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[gloomy]

gloomy - 1/50 Books | 4/50 Movies

Books:

1. The sailor who fell from grace with the sea - Yukio Mishima

Movies:

1. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2. Midnight In Paris
3. Rurouni Kenshin
4. Octopussy

 

[Yager]

Update:

Yager - 0/50 books | 3/50 movies

Books: -

Movies: A Knight in Camelot, Cloud Atlas, Django Unchained.

 

[Nymerio]

Update

Nymerio - 4/50 Books | 0/50 Movies​

Books

• Pattern Recognition (William Gibson)
• The Emperor's Soul (Brandon Sanderson)
• Ship of Fools (Richard Russo)
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (Philip K. Dick)

Movies

 

[BrokenEchelon]

As per Xyla's instructions I won't update after each movie, but this is a substantial one (good job keeping up with everyone btw!)

BrokenEchelon - 3/50 Books | 19/50 Movies​

Books

• Tess of the d'Urbervilles
• Dead Souls
• Les Misérables

Movies

• Ip Man
• Nosferatu
• Rosemary's Baby
• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
• Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
• Mary and Max
• Trainspotting
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
• V/H/S
• Chinatown
• The Grapes of Wrath
• Leviathan
• The Andromeda Strain
• Justice League: Doom
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower
• Seven Psychopaths
• Lockout
• Dracula 3000
• Django Unchained
  

Seven Psychopaths was so god damn good. Every bit as good as In Bruges with terrific performances. I highly recommend it, as I think it was one of very very few movies worth seeing in 2012.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

RatskyWatsky - 0/20 TV | 0/25 Books | 18/50 Movies

TV

• Coming Soon

Books

• Coming Soon

Movies

• How to Steal a Million
• Crash
• Terminator 2: Judgement Day
• Jiro Dreams of Sushi
• Shakespeare in Love
• Tiny Furniture
• Arabian Nights
• Bottle Rocket
• Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
• Take Her, She's Mine
• Jackie Chan's Project A
• Dead Space: Downfall
• Dead Space: Aftermath
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• The Fighter
• A Cat in Paris
• The Grey
• Let's Make Love

I really liked the imagery of Beasts of the Southern Wild. Very evocative and affecting film with a marvelous score.

The Fighter. Wow. Great movie with incredible performances by Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, and Amy Adams. The plot was a little predictable, especially towards the end, but in this case that's not a bad thing. I'm not really one for boxing films, but I thought the fight scenes in this were intense and very well choreographed.

A Cat in Paris was a nice little film - a little over an hour in length - with great visual style and a jazzy score, about a cat, a cat burglar, and a little girl who get caught up the police investigation of a crime lord.

The Grey - It's like Flight of the Phoenix set in the Alaskan tundra with killer wolves. Cool. It's an intensely grim film with some grisly death scenes and chilling atmosphere.

Let's Make Love stars the lovely Marilyn Monroe as a stage actress who falls in love with a billionaire who is pretending to be a down on his luck actor in order to get close to her. It's a nice film, but not Monroe's best by any stretch.

 

[W1SSY]

UPDATE

W1SSY - 3/50 Books | 7/50 Movies

Books

• Wool: Book 1 by Hugh Howey
• Wool: Book 2 by Hugh Howey
• Wool: Book 3 by Hugh Howey

Movies

• Battle Royale
• Gasland
• Tetris: from Russia with Love
• Full Metal Jacket
• Zero Dark Thirty
• Expendables 2
  *]Django Unchained

 

[kinoki]

kinoki - 0/50 Books | 11/50 Movies | 1/24 TV | 2/24 Video Games

Books

• Coming soon!

Now reading:

• The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961) by Jane Jacobs
• The God Delusion (2006) by Richard Dawkins
• The Signal and the Noise (2012) by Nate Silver

