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Glaurungr - 50/50 books | 16/50 movies

Update! New entries in italic.

Books:

1. Agatha Christie - Poirot Investigates (1924)
2. Agatha Christie - Lord Edgware Dies (1933)
3. Agatha Christie - Murder in the Mews (1937)
4. Agatha Christie - Sad Cypress (1940)
5. Agatha Christie - A Murder Is Announced (1950)
6. Agatha Christie - Hickory Dickory Dock (1955)
7. Agatha Christie - 4.50 from Paddington (1957)
8. Agatha Christie - The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (1960)
9. Agatha Christie - At Bertram's Hotel (1965)
10. Agatha Christie - Hallowe'en Party (1969)
11. Agatha Christie - Nemesis (1971)
12. Agatha Christie - Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories (1979)
13. Alfred S. Bradford - Flying the Black Flag: A Brief History of Piracy (2007)
14. Antony Beevor and Artemis Cooper - Paris: After the Liberation 1944-1949 (1994)
15. Bart D. Ehrman - Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (and Why We Don't Know About Them) (2009)
16. Bernard Cornwell - Sharpe's Fury (2006)
17. Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol (1843)
18. David Gemmell - Quest for Lost Heroes: Book Four of The Drenai Tales (1990)
19. David Howarth - We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance (1957)
20. Diana Wynne Jones - Howl's Moving Castle (1986)
21. Douglas Adams - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987)
22. Edwin A. Abbott - Flatland (1884)
23. Gro Steinsland (ed.) - The Dream Poem and Texts from the Nordic Middle Ages (2004)
24. Ian Mortimer - The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century (2008)
25. James Brady - Hero of the Pacific: The Life of Marine Legend John Basilone (2010)
26. Jón Viðar Sigurðsson - The Norse Society: The Viking, King, Archbishop, and Farmer (2008)
27. Joseph Campbell - The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949)
28. Knut Lindh - Vikings: The Discovery of America (2004)
29. Melitta Weiss Adamson - Food in Medieval Times (2004)
30. Neil Gaiman - Odd and the Frost Giants (2008)
31. Neil Gaiman - The Graveyard Book (2008)
32. Peter Connolly - The Roman Fort (1991)
33. Robert Bly - My Sentence Was a Thousand Years of Joy (2005)
34. Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson - A Memory of Light: Book Fourteen of The Wheel of Time (2013)
35. Simon Anglim, et al. - Fighting Techniques of the Ancient World 3000 BC to 500 AD: Equipment, Combat Skills, and Tactics (2002)
36. Siri Walen Simensen - Women During the War (2009)
37. Terry Pratchett - The Dark Side of the Sun (1976)
38. Terry Pratchett - Only You Can Save Mankind: Book One of The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy (1992)
39. Terry Pratchett - Johnny and the Dead: Book Two of The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy (1993)
40. Terry Pratchett - Johnny and the Bomb: Book Three of The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy (1996)
41. Terry Pratchett - The Last Hero (2001)
42. Terry Pratchett - Nation (2008)
43. Terry Pratchett - The World of Poo (2012)
44. Terry Pratchett - Dodger (2012)
45. Terry Pratchett and Jacqueline Simpson - The Folklore of Discworld (2008)
46. Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman - Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (1990)
47. Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen - The Science of Discworld (1999)
48. Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen - The Science of Discworld II: The Globe (2002)
49. Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen - The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch (2005)
50. Tim Taylor (ed.) - The Time Team Guide to the History of Britain: Everything You Need to Know About Our History Since 650,000 BC (2010)

Films:

