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Two weeks ago when I last checked in to talk about my viewing habits, I mentioned the way that even in the face of so many other distractions, my pace on consumption remained in-step with last year. That changed dramatically over the last little stretch where my travels threw my pace for a loop. The tally you see below is for two weeks, but there have been parts of the year where that tally could have happened over the course of one week.

Oddly enough, there were six whole days in the middle of this block of time where I didn’t watch a damned thing!

With TIFF on the horizon, this is probably a good thing. For now though, a great deal of rewatches make up the dance card for two busy weeks.

 

Here’s The Two Weeks at Hand…

 

Screenings
CALIFORNIA SPLIT – Lightbox is showing an Altman series, so expect more of the man’s work to show up in these posts. This movie was bloody brilliant, and left me wondering if there was any actual script or Bob just got behind the camera and said “go”.

Blu-Rays/DVD’s I’ve Never Seen
I AM DIVINE – I don’t like camp, so I was a bit surprised how much I enjoyed this.
THE CLOCK – A charming romp that happens to be one of Jandy’s favorites.
THIS MUST BE THE PLACE – What the hell was this movie supposed to be?

Blu-Rays/DVD’s I’ve Seen Before
CERTIFIED COPY – G-Man approved
BACK TO THE FUTURE – It’s my density.
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – I needed to watch something while packing my suitcase. Wes was the winner.
EIGHT MEN OUT – You just knew there was gonna be a baseball movie in here, didn’t ya?
THE COLOR PURPLE – The Spielberg film that I’m continually convinced I like but no one else does.
RATATOUILLE – Chosen to…
UP – …keep myself company…
CITIZEN KANE – …while making my TIFF schedule.

Boxscore for The Year
170 First-Timers, 130 Re-Watched
47 Screenings
300 Movies in Total
How’s about you – seen anything good?

8 Replies to “Days of The Week (Films Watched August 9 – August 22)”

  1. I also love The Color Purple. Highly underrated Spielberg.

    As for me, I actually saw quite a few these past two weeks! And they were all first-timers. Too many movies I want to see to re-watch stuff, although after Guardians I’m really itching to watch Avengers again and see if I still like it as much as I did in the theater.

    Captain America: The Winter Soldier
    Guardians of the Galaxy
    The Thunderbolt Fist
    Under the Skin
    Kraa! The Sea Monster
    Reefer Madness
    Hermes – Winds of Love
    Dragon Lord
    Kai Doh Maru

      1. I liked it, but wasn’t overly impressed. I thought it would be more visually surreal than it was. I generally avoid trailers, but I happened to see its trailer a number of times in front of movies at the local arthouse, and that trailer is packed full of surreal, engaging imagery (not to mention quotes that call Glaser the next Kubrick). So it was kind of overhyped and unable to deliver on my expectations. But I definitely liked it.

        I did feel like a lot of the nudity was gratuitous and only there to add to the film’s hype, given Johansson’s fame. This in turn made me imagine the film with the gender’s reversed but the nudity the same, and what the reception would’ve been like then.

  2. First-Timers: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Nature Boy Ric Flair: The Definitive Collection, My Last Minute, Gradiva, The Fisher King, The Silence, Boyhood, WWE SummerSlam 2014, A Dog’s Life, Shoulder Arms, Kick-Ass 2, and right now and (I don’t know how long) but my Blind Spot assignment in Satantango.

    Re-Watches: Making Mr. Right, Mrs. Doubtfire, Nine Inch Nails-Woodstock ’94, The World’s End, South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut, Over the Hedge, Dr. No, Shanghai Noon, and Lethal Weapon.

    1. That’s a lot of Robin Williams and a lot of wrestling there, dude! Not sure if you saw the Tweet this morning but Blindspots are gonna be a few days late due to a wacky schedule this week.

  3. It’s been a mixed bag, but there were some good ones:

    THE UNKNOWN KNOWN – Rumsfeld is something else

    BUCKAROO BANZAI – Figuring out the plot is a real challenge, but there is a certain fun to it

    GREYSTOKE – did this for a blogathon, and it’s quite dull

    DIVERGENT – read the book recently, and it’s a solid adaptation, if a little too faithful

    TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE – this month’s blind spot; it’s very unsettling

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