) Masquerade (2021)
62) Tombstone (1993)
63) Rogue (2020)
64) Death on the Nile (2022)
65) Cemetery Gates (2006)
66) White Heat (1949)
67) Takers (2010)
68) Swingers (1996)
69) Clownhouse (1989)
70) While the City Sleeps (1956)
71) Night After Night After Night (1969)
72) Eternal (2004)
73) Outpost (2008)
74) Silent Tongue (1993)
75) Brute force (1947)
76) Please Murder Me! (1956)
77) The Car (1977)
78) Detour (1945)
79) Guns, Girls and Gambling (2012)
80) They Might Be Giants (1971)
81) Death Factory (2002)
82) The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959)
83) Long John Silver (1954)
84) Wild at Heart (1990)
85) Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966)
86) Gun Fury (1953)
87) The Man Who Turned to Stone (1957)
88) Prehistoric Women (1967)
89) Deep in the Valley (2009)
90) Jack's Back (1988)
91) When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)
92) The Bull of the West (1972)
93) Green Room (2015)
94) Secret Beyond the Door...(1947)
95) The Terror of the Tongs (1961)
96) Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)
97) The Scarlet Claw (1944)
98) Never Grow Old (2019)
99) Man in the Attic (1953) - rewatch
100) Liane, Jungle Goddess (1956)
101) Into the Grizzly Maze (2015)
102) Nothing but the Night (1973)
103) The Awful Dr. Orloff (1962)
104) A Man Called Sledge (1970)
105) The Monster Club (1981)
106) Today We Kill... Tomorrow We Die! (1968)
107) Fresh Meat (2012)
108) Robin Hood: The Rebellion (2018)
109) The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946)
110) Day of the Outlaw (1959)
111) Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950)
112) Murder By Decree (1979)
113) The Monster Squad (1987)
114) Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem (2015)
115) Cry of the Banshee (1970)
116) 5 Card Stud (1968)
117) The Bride (1985)
118) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004)
119) Invention for Destruction (1958)
120) The City of the Dead (1960)
121) The Last Rites of Ransom Pride (2010)
121) Crackerjack (2002)
122) Two Hands (1999)
123) Hell's Highway (2002)
124) Nothing Sacred (1937)
125) Before I Hang (1940)
126) The Devil Commands (1941)
127) Jumanji (1995)
128) Thir13en Ghosts (2001)
129) Lone Hero (2002)
130) Lady on a Train (1945)
131) The Island at the Top of the World (1974)
132) Mr. Majestyk (1974)
133) Django & Django (2021)
134) Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
135) The Barber (2002)
136) The Grand Duel (1972)
137) The Crime Doctor's Courage (1945)
138) Chalk (2006)
139) The Man from Laramie (1955)
140) Every Last One of Them (2021)

I'll post some thoughts about last year's viewing as time permits.

**Reviresco** · 01-02-2023, 12:23 AM

Well, I actually made it to 150 ... and then some, to 177! I think having extra time off in December helped, but I also want to thank Wakanda Forever, which I watched a whopping 7 times in the theater. It also gave me the shove to purchase an Unlimited Pass from my nearby Regal Cinema, which makes going to the theater affordable. Now I only have to dodge the crowds.

If I have time, I might post a bit on the movies month by month. Something I really want to do this year, instead of just keeping a list.

