Calendar Girls
Cars
Casino Royale
Cat in the Hat, The
Catch and Release
Catwoman
Changeling
Changing Lanes
Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels:Full Throttle
Charlotte's Web
Chasers
Chasing Amy
Cheaper by the Dozen
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Chicken Little
Chocolat
Christmas with the Kranks
Chronicles of Narnia
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Chronicles of Riddick
Cinderella
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
Cinderella Story, A
Clerks
Clerks II
Click
Closer
Clueless
Coach Carter
Cocktail
Collateral
Condemned,The
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Courage Under Fire
Coyote Ugly
Craft, The
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Cry-Baby
Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The
Total count: 42. Back to the movie!
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Sleep, Holidays, and Movies
I suffer from insomnia and it gets seriously worse whenever the holidays appear. Instead of sleeping as I should be, I have been watching movies. That would explain how I managed to blow through 47 movies in just a few days.
Christmas was quiet and peaceful. No drama. Just lots of snow. We didn't leave the house on Christmas Day. The night before we drove around town and looked at the lights. We had to do something to celebrate Christmas.
Needless to say, it allowed for a lot of movie watching.
I'm considering giving away one of my movies. Stay tuned.
Christmas was quiet and peaceful. No drama. Just lots of snow. We didn't leave the house on Christmas Day. The night before we drove around town and looked at the lights. We had to do something to celebrate Christmas.
Needless to say, it allowed for a lot of movie watching.
I'm considering giving away one of my movies. Stay tuned.
Monday, December 21, 2009
"B"
We have now moved on to the next letter of the alphabet. "B"
Baby Mama
The Bachelor
Backdraft
Balls of Fury
Bambi
Barbershop
Barbershop 2
Batman
Batman Begins
Because I Said So
Because of Winn-Dixie
Bedazzled
Bedtime Stories
Bella
Benchwarmers, The
Bend It Like Beckham
Benji
Benny & Joon
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Beverly Hills Cop
Beverly Hills Cop II
Beverly Hills Cop III
Bewitched
Big Daddy
Big Momma's House
Billy Madison
Black Cauldron, The
Black Knight
Black Mask
Black Sheep
Blades of Glory
Blast From the Past
Bolt
Bone Collector, The
Bourne Identity, The
Bourne Supremacy, The
Bourne Ultimatum, The
Boys Don't Cry
Brave One, The
Break-up, The
Bride Wars
Bridge to Terabithia
Bring It On
Broken Bridges
Bruce Almighty
Bucket List, The
Burn After Reading
There are 47 movies listed here. Thought I would save you the trouble of counting.
Baby Mama
The Bachelor
Backdraft
Balls of Fury
Bambi
Barbershop
Barbershop 2
Batman
Batman Begins
Because I Said So
Because of Winn-Dixie
Bedazzled
Bedtime Stories
Bella
Benchwarmers, The
Bend It Like Beckham
Benji
Benny & Joon
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Beverly Hills Cop
Beverly Hills Cop II
Beverly Hills Cop III
Bewitched
Big Daddy
Big Momma's House
Billy Madison
Black Cauldron, The
Black Knight
Black Mask
Black Sheep
Blades of Glory
Blast From the Past
Bolt
Bone Collector, The
Bourne Identity, The
Bourne Supremacy, The
Bourne Ultimatum, The
Boys Don't Cry
Brave One, The
Break-up, The
Bride Wars
Bridge to Terabithia
Bring It On
Broken Bridges
Bruce Almighty
Bucket List, The
Burn After Reading
There are 47 movies listed here. Thought I would save you the trouble of counting.
Glamourisation
Movies glamourise certain factors of real life.
Like sex. God ordained sex to be part of marriage. No, I'm not going to get preachy here but that is what I believe. Movies make marriage to be a joke at times. There is no sacred validity in marriage when either the wife or the husband has a sexual relationship outside of the marriage bedroom.
Teenagers having sex. Getting pregnant. Raising the baby as a single parent. Gross injustice to what makes marriage sacred.
I've got friends who don't care about their marriages and have one affair after another, like Diane Lane in Unfaithful.
I don't know. I'm not one to talk or judge but sex outside of marriage just doesn't seem right. Especially with all of the potential consequences. So extramarital affairs are not something I would encourage.
Almost done with "A". My list of "B" movies should be posted soon. It's longer than "A". Haha!
Like sex. God ordained sex to be part of marriage. No, I'm not going to get preachy here but that is what I believe. Movies make marriage to be a joke at times. There is no sacred validity in marriage when either the wife or the husband has a sexual relationship outside of the marriage bedroom.
Teenagers having sex. Getting pregnant. Raising the baby as a single parent. Gross injustice to what makes marriage sacred.
I've got friends who don't care about their marriages and have one affair after another, like Diane Lane in Unfaithful.
I don't know. I'm not one to talk or judge but sex outside of marriage just doesn't seem right. Especially with all of the potential consequences. So extramarital affairs are not something I would encourage.
Almost done with "A". My list of "B" movies should be posted soon. It's longer than "A". Haha!
