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Film Log

I’m keeping a log of all the media I consume as well as any thoughts or notes I have on them. Generally, I keep my thoughts spoiler-free aside from information that can be gathered by film descriptions and trailers. If there are serious spoilers, I block out the text (highlight to read) and put a spoiler warning ahead of it.

I have a tendency to love most movies, particularly if they’re weird, campy, stupid, have awesome people in it, so bad they’re good, and/or are cult films. I have completely random tastes.

If a film is bolded that means I saw it in theatres.
If a film is italicized, that means I have previously seen it.

Ratings Guide

Note: I also use half-stars. As you might guess, you should considering it part way between the two numbers listed below.

  • ★☆☆☆☆ I loathed this film more than I’d loathe being thrown into the bog of eternal stench. I probably straight-up could not finish watching this, though I may have. And wanted to die the entire time.
  • ★★☆☆☆ This movie is majorly flawed. Finished watching it, but spent the entire time wondering why the hell I was wasting my time.
  • ★★★☆☆ Relatively entertaining. Pretty good.
  • ★★★★☆ I really, really liked this movie. You should totally watch it if it sounds like your cup of tea or even if it doesn’t, you should consider giving it a try.
  • ★★★★★ I almost never give out this rating. This means this is one of my favorite films of all times. Probably left me wishing I had more. Why are you still here and not watching this movie?

Film Log — 2009

In an attempt to not go back to my terrible slacker ways, I’m starting my log early. It’s listed in chronological order with the ratings and, hopefully, dates viewed listed below to the film title and year.