Black Widow [New Year Day movie!] D+
No Time to Die 2021 DVD
The Adventurers 2017 DVD
The Hunt 2020 HBO
Copshop 2021 DVD
Antlers 2021 DVD
The French Dispatch 2021 DVD
Taras Bulba 1962 TCM
The Silent Stranger 1968 TCM
The Firefly 1937 TCM
The Black Death 2010 HBO
Casablanca TCM
Gun Shy 2017 HBO
The Survivalist 2021 Showtime Thankfully, I only wasted 90 minutes on this movie. >>>>> January
Stillwater 2021 DVD
Ghostbusters Afterlife 2021 DVD
The Card Counter 2021 DVD >>>>> February
The Man In the Hat 2020 Hoopla Strange but delightful.
Behemoth 2021 Hoopla Boring mess.
Resident Evil Welcome to Racoon City 2021 DVD
King's Man 2021 DVD
House of Gucci 2021 DVD
Needle in a Timestack 2021 DVD
Last Night in Soho 2021 DVD
Broken City 2013 HBO >>>>> March
Nightmare Alley 2021 HBO
Nightmare Alley 1947 DVD
Don't Look Up Netflix
Belfast DVD
The 355 DVD
Lover Come Back 1961 TCM
Drive My Car HBO
A Call to Spy 2019 TMC
Six Minutes to Midnight 2020 Showtime
Spider-Man Homecoming
Spider-Man Far From Home
Spider-Man No Way Home
Spencer 2022 DVD
The Batman 2022 HBO
Bushido Blade 1981 DVD
Never Let Me Go 2010 HBO
Aftermath 2017 HBO >>>>> April
Dr Strange Multiverse of Madness Theatre
Revolt 2017 Starz
The Vanishing 2019 Starz
In Harm's Way 2017 Hoopla
Everything Everywhere All At Once Theatre
Pocketful of Miracles 1961 TCM
War on Everyone 2016 HBO
War Horse 2011 HBO
Designing Woman 1957 HBO
Song of Lunch 2010 Hoopla
The Postcard Killings 2020 Hoopla
Cymbeline 2014 HBO
The World, The Flesh, and the Devil 1959 HBO >>>>> May
The Air I Breathe 2007 Hoopla
Cyrano 2022 DVD
The Employer 2013 Hoopla
Stranded 2013 Hoopla
The Northman 2022 Peacock
Ambulance 2022 Peacock
The Outfit 2022 Peacock
Supercon 2018 Peacock
Roxanne 1987 HBO
Licorice Pizza DVD
Fantastic Beasts Secrets of Dumbledore HBO
Forever Purge HBO
Dreamland 2019 TMC Waste of actors
The Dry 2020 TMC
Downton Abbey: A New Era 2022 Peacock
Downton Abbey Peacock
Funeral Parade of Roses 1969 TCM >>>>> June
Morbius 2022 DVD
The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent 2022 DVD
Father Stu 2022 DVD
Uncharted 2022 DVD
1776 Streaming
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent 2022 DVD (Director's Commentary)
Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness Disney+
Thor Love and Thunder 2022 Movie Theatre
Ondine 2009 HBO
Everything Everywhere All At Once DVD
Last Seen Alive 2022 Hoopla
Black Gold 1947 HBO
Monsters 2010 HBO
2:22 2017 HBO >>>>>> July
Prey 2022 Hulu
The Bad Guys 2022 Peacock
Last Looks 2022 DVD
Jockey 2022 DVD
The Lost City 2021 DVD
The Duke 2022 DVD
Atlantis The Lost Empire Disney+
Stolen 2011 Hoopla
Memory 2022 DVD
Bronson 2008 HBO
Lady MacBeth 2017 Hoopla >>>>> August
Golden Years 2016 Hoopla
The Colony 2013 Hoopla
The Delivered 2019 Hoopla
Existence 2012 Hoopla
Midori in Hawaii 2015 Hoopla
Beirut 2018 Hoopla
The Wipers Times 2013 Hoopla
Burton and Taylor 2013 Hoopla
The Contractor 2022 DVD
12 Mighty Orphans 2021 DVD
Immanence 2022
3000 Years of Longing 2022 Theatre
Dog 2022 DVD
Kings Daughter 2022 DVD
Jurassic Park Dominion 2022 Peacock
Elvis 2022 HBO
Thor Love and Thunder 2022 Disney+
The Promise 2016 Showtime >>>>> September
Brian and Charles 2022 Peacock
An Ideal Husband 1947 TCM
Samaritan 2022 Netflix
The Command 2018 HBO
The Assignment 2016 HBO
SuperPets 2022 HBO
Moonfall 2022 HBO
Yak in the School Room 2019 Amazon Prime
Catherine Called Birdy 2022 Amazon Prime
Beast 2022 Peacock
Dark Forces 2020 Netflix
Bullet Train 2022 DVD
Hobbit Battle of Five Armies 2014 HBO
Don't Breathe 2016 Peacock
Black Adam 2022 Theater
The Confirmation 2016 Peacock >>>>> October
Cold Sassy Tree 1989 DVD
Black Panther 2018 D+
Black Panther Wakanda Forever 2022 x 7 Theater
Top Gun Maverick 2022 Theater
Guerros 2014 DVD
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris 2022 DVD
Nope 2022 DVD
Black Phone 2022 Peacock
Lady of the Manor 2021 Peacock
Ixcanul 2015 DVD
Tower Heist 2011 Peacock
Last of the Mohicans 1992 Peacock
Midway 2019 Peacock
The Spy Who Dumped Me 2018 Peacock
London Road 2015 Hoopla >>>>> November
Where the Crawdads Sing 2022 DVD
Don't Worry Darling 2022 DVD
Death on the Nile 2022 DVD
Woman King 2022 Theater
Confess Fletch 2022 Showtime
Bleaker House Guest 2019 Showtime
Debug 2014 Showtime
Ticket to Paradise 2022 Peacock
Banshees of Inisherin 2022 DVD
Amsterdam 2022 DVD
Radium Girls 2022 DVD
Forever Purge 2021 DVD
Sin Nombre 2009 DVD
Glass Onion 2022 Netflix
Jingle Jangle Netflix
Wicked Lady 1945 TCM
Wicked Lady 1985 Hoopla
Count of Monte Cristo TCM
Count of Monte Cristo 2002 Hoopla
Count of Monte Cristo 1975 Peacock
Dias de Gracia 2011 TUBI
Avatar 2009 D+
Avatar Way of Water Theater
Tigers Are Not Afraid 2017 DVD
Dead in Tombstone 2013 Showtime

**CJStriker** · 01-02-2023, 12:47 AM

Indeed Thanks for Participating this Year Everyone and here like all of you by New Years is my FINAL List & Good News for Me is I HIT the Challenge, Plus 1 so My Final Total in 151!

However I felt I could have done better this, I did good at the start of the year then feel behind during the summer for various reasons, but luckly thanks to the Halloween movie challenge and my surge by the end of the year I just made it, Happy that I was able to complete my Own Challenge LOL, I keep my streak alive!

