50 films and books challenge
2005 roundup: 109 films and a disappointing 44 books. Will be working harder to reach 150 films and 50 books this time round.
Something different this time, I shall be adding the date I watched a film or finished a book for my own reference at the end of each title. I would also be listing down films and books watched and read previously as 'PW' (previously watched) or 'PR' (previously read). I'm not counting the films but I am counting books I have read previously because I do that too much with my books. Just so you know. :)
Here are my lists for the 50bookchallenge and 50filmchallenge for year 2006
*Last update: 17 December 2006
Films watched in 2006:
January
1. Elizabethtown (2005) [03/01] *
2. Football Hooligans (2005) [04/01] *
3. Broken Flowers (2005) [05/01] *
4. Le Grand Voyage [French] (2004) [05/01] *
5. Hitler: The Rise of Evil [TV] (2003) [08/01]
- (PW). Dirty Dancing (1987) [09/01]
6. Schindler's List (1993) [10/01]
7. Walk The Line (2005) [17/01] *
8. Match Point (2005) [24/01] *
9. The Silence Of The Lambs (1991) [26/01]
10. Gentleman's Agreement (1947) [29/01]
11. Three Kings (1999) [31/01]
February
12. Memoirs Of A Geisha (2005) [02/02] *
13. The Constant Gardener (2005) [03/02] *
14. The Legend Of 1900 (1998) [05/02]
15. Good Night, And Good Luck (2005) [07/02]
16. The English Patient (1996) [08/02]
17. Syriana (2005) [09/02] *
18. Jarhead (2005) [09/02] *
19. Quiz Show (1994) [09/02]
20. Brokeback Mountain (2005) [10/02] *
21. Everything Is Illuminated (2005) [12/02]
22. North Country (2005) [13/02] *
23. Gattaca (1997) [13/02]
24. Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005) [14/02] *
25. Caché [French] (2005) [15/02] *
26. Red Dragon (2002) [15/02]
27. Crash (2005) [16/02]
28. Saving Private Ryan (1998) [21/02]
29. Munich (2005) [25/02] *
30. Capote (2005) [27/02] *
March
31. The Avengers (1998) [01/03]
32. Junebug (2005) [04/03]
33. Gubra (2006) [05/03] *
34. Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) [06/03]
- (PW). The Constant Gardener (2005) [09/03] *
35. American Psycho (2000) [13/03]
- (PW). Brokeback Mountain (2005) [14/03] *
36. Nanny McPhee (2005) [20/03] *
37. Underworld: Evolution (2006) [21/03]*
38. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (Spirited Away) [Japanese] (2001) [21/03]
39. The Producers (2005) [21/03] *
40. Sepet (2004) [22/03]
41. The New World (2005) [25/03] *
42. V For Vendetta (2005) [27/03] *
43. Ultraviolet (2006) [29/03] *
44. Pride And Prejudice [TV] (1995) [29/03]
45. Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) [30/03] *
46. Hauru no ugoku shiro (Howl's Moving Castle) [Japanese] (2004) [31/03]
April
- (PW). V For Vendetta (2005) [03/04] *
47. The Pianist (2002) [04/04]
48. Spider (2002) [05/04]
49. Tristan + Isolde (2006) [05/04] *
50. Try Seventeen (All I Want) (2002) [05/04]
---> 50 Films Challenge completed 05/04/2006
51. Inside Man (2006) [06/04] *
- (PW). Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring *extended edition* (2001) [09/04]
52. Reservoir Dogs (1992) [10/04]
- (PW). My Sassy Girl [Korean] (2001) [10/04]
53. Daisy [Korean] (2006) [12/04] *
54. Firewall (2006) [14/04] *
55. Sixth Sense (1999) [18/04]
56. Day After Tomorrow (2004) [23/04]
57. Art Of Flirting (Singapore International Film Festival) [24/04] *
58. Valmont (1989) [25/04]
59. Onegin (1999) [26/04]
60. Singin' In The Rain (1952) [26/04]
May
61. Mission: Impossible III (2006) [03/05] *
