movie meme & new year thoughts

January 1, 2009

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Supposedly if you’ve seen more than 85 of the 239 films on this list, you have no life. Copy this list, then put x’s next to the films you’ve seen, and add them up. I tag anyone who wants to play. Have fun.


(x) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest
() Boondock Saints
() Fight Club
() Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
(x)Blazing Saddles
(x) Airplane
Total: 7

(x) The Princess Bride
() Anchorman
() Napoleon Dynamite
(x) Labyrinth
() Saw
() Saw II
() White Noise
() White Oleander
() Anger Management
(x) 50 First Dates
() The Princess Diaries
() The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Total so far: 10

() Scream
() Scream 2
() Scream 3
() Scary Movie
() Scary Movie 2
() Scary Movie 3
() Scary Movie 4
() American Pie
() American Pie 2
() American Wedding
() American Pie Band Camp
Total so far: 10

(x) Harry Potter 1
(x) Harry Potter 2
(x) Harry Potter 3
(x) Harry Potter 4
() Resident Evil 1
() Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer
() Little Black Book
() The Village
(x) Lilo & Stitch
Total so far: 16

(x) Finding Nemo
(x) Finding Neverland
() Signs
() The Grinch
() Texas Chainsaw Massacre
() Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
() White Chicks
() Butterfly Effect
(x) 13 Going on 30
(x) I, Robot
() Robots
Total so far: 20

() Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
(x) Universal Soldier
(x) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
() Along Came Polly
(x) Deep Impact
() KingPin
(x) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents
(x) Meet the Fockers
() Eight Crazy Nights
() Joe Dirt
(x) KING KONG
Total so far: 27

() A Cinderella Story
() The Terminal
() The Lizzie McGuire Movie
() Passport to Paris
() Dumb & Dumber
() Dumber & Dumberer
() Final Destination
() Final Destination 2
() Final Destination 3
() Halloween
() The Ring
() The Ring 2
() Surviving X-MAS
(x) Flubber
Total so far: 29, assuming they mean the original Flubber

() Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(x) Practical Magic
(x) Chicago
() Ghost Ship
() From Hell
(x) Hellboy
() Secret Window
() I Am Sam
(x) The Whole Nine Yards
() The Whole Ten Yards
Total so far: 33

(x) The Day After Tomorrow
() Child’s Play
() Seed of Chucky
() Bride of Chucky
(x) Ten Things I Hate About You
() Just Married
() Gothika
() Nightmare on Elm Street
(x) Sixteen Candles
(x) Remember the Titans
() Coach Carter
() The Grudge
() The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask
() Son Of The Mask
Total so far: 38

(x) Bad Boys
() Bad Boys 2
() Joy Ride
(x) Lucky Number Slevin
(x) Ocean’s Eleven
(x) Ocean’s Twelve
(x) Bourne Identity
(x) Bourne Supremecy
() Lone Star
() Bedazzled
() Predator I
() Predator II
() The Fog
(x) Ice Age
() Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
() Curious George
Total so far: 44

() Cujo
() A Bronx Tale
() Darkness Falls
() Christine
(x) ET
() Children of the Corn
(x) My Bosses Daughter
(x) Maid in Manhattan
(x) War of the Worlds
(x) Rush Hour
() Rush Hour 2
Total so far: 49

() Best Bet
(x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x) She’s All That
(x) Calendar Girls
() Sideways
(x) Mars Attacks
(x) Event Horizon
(x) Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
(x) Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator
(x) The Terminator 2
(x) The Terminator 3
Total so far: 61

(x) X-Men
(x) X-2
(x) X-3
(x) Spider-Man
(x) Spider-Man 2
(x) Sky High
() Jeepers Creepers
() Jeepers Creepers 2
() Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Little Mermaid
(x) Freaky Friday
(x) Reign of Fire
() The Skulls
(x) Cruel Intentions
() Cruel Intentions 2
() The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2
Total so far: 73

() Swimfan
() Miracle on 34th street
() Old School
(x) The Notebook
(x) K-Pax
() Krippendorf’s Tribe
() A Walk to Remember
() Ice Castles
() Boogeyman
() The 40-year-old Virgin
Total so far: 75

(x) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
(x) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(x) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Total so far: 81

() Basketball
() Hostel
() Waiting for Guffman
() House of 1000 Corpses
() Devils Rejects
() Elf
(x) Highlander
() Mothman Prophecies
(x) American History X
() Three
Total so Far: 83

(x) Titanic
(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
() Shaun Of the Dead
() Willard
Total so far: 85

() High Tension
() Club Dread
(x) Hulk
() Dawn Of the Dead
(x) Hook
(x) Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
() 28 days later
() Orgazmo
() Phantasm
(x) Waterworld
Total so far: 89

