2012 Movie and Book Challenge.
2012 Movie Challenge.
I'm going to try to see 100 new movies (that is, movies that are just coming out, or movies that I've never seen before) in 2012. I'll update this post with the films that I've seen, as I see them. This year, I'm going to assign each movie a rating (1-5 stars)
1. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) | ★★★★
2. Twilight: Breaking Dawn pt 1 (2011) | ★
3. The Karate Kid (2010) | ★★★
4. One Day (2011) | ★★★★
5. The Iron Lady (2011) | ★★★★
6. Hostel: Part II (2007) | ★★★
7. I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009) | ★★
8. The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus (2009) | ★★★
9. In & Out (1997) | ★★★★
10. The Adventures of Tintin (2011) | ★★★★
11. Teen Wolf Too (1987) | ★★
12. 50/50 (2011) | ★★★★
13. The Woman in Black (2012) | ★★★
14. Raise Your Voice (2004) | ★★★
15. Bowling For Columbine (2002) | ★★★★
16. Anaconda (2007) | ★★
17. The Descendants (2011) | ★★★★
18. WALL-E (2008) | ★★★★
19. Insidious (2010) | ★★★
20. Father of the Bride, Part II (1995) | ★★★
21. Young Adult (2011) | ★★
22. What's Your Number? (2011) | ★★★★
23. Resident Evil : Afterlife (2010) | ★★
24. Bad Girls (1994) : | ★★★
25. Hugo (2011) : | ★★★★
26. Persepolis (2007) : | ★★★★
27. The Big Year (2011) : | ★★★
28. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) : | ★★★★
29. In Time (2011) : | ★★
30. Friends With Kids (2012) : | ★★★
31. My Week With Marilyn (2011) : | ★★★
32. Fallen (1998) : | ★★★
33. Hostel (2005) : | ★★★
34. The Rebound (2009) : | ★★★
35. The Hunger Games (2012) : | ★★★★★
36. Carnage (2011) : | ★★★
37. Game of Death (2010) : | ★★
38. Melancholia (2011) : | ★★
39. The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) : | ★★★★
40. Our Idiot Brother (2011) : | ★★★★
41. Chloe (2010) : | ★★★★
42. O Brother Where Art Thou? (2000) : | ★★★★★
43. A Dangerous Method (2011) : ★★★
44. Curdled (1996) : ★★
45. Flowers in the Attic (1987) : | ★★
46. Dream House (2011) : | ★★★★
47. The Old Man and the Sea (1958) : ★★
48. You Again (2009) : | ★★★
49. The Shining (1980) : | ★★★
50. The Misfits (1961) : |★★★
51. The Five-Year Engagement (2012) : | ★★★★
52. Texas Killing Fields (2011) : |★★
53. The Sitter (2011) : | ★★★
54. Thor (2011) : | ★★★
55. Captain America : The First Avenger (2011) : | ★★★★
56. Jack and Jill (2011) : | ★
57. Tower Heist (2011) : | ★★
58. North Country (2005) : | ★★★★
59. Dark Shadows (2012) : | ★★★
60. Resident Evil (2001) : | ★★
61. One For The Money (2012) : | ★★
62. Contraband (2012) : | ★★★
63. Resident Evil : Apocalypse (2004) : | ★★
64. Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) : ★
65. 21 Jump Street (2012) : | ★★★
66. Friends With Money (2006) : | ★★★
67. Albert Nobbs (2011) : | ★★★★
68. The Conspirator (2010) : | ★★★
69. Session 9 (2001) : | ★★★
70. Away We Go (2009) : | ★★★★
71. White Water Summer (1987) : | ★★
72. New Years Eve (2011) : | ★★★
73. Howl's Moving Castle (2004) : | ★★★
74. The Vow (2012) : | ★★★
75. The Thing (2011) : | ★★★
76. Tucker & Dale vs Evil (2010) : | ★★★★
77. Misery (1990) : | ★★★
78. Running With Scissors (2006) : | ★★
79. Lost in Translation (2003) : | ★★★★
80. Cabin in the Woods (2012) : | ★★★★★
81. Friends With Benefits (2011) : | ★★★★
82. Jeff Who Lives At Home (2012) : | ★★
83. Abraham Lincoln : Vampire Hunter (2012) : | ★★
84. Brave (2012) : | ★★★★
85. Moonrise Kingdom (2012) : | ★★★★
86. Snow White & The Huntsman (2012) : ★★★★
87. Primary Colors (1998) : | ★★★
88. The Ides of March (2011) : | ★★★