- (PW). The Incredibles (2004) [04/05]
62. Paradise Now [Arabic] (2005) [05/05] *
- (PW). Pride And Prejudice [TV] (1995) [08/05]
63. The Da Vinci Code (2006) [18/05] *
64. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) *
65. Toy Story 2 (1999) [29/05]
June
66. Cars (2006) [03/06] *
67. Cactus Flower (1969) [08/06]
68. The Lady From Shanghai (1947) [09/06]
69. Beautiful Boxer [Thai] (2003) [16/06]
70. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (2005) [17/06]
71. Superman Returns (2006) [28/06] *
July
72. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) [11/07] *
- (PW). Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) [16/07] *
73. Thank You For Smoking (2005) [19/07] *
74. The World's Fastest Indian (2005) [19/07] *
75. Grease (1978) [23/07]
August
76. The Lake House (2006) [01/08] *
77. The Break-Up (2006) [18/08] *
September
78. The Devil Wears Prada (2006) [05/09] *
- (PW). The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King *extended edition* [09/09]
79. Singapore Dreaming (2006) [12/09] *
80. Lucky Number Slevin (2006) [15/09] *
81. Miami Vice (2006) [22/09] *
82. De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) [French] (2005) [--/09] *
October
83. Little Miss Sunshine (2006) [03/10] *
84. Les Choristes (The Choir) [French] (2004) [07/10]
85. Au Revoir, Les Enfants (Goodbye, Children) [French] (1987) [07/10]
86. Anne Frank: The Whole Story [TV] (2001) [07/10]
- (PW). Little Miss Sunshine (2006) [10/10] *
87. Scoop (2006) [11/10] *
88. Little Red Flowers (Kan shang qu hen mei) [Mandarin] (2006) [11/10] *
89. World Trade Center (2006) [11/10] *
90. The Departed (2006) [11/10] *
91. Being John Malkovich (1999) [14/10]
92. The Prestige (2006) [18/10] *
93. Death Note (Desu nôto) [Japanese] (2006) [25/10] *
94. The Guardian (2006) [27/10] *
95. Nihon chinbotsu (The Sinking of Japan) [Japanese] [31/10] *
November
96. Gossip (2000) [06/11]
97. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) [06/11]
98. East of Eden (1955) [06/11]
99. The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) [07/11]
100. Connie and Carla (2004) [09/11]
---> 100 Films completed 09/11/2006
101. Shi Gan (Time) [Korean] (2006) [10/11] *
102. A Good Year (2006) [11/11] *
103. L'homme de sa vie (The Man Of My Life) (2006) [14/11] *
104. Charade (1963) [17/11]
105. MirrorMask (2006) [17/11]
106. Casino Royale (2006) [29/11] *
December
107. Happy Feet (2006) [01/12] *
108. Nacho Libre (2006) [17/12]
109. Der Untergang (Downfall) [German] (2004) [17/12]
110. The Queen (2006) [22/12] *
Total (new) films in cinema: 60
Books read in 2006:
January
1. Haruki Murakami - Dance, Dance, Dance [02/01]
2 (PR). Joanne Harris - Chocolat [04/01]
3 (PR). Tracy Chevalier - Girl With A Pearl Earring [10/01]
4. George Orwell - Animal Farm [12/01]
5. George Perry - James Dean: Features Photographs From The Dean Family's Private Collection [20/01]
6. Dennis Stock, Joe Hyams (introduction) - James Dean: Fifty Years Ago [21/01]
7. Elaine Cunningham - Daughter Of The Drow (Forgotten Realms Series) [22/01]
8. Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy [23/01]
9. Freya North - Love Rules [25/01]
10. Wladyslaw Szpilman, Anthea Bell (translation) - The Pianist [28/01]
February
11. Stephen L. Carter - The Emperor Of Ocean Park [17/02]
12. Douglas Adams - The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe [21/02]
13. Douglas Adams - Life, The Universe And Everything [23/02]
14. Mineko Iwasaki, Rande Brown [translation] - Geisha Of Gion [26/02]
