WHAT I’VE BEEN WATCHING: NOV 16 – DEC 6

City on Fire

Let’s skip the apologies and the promises… I’m finding it harder to sit down to type and I need to solve this mental problem… we’ll see if I’m successful in coming days, weeks, months. Anyways, here’s the last 3 weeks of film watching summed up:

R.E.D. 2 (2013) – Unsatisfying poop jokes and enough ok moments with guns going off to not make me completely enraged
CITY ON FIRE (1987) – I’m with it. I get the influence that the film had on Reservoir Dogs and I enjoyed it, as I do most young Chow Yun-Fat films.
AZIZ ANSARI: BURIED ALIVE (2013) – I’m starting to believe he’ll never make me laugh like he did in Intimate Moments again.
THE RULES OF THE GAME (1939) – supposedly one of the greatest films ever, but it just moved on without me caring much.
COBRA (1986) – OMG… no.
SHOTGUN STORIES (2007) – Michael Shannon totally Michael Shannoned this movie, and I’m ok with that.
THE LOOK OF LOVE (2013) – The reason people don’t like biopics is this movie.
THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (2013) – This movie will make me retroactively like the first film of the franchise more, and that scares me.
BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN (2013) – I assume this is a great film, but due to how the chronology is all messed up I could barely get it.
EMPIRE RECORDS (1995) – I miss the 90s and this movie is why.
DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) – I wish I loved all noir, but this just felt wrong all the way through.
SLACKER (1991) – Mind numbing experience that was interesting, but I doubt I’d ever revisit.
REDEMPTION (2013) – Nun love guys, nun love.
MIKE BIRBIGLIA: MY GIRLFRIEND’S BOYFRIEND (2013) – Nicely done sir, nicely done.
LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (1962) – The perfect long Sunday afternoon watch with the family.
EPIC (2013) – Save the children… please.
LEVIATHAN (2013) – It’s a documentary… and I don’t know what I missed, but I didn’t see much.
BLACKFISH (2013) – It’s a documentary… and now I’m angry at Seaworld.
THE INTERNSHIP (2013) – I didn’t expect to remotely like this movie, but I guess even though they mock my field of study Vaughn and Wilson are funny enough. Cut the Quidditch scene please.
THE GATEKEEPERS (2013) – It’s a documentary… and I now am bored by intelligence organizations

REWATCHED

HARD BOILED“You know what I hate? Two groups of people: fucking cops and creeps who betray their old bosses.”
PRINCESS MONONOKE – “I wish the wolves *had* eaten you! Then maybe I could’ve found a real husband.”
THE WORLD’S END“A man of your legendary prowess drinking fucking rain! It’s like a lion eating houmous.”
THE HUNGER GAMES“May the odds be ever in your favor.”
G.I. JOE: RETALIATION“In the immortal words of Jay-Z:”
MO’ BETTER BLUES“I may have been born yesterday, but I stayed up all night.”
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN – “What do you say I smack you around for a while?”
JUNGLE FEVER“I swear before God… and four more white people! This is the last time!”
INSIDE MAN“Lemme see your shoe.”
POLICE STORY 3: SUPERCOP“Super cops in Hong Kong are cheap and plentiful like commodities in supermarkets.”
DAZED & CONFUSED“I’m just trying to be honest about being a misanthrope.”
THE HEAT “My fear is that I’m gonna put you in a bikini and you’ll still look like a fucking bank teller.”
THE BLUES BROTHERS“It’s 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark… and we’re wearing sunglasses.”
MAGNOLIA – “The book says, “We might be through with the past, but the past ain’t through with us.””
CHRISTMAS VACATION – “Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, kiss my ass. Kiss his ass. Kiss your ass. Happy Hanukkah.”
SPRING BREAKERS – “Just pretend it’s a video game. Like you’re in a fucking movie.”
ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY – “I love scotch. Scotchy, scotch, scotch. Here it goes down, down into my belly…”
WE’RE THE MILLERS – “That is amazing. Will you let me know if he develops and superpowers?”
THE GRANDMASTER – “They say I spread wing chung throughout the world. I hope that’s true. I didn’t do it to acquire renown. The martial arts should be open to all, everyone should walk the same route. It all comes down to two words: Horizontal, Vertical.”
THE NEW WORLD – “I will find joy in all I see.”
SHUTTER ISLAND “Why are you all wet, baby?”

My count for the year of 2013 is updated to 292 First time watches (157 from 2013); 196 Rewatches; 488 Total Films

Andrew Robinson

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