70 “New-To-Me” Movies 2011

Last year i set myself a realistic goal of 50 'New-To-Me' movies. This year i increased my number to 70 and i made it.

Here is my list of movies I watched in 2011 and my ratings. Looking at the list there are only a couple of ratings that i now regret and would change but have left at my original rating.

January:

Greenberg – 1.5/5

Black Swan – 5/5

February:

127 Hours – 4/5

March:

Just Buried – 1.5/5

Because I said so – 2/5

The Last Kiss – 2/5

Hairspray (1988) – 2.5/5

Youth and Revolt – 2.5/5

Waiting for Guffman – 3.5/5

No Reservations – 3/5

Dinner for Schmucks – 2/5

Cyrus – 3/5

The Runaways – 2/5

Get Him To The Greek – 4/5

April:

How to eat fried worms – 3/5

Hot Rod – 2/5

Thor – 3.5/5 – By the hammer of THOOORRRR!!!!

May:

Paperman – 4/5

Blood into Wine – 4/5

The Hangover 2 – 4/5

June:

The Green Hornet – 3/5

Drive Angry – 3/5

American: The Bill Hicks Story – 4/5

Year One – 1/5

Super 8 – 4/5

DIG! – 3/5

Stranger than fiction – 3/5

Couple’s Retreat – 2.5/5

We own the night – 2/5

Rango – 3/5

July:

District 9 – 3.5/5

You Again – 3/5

Mama Mia – 2/5

Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows Pt 2 – 4/5

Bride Wars – 2/5

Jesus Camp – 3/5

Suckerpunch – 2/5

Bridesmaids – 4/5

Accepted – 3/5

Despicable me – 2.5/5

August:

Sunshine – 3/5

Captain America – 4/5

The Losers – 3/5

Raising Arizona 4/5

Hesher – 4/5

The music never stopped – 4/5

Man with the screaming brain – 2/5

Sourcecode – 2/5

Bad Teacher – 2/5

The Best and the Brightest – 3/5

September:

Everything Must Go – 3/5

The Beaver – 3/5

Burlesque – 2/5

Horrible Bosses – 3/5

Intolerable Cruelty – 3/5

October:

Red State – 4.5/5

November:

Let’s go to Prison – 2/5

Marley and Me – 2/5

Exit through the gift shop – 4.5/5

Tucker and Dale vs Evil – 2.5/5

Welcome to the Dollhouse – 1/5

The Benchwarmers – 3/5

December:

50/50 – 4.5/5

The Help – 4.5/5

The Myth of the American Sleepover – 3/5

The Invention of Lying – 3/5

Contagion – 3.5/5

Our idiot brother – 3/5

Cherrybomb – 1/5

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – 4/5

Project Nim – 5/5

7 Up – 3/5

7 Plus 7 – 3/5

Submarine – 5/5

Total: 74

Good Effort if i do say so myself. Next year I will probably increase it more. With BJ and I moving in together we will have a lot more time to watch movies (AND TV shows).

I should really do a blog like this for TV shows but it's a hard one because there are soo many series we started this year as well as one's we've continued from past years. There is soo much GREAT TV out there at the moment so i might just mention some of my favourites currently.

Great Shows:

Breaking Bad - fantastic show. I wasn't the happiest person with regards to the ending of season 4 but i fucken love that show. Boardwalk Empire - Just amazing. Everything about it is perfect. The acting the sets the costumes. Louie - HILARIOUS!!! Don't need to say anything else. For Animation I'm in love with Bob's Burgers and Archer. I still love How I Met Your Mother. My new favourite sitcom is New Girl. Perfect in every way. Game Of Thrones - Mother fucken Game of THRONES!!!! The Killing is the most depressing show i've watched and actually had to stop for a while because i couldn't handle it but it's such an amazing edge-of-your-seat show. The Walking Dead always gets your heart racing and the season of nothing happening was worth sitting through for the last 10 minutes of the season final. Mike and Molly, Raising Hope and Melissa and Joey are all worth watching, feel good shows. The nerd in me feels enough people don't know about Eureka and should.

Not So Great Shows:

I'm proud to say i've finally quit True Blood. Talk about a shit show. It made me soo angry but i'm not one to finish mid season so i toughed it out. Also, I'm pretty disappointed with how this years season of Dexter went. It turned really soapie and lame. I still can't tell if Colin Hanks was acting really well or REALLY BADLY. Season ending was a twist which HOPEFULLY will improve next season. Entourage's ending was what BJ described as and i quote 'A pile of shit'. Glee has been stinkin' pretty bad since the end of season 1. This season of Chuck has been a bit lagging which makes me sad.

So there is a little insight to SOME of the TV I've watched this year. (I watch a fuckload of TV). 

BJ are I are trying to decide weather to watch a TV show or movies to bring us into 2012.  So i may have to add to this later on.

