Yes, it was a struggle but I have seen worse. One thing I love about the quest is that it forces me to watch kids movies and horror movies which is something that I normally wouldn't do. Not that I've discovered many movies I've liked that way but it has spread out my rating scale a lot. :)
Ah, so that's why it's supposed to be so good. Turning the conventions of the powerful lawyer film around. Doesn't change the fact that his life falling apart the entire movie made it less interesting and not more so in my opinion. It only makes the ending less satisfying if that's what the director was trying to portray.
I think if it's rentable as a DVD than it should probably count (so long as it's watched in DVD format). Also, there are a couple of made for TV movies that went on the festival circuit before premiering on their network and these should count as well.
I think the "theatrical release" change to the rule would be a good one. But what I was referring to was made-for-TV movies. There's no reason to at this point not count a made for TV movie that has transcended the genre such as "Brian's Song." I think more people have now seen this on DVD than ever watched it on television.
But the best example would be the "Up" series. This is a series that had theatrical release in the United States but doesn't count under the current system because it was made as a TV special in the United Kingdom.
There is absolutely no place on these lists for "Deadwood" or any other serialized TV series that was never intended to be watched in the way we view a traditional film.
I don't think any "series" or "TV on DVD" should even be considered. To exclude these would mean that "series" on HBO or PBS (or The History Channel or Animal Planet or anything) like "P.O.V." would be excluded which is probably a good thing.
I mean, if I counted every two hour series installment on the History Channel that I watched, my list would be twice as large.
I don't think an entire bottle of whisky could have saved Night At The Museum. That is one of the worst films ever made. I saw it on an airplane and the thought of crashing actually seemed appealing for brief seconds.
I think I may be in a huge minority on "Control." I have a couple of contacts on flickr who saw it and loved it. And it won best screenplay at the festival so maybe I was just in a bad mood.
I'm going to wait a bit to join this year. I've done terribly at following through on my lists in recent years.
Certainly. Though, even though I'm currently unemployed, I'm doing a terrible movie watching job again.
Thanks.
Yes, yes I do. But I'm doing very poorly this year. :)
Yes, it was a struggle but I have seen worse. One thing I love about the quest is that it forces me to watch kids movies and horror movies which is something that I normally wouldn't do. Not that I've discovered many movies I've liked that way but it has spread out my rating scale a lot. :)
Exactly. That movie makes Bush look human which in itself has to be good film making.
I foresee ending exactly where I am now. Seems like we've got a bit of a canyon opening up between the 1 a days and the 1.5 a day or more crowd.
Ah, so that's why it's supposed to be so good. Turning the conventions of the powerful lawyer film around. Doesn't change the fact that his life falling apart the entire movie made it less interesting and not more so in my opinion. It only makes the ending less satisfying if that's what the director was trying to portray.
I think if it's rentable as a DVD than it should probably count (so long as it's watched in DVD format). Also, there are a couple of made for TV movies that went on the festival circuit before premiering on their network and these should count as well.
I think the "theatrical release" change to the rule would be a good one. But what I was referring to was made-for-TV movies. There's no reason to at this point not count a made for TV movie that has transcended the genre such as "Brian's Song." I think more people have now seen this on DVD than ever watched it on television.
But the best example would be the "Up" series. This is a series that had theatrical release in the United States but doesn't count under the current system because it was made as a TV special in the United Kingdom.
There is absolutely no place on these lists for "Deadwood" or any other serialized TV series that was never intended to be watched in the way we view a traditional film.
I don't think any "series" or "TV on DVD" should even be considered. To exclude these would mean that "series" on HBO or PBS (or The History Channel or Animal Planet or anything) like "P.O.V." would be excluded which is probably a good thing.
I mean, if I counted every two hour series installment on the History Channel that I watched, my list would be twice as large.
Can I get in? I hope to get closer to my Top 10 finish of 2006 than to my abysmal 128 movies last year.
This may be the most interesting list on this site. Though if you drink too much are you going to remember?
I don't think an entire bottle of whisky could have saved Night At The Museum. That is one of the worst films ever made. I saw it on an airplane and the thought of crashing actually seemed appealing for brief seconds.
I think I may be in a huge minority on "Control." I have a couple of contacts on flickr who saw it and loved it. And it won best screenplay at the festival so maybe I was just in a bad mood.
Now "Dude Ranch" doesn't hold up to the test of time, but I have to say I'm still not ashamed to own it. It was Blink-182's last good album.