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Countdown
I have 7 movies left in the letter "A" section of my collection. It's driving my husband nuts that I'm doing this. He wants to watch something but not in alphabetical order. With Christmas coming up, he will be home quite a bit so I feel that I won't be making my goal. That's ok. It's an admirable goal though. Isn't it?
I did some sewing while watching a couple of movies. The sewing is very distracting and really took away from my viewing pleasure. Maybe I shouldn't do that again. Now I need to wrap what I have sewn.
Christmas Day we are going to the movies and perhaps get some Chinese food for dinner. That is, if the Chinese restaurant is open. There is a few of those in this podunk town. I cannot complain about where I live. It gives me the opportunity to sit on my butt and focus on other activities. Like, watching movies, going to school, and hanging with the dogs. I go to school online. Classes resume in January. That's the reason behind the deadline.
This is distracting me. Back to my current viewing on the big screen.
I did some sewing while watching a couple of movies. The sewing is very distracting and really took away from my viewing pleasure. Maybe I shouldn't do that again. Now I need to wrap what I have sewn.
Christmas Day we are going to the movies and perhaps get some Chinese food for dinner. That is, if the Chinese restaurant is open. There is a few of those in this podunk town. I cannot complain about where I live. It gives me the opportunity to sit on my butt and focus on other activities. Like, watching movies, going to school, and hanging with the dogs. I go to school online. Classes resume in January. That's the reason behind the deadline.
This is distracting me. Back to my current viewing on the big screen.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Choose Your Adventure
I'm a girl. Along with that comes the implication that I am into "chick flicks". While I like them, they are not my favourite movies.
Care to take a guess as to my favourite genre?
Action! I love anything with lots of intense action. When I saw The Fast & The Furious in the theatre, I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. My date sure did know how to get my attention and win my heart with that one. Death Race held me captivated. Chaos and the Transporter movies also enthrall me.
Comedic action is another one. I enjoyed the Rush Hour movies but they don't hold my attention the way Jason Statham, Paul Walker, and Gerard Butler can. Tom Cruise and his Mission Impossible movies? Forget it. Tommy boy does absolutely nothing for me. I do like a few of him movies though. G.I. Joe and G.I. Jane were both good on the action.
Linda Hamilton was sexy as Sarah Conner in Terminator. Ziyi Zhang was decent in Rush Hour 2 and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon but she's not truly vibrant as an action actress. Diane Kruger can hold her own with some action scenes. Sigourney Weaver is awesome in action movies as one can see from watching her in Aliens. I wish more female actresses weren't afraid of getting their hands dirty or breaking a nail. That would be cool.
When it comes to comedies, I need that all-out-gut-busting laugh otherwise the movies just doesn't cut it. Stupid comedies like Scary Movie and Paul Blart:Mall Cop often only garner a short chuckle from me and then my interest wanes. What good is a movie if the viewer cannot stay interested in it? My dogs give me more comic relief than some movies.
Romance movies? Eh, I'm ok without them. I have some that are truly worth keeping and watching. I don't buy them otherwise. I'm not into horror flicks either. Although I will watch them via a rental. Someone would have to recommend them to me. I did like The Strangers. I won't watch realistic horror flicks at night.
Movies based on a true story is among my favourite genre. I love hearing about someone else's life. It makes me feel better when I think about how mundane my life is.
What kind of movies do you like? Any recommendations for me?
Back to the show!
Care to take a guess as to my favourite genre?
Action! I love anything with lots of intense action. When I saw The Fast & The Furious in the theatre, I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. My date sure did know how to get my attention and win my heart with that one. Death Race held me captivated. Chaos and the Transporter movies also enthrall me.
Comedic action is another one. I enjoyed the Rush Hour movies but they don't hold my attention the way Jason Statham, Paul Walker, and Gerard Butler can. Tom Cruise and his Mission Impossible movies? Forget it. Tommy boy does absolutely nothing for me. I do like a few of him movies though. G.I. Joe and G.I. Jane were both good on the action.
Linda Hamilton was sexy as Sarah Conner in Terminator. Ziyi Zhang was decent in Rush Hour 2 and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon but she's not truly vibrant as an action actress. Diane Kruger can hold her own with some action scenes. Sigourney Weaver is awesome in action movies as one can see from watching her in Aliens. I wish more female actresses weren't afraid of getting their hands dirty or breaking a nail. That would be cool.
When it comes to comedies, I need that all-out-gut-busting laugh otherwise the movies just doesn't cut it. Stupid comedies like Scary Movie and Paul Blart:Mall Cop often only garner a short chuckle from me and then my interest wanes. What good is a movie if the viewer cannot stay interested in it? My dogs give me more comic relief than some movies.
Romance movies? Eh, I'm ok without them. I have some that are truly worth keeping and watching. I don't buy them otherwise. I'm not into horror flicks either. Although I will watch them via a rental. Someone would have to recommend them to me. I did like The Strangers. I won't watch realistic horror flicks at night.
Movies based on a true story is among my favourite genre. I love hearing about someone else's life. It makes me feel better when I think about how mundane my life is.