  1. Twilight (2008) — January 1 ★★☆☆☆
    • This movie is so terrible, but so hilarious. And laughing. And watching. But mostly laughing. The glitter MAKES NOISE. So much crack. People take this seriously. Yes, I saw this more than once. And may see it again. Stop laughing. I almost want to give this 2 and a half stars just because the commentary is hilariously amazing
  2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) — January 2 ★★★★☆
    • This movie is three hours long, but doesn’t seem like it. It reminded me quite a bit of Big Fish and The Notebook–The Notebook purely because of the timeframe, reading of a diary, and general feel of the cinematic image. It also seemed like something Johnny Depp would do rather than Brad Pitt. I may not understand what the world sees in Brad Pitt in terms of attraction, but lately I’ve been realizing how much I love most movies he’s in. Fight Club, Snatch, his character was perfect in Burn After Reading, etc. Mostly, I love how he’s not afraid to be ugly despite how he’s been determined to be uber-hot by the general public. Also, because he pwns.
  3. Donnie Darko (2001) — January 5 ★★★★½
    • I’ve seen this movie a million times and own the DVD. This movie is crazy. Don’t believe me? Meet Frank.
  4. The Women (2008) — January 5 ★★½☆☆
    • Eh, moderately entertaining. I liked Annette Bening in this movie, but was pretty ambivalent about the rest of the cast. I kept shouting at Meg Ryan’s character to DTMFA. Also, I didn’t realize there were no men in this movie until about 80% of the way through. /fail Also, I’m not going to lie, most people I know have seen and/or own this movie purely because Jada Pinkett Smith is gay in it. That is all.
  5. Speak (2004) — January 5 ★★★☆☆
    • I read the book ages ago when I was in high school; the movie does an okay job of living up to its predecessor even though I’m a firm believer that films cannot be compared in any sense to the books from whence they came. That said, Kristen Stewart has never closed her mouth in her entire life. Even in a movie where she rarely speaks–her mouth is still. open.
  6. P.S. I Love You (2007) — January 5 ★★★½☆
    • This is pretty much the only thing ever Jeffrey Dean Morgan has been in without perishing.
  7. The Tale of Desperaux (2008) — January 6 ★★★½☆
    • This is the most adorable effing mouse I have ever seen. Ever. Also, I now want some soup.
  8. Slumdog Millionaire (2008) — January 21 ★★★★☆
    • Criiiied.
  9. Practical Magic (1998) — January 23 ★★★½☆
    • Sandra Bullock is bitter? SHOCKER.
  10. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants 2 (2008) — January 27 ★★★½☆
    • Um. America Ferrera is really, really hot in this movie. Like, way moreso that usual. I don’t even know what it is, but I love her.
  11. Nights in Rodanthe (2008) — January 27 ★★☆☆☆
    • Oh my G-d, why.
  12. Runaway Bride (1999) — January 28 ★★☆☆☆
    • I…have come to the realization that I cannot stand Richard Gere or his voice which is probably why I have only seen a few of his movies ever in my entire life.
  13. Jumper (2008) — January 31 ★★★☆☆
    • Guess what, guys? Hayden Christensen whines in this movie. I know, you’re all completely shocked.
  14. Spice World (1997) — January 31 ★★★½☆
    • This movie is italicized times a million. To an embarrassing degree. DO NOT CARE. P.S. The actress that plays Toshiko Sato on Torchwood is in this. I never knew before a few years ago…when I was watching it previously. Ahem.
  15. Across the Universe (2007) — January 31 ★★★½☆
  16. Another Cinderella Story (2008) — February 2 ★★★☆☆
    • Selena Gomez is Pattie’s and my adopted little sister. Because she is adorable. This movie is embarrassingly entertaining and terrible though. I’d totally watch it again, I’m not going to lie.
  17. Rumor Has It… (2005) — February 3 ★★☆☆☆
    • I hated this movie so much that I pretty much refuse to ever see The Graduate ever. Ever.