1. Argo - Ben Affleck (2012)
2. Frankenweenie - Tim Burton (2012)
3. Happy Feet Two - George Miller (2011)
4. Johnny Mnemonic - Robert Longo (1995)
5. Louis C.K.: Chewed Up - Louis C.K. (2008)
6. Minority Report - Steven Spielberg (2002)
7. Pale Rider - Clint Eastwood (1985)
8. ParaNorman - Sam Fell and Chris Butler (2012)
9. Red Dawn - Dan Bradley (2012)
10. Rise of the Guardians - Peter Ramsey (2012)
11. RoboCop - Paul Verhoeven (1987)
12. Skyfall - Sam Mendes (2012)
13. Taken 2 - Olivier Megaton (2012)
14. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Peter Jackson (2012)
15. The Philadelphia Experiment - Stewart Raffill (1984)
16. Wreck-It Ralph - Rich Moore (2012)

Now reading:

• Diana Wynne Jones - Charmed Life

Pure beastmode, man! Keep up the great work.

wowowowowow

nice work!

Thanks! It's amazing how much more I read now that I'm determined to read for a few hours every day.

 

[Ashes]

maybe I should participate.

 

[Garret]

I'm here to report that I haven't updated since the beginning of this endeavor, but I've kept watching and reading these first few months of the year. It's just that I don't feel like uploading the partial list yet (which ain't that long anyway).

 

[Tragicomedy]

Glaurungr - 50/50 books | 16/50 movies

Thanks! It's amazing how much more I read now that I'm determined to read for a few hours every day.

I said DAMN. Very impressive, good sir. I'm also riding the "read an hour or two every night" train and it is serving me well. I'm finishing up book #18 right now. Nothing close to what you've managed, but we're sitting in mid-March and I've read more this year than any previous one.

We're both sitting in a similar spot in terms of movies. I watch everything with my wife, so once she finishes her current project we're going to dive into the award season winners.

 

[gloomy]

gloomy - 2/50 Books | 15/50 Movies

Books:

1. The sailor who fell from grace with the sea - Yukio Mishima
2. Wind Up Bird Chronicles - Haruki Murakami

Movies:

1. Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2. Midnight In Paris
3. Rurouni Kenshin
4. Octopussy
5. Hurt Locker
6. Django Unchained
7. Win Win
8. The American
9. Limitless
10. Argo
11. Sunrise
12. Chacun Son Cinema
13. Wreck It Ralph
14. Looper
15. Key of Life

 

[Tragicomedy]

New book:


[*] Divergent by Veronica Roth. ★★★★ -- Really excellent start to a new series. People were saying it's like a better version of The Hunger Games, and while inaccurate that's not a entirely pointless comparison. I'm getting ready to start the second novel in the trilogy (the third won't be released until October). This series has already been optioned for movies, for those who like to hop on to the next big thing.

 

[kinoki]

I said DAMN. Very impressive, good sir. I'm also riding the "read an hour or two every night" train and it is serving me well. I'm finishing up book #18 right now. Nothing close to what you've managed, but we're sitting in mid-March and I've read more this year than any previous one.

We're both sitting in a similar spot in terms of movies. I watch everything with my wife, so once she finishes her current project we're going to dive into the award season winners.

I'm never going to reach 50. Something that I, thinking back, have managed to do almost every year of my life. I'm half-way through three different books and they seem to drag forever. Hopefully spring/summer will bring back some much needed peace and quiet for reading.

 

[Maklershed]

Maklershed - 12/50 books | 20/50 movies

New stuff in bold...

Books
1. The Heroes
2. The Dispossessed
3. In the Garden of Beasts
4. Foundation
5. Foundation and Empire
6. Second Foundation
7. Wilderness: A Novel
8. Foundation's Edge
9. Foundation and Earth
10. Make Room! Make Room!
11. Dune Messiah
12. Raised Eyebrows


Movies
1. Dredd
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. Headhunters
4. Chronicle
5. The Hunger Games
6. Wrath of the Titans
7. Quantum of Solace
8. The Immortals
9. Skyfall
10. Margin Call
11. Shooter
12. The Naked City
13. The Maltese Falcon
14. Reservoir Dogs
15. The Warriors
16. Double Indemnity
17. Lawless
18. Once Upon a Time in the West
19. A Night in Casablanca
20. Go West


Games
1. Borderlands 2
2. Heavy Rain
3. Far Cry 3
4. Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

 

[kinoki]

Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
Director: Marc Forster
Rating: ★★½

Felt like expanding a bit on this review.

