watch every film that's ever gotten Best Picture

This was cute. But still didn’t hold my attention very well.

This one definitely didn’t hold my attention. But it was pretty cute!

I watched this with Brit last night and it was really hard for me to stay awake. I wasn’t really entertained by any of it except the fact that Hillary Swank had the sickest body. That was all I really cared about cause I was trying to figure out how I can look like her. :)

I finished it in one night! I don’t know if it’s because I started it earlier or because it actually held my attention better than I thought it would. Great movie! I would probably watch it again and still close my eyes a bit during the gory parts. :)

I still have a long way to go! 11 out of 80 movies! Yikes!

Finally finished this movie. I really suck at staying awake for some of these movies. This one took me three tries. It was definitely a good flick. A little gory for me.

I watched Chicago last night and I really liked it! It’s the kind of movie that makes you really motivated about wanting to become a Broadway star. Renee Zellweger was great and so was Catherine Zeta Jones. Queen Latifah is a long-time favorite actress of mine as well.

I think my next movies will be Gladiator and Bravehart because I know Terry has them in his DVD library. Another checkmark!

I finished Godfather II (and I watched Godfather III for fun). I think I like Godfather II the best.

Last night I also watched The Greatest Show On Earth. This may have been a hit in 1953, but it didn’t hold my attention. I was able to keep up with it while cleaning my room. Oh well… another check mark!

I was trying to come up with my list of goals for this website and I realized I was naming quite a few that were long-term or depressing. I need goals that I can achieve that are somewhat short-term, easy, but still an accomplishment, otherwise I don’t think I’ll be motivated to finish the long-term, depressing ones.

I’ve been wanting to watch more movies because I always seem to hear “Oh my gosh! I can’t believe you haven’t seen that! It’s a classic!”... and frankly I’m a bit tired of hearing it. So to start my ‘watch more movies’ goal, I’m going to start with all the movies that have ever gotten Best Picture at the Academy Awards. If you are interested in this goal as well, here is the list:

2009 – Slumdog Millionaire
2008 – No Country For Old Men
2007 – The Departed
2006 – Crash
2005 – Million Dollar Baby*
2004 – Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
2003 – Chicago*
2002 – A Beautiful Mind
2001 – Gladiator*
2000 – American Beauty*
1999 – Shakespeare In Love
1998 – Titanic*
1997 – The English Patient
1996 – Braveheart*
1995 – Forrest Gump*
1994 – Schindler’s List
1993 – Unforgiven
1992 – The Silence of the Lambs
1991 – Dances with Wolves
1990 – Driving Miss Daisy
1989 – Rain Man
1988 – The Last Emperor
1987 – Platoon
1986 – Out Of Africa
1985 – Amadeus
1984 – Terms of Endearment
1983 – Gandhi
1982 – Chariots of Fire
1981 – Ordinary People
1980 – Kramer v. Kramer
1979 – The Deer Hunter
1978 – Annie Hall
1977 – Rocky
1976 – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
1975 – The Godfather: Part II*
1974 – The Sting
1973 – The Godfather*
1972 – The French Connection
1971 – Patton
1970 – Midnight Cowboy
1969 – Oliver!
1968 – In the Heat of the Night
1967 – A Man For All Seasons
1966 – The Sound of Music*
1965 – My Fair Lady
1964 – Tom Jones
1963 – Lawrence of Arabia
1962 – West Side Story*
1961 – The Apartment
1960 – Ben-Hur
1959 – Gigi
1958 – The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 – Around the World in Eighty Days
1956 – Marty
1955 – On the Waterfront
1954 – From Here to Eternity
1953 – The Greatest Show on Earth*
1952 – An American in Paris*
1951 – All About Eve
1950 – All the King’s Men
1949 – Hamlet
1948 – Gentleman’s Agreement
1947 – The Best Years of Our Lives
1946 – The Lose Weekend
1945 – Going My Way
1944 – Casablanca
1943 – Mrs. Miniver
1942 – How Green Was My Valley
1941 – Rebecca
1940 – Gone With the Wind
1939 – You Can’t Take It With You
1938 – The Life of Emile Zola
1937 – The Great Ziegfeld
1936 – Mutiny on the Bounty
1935 – It Happened One Night
1934 – Cavalcade
1932 – Grand Hotel
1931 – Cimarron
1930 – All Quiet on the Western Front
1930 – The Broadway Melody
1929 – Wings

So far my checkmarks include: American Beauty, Titanic, Forrest Gump, The Sound of Music, West Side Story and The Godfather. I’m watching The Godfather: Part II right now. I’m really looking forward to putting a checkmark next to all the movies on this list!! Good luck to those who decide to take on this goal as well!