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I remember reading that Sergio Leone claimed to have seen 10,000 films in a one year period. I am not sure if that is even physically possible, but the point being to understand what you can do as a filmmaker, you have to know what has been done before you.

I try and average between 1-3 films per day and have been doing this for about 10 years now and have tried a number of times in the past to keep a record of what I watch for no purpose other than for myself, but in all the moving around in life, that list always goes missing. I am once again going to attempt a record of the films I watch in 2007. Here is the list so far.

Letters from Iwo Jima- Clint Eastwood (2 X in the theater) A+
Children of Men – A. Cuaron A+
The Tall – T – Budd Boett..cher A
Ride Lonesome – Budd Boett..cher B+
Comanche Station- Budd Boett..cher A
Thieves Like Us – Altman B+
Pret a Port..er – Altman C-
A Perfect Couple – Altman B-
Quintet – Altman C-
Kansas City – Altman B+
The Long Goodbye A+
3 Women – Altman A+
Images – Altman B+
Vincent and Theo – Altman B+
Dr. T and h..s Women – Altman C+
United 93 (again on DVD)- Paul Greengrass A
SherryBaby – B+
I was Born But….- Y. Ozu A
Employee of the Month – D
The Legend of Suriothai – C+
Where the Green Ants Dream – W. Herzog B
Curse of the Golden Flower Zhang Z..-Mou- C
The Wicker Man – D
The Descent – B+
JackAss 2 – C-
The Protector – C
12 and Holding – B+
On Dangerous Ground – Nicholas Ray A-
The Illusionist – B+
The Secret Garden – D
Little Miss Sunshine – C
Snakes on a Plane D
Dark Star – John Carpenter – B
Taladega Nights – C-
Trouble in Paradise – E. Lubitsh A
Little Fish – B+
Idiocracy B+
Notes on a Scandal C-
Last King of Scotland B-
Pan’s Labrinth B
Open Season D
Avalon – Barry Lev..nson A
To Be or Not to Be – E. Lub..tsh A
Superirl – F
Dancing at Lughnasa C
Floating Weeds – Ozu Yasuhiro A
The Little Princess – A. Cuaron C
TOTAL: 47 MOV..ES

FEBRUARY:

My Favorite Year – Peter O ‘Toole C
The Motel – D
Heading South – C
Catch a Fire – Phillip Noyce C
Two Lane Blacktop – Monte Hellman B+
What time is it there? – Tsai Ming-Liang A-
Critters – C-
Scarface – Howard Hawks B+
General Idi Amin Dada – Barbet Schroeder – A
September – Woody Allen B
This Film is Not Yet Rated – Kirby Dick A-
Hollywood Land C
The Science of Sleep – M. Gondry B-
Jesus Camp B
American Dreamz – B
Half Nelson – A
An Affair to Remember – Leo McCarey B+
Flags of Our Fathers – C. Eastwood (2nd Viewing) B
Children of Men – A. Cauron (2nd Viewing in theater) A
The New World – T. Mallick (2nd Viewing) A
The Prestige – C. Nolan B
Babel – C
Stranger than Fiction – M. Forester B
For Your Consideration B-
Heaven’s Gate – M. Cimino (2nd time) B-
Volver – P. Almodovar B
Borat – (2nd time) A-
TOTAL: 27 movies

MARCH

A Good Year – Ridley Scott C-
Zorba the Greek – B+
Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny – F (awful)
Mrs. Henderson Presents – S. Frears B+
Batman Begins – C. Nolan A-
The Name of the Rose – B
The True Story of Jesse James – N. Ray B
Since Otar Left – A-
Zodiac – D. Fincher A-
Le Frontee – Claude Miller B-
Fresh – Boaz Yakin B
Home From The Hill – Vincent Minnelli B
Angel Face – Otto Preminger B
In a Lonely Place- N. Ray – (2nd time) A+
The Holiday – D+
The Taking of Pelham, One, Two, Three – B-
Rocky Balboa C-
Casino Royale – B+
Black Snake Moan – Craig Brewer B
Battle in Heaven – Carlos Reygadas – B
Roma – F. Fell..n.. (In Theater San Diego Latino Film Festival) B-
The Descent – (2nd time) C+
Fires on the Plain – Kon Ichikawa A-
Living with Fibramalgya (documentary)
GoldenEye (2nd t..me) – B
The Burmese Harp – Kon Ichikawa A-
NightHawks – B-
Point Blank – John Boorman (2nd time) B+
Prince of Darkness – John Carpenter D (very low tier Carpenter)
Cave of the Yellow Dog – Byambasuren Davaa – A-
Bitter Victory – N. Ray B
TOTAL: 31 MOVIES