I hate it how writers in movies always write terrible stories that wouldn't be any interesting as books. The premise of the movie says everything and spoils most of the movie. An IRS-worker that lives a stereotypical accountant life where his only real passion is numbers gets his life narrated by a writer who is writing his life (and inevitable death).

Marc Forster is an odd director. He's never really made anything worth talking about. Quantum of Solace is most likely his most talked about movie. A movie with a few gems in it. If it wasn't for Tom Ford's Bond-design it would have been totally forgettable. Re-watched it for the Skyfall Blu-ray release. It was just plot-chase scene-plot-chase-plot, etc.

While I haven't seen Machine Gun Preacher or Monster's Ball I've seen Finding Neverland. Which is totally forgetable. My guess is that those two movies are also totally forgetable. On the other hand, the coming World War Z atleast has some resemblance to interesting. I'm looking forward to be proven wrong. So, an uninteresting director makes a movie not really that interesting. Shocking!

 

[Baconsaurus Rex]

Baconsaurus Rex - 6/50 Books | 22/50 Movies​

Books

• World of the Incredible but True by Charles Berlitz
• Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky
• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
• 1984 by George Orwell
• Franken Fran Vol. 1-8 by Katsuhisa Kigitsu
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding
• Oyasumi Punpun Vol. 1-11 by Asano Inio
• Deadpool #1-4
• The Walking Dead #104-108

Movies

1. Contact (1997)
2. Minority Report (2002)
3. Eden of the East I: The King of Eden (2009)
4. The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
5. Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (2007)
6. The Sky Crawlers (2008)
7. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
8. The Hurt Locker (2008)
9. Seven Psychopaths (2012)
10. Dredd 3D (2012)
11. Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
12. Looper (2012)
13. Eden of the East the East II: Paradise Lost (2010)
14. Ivan's Childhood (1962)
15. The Fall (2006)
16. Control (2007)
17. Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)
18. Vals im Bashir (2008)
19. Forbidden Planet (1956)
20. The Raid: Redemption (2011)
21. Chunking Express (1994)
22. Go-ji-jeon (2011)

 

[Ovid]

UPDATE

Tarius1210 - 4/50 Books | 25/50 Movies

Books

• Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
• Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
• The Accused by Harold R. Daniels
• A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin

Movies

• After Porn Ends (2010)
• The Flaw (2011)
• Think Like A Man
• Gun Fight (2011)
• Horrible Bosses
• Marathon Man
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• The Social Network
• Red Riding Hood
• Flight
• Universal Solider: Regeneration
• Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
• Easy A
• Casablanca (1942)
• Cabin in the Sky (1943)
• Citizen Kane (1941)
• Bullitt (1968)
• Spellbound (1945)
• American Experience: The Rockefellers (2000)
• The Time Machine (1960)
• The Ladykillers (1955)
• Some Like It Hot (1959)
• The Graduate (1967)
• Earth From Space (2012)
• All The King's Men (1949)

 

[Tragicomedy]

New movie:

[*] Deadfall. ★½ -- Laughable plot, script, acting, etc. At one point a native American fakes his death then turns on the killer and chops off his finger with a knife. He claims he saw the person coming to attack him in a dream. Okay.

The wife picked this one out, and we thought: "Hey, Eric Bana, Sissy Spacek, Olivia Wilde, and Kate Mara...could be good." Nope.

 

[Nezumi]

Update:

Nezumi - 11/50 books | 16/50 movies​

Books:

• The novel my husband wrote for NaNoWriMo
• Before they are hanged - Joe Abercrombie
• A betrayel in winter - Daniel Abrahams
• Last Argument of Kings - Joe Abercrombie
• Shadow of the Torturer - Gene Wolfe
• The great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
• Nero Corleone kehrt zurück - Elke Heidenreich
• An Autumn War - Daniel Abraham
• Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
• The wonderful wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum

Movies:

• Brick
• Inspector General
• Indie Game the Movie
• Ijon Tichy - Raumpilot Season 2
• Moonrise Kingdom
• Chronicle
• Prometheus
• Speed Racer
• Brave
• The Cabin in the Woods
• Fitzcarraldo
• Eraserhead
• Seven Samurai
• Fire walk with me
• Sherlock: The Great Game
• Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia

That was a long and not always fun read. Sure interesting at times... but mostly long and exhausting.