1.) Batman: Bad Blood (2016) ~ Blu-Ray
2.) Batman: Bad Blood (2016) ~ Blu-Ray
3.) Alice in Wonderland (1951) ~ DISNEY+
4.) Alice in Wonderland (1951) ~ DISNEY+
5.) The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) ~ DISNEY+
6.) The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) ~ DISNEY+
7.) Peter Pan (1953) ~ DISNEY+
8.) Peter Pan (1953) ~ DISNEY+
9.) Encanto (2021) ~ DISNEY+
10.) Encanto (2021) ~ DISNEY+
11.) Justice League vs. Teen Titans (2016) ~ Blu-Ray
12.) Justice League vs. Teen Titans (2016) ~ Blu-Ray
13.) The Sword and the Rose (1953) ~ Amazon PRIME
14.) The Sword and the Rose (1953) ~ Amazon PRIME
15.) The Living Desert (1953) ~ DISNEY+
16.) The Living Desert (1953) ~ DISNEY+
17.) Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue (1954) ~ YouTube Buy
18.) Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue (1954) ~ YouTube Buy
19.) The Vanishing Prairie (1954) ~ DISNEY+
20.) The Vanishing Prairie (1954) ~ DISNEY+
21.) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) ~ DISNEY+
22.) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) ~ DISNEY+
23.) Up (2009) ~ DISNEY+
24.) Up (2009) ~ DISNEY+
25.) Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) ~ DISNEY+
26.) Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) ~ DISNEY+
27.) Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier (1995)~ DISNEY+
28.) Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier (1995)~ DISNEY+
29.) Lady and the Tramp (1995)~ DISNEY+
30.) Lady and the Tramp (1995)~ DISNEY+
31.) The African Lion (1995)~ DISNEY+
32.) The African Lion (1995)~ DISNEY+
33.) The Littlest Outlaw (1995)~ Amazon PRIME
34.) The Littlest Outlaw (1995)~ Amazon PRIME
35.) The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)~ Amazon PRIME
36.) The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)~ Amazon PRIME
37.) Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)~ DISNEY+
38.) Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)~ DISNEY+
39.) Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)~ Theaters
40.) Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)~ Theaters
41.) Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022) ~ DISNEY+
42.) Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022) ~ DISNEY+
43.) Rock-A-Doodle (1991)~YouTube Movies
44.) Rock-A-Doodle (1991)~YouTube Movies
45.) Secrets of Life (1956) ~ DISNEY+
46.) Secrets of Life (1956) ~ DISNEY+
47.) Westward Ho, the Wagons! (1956)~ Amazon PRIME
48.) Westward Ho, the Wagons! (1956) ~ Amazon PRIME
49.) Johnny Tremain (1957)~ DISNEY+
50.) Johnny Tremain (1957)~ DISNEY+
51.) Prey (2022)~ HULU
52.) Prey ~ Comanche Version (2022)~ HULU
53.) Perri (1957) ~ DISNEY+
54.) Perri (1957) ~ DISNEY+
55.) Batman: The Killing Joke (2016) ~ HBO Max
56.) Batman: The Killing Joke (2016) ~ Blu-Ray
57.) Justice League Dark (2017) ~ HBO Max
58.) Justice League Dark (2017) ~ Blu-Ray
59.) Teen Titans: The Judas Contract (2017) ~ HBO Max
60.) Teen Titans: The Judas Contract (2017) ~ Blu-Ray
61.) Batman and Harley Quinn (2017) ~ HBO Max
62.) Batman and Harley Quinn (2017) ~ Blu-Ray
63.) Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)~ Amazon PRIME!
64.) The Vampire Bat (1933) ~ Amazon PRIME!
65.) The Devil Bat (1940) ~ Amazon PRIME!
66.) Dracula in Istanbul (1953) ~ You Tube!
67.) Planet of the Vampires (1965) ~ Amazon PRIME!
68.) Queen of Blood (1966) ~ Amazon PRIME!
69.) Santo and Blue Demon vs. the Monsters (1970) ~ You Tube!
70.) Hrabé Drakula (1971 TV Movie) ~ You Tube!
71.) The Night Stalker (1972 TV Movie) ~ You Tube!
72.) The Dracula Saga/Saga of the Draculas (1973) ~ Amazon PRIME!
73.) Dracula's Dog/ Zoltan...Hound of Dracula (1977) ~ VIMEO
74.) Salem's Lot (1979) ~ Amazon PRIME!
75.) A Return to Salem's Lot (1987) ~ Amazon PRIME!
76.) Salem's Lot (TV Mini Series 2004) ~ Amazon PRIME!
77.) Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969) ~ TUBI!
78.) The Vampire Doll/Legacy of Dracula The Vampire Doll (1970) ~ Amazon PRIME!
79.) Lake of Dracula (1971) ~ Amazon PRIME!
80.) Evil of Dracula (1974) ~ Amazon PRIME!
81.) Dracula (1931 Spanish-language film) ~ TUBI!
82.) Dracula: Mystery and Imagination (1968) ~ You Tube!
83.) Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971) ~ You Tube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNf98LpdvKQ
84.) Once Bitten (1985) ~ You Tube!
85.) Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) ~ Amazon PRIME!
86.) My Best Friend Is a Vampire/I Was a Teenage Vampire(1987) ~ You Tube!
87.) Vampire's Kiss (1988) ~ You Tube!
88.) Dracula and Son (1976) ~ Amazon PRIME!
89.) Vamp (1986) ~ Amazon PRIME!
90.) Innocent Blood (1992) ~ Amazon PRIME!
91.) Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula (1977) ~ PLEX!
92.) Love at First Bite (1979) ~ You Tube!
93.) Uncle Was a Vampire (1959) ~ You Tube!
94.) Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) ~ HBO Max!
95.) Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) ~ 30th Anniversary in Theaters from Fathom Events!
96.) Dracula- The Love Story To Die For (1988) ~ You Tube!
97.) From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) ~ Amazon PRIME!
98.) From Dusk Till Dawn II: Texas Blood Money (1999) ~ Amazon PRIME!
99.) From Dusk Till Dawn III: The Hangman's Daughter (2000) ~ Amazon PRIME!
100.) Subspecies (1991) ~ Amazon PRIME!
101.) Bloodstone: Subspecies II (1993) ~ Amazon PRIME!
102.) Bloodlust: Subspecies III (1994) ~ Amazon PRIME!
103.) Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm (1998) ~ Amazon PRIME!
104.) Vampire Journals (1997) ~ Amazon PRIME!
105.) Dracula II: Ascension (2003) ~ Amazon PRIME!
106.) Dracula III: Legacy (2005) ~ Amazon PRIME!
107.) Blade (1998) ~ HULU!
108.) Blade II (2002) ~ HULU!
109.) Blade 3: Trinity (2004)~ HULU!
110.) Underworld (2003) ~ Amazon PRIME!
111.) Underworld: Evolution (2006) ~ Amazon PRIME!
112.) Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) ~ Amazon PRIME!
113.) Underworld: Awakening (2012) ~ Amazon PRIME!
114.) Underworld: Blood Wars (2016) ~ Amazon PRIME!
115.) Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned (1980) ~ You Tube!
116.) Werewolf by Night (2022) ~ DISNEY+
117.) Van Helsing (2004) ~ PEACOCK!
118.) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) ~ HBO Max
119.) Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (2018) ~ HBO Max
120.) Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (2018) ~ Blu-Ray
121.) Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay (2018) ~ HBO Max
122.) Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay (2018) ~ Blu-Ray
123.) The Death of Superman (2018) ~ HBO Max
124.) The Death of Superman (2018) ~ Blu-Ray
125.) Reign of the Supermen (2019) ~ HBO Max
126.) Reign of the Supermen (2019) ~ Blu-Ray
127.) Batman Ninja (2018) ~ HBO Max ~ English
128.) Batman Ninja (2018) ~ Blu-Ray ~ English
129.) Batman Ninja (2018) ~ Blu-Ray ~ Japanese
130.) Batman Ninja (2018) ~ Blu-Ray ~ Japanese
131.) Justice League vs the Fatal Five (2019) ~ HBO Max
132.) Justice League vs the Fatal Five (2019) ~ Blu-Ray
133.) Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) ~ Theaters
134.) A Christmas Carol (1984) ~ Paramount+
135.) A Christmas Carol (1984) ~ Paramount+
136.) Scrooged (1988) ~ Paramount+
137.) Scrooged (1988) ~ Paramount+
138.) A Christmas Carol (1938) ~ HBO Max
139.) A Christmas Carol (1938) ~ HBO Max
140.) A Christmas Carol (1954) ~ Amazon PRIME!
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142.) Scrooge (1935) – (IN COLOR) ~ Amazon PRIME!
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144.) A Christmas Carol (1999) ~ Amazon PRIME!
145.) A Christmas Carol (1999) ~ Amazon PRIME!
146.) A Christmas Carol/Scrooge (1951) – (IN COLOR) ~ Amazon PRIME!
147.) A Christmas Carol/Scrooge (1951) – (IN COLOR) ~ Amazon PRIME!
148.) The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) ~ DISNEY+
149.) The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) ~ DISNEY+
150.) A Christmas Carol (2009) ~ DISNEY+
151.) A Christmas Carol (2009) ~ DISNEY+