89. The Perfect Family (2011) : | ★★
90. Home Room (2002) : | ★★★
91. What To Expect When You're Expecting (2012) : | ★★★
92. The Fish Child (2009) : | ★★
93. The Strangers (2008) : | ★★
94. Double Dare (2005) : | ★★★★
95. This Means War (2012) : | ★★★
96. Wanderlust (2011) : | ★★
97. Thorne: Sleepyhead (2010) : | ★★★
98. Thorne: Scaredy Cat (2010) : | ★★★
99. Hick (2011) : | ★★
100. Connie & Carla (2004) : | ★★★★
101. House of the Devil (2009) : | ★★★
102. Stephen King's Thinner (1996) : ★★★
103. Celeste & Jesse Forever (2012) : | ★★★★
104. The Lucky One (2012) : | ★★
105. Land of the Dead (2005) : | ★★
106. Barefoot in the Park (1967) : | ★★★★
107. My Summer of Love (2004) : | ★★★
108. The Avengers (2012) : | ★★★★★
109. Trouble With The Curve (2012) : | ★★★
2012 Book Challenge.
I'm going to try to read 25 new books (that is, books that I've never read before) in 2012, as well. I only managed to do 19 out of 25 in 2011. Just for funsies, I'll give the books a rating, as well.
1. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green : | ★★★★★
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson : | ★★★★
3. The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening by L.J. Smith : | ★★
4. The Vampire Diaries: The Struggle by L.J. Smith : | ★★
5. The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson : | ★★★★
6. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway : | ★★★
7. Dexter is Delicious by Jeff Lindsay : | ★★★
8. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith : | ★★★★
9. The Girl Who Played With Fire by Steig Larsson : | ★★★★
10. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini : | ★★★★
11. Slam by Nick Hornby : | ★★★
12. On The Road by Jack Kerouac : |
13. Raisin' Brains : Surviving My Smart Family by Karen L.J. Isaacson : | ★★★
I'm going to try to see 100 new movies (that is, movies that are just coming out, or movies that I've never seen before) in 2012. I'll update this post with the films that I've seen, as I see them. This year, I'm going to assign each movie a rating (1-5 stars)
1. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) | ★★★★
2. Twilight: Breaking Dawn pt 1 (2011) | ★
3. The Karate Kid (2010) | ★★★
4. One Day (2011) | ★★★★
5. The Iron Lady (2011) | ★★★★
6. Hostel: Part II (2007) | ★★★
7. I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009) | ★★
8. The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus (2009) | ★★★
9. In & Out (1997) | ★★★★
10. The Adventures of Tintin (2011) | ★★★★
11. Teen Wolf Too (1987) | ★★
12. 50/50 (2011) | ★★★★
13. The Woman in Black (2012) | ★★★
14. Raise Your Voice (2004) | ★★★
15. Bowling For Columbine (2002) | ★★★★
16. Anaconda (2007) | ★★
17. The Descendants (2011) | ★★★★
18. WALL-E (2008) | ★★★★
19. Insidious (2010) | ★★★
20. Father of the Bride, Part II (1995) | ★★★
21. Young Adult (2011) | ★★
22. What's Your Number? (2011) | ★★★★
23. Resident Evil : Afterlife (2010) | ★★
24. Bad Girls (1994) : | ★★★
25. Hugo (2011) : | ★★★★
26. Persepolis (2007) : | ★★★★
27. The Big Year (2011) : | ★★★
28. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) : | ★★★★
29. In Time (2011) : | ★★
30. Friends With Kids (2012) : | ★★★
31. My Week With Marilyn (2011) : | ★★★
32. Fallen (1998) : | ★★★
33. Hostel (2005) : | ★★★
34. The Rebound (2009) : | ★★★
35. The Hunger Games (2012) : | ★★★★★
36. Carnage (2011) : | ★★★
37. Game of Death (2010) : | ★★
38. Melancholia (2011) : | ★★
39. The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) : | ★★★★
40. Our Idiot Brother (2011) : | ★★★★