Oz was kind of a pallet cleanser after Rand. Really enjoyed it.

The two Sherlock movies were awesome. Can't wait to watch the rest and then wait for the new season.

 

[Macka]

Update!

Movies: 10/50
1. Taxi Driver **
2. Savages *
3. Taken 2 **
4. Revolver *
5. 12 Monkeys ***
6. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ****
7. Treasure Planet **
8. James Bond: Casino Royale ****
9. James Bond: Quantum of Solace **
10. James Bond: Skyfall ***

 

[Azrael]

Books

1. The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett ★★★★
2. The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett ★★★★
3. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain ★★★
4. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer ★★★★
5.-6. Fear and Loathing in America (Gonzo Letters) by Hunter S. Thompson ★★★
7. Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban ★★★★★
8. Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr. ★★★★
Currently reading 9.-10. The Passage by Justin Cronin

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) ★★
9. The Dhamma Brothers ★★
10. Jack Taylor: The Pikemen ★★
11. Jack Taylor: The Magdalen Martyrs ★★
12. Jack Taylor: The Dramatist ★★
13. Jack Taylor: Priest ★★
14. Sharpe's Eagle ★★
15. The Seventh Seal ★★
16. Zero Dark Thirty ★★★
17. Kill List ★★
18. Harakiri (1963) ★★★★★
19. Death at a Funeral (2007) ★★★
20. Shadow of a Doubt ★★★
21. Beware of Mr. Baker ★★★
22. Synecdoche, New York ★★
23. The Snowtown Murders ★★
24. Astral City: A Spiritual Journey ★
25. Sanjuro ★★★★
26. Side Effects ★★★★
27. The Princess and the Frog ★★★
28. Beautiful Creatures ★★
29. Brewster's Millions (1945) ★★
30. Oslo, August 31st ★★
31. The Anna Nicole Story ★
32. V for Vendetta ★★
33. The Birds ★★★
34. Flight ★★★
35. Robot and Frank ★★★
36. I Sell The Dead ★★★
37. Down Terrace ★★★
38. Uncommon Valor ★★
39. The Hounds ★
40. End of Watch ★★★★
41. Oz: The Great and Powerful ★★
42. The Master ★★
43. The Sessions ★★★★
44. A Simple Life ★★★★★

 

[EvaristeG]

Books :

Greg Egan - Axiomatic
François Mauriac - Viper's Tangle (Le Noeud de Vipères)
Immanuel Kant - The critique of Pure Reason (not finished yet, reading it for a class)

Movies :

The Master
Les Tontons Flingueurs
Apocalypse Now
Django Unchained
Le Fanfaron (Dino Risi, don't know the english title)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
The Thin Red Line
Fire Walk With Me (Twin Peaks)
The Host

 

[Forsaken82]

Somewhat big update!

Forsaken82 – 3/50 Books | 14/50 Movies

Books:
A Dance with Dragons
The Road
Gone Girl <--- WTF DID I JUST READ?!?!?!?!?!

Movies:
Looper
V/H/S
American Reunion
Dredd
This Means War
Wrath of the Titans
Mindhunters
Dream House
Thats My Boy
The Ring 2
The Thing (2011)
Project X (not the one with Monkeys... and no where near as good)
Paranormal Activity 3
Men In Black 3

 

[O.DOGG]

First update!

