As we start off 2016, I like to take a look back at my movie watching for the past year and turn it into statistics. I enjoy looking back and seeing what month was most prosperous, and where I feel off track.
Compared to previous years, 2015 was bad. I only watched 96 movies, which is probably an all-time low for me. A few changes took place in my life though, and I had to learn to manage time better, and it was movie watching that took the biggest hit. I have high hopes though for 2016, so as I look back on the past year, I will not dwell upon it.
First off, my 2015 movie diary can be found here. Letterboxd took over for Pinterest, and I believe it was for the best.
Out of the 96 movies, 63 (66%) were first time viewings, leaving 33 (34%) as movies I had seen before, I'm happy with this, but is down from last year.
Month by Month Breakdowns
January - 12 (13%)
February - 7 (7%)
March - 6 (6%)
April - 6 (6%)
May - 5 (5%)
June - 10 (11%)
July - 8 (8%)
August - 17 (18%)
September - 2 (25)
October - 5 (5%)
November - 4 (4%)
December 14 (15%)
No real steady viewing habits it seems.
Film highlights of 2015 include:
Theatrical: Mad Max: Fury Road, Jurassic World, Inside Out, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
First time Viewing: The Descent, The Guest, John Wick, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Zodiac, Motel Hell
Repeat Viewing: Groundhog Day (On Feb 2), The Poseidon Adventure, Watching Back to the Future trilogy on 10-21, Introducing Elizabeth to the original Star Wars trilogy
I'm already ahead of 2015, as I went and saw The Hateful Eight this afternoon with Dave. My first movie of 2015 was on January 13th, so that is a plus in my book. I'm hoping to blog a lot more this coming year as well.
A plan for movies, I'm not really sure. I'm hoping to watch at least 2-3 movies a week, and knock some stuff off of my "To Be Watched" list. But I'm setting no goals, nor making any promises. I will make the best of 2016 though.
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Friday, January 01, 2016
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
2014: In Review (Movies)
As 2014 comes to a close, I'm going to take the time once again to give statistics for the movie watching I did this past year.
I set myself a goal to watch at least 175 movies in 2014, which I did not meet. Because of this, I am not setting a goal for 2015. I I'm not disappointed my not making the goal, I've just come to realize life happens, and I won't always be able to watch 10+ movies a month.
So what did I watch in 2014? Altogether, 154 movies. My 2014 Pinterest board can be found here for a complete listing of each film.
Out of the 154 films, 116 (75%) were first time viewings, leaving only 38 (25%) as films I had seen before. That is an average I am happy with.
Month by Month breakdowns
January - 8 (5%)
February - 14 (9%)
March - 16 (10%)
April - 26 (17%)
May - 15 (10%)
June - 7 (5%)
July - 17 (11%)
August - 14 (9%)
September - 14 (9%)
October - 10 (6%)
November - 3 (2%)
December - 10 (6%)
Comparing to last year, it doesn't look like I have steady viewing habits. I look forward to seeing what 2015 has in store, for movies, as well as my personal viewing habits. I have a few shows I plan to start watching, so that may skew the numbers a bit. We shall see.
Looking back at 2014, I did a lot of franchise viewing. Theresa and I watched the first four Leprechaun movies while she was visiting, and then I tackled both Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th series this summer. I began Critters, Prom Night and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre series, which I will probably continue in the new year. Elizabeth and I tackled the Ocean's Trilogy after our trip to Vegas, and then did the complete Hobbit experience in theaters earlier this month.
If you would like to follow my 2015 movie board on Pinterest, I've set it up already and it can be found here.
I set myself a goal to watch at least 175 movies in 2014, which I did not meet. Because of this, I am not setting a goal for 2015. I I'm not disappointed my not making the goal, I've just come to realize life happens, and I won't always be able to watch 10+ movies a month.
So what did I watch in 2014? Altogether, 154 movies. My 2014 Pinterest board can be found here for a complete listing of each film.
Out of the 154 films, 116 (75%) were first time viewings, leaving only 38 (25%) as films I had seen before. That is an average I am happy with.