What kind of movies do you like? Any recommendations for me?
Back to the show!
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Sex, Violence, and Interpretation
It's all in the mind, really. I've managed to watch 5 movies yesterday. Now I'm watching American Gangster. It's based on a true story. I didn't know that.
I've been on both sides of the camera. Yes, I once acted. Perhaps that is why I can separate the falsehood of a movie from the reality of life. The couple, faking the orgasms in the bedroom (or anywhere else for that matter), isn't real. In some cases, they aren't even filming the scene together. Sometimes it is an actual married couple in its place.
Violence... When the guy goes to take a swing, it's choreographed. That means he throws a punch that misses the body but the intended recipient moves as though he/she has been hit. It's all very interesting how the timing of the movements are coordinated.
What you see on TV, isn't real. It's all an interpretation of your mind.
Now back to the show.
I've been on both sides of the camera. Yes, I once acted. Perhaps that is why I can separate the falsehood of a movie from the reality of life. The couple, faking the orgasms in the bedroom (or anywhere else for that matter), isn't real. In some cases, they aren't even filming the scene together. Sometimes it is an actual married couple in its place.
Violence... When the guy goes to take a swing, it's choreographed. That means he throws a punch that misses the body but the intended recipient moves as though he/she has been hit. It's all very interesting how the timing of the movements are coordinated.
What you see on TV, isn't real. It's all an interpretation of your mind.
Now back to the show.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
A
Today's movies begin with the letter "A". (Movies will change colour as they are being watched).
A Guy Thing
Absent-Minded Professor, The
Absolute Power
Across the Universe
Adventures in Babysitting
Air Force One
Aladdin
Aladdin: The Return of Jafar
Alice in Wonderland
Along Came a Spider
Along Came Polly
Alvin & the Chipmunks
Amelie
American Beauty
American Gangster
American Pie
American Pie 2
Anchorman
Animal, The
Anna and the King
Annie
Antwone Fisher
Apollo 13
Are We Done Yet?
Are We There Yet?
Aristocats, The
Armageddon
As Good As It Gets
Assassination of Jesse James, The
Astronaut Farmer, The
Atonement
Austin Powers: Goldmember
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
A Guy Thing
Absent-Minded Professor, The
Absolute Power
Across the Universe
Adventures in Babysitting
Air Force One
Aladdin
Aladdin: The Return of Jafar
Alice in Wonderland
Along Came a Spider
Along Came Polly
Alvin & the Chipmunks
Amelie
American Beauty
American Gangster
American Pie
American Pie 2
Anchorman
Animal, The
Anna and the King
Annie
Antwone Fisher
Apollo 13
Are We Done Yet?
Are We There Yet?
Aristocats, The
Armageddon
As Good As It Gets
Assassination of Jesse James, The
Astronaut Farmer, The
Atonement
Austin Powers: Goldmember
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Welcome!
Today starts the movie/couch potato project.
What it is the movie/couch potato project you ask?
It is me, during my 4 weeks of Christmas break, sitting on the couch and watching every single movie I own.
Who am I?
I am your lowly college student working on achieving her first bachelor's degree. I'm married and have been adopted by 3 lazy critters. Two dogs and a cat. The dogs, of course, are laying next to me on the couch. I suffer from serious OCD, so I have alphabetized and cataloged all of the movies I own. I recently became owner of a blu-ray player (Yay for Christmas!) and have purchased a few of those bad boys. I must profess the quality of a high definition TV is much better than an analog television.
Why am I doing this?
I have tons and tons of movies. I haven't seen some of them! My husband says there is not enough time in the year for me to watch every single movie we own. Some say our collection isn't that big but it is bigger than most! We have nearly 700 movies. That does not include what is on my iPod.
The game plan:I will watch every single movie I have with a few exceptions. Bathroom breaks are the necessity of life. I also have to feed my addiction for exercise and sleep. The occasional date with the spouse will also be in the mix. Otherwise, you can find me on the couch, watching a movie.
What it is the movie/couch potato project you ask?
It is me, during my 4 weeks of Christmas break, sitting on the couch and watching every single movie I own.
Who am I?
I am your lowly college student working on achieving her first bachelor's degree. I'm married and have been adopted by 3 lazy critters. Two dogs and a cat. The dogs, of course, are laying next to me on the couch. I suffer from serious OCD, so I have alphabetized and cataloged all of the movies I own. I recently became owner of a blu-ray player (Yay for Christmas!) and have purchased a few of those bad boys. I must profess the quality of a high definition TV is much better than an analog television.
Why am I doing this?
I have tons and tons of movies. I haven't seen some of them! My husband says there is not enough time in the year for me to watch every single movie we own. Some say our collection isn't that big but it is bigger than most! We have nearly 700 movies. That does not include what is on my iPod.
The game plan:I will watch every single movie I have with a few exceptions. Bathroom breaks are the necessity of life. I also have to feed my addiction for exercise and sleep. The occasional date with the spouse will also be in the mix. Otherwise, you can find me on the couch, watching a movie.
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