**Attila Kiss** · 01-02-2023, 05:07 PM

167. City Hunter (2018) - ★★★★★
168. Heavy Trip (2018) - ★★★
169. Pledge (2018) - ★★★
170. Vortex (2019) - ★★★★
171. Black Adam (2022) - ★★★
172. Bullet Train (2022) - ★★★★★
173. Christmas Bloody Christmas (2022) - ★★★
174. Decibel (2022) - ★★★★
175. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) - ★★★★
176. Mad Heidi (2022) - ★★★★★
177. Prey (2022) - ★★★
178. Too Cool To Kill (2022) - ★★★
179. Violent Night (2022) - ★★★★★
180. Warriors Of Future (2022) - ★★★

**Moon Ronin** · 01-03-2023, 07:31 AM

I got almost 250 movies for the year of 2022 just didn't log them here after around 150. Don't think I'll get that much this your as most of that was me setting in a hotel room watching movies. I got a shift in my work so we'll see if I can pull it off in 2023. Happy New Year every one!

**foxley** · 01-04-2023, 12:10 AM

My quick retrospective of what I watched last year:

Best film watched: West Side Story. A near perfect example of how to update a classic, and how to stage a movie musical for modern audiences. The setting feels real, and a very real reason is given for the escalating tensions between the Sharks and the Jets. Characterization is much richer than in the original with in particular Riff--who tends to be a flat character in most productions (Leonard Bernstein himself commented that the requirements of the role mean he is most often played by a dancer who can sing a bit)--is chilling nihilist who no longer cares if he lives or dies; at one point putting a loaded gun to his head and daring another character to pull the trigger. And Anybody's is played as being a trans-man, and is played by a non-binary actor. Add in that all the Hispanic characters are played by Hispansic actors, and large chunks of the dialogue are in unstranslated Spanish, and this is a production very much in line with modern sensibilities. Narrowly edges out Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, which I loved, but which didn't have quite the impact the first film did.

Worst Film Watched: Wizards of the Lost Kingdom. Not even the MST3K treatment could do anything to save this slow moving mess.