41. Chloe (2010) : | ★★★★
42. O Brother Where Art Thou? (2000) : | ★★★★★
43. A Dangerous Method (2011) : ★★★
44. Curdled (1996) : ★★
45. Flowers in the Attic (1987) : | ★★
46. Dream House (2011) : | ★★★★
47. The Old Man and the Sea (1958) : ★★
48. You Again (2009) : | ★★★
49. The Shining (1980) : | ★★★
50. The Misfits (1961) : |★★★
51. The Five-Year Engagement (2012) : | ★★★★
52. Texas Killing Fields (2011) : |★★
53. The Sitter (2011) : | ★★★
54. Thor (2011) : | ★★★
55. Captain America : The First Avenger (2011) : | ★★★★
56. Jack and Jill (2011) : | ★
57. Tower Heist (2011) : | ★★
58. North Country (2005) : | ★★★★
59. Dark Shadows (2012) : | ★★★
60. Resident Evil (2001) : | ★★
61. One For The Money (2012) : | ★★
62. Contraband (2012) : | ★★★
63. Resident Evil : Apocalypse (2004) : | ★★
64. Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) : ★
65. 21 Jump Street (2012) : | ★★★
66. Friends With Money (2006) : | ★★★
67. Albert Nobbs (2011) : | ★★★★
68. The Conspirator (2010) : | ★★★
69. Session 9 (2001) : | ★★★
70. Away We Go (2009) : | ★★★★
71. White Water Summer (1987) : | ★★
72. New Years Eve (2011) : | ★★★
73. Howl's Moving Castle (2004) : | ★★★
74. The Vow (2012) : | ★★★
75. The Thing (2011) : | ★★★
76. Tucker & Dale vs Evil (2010) : | ★★★★
77. Misery (1990) : | ★★★
78. Running With Scissors (2006) : | ★★
79. Lost in Translation (2003) : | ★★★★
80. Cabin in the Woods (2012) : | ★★★★★
81. Friends With Benefits (2011) : | ★★★★
82. Jeff Who Lives At Home (2012) : | ★★
83. Abraham Lincoln : Vampire Hunter (2012) : | ★★
84. Brave (2012) : | ★★★★
85. Moonrise Kingdom (2012) : | ★★★★
86. Snow White & The Huntsman (2012) : ★★★★
87. Primary Colors (1998) : | ★★★
88. The Ides of March (2011) : | ★★★
89. The Perfect Family (2011) : | ★★
90. Home Room (2002) : | ★★★
91. What To Expect When You're Expecting (2012) : | ★★★
92. The Fish Child (2009) : | ★★
93. The Strangers (2008) : | ★★
94. Double Dare (2005) : | ★★★★
95. This Means War (2012) : | ★★★
96. Wanderlust (2011) : | ★★
97. Thorne: Sleepyhead (2010) : | ★★★
98. Thorne: Scaredy Cat (2010) : | ★★★
99. Hick (2011) : | ★★
100. Connie & Carla (2004) : | ★★★★
101. House of the Devil (2009) : | ★★★
102. Stephen King's Thinner (1996) : ★★★
103. Celeste & Jesse Forever (2012) : | ★★★★
104. The Lucky One (2012) : | ★★
105. Land of the Dead (2005) : | ★★
106. Barefoot in the Park (1967) : | ★★★★
107. My Summer of Love (2004) : | ★★★
108. The Avengers (2012) : | ★★★★★
109. Trouble With The Curve (2012) : | ★★★
2012 Book Challenge.
I'm going to try to read 25 new books (that is, books that I've never read before) in 2012, as well. I only managed to do 19 out of 25 in 2011. Just for funsies, I'll give the books a rating, as well.
1. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green : | ★★★★★
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson : | ★★★★
3. The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening by L.J. Smith : | ★★
4. The Vampire Diaries: The Struggle by L.J. Smith : | ★★
5. The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson : | ★★★★
6. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway : | ★★★
7. Dexter is Delicious by Jeff Lindsay : | ★★★
8. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith : | ★★★★
9. The Girl Who Played With Fire by Steig Larsson : | ★★★★
10. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini : | ★★★★
11. Slam by Nick Hornby : | ★★★
12. On The Road by Jack Kerouac : |
13. Raisin' Brains : Surviving My Smart Family by Karen L.J. Isaacson : | ★★★