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50 Books. 50 Movies. 1 Year (2014).

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Nezumi

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First Update:

Grendel - John Gardner

The main reason I bought this book was because I loved the Cover so much. The book itself was a bit erratic for my taste. There were some scenes that I thought were brilliant, while others dragged on too long for my taste. But I would definitly recommend it especially since it is a rather short read.
 
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Tragicomedy

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Looks like I'm going to need that third post available after all, with all the additional people signing up this year and us using a single URL link for each poster instead of incremental updates.

Can either Mumei or Cyan edit this in as the third post in the thread, please? I realize it will probably jack up all the links I have, but I'll just redo them. I can't fit a single other person into master list and will need to split it in two. Thanks in advance!

We've had one member notice his name dropped off the list...not intentionally, I promise. I also don't currently have room to add anyone new to the list, but I'll do so when I get the third post to split the two up. I'll get to you soon.
 
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Tragicomedy

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Top 20 book worms:
  1. Glaurungr - 152
  2. Mumei - 132
  3. Lumiere - 119
  4. Cyan - 77
  5. TestMonkey - 75
  6. kinoki - 65
  7. lastflowers - 64
  8. bggrthnjsus - 57
  9. Pau - 57
  10. Tragicomedy - 56
  11. EverythingShiny - 55
  12. kswiston - 54
  13. Reyne - 53
  14. Jintor - 53
  15. Empty - 52
  16. Jungleland - 52
  17. Maklershed - 52
  18. Ashes1396 - 51

Top 20 film buffs:
  1. Henry Swanson - 372
  2. Narag - 268
  3. ridley182 - 207
  4. Ephidel - 188
  5. Glaurungr - 168
  6. siyrobbo - 157
  7. Verdre - 121
  8. Saya - 115
  9. jarofbees - 110
  10. roosters93 - 110
  11. BrokenEchelon - 107
  12. avengers23 - 100
  13. Kinoki - 99
  14. Forsaken82 - 85
  15. SaltyDoughtnut - 82
  16. zoozilla - 82
  17. markhimself - 81
  18. FUBAR McDangles - 80
  19. Enco - 78
  20. suberzat - 78

Most balanced with the force:

Least balanced with the force:
 
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Necrovex

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Mumei said:
Oh, it's entirely possible. I had thirteen books (1181, 555, 482, 548, 684, 598, 2559, 457, 835, 1008, 925, 776, and 453 pages) over 450 pages last year, and The Lord of the Rings, which didn't count.

You have 12 months; it's okay to spend some time on some gigantic books. It doesn't really take long to knock out a 200 page novel, after all.
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Mumei. You are a reading deity. Us normal folks can't hope to match up with you.
 
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Tragicomedy

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Enco said:
I finished this before midnight but thought I would recommend it:

The Reason I Jump

A book about autism. Really really interesting. Some repetitive parts but definitely worth a read.
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I found that book both fascinating and totally eye-opening. My son is three and high-functioning ASD. I know every kid on the spectrum is different, but reading that made me feel like I understood some of his behaviors and actions for the first time. The best part is the ultimate message, which is to never give up on someone with autism or lose hope in their future.

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Thanks to both Cyan and Mumei for the extra post and not even breaking my links in the process. You two rock. If you've posted in this thread, you should now be able to find your name in the second and third post of the thread with a link to your master list. That will make it easier for you to find your location as this thread grows and will make my monthly updating easier.

If there's a problem with your link or you don't see your name, give me a holler. Right now they're alphabetical but will be be in order of your book + movie total in the future.
 
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th3dude

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Tragicomedy said:
I found that book both fascinating and totally eye-opening. My son is three and high-functioning ASD. I know every kid on the spectrum is different, but reading that made me feel like I understood some of his behaviors and actions for the first time. The best part is the ultimate message, which is to never give up on someone with autism or lose hope in their future.

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Thanks to both Cyan and Mumei for the extra post and not even breaking my links in the process. You two rock. If you've posted in this thread, you should now be able to find your name in the second and third post of the thread with a link to your master list. That will make it easier for you to find your location as this thread grows and will make my monthly updating easier.

If there's a problem with your link or you don't see your name, give me a holler. Right now they're alphabetical but will be be in order of your book + movie total in the future.
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Thanks for the fix and thanks for all the hard work to organize this. Going to be a fun year.
 
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nitronite

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Count me in, too! This should serve as an excellent way to motivate myself to finish certain good, but frustrating books (I'm looking at you Bleak House).

nitronite - 0/50 Books | 1/50 Movies​

Books:
  • We ★★★★
Movies:
  • Wolf of Wall Street ★★★★½
  • Laputa: Castle in the Sky ★★★★
 
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VegaNine

Member
I'll give it another go as well. I screwed this up last year by forgetting to update.

VegaNine - 0/50 Books | 0/50 Movies​

Books:

Movies:
 
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peach

Member
Peach -28/50 Books |50/50 Movies​

Books:
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
The First Wives Club - Olivia Goldsmith
Wife for Hire - Janet Evanovich
Naughty Neighbor - Janet Evanovich
The Omni Diet - Tana Amen
Divergent - Veronica Roth
The Bride Wore Size 12 - Meg Cabot
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling
Lean In - Sheryl Sanberg
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling
Size 12 is Not Fat - Meg Cabot
The Invention of Wings - Sue Monk Kidd
Americanah - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Power Play - Danielle Steel
The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kid
I Am Malala - Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling
Bridget Jones: Mad About a Boy - Helen Fielding
Orange is the New Black - Piper Kerman
Size 14 is Not Fat Either - Meg Cabot
Anthem - Ayn Rand
Pretty Little Liars #1 - Sara Shephard
Insurgent - Veronica Roth
Gone Girl - 2012
Walking Dead Compendium 2 - Robert Kirkman
Pretty Little Liars #2 - Sara Shephard
Afterburn (Book 1) - Sylvia Day
Hard Choices - Hillary Clinton

