WHAT I’VE BEEN WATCHING: AUG 12TH – AUG 18TH

Recapping my week is tough I guess, between hectic days, an upcoming long weekend, and me still counting down (less then three weeks to go) to TIFF I don’t know what to really talk about. I continue in my effort to knock a lot of the first half of 2012 film releases I miss out of the way, no matter how bad they look. I want to try and say that I hit 3/4 of all the releases one year just once before June of the following year. Anyways, here’s my week’s tally for your approval (or something I guess):

FIRST TIME WATCHED

THE WATCH (2012) – so much funnier than I hoped, but still enough gaps to make it not that instant classic that we hope for.
THE BOURNE LEGACY (2012) – easily one of the most forgettable films of the summer, too much talking and not enough ass-kicking.
A GOOD OLD FASHIONED ORGY (2012) – I feel this movie could’ve been saved by removing the romantic subplot and actually making it 100% about the awkwardness of these friends having an orgy, Sudekis does his best to keep it working and it does for 60% of the time.
BLOODSPORT (1988) – Oh the 80s action cheesefest of a JVCD film… prepping for Expendables viewing.
CASA DE MI PADRE (2012) – Pretty damn funny, Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna are almost as good as Will Ferrel, but only almost.
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (SEASON 3) – I guess I liked the show, but I’m almost more interested in what they would’ve done with Season 4 if they had done it then rather than now looking years after it’s all over.

REWATCHED

THE REF (1994)“From now on, the only person who gets to yell is me. Why? Because I have a gun.”
THE HUNGER GAMES (2012) “May the odds be ever in your favour”
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (2011)“My fellow Mutants! The real enemy is out there.”
WEIRD SCIENCE (1985)“That’s my boys.”

THE COUNT

129 First time watches (56 from 2012); 80 Rewatches; 209 Total Films

SONG OF THE WEEK

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Andrew Robinson

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  1. Ryan McNeil

    easily the best thing I watched all week was Billy Wilder's ONE, TWO, THREE. Killer dialogue delivered at *such* breakneck speed! Give it a watch.

    Oh, and buckle up – TIFF's schedule gets handed down on Tuesday morning. Get ready for insanity.

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