Month by Month breakdowns
January - 8 (5%)
February - 14 (9%)
March - 16 (10%)
April - 26 (17%)
May - 15 (10%)
June - 7 (5%)
July - 17 (11%)
August - 14 (9%)
September - 14 (9%)
October - 10 (6%)
November - 3 (2%)
December - 10 (6%)
Comparing to last year, it doesn't look like I have steady viewing habits. I look forward to seeing what 2015 has in store, for movies, as well as my personal viewing habits. I have a few shows I plan to start watching, so that may skew the numbers a bit. We shall see.
Looking back at 2014, I did a lot of franchise viewing. Theresa and I watched the first four Leprechaun movies while she was visiting, and then I tackled both Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th series this summer. I began Critters, Prom Night and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre series, which I will probably continue in the new year. Elizabeth and I tackled the Ocean's Trilogy after our trip to Vegas, and then did the complete Hobbit experience in theaters earlier this month.
If you would like to follow my 2015 movie board on Pinterest, I've set it up already and it can be found here.
Saturday, November 01, 2014
October in Review
October started with potential. I even made a list of movies to watch throughout the month. Sadly, I failed my mission, only raking in 10 movies altogether. I could still meet my end of year goal, which I would like to do. But with my next 2 weeks being on vacation, that will only leave the last 6 weeks of the year to watch 35 movies.
With all that said, let's take a look at the month of October.
Most of the month was spent watching horror. I also took the time and finished season 2 of Hannibal, which was probably the best thing I watched for the month. I did get a few good movies in, and all put one of the horror movies watched were new to me.
It's a hard choice for best view of the month, as I'm being torn between Dead Heat and Dark Night of the Scarecrow. Both are really good films. I was surprised I had never seen Dead Heat before. It fits into all kinds of genres that I am a fan of, plus has Vincent Price. Dark Night is a made-for-tv movie with some excellent atmosphere and great acting. It's too tough to call.
I also got around to taking Elizabeth to see Guardians of the Galaxy, which still holds up and is a fun movie. Not sure what the last film I saw 3 times while it was in theaters was.
Not a horribly bad movie, but Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III gets my vote for worst of the month. It just really didn't do much for the franchise, plus after watching the short making of feature on the dvd and seeing how the studio cut the movie prior to release and didn't allow the full vision of the director, it could've actually been a better movie.
I will be on hiatus until mid-November, as I am about to leave for 2 weeks in Hawaii and Vegas. Probably will write an update upon my return, but I don't plan on spending a lot of time online while on vacation.
With all that said, let's take a look at the month of October.
Most of the month was spent watching horror. I also took the time and finished season 2 of Hannibal, which was probably the best thing I watched for the month. I did get a few good movies in, and all put one of the horror movies watched were new to me.
It's a hard choice for best view of the month, as I'm being torn between Dead Heat and Dark Night of the Scarecrow. Both are really good films. I was surprised I had never seen Dead Heat before. It fits into all kinds of genres that I am a fan of, plus has Vincent Price. Dark Night is a made-for-tv movie with some excellent atmosphere and great acting. It's too tough to call.
I also got around to taking Elizabeth to see Guardians of the Galaxy, which still holds up and is a fun movie. Not sure what the last film I saw 3 times while it was in theaters was.
Not a horribly bad movie, but Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III gets my vote for worst of the month. It just really didn't do much for the franchise, plus after watching the short making of feature on the dvd and seeing how the studio cut the movie prior to release and didn't allow the full vision of the director, it could've actually been a better movie.
I will be on hiatus until mid-November, as I am about to leave for 2 weeks in Hawaii and Vegas. Probably will write an update upon my return, but I don't plan on spending a lot of time online while on vacation.
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
September in Review
To keep the blog active, and to continue to write (even when the desire is not there), I decided I would look at my movie stats at the end of each month, and compile a post regarding what I watched.
September had 14 movies watched, a bit low, but between Elizabeth & myself watching 4 seasons of Rizzoli & Isles and then me catching up with Season 2 of Hannibal, I'm happy with my viewing history.
A lot of good things were watched, starting off with a theatrical viewing of one of my all-time favorite films, Ghostbusters. I love this movie. Easily in my top 5 favorite films, and if asked on the right day, might even be my #1. I've loved this movie since childhood. When my parents bought me a DVD player for Christmas back in 1999, they included 4 movies. Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters 2, Jurassic Park, & The Lost World: Jurassic Park. They know me quite well.
