So last week I was so busy that this one just flew over my head and I didn’t get it done. So here’s a two-week long version of the weekly tally.
My constant business continues where I just can’t manage to get to all the films and the TV I want to do, but it’s time I buck up and just stop this annoying this called sleep that impedes my film watching. Anyways here’s what I could muster up over the last two weeks:
FIRST TIME VIEWS
BANDE A PART (BAND OF OUTSIDERS) (1964) – it’s a great introduction to Godard as a fun film with enjoyable characters, but the plot has something to be desired.
21 JUMP STREET (2012) – Where did it say Tatum was allowed to be so awesome? I loved it, but there were a few hiccups along the way.
WANDERLUST (2012) – Intermittently funny, but the funny bits make up for the not so funny by being that much more funny.
CARNAGE (2011) – Four amazing actors stuck in a room pulling each others hair out that well is worthy of being a Polanski film.
MY LEFT FOOT (1989) – Ridiculously manipulative and sentimental, but damn is Daniel Day Lewis amazing.
THE SKIN I LIVE IN (2011) – One of the most fucked up films from last year, I sort of loved it.
THE HUNGER GAMES (2012) – A lot of nothing enhanced by poor filmmaking and storytelling all around.
REWATCHED
YOUNG ADULT (2012) – “You’re a piece of work”
THE APARTMENT (1960) – “That’s the way it crumbles… cookie-wise.”
THE WONDER YEARS (Season 1) – “There’s no easy way to say this… I grew up in the suburbs.”
THE COUNT
44 First time watches (10 from 2012); 24 Rewatches; 68 Total Films
Re-watched LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA yesterday for the first time since theatres. Fuck me had I ever forgotten how amazing that movie is! The only sad little drawback was that I think the audio on the dvd wasn't mixed all that well because the dialogue was almost inaudible, followed by explosions that were ear-rattling.
I've never watched either of Eastwood'd films from that year *LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA or FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS. I remember trying to watch one of the two and just getting bored. I should probably give it another shot.