Movies: 50/50
The King's Speech - 2010
The English Teacher - 2013
Crazy Kind of Love - 2013
Room 237 - 2012
The People vs. George Lucas - 2010
Planes, Trains & Automobiles - 1987
Pretty Ugly People - 2008
Jane Eyre - 2011
Captain Phillips - 2013
Prisoners - 2013
This Is The End - 2013
Man of Steel - 2013
The Lego Movie - 2013
American Psycho - 2000
Glengarry Glen Ross - 1992
The Usual Suspects - 1995
The Joneses - 2009
Dallas Buyers Club - 2013
The Internship - 2013
Anchorman 2 - 2013
Frozen - 2013
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 2014
We're the Millers - 2013
American Hustle - 2013
The Secret Life of Bees - 2008
Best Night Ever - 2013
Bad Grandpa - 2013
21 Jump Street - 2012
22 Jump Street - 2014
Jobs - 2013
Insidious Chapter 2 - 2013
The Big Wedding - 2013
Tiger Eyes - 2012
We Are What We Are - 2013
Red Dawn - 2012
Jack Reacher - 2012
Our Idiot Brother - 2011
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - 2014
Guardians of the Galaxy - 2014
Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 - 2014
Gone Girl - 2014
Camp Takota - 2014
Sex Tape - 2014
Tammy - 2014
Burt's Buzz - 2013
Stand By Me - 1986
Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement - 2004
Snowpiercer - 2013
Carrie - 2013
Neighbors - 2014
 
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Saphirax

Member
Count me in as well. Have a million books I want to read and a lot of old movies I'm almost ashamed to admit I never watched.

Saphirax - 50/50 Books | 50/50 Movies​

Books:

  • 1. Bram Stoker - Dracula ★★★★
    2. Laini Taylor - Daughter of Smoke & Bone ★½
    3. Isaac Asimov - I, Robot ★★★★
    4. Brandon Sanderson - The Way of Kings ★★★★★
    5. Michelle Paver - Dark Matter: A Ghost Story ★★★
    6. Orson Scott Card - Ender's game ★
    7. Alison Goodman - Eon ★★★½
    8. Alison Goodman - Eona ★★★½
    9. Richard Matheson - I am Legend ★★★
    10. Brandon Sanderson - The Final Empire ★★★★
    11. Maria V. Snyder - Poison Study ★★★
    12. Brandon Sanderson - The Well of Ascension ★★★★
    13. Haruki Murakami - Norwegian Wood ★★★
    14. Cormac McCarthy - The Road ★★★★
    15. Agatha Christie - And Then There Were None ★★★
    16. Terry Pratchett - Color of Magic ★★★★
    17. John Steinbeck - Of Mice and Men ★★★★
    18. Oscar Wilde - The Importance of Being Earnest ★★★★
    19. Virginia Woolf - A Room of One's Own ★★★★
    20. Glen Cook - The Black Company ★★★
    21. William Shakespeare - Macbeth ★★★
    22. N. K. Jemisin - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms ★★★
    23. Patricia Cornwell - Postmortem ★★½
    24. Stephen King - Joyland ★★★
    25. Michael Moorcock - Elric of Melniboné and Other Stories ★★★
    26. John Steinbeck - East of Eden ★★★½
    27. Brandon Sanderson - Warbreaker ★★★½
    28. Richard Kadrey - Sandman Slim ★★
    29. Sarah J. Maas - Throne of Glass ★
    30. Stephen King - Mr. Mercedes ★★★★
    31. Robin Hobb - Assassin's Apprentice ★★★★
    32. Hugh Howey - Wool Omnibus ★★★★★
    33. Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre ★★★½
    34. William Faulkner - As I Lay Dying ★★
    35. Erin Morgenstern - The Night Circus ★★
    36. Sergei Lukyanenko - The Night Watch ★★★
    37. Brandon Sanderson - Words of Radiance ★★★★★
    38. Thomas More - Utopia ★
    39. Isuna Hasekura - Spice & Wolf ★★★★
    40. Lauren Beukes - Broken Monsters ★★★★
    41. Gene Wolfe - Shadow & Claw ★★★★
    42. Nathaniel Hawthorne - The Scarlet Letter ★★
    43. Ursula K. Le Guin - The Left Hand of Darkness ★★★½
    44. Herman Melville - Moby-Dick ★★★★
    45. Robert McCammon - Swan Song ★★★★
    46. Robert Jordan - The Eye of The World ★★★★
    47. Daniel Keyes - Flowers for Algernon ★★★★
    48. Robert Jackson Bennett - City of Stairs ★★★★
    49. Jeff VanderMeer - City of Saints and Madmen ★★★★★
    50. Lynn Flewelling - The Bone Doll's Twin ★★★★

Movies:

  • 1. Carrie (remake) ★★½
    2. Hours ★★★½
    3. Her (No rate)
    4. Frozen ★★★½
    5. Freezer ★★
    6. 12 Years a Slave ★★★★
    7. Lego ★★★★
    8. American Hustle ★★★
    9. Wolf Children ★★★
    10.Ghost in the shell (1995) ★★★★
    11.Veronica Mars ★★★★
    12.Snowpiercer - ★★★★★
    13. 300: Rise of an Empire ★★
    14.Captain America: The Winter Soldier ★★★
    15.Akira ★★★★
    16.Paprika ★★★½
    17.Pompeii ★★
    18.47 Ronin ★★
    19.X-Men: Days of Future Past ★★★
    20.The Garden of Sinners 1: Overlooking View ★★★
    21. End of Evangelion ★★
    22. Persona 3 The Movie ★★★½
    23. Transcendence ★½
    24. Divergent ★
    25. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes ★★★
    26. The Amazing Spider-man 2 ★★
    27. Guardians of the Galaxy ★★★
    28. Maleficent ★★
    29. Stonehearst Asylum ★★★★
    30. Dracula Untold ★★★
    31. A Walk Among The Tombstones ★★★
    32. The Babadook ★★
    33. Lucy ★★
    34. The Return of the Living Dead (1985) ★★★★
    35. Predestination ★★★★
    36. Mulholland Drive ★★★★
    37. Re-animator ★
    38. My Neighbor Totoro ★★★★
    39. Hotarubi no Mori e ★★★★
    40. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust ★★★★ ½
    41. Sword of The Stranger ★★★★
    42. Redline ★★★½
    43. Children Who Chase Lost Voices From Deep Below ★★★★
    44. The Garden of Words ★★★
    45. The Garden of Sinners 2: Murder Speculation 1 ★★★
    46. The Garden of Sinners 3: Remaining Sense of Pain ★★★
    47. The Garden of Sinners 4: The Hollow ★★★★
    48. The Garden of Sinners 5: Paradox Spiral ★★★★
    49. The Garden of Sinners 6: Oblivion Recording ★★★ ½
    50. The Garden of Sinners 7: Murder Speculation 2 ★★★ ½
 
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Collete

Member
I'll try my best to do as much as possible, already started a book from 2013, Till We Have Faces By C.S Lewis.