Best Documentary: Django & Django A appraisal by Quentin Tarantino of the spaghetti westerns of Sergio Corbucci: the other Sergio and Italy's 2nd greatest director of westerns.

Best discovery: Pool of London. The first British film to depict an interracial romance, this is an unassuming little crime thriller. However, it in many ways sets the scene for director Basil Dearborn's social commentary crime films. such as Sapphire (about race relations) and Victim (about the laws against homosexuality). I'm hoping to watch more of Dearborn's work this year.

Best guilty pleasure: Jumanji. The CGI work isn't quite as impressive as it was when the film first came out, but it is still a fun film. And it has inspired to continue work on my Hunter Van Pelt cosplay.

**Reviresco** · 01-04-2023, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by foxley

My quick retrospective of what I watched last year:

Oh, this is interesting! I may steal your format.

Also, I definitely appreciate all the lists from everyone. Lot of movies that I wasn't aware of that I'm hoping to catch this year.

**Mister Mets** · 01-04-2023, 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by foxley

My quick retrospective of what I watched last year:

Best film watched: West Side Story. A near perfect example of how to update a classic, and how to stage a movie musical for modern audiences. The setting feels real, and a very real reason is given for the escalating tensions between the Sharks and the Jets. Characterization is much richer than in the original with in particular Riff--who tends to be a flat character in most productions (Leonard Bernstein himself commented that the requirements of the role mean he is most often played by a dancer who can sing a bit)--is chilling nihilist who no longer cares if he lives or dies; at one point putting a loaded gun to his head and daring another character to pull the trigger. And Anybody's is played as being a trans-man, and is played by a non-binary actor. Add in that all the Hispanic characters are played by Hispansic actors, and large chunks of the dialogue are in unstranslated Spanish, and this is a production very much in line with modern sensibilities. Narrowly edges out Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, which I loved, but which didn't have quite the impact the first film did.

Worst Film Watched: Wizards of the Lost Kingdom. Not even the MST3K treatment could do anything to save this slow moving mess.

Best Documentary: Django & Django A appraisal by Quentin Tarantino of the spaghetti westerns of Sergio Corbucci: the other Sergio and Italy's 2nd greatest director of westerns.

Best discovery: Pool of London. The first British film to depict an interracial romance, this is an unassuming little crime thriller. However, it in many ways sets the scene for director Basil Dearborn's social commentary crime films. such as Sapphire (about race relations) and Victim (about the laws against homosexuality). I'm hoping to watch more of Dearborn's work this year.

Best guilty pleasure: Jumanji. The CGI work isn't quite as impressive as it was when the film first came out, but it is still a fun film. And it has inspired to continue work on my Hunter Van Pelt cosplay.

I'm going to have to check out Django & Django.

One weird thing is that Italy had three Sergios who dominated charts of the best spaghetti westerns.

It's not a shocker that Sergio Leone did very well in the Spaghetti Western Database's list of top 20 spaghetti westerns, with #1, #2, #3, #6 and #11 of the list (Duck, You Sucker!) He also codirected the less-known parody My Name is Nobody, which was in 18th place.

https://www.spaghetti-western.net/in...l_Top_20_Films

Sergio Corbucci was in 4th place with The Great Silence (which I wrote about and enjoyed in an earlier iteration of the thread), seventh with Django, eighth with The Mercenary, and ninth with Companeros.

And Sergio Sollimo was in fifth place with The Big Sundown, twelfth with Face to Face, and twentieth with Run Man Run.

13 out of 20 films directed by three men named Sergio, who each had at least three films. The only other person to haver more than one was My Name is Nobody co-director Tomino Valieri, who also had 14th place Day of Anger.

A comparison might be the weirdness of three major comic writers named Brian emerging from Cleveland as the cinematic/ widescreen era of comics kicked off (Brian Michael Bendis, Brian Azzarello, Brian K Vaughan)

Maybe I should check all this out this year.

**Mister Mets** · 01-08-2023, 08:58 PM

My films...

Movie #151/ New Movie #101: Smile (Movie Theater)
It can be a bit derivative. Some of the performances seem off in a way that isn’t clearly intentional. Some effects work better than others. The trauma metaphor is quite obvious. But it’s creepy. Sosie Bacon is really effective at depicting someone who was tightly wound becoming unhinged. Writer/ Director Parker Finn plays with expectations in interesting ways.
8/10

Short Movie #23: Laura Hasn’t Slept (Youtube)
A creepy proof of concept for the superior Smile. It doesn’t have the clever ideas, although it does have the atmosphere and chilling performances.
7/10

Movie #152: In the Mood For Love (Movie Theater)
This is a film about middle-class people in 1960s Hong Kong forming a relationship because their spouses are having an affair. How is it so beautiful? It provides its mood astoundingly well.
10/10

Short Movie #24: Werewolf By Night (Disney Plus)
It’s an oddball project: a one-off special in the style of a Universal horror film. But it works really well, playing a bit with expectations while going into a monster hunt story. Gael García Bernal and Laura Donnelly are effective at introducing their leads.
8/10

Movie #153/ New Movie #102: Police Story (Criterion Blu-Ray)
An action comedy with fantastic practical effects that sometimes goes in unexpected directions. It’s tonally quite varied, but it’s fun and an excellent showcase for a young Jackie Chan.
9/10

Movie #154/ New Movie #103: The Great Buster (Mubi)
It’s a decent documentary on a film genius, getting into his troubled beginnings. Structurally there’s a clever decision to focus on his renewed reputation at the end, so it can conclude with the films that made his reputation, even if those would chronologically be in the center.
7/10