  18. Dedication (2007) — February 4 ★★★½☆
    • Oh, Mandy.
  19. Wild Child (2008) — February 4 ★★★☆☆
    • Colin Firth.
  20. Big Eden (2000) — February 5 ★★★★½
    • Wow, I loved this movie to a ridiculous degree. I do not understand why it is rated PG-13 though. They kiss once or twice in the entire film.
  21. Davy and Stu (2006) — February 5 ★★★☆☆
  22. Dream Boy (2008) — February 5 ★★★½☆
    • What the hell. Good. I think.
  23. Step Up (2006) — February 5 ★★★☆☆
    • I pretty much love any movie with a dance routine. This is just a fact.
  24. The Wedding Date (2005) — February 5 ★★½☆☆
    • Yeah, I pretty much cannot tolerate Debra Messing at all. This is why I never liked Will & Grace. Also, the premise of Will & Grace is why I didn’t like Will & Grace.
  25. Kissing Jessica Stein (2001) — February 5
    • No. Just. No.
  26. Aquamarine (2006) — February 7 ★★★½☆
  27. Carolina (2003) — February 10 ★★½☆☆
    • This movie was ridiculous. Shirley MacLaine can be my crazy grandma any day of the week, though.
  28. Quinceañera (2006) — February 12 ★★★★☆
    • Awesome! I loved her great-uncle so hard.
  29. Atonement (2007) — February 12 ★★★★☆
    • I want her green dress. The end.
  30. True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet (2008) — February 18 ★★½☆☆
    • Why. Though oddly entertaining, yet terrible…just, why.
  31. The Thin Man (1934) — February 23 ★★★★½
    • I want Nick and Nora Charles to adopt me. Best film couple of all time.
  32. Only You (1994) — March 2 ★★★½☆
    • Oh, Robert Downey Jr. The things I will watch for you.
  33. Untamed Heart (1993) — March 3 ★★★½☆
    • Ha, I love Marisa Tomei too much for words. Also, teeears, holy crap.
  34. L.A. Without a Map (1998) — March 3 ★★★½☆
    • This movie is AWESOME. The best part is David Tennant’s character just chillaxing in the park with Johnny Depp-as-himself eating fried chicken. Yeah, really.
  35. Pizza My Heart (2005) — March 3 ★★☆☆☆
    • The title tells you all you need to know about this movie. Oh, except this tidbit that seals the deal: It’s a modern spin-off of Romeo and Juliet. With rival pizzerias. Yeah, for serious.
  36. Chasing Liberty (2004) — March 3 ★★★½☆
    • This movie is about Mandy Moore traipsing through Europe, taking her clothes off a lot and Mark Harmon being the president of the United States of effing America. No more needs to be said.
  37. First Daughter (2004) — March 4 ★★★☆☆
    • Michael Keaton is president. Riley from Buffy is in a movie. Acts exactly the same as always. The end.
  38. The Family Stone (2005) — March 4 ★★★☆☆
  39. Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) — March 4 ★★★½☆
  40. Sabrina (1954) — March 11 ★★★★☆
    • Oh, Audrey. I love you so. And I refuse to see the Harrison Ford version because I cannot imagine Harrison Ford as Bogey. And Greg freaking Kinnear as William Holden. GREG KINNEAR. That is just wrong on so many levels.
  41. When Harry Met Sally… (1989) — March 12 ★★★☆☆
    • Meh.
  42. A Good Year (2006) — March 12 ★★½☆☆
    • Even when Russell Crowe learns how to not be a douche, he’s still a douche.
  43. Le divorce (2003) — March 13 ★★★☆☆
  44. Chocolat (2000) — March 14 ★★★★☆
    • Um, I love this movie to ridiculous extent. Italicized times 87.
  45. Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain (2001) — March 14 ★★★★½
    • Like every other motherfucker on the internet, I love this movie forever.
  46. Twilight (2008) — March 21 ★★☆☆☆
    • I watched this with a group of my friends and we laughed until the end of time. “CHEESEBURGERS!” = why the only acceptable way to watch this movie is with the actor commentary.
  47. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants 2 (2008) — March 23 ★★★½☆
  48. Coraline (2009) — March 24 ★★★½☆
    • I’d never seen a 3D film before this! It…wasn’t that much different after like 20 minutes.
  49. 17 Again (2009) — April 17 ★★★☆☆
