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Movies I saw in 2011

I keep track of the movies I watch with a Google Calendar. I mark down when I saw the movie, where I saw it, who I saw it with, and whether I’d seen it before. Here are some facts about my movie viewing habits in 2011:

  • I saw 122 movies in 2011.
  • I saw 7 of those movies twice in 2011 - Scott Pilgrim vs the World, The Brothers Bloom, Midnight in Paris, Attack the Block, Halloween III, The Social Network, and Splice.
  • 44 times I had already seen the movie at least once before.
  • I saw 40 movies in theaters and 89 movies at home.
  • I saw 39 movies by myself and 90 movies with friends or family.

Pretty cool, I guess. For comparison, in 2010 I saw 106 movies. And for those curious, here’s the list of all the movies I saw last year, in the order I saw them.

The Social Network

MacGruber

Greenberg

Shaun of the Dead

Scott Pilgrim vs the World

Hot Fuzz

Animal House

American Graffiti

Iron Man 2

Zabriskie Point

Zoo

127 Hours

Cemetary Junction

An Education

Scott Pilgrim vs The World

Black Swan

All-Star Superman

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Unknown

Jason X

Cold Weather

Adam

Splice

Southland Tales

Funny People

Avatar

Alien

A Perfect Getaway

Twilight Zone: The Movie

Grindhouse

Machete

Rushmore

Monogamy

The American

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

Sucker Punch

Star Trek

Super

Premonition

Tron: Legacy

Never Let Me Go

I Am Comic

Four Boxes

Resident Evil: Afterlife

The Terminator

Terminator: Salvation

The Road

Stalker

Cube 2: Hypercube

The Beach

Thor

Source Code

The Blues Brothers

Fair Game

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Catfish

Bridesmaids

The King’s Speech

The Hangover Part II

Where the Wild Things Are

Howl

Brainstorm

Super 8

The Brothers Bloom

Green Lantern

Nude for Satan

X-Men: First Class

Road to Nowhere

The Hurt Locker

Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop

From Dusk Till Dawn

Mortal Kombat

Jennifer’s Body

Transformers 3: Dark Side of the Moon

In Bruges

The Social Network

The Fighter

Captain America: The First Avenger

Crazy Stupid Love

When in Rome

Faster

Birdemic: Shock and Terror

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II

Rubber

Fantastic Mr. Fox

The Ghost Writer

Attack the Block

Swingers

Cowboys & Aliens

Midnight in Paris

Peep World

King of Fighters

28 Weeks Later

Winter’s Bone

Kaboom

The Brothers Bloom

Everything Must Go

Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace

Your Highness

Star Wars: Episode 2: Attack of the Clones

Star Wars: Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith

Paul

Insidious

Star Wars: Episode 4: A New Hope

Star Wars: Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back

Limitless

Red State

Green Hornet

Hollywoodland

The Last Excorcism

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

The Adjustment Bureau

Drive

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

Attack the Block

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

Home Alone

Robocop

Up in the Air

The Escapist

A Dangerous Method

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Swedish)

Young Adult

Toy Story 3

Splice

Midnight in Paris

The Men Who Stare at Goats

The American

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Posted 3 months ago

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1.) Watch the screenwriter of Bloodrayne talk about working with Uwe Boll. 2.) Invite all your friends over to have Uwe Boll movie marathon. 3.) Wear the right shoes, drink the kool-aid.

Also, never forget that I saw Bloodrayne IN THE THEATER.

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Posted 4 months ago

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So I got another e-mail from Netflix today, announcing that—on second thought—they weren’t going to be spinning off their DVD rental service into something called Qwikster, which is probably for the best. Man, I can only imagine if you’re just a subscriber who hasn’t been following this story as it has developed and you just keep getting e-mails from Netflix ever few weeks, it’s gotta be like “Hey, Netflix, I love you and everything, but you’ve got to lay off the drunken e-mails.” Anyway, I’m glad my queue isn’t being split into two queues, and I hope they end up incorporating game rentals into the mailer service, because that’s relevant to my interests. Really, I’m excited to see what their next step is, because right now the best thing for them to do— since that they’ve raised prices and upset everybody—is to just start improving the content and service they give their customers. Justify this new price. Hopefully that means better streaming content, better social network integration, and free blowjays.

So I got another e-mail from Netflix today, announcing that—on second thought—they weren’t going to be spinning off their DVD rental service into something called Qwikster, which is probably for the best. Man, I can only imagine if you’re just a subscriber who hasn’t been following this story as it has developed and you just keep getting e-mails from Netflix ever few weeks, it’s gotta be like “Hey, Netflix, I love you and everything, but you’ve got to lay off the drunken e-mails.”

Anyway, I’m glad my queue isn’t being split into two queues, and I hope they end up incorporating game rentals into the mailer service, because that’s relevant to my interests. Really, I’m excited to see what their next step is, because right now the best thing for them to do— since that they’ve raised prices and upset everybody—is to just start improving the content and service they give their customers. Justify this new price. Hopefully that means better streaming content, better social network integration, and free blowjays.