Movies

• Moonrise Kingdom (2012, dir. Wes Anderson) - ★★★★
• Carnage (2011, dir. Roman Polanski) - ★★★★
• Secretary (2002, dir. Stephen Shainberg) - ★★★
• 9 (2009, dir. Shane Acker) - ★★★
• Four Rooms (1995, dir. Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, +2) - ★★½
• Paul (2011, dir. Greg Mottola) - ★★★ - Fun. To be honest I liked the setup but I'm getting tired of seeing Mrs. Weaver showing up at the end of movies. Best scene in the movie is the mountain-reveal--truly inspired.
• Bottle Rocket (1996, dir. Wes Anderson) - ★★ - The story isn't that involving and most of the time I just think it's a mess. But, I think it's interesting to see the style from Wes Anderson emerge.
• The Butterfly Effect (2004, dir. Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber) - ★★★ - Despite being poorly directed, not taken far enough and feeling like a wasted oppertunity at best it was still very entertaining in a saturday-hung-over-kind of way.
• Revolver (2005, dir. Guy Richie) - ★★ - I think I get what Richie is trying to say. I just don't buy it wholeheartedly. It's a trick pretending to be smarter than it is. Waste of time but decent filmmaking.
• Impostor (2001, dir. Gary Fleder - ★★ - I'm a sucker for movie adaptions of my favorite author Philip K. Dick but neither the short-story this is an adaption of or this movie is really interesting. Could have been made thought-provoking but wasn't.
• Pinapple Express (2008, dir. David Gordon Green) - ★★★ - I was kind of spaced out due to lack of sleep when watching this. Perfect mood really. Half-aware of what was happening--felt like role-playing. Seriously though, I don't get American drug-culture but this movie is entertaining. Franco is amazing in this.

TV

• True Blood (Season 5) - ★★½

Now watching:

• Star Trek: The Original Series (Season 1) -
• Game of Thrones (Season 2) -

Video Games

• Deadlight (2012, PC) - ★★★★
• Middle Manager of Justice (2012, iOS) - ★★★★½

 

[Mr. RHC]

Edit: Read the update .

I saw Silver Linings Playbook.

Good mix of drama and comedy, Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence are likeable actors. I enjoyed the movie but I don't know why it is nominated for Best Picture.

 

[sammyCYBORG]

sammyCYBORG - 1/50 Books | 5/50 Movies

Books

• The Fellowship of the Ring - J. R. R. Tolkien

Movies

• Heat - Michael Mann (1995)
• Army of Darkness: Evil Dead III - Sam Raimi (1992)
• Drag Me to Hell - Sam Raimi (2009)
• The Host - Bong Joon-ho (2006)
• Déjà Vu - Tony Scott (2006)

 

[Frustrated_Grunt]

Update

Frustrated_Grunt - 0/50 books | 4/50 movies

Books - Coming Soon

Movies -
The Pianist (9/10; January 2)
Django Unchained (10/10; January 5)
Looper (7/10; January 8)
The Mist (8/10; January 11)

 

[SaltyDoughnut]

SaltyDoughnut - 2/50 Books | 1/50 Movies | 0/24 TV Seasons | 1/24 Games​

Books:
Now reading: Game of Thrones
-Crime and Punishment [551 pages] - 1/6/13

Movies:
-Les Misérables - 1/2/13

TV Seasons:
Now watching: Samurai Champloo, Girls season 1

Games:
Now playing: Sound Shapes, Forza Horizon
-Hotline Miami - 1/11/13

 

[kingslunk]

Kingslunk - 1/50 Books | 3/50 Movies

Books:

• A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire #2)

Movies:

• Zero Dark Thirty
• The Impossible
• The Last Stand

 

[Somnia]

UPDATE

Somnia - 3/50 Books | 6/50 Movies

Books

The Perfect Game
The Secret of Ella and Micha
Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End

Movies

Haywire
Total Recall (2012)
Tomorrow, When the War Began
Super 8
Mallrats
Zero Dark Thirty

 

[Jimothy]

Jimothy: 2/50 Books - 3/50 Movies

Books:

Columbine by Dave Cullen
Rise and Fall of Third Reich by William Shirer

Movies:

Dredd 3D
Moonrise Kingdom
Side by Side

 

[Cartman86]

UPDATE

Cartman86 - 1/50 Books | 11/50 Movies

Books

• All-Star Superman (B-)

Movies

• Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (A-)
• Les Misérables (B)
• Bernie (B+)
• ParaNorman (B+)
• Rec (B+)
• Killer Joe (A)
• Magic Mike (B)
• The Sound of My Voice (B)
• Zero Dark Thirty (A)
• Seven Psychopaths (A-)
• Sleepwalk With Me (B)

 

[Tragicomedy]

UPDATE

Tragicomedy - 3/50 Books | 4/50 Movies​

Books

• The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. ★★★★½ -- It took me a few pages to get a feel for the writing style of that time, but the story was excellent. I really dug how a large part of the plot is unveiled in the form of a series of letters.
• The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett. ★★★★
• The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett. ★★★½