O.DOGG - 4/50 books, 18/50 movies

Books:

1. Killing is Harmless: A Critical Reading of Spec Ops by Brendan Keogh
2. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
3. Meditations on First Philosophy by René Descartes
4. Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre

Movies:

1. Brave
2. Hoshi o ou kodomo
3. Buried
4. Kenshin
5. Killing Them Softly
6. The Last Stand
7. Flight
8. Argo
9. The Master
10. Kick-Ass
11. Dark Knight Returns
12. The Hobbit
13. A Better Life
14. Wreck-it Ralph
15. Biutiful
16. Life of Pi
17. Robot & Frank
18. Man Bites Dog

I'm ashamed of my slow reading. I'll try to pick it up. I'm starting a new book today I intend to finish by the end of the week. Hopefully I can still make it to at least 25 of the 50 books by the end of the year.

 

[Maklershed]

Just throwing this out there - what do you guys think about updating your lists and identifying your one favorite movie and one favorite book per quarter? So if interested you'd want to update your list by 3/31/13.

I suggest identifying your favorites with the tags. (second highlight has / in front of the first h obviously)

 

[Tragicomedy]

Just throwing this out there - what do you guys think about updating your lists and identifying your one favorite movie and one favorite book per quarter? So if interested you'd want to update your list by 3/31/13.

I suggest identifying your favorites with the tags. (second highlight has / in front of the first h obviously)

I like the idea...count me in.

 

[Atrophis]

Atrophis - 2/50 Books | 14/50 Movies

Movies

1. Up (3/5, watched 01/01)
2. We Need To Talk About Kevin (4/5, watched 02/01)
3. Deadgirl (2/5, watched 03/01)
4. Jiro Dreams of Sushi (4/5, watched 03/01)
5. Stake Land (4/5, watched 04/01)
6. Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan (3/5, watched 04/01)
7. The Grey (3/5, watched 04/01)
8. Accident (3/5, watched 18/01)
9. Dreams of a Life (3/5, watched 08/02)
10. Rebecca (4/5, watched 14/02)
11. The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey (4/5, watched 06/03)
12. Velvet Goldmine (3/5, watched 09/03)
13. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (3/5, watched 16/03)
14. Indie Game: The Movie (3/5, watched 17/03)

Books

1. Haunted - James Herbert (2/5, started 04/01 - finished 06/01)
2. Perdido Street Station - China Mieville (4/5, started 06/01 - finished 12/02)
3. Starman: David Bowie - The Definitive Biography - Paul Trynka (started 13/02)

Bonus Round

5/?? TV

1. Star Trek: Deep Space 9 - series 3
2. Silent Witness - series 16
3. Utopia
4. Black Mirror - series 2
5. The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret - series 1

3/?? Games

1. Spec Ops: The Line
2. Uncharted 2
3. Assassins Creed 2

 

[SlowRevolution]

Update

SlowRevolution - 8/50 books | 23/50 movies

Books

• The Price of Politics
• Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
• The New Jim Crow
• American Gods
• America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren't
• Firestarter
• Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
• Columbine

Movies

• Looper
• John Dies At The End
• Arbitrage
• Zero Dark Thirty
• What To Expect When You're Expecting
• The Way
• Craigslist Joe
• Jackie Brown
• Following
• Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
• In Bruges
• Alien
• The Five-Year Engagement
• Adaptation.
• Rachel Getting Married
• Tales from the Script
• Argo
• Side by Side
• The Expendables 2
• All-Star Superman
• We're Not Broke
• In Time
• Alex Cross
  

I was hoping to be at around 12 books done by the end of March, but I don't think that's happening.

