a mostly complete list of movies i have watched and books i have read.
i haven't been vigilant about keeping track, but here's some sort of list, vaguely in alphabetically order.
* denotes a film i have seen before
bold denotes a film that i really enjoyed (obviously i enjoyed the *'d ones as well because why else would i watch them again?)
movies
1. away we go (2009)
2. the a-team (2010)
3. *batman returns (1992)
4. *before sunset (2004)
5. bombay beach (2011) (doc)
6. the broadway melody (1929)
7. blue valentine (2010)
8. bridesmaids (2011)
9. cave of forgotten dreams (2010)(doc)
10. cedar rapids (2011)
11. la cite des enfants perdus the city of lost children (1996)
12. cyrus (2010)
13. dinner for schmucks (2010)
14. dorian gray (2009)
15. due date (2010)
16. *edward scissorhands (1990)
17. exit through the gift shop (2010)(doc)
18. family portrait in black and white (2011)(doc)
19. the fighter (2010)
20. get low (2009)
21. gunless (2010)
22. greenberg (2010)
23. hanna (2011)
24. *happiness (1998)
25. hereafter (2010)
26. holy rollers (2010)
27. howl (2010)
28. inception (2010)
29. the infidel (2010)
30. i love you phillip morris (2009)
31. i'm still here (2010)
32. it's kind of a funny story (2010)
33. jess + moss (2011)
34. jonah hex (2010)
35. just go with it (2011)
36. the king's speech (2010)
37. kooky (2010)
38. leap year (2010)
39. legends of the guardians: the owls of ga'hoole (2010)
40. let me in (2010)
41. life during wartime (2009)
42. life in a day (2011)(doc)
43. logan's run (1976)
44. lymelife (2008)
45. machete maidens unleashed! (2010)(doc)
46. make way for tomorrow (1937)
47. me and you and everyone we know (2005)
48. milo & otis (1986)
49. the misfits (1961)
50. no strings attached (2011)
51. nowhere boy (2009)
52. 127 hours (2010)
53. one lucky elephant (2010)(doc)
54. pirate radio (2009)
55. les quatre cents coups the 400 blows (1959)
56. rabbit hole (2010)
57. rumble in the bronx (1995)
58. the runaways (2010)
59. sex and the city 2 (2010)
60. sherlock holmes (2010)
61. the snow walker (2003)
62. solitary man (2009)
63. slumdog millionaire (2008)
64. the town (2010)
65. toy story 3 (2010)
66. true grit (2010)
67. 2046 (2004)
68. *v for vendetta (2006)
69. the warriors (1979)
70. the way back (2010)
71. *welcome to the dollhouse (1995)
72. when in rome (2010)
73. when love is not enough: the lois wilson story (2010)
74. you don't know jack (2010)
EDIT: i'm going through my perpetual calendar and finding more movies that i watched... also, i put (doc) beside the documentaries.
75. *jurassic park (1993)
76. the trotsky (2009)
77. temple grandin (2010)
78. diner (1982)
79. winter's bone (2010)
80. *almost famous (2000)
81. *chicago (2002)
82. in the company of moose (2010)(doc)
83. red state (2011)
84. never let me go (2010)
85. paradise lost: the child murders at robin hood hills (1996)(doc)
so the ironic thing here is that i made a point to try to watch less movies in 2011, because it took up so much of my time, but i ended up watching 6 more than last year.
books (in random order)
F denote fiction
NF denotes non-fiction
1. the hunger games (suzanne collins) F
2. a perfect red: empire, espionage, and the quest for the color of desire (amy butler greenfield) NF
3. lucy (lawrence gonzales) F
4. catching fire (suzanne collins) F
5. william and kate: a royal love story (christopher andersen) NF
6. william and katherine: their story (andrew morton) NF
7. neil young nation (kevin chong) NF
8. alone: orphaned on the ocean (richard d. logan and tere duperrault fassbender) NF
9. hungry (crystal renn) NF
10. mockingjay (suzanne collins) F
11. palo alto (james franco) F
12. the heart is a lonely hunter (carson mccullers) F
13. lenin's embalmers (ilya zbarsky) NF
14. the secret wife of louis xiv francine d'aubigne, madame maintenon (veronica buckley) NF
15. still life: adventures in taxidermy (melissa milgrom) NF
currently in the middle of jurassic park (michael crichton)!