March
15. Douglas Adams - So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish [19/03]
16. Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason - Rule Of Four [20/03]
April
17. John Le Carre - The Constant Gardener [02/04]
18. Jeffrey Archer - As The Crow Flies [07/04]
19. Douglas Adams - Mostly Harmless [08/04]
20. Raymond E. Feist - Magician Apprentice [14/04]
21. David Flusfeder - The Gift [21/04]
22. Alan Moore, David Lloyd - V For Vendetta (Graphic Novel) [24/04]
May
23 (PR). Jane Austen - Pride & Prejudice [04/05]
24. Christopher Priest - The Glamour [08/05]
25. Rex Pickett - Sideways [14/05]
26. Thomas Harris - Silence Of The Lambs [17/05]
27. Jonathan Safran Foer - Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close [28/05]
June
28. Jenny Colgan - Do You Remember the First Time? [04/06]
29. Sarah Harris - Closure [14/06]
30. Karen Brichoux - Separation Anxiety [16/06]
31. Claudine Cullimore - Small-Town Girl [23/06]
32. Sue Welfare - Off The Record [30/06]
July
August
33. Andre Dubus - House of Sand and Fog [04/08]
34. Scarlett Thomas - Popco [08/08]
35. George Orwell - 1984 [18/08]
September
36 (PR). Sophie Kinsella - The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic [01/09]
37 (PR). Sophie Kinsella - Shopaholic Abroad [02/09]
38. Mark Haddon - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time [06/09]
October
39. Chuck Barris - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind [14/10]
40. Tom Holt - Only Human [31/10]
November
41. Maureen Dowd - Are Men Necessary? [20/11]
42. Kim Izzo, Ceri Marsh - The Fabulous Girl's Guide to Decorum [27/11]
December
43. Peter Mayle - A Good Year [01/12]
44. Tom Hodgkinson - How To Be Idle [05/12]
Recommend me one book or film you think I would enjoy. Lists for 2004 and 2005.
Something different this time, I shall be adding the date I watched a film or finished a book for my own reference at the end of each title. I would also be listing down films and books watched and read previously as 'PW' (previously watched) or 'PR' (previously read). I'm not counting the films but I am counting books I have read previously because I do that too much with my books. Just so you know. :)
Here are my lists for the 50bookchallenge and 50filmchallenge for year 2006
*Last update: 17 December 2006
Films watched in 2006:
January
1. Elizabethtown (2005) [03/01] *
2. Football Hooligans (2005) [04/01] *
3. Broken Flowers (2005) [05/01] *
4. Le Grand Voyage [French] (2004) [05/01] *
5. Hitler: The Rise of Evil [TV] (2003) [08/01]
- (PW). Dirty Dancing (1987) [09/01]
6. Schindler's List (1993) [10/01]
7. Walk The Line (2005) [17/01] *
8. Match Point (2005) [24/01] *
9. The Silence Of The Lambs (1991) [26/01]
10. Gentleman's Agreement (1947) [29/01]
11. Three Kings (1999) [31/01]
February
12. Memoirs Of A Geisha (2005) [02/02] *
13. The Constant Gardener (2005) [03/02] *
14. The Legend Of 1900 (1998) [05/02]
15. Good Night, And Good Luck (2005) [07/02]
16. The English Patient (1996) [08/02]
17. Syriana (2005) [09/02] *
18. Jarhead (2005) [09/02] *
19. Quiz Show (1994) [09/02]
20. Brokeback Mountain (2005) [10/02] *
21. Everything Is Illuminated (2005) [12/02]
22. North Country (2005) [13/02] *
23. Gattaca (1997) [13/02]
24. Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005) [14/02] *
25. Caché [French] (2005) [15/02] *
26. Red Dragon (2002) [15/02]
27. Crash (2005) [16/02]
28. Saving Private Ryan (1998) [21/02]