Hope everyone has a safe and happy new year.
2012 is going to be the best!!

xx

Smorgy

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50 New-To-Me Movies for 2010

In 2010 i decided to try and watch 50 movies I'd never seen before and i managed to succeed (squeezing two in on the 31/12/10).

Here is a list of what i saw

January:

• Fantastic Mr Fox – 4/5 – Very enjoyed the animation and story. Definitely not a children’s film.
• Degrassi goes to Hollywood – 3/5 – Wasn’t like watching Degrassi, but still fun to watch.
• Iron Man – 3/5 – Even though not much really happens I enjoyed watching it. I don’t know if it’s just because it’s Robert Downey Jr or because it was good :P
• Nine – 2/5 – Completely cut all of Kate Hudson and it would be watchable again. But it’s no Chicago.
• Mary and Max – 4/5 – Animation was awesome, Story was fucked up but I loved it

February:

• Synecdoche New York – 1/5 – I just hated it. DONT WATCH THIS!!!
• Funny People – 3/5 – I enjoyed it, it was better then I heard it would be. Long but actually funny.
• Running with Scissors – 2.5-3/5 – I was shocked to find out it was a based on a true story. It was crazy (literally).
  

March:

• Alice in Wonderland – 2/5 – It was alright but not great. Tim Burton needs to stop ‘burtonizing’ every movie ever made and write his own again.
• He’s just not that into you – 2/5 – It wasn’t fantastic. Your typical chick flick with the happy ending. But I liked it
• Post Grad – 2/5 – It was an average film. Only watched it because Alexis Bledel was in it. But it had a pretty big cast.
• Kick Ass – 4/5 – BRILLANT!!
• The men who stare at goats – 2.5/5 – I enjoyed it. It was a little silly, but wasn’t a waste of time.
• My name is Bruce – 2.5/5 – Oh my god… hahaa. I wasn’t expecting anything special and it was soo stupid, but sooo brillant.
• Cop Out – 3/5 – It was great. Very funny.
• Harold & Kumar 2 – 2.5/5 – Yes a lower rating but only because its not a masterpiece. It is however very funny and stupid

April:

• Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist – 3.5/5 – A fun movie, without being stupid.
• Whatever Works – 2/5 – Who’d of thought Larry David could be worse then he is in Curb.
• Where the wild things are – 3/5 – Beautiful film. Amazing costumes. But I worry if I think about it too much ill like it less.
• 27 Dresses – 2/5 – Its predictable but not boring. I love the comment ‘its great because you can shorten it and wear it again’

May:

• Rachel’s Getting Married – 2.5/5 – I was not expecting an arthouse movie so I was a bit surprised. It was a bit all over the shop and a lot didn’t make sense (eg: Indian themed attire for the wedding).
• Whip It – 3.5/5 – I really enjoyed this film
• Iron Man 2 – 4/5 – GREAT!
• Best In Show – 3/5 – Funny mockumatery of a dog show

June:

July:

• Paper Heart – 3/5 – It had it’s funny moments but I was expecting it to be funnier
• Toy Story 3 – 4.5/5 – Beautiful way to finish up that trilogy
• Inception – 4/5 – Very well done.. Wrapped up in the end perfectly
  

August:

• Im Reed Fish – 2/5 – Wasn’t anything special. Was expecting it to be better           
• Hot Tub Time Machine – 5/5 – BRILLANT!!!
• She’s Out of Your League – 2/5 – Wasn’t terrible, had funny moments
• Band Slam – 2/5 – Was entertaining.. Put it on to fall asleep to but watched the entire movie
• Scott Pilgrim vs The World – 2/5 – Wasn’t as good as people said it was
• Wedding Crashers – 2/5 - Laughed a bit but nothing really memorable
• + watched half of 'I Love You Man' (Haven't counted it as i haven't finished it)

September:

• The Karate Kid – 2/5 – Enjoyable but not fantastic (I love Jackie Chan)
• Streetdance – 1/5 – Soo bad but had to finish it
• Sherlock Holmes – 2.5/5 – Not as good as I thought it’d be
  

October:

• I’m still here – 4/5 – Very different but good.
• Easy A – 4/5 – It was entertaining!
• Buried – 4/5 – Very different. And thankfully they didn’t fuck up the ending
  

November:

• The Social Network – 4/5 – well written, well acted
• Jackass 3D – 5/5 – Hilarious
• The First Daughter – 1/5 – Poo
• The Bunny House – 2/5 – Funny… ‘Mysterious’
• The Vicious Kind – 4/5 - I dont know what to say. Wow
  

December:

• Forgetting Sarah Marshall – 3/5 - Enjoyable. Cant complain when VM is involved
• Sex and the City Movie – 1/5 - Terrible
• Dukes of Hazzard – 2/5 - Watchable.
• Harry Potter and the Deadly Hollows – 4/5 - It was made to line everything up for the final part... And it did that very well
• The Actors – 2.5/5 – I wasn’t really in the mood for it I don’t think, but it was enjoyable
• When in Rome – 3/5 – I loved the cast, it was goofy but fun

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