    • “Carnations? What a douche.” Also, this movie gave me a major creeper factor feeling because everything Zac Efron said, I pictured coming out of Matthew Perry’s mouth. It became very scary. But, oddly, Zac Efron was GOOD in this movie and funny. It was highly disturbing, let me tell you, internet.
  50. Hairspray (2007) — April 18 ★★★½☆
  51. Home Fries (1998) — May 3 ★★★☆☆
  52. Star Trek (2009) — May 24 ★★★★½
    • Um. Amazingcakes. That is all. P.S. Leonard Nimoy is a BAMF.
  53. Where the Heart Is (2000) — May 24 ★★★★½
    • I love this movie more than words can say.
  54. Star Trek (2009) — May 27 ★★★★½
  55. Crossroads (2002) — May 27 ★★½☆☆
    • I swear, it was for the lulz. I swear. Ignore that this is italicized, kthx.
  56. Saving Grace (2000) — May 28 ★★★½☆
    • Fact: My mother totally Netflixed this purely because Craig Ferguson was in it.
  57. Someone Like You… (2001) — June 1 ★★☆☆☆
    • I can barely remember even seeing this movie, but I’m almost positive I found it to be formulaic crap.
  58. The Story of Xinghua (1994) — June 10 ★★★½☆
    • Some kid’s head was blocking my view of the subtitles for 90% of this movie during my world lit class. I do not speak Mandarin. As a result, I have no idea what the hell happened, but I know I liked the ending.
  59. Big Eden (2000) — June 10 ★★★★½
    • Loove.
  60. D.E.B.S. (2004) — June 11 ★★★★½
    • I have seen this movie a ridiculous amount of times. Campy perfection. The end.
  61. Year One (2009) — June 19 ★★½☆☆
    • All the funny parts were in the trailer. Lots of shit-related humor which isn’t really my thing.
  62. He’s Just Not That Into You (2009) — June 26 ★★½☆☆
    • Bored now.
  63. Outing Riley (2004) — June 27 ★★★½☆
    • This movie is amazing purely because of Nathan Fillion’s hilarity.
  64. Keith (2008) — June 27 ★★★½☆
    • Um. Damn. Also, Elisabeth Harnois has been 17 for like 15 years.
  65. Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007) — June 29 ★★★½☆
  66. Princess Protection Program (2009) — July 2 ★★★☆☆
    • Yeah, seriously. Like I said, Selena Gomez is Pattie’s and my adopted little sister. She’s adorable, okay. Also, this is a movie about Demi Lovato being a robot.
  67. Were the World Mine (2008) — July 9 ★★★★☆
    • Awesomecakes. I love the soundtrack! Also, lots of glitter.
  68. Nim’s Island (2008) — July 11 ★★★☆☆
    • Gerard Butler wasn’t in this movie enough. :(
  69. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) — July 12 ★★★★☆
    • Dumbledore is a BAMF.
  70. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) — July 14 ★★★★½
    • Many didn’t like this Harry Potter film, but it’s actually my favorite so far. I never thought anything could displace Prisoner of Azkaban as my favorite Harry Potter film because I thought Alfonso Cuáron did a superawesomefantastic job on that one. Daniel Radcliffe on the Felix Felicis potion = WHERE HAVE THOSE ACTING SKILLS BEEN FOR THE PAST FIVE AND A HALF MOVIES?
  71. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) – August 6 ★★★½☆
    • I pretty much fast forward through half this movie when I watch it. It would have been approximately 86.12% better if the World Cup scene had been longer! I watch: The beginning, the World Cup, Filch’s little scamper, Durmstrang’s stick dance bit, Cedric’s dad crying, any part with David Tennant. That is it.
  72. Camp Rock (2008) — August 13 ★★★☆☆
    • I had never seen a Jonas Brother before seeing this movie. I still feel like I haven’t seen a Jonas Brother.
  73. Boys Love (2006) — August 15 ★★★☆☆
    • Finally saw this with English subtitles and everything makes so much more sense. Kinda. Maybe.
  74. Patrik 1,5 (2008) — August 15 ★★★½☆
  75. The Most Hated Family in America (2007) — August 16
    • I had to keep pausing this to keep myself from hurling and/or getting RIDICULOUSLY ANGRY. And it still didn’t help. I was pissed all day after seeing this. So disturbing.