Collete - 3/50 Books | 1/50 Movies​

Books:
Till We Have Faces by C.S Lewis
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Screwtape Letters by C.S Lewis

Movies:
Red Balloon
 
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Sen²

Member
It's 1am in Germany and I've just finished reading V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. Even though I absolutely love Natalie Portman, I think I enjoyed the Graphic Novel quite a bit more than the movie. Fun read! Not sure what I'm going to read next. It's probably either going to be The World Without Us by Alan Weisman which inspired the environmental design of The Last of Us, The Casual Vacancy by JKR or the GAF Book Club book: The Quiet American by Graham Greene.


Anyway, my updated master list:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=95186038&postcount=238
 
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blackMamba1187

Member
Always looking for a new excuse to read more, though I doubt I'll reach 50. The movies should be easy enough.

blackMamba1187 - 16/50 Books | 51/50 Movies

Books (counting comic tpb. Come at me, brah):

1. Marvel - Fear Itself
2. Akira Volume 1
3. Marvel - Civil War
4. Marvel - World War Hulk
5. DC - Batman: The Long Halloween
6. DC - Batman: Hush
7. Marvel - Spider-Man: Birth of Venom
8. Marvel - Spider-Man: Venom Returns
9. Marvel - Spider-Man: Carnage
10. Marvel - Spider-Man: Maximum Carnage
11. DC - Crisis On Infinite Earths
12. DC - Kingdom Come
13. Marvel - Spider-Man: Big Time Ultimate Collection volume 1
14. Marvel - Marvels
15. The Dispossessed - Ursula K. LeGuin
16. Caliban - Roger MacBride Allen
17. Nightfall - Isaac Asimov

Movies:

1. Star Trek ★★★★
2. Star Trek Into Darkness ★★½
3. The World's End ★★★
4. Wall-E ★★★★½
5. Akira ('88 dub) ★★★★½
6. American Hustle ★★★★
7. The Matrix ★★★★★
8. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ★★★½
9. This is the End ★★★
10. Ender's Game ★★
11. Ratatouille ★★★★
12. Iron-Man 2 ★★½
13. Forgetting Sarah Marshall ★★★★
14. Rush ★★★½
15. Gravity ★★★★
16. Total Recall [2012] ★★½
17. Blade ★★★
18. Thor: the Dark World ★★★½
19. Elysium ★★½
20. Don Jon ★★½
21. Frozen ★★★½
22. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues ★★
23. 47 Ronin ★★½
24. Captain America: the First Avenger ★★★
25. the Avengers ★★★★
26. Iron-Man 3 ★★½
27. Captain America: the Winter Soldier ★★★★
28. Batman: the Dark Knight Returns Deluxe ★★★★
29. Avatar 3D ★★★★
30. The Amazing Spider-Man 3D ★★
31. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ★★★
32. Godzilla 3D ★★★½
33. X-Men: Days of Future Past ★★★★
34. Edge of Tomorrow★★★★
35. Robocop (2013) ★★½
36. the Lego Movie ★★★½
37. Blackfish
38. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
39. Man of Steel 3D
40. Guardians of the Galaxy 3D Imax
41. Captain American: Winter Soldier
42. Batman Assault on Gotham
43. Noah
44. Godzilla
45. Heavenly Sword
46. The Amazing Spider-Man 2
47. X-Men Days of Future Past
48. Edge of Tomorrow
49. 22 Jump Street
50. How to Train Your Dragon 2
51. Guardians of the Galaxy
 
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white dynamite

Member
Giving this another go!

Movies
1. You're Next ★★★
2. The Wave ★★★★
3. Kings of Summer ★★½
4. Frozen ★★½
5. The Road ★★★
6. Resolution ★★★
7. Citadel ★★
8. Take the Waltz ★★
9. Electrick Children ★★★
10. The Woman ★★½
11. Sinister ★★★½
12. The Strangers ★★
13. The World's End ★★★★
14. The Crazies ★★½
15. Big Daddy ★★★
16. Her ★★★★½
17. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues ★★½
18. A.C.O.D. ★★
19. ParaNorman ★★★½
20. The Innkeepers ★★
21. In a World... ★★★★
22. The Dinosaur Project ★
23. Message from Space ½
24. [REC] 3 ★½
25. Pathology ★★
26. Maniac ★★★
27. Horrible Bosses ★★½
28. Bronies ★★½
29. Saved! ★★★½
30. Nantucket Film Festival's Comedy Roundtable ★★
31. Shrek the Musical ★★½
32. V/H/S ★★★
33. The Lego Movie ★★★½
34. Bad Grandpa ★★½
35. About Time ★★★★
36. Grounded: The Making of the Last of Us ★★★★
37. Rent ★★½
38. Jesus Camp ★★★½
39. Aliens ★★★½
40. The Breakfast Club ★★★½
41. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ★★★
42. Dallas Buyers Club ★★★★
43. Blue Jasmine ★★★½
44. Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver ★½
45. Puppet Master 6: Curse of the Puppet Master ½
46. Video Diary of a Lost Girl ★½
47. Confessions of a Superhero ★★★½
48. Marquis de Sade Justine ★
49. Passion's Obsession ★
50. Head of the Family Ganja Version ½
51. Huntress: Spirit of the Night ★
52. Kraa! The Sea Monster ★
53. Neighbors ★★★★
54. Don Jon ★★★½
55. The Purple Rose of Cairo ★★★★
56. 22 Jump Street ★★★
57. Guardians of the Galaxy ★★★★
58. The Fault in Our Stars ★★★
59. The Amazing Spider-Man ★★
60. Center Stage ★★
61. Tron Legacy ★★
62. Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor ★
63. Bo Burnahm: What.: ★★★
64. X-Men: First Class ★★★½
65. X-Men: Days of Future's Past ★★★
66. Godzilla ★★½
67. Life of PI ★★★
68. Interstellar ★★★★½
69. Big Ass Spider ★★½
70. Bill Burr: I'm Sorry You Feel That Way ★★★★
71. Almost Famous ★★½
72. Into The Woods ★★½
73. V for Vendetta ★★★½
74. John Mulaney: New In Town ★★★½
75. Reggie Watts: Why S*** So Crazy? ★★★½