 

[TestMonkey]

UPDATE

TestMonkey - 15/50 Books | 23/50 Movies​

Books

• The Bride Wore Black Leather by Simon R. Green
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
• A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
• If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor by Bruce Campbell
• World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
• Monster by A. Lee Martinez
• Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
• Divine Misfortune by A. Lee Martinez
• The Accidental Sorcerer by K.E. Mills
• Witches Incorporated by K.E. Mills
• The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett

Movies

• Wing Chun
• The Warrior's Way
• Demetri Martin. Person.
• Ip Man 2
• Lisa Lampanelli: Long Live the Queen
• Lisa Lampanelli: Take It Like a Man
• Superman vs. the Elite
• Afro Samurai: Resurrection
• Pablo Francisco: Ouch!
• Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
• A Good Day to Die Hard
• The Raven
• Get Bruce!
• Live at the Beacon Theater
• Felipe Esparza: The're Not Gonna Laugh At You
• Batman: Year One
• All-Star Superman
• Doctor Strange
• Captain America: The First Avenger
• The Avengers
• Bodyguards and Assassins
• Craig Ferguson: I'm Here to Help
• Jim Jefferies: I Swear to God

 

[SaltyDoughnut]

SaltyDoughnut - 8/50 Books | 12/50 Movies | 5/24 TV Seasons | 3/24 Games​

Books:
Now reading: Cosmicomics, Game of Thrones, Hemingway's Complete Short Stories
-&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½- Crime and Punishment [551 pages] - Jan 6th
-&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;- Meditations in an Emergency - Feb 9th
-&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½- Hamlet - March 14th
-&#9733;&#9733;- Dead Man Walking - March 22nd
-&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;- Invisible Man [581 pages] - March 26th
-no rating- The Wasteland - March 27th

Movies:
-&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½- Les Misérables - Jan 2nd
-&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;- Shame - Jan 7th
-&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½- Zero Dark Thirty - Jan 12th
-&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;- Boogie Nights - Jan 13th
-&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;- In Bruges - Jan 24th
-&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½- Django Unchained - Jan 26th
-&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;- Blue Valentine - Jan 27th
-&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;- The Kids Are All Right - Feb 16th
-&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½- Jean de Florette - Feb 22nd
-&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½- Beasts of the Southern Wild - Feb 22nd
-&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½- Howl's Moving Castle - Feb 28th
-&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½- Food Inc. - March 21st

TV Seasons:
Now watching: Samurai Champloo, Band of Brothers, House of Cards s1
-&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½- Girls season 1 - Jan 11th
-&#9733;&#9733;½- Anohana - Jan 26th
-&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½- Downton Abbey season 3 - Feb 17th
-&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;- Tsuritama - March 9th
-&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;- Girls season 2 - March 20th

Games:
Now playing: Ni no Kuni, Zombi U, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, Forza Horizon
-&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;- Hotline Miami - Jan 11th
-&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;- Sound Shapes - Jan 14th
-&#9733;&#9733;½- Gunman Clive - Jan 25th

 

[Nymerio]

Update

Nymerio - 20/50 Books | 6/50 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)
• I Suck at Girls (Justin Halpern)
• Heart-Shaped Box (Joe Hill)
• Game of Cages: A Twenty Palaces Novel (Harry Connolly)
• Circle of Enemies: A Twenty Palaces Novel (Harry Connolly)
• Stormfront (Jim Butcher)
• Fool Moon (Jim Butcher)
• Grave Peril (Jim Butcher)
• Summer Knight (Jim Butcher)
• Death Masks (Jim Butcher)
• Blood Rites (Jim Butcher)
• Dead Beat (Jim Butcher)
• Proven Guilty (Jim Butcher)
• White Night (Jim Butcher)
• Small Favor (Jim Butcher)
• Turn Coat (Jim Butcher)
• Changes (Jim Butcher)

Movies

• Stardust
• A Scanner Darkly
• Savages
• Sinister
• Skyfall
• The Hobbit

 

[Baconsaurus Rex]

I should read more :/

Baconsaurus Rex - 6/50 Books | 25/50 Movies​

Books

• World of the Incredible but True by Charles Berlitz
• Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky
• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
• 1984 by George Orwell
• Franken Fran Vol. 1-8 by Katsuhisa Kigitsu
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding
• Oyasumi Punpun Vol. 1-11 by Asano Inio
• Deadpool #1-4
• The Walking Dead #104-108
• Hawkeye #1-8