  76. Thumbelina (1994) — August 17 ★★★½☆
    • I fail at childhood, people. I’d never seen this before!
  77. Penelope (2006) — August 17 ★★★★½
    • Oh my gosh, Christina Ricci is one of the most adorable people on the entire planet. I do not understand the reactions to her nose though. She just looks like herself with an oddly shaped, but still cute nose. Also, the colors in this movie are AMAZING. I want her bedroom, minus the, you know, Rapunzel status.
  78. Pretty in Pink (1986) — August 17 ★★★★½
    • I know, it’s pretty much a fucking travesty I hadn’t previously seen this film.
  79. Mulan (1998) — August 27 ★★★★½
    • I routinely sing “I’ll Make a Man Out of You,” drunkenly, with my friends at parties.
  80. My Life (1993) — September 1 ★★★½☆
    • Depressing. Whyyy.
  81. Hancock (2008) — September 6 ★★★☆☆
    • This movie had the potential to be really awesome but then…wasn’t. Sad face.
  82. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) — September 6 ★★★★☆
    • I love Magneto more than cheesy bread.
  83. Inglourious Basterds (2009) — September 8 ★★★★½
    • Brad Pitt is fabulous in this movie. His opening monologue gave me a bit of a heterocrush on him.
  84. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) — September 16 ★★★★½
    • Still hilarious.
  85. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) — September 21 ★★★★½
    • Still gorgeous.
  86. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001) — September 22 ★★★★☆
    • Ha, technically, I’d seen Sorcerer’s Stone before. Basically, though, the only difference is that instead of saying “sorcerer’s stone” during some scenes, they say “philosopher’s stone.” Also: Oh my G-d, they were babies.
  87. The Prince & Me (2004) — September 22 ★★★☆☆
    • So bad. Sooo bad. Yet I love it. Oh, Julia Stiles.
  88. Inglourious Basterds (2009) — September 25 ★★★★½
    • The Bear Jew puts the laughter in manslaughter.
  89. 9 (2009) — September 29 ★★★☆☆
    • Very disappointing, unfortunately. Had the potential to be awesome, but it was very short and the enitre plot felt like it should have been an opening for a much larger plot.
  90. Labyrinth (1986) — October 4 ★★★★½
    • Best. movie. ever. David Bowie rocketh my world. Also: “Your mother is a freaking aardvark.”
  91. Seven Pounds (2008) — October 22 ★★★★☆
    • Sometimes, this movie is like a g-ddamn acid trip. Also: What.
  92. Trembling Before G-d (2001) — November 1
    • This documentary was pretty much depressing as a motherfuck, but also extremely, extremely good and insightful. It helped me realize a lot about my own religious beliefs and where I want to go with them and where I definitely do not want to go.
  93. Mean Girls (2004) — November 12 ★★★★½
    • This is one of my favorite movies ever. Very smart and extremely quotable comedy. “Oh my G-d, Karen, you can’t just ask people why they’re white.” Everyone is fantastic in this movie, but Tim Meadows in particular is fantastic. Also, watching this movie makes me forget that Lindsay Lohan is a complete and utter trainwreck.
  94. The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) — November 12 ★★★½☆
    • I saw this film in the cinema when it first came out and really liked it. I enjoyed it the second time around as well. I love the world it creates. I’ve been meaning to get my hands on the books for ages!
  95. Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant (2009) — November 15 ★★★½☆
    • I initially thought I wouldn’t like this movie, but I actually enjoyed it quite a bit, despite the fact that it has more blatant creepers than any other movie I’ve ever seen–and nobody even acknowledges that they’re clearly the creepiest creepers that ever creeped! But still, despite its flaws and some seriously bad dialogue in places, it was still funny and entertaining. I thought seeing John C. Reilly as a vampire would be horrific, but it was actually quite amusing in a good way!