29. Munich (2005) [25/02] *
30. Capote (2005) [27/02] *
March
31. The Avengers (1998) [01/03]
32. Junebug (2005) [04/03]
33. Gubra (2006) [05/03] *
34. Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) [06/03]
- (PW). The Constant Gardener (2005) [09/03] *
35. American Psycho (2000) [13/03]
- (PW). Brokeback Mountain (2005) [14/03] *
36. Nanny McPhee (2005) [20/03] *
37. Underworld: Evolution (2006) [21/03]*
38. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (Spirited Away) [Japanese] (2001) [21/03]
39. The Producers (2005) [21/03] *
40. Sepet (2004) [22/03]
41. The New World (2005) [25/03] *
42. V For Vendetta (2005) [27/03] *
43. Ultraviolet (2006) [29/03] *
44. Pride And Prejudice [TV] (1995) [29/03]
45. Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) [30/03] *
46. Hauru no ugoku shiro (Howl's Moving Castle) [Japanese] (2004) [31/03]
April
- (PW). V For Vendetta (2005) [03/04] *
47. The Pianist (2002) [04/04]
48. Spider (2002) [05/04]
49. Tristan + Isolde (2006) [05/04] *
50. Try Seventeen (All I Want) (2002) [05/04]
---> 50 Films Challenge completed 05/04/2006
51. Inside Man (2006) [06/04] *
- (PW). Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring *extended edition* (2001) [09/04]
52. Reservoir Dogs (1992) [10/04]
- (PW). My Sassy Girl [Korean] (2001) [10/04]
53. Daisy [Korean] (2006) [12/04] *
54. Firewall (2006) [14/04] *
55. Sixth Sense (1999) [18/04]
56. Day After Tomorrow (2004) [23/04]
57. Art Of Flirting (Singapore International Film Festival) [24/04] *
58. Valmont (1989) [25/04]
59. Onegin (1999) [26/04]
60. Singin' In The Rain (1952) [26/04]
May
61. Mission: Impossible III (2006) [03/05] *
- (PW). The Incredibles (2004) [04/05]
62. Paradise Now [Arabic] (2005) [05/05] *
- (PW). Pride And Prejudice [TV] (1995) [08/05]
63. The Da Vinci Code (2006) [18/05] *
64. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) *
65. Toy Story 2 (1999) [29/05]
June
66. Cars (2006) [03/06] *
67. Cactus Flower (1969) [08/06]
68. The Lady From Shanghai (1947) [09/06]
69. Beautiful Boxer [Thai] (2003) [16/06]
70. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (2005) [17/06]
71. Superman Returns (2006) [28/06] *
July
72. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) [11/07] *
- (PW). Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) [16/07] *
73. Thank You For Smoking (2005) [19/07] *
74. The World's Fastest Indian (2005) [19/07] *
75. Grease (1978) [23/07]
August
76. The Lake House (2006) [01/08] *
77. The Break-Up (2006) [18/08] *
September
78. The Devil Wears Prada (2006) [05/09] *
- (PW). The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King *extended edition* [09/09]
79. Singapore Dreaming (2006) [12/09] *
80. Lucky Number Slevin (2006) [15/09] *
81. Miami Vice (2006) [22/09] *
82. De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) [French] (2005) [--/09] *
October
83. Little Miss Sunshine (2006) [03/10] *
84. Les Choristes (The Choir) [French] (2004) [07/10]
85. Au Revoir, Les Enfants (Goodbye, Children) [French] (1987) [07/10]
86. Anne Frank: The Whole Story [TV] (2001) [07/10]
- (PW). Little Miss Sunshine (2006) [10/10] *
87. Scoop (2006) [11/10] *
88. Little Red Flowers (Kan shang qu hen mei) [Mandarin] (2006) [11/10] *
89. World Trade Center (2006) [11/10] *
90. The Departed (2006) [11/10] *
91. Being John Malkovich (1999) [14/10]
92. The Prestige (2006) [18/10] *
93. Death Note (Desu nôto) [Japanese] (2006) [25/10] *
94. The Guardian (2006) [27/10] *
