Alright! Some of you may recall that I started up a Must List two months back where I sorted out all of the billion or so movies I see every month and distilled that down to five easy bit size nuggets. That way you don’t have to sort through all of my reviews (or lack thereof, as it seems more and more like lately) to find those few choice gems that I really like and think you would too. These are my favorites. Do with them what you will.
July never got put up last month as was supposed to be tradition because, well, dammit, I saw a lot of great movies in July. It was really hard coming up with just five choices, so I procrastinated and procrastinated and what do you know, it never got done. Finally I just told myself to cut the crap and did it, now that August has come and gone. Just know that Mean Creek and The Honeymoon Killers were THIS CLOSE to making the list…
JULY
May
Mysterious Skin
Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
AUGUST
The Barbarian Invasions
The Descent
The War Game
Ginger Snaps
Kicking and Screaming
There! With that done, let’s get to some more boring crap.
I know some of you love my crazy movie statistics, so let’s see what I’ve been up to the last two months.
TOTAL: 61
IN THEATERS: 7
FOR THE FIRST TIME: 57
And in AUGUST, I saw:
TOTAL: 42
IN THEATERS: 8
FOR THE FIRST TIME: 39
You may remember that my previous record for most movies seen in a month was 50. So, uh, yeah…July I really kicked that record’s ass. In celebration I decided to take a break in August and had a [relatively] slow month.
No, you don’t have to say it.
Yes, I know I’m insane.
How about for the year? Where do I stand so far?
TOTAL: 360
IN THEATERS: 39
FOR THE FIRST TIME: 325
I know what you’re thinking. Aren’t there only 365 days in a year? And how many months have gone by so far? Again, don’t write me, I know I’m insane. And just to prove it, let’s look at where I was in the past three years at this point:
2003: 204
2004: 233
2005: 278
That’s 82 more movies I’ve seen this year than last. Just wrap your head around that number for a minute.
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