TV
1. Misfits Season 1 ★★★★
2. Misfits Season 2 ★★★★
3. Misfits Season 3 ★★½
4. The Walking Dead Season 4 Part 2 ★★★½
5. The Walking Dead Season 5 Part 1 ★★★
6. Black Mirror Season 1 ★★★★★
7. Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood ★★★★
8. Orange is the New Black ★★★★

Books
1. Steal Like An Artist
2. The Complete Calvin and Hobbes Series

Games
1. Bioshock ★★★★½
2. The Last of Us: Left Behind ★★★★½
3. Bioshock Infinite ★★★★½
4. Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea EP 1. ★★★½

Plays/Comedy
1. The Book of Mormon ★★★★★
2. Rent (local community production) ★½
3. Indian Wants the Bronx (local community college production) ★½
4. Joey Diaz ★★★★
 
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MikeDown

Banned
Think I'll give this a shot, love movies, but I'm a slow reader, really slow reader.


MikeDown - 0/50 Books | 5/50 Movies

Books
Author - Title - ★★★★★½


Movies
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters - 2013 - ★★
Monsters University - 2013 - ★★★
East of Eden - 1955 - ★★★★
Scary Movie - 2000 - ★
The Great Gatsby - 2013 - ★★★

Games
Title - Developer - ★★★★★½
 
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th3dude

Member
Saw The Wolf of Wall Street at the Alamo Drafthouse today. Really enjoyed it. Gave it 4 stars on my list.

I'm a fan of Scorsese and DiCaprio, so I figured I'd like it. It's a long movie, clocking in at exactly 3 hours. But again, if you are a fan of Scorsese, you know what you're getting into.

I'm also a fan of Terence Winter, creater/writer of Boardwalk Empire (which Scorsese is an EP), who wrote the screenplay based on the real life Jordan Belfort's memoirs (which I did not know about until after watching the movie).

Overall, it is a good movie, but don't take grandma to go see it.
 
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Necrovex

Member
sn1pes said:
Saw The Wolf of Wall Street at the Alamo Drafthouse today. Really enjoyed it. Gave it 4 stars on my list.

I'm a fan of Scorsese and DiCaprio, so I figured I'd like it. It's a long movie, clocking in at exactly 3 hours. But again, if you are a fan of Scorsese, you know what you're getting into.

I'm also a fan of Terence Winter, creater/writer of Boardwalk Empire (which Scorsese is an EP), who wrote the screenplay based on the real life Jordan Belfort's memoirs (which I did not know about until after watching the movie).

Overall, it is a good movie, but don't take grandma to go see it.
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I'm surprised how divisive this film has become. On Fandango, the critics liked it, but so many 'normal folks' hate it. I plan to see it sometime this weekend during a morning showing.
 
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th3dude

Member
Necrovex said:
I'm surprised how divisive this film has become. On Fandango, the critics liked it, but so many 'normal folks' hate it. I plan to see it sometime this weekend during a morning showing.
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It was quite raunchy. I suppose you have to be OK with that, and a lot of folks aren't. After seeing it, what you said doesn't surprise me.

No story spoilers, but raunchiness description:
very foul language, lots of boobs and drugs, and even a penis or two
 
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lastflowers

Banned
sn1pes said:
It was quite raunchy. I suppose you have to be OK with that, and a lot of folks aren't. After seeing it, what you said doesn't surprise me.

No story spoilers, but raunchiness description:
very foul language, lots of boobs and drugs, and even a penis or two
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Yep, divisive is one word that movie screams.
 
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Chaser

Member
Finished the last (we'll find out in nine years, I suppose) of the Before... series today as my first movie of the year.

I loved Midnight as much as the first two, which I finally got around to watching last week, despite its differences. Incredibly well written and performed.
 
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campfireweekend

Member
Just finished my first book of 2014! It was the dog stars by Peter Heller, and even though its a post apocalyptical novel, it feels nothing like one.

Its really unique and filled with moments of effusive joy, sadness and profound observations from the narrator. Highly recommended!
 
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Currywurst

Member
I'm in. Don't know if I reach the 50 books as I finished last year just 2. And both for the school. So, we'll see.

Currywurst - 0/50 Books | 0/50 Movies | 0/15 Series | 0/50 Games

Books
Author - Title - ★★★★★½
J. R. R. Tolkien - The Hobbit - In progress

Movies
Title - Year of release - ★★★★★½

Series
Title - Year of release - ★★★★★½

Games
Title - Year of release - ★★★★★½
Bioshock Infinite - 2013 - ★★★★★
 
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ezekial45

Banned
I'm in. I want to accomplish it.

UPDATE: January 2014

ezekial45 --- 0/50 Books | 0/50 Movies

Books:


Movies:
Escape from Alcatraz
American Hustle
12 Years a Slave
Forbidden Planet
 
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alext5

Neo Member
I'm in !