Movie #155/ New Movie #104: Triangle of Sadness (Movie Theater)
This is an oddball project, with three sections that have different tones dealing with many of the same characters. Some of the discussions about ideas are kind of obvious, and it seems some people really hate the film (my brother thought it was overlong and might have a white supremacist message in a plot point in the final section when one character becomes powerful.) I can believe the ridiculousness depicted here, which helps the satire. Dolly De Leon is a revelation in the final act.
8/10

Movie #156/ New Movie #105: Police Story 2 (Criterion Blu-Ray)
It’s a bit more padded than the original, and not as innovative, but it’s definitely worth checking out. The sequel is a lot of fun, making the case that Jackie Chan may be the best ever in the arena of action comedy. There are some fantastic set pieces, and the great use of long shots likely makes it worth it seeing on the big screen if you ever have the chance (I saw it on the quite decent Criterion Blu-ray.)
8/10

Movie #157/ New Movie #106: Terrifier 2 (Movie Theater)
I saw it in a fairly crowded screening in a local theater which only plays it at 9PM. That’s a good atmosphere for a film that strikes me as a homage to a types of films it generally surpasses. Art the Clown is an over the top monster, but the film’s good at establishing the heroine who can stand up to him. Not for everyone, due to graphic violence.
7/10

Movie #158/ New Movie #107: TÁR (Movie Theater)
It’s worth going into this knowing as little as possible, and worth seeing on the big screen for the visuals and the sound (a film about a conductor is best appreciated with a better speaker setup than the one I have at home.) The following’s in the first act so it’s not spoilers, but this is a film that combines the modern (a female conductor, smartphones and the internet, the aftermath of the pandemic) with classic themes of the meaning of music, and difficult artists. Cate Blanchett is amazing. I’m primed to like movies about big ideas where some key things are ambiguous, and this hits the sweet spot.
10/10

Movie #159/ New Movie #108: Halloween Ends (Movie Theater)
The reviews were bad, but this is one of this situations where I blame the critics for failing their duty to distinguish from generic audience expectations and recognize craft. A good chunk of it is a Curse of the Cat People type of sequel in that it’s not the film you expect it to be, especially due to a new male lead. But the Scarecrow is an interesting character, and the entire saga (the 1978 original and the requel trilogy) is now a part of the horror canon. I think this elevates .
7/10

Movie #160/ New Movie #109: Armageddon Time (Movie Theater)
It’s a decent film about the director’s experiences with his family growing up, when he wanted to be an artist and dealt with a growing awareness of antisemitism, with the bad luck to come out in the same year as Spielberg’s film on a similar topic. It has a good cast, and can lead to interesting conversations about privilege and responsibility. I do kinda want to smack some sense into the spoiled lead, but he’s a brat in a realistic way.
7/10

Movie #161/ New Movie #110: Rouge (Criterion Channel)
It’s an interesting ghostly romance as the spirit of a courtesan wishes to be reunited with her partner 53 years after their joint suicide, and figures into the lives of a modern (circa 1987) Hong Kong couple. The story works to show a clash between Hong Kong in the early and late 20th Century, and the reality behind old myths.
7/10

Movie #162/ New Movie #111: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Movie Theater)
Obviously, this was not the story Coogler and company intended to tell. They wanted to continue T’Challa’s arc as he faces new challenges and becomes more comfortable as the king of Wakanda. Real-life circumstances led to a new story on loss and mourning.

There is a lot that’s good. Namor as an indigenous figure is compelling, and he is an effective antagonist. It’s a star turn for Tenoch Huerta. Angela Basset is compelling as a queen struggling with the loss of her son as the rest of the world waits to pounce. However, it is the most like a TV show than any Marvel movie. Part of it is the way a supporting character from the first film is essentially the lead here. A sad aspect of it is “the show must go on” attitude after the death of a beloved cast member. Letitia Wright is probably the weakest lead of any MCU film (this is more of a compliment to the other films) and the earlier parts drag a bit when we don’t always have performers on the level of Boseman, Michael B Jordan, Daniel Kaluuya or Lupita Nyong’o, who is absent for the first half. There is a bit of Spider-Man No Way Home in that the challenge isn’t just to stop the bad guy, but for the heroes to avoid losing their souls in the process. It’s a grey and morally messy world, and the film reflects that well.
8/10

Movie #163/ New Movie #112: The Menu (Movie Theater)
There seems to be an eat the rich mood with films like this and Triangle of Sadness, with wealthy and amoral morons getting their comeuppance. It’s a bit undercut by the knowledge that the director, producers and cast aren’t exactly middle class, and it seems to be venting about the conflict of making something special that can mainly be afforded by the rich. It’s okay.
8/10

Movie #164/ New Movie #113: Till (Movie Theater)
It’s a well-made procedural from the perspective of the victim’s mother, showing her view of the murder case and the pathway to becoming an activist. It conveys the tragedy of a nightmare coming true. There are some good details, especially how it’s often up to the grieving mother to comfort others who are also devastated by the loss. And it’s a reminder of how nasty things were in living memory. I’d love for Danielle Deadwyler to get an Oscar nod.
9/10