Movies

1. Contact (1997)
2. Minority Report (2002)
3. Eden of the East I: The King of Eden (2009)
4. The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
5. Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (2007)
6. The Sky Crawlers (2008)
7. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
8. The Hurt Locker (2008)
9. Seven Psychopaths (2012)
10. Dredd 3D (2012)
11. Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
12. Looper (2012)
13. Eden of the East the East II: Paradise Lost (2010)
14. Ivan's Childhood (1962)
15. The Fall (2006)
16. Control (2007)
17. Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)
18. Vals im Bashir (2008)
19. Forbidden Planet (1956)
20. The Raid: Redemption (2011)
21. Chunking Express (1994)
22. Go-ji-jeon (2011)
23. Argo (2012)
24. Doomsday Book (2012)
25. Incendies (2010)

 

[desu]

Update

desu - 11/50 Books | 9/50 Movies

Books

The Wheel of Time 1: The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan [831]
Solaris by Stanislaw Lem [212]
The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón [540]
The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafón [280]
The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafón [204]
1984 by Georg Orwell [270]
The Wheel of Time 2: The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan [754]
The Wheel of Time 3: The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan [698]
The Wheel of Time 4: The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan [1096] [4885]
The Wheel of Time 5: The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan
The Wheel of Time 6: The Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan
Reading: The Wheel of Time 7: A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan

Movies

The Ghost Writer
R.E.D
Captain America
Thor
The Avengers
Legion
Salt
Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Sunshine

 

[LuffyZoro]

LuffyZoro - 12/50 Books | 15/50 Movies

Books

• Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (A-)
• Shadow Show (B+)
• The Rapture of the Nerds (A)
• Wool - Part One (B)
• Nebula Awards Showcase 2012 (A-)
• Ready Player One (A+++)
• The Windup Girl (A)
• Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea (B)
  [*]Deathworld (B)
  [*]Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2012 (B+)
  [*]Stuff White People Like (B-)
  [*]The Eyre Affair (A-)

Movies

• Brave (A-)
• Bruce Almighty (A)
• Chronicle (B)
• Dr. Strangelove (B)
• Minority Report (B+)
• Paranorman (A-)
• American Pop (C+)
• The Color of Magic: Night 1 (B+)
• The Color of Magic: Night 2 (B)
• Limitless (A)
• Stardust (A+)
  [*]All Star Superman (A)
  [*]Batman: Year One (B)
  [*]The Muppet Movie (A-)
  [*]Atlantis: The Lost Empire (B+)

Deathworld was a pretty good premise, but the overly condescending main character kinda ruined it for me. Tor was good, but had consistency issues like all anthologies. White People was pretty boring. The Eyre Affair was great, but it only got an A- because I didn't get the literary references. Had I already read the books it talks about, it would have been an A, minimum.

I liked All Star Superman. It was well animated and voice acted, and kept me entertained. On the other hand, I don't feel like Batman really did anything. There was very little progression, and most of the time it was focused on Commissioner Gordon, not Bruce Wayne. The Muppets had the same problem as Eyre, in that I hadn't previously seen very much of the show, so I wasn't connected with the characters. Other than that though, fun movie.

EDIT: Atlantis was a nice little movie. Pretty standard plot, but the characters were enjoyable.

 

[Wok]

UPDATE

Wok - 3/50 books | 4/50 movies+​

Books​

• Alessandro Baricco, Emmaüs, 2012. (144 pages, ISBN-13: 9782070131709) &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½
• Yann & Roman Surzhenko, Les Trois Soeurs Minkelsönn (T1), 2013. (48 pages, ISBN-13: 9782803631308) &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½
• Denis Le Bihan, Le cerveau de cristal ; ce que nous révèle la neuro-imagerie, 2012. (220 pages, ISBN-13: 9782738125279) &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;