* denotes a film i have seen before
bold denotes a film that i really enjoyed (obviously i enjoyed the *'d ones as well because why else would i watch them again?)
movies
1. away we go (2009)
2. the a-team (2010)
3. *batman returns (1992)
4. *before sunset (2004)
5. bombay beach (2011) (doc)
6. the broadway melody (1929)
7. blue valentine (2010)
8. bridesmaids (2011)
9. cave of forgotten dreams (2010)(doc)
10. cedar rapids (2011)
11. la cite des enfants perdus the city of lost children (1996)
12. cyrus (2010)
13. dinner for schmucks (2010)
14. dorian gray (2009)
15. due date (2010)
16. *edward scissorhands (1990)
17. exit through the gift shop (2010)(doc)
18. family portrait in black and white (2011)(doc)
19. the fighter (2010)
20. get low (2009)
21. gunless (2010)
22. greenberg (2010)
23. hanna (2011)
24. *happiness (1998)
25. hereafter (2010)
26. holy rollers (2010)
27. howl (2010)
28. inception (2010)
29. the infidel (2010)
30. i love you phillip morris (2009)
31. i'm still here (2010)
32. it's kind of a funny story (2010)
33. jess + moss (2011)
34. jonah hex (2010)
35. just go with it (2011)
36. the king's speech (2010)
37. kooky (2010)
38. leap year (2010)
39. legends of the guardians: the owls of ga'hoole (2010)
40. let me in (2010)
41. life during wartime (2009)
42. life in a day (2011)(doc)
43. logan's run (1976)
44. lymelife (2008)
45. machete maidens unleashed! (2010)(doc)
46. make way for tomorrow (1937)
47. me and you and everyone we know (2005)
48. milo & otis (1986)
49. the misfits (1961)
50. no strings attached (2011)
51. nowhere boy (2009)
52. 127 hours (2010)
53. one lucky elephant (2010)(doc)
54. pirate radio (2009)
55. les quatre cents coups the 400 blows (1959)
56. rabbit hole (2010)
57. rumble in the bronx (1995)
58. the runaways (2010)
59. sex and the city 2 (2010)
60. sherlock holmes (2010)
61. the snow walker (2003)
62. solitary man (2009)
63. slumdog millionaire (2008)
64. the town (2010)
65. toy story 3 (2010)
66. true grit (2010)
67. 2046 (2004)
68. *v for vendetta (2006)
69. the warriors (1979)
70. the way back (2010)
71. *welcome to the dollhouse (1995)
72. when in rome (2010)
73. when love is not enough: the lois wilson story (2010)
74. you don't know jack (2010)
EDIT: i'm going through my perpetual calendar and finding more movies that i watched... also, i put (doc) beside the documentaries.
75. *jurassic park (1993)
76. the trotsky (2009)
77. temple grandin (2010)
78. diner (1982)
79. winter's bone (2010)
80. *almost famous (2000)
81. *chicago (2002)
82. in the company of moose (2010)(doc)
83. red state (2011)
84. never let me go (2010)
85. paradise lost: the child murders at robin hood hills (1996)(doc)
so the ironic thing here is that i made a point to try to watch less movies in 2011, because it took up so much of my time, but i ended up watching 6 more than last year.
books (in random order)
F denote fiction
NF denotes non-fiction
1. the hunger games (suzanne collins) F
2. a perfect red: empire, espionage, and the quest for the color of desire (amy butler greenfield) NF
3. lucy (lawrence gonzales) F
4. catching fire (suzanne collins) F
5. william and kate: a royal love story (christopher andersen) NF
6. william and katherine: their story (andrew morton) NF
7. neil young nation (kevin chong) NF
8. alone: orphaned on the ocean (richard d. logan and tere duperrault fassbender) NF
9. hungry (crystal renn) NF
10. mockingjay (suzanne collins) F
11. palo alto (james franco) F
12. the heart is a lonely hunter (carson mccullers) F
13. lenin's embalmers (ilya zbarsky) NF
14. the secret wife of louis xiv francine d'aubigne, madame maintenon (veronica buckley) NF
15. still life: adventures in taxidermy (melissa milgrom) NF
currently in the middle of jurassic park (michael crichton)!