APRIL:

Happy Feet – B+
Revenge of the Nerds – B-
Woman Is the Future of Man – Sang-Soo Hong A-
The HellBenders – Sergio Corbucci B-
The Day A Pig Fell Into a Well – Sang-Soo Hong B
28 Days Later – Danny Boyle (2nd time) B+
Grindhouse:
Planet Terror – R. Rodriguez C+
Death Proof – Tarantino B
L.A. Confidential – C. Hanson (3rd time) A-
Three Kings – Dav..d O Russell (3rd time) A
Killer of Sheep – Charles Burnett A
Tomorrow Never Dies – C
Jackie Brown – Tarantino (3rd t..me) A
Catch Me if You Can – Speilberg (2nd time) A-
Night at the Museum – D
Charlotes Web – C
Sideways – Alexander Payne (7th or 8th t..me) A+
The Host – B+

Had the Premiere screening of my film this month “Reagan’s Wharf” so all the last minute editing, sound mixing, etc….didn’t leave much time for anything else. So, not too many movies seen this month

TOTAL:18 MOVIES

MAY

Dreamgirls – C
Kill Bill Vol 1 – Tarantino (2nd viewing) A-
Music and Lyrics – B
Little Children – B
The Lost World – Spielberg C
Kill Bill Vol 2 – Tarantino (2nd viewing) B
El Dorado – H. Hawks B
Rio Lobo – H. Hawks C
Red Corner – C-
The Last Wagon – Delmer Daves B+
Cafe Lumiere – Hou-Hsiau-Hsian A- (2nd time)
Valdez Is Coming – B
ChunKing Express – Wong Kar Wai (2nd t..me) A
The Good Guys and The Bad Guys – Burt Kennedy C-
Die Another Day (2nd t..me) – C
Mad Max (2nd time)- B
Arthur and The Incredibles – Luc Besson D
The Men and The Movies (Documentary on Howard Hawks) B
Boat Trip – D
Seraphim Falls – A-
Sex and Fury – C+
Only Angels Have Wings – H. Hawks A
The Italian (Russ..a) B+
Zardoz – J. Boorman C
The Insider – M. Mann (2nd time) A
Venus – A-
The Painted Veil – B+
Down With Love – B+

TOTAL: 28 MOVIES

JUNE:

Foxy Brown – C+
Norbit – F
Shortbus – D
Red River – H. Hawks (2nd time) B+
Ron..n – J. Frankenheimer (2nd time) B+
The Departed – M. Scorsese (2nd time) B+
Breach – B-
Hell and High Water – S. Fuller C
Letters From Iwo Jima – C. Eastwood (3rd time) A
Borat – (3rd t..me) B+
The Bridge to Terabithia – C-
Deadwood Season 3 Episode 1 – A-
Deadwood Episode 2 – A-
Deadwood Ep..sode 3 -A-
Miss Potter – C
Shooter – C
Deadwood Episode 4 – A-
Pride – C-
Deadwood Episode 5 – A
Deadwood Episode 6 – A
Ratatouille – Brad Bird A-
Deadwood Episode 7 – A
Deadwood Episode 8 – A-
Wallace and Gromit – Nick Park (3rd time) A-

TOTAL: 24 MOVIES

JULY

Deadwood Episode 9 – A-
Transformers – Michael Bay D
Anchorman – C-
Deadwood Episode 10-11 A-
The Astronaut Farmer – C-
Dead Silence – C-
Oceans 11 – S. Soderbergh A-
The Taste of Tea – B+
The Mothman Prophec..es – C
The D..rty Dozen – R. Aldrich (2nd time) A-
Oceans 12 – C
Minor..ty Report – S. Spielberg (2nd time) B
The Terminal – S. Spielberg (2nd time) B+
Stolen Life (China) – C+
Spielberg on Spielberg (documentary) A-
Zero Hour – C-
Sicko – Michael Moore – A-
Out to Sea – B-
The Number 23 – J. Schomaker F (unwatchable)
Perfume – B-
The Contract – Bruce Beresford C-
High Fidelity – S. Frears (3rd time) A
Leon: The Professional – Luc Besson (3rd time) B-
Rescue Dawn – W. Herzog A-
Hot Fuzz – A-
300 – C-
Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix – D. Yates – B
The Best Years of Our Lives – W.Wyler B+
Hot Fuzz – (2nd time) B+