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Posted 5 months ago

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It was crazy. I was at a party—I’d never met her—and she was like, ‘Come sit down.’ So I sit at her table and talk for ten minutes, and she goes, ‘I think it’s time for you to leave now.’ So I say, ‘January, you are an actress in a show and everybody’s going to forget about you in a few years, so fucking be nice,’ and I got up and left. And she thinks that’s funny?
Zach Galifianakis talks about That Time He Told January Jones To “Be F*cking Nice”: Gothamist

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Posted 7 months ago

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If I had money and a house, I would buy this. (via Ramona Flowers by NC Winters | /Film)

If I had money and a house, I would buy this. (via Ramona Flowers by NC Winters | /Film)

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Posted 7 months ago

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Brave is Pixar’s 2012 movie, and this is the trailer for it. I think it looks pretty effing good. But does it look good enough that I should go see Cars 2 this weekend? Hm.

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Posted 1 year ago

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The Wright Stuff II

The Wright Stuff is a film festival programmed by Edgar Wright at the New Beverly Cinema here in LA. Last month he did it for the second time, and I had the fortune of going to two of the shows. I’m a big Edgar Wright fan, so it was a really good time.

On Saturday was a triple-feature of Wright’s first three films: Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Scott PIlgrim vs The World. In between the movies Edgar came out, did introductions, and brought out special guests for audience Q&A. We got to see Simon Pegg, Lucy Davis, and about half the cast of Scott Pilgrim. The screening started at 7:30pm and we didn’t get out until 3:30am. It was a blast. The New Beverly is a classic Los Angeles landmark that looked like it might shutdown recently, but was saved by Quentin Tarantino. I got to see Quentin a couple of times during the night, he hung out in the back of the theater while we watched the movies, and he has a presence about him that is just unreal. It was great to hear his distinctive laugh ring out after certain punchlines in Edgar’s movies. Quentin also programmed vintage trailers that played between each film, and they were amazing.

We came back a couple of nights later for an American Graffiti/Animal House double-feature. It was great to see American Graffiti on the big screen, it really holds up. Then we watched Animal House, which I had never seen before, so it was cool to have my first viewing in a theater full of fans. The director of Animal House, John Landis, was there to introduce the film and give a Q&A, along with the film’s editor. Landis had great stories to tell and was very funny.

I remember being six or seven years old and watching the making of Michael Jackson’s Thriller, which we had on VHS. I would watch it over and over again, as John Landis would explain how he did all of the special effects. Seeing him in person, so many years later, was a very cool experience.

The New Beverly is a great theater and if you live in L.A. you should definitely get on their mailing list and go see some classic movies. Their ticket prices are very low (it was $10 for the triple feature and $7 for the double), and their snacks and drinks are even lower. You might even get to see one of your idols.

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Posted 1 year ago

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There shouldn't be an Uncharted movie, you guys

I wrote this thing about how even though David O. Russell is making a movie starring Mark Wahlberg based on the Uncharted videogames, that you know, they shouldn’t make that movie. Read it if you want.

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Posted 1 year ago

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These are great. They remind me of a graph P and I made when we started GraphJam: I guess I’m going to ask for those blu-rays for xmas.

These are great. They remind me of a graph P and I made when we started GraphJam:

I guess I’m going to ask for those blu-rays for xmas.

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Posted 1 year ago
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Two nights ago, P spent hours searching YouTube, trying to find Eric Stoltz footage from Back to the Future. He mostly failed. For those who haven’t known about this for twenty-five years, Eric Stoltz was originally cast as Marty McFly in Back to the Future, they shot for five weeks, then decided he wasn’t right for the role and cast Michael J Fox. With the upcoming theatrical and blu-ray re-releases, it looks like some new footage is going to drop, and we are all very excited. Today I came across this awesome McFly family photo featuring Eric Stoltz as Marty, and I lost my ish. Enjoy. thedailywhat: What Could Have Been of the Day: Following yesterday’s never-before-seen Back to the Future footage of Eric Stoltz as Marty McFly, another bit of alternate history has surfaced: The infamous “fading family photo” from part 1, with Stoltz instead of Michael J. Fox. [videogum.]

Two nights ago, P spent hours searching YouTube, trying to find Eric Stoltz footage from Back to the Future. He mostly failed. For those who haven’t known about this for twenty-five years, Eric Stoltz was originally cast as Marty McFly in Back to the Future, they shot for five weeks, then decided he wasn’t right for the role and cast Michael J Fox. With the upcoming theatrical and blu-ray re-releases, it looks like some new footage is going to drop, and we are all very excited. Today I came across this awesome McFly family photo featuring Eric Stoltz as Marty, and I lost my ish. Enjoy.

thedailywhat:

What Could Have Been of the Day: Following yesterday’s never-before-seen Back to the Future footage of Eric Stoltz as Marty McFly, another bit of alternate history has surfaced: The infamous “fading family photo” from part 1, with Stoltz instead of Michael J. Fox.

[videogum.]

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