That challenge sounds like a nice motivator to read more. It's a good thing I bought a lot of books recently. Also, I am not even sure I watched 50 movies in a year. It will be interesting to track it all.

alext5 - 1/50 Books | 21/50 Movies

Books
Flash Boys - Michael Lewis - ★★★★½

Movies
R.I.P.D - ★★½
The Wolverine - ★★★½
Ender's Game - ★★★★½
Hunger Games - ★★★½
Gravity - ★★★★
Thor: The Dark World - ★★★★
Hunger Games: Catching Fire - ★★★★½
Don Jon - ★★★
RED 2 - ★★★★
Sherlock - A Study in Pink - ★★★★
Sherlock - The Blind Banker - ★★★★
Sherlock - The Great Game - ★★★★
Wolf of Wall Street - ★★★★
The Hobbit : Desolation of Smaug - ★★★★½
Snowpiercer - ★★★½
Her - ★★★★
The Counselor - ★★★
Kick-Ass 2 - ★★★
Guardians of the Galaxy - ★★★★★
Captain America - The Winter Soldier - ★★★
Transcendence - ★★
 
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Tragicomedy

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campfireweekend said:
Just finished my first book of 2014! It was the dog stars by Peter Heller, and even though its a post apocalyptical novel, it feels nothing like one.

Its really unique and filled with moments of effusive joy, sadness and profound observations from the narrator. Highly recommended!
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It's been on my Goodreads queue forever. I really need to read it. Thanks for the feedback.
 
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Cyan

Banned
One down, 99 to go!

Watched my first movie of the year, The Lady Vanishes. The plot is a hoary one by now (a woman takes a blow to the head while boarding a train; when she wakes up on board, an older woman who had befriended her has vanished, and none of the other passengers seem to remember the older woman ever being on the train), but this movie holds up surprising well. (It's 75 years old!) Hitchcock doesn't give short shrift to the thriller aspect of the movie, but also gives it a surprising number of comic bits. Which are still damn funny (those goddamn Englishmen...).
 
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lastflowers

Banned
Saw:

Saving Mr. Banks today. I enjoyed it. There were some cornball moments, but having not known the general tale of Mary Poppins' journey to the bigscreen....it was interesting.

Del Toro - Cronos
You really can see Del Toro in it. It's rough, but beautiful. It has a clear three part structure, and despite knowing the ending the entire movie was enjoyable. I definitely recommend it to people who like Del Toro's more popular (I'm not sure if this is popular....) films.

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WanderingWind

Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Watched Moonrise Kingdom, a movie I had sort of set aside for a special occasion. What better occasion than a new year? I am genetically inclined to love Wes Anderson movies and this is no different. Touching, awkward, Bill Murrayism, all the hallmarks of Anderson's best are here.
 
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lastflowers

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WanderingWind said:
Watched Moonrise Kingdom, a movie I had sort of set aside for a special occasion. What better occasion than a new year? I am genetically inclined to love Wes Anderson movies and this is no different. Touching, awkward, Bill Murrayism, all the hallmarks of Anderson's best are here.
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As much as I love WA, the Grand Budapest Hotel coming out soon is rubbing me a little raw.

Moonrise Kingdom seemed fine to me as it felt like a paintbrush of my father's youth and the craziness of boy scouts in the 50s-late 60s.

Then again, who cares when he makes some of the most touching characters on screen.
 
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WanderingWind

Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
lastflowers said:
As much as I love WA, the Grand Budapest Hotel coming out soon is rubbing me a little raw.

Moonrise Kingdom seemed fine to me as it felt like a paintbrush of my father's youth and the craziness of boy scouts in the 50s-late 60s.

Then again, who cares when he makes some of the most touching characters on screen.
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Grand Budapest Hotel is my most anticipated of the year. It's definitely going to end up on this list. I have enjoyed every one of his films and, yeah, it can be well argued that his films centered on adults have generally been slightly weaker than his ones dealing with the problems of youth, I don't think he's made a bad film yet. I even like Bottle Rocket quite a bit.
 
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lastflowers

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WanderingWind said:
Grand Budapest Hotel is my most anticipated of the year. It's definitely going to end up on this list. I have enjoyed every one of his films and, yeah, it can be well argued that his films centered on adults have generally been slightly weaker than his ones dealing with the problems of youth, I don't think he's made a bad film yet. I even like Bottle Rocket quite a bit.
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The only two that I find somewhat questionable are Life Aquatic and Darjeeling Limited.

LA, though the soundtrack is amazing, just seems a wee bit too far up his own bungholio.

DL, I just haven't seen in a while...but I was disappointed when I saw it in theaters. I should really give it a rewatch before passing judgement.

Call it a 'semi-cautious' massive anticipation for it. A guarded hype-beast that is only minutely controlled to prevent a massive letdown if the movie turns out to be what I would consider a worst-case scenario.

BR, Rushmore, Tenenbaums trio define my youth and have shaped me in ways I probably can't fully comprehend.
 
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campfireweekend

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Tragicomedy said:
It's been on my Goodreads queue forever. I really need to read it. Thanks for the feedback.
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Its actually quite amazing how levity is simultaneously leveraged with the gravity and overall heaviness that such a world necessitates.

Like I'd be laughing one second and extremely sad the next, and it somehow all works.

OT: I just watched Wolf Children based off of its constant mentions in the Anime of the year thread.

Of all the things I expected, a well executed narrative on the troubles of single motherhood was not one of them, and it was amazing in that respect.

It didn't quite reach the highs that I felt it needed to be top tier, but I was admittedly beaming for most of its screen time. So in that sphere of critique it gets an A.
 
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Viridian6

Member
I'll give this a shot.