TOTAL: 30 MOVIES

AUGUST

Holes – (2nd time) B
Disturbia – C-
Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fre – B-
The Bourne Identity – (2nd time) D. Liman A-
Death Wish 3 – M. Winner F
Deathwish 4 – J. Lee Thompson D
The Bourne Supremacy – P. Greengrass B-
The Bourne Ultimatium – P. Greengrass A-
10 to Midnight – J. Lee Thompson D

TOTAL: 9 MOVIES (I was in Thailand)

SEPTEMBER

Spiderman 3 – S.Raimi D
Shrek 3 – D
Hoax – L. Hallstrom B-
Next – D
White Heat – R. Walsh A
Alien – R.Scott A
SuperMarket Woman – I. Juuzo C
Simpson’s Movie – C
The Funeral – I. Juuzo B+
Marutai no Onna – I. Juuzo D
The Quiet Life – I. Juuzo D
The Last Dance – I. Juuzo D
Sunshine – D. Boyle B+
The Invasion – C-
Samaritan Girl – B
Unknown Pleasures – Jia B+
You are Not Alone – B+
Mr. Bean’s Holiday – B
Devil Wears Prada (2nd time) B+
My Best Fiend – Herzog B+
Blades of Glory – C
Pirates 3 – C
Oceans 13- S. Soderberg – B+
Mr. Brooks – C
3:10 to Yuma – J. Mangold B
Offside – J. Panahi B
28 Weeks Later – A-
Knocked Up – B

TOTAL: 28 MOVIES

OCTOBER

Firefly – Season 1 disk 1 – B
Cruising – W. Friedkin (2nd time) B-
Battlestar Galactica – Season 1 Disk 1 – B
Jericho – Season 1 – Episode 1 – B
9-5 – (Hadn’t seen it since I was a kid, Didn’t hold up) C
Idiocracy – 2nd time – B
Jericho – Season 1 Episodes 2-8 – B+
Eastern Promises -Cronenberg A-
1408 – C
Jericho – Ep 9-12 – B+
Jericho – Ep 13-16 B+
In The Valley of Elah – P. Haggis B+
Black Snake Moan – C. Brewer (2nd time) A-
Jericho – Ep 17-22 A-
The Assination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford – A
Thr Road Warrior – C
Surf’s Up – C
Career Girls – M. Leigh B+
Meet the Robinson’s – C-
Arrested Development – Season 1 Disk 1 A-
The Ladykillers – Coen Brothers C
He Loves Me, He loves me Not – D
Lost – Ep 1-5 B+
Lost – Ep 6-23 A-

TOTAL: 40 Movies
(Depending on how you count watching entire seasons of TV shows. I counted every 2 – 45min episode – as 1 movie)

NOVEMBER

Lost – Season 2 – Ep 1-4 B+
The Savage Innocents – N. Ray B
Lost – Season 2 Ep 5-13 B+
Lost – Season 2 Ep 14-23 B+
The Darjeeling Limited – W. Anderson B
L’Avventura – M. Antonioni B+
Before the Devil Knows Your Dead – S. Lumet A-
Rancho Notorious – F. Lang B+
Hula Girls – Sang-il Lee (Japan) D
Freaks and Geeks – Ep 1-3 – B
Ratatouille (2nd time) B
Finding Nemo (2nd time) B
Live Free or Die Hard – C
Under the Volcano – J. Huston B (overall) A. Finny Performance A-
After the Wedding (Best Foreign Film Nominee 2007 – Denmark) Susanne Bier – B
La Vie en Rose – Overall B- Performance A-
Waitress – Adrienne Shelly B+
Drunken Angel – Kurosawa A-
Reign over me – B-
Assault on Precinct 13 – (The Remake – 2nd viewing) C
Someones watching me – J. Carpenter B

TOTAL: 29 MOVIES

DECEMBER

SuperBad – C
There was A Crooked Man – C+
I’m Not There – T. Haynes B
Double Jeapody – Bruce Beresford (3rd time) B(Not a great movie by any means, but I like it)
No Country for Old Men – Coen Bros. A
Blame it on Fidel – C
The Jerk – B
Star Wars Episode II – (3rd time) C-
LOST Season 3 – Ep 1-23 A
Once – A
Paris Je’Taime – B
Duel at Silver Creek – D. Siegel B-
Atonement – B+

TOTAL: 23 MOVIES

2007 TOTAL: 334 MOVIES

Comment: Not as many as I thought I would watch this year. Next year might be tougher. I am starting a new job and my wife and I are expecting our first child, so I expect lower numbers. But living in Thailand, I will be hitting the Bangkok Film festival this year. I missed both the 2005 through 2007 festivals, but I am back in 2008.