() Kill Bill vol 1
() Kill Bill vol 2
(x) Mortal Kombat
() Wolf Creek
(x) Kingdom of Heaven
() the Hills Have Eyes
() I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
() The Last House on the Left
() Re-Animator
(x) Army of Darkness
Total so far: 92

(x) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
(x) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
(x) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
(x) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
() Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
() Ewoks The Battle For Endor
Total so far: 98

(x) The Matrix
(x) The Matrix Reloaded
(x) The Matrix Revolutions
(x) Animatrix
() Evil Dead
() Evil Dead 2
() Team America: World Police
() Red Dragon
(x) Silence of the Lambs
() Hannibal

My grand total: 103

Doesn’t especially seem like a “no-life” number to me. Also, irrelevantly, it seems I read 97 books in 2008, which is only 7 shy of the minimum number I /ought/ to read every year. A great number of those were graphic novels, which always seem vaguely cheaty to me, but I think I’ll take it. And I wrote 360,000 words, and I walked 1160 miles, which is about twice as much as I’ve walked every year previous to this in which I’ve been tracking miles around Middle Earth, and normally this is where I would write down this year’s revolutions.

I don’t think I’m going to do any this year. My friend says that under the dictionary definition of ‘ambition’ it says: see Murphy, C.E., and I suspect not writing down my work goals is not going to in any way prevent me from going all over-achiever on them. I have three books due in 2009; that, really, is enough of a structure. And last year’s writing down of non-work goals didn’t spur me to do them, it just makes me feel tired and sad that I didn’t achieve them. So right now I’m just kind of feeling like trying to go with whatever happens and putting as few strictures and expectations on it as my type-A personality will allow.

2008 miles to Dunharrow: 93.5
miles to Dunharrow: 96.2

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6 thoughts on “movie meme & new year thoughts”

  1. 84 – and I can’t believe you didn’t see Ewoks the Battle for Endor. The cute little teddy bears running around foiling technologically superior invaders!

    Most of these, my husband made me watch. Some of these, I wish I’d never seen. I see you haven’t seen the Ring or the sequel. DON’T SEE IT! It will make you afraid of your TV. The first one was creepy enough for me. After that one, I’ve been very careful about letting him pick the movie. I told him to see SAW without me.

    Ice Age 2 is surprisingly good – if you liked the first one, you should see it.

  3. Oh but some you MUST see – Forest Gump, Monty Python, Wizard of Oz, ET. Then there are the ones you have to see because you have young nieces (I don’t think I have to put those down)!

  4. 114 for me. I am pretty happy about most of them. My husband loves movies of all kinds…his score was 168 and in his own words he has “not enough life for two people”

  5. (x) Rocky Horror Picture Show
    (x) Grease
    (x) Pirates of the Caribbean
    (x) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest
    () Boondock Saints
    (x) Fight Club
    () Starsky and Hutch
    (x) Neverending Story
    ()Blazing Saddles
    () Airplane
    Total: 6

    (x) The Princess Bride
    () Anchorman
    () Napoleon Dynamite
    (x) Labyrinth
    () Saw
    () Saw II
    () White Noise
    () White Oleander
    () Anger Management
    () 50 First Dates
    () The Princess Diaries
    () The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
    Total so far: 8

    (x) Scream
    (x) Scream 2
    (x) Scream 3
    (x) Scary Movie
    (x) Scary Movie 2
    () Scary Movie 3
    () Scary Movie 4
    (x) American Pie
    (x) American Pie 2
    (x) American Wedding
    () American Pie Band Camp
    Total so far: 16

    (x) Harry Potter 1
    (x) Harry Potter 2
    (x) Harry Potter 3
    (x) Harry Potter 4
    (x) Resident Evil 1
    (x) Resident Evil 2
    (x) The Wedding Singer
    () Little Black Book
    (x) The Village
    (x) Lilo & Stitch
    Total so far: 25

    (x) Finding Nemo
    (x) Finding Neverland
    (x) Signs
    (x) The Grinch
    () Texas Chainsaw Massacre
    () Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
    () White Chicks
    () Butterfly Effect
    (x) 13 Going on 30
    (x) I, Robot
    (x) Robots
    Total so far: 32

    () Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
    () Universal Soldier
    () Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
    () Along Came Polly
    (x) Deep Impact
    () KingPin
    () Never Been Kissed
    (x) Meet The Parents
    () Meet the Fockers
    () Eight Crazy Nights
    () Joe Dirt
    (x) KING KONG
    Total so far: 35