Viridian6 - 3/50 books | 21/50 movies

Books:
1. Battle Royale - Koushun Takami (translated by Yuji Oniki) [25/04] ★★★★
2. Unnatural Creatures (short story anthology selected by Neil Gaiman) [01/05] ★★★½
3. The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman [27/12] ★★★

Movies:
1. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ★★★
2. From Vegas to Macau ★★
3. Robocop (2014) ★★★½
4. Captain America: The Winter Soldier ★★★★
5. The Lion Men [19/04] ★★
6. The Lego Movie [03/05] ★★★½
7. 47 Ronin [03/05] ★★½
8. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 [08/05] ★★★★
9. Godzilla (2014) [16/05] ★★½
10. X-Men: Days of Future Past [23/05] ★★★½
11. How to Train Your Dragon 2 [11/06] ★★★½
12. Transformers: Age of Extinction [28/06] ★★★½
13. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) [16/08] ★★★
14. Guardians of the Galaxy [19/08] ★★★★
15. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For [24/08] ★★★
16. Sherlock: A Study in Pink ★★★★
17. Sherlock: The Blind Banker ★★★½
18. Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno [31/08] ★★★★
19. Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends [11/10] ★★★½
20. Interstellar [22/11] ★★
21. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies [19/12] ★★★★
 
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rCIZZLE

Member
Guess I'll try this out. Doubt I'll get anywhere close to 50 books though lol. Going to toss games in too.

rCIZZLE - 0/50 books | 4/50 movies | 2/25 games

Books:

Movies:
Arlington Road
Ip Man The Final Fight
The Lincoln Lawyer
Heist

Games:
Beyond Two Souls
Tales from Space: About a Blob
 
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Zeekaas

Member
Count me in!

Zeekaas - 6/50 books | 32/50 movies​

Books:
  • Discworld: the color of magic - Terry Pratchett
  • A Hitchiker's guide to the galaxy - Douglas Adams
  • The snowman - Jo Nesbo
  • Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
  • Under the Dome - Stephen King
  • Inferno - Dan Brown


Movies:
  • Frozen
  • Wolf of Wall street
  • Ghost in the Shell
  • Sherlock - a study in pink
  • Sherlock - The blind banket
  • Sherlock - The great game
  • Sherlock - a scandal in belgravia
  • Sherlock - The hounds of Baskerville
  • Sherlock - The reigenbach fall
  • Sherlock - the empty hearse
  • Sherlock - the sign of three
  • Sherlock - his last vow
  • Enders game
  • Captain America the Winter soldier
  • Twelve years a slave
  • Guardians of the Galaxy
  • The Maze Runner
  • Predestination
  • Maleficent
  • Dawn of the planet of the apes
  • Edge of tomorrow
  • X men days of future past
  • If i stay
  • Divirgent
  • The lego movie
  • Sin city a dame to kill for
  • Thor the dark world
  • Robocop
  • The secret life of walter mitty
  • Despicable Me 2
  • How to train your dragon 2
  • The devils double
 
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Saya

Member
This sounds fun. I'm in too. Movies should not be a problem, but the books might be more of a challenge. I need to read more.

Saya - 14/50 books | 115/50 movies

Books:

  • Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse - ★★★★½
  • The Beach - Alex Garland - ★★★★
  • Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut - ★★★★★
  • Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck - ★★★★★
  • The Prophet - Khalid Gibran - ★★★★
  • The Stormlight Archive: The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson - ★★★★½
  • Raven's Shadow: Blood Song - Anthony Ryan - ★★★★½
  • House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski - ★★★★★
  • The Stormlight Archive: Words of Radiance - Brandon Sanderson - ★★★★★
  • Stories of Your Life and Others - Ted Chiang - ★★★★★
  • The Lifecycle of Software Objects - Ted Chiang - ★★★★
  • The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate - Ted Chiang - ★★★★½
  • Hell is the Absence of God - Ted Chiang - ★★★★
  • Exhalation - Ted Chiang - ★★★★

Movies:

  • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (Cody Cameron & Kris Pearn, 2013) - ★½
  • Chernobyl Diaries (Bradley Parker, 2012) - ★½
  • Bad Grandpa (Jeff Tremaine, 2013) - ★★★
  • Machete Kills (Robert Rodriguez, 2013) - ★½
  • The Purge (James DeMonaco, 2013) - ★½
  • Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler, 2013) ★★★
  • Pieta (Kim Ki-Duk, 2012) - ★★★★★
  • The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, 2013) - ★★★★★
  • Her (Spike Jonze, 2013) - ★★★★½
  • The Beach (Danny Boyle, 2000) - ★½
  • Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror (F.W. Murnau, 1922) - ★★★½
  • The Thing (Matthijs van Heijningen, 2011) - ★
  • Floating Weeds [Ukigusa] (Yasujirō Ozu, 1959) - ★★★★★
  • Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) - ★★★★★
  • Captain Phillips (Paul Greengrass, 2013) - ★★★
  • Tokyo Story [Tōkyō Monogatari] (Yasujirō Ozu, 1953) - ★★★★★
  • The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming & George Cukor & Mervyn LeRoy, 1939) - ★★★★★
  • The Eye [Gin Gwai] (Pang Brothers, 2002) - ★½
  • Jobs (Joshua Michael Stern, 2013) - ★
  • The Passion of Joan of Arc [La passion de Jeanne d'Arc] (Carl Th. Dreyer, 1928) - ★★★★★
  • They Live (John Carpenter, 1988) - ★★★
  • Dragon Wasps (Joe Knee, 2012) - ★½
  • Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979) - ★★★★
  • After Earth (M. Night Shyalaman, 2013) - ★½
  • Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders, 1984) - ★★★★
  • The Bayton Outlaws (Barry Battles, 2012) - ★½
  • American Hustle (David O. Russell, 2013) - ★★★
  • Inside Llewyn Davis (The Coen brothers, 2013) - ★★★★
  • Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, 2013) - ★★★★★
  • One Piece Film: Z (Tatsuya Nagamine, 2012) - ★★★
  • The Searchers (John Ford, 1956) - ★★★★★
  • Birth of the Living Dead (Rob Kuhns, 2013) - ★★★½
  • Battleship (Peter Berg, 2012) - ★
  • The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1973) - ★★★★★
  • Eden Lake (James Watkins, 2008) - ★★★½
  • The Church [La Chiesa] (Michele Soavi, 1989) - ★★½
  • Elite Squad [Tropa de Elite] (Jose Padilha, 2007) - ★★½
  • Mr. Nobody (Jaco Van Dormael, 2009) - ★★★½
  • A Separation [Jodái-e Náder az Simin] (Asghar Farhadi, 2011) - ★★★★★
  • You’re Next (Adam Wingard, 2013) - ★
  • Silent Hill: Revelation (Michael J. Bassett, 2012) - ★
  • Cabaret (Bob Fosse, 1972) - ★★
  • Dallas Buyers Club (Jean-Marc Vallée, 2013) - ★★★
  • The Vanishing [Spoorloos] (George Sluizer, 1988) - ★★★★★
  • North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959) - ★★★
  • Elite Squad: The Enemy Within [Tropa de Elite 2 – O Inimigo Agora é Outro] Jose Padilha, 2010) - ★★★★★
  • The Producers (Mel Brooks, 1967) - ★★★½
  • Behind the Candelabra (Steven Soderbergh, 2013) - ★★★★
  • Knights of Badassdom (Joe Lynch, 2013) - ★★
  • Rust and Bone [De rouille et d'os] (Jacques Audiard, 2012) - ★★★½
  • Super (James Gunn, 2011) - ★★★★
  • Insomnia (Christopher Nolan, 2002) - ★★★
  • We're the Millers (Rawson Marshall Thurber, 2013)- ½
  • The White Ribbon [Das weisse Band] (Michael Haneke, 2009) - ★★★★★
  • RoboCop (Jose Padilha, 2014) - ★★
  • Funny Games (Michael Haneke, 1997) - ★★★★
  • Blood Simple (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1984) - ★★★
  • Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg, 1991) - ★★★★
  • Deliver Us from Evil (Amy Berg, 2006) - ★★★★
  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Jim Sharman, 1975) - ★★★
  • The LEGO Movie (Chris Miller & Phil Lord, 2014) - ★★★★★
  • The Descent: Part 2 (Jon Harris, 2009) - ★★★
  • All Is Lost (J.C. Chandor, 2013) - ★★★
  • Yi Yi: A One and a Two (Edward Yang, 2000) - ★★★½
  • Sleep Tight [Mientras duermes] (Jaume Balagueró, 2011) - ★★★★
  • War Witch (Kim Nguyen, 2012) - ★★★★
  • The Devils (Ken Russell, 1971) - ★★★★
  • Night of the Demons (Kevin S. Tenney, 1988) - ★★★
  • Maniac (Franck Khalfoun, 2012) - ★★
  • Amour (Michael Haneke, 2012) - ★★★★
  • The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief (Jake Clennell, 2006) - ★★★½
  • Winnie the Pooh (Stephen J. Anderson & Don Hall, 2011) - ★★★★
  • Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965) - ★★★½
  • Byzantium (Neil Jordan, 2012) - ★
  • In the Loop (Armando Iannucci, 2009) - ★★★★
  • Like Someone in Love (Abbas Kiarostami, 2012) - ★★★
  • Fright Night 2: New Blood (Eduardo Rodriguez, 2013) - ★
  • About Elly… [Darbâreye Eli] (Asghar Farhadi, 2009) - ★★★★★
  • Blue Jasmine (Woody Allen,2013) - ★★★★
  • Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (John McNaughton, 1990) - ★★★½
  • The Colony (Jeff Renfroe, 2013) - ★
  • Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (Isaac Florentine, 2013) - ★★★½
  • Despicable Me 2 (Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud, 2013) - ★★★½
  • Side by Side (Christopher Kenneally, 2012) - ★★★★
  • Aguirre: The Wrath of God (Werner Herzog, 1972) - ★★★★★
  • The Bay (Barry Levinson, 2012) - ★
  • Renoir (Gilles Bourdos, 2012) - ★★
  • Grey Gardens (Albert and David Maysles, 1975) - ★★★
  • Texas Chainsaw 3D (John Luessenhop, 2013) - ★
  • Phantasm (Don Coscarelli, 1979) - ★½
  • Black Sabbath (Mario Bava, 1963) - ★★★½
  • 2 Guns (Baltasar Kormákur, 2013) - ★★★
  • 300: Rise of an Empire (Noam Murro, 2014) - ★★
  • Nebraska (Alexander Payne, 2013) - ★★★½
  • Upstream Color (Shane Carruth, 2013) - ★★★½
  • Daughters of Darkness [Les Lèvres rouges] (Harry Kümel, 1971) - ★★
  • Iron Sky (Timo Vuorensola, 2012) - ★★
  • 47 Ronin (Carl Rinsch,2013) - ★½
  • The Tenant (Roman Polanski, 1976) - ★★★★
  • Haute Cuisine (Christian Vincent, 2012) - ★★½
  • Another Earth (Mike Cahill, 2011) - ★★
  • The Wind Rises [Kaze Tachinu] (Hayao Miyazaki, 2013) - ★★★★★
  • Man Push Cart (Ramin Bahrani, 2005) - ★½
  • The Doll Master [Inhyeongsa] (Jeong Yong-Gi, 2004) - ★
  • Eyes Without a Face [Les yeux sans visage] (Georges Franju, 1960) - ★★★★½
  • The People Under the Stairs (Wes Craven, 1991) - ★★½
  • The Wild Hunt (Alexandre Franchi, 2009) - ★★½
  • Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (Adam McKay, 2013) - ★½
  • Rurouni Kenshin [Rurōni Kenshin] (Keishi Ohtomo, 2012) - ★★★★
  • Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974) - ★★★★★
  • The Raid 2 (Gareth Evans, 2014) - ★★★★
  • The East (Zal Batmanglij, 2013) - ★½
  • High and Low [Tengoku to Jigoku] (Akira Kurosawa, 1963) - ★★★★½
  • R.I.P.D. (Robert Schwentke, 2013) - ★
  • M (Fritz Lang, 1931) - ★★★★★
 
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Bonethug

Member
Started the year off with a couple of quick, easy pulp reads from Hard Case Crime.
Plan to read The Last Quarry and then hop into Leviathan Wakes or A Dance with Dragons.

01. The First Quarry - Max Allan Collins
02. Quarry's Ex - Max Allan Collins
 
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titusandronicus

Member
WanderingWind said:
Watched Moonrise Kingdom, a movie I had sort of set aside for a special occasion. What better occasion than a new year? I am genetically inclined to love Wes Anderson movies and this is no different. Touching, awkward, Bill Murrayism, all the hallmarks of Anderson's best are here.
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My first movie of 2014 was a Wes Anderson movie. Rushmore! Really enjoyed it.
 