Movies

• Drive. ★★★★★ -- Gosling was superb. The movie started a bit slow, but once it started cooking it was ridiculously tense and engrossing. Best movie I've seen in a long time. My wife hated the music, but I thought it was perfect.
• Looper. ★★★½
• Indie Game: The Movie. ★★★★
• The Queen of Versailles. ★★★

 

[-Stranger-]

Update:

-Stranger- - 0/50 Books | 9/50 Movies

Movies:

Punch Drunk Love
The Bourne Legacy
Senna
The Expendables
Avatar
Skyfall
Blue Valentine
Hugo
Memories of Murder

 

[IamMattFox]

IamMattFox - 3/50 books | 4/50 movies

Books

• Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End
• American Gods

Movies

• Looper
• Skyfall
• The Amazing Spider-Man
• Dredd

Going with the rule that says we can count 500+ page novels as two books. Read the 10th anniversary of American Gods which met that criteria.

 

[-Stranger-]

Update:

-Stranger- - 0/50 Books | 10/50 Movies

Movies:

Punch Drunk Love
The Bourne Legacy
Senna
The Expendables
Avatar
Skyfall
Blue Valentine
Hugo
Memories of Murder
The Hangover Part II

 

[desu]

Update

desu - 6/50 Books | 5/50 Movies

Books

The Wheel of Time 1: The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
1984 Georg Orwell

Movies

The Ghost Writer
R.E.D
Captain America
Thor
Avengers

 

[smiggyRT]

Update - smiggyRT - 0/50 books 9/50 movies

Books

• Coming Soon

Movies

• Cloud Atlas (1st Jan)
• Dredd (1st Jan)
• Killing Them Softly (2nd Jan)
• Indie Game The Movie (3rd Jan)
• Lincoln (4th Jan)
• Killer Joe (4th Jan)
• Django Unchained (6th Jan)
• Zero Dark Thirty (7th Jan)
• Silver Linings Playbook (12th Jan)

Still working on books.

 

[SaltyDoughnut]

SaltyDoughnut - 2/50 Books | 1/50 Movies | 1/24 TV Seasons | 1/24 Games​

Books:
Now reading: Game of Thrones
-Crime and Punishment [551 pages] - 1/6/13

Movies:
-Les Misérables - 1/2/13

TV Seasons:
Now watching: Samurai Champloo, Band of Brothers
-Girls season 1 - 1/11/13

Games:
Now playing: Sound Shapes, Forza Horizon
-Hotline Miami - 1/11/13

 

[Son1x]

Son1x - 0/50 Books | 3/50 Movies

Books:

Movies: Looper, Brave, Total Recall

 

[Mumei]

Going with the rule that says we can count 500+ page novels as two books. Read the 10th anniversary of American Gods which met that criteria.

Oh. Well that should make things rather easier.

Update

Books​

1. Tarzan of the Apes, by Edward Rice Burroughs
2. Bel Canto: A History of Vocal Pedagogy, by James Stark
3. The Mark of Athena, by Rick Riordan
4. Challenging Casanova, by Andrew Smiler

• Batman & Robin: Batman Reborn (Vol 1), by Grant Morrison

Movies​

1. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey
   [*]Aliens

• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Extended Edition
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Extended Edition

I felt like I might as well mention the stuff I have read or watched, but will not be counting for the purposes of the challenge.

 

[Baller. PhD]

UPDATE

Baller, PhD - 1/50 Books | 0/50 Movies | 0/15 Games | 0/10 TV Seasons​

Books

• Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening by Stephen Batchelor (1/9/13)

Movies

• none yet

Games

• none yet

TV Seasons

• none yet

EDIT: New format is no fun, it's nice to post a new list every time to possibly spark discussion. :-(

 

[LuffyZoro]

That took much longer to read than I expected, but was very good nonetheless.

LuffyZoro - 1/50 Books | 7/50 Movies​

Books

• Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (A-)

Movies

• Brave (A-)
• Bruce Almighty (A)
• Chronicle (B)
• Dr. Strangelove (B)
• Minority Report (B+)
• Paranorman (A-)
• American Pop (C+)

 

[d_escudero]

d_escudero - 1/50 Books | 2/50 Movies​

Books

1.- The Dandelion Wine - Ray Bradbury

Movies

1.- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
2.- Ted

Not to bad, I hate Ted voice, but It was a fun time.