    () A Cinderella Story
    () The Terminal
    () The Lizzie McGuire Movie
    () Passport to Paris
    (x) Dumb & Dumber
    () Dumber & Dumberer
    (x) Final Destination
    () Final Destination 2
    () Final Destination 3
    (x) Halloween
    (x) The Ring
    () The Ring 2
    () Surviving X-MAS
    () Flubber
    Total so far: 39

    () Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
    () Practical Magic
    (x) Chicago
    () Ghost Ship
    (x) From Hell
    (x) Hellboy
    () Secret Window
    () I Am Sam
    (x) The Whole Nine Yards
    () The Whole Ten Yards
    Total so far: 43

    (x) The Day After Tomorrow
    () Child’s Play
    () Seed of Chucky
    () Bride of Chucky
    (x) Ten Things I Hate About You
    () Just Married
    () Gothika
    () Nightmare on Elm Street
    () Sixteen Candles
    (x) Remember the Titans
    () Coach Carter
    () The Grudge
    () The Grudge 2
    (x) The Mask
    () Son Of The Mask
    Total so far: 47

    () Bad Boys
    () Bad Boys 2
    (x) Joy Ride
    () Lucky Number Slevin
    (x) Ocean’s Eleven
    () Ocean’s Twelve
    (x) Bourne Identity
    (x) Bourne Supremecy
    () Lone Star
    () Bedazzled
    () Predator I
    (x) Predator II
    () The Fog
    (x) Ice Age
    () Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
    () Curious George
    Total so far: 52

    () Cujo
    () A Bronx Tale
    () Darkness Falls
    () Christine
    (x) ET
    () Children of the Corn
    () My Bosses Daughter
    () Maid in Manhattan
    (x) War of the Worlds
    () Rush Hour
    () Rush Hour 2
    Total so far: 54

    () Best Bet
    () How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
    (x) She’s All That
    () Calendar Girls
    () Sideways
    (x) Mars Attacks
    () Event Horizon
    (x) Ever After
    (x) Wizard of Oz
    (x) Forrest Gump
    () Big Trouble in Little China
    (x) The Terminator
    (x) The Terminator 2
    (x) The Terminator 3
    Total so far: 62

    (x) X-Men
    (x) X-2
    (x) X-3
    (x) Spider-Man
    (x) Spider-Man 2
    () Sky High
    (x) Jeepers Creepers
    () Jeepers Creepers 2
    (x) Catch Me If You Can
    (x) The Little Mermaid
    (x) Freaky Friday
    (x) Reign of Fire
    (x) The Skulls
    (x) Cruel Intentions
    (x) Cruel Intentions 2
    () The Hot Chick
    (x) Shrek
    (x) Shrek 2
    Total so far: 77

    (x) Swimfan
    () Miracle on 34th street
    () Old School
    () The Notebook
    (x) K-Pax
    () Krippendorf’s Tribe
    () A Walk to Remember
    () Ice Castles
    () Boogeyman
    (x) The 40-year-old Virgin
    Total so far: 80

    (x) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
    (x) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
    (x) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
    (x) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
    (x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
    (x) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
    Total so far: 86

    () Basketball
    () Hostel
    () Waiting for Guffman
    () House of 1000 Corpses
    () Devils Rejects
    () Elf
    (x) Highlander
    () Mothman Prophecies
    (x) American History X
    () Three
    Total so Far: 88

    (x) Titanic
    (x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
    () Shaun Of the Dead
    () Willard
    Total so far: 90

    () High Tension
    () Club Dread
    (x) Hulk
    (x) Dawn Of the Dead
    (x) Hook
    (x) Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
    () 28 days later
    () Orgazmo
    () Phantasm
    (x) Waterworld
    Total so far: 95

    (x) Kill Bill vol 1
    (x) Kill Bill vol 2
    (x) Mortal Kombat
    () Wolf Creek
    () Kingdom of Heaven
    () the Hills Have Eyes
    () I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
    () The Last House on the Left
    () Re-Animator
    () Army of Darkness
    Total so far: 98

    (x) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
    (x) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
    (x) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
    (x) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
    (x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
    (x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
    () Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
    () Ewoks The Battle For Endor
    Total so far: 104

    (x) The Matrix
    (x) The Matrix Reloaded
    (x) The Matrix Revolutions
    () Animatrix
    (x) Evil Dead
    () Evil Dead 2
    () Team America: World Police
    (x) Red Dragon
    (x) Silence of the Lambs
    (x) Hannibal

    My grand total: 107

    Please understand. I worked in a video store in college. And there are plenty of movies not on here that I’ve seen. And in a sad example of brand disloyalty, I am now an avid Netflixer.

  6. Hey who says I don’t have a life with a score of 124! I do, I do. I posted up this on my blog too – thanks it was interesting.

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