Film Log — 2008

I was a terrible slacker in 2008 and I potentially saw over 100 movies. As I recall movies I watched, I’ll add them here and rate them.

  1. Cloverfield (2008) ★★★☆☆
  2. Enchanted (2007) ★★★★☆
  3. Ratatouille (2007) ★★★½☆
  4. The Day After (1983) ★★★☆☆
  5. Juno (2007) ★★★½☆
  6. Nina’s Heavenly Delights (2006) ★★★☆☆
  7. Inside Man (2006) ★★★½☆
  8. Cry-Baby (1990) ★★★★★
    • I love this movie to what would be a nearly embarrassing degree if it didn’t pwn so much.

Film Log — 2007

This is essentially just a log of the films I’ve watched beginning in mid-September 2007. All links lead to the films’ IMDb pages. I’ll watch nearly anything once.

  1. Flight of the Phoenix (2004) ★★½☆☆
    • Pretty much the only redeeming thing about this movie is that Hugh Laurie and Tyrese Gibson were in it.
  2. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) ★★★☆☆
    • The Bourne series has taught me hundreds of things about life and by ‘life’ I mean evading authorities and killing the government. #4: Always do what Jason Bourne says. If you don’t, he may not directly kill you, but you will still die. (Read full review?)
  3. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) ★★★★½
    • This is my second-favourite Harry Potter movie after Prisoner of Azkaban. I watched this film originally in July soon after I read Deathly Hallows. Considering my irritation with the epilogue of said book, I have to say I’m extremely glad I didn’t see this movie right after I finished reading like I had originally planned. I probably would have started crying and/or screaming when the newspaper popped up on screen proclaiming “ALL IS WELL”. (mild almost-spoiler)
  4. Zathura (2005) ★★★☆☆
    • I remember enjoying Jumanji when I was a kid. It was amusing. This movie was cute and the kids were funny. I don’t even like children so that’s really saying something. Clearly, not the best film ever, but a cute family movie. The ending was a bit blah though.
  5. Air Force One (1997) ★★½☆☆
    • This movie was available in the Free Movies (keyword being free) section on Comcast’s VOD service for a good reason. I spent the entire movie thinking about how if any of this shit happened to George W. Bush, he’d be crying in his escape pod and/or completely oblivious while his family was murdered by Gary Oldman. I was also thinking about how awesome Gary Oldman is which is why this movie got two stars.
  6. Lost in Space (1998) ★★★½☆
    • It seems that recently I’ve watched many space-related films. And Gary Oldman films, for that matter. After I finished watching this movie, I desperately wanting to watch The Fifth Element, another awesome, comedic space-related movie with Gary Oldman. Anyway, Gary Oldman was awesome in this movie, as always, but I’ve always found that kid from Malcolm in the Middle’s face distracting.
  7. Bùnéng shuō de mìmì (aka Secret) (2007) ★★★½☆
    • I’ve just recently discovered my addiction to Taiwanese dramas and cinema and I have to admit that I really enjoyed this film despite some possible plot holes though some of those may have been due to the translation I watched. I love weird films with weird twists and this film definitely fit the bill.
  8. Gothika (2003) ★★½☆☆
    • I actually saw this film with some friends in 2003, but I watched it when it was on television this month for some Halloween special. It’s an okay movie, I wouldn’t watch it again, but I still spent the entire movie why it’s impossible for asylums and/or psych wards in movies to not look like the most grey, depressing places on the planet. You think someone’s mad? Sure, let’s stick them in grey uniforms in a place with very dim lighting, grey cement cells, grey weather, etc. and then proceed to wonder why they’re crazy. Sounds like a plan, yeah?
  9. Ci qing (aka Spider Lilies) (2007) ★★★½☆
    • This is another Taiwanese film I watched and the first LGBT Taiwanese film I’ve seen, though Shi qi sui de tian kong (aka Formula 17) is on my to-watch list as well. This film was definitely a bit weird and random, which I happen to love in movies. Perhaps it’s my crush on Rainie Yang (intensified by her awesome green wig she wore during half of this movie) that biased my opinion, but I really enjoyed this film. I found her character’s crush/love on Takeko adorable.
  10. Coffee Date (2006) ★★★½☆
  11. Death of a President (2006) ★★★☆☆
    • I honestly just watched this movie to see an actor playing George W. Bush get shot and because everyone was acting as if this film was a huge fucking travesty. You don’t really see him get shot so much as a swarm of Secret Service agents and a then a limo. That said, it was an interesting watch.
  12. Fucking Åmål (1998) ★★★★½
  13. Treasure Planet (2002) ★★★½☆
  14. Hercules (1997) ★★★★☆
  15. Boys Love (2006) ★★★☆☆
    • I actually watched this film in Japanese without English subtitles (as of yet there are no official subtitles and no plans for any–there’s also no fansubs available). My Japanese is crap (I can say ‘ringo,’ ’sashimi,’ and ‘yatta!’) so some bits were difficult to follow. That said, I enjoyed it, despite the very ‘what the fuck?!’ ending. It begins with the pair of them on the train. It’s very much an “Awww, so cute!” moment because he’s sleeping on his boyfriend’s shoulder on said train. Turns out, not so cute. The end reveals that the sleeping boy, Noeru, is effing dead because his psychotically jealous friend stabbed him. The boyfriend, Mamiya, schelpped Noeru’s body onto the train so he could take his body to sit with him the beach. (major spoilers for beginning and ending) Pretty fucked up, but good.
