Movie List 2009 Part The First
Here's my movies-watched list for the first half of 2009. As with last year, asterisks are re-watches. This list doesn't count TV series, of which I've watched Battlefield Britain, Star Trek TNG seasons 1-4 (SO FAR), Mad Men season 2 (getting ready for season 3), Muppet show seasons 1&2 etc etc oh dear.
Numbers in parentheses are years of release!
01 * Fellowship of the Ring (01)
02 * The Two Towers (02)
03 * Return of the King (03) this year's New Year's Day movie fest was an obvious - if long - one
04 The Wrestler (08) first theatre movie of the year!
05 * Yojimbo (62)
06 Fistful of Dollars (64)
07 * Caddyshack (80) - Dangerfield is easily the best part of this movie, somehow?
08 * Stripes (81) - first half is about 20 times better than the second
09 Milk (08)
10 The Times of Harvey Milk (84)
11 Jonestown (06) - leads into the next movie (cult-wise) rather better than I remembered?
12 Wicker Man (73)
12 Citizen Kane (41) - first time!
13 * Milo and Otis (89)
14 Let the Right One In (08)
15 Rachel Getting Married (08)
16 * M*A*S*H (70)
17 Fitzcarraldo (81)
18 Aguierre: The Wrath of God (72)
19 Burden of Dreams (82) - Herzog and Kinski, together forever
20 I'm Not There (07)
21 Watership Down (78)
22 * Beauty and the Beast (91)
23 For A Few Dollars More (65)
24 Start the Revolution Without Me (70)
25 See No Evil, Hear No Evil (89) - Gene Wilder Night!
26 Burn After Reading (08) - 2009's first plane movie
27 The Duchess (08)
28 Frost/Nixon (08) - watched at the Prince Charles Theatre in London!
29 * 8 1/2 (63) - a boring choice for my favourite Fellini, but nonetheless true.
30 The Thing (82) - watched this as part of THINGFEST at the Bloor Theatre
31 Babe: Pig in the City (98) - definitely preferred it to the first one
32 Babe (95)
33 Pontypool (08)
34 Watchmen (09)
35 Cool Hand Luke (67)
36 * Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan (82) - as you will see, we were preparing ourselves for the new movie
37 * Star Trek III: Search for Spock (84)
38 * Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (86)
39 Bringing Up Baby (38)
40 The Philadelphia Story (40) - SO GOOD! As with Sunset Boulevard, why did it take me so long to watch this?
41 * North by Northwest (59)
42 * La Grande Illusion (37)
43 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (69)
44 Man on Wire (08)
45 An Affair to Remember (57)
46 I am Legend (07)
47 Danton (83)
48 * Star Trek VI: the Undiscovered Country (91)
49 Gun Crazy (50)
50 Cat Ballou (65) - women and guns night.
51 * Barbarella (68) - After a taste of Jane Fonda, who can keep themselves from going back?
52 * Star Trek: First Contact (96) - not as great as I remembered.
53 * Master and Commander (03)
54 Wendy and Lucy (08)
55 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (70)
56 Sita Sings the Blues (08) - everyone should watch it!
57 The Importance of Being Earnest (52)
58 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (72)
59 1776 (72)
60 Star Trek (09)
61 L'avventura (60)
62 * Ferris Bueller's Day Off (86) - watched in Chicago, of course, when Cameron's house had just gone up for sale
63 * Ghostbusters (84)
64 * Ghostubusters II (89) - watched on TV in Philly at a hotel
65 21 (08) - SO BAD you guys
66 Up (09)
67 * Wall-E (08)
68 The Craft (96) - haha, THE NINETIES
69 Lethal Weapon (87)
70 The Loved One (65) - "movies based on Evelyn Waugh books" night
71 Bright Young Things (03)
72 The Taking of Pelham 123 (74)
73 Newsies (92) - didn't quite finish it, but it STAYS on the list
74 * Swing Kids (93) - certainly the superior early-Christian Bale movie
75 * A Fish Called Wanda (88)
76 Akira (88)
77 * E.T. (82)
Numbers in parentheses are years of release!
01 * Fellowship of the Ring (01)
02 * The Two Towers (02)
03 * Return of the King (03) this year's New Year's Day movie fest was an obvious - if long - one
04 The Wrestler (08) first theatre movie of the year!
05 * Yojimbo (62)
06 Fistful of Dollars (64)
07 * Caddyshack (80) - Dangerfield is easily the best part of this movie, somehow?
08 * Stripes (81) - first half is about 20 times better than the second
09 Milk (08)
10 The Times of Harvey Milk (84)
11 Jonestown (06) - leads into the next movie (cult-wise) rather better than I remembered?
12 Wicker Man (73)
12 Citizen Kane (41) - first time!
13 * Milo and Otis (89)
14 Let the Right One In (08)
15 Rachel Getting Married (08)
16 * M*A*S*H (70)
17 Fitzcarraldo (81)
18 Aguierre: The Wrath of God (72)
19 Burden of Dreams (82) - Herzog and Kinski, together forever
20 I'm Not There (07)
21 Watership Down (78)
22 * Beauty and the Beast (91)
23 For A Few Dollars More (65)
24 Start the Revolution Without Me (70)
25 See No Evil, Hear No Evil (89) - Gene Wilder Night!
26 Burn After Reading (08) - 2009's first plane movie
27 The Duchess (08)
28 Frost/Nixon (08) - watched at the Prince Charles Theatre in London!
29 * 8 1/2 (63) - a boring choice for my favourite Fellini, but nonetheless true.
30 The Thing (82) - watched this as part of THINGFEST at the Bloor Theatre
31 Babe: Pig in the City (98) - definitely preferred it to the first one
32 Babe (95)
33 Pontypool (08)
34 Watchmen (09)
35 Cool Hand Luke (67)
36 * Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan (82) - as you will see, we were preparing ourselves for the new movie
37 * Star Trek III: Search for Spock (84)
38 * Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (86)
39 Bringing Up Baby (38)
40 The Philadelphia Story (40) - SO GOOD! As with Sunset Boulevard, why did it take me so long to watch this?
41 * North by Northwest (59)
42 * La Grande Illusion (37)
43 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (69)
44 Man on Wire (08)
45 An Affair to Remember (57)
46 I am Legend (07)
47 Danton (83)
48 * Star Trek VI: the Undiscovered Country (91)
49 Gun Crazy (50)
50 Cat Ballou (65) - women and guns night.
51 * Barbarella (68) - After a taste of Jane Fonda, who can keep themselves from going back?
52 * Star Trek: First Contact (96) - not as great as I remembered.
53 * Master and Commander (03)
54 Wendy and Lucy (08)
55 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (70)
56 Sita Sings the Blues (08) - everyone should watch it!
57 The Importance of Being Earnest (52)
58 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (72)
59 1776 (72)
60 Star Trek (09)
61 L'avventura (60)
62 * Ferris Bueller's Day Off (86) - watched in Chicago, of course, when Cameron's house had just gone up for sale
63 * Ghostbusters (84)
64 * Ghostubusters II (89) - watched on TV in Philly at a hotel
65 21 (08) - SO BAD you guys
66 Up (09)
67 * Wall-E (08)
68 The Craft (96) - haha, THE NINETIES
69 Lethal Weapon (87)
70 The Loved One (65) - "movies based on Evelyn Waugh books" night
71 Bright Young Things (03)
72 The Taking of Pelham 123 (74)
73 Newsies (92) - didn't quite finish it, but it STAYS on the list
74 * Swing Kids (93) - certainly the superior early-Christian Bale movie
75 * A Fish Called Wanda (88)
76 Akira (88)
77 * E.T. (82)