Two great franchise documentaries were also watched in September. I finally made my way through both A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th, so I was able to view Never Sleep Again and Crystal Lake Memories. I loved both of them, but I feel like Never Sleep Again was just a tad bit better. Probably due to it being the shorter of the two documentaries (4 hours compared to 6), and it flew by when I viewed it.
As I wrote in my last entry, I was able to introduce Elizabeth to the awesomeness of Bill & Ted over the weekend. Two more movies from my childhood, and and it had been a while since watching them. I'll probably be upgrading Excellent to Blu-Ray in the future, especially if I can find it at a decent price.
Of course, with the good comes the bad. But, bad doesn't always mean horrible. I am a huge fan of "so bad it's good" cinema, and more than one movie I watched in September fits that genre. Dave and I had a mini-marathon of movies earlier in the month, in which we introduced ourselves to a film entitled Samurai Cop. I can't even begin to describe the awesomeness/awfulness of this movie. In retaliation, I then introduced Dave to a little film entitled Ninja III: The Domination, which I had watched for the first time only a week prior. Both films are quite entertaining & fun to watch. Samurai Cop has a Kickstarter going for it's sequel, and Dave backed it, so sometime next year we will be experiencing that.
Finally, there is the ugly. Thankfully, I do not watch a lot of movies that fall into this category. Which means I won't always have an entry. But September does have a qualifier: Jason X. See, in preparation for Crystal Lake Memories, I sat through the whole franchise of Friday the 13th. And as much as I love Jason, Jason X was a tough film to get through. Mainly due to the acting, as the movie makers actually made the plot doable. I will admit this entry in the franchise does have one of my favorite kills, the cryogenic face smash. Watching the documentary did improve my thoughts regarding it, but it is still the worst movie I watched in September.
I didn't cover all 14 films, so if you are curious to see all that I watched, please check out my pinterest page. Hopefully I will make this a monthly feature to the blog, and get better at my writing in the process.
September had 14 movies watched, a bit low, but between Elizabeth & myself watching 4 seasons of Rizzoli & Isles and then me catching up with Season 2 of Hannibal, I'm happy with my viewing history.
A lot of good things were watched, starting off with a theatrical viewing of one of my all-time favorite films, Ghostbusters. I love this movie. Easily in my top 5 favorite films, and if asked on the right day, might even be my #1. I've loved this movie since childhood. When my parents bought me a DVD player for Christmas back in 1999, they included 4 movies. Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters 2, Jurassic Park, & The Lost World: Jurassic Park. They know me quite well.
Two great franchise documentaries were also watched in September. I finally made my way through both A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th, so I was able to view Never Sleep Again and Crystal Lake Memories. I loved both of them, but I feel like Never Sleep Again was just a tad bit better. Probably due to it being the shorter of the two documentaries (4 hours compared to 6), and it flew by when I viewed it.
As I wrote in my last entry, I was able to introduce Elizabeth to the awesomeness of Bill & Ted over the weekend. Two more movies from my childhood, and and it had been a while since watching them. I'll probably be upgrading Excellent to Blu-Ray in the future, especially if I can find it at a decent price.
Of course, with the good comes the bad. But, bad doesn't always mean horrible. I am a huge fan of "so bad it's good" cinema, and more than one movie I watched in September fits that genre. Dave and I had a mini-marathon of movies earlier in the month, in which we introduced ourselves to a film entitled Samurai Cop. I can't even begin to describe the awesomeness/awfulness of this movie. In retaliation, I then introduced Dave to a little film entitled Ninja III: The Domination, which I had watched for the first time only a week prior. Both films are quite entertaining & fun to watch. Samurai Cop has a Kickstarter going for it's sequel, and Dave backed it, so sometime next year we will be experiencing that.
Finally, there is the ugly. Thankfully, I do not watch a lot of movies that fall into this category. Which means I won't always have an entry. But September does have a qualifier: Jason X. See, in preparation for Crystal Lake Memories, I sat through the whole franchise of Friday the 13th. And as much as I love Jason, Jason X was a tough film to get through. Mainly due to the acting, as the movie makers actually made the plot doable. I will admit this entry in the franchise does have one of my favorite kills, the cryogenic face smash. Watching the documentary did improve my thoughts regarding it, but it is still the worst movie I watched in September.
I didn't cover all 14 films, so if you are curious to see all that I watched, please check out my pinterest page. Hopefully I will make this a monthly feature to the blog, and get better at my writing in the process.
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