**Mister Mets** · 01-08-2023, 08:59 PM

Movie #165/ New Movie #114: Glass Onion (Movie Theater)
It’s not a retread of Knives Out. Frankly, it plays with expectations from the original in clever ways. It’s a solid ensemble in a story that tackles a different group of rich twerps than Knives Out: this one is about disruptors/ influencers whereas that one was about generational wealth. Janelle Monae is as good here as everyone says. It’s the best supporting actress performance I’ve seen this year (with the caveat that I have not yet seen She Said, The Whale or Women Talking.)
8/10

Movie #166/ New Movie #115: Black Adam (Movie Theater)
There are serious flaws in concept and execution. The movie keeps secrets about its lead for the sake of a third act twist spoiled by the trailer. The bad guy kinda sucks, and is less interesting than the Middle-Eastern family who takes up with Black Adam, who are themselves less interesting than the Justice Society. Dwayne Johnson is decent as a more dangerous than usual superhero. Pierce Brosnan is great as Doctor Fate, in a stealth Justice Society film (which doesn’t quite work when two characters are new members who don’t have any history with the other two so there isn’t much of a sense of why we should care about them.)
6/10

Short Movie #25: Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (Disney Plus)
It was fun. The 45 minute Holiday specials are an interesting diversion for Marvel/ Disney Plus. This one was a decent spotlight on Pom Klementieff’s Mantis, while riffing on the meaning of the Holidays and the characters in between the big adventures.
8/10

Movie #167/ New Movie #116: Lonesome (Criterion Blu-Ray)
It may be better to go into this knowing as little as possible. This is an odd film that seems to try to be many things, some very well. Two young people meet and have a good time at Coney Island, with the director using some innovations which remain impressive and some which seem a bit dated. It sometimes tries to go for the universal, although the leads are quite likable.
8/10

Movie #168/ New Movie #117: I Know Where I’m Going (Criterion DVD)
It’s not my favorite of the Powell/ Pressburger films, though it is quite pleasant. It’s predictable, but there’s a good sense of the Scottish location.
8/10

Movie #169/ New Movie #118: The Banshees of Inisherin (Movie Theater)
This is a weird film in which a small local conflict in a tiny Irish island leads to extreme reactions. The cast is exceptional. Colin Farell gives humanity to someone who isn’t very bright, which is a tough trick in film. Brendan Gleeson may get an Oscar with slight fraud since he’s definitely a colead, though he is quite good at conveying one of the most intense midlife crises in film. Barry Keoghan brings pathos to the village idiot. Kerry Condon has the most traditional role of a woman intellectually limited by small-town life but she portrays it well. The whole thing shows how good Martin McDonagh is at interpersonal drama taken to 11.
9/10

Short Movie #25: Ls Chambre (Criterion DVD)
It’s an oddball experimental short that likely influenced a pivotal scene in the recent Green Knight movie, and other work. It’s a showcase for a potentially interesting trick.
8/10

Movie #170/ New Movie #119: The Incredible Shrinking Man (Criterion DVD)
This B sci-fi film almost seems like a procedural, just showing how an ordinary man realizes that he’s shrinking and what happens next. It gets to life and death situations quickly, and gets theologically heavy with weighty questions on the will to live and an individual’s meaning, along with charmingly dated special effects.
9/10

Movie #171/ New Movie #120: News From Home (Criterion DVD)
It is weird to me that this is one of Sight & Sound‘s Top 100 films. I’m curious about the critics who rate this as one of their ten favorites. There’s no false advertising. It’s footage of New York interspersed with letters from Akerman’s mother, worried about how she’s doing and updating her on all sorts of developments. I can appreciate that it’s innovative, unlike other films and there is some complexity to it. I watched it with my dad who enjoyed the footage of 70s New York, and made some observations on the locations.
9/10

Movie #172: It’s a Wonderful Life (Movie Theater)
I saw it with friends on my birthday, and it was a fantastic experience. One thing that works really well is how it’s a showcase for how Jimmy Stewart got a bit more of an edge after going to World War 2. The earlier pre-depression scenes show the nice guy audiences loved, but by the time we get to the crisis of the film, he’s pissed off about how things went. Honestly, it might be the best midlife crisis in film. Potter is a great bad guy, amoral in a way that people encounter in the real world.
10/10

Movie #173/ New Movie #121: Avatar- The Way of Water (Movie Theater 3D)
It’s a big sequel that’s part of an epic series, but it tells a new and different story focusing on what it’s like to be the kids of the heroes (and villain in one case) of the original. The focus on water culture obviously fits Cameron’s strengths, but leads to a different sensibility and stunning visuals.
8/10

Movie #174: The Most Dangerous Game (HBO Max)
I wonder how many people watch this film because it’s 62 minutes long, so it’s the bare minimum to meet various challenges. It’s a decent concept, and the sets are solid, but it does highlight the problems of early talkies when the sound quality isn’t great, and they compromise a bit on the visuals. The pacing is a bit odd, as it takes about halfway through the film to realize just what’s going on..
8/10

Movie #175: Love Actually (Peacock)
I really like how the film is structured, with multiple narratives meaning there’s no filler, and allowing the stories to get to more complex understanding of the meaning of Christmas and types of love. And it’s a fantastic cast.
10/10

Short Movie #26: Red Nose Day Actually (Vimeo)
A few minutes of catching up on what characters we like are up to is a decent trend in films (later copied by the Father of the Bride Zoom sequel.) It’s pleasant and preferable to a padded sequel.
8/10