  16. Sahara (2005) ★★☆☆☆
    • I spent this entire movie thinking about how much I hate Matthew McConaughey. And how implausible this movie was and how, OF COURSE, the white, stupid American men have to save the day. Everybody else has to be completely incapable.
  17. Galaxy Quest (1999) ★★★★☆
  18. The Astronaut’s Wife (1999) ★★½☆☆
  19. In & Out (1997) ★★★★☆
  20. Bedrooms & Hallways (1998) ★★★½☆
  21. Chicken Little (2005) ★★★½☆
  22. 28 Weeks Later (2007) ★★★½☆
  23. Touch of Pink (2004) ★★★½☆
  24. All Over Me (1997) ★★★½☆
  25. The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000) ★★★★☆
  26. Sunshine (2007) ★★★☆☆
  27. Serendipity (2001) ★★☆☆☆
  28. Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005) ★★½☆☆
    • This movie would have been better had it been entirely about Madea. I got bored as hell during the lovey-dovey scenes.
  29. License to Wed (2007) ★★½☆☆
    • Sometimes it’s embarrassing to admit how in love I am with Mandy Moore.
  30. Antitrust (2001) ★★☆☆☆
    • They try to act as if this isn’t a “horror” movie about Bill Gates, but you just know it is.
  31. National Treasure (2004) ★★½☆☆
  32. The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004) ★★½☆☆
  33. Peter Pan (2003) ★★★★☆
  34. Home Alone (1990) ★★★★☆
  35. Monster House (2006) ★★★☆☆
  36. The Wild (2006)
  37. Cyber Wars (aka Avatar) (2004) ★★☆☆☆
  38. Wolf (1994) ★★½☆☆
  39. Ghost Dad (1990) ★★★☆☆
  40. Spider-Man (2002) ★★★☆☆
  41. Stargate (1994) ★★★☆☆
  42. The Park is Mine (1986) ★★½☆☆
    • Tommy Lee Jones staging a one-man takeover of Central Park. Was there any choice but to watch this? I think not.
  43. Getting Even with Dad (1994) ★★☆☆☆
  44. The Secret of NIMH (1982) ★★★½☆
  45. Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999) ★★½☆☆
    • Oh, Helen Mirren, the things I endure just for your awesomeness.
  46. Little Monsters (1989) ★★½☆☆
  47. I, Robot (2004) ★★★☆☆
  48. Next (2007) ★★☆☆☆
  49. Anastasia (1997) ★★★★☆
  50. 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) ★★★★☆
    • I hate how much I love this movie. It’s my favourite bad teen nineties movie. Plus it takes place in Seattle. Oh, how I wish there were actually paintball at Gas Works Park.
  51. D.E.B.S. (2004) ★★★★½
    • This falls into my favourites categories of ‘badass chicks with guns’ and ‘cute lesbian movies’. Both I love to a sad degree. Plus it’s so deliciously campy.
  52. Imagine Me & You (2005) ★★★★½
    • Again, I really adore cute lesbian films. There’s not enough of them. Plus I’m in love with Piper Perabo.
  53. The Colony (1995) ★★☆☆☆
    • Everybody in this movie was a complete moron except the little girl and John Ritter’s character’s cop brother. And they were pretty stupid too. This is a perfect example of why freedom and civil liberties are worth more than personal safety.
  54. I Am Legend (2007) ★★★½☆
    • I have sort of a scary obsession with dystopian, apocalyptic, and post-apocalyptic fiction. Definitely a good film, but I couldn’t get past (MAJOR SPOILERS) him having to kill his dog. I know it was necessary for the plot progression and all that, but it made me sad the entire day. Seriously. I apparently don’t give a shit about five and a half billion dead people or 500 million turned into crazy zombie/vampire-hybrid-like creatures and killing everyone else who didn’t die or change. But kill the dog, his only friend/family left on the planet, and I’ll cry like a fucking baby and spend the rest of the week feeding my dogs extra sausages and snausages. Hell, I’m still sad about Old Yeller and Where the Red Fern Grows. I even knew the endings before I watched and read them, respectively. And I watched/read them over ten years ago.

4 Comments

  1. rachel says:

    Here are some movie to try (of course I realize you might have seen them…)

    1. Eating Raoul
    2. Oranges are not the only fruit
    3. Iron Giant
    4. Bellman and True (if you can find it)
    5. Mask (with Cher)
    6. Silkwood
    7. The Hunger
    8. Memento
    9. Vanilla Sky
    10. La Cage aux folles
    11. Raising Arizona
    12. 3 hommes et un couffin
    13. Romuald et Juliette
    14. Wing Chun
    15. The Heroic Trio

    And of course all movies by Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli including (though I assume you’ve seen most if not all of these):

    1. My Neighbor Totoro
    2. Kiki’s Delivery Service
    3. Princess Mononoke
    4. Porco Rosso
    5. Only Yesterday

  2. s says:

    I’m kindof impressed that you had Wing Chun and Raising Arizona on the same list. I love both of them.
    For my birthday the other day I rented The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie; surrealy hilarious.

  3. sgu online says:

    I found your site while browsing on google for stargate universe and saw a few of your other pieces too. I’ve just added you to my yahoo rss Reader. Just wanted to say” keep up the good work” and congrats on a job well done! thumbsup from me :D

  4. I only wish her all the very best. The sun will rise and shine again on such a talented actor.

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