badhairbear

Wow, I’d totally forgotten this site existed!

This goal is still going strong, and I’m crossing more films off the list. However.. there’s been a bit of a reshuffle..

The list is now no longer 157 films.. it’s grown to around 200. I know when I started this that a big problem was everyone wanting to see their own personal favourites on the list, and I would blankly refuse to add it. But then I met my husband-to-be, who conveniently has a degree in Film Studies, and we sat together and added a few more flims onto the list which have a deserving place upon it (as well as films which we were both convinced must be on the list but in fact weren’t).

So, added to the list are as follows:

158. Gattaca

159. Dead Poets Society

160. Chariots of Fire

161. Leon

162 – 164. Lethal Weapon (trilogy)

165 – 168. Die Hard (series)

169. Bowling for Columbine

170. Spirited Away

171. Ali

172. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring

173. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

174. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

175. Amelie

176. Blues Brothers

177. American Beauty

178 – 180. Indiana Jones original trilogy

This takes the total up to 180 films.. which sounds a lot more daunting. However, in the 2 years since my last post I have seen a great deal of these films, as follows:

8. Gladiatior – Romans. Fighting. Not too bad, probably won’t watch again.

16. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Jack Nicholson.. Crazy or not? Strangely enjoyed it.

18. Casablanca – Really enjoyed this one. Finally understood the ‘Camille’ episode of Red Dwarf.

41. The Great Escape – Finally got around to seeing it, bloody good fun.

67. Metropolis – Came free with the Sunday Paper.. Can see why it must have been groundbreaking at the time.

119. Heavenly Creatures – Words just cannot describe how you feel after watching it. Just.. yeah.

158. Gattaca – Bloody brilliant. Sci-fi, but not quite, very very good.

159. Dead Poets Society – Coming of age film with Robin Williams. Fantastic.

169. Bowling for Columbine – First time with Michael Moore. Not impressed in the slightest. One of the few films on the list so far I can say I really didn’t like.

172 – 174 – Lord of the Rings – Absolutely fantastic, regardless of how well they keep to the books. Huge, epic films. Awesome.

175. Amelie – Cute french chick, photo booths, strange old men painters. What more do you need?

177. American Beauty – Utter brilliance.

So there we go.

43 films, all told.. which is rather fitting given the website.. which leaves only 137 left to go.. :-D

Wish me luck!

Well.. I’d completely forgotten this website existed, and so to find it again is.. well.. interesting to say the least, after 2 years it’s amazing how much things change.

I’m a lot more confident now with telephones, thank goodness. I can answer them (either at work or at home or my mobile) and think nothing of it. I’m still not great with the whole phoning people up thing, but I’m a lot better than I was.

I think I’ve done enough to be able to cross this one off the list. It no longer takes me 10minutes to psych myself up to phone the pizza place, or my boyfriend, or.. whoever. I’m still not really comfortable with it, but I can do it.

So yayness all around :-)

Can see why it’s popular with students. Definately a studenty type film, and very quotable.

Personally.. I think I’ll give it another go before I make a final judgement. According to many, it takes a second or even third time of watching the film to ‘get it’, so I might indulge myself sometime.

Point is, I’ve seen it and it’s now off the list :-)

BHB
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