Sunday, January 31, 2010

#4 on Boxcar's New Years Resolutions

4. Watch a new movie every day.

I started keeping a movie journal and here is what January looked like (I know I won't have time tomorrow to watch a movie so it is officially done for January). I also graded each movie immediately after watching it. Obviously, I should never be a professional critic.

  1. Knife in the Water - 1962 (ns) - A+
  2. La Bete Humaine - 1938 (ns) - A
  3. Extract - 2009 (n) - C -
  4. 500 Days of Summer - 2009 (n) - B+
  5. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers - 1946 (ns) - A+
  6. District B13 - 2004 (ns) - B+
  7. The Stranger - 1946 (ns) - A
  8. On Dangerous Ground - 1952 (n) - A+
  9. Mr. Arkadin - 1955 (ns) - C *poorly dubbed version probably ruined it for me
  10. Terminator Salvation - 2009 (n) - D
  11. Murder, My Sweet - 1944 (n) - A+
  12. The Friends of Eddie Coyle - 1973 (n) - A
  13. Sherlock Holmes - 2009 (t) - B+
  14. Crossfire - 1947 (n) - A
  15. Le Corbeau - 1943 (ns) - A+
  16. The Aura - 2005 (ns) - A
  17. Mad Max - 1979 (n) - B+
  18. Moon - 2005 (n) - A
  19. No Right Turn - 2009 (n) - F-
  20. Magnum Force - 1973 (ns) - B+
  21. The Hurt Locker - 2009 (n) - A++
  22. Panic in the Streets - 1950 (ns) - B
  23. Year of Living Dangerously - 1982 (ns) - B+
  24. Marley and Me - 2008 (n) - C+
  25. Fall of the Republic - 2008 (yt) - C+
  26. What Just Happened - 2008 (ns) - B
  27. Book of Eli - 2010 (t) - B+
  28. The Oxbow Incident - 1943 (ns) - B+
  29. Gamer - 2009 (n) - F
  30. Pandorum - 2009 (n) - D+
  31. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - 2009 (n) - B+
  32. Suddenly - 1954 (ns) - A-
  33. Vera Cruz - 1954 (ns) - A+
  34. The Searchers - 1956 (ns) - A+++
  35. The Professionals - 1966 (ns) - A+
  36. Casablanca - 1942 (n) - A++++++++
  37. 400 Blows - 1959 (ns) - A+++
  38. Night Moves - 1975 (ns) - A
  39. Shooter - 2007 (n) - B
  40. Adventureland - 2009 (n) - B+
  41. Edge of Darkness - 2010 (t) - A-
(n) = netflix
(ns) = netflix streaming
(yt) = youtube
(t) = theater

2 comments:

Questionable Taste said...

Agree with your overall assessment of Gamer. However, what'd you think of Michael C. Hall? His performance and the final dance number almost - ALMOST - saved the entire film for me, which I think says a few things about Mr. Dexter Morgan's talents as a thespian.

Boxcar said...

He was fun, I'll grant you that. But I didn't make it to the dance number (now wishing I had) because I was too busy pulling my fingernails out.