 

[Frustrated_Grunt]

Update

Frustrated_Grunt - 1/50 books | 4/50 movies

Books -
The Economics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained DK Publishing (Rated 9/10; Read January 12)

Movies -
The Mist Frank Darabont (Rated:8/10; Watched:January 11)
Looper Rian Johnson(Rated:7/10; Watched:January 8)
Django Unchained Quentin Tarantino (Rated:10/10; Watched:January 5)
The Pianist Roman Polanski (Rated:9/10; Watched:January 2)

Edit: Just saw the update in the OP, I'll update my first post from now on and keep the updates to just talking about new stuff that I just read.

 

[Somnia]

Update

Frustrated_Grunt - 1/50 books | 4/50 movies

Books -
The Economics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained DK Publishing (Rated 9/10; Read January 12)

Movies -
The Mist Frank Darabont (Rated:8/10; Watched:January 11)
Looper Rian Johnson(Rated:7/10; Watched:January 8)
Django Unchained Quentin Tarantino (Rated:10/10; Watched:January 5)
The Pianist Roman Polanski (Rated:9/10; Watched:January 2)

Edit: Just saw the update in the OP, I'll update my first post from now on and keep the updates to just talking about new stuff that I just read.

Did you watch the Mist in Black/White? So much better that way =)

 

[SourCinnamon]

SourCinnamon - 0/50 Books | 5/50 Movies (update)

Books

• Coming Soon

Movies

• Indie Game: The Movie
• Rise of the Guardians
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• They live
• Casino Royale

 

[Frustrated_Grunt]

Did you watch the Mist in Black/White? So much better that way =)

Huh, I didn't even know that existed. I just caught it on TV so I didn't have that option. Still a great movie though.

 

[Azrael]

Books:

1. The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
2. The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett

Movies:

1. Rango
2. Hell is for Heroes
3. Barton Fink
4. Rope
5. How to Train Your Dragon
6. The Trouble With Harry
7. Beasts of the Southern Wild
8. Thirteen Assassins (2011 version)

 

[TheSchwab_7]

Update

TheSchwab_7 - 0/50 books | 3/50 movies

Books:

Coming Soon

Movies:

1. Warrior (A-)
2. Django Unchained (A)
3. Zero Dark Thirty (A)

 

[Empty]

update:

Empty - 2/50 books | 8/50 films

Books -

1. never let me go by kazuo ishiguro
2. the left hand of darkness by ursula k. le guin

Films -

1. the bicycle thief
2. brokeback mountain
3. the thin blue line
4. mission: impossible
5. life of pi 3d
6. the girl who leapt through time
7. les miserables
8. mean streets


had a good time with les mis. songs were good and thought the casting was near impeccable; jackman was wonderful and full of heart as jean valjean, crowe wasn't the best singer but brought lots of presence to jalvert, eddie redmayne is spot on in a hopeless romantic role and hathaway was just amazing and it's a shame her character isn't in it for long. i've read criticsm of hooper's direction for being over the top but i thought the shakey camera and closeups worked well and created an intimate feel and was quite hypnotic, i'm not sure if i'd have liked it as much if it'd been more straightforwardly directed, it felt more cinematic this way and less staged. main issue that the plot is a bit too sprawling and it doesn't have time to breath in two and a half hours.

mean streets is an early scorsese film about the struggling relationship between two friends going in different directions in the new york mob scene. i thought it was interesting. i mean it's kinda rough round the edges, you can see scorsese's style all over it but it's not as honed as in later films, there's some shit dubbing and it's not really a clear story, it's more about mood and character relations than anything. still the core relationship between keitel and de niro's characters is really good, the way charlie struggles with his love for johnny boy and his irritation at his constant fuckups feels very real, and i like how they show them both coming from this certain culture of young mobsters drinking, fighting etc - the film has more fights than a bond film - and the really dirty 70s new york setting. it's kinda weird how ne niro vanishes in the middle of the film though i didn't like that, ending wasn't that well done either.

still haven't worked out what book to read next :/ need to get cracking.

 

[Tragicomedy]

Books:

1. The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
2. The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett

Great minds think alike. *brofist*

 

[Forsaken82]

Forsaken82 – 0/50 Books | 3/50 Movies

Books: 0/50
In Progress – A Dance with Dragons

Movies: 3/50
Looper
V/H/S
American Reunion

 

[Somnia]

Huh, I didn't even know that existed. I just caught it on TV so I didn't have that option. Still a great movie though.

Ya on the bluray. It was originally suppose to release in theaters in black/white, but the studio decided it wouldn't be able to sell the movie that way. It is MUCH more enjoyable in Black/White imo.