95. Nihon chinbotsu (The Sinking of Japan) [Japanese] [31/10] *
November
96. Gossip (2000) [06/11]
97. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) [06/11]
98. East of Eden (1955) [06/11]
99. The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) [07/11]
100. Connie and Carla (2004) [09/11]
---> 100 Films completed 09/11/2006
101. Shi Gan (Time) [Korean] (2006) [10/11] *
102. A Good Year (2006) [11/11] *
103. L'homme de sa vie (The Man Of My Life) (2006) [14/11] *
104. Charade (1963) [17/11]
105. MirrorMask (2006) [17/11]
106. Casino Royale (2006) [29/11] *
December
107. Happy Feet (2006) [01/12] *
108. Nacho Libre (2006) [17/12]
109. Der Untergang (Downfall) [German] (2004) [17/12]
110. The Queen (2006) [22/12] *
Total (new) films in cinema: 60
Books read in 2006:
January
1. Haruki Murakami - Dance, Dance, Dance [02/01]
2 (PR). Joanne Harris - Chocolat [04/01]
3 (PR). Tracy Chevalier - Girl With A Pearl Earring [10/01]
4. George Orwell - Animal Farm [12/01]
5. George Perry - James Dean: Features Photographs From The Dean Family's Private Collection [20/01]
6. Dennis Stock, Joe Hyams (introduction) - James Dean: Fifty Years Ago [21/01]
7. Elaine Cunningham - Daughter Of The Drow (Forgotten Realms Series) [22/01]
8. Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy [23/01]
9. Freya North - Love Rules [25/01]
10. Wladyslaw Szpilman, Anthea Bell (translation) - The Pianist [28/01]
February
11. Stephen L. Carter - The Emperor Of Ocean Park [17/02]
12. Douglas Adams - The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe [21/02]
13. Douglas Adams - Life, The Universe And Everything [23/02]
14. Mineko Iwasaki, Rande Brown [translation] - Geisha Of Gion [26/02]
March
15. Douglas Adams - So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish [19/03]
16. Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason - Rule Of Four [20/03]
April
17. John Le Carre - The Constant Gardener [02/04]
18. Jeffrey Archer - As The Crow Flies [07/04]
19. Douglas Adams - Mostly Harmless [08/04]
20. Raymond E. Feist - Magician Apprentice [14/04]
21. David Flusfeder - The Gift [21/04]
22. Alan Moore, David Lloyd - V For Vendetta (Graphic Novel) [24/04]
May
23 (PR). Jane Austen - Pride & Prejudice [04/05]
24. Christopher Priest - The Glamour [08/05]
25. Rex Pickett - Sideways [14/05]
26. Thomas Harris - Silence Of The Lambs [17/05]
27. Jonathan Safran Foer - Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close [28/05]
June
28. Jenny Colgan - Do You Remember the First Time? [04/06]
29. Sarah Harris - Closure [14/06]
30. Karen Brichoux - Separation Anxiety [16/06]
31. Claudine Cullimore - Small-Town Girl [23/06]
32. Sue Welfare - Off The Record [30/06]
July
August
33. Andre Dubus - House of Sand and Fog [04/08]
34. Scarlett Thomas - Popco [08/08]
35. George Orwell - 1984 [18/08]
September
36 (PR). Sophie Kinsella - The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic [01/09]
37 (PR). Sophie Kinsella - Shopaholic Abroad [02/09]
38. Mark Haddon - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time [06/09]
October
39. Chuck Barris - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind [14/10]
40. Tom Holt - Only Human [31/10]
November
41. Maureen Dowd - Are Men Necessary? [20/11]
42. Kim Izzo, Ceri Marsh - The Fabulous Girl's Guide to Decorum [27/11]
December
43. Peter Mayle - A Good Year [01/12]
44. Tom Hodgkinson - How To Be Idle [05/12]
Recommend me one book or film you think I would enjoy. Lists for 2004 and 2005.