Movie #176: Die Hard (Blu-Ray)
This was only my second time seeing the film. I’m getting a sense of its influence on a lot of stuff I like (Tarantino films, the show 24, at least one South Park gag) as well as references that are a bit dated now (not sure how many modern viewers know who Roy Rogers was, or what a party line could do for that matter.) Bruce Willis’ McClane is an effective protagonist; competent but imperfect, while Alan Rickman has an equally impressive breakout role as the suave Gruber, a bad guy who consistently seems like he could get away with it all. And it is definitely a Christmas movie.
10/10

Movie #177: The Muppets Christmas Carol (Disney +)
This is probably the most successful of the Muppets, or Muppet style adaptations I’ve seen. Some of the songs/ sequences are great, especially the introduction of Scrooge. Michael Caine is an excellent Scrooge, and makes the muppetness of it all work, although the designs are also genius.
8/10

**Mister Mets** · 01-08-2023, 09:01 PM

Movie #178/ New Movie #122: Babylon (Movie Theater)
I liked it, but I can understand why it flopped. A three hour reimagining of Singin’ in the Rain by way of Goodfellas/ Wolf of Wall Street is not what everyone’s looking for. But it’s decent (in the quality sense of the word) and about something, and also about how the people in the film understand the value of the medium.
8/10

Movie #179/ New Movie #123: Close-Up (Criterion DVD)
This was a strange film, but worth checking out for the generous exploration of a screw-up, a film buff who pretended to be a famous filmmaker and tricked a family, all of whom are playing themselves. The context of it is fascinating and worth greater discussion, but the generosity of spirit is exceptional.
10/10

Movie #180/ New Movie #124: Beau Travail (HBO Max)
I don’t think I can grade it, which puts the film in rare category. It captures mood really well, showing the day to day life of French legionnaires, while a conflict beings to simmer. It conveys certain things better than any film I’ve seen, and showcases the potential of the medium. I get why it made the Sight & Sound Top 10.
N/A

Movie #181/ New Movie #125: Three Colors- Blue (Criterion Blu Ray)
It’s a well-made story of a grieving woman trying to withdraw from society, that avoids many of the typical cliches, and has some interesting techniques I haven’t seen before.
9/10

Movie #182: Modern Times (HBO Max)
It’s too obvious to say the Chaplin classic holds up, but it does. I wish there were more movies like it, with filmmakers using universal characters to explore modern concerns, or even playing around with the combination of silent characters and carefully tailored sound. There are several astounding sequences. Paulette Goddard should not be playing a teenage orphan when she’s in her mid-twenties, the common law wife of the law and several years from a divorce with a coal tycoon. It is a bit episodic, which makes the ending a bit abrupt, although I appreciate Chaplin shows the problems without suggesting there’s one cause or solution.
10/10

Movie #183/ New Movie #126: Je, Tu, Il, Elle (HBO Max)
I watch a lot of films, but I’ve got a bit of a blindspot with some arthouse fare. Recently I’ve starting check out the work of Chantal Akerman, whose narrative debut is very weird. It’s quiet, slow, primitive and mysterious. It can seem pretentious and self-indulgent, but it captures a particular sensibility rather well, with storytelling that is still novel nearly fifty years later.
9/10

Movie #184/ New Movie #127: Three Colors- White (Criterion Blu Ray)
This is more fun than what I’d usually expect from Kieślowski, as he explores the story of a hapless guy who is a big deal in Poland but not in France. It’s ridiculous, while also dealing with serious issues.
8/10

Movie #185/ New Movie #128: Days of Being Wild (Criterion Blu Ray)
This is a pretty decent movie about a screwed up young man and the people he hurts. The green filter on the Criterion release is a decent touch. It’s not Wong Kar Wai’s best film, but it’s a great example of how his major films are part of a specific shared vision. It’s weird and daring, but also satisfying.

As a minor note, the Criterion blu ray I had was a bit scratched, but I watched the last half hour on the alternate edition extra which was a bit more primitive. The ending is better on the original.
8/10

Movie #186/ New Movie #129: 2046 (Criterion Blu Ray)
This is a strange crossover, building on In The Mood To Love and Days of Being Wild, with characters and themes intersecting. It’s more interesting in the context of Wong Kar Wai’s work than as a film. It does peter out a bit at the end, although it is a underappreciated melancholy Christmas drama.
8/10

Movie #187/ New Movie #130: Breaker Morant (HBO Max)
This is an interesting and satisfying military drama, where you don’t have the typical good guys and bad guys, and it’s more of a legitimate effort to understand the messiness of war. It’s a good showcase for Edward Woodward, who I quite liked as the lead of The Wicker Man.
9/10

Movie #188/ New Movie #131: The Steel Helmet (Criterion DVD)
This is a war film that shows how the genre got a bit more cynical in the 50s (along with the likes of Paths of Glory and Bridge on the River Kwai) though it’s not quite as dark as New Hollywood or Oliver Stone. It shows a group of infantry pushed to the limits and does address political issues of the time (racism, internment camps) in an efficient 84 minutes.
8/10

Movie #189/ New Movie #132: Bay of Angels (HBO Max)
This French new wave film about a young man getting into gambling is fine. It’s a bit dull and obvious, which goes against what the whole movement is supposed to be. Demy and Moreau have made better films, although the soundtrack is nice and the characters’ flaws are believable.
7/10

Movie #190/ New Movie #133: Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Hulu)
It’s a bit messy that this movie became a particular cultural touchstone, but it does work as a particular story in a very specific setting, and it also about several things. It is exceptional as an analysis of what it means to look at something else, which is always worth considering in a visual medium.
9/10

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