 

[SaltyDoughnut]

SaltyDoughnut - 2/50 Books | 2/50 Movies | 1/24 TV Seasons | 1/24 Games​

Books:
Now reading: Game of Thrones, Dead Man Walking
-Crime and Punishment [551 pages] - Jan 6th

Movies:
-Zero Dark Thirty - Jan 12th
-Les Misérables - Jan 2nd

TV Seasons:
Now watching: Samurai Champloo, Band of Brothers
-Girls season 1 - Jan 11th

Games:
Now playing: Sound Shapes, Forza Horizon
-Hotline Miami - Jan 11th

 

[Baller. PhD]

UPDATE

Baller, PhD - 1/50 Books | 1/50 Movies | 0/15 Games | 0/10 TV Seasons​

Books

• Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening by Stephen Batchelor (1/9/13)

Movies

• The Last Samurai (1/12/13)

Games

• none yet

TV Seasons

• none yet

 

[Schattenjäger]

N/m

 

[Schattenjäger]

UPDATE
Schattenjäger - 0/50 Books | 4/50 Movies

Movies:
The Hobbit
Ted
Chungking Express
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

 

[Kud Dukan]

Kud Dukan - 4/50 Books | 4/50 Movies​

Books:

• The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches From the Front Lines by Michael E. Mann
• Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
• Mortality by Christopher Hitchens
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Movies:

• The Perks of Being a Wallflower
• Django Unchained
• Contact
• Les Misérables

 

[Illithid Dude]

Illithid Dude -2/50 books | 14/50 movies

Movies:

Killer Joe
The Frighteners
Primer
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Extended Edition
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Django Unchained
Leon: The Professional
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Extended Edition
Dazed and Confused
Charade
Dark City
Orpheus
Sunset Boulevard
The Innkeepers

Books:

Catcher in the Rye
Hot Pink

 

[SaltyDoughnut]

SaltyDoughnut - 2/50 Books | 4/50 Movies | 1/24 TV Seasons | 1/24 Games​

Books:
Now reading: Game of Thrones, Dead Man Walking
-Crime and Punishment [551 pages] - Jan 6th

Movies:
-Boogie Nights - Jan 13th
-Zero Dark Thirty - Jan 12th
-Shame - Jan 7th
-Les Misérables - Jan 2nd

TV Seasons:
Now watching: Samurai Champloo, Band of Brothers, Girls s2, Downton Abbey s3
-Girls season 1 - Jan 11th

Games:
Now playing: Sound Shapes, Forza Horizon
-Hotline Miami - Jan 11th

 

[guest1321]

Update

guest1321 - 0/50 Books | 2/50 Movies

Books

• Coming Soon * Currently reading The Lean Startup

Movies

• The Usual Suspects (5/5)
• Unknown (4/5)

 

[Wiktor]

UPDATE

AdrianWerner - 2/50 Books | 5/50 Movies​

Books

• Webshows by Krzysztof Gonciarz
• Sandman Slim: Kill the Dead by Richard Kadrey

Movies

• Bourne Legacy
• Skyfall
• Sinister
• How to Fall in love
• Dredd

I was forced to watch Hallmark movie called How to Fall in love, which wasn't anything special, but at least it wasn't a torture. On the other hand Dredd was just glorious. Altough it's weird how much hotter Olivia Thirlby looked in that movie than in anything else she has been in.

Also..great idea people with listing finished tv series, animes and games

 

[Nappuccino]

Movies

I Saw the Devil (4.5/5)

Books

Nemisis by Jo Nesbo. 3.5
Caught by Halen Coben. 2/5

Not a very good book. There was a lot of filler and little character, but the last 100 pages were very interesting and I didn't completely solve the mystery at hand, so that's nice. It was also a quick read, which was also nice.

 

[taoofjord]

taoofjord - Books 3/50 | Movies 4/50

Books

• Fellowship of the Ring
• Killshot
• Legion

Movies

• Drive
• Star Wars: A New Hope
• Looper
• Inglourious Basterds

 

[McCloud?]

Update

McCloud? - 3/50 Books | 3/50 Movies

Books
1. Magic Hours, Tom Bissell
2. You're Not Doing It Right, Michael Ian Black
3. The Beautiful Struggle, Ta-nehisi Coates

Movies
1. Tiny Furniture
2. Detropia
3. From Russia With Love

Detropia was pretty good, although I wish it could have gone deeper into city politics. I'm going to try to make it through all of the Bond movies I haven't seen (around 75%) in order.

 

[MutantCyborg]

Update

Mutantcyborg - Books 1/50 | Movies 0/50

Books: The Hobbit
Loved the Hobbit although I wish the end was a bit different.