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daffy

Banned
Rushmore has one of the best endings of all time too.

I wish that I knew what I know now
when I was younger
 
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RedShift

Member
Okay I'm going to try for it. I'll start reading tonight.

RedShift - 7/50 Books | 9/50 Movies​

Books - 7/50
Author - Title - ★★★★★½
  1. [03/01/14] Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games - ★★★★
  2. [03/01/14] Suzanne Collins - Catching Fire - ★★★½
  3. [06/01/14] Suzanne Collins - Mockingjay - ★★½
  4. [09/01/14] Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game - ★★★½
  5. [27/01/14] Frank Herbert - Dune - ★★★★
  6. [30/01/14] Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451 - ★★★½
  7. [03/02/14] J.K. Rowling (as Robert Galbraith) - The Cuckoo's Calling - ★★★★
Now Reading: Poor Economics - Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee

Movies - 9/50
Title - Year of release - ★★★★★½
  1. [07/01/14] Argo - 2012 - ★★★½
  2. [10/01/14] Gravity - 2013 - ★★★★★
  3. [17/01/14] Good Will Hunting - 1997 - ★★★★
  4. [24/01/14] Local Hero - 1983 - ★★
  5. [25/01/14] 12 Years a Slave - 2013 - ★★½
  6. [02/02/14] How to Train Your Dragon - 2010 - ★★★★
  7. [03/02/14] The Hunger Games - 2012 - ★★★★
  8. [04/02/14] Thor - The Dark World - 2013 - ★★★
  9. [05/02/14] The Wolf of Wall Street - 2013 - ★★★★
TV Series/Seasons - 3/??
Show - Series/Season - ★★★★★½
  1. [12/01/14] Sherlock - Series 3 ★★★★
  2. [21/01/14] House of Cards (US) - Season 1 ★★★★½
  3. [06/02/14] Orange is the New Black - Season 1 ★★★★★
 
Flying Toaster

Flying Toaster

Member
daffy said:
Rushmore has one of the best endings of all time too.

I wish that I knew what I know now
when I was younger
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Rushmore is one of the greatest movies of all times. Every movie that Wes Anderson even has a finger in, or Jason Schwartzman is in I have to see because of Rushmore.

Just finished my first book of 2014, I took the easy way out and read Dan Browns Inferno. I feel dirty doing it but it was quite the fun read and I recommend it to anyone that wants to read something light, easy, and not taxing to the mind yet still looking for a page turner.

Kicked in the New Year with two Robert De Niro movies, both drastically different, Silver Linings Playbook witch I enjoyed and the Killing Season. The later really was an interesting movie as the location they shot in was breathtaking but the actual acting left a lot to be desired.

Best of luck to all of you and I hope that everyone reaches the 50/50 goal for the year.
 
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Qiot

Neo Member
I've nearly finished Triplanetary by EE "Doc" Smith (1934) and found it surprisingly enjoyable. Seeing the type of future-gazing that happened in the 1930's is hilarious in some instances and startlingly accurate in others.

Has anyone got recommendations for other good "pulpy" sci-fi?
 
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ZetaEpyon

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First Update - Books 0/50, Movies 3/50

Watched the last part of Sherlock S1 and the first two parts of S2 last night. Man, I'm glad that I didn't have to wait the 2 years between them. In any case, these were as fantastic as expected.

For books, I'm going to start with a couple non-fictions that I'd picked up a while back and barely got into before setting them aside for various reasons. So far, Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN is keeping me pretty interested.
 
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Tragicomedy

Member
lastflowers said:
The only two that I find somewhat questionable are Life Aquatic and Darjeeling Limited.
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I saw The Life Aquatic in the dollar theater back in the day and was thinking, "What the heck is this crap?" Watching it again later on blu ray made me fully realize how freaking fun and awesome the movie is. The Darjeeling Limited, however, really is a stinker. I think it stands out against the rest of his films like a sore thumb. I just could not get interested in the characters or story. It pales in comparison to Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums.

campfireweekend said:
Its actually quite amazing how levity is simultaneously leveraged with the gravity and overall heaviness that such a world necessitates.
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Yeah, the entire premise of The Dog Stars just screams, "Hey, Tragicomedy, this is right up your alley!" I think I've been hesitant to read it because several folks in the monthly reading thread said the writing style was haphazard, and a little atypical. That shouldn't really bother me, though. I love McCarthy's stuff, and that comes without proper punctuation or use of quotation marks. It gives it a free, breezy feeling that I really appreciate.

killertofu said:
I saw Jurassic Park last night but I'm not sure if I've actually seen it ....
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I saw it in theaters back in 1993, so maybe I'm coloring this view with my nostalgia...but how the heck could you ever forget seeing that film??? It might not compare to some modern day computer graphics, but that film completely altered the way I perceived technology in movies like none before it. I think the progress since then has been amazing but largely iterative, as opposed to the massive gap between Jurassic Park and everything that came before it.

ZetaEpyon said:
Watched the last part of Sherlock S1 and the first two parts of S2 last night. Man, I'm glad that I didn't have to wait the 2 years between them. In any case, these were as fantastic as expected.
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Great minds think alike. The wife and I started the series for the first time. Two parts in to the first season and it's been wonderful so far. I have no idea why I haven't sat down and watched it prior to now.
 
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killertofu

Member
Tragicomedy said:
I saw it in theaters back in 1993, so maybe I'm coloring this view with my nostalgia...but how the heck could you ever forget seeing that film??? It might not compare to some modern day computer graphics, but that film completely altered the way I perceived technology in movies like none before it. I think the progress since then has been amazing but largely iterative, as opposed to the massive gap between Jurassic Park and everything that came before it.
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Well, I was two years old when it released in theaters so...

It's one of those movies that has been so ingrained in pop culture that it basically felt like I've seen it before, even though I'm not sure if I did. Certain shots, the soundtrack are very memorable.
 
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