Movies​

• Alice Bissonnet, Aloyse Desoubries-Binet, Sandrine Han Jin Kuang, Juliette Laurent, Sophie Markatatos, In-Between, 2012. (3 min 05 s, Youtube) &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½
• Simon Klose, TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard, 2013. (1 h 22 min) &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½
• Claude Zidi, L'Aile ou la cuisse, 1976. (1 h 44 min) &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½
• Bruno Bozzetto, Yes & No, 2001. (4 min, Youtube) &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;

 

[Nezumi]

Update:

Nezumi - 12/50 books | 17/50 movies​

Books:

• The novel my husband wrote for NaNoWriMo
• Before they are hanged - Joe Abercrombie
• A betrayel in winter - Daniel Abrahams
• Last Argument of Kings - Joe Abercrombie
• Shadow of the Torturer - Gene Wolfe
• The great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
• Nero Corleone kehrt zurück - Elke Heidenreich
• An Autumn War - Daniel Abraham
• Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
• The wonderful wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum
• Sabriel - Garth Nix

Movies:

• Brick
• Inspector General
• Indie Game the Movie
• Ijon Tichy - Raumpilot Season 2
• Moonrise Kingdom
• Chronicle
• Prometheus
• Speed Racer
• Brave
• The Cabin in the Woods
• Fitzcarraldo
• Eraserhead
• Seven Samurai
• Fire walk with me
• Sherlock: The Great Game
• Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
• Sherlock:The Hounds of Baskerville

Sabriel was a nice little fantasy book. Currently I'm listening to the second one which is even better.

 

[LuffyZoro]

UPDATE

Wok - 3/50 books | 4/50 movies+​

Books​

• Alessandro Baricco, Emmaüs, 2012. (144 pages, ISBN-13: 9782070131709)
• Yann & Roman Surzhenko, Les Trois Soeurs Minkelsönn (T1), 2013. (48 pages, ISBN-13: 9782803631308)
• Denis Le Bihan, Le cerveau de cristal ; ce que nous révèle la neuro-imagerie, 2012. (220 pages, ISBN-13: 9782738125279)

Movies​

• 
  [*]Alice Bissonnet, Aloyse Desoubries-Binet, Sandrine Han Jin Kuang, Juliette Laurent, Sophie Markatatos, In-Between, 2012. (3 min 05 s, Youtube)
• Simon Klose, TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard, 2013. (1 h 22 min)
• Claude Zidi, L'Aile ou la cuisse, 1976. (1 h 44 min)
  [*]Bruno Bozzetto, Yes & No, 2001. (4 min, Youtube)

Do ~4 minute YouTube videos count as movies?

 

[Baconsaurus Rex]

Do ~4 minute YouTube videos count as movies?

Here's the FAQ

It says that a movie is one point, regardless of the length. There's no further explanation on what exactly is a movie, but I'd guess shorts technically count as movies.

 

[Wok]

Do ~4 minute YouTube videos count as movies?

Here's the FAQ

It says that a movie is one point, regardless of the length. There's no further explanation on what exactly is a movie, but I'd guess shorts technically count as movies.

I am not trying to cheat my way in the leaderboard. It is just that I have happened to watch two short movies since the start of the year. If short movies do not count to the total, I will remove them and that is it.

 

[Nymerio]

Update

Nymerio - 21/50 Books | 7/50 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)
• I Suck at Girls (Justin Halpern)
• Heart-Shaped Box (Joe Hill)
• Game of Cages: A Twenty Palaces Novel (Harry Connolly)
• Circle of Enemies: A Twenty Palaces Novel (Harry Connolly)
• Stormfront (Jim Butcher)
• Fool Moon (Jim Butcher)
• Grave Peril (Jim Butcher)
• Summer Knight (Jim Butcher)
• Death Masks (Jim Butcher)
• Blood Rites (Jim Butcher)
• Dead Beat (Jim Butcher)
• Proven Guilty (Jim Butcher)
• White Night (Jim Butcher)
• Small Favor (Jim Butcher)
• Turn Coat (Jim Butcher)
• Changes (Jim Butcher)
• Ghost Story (Jim Butcher)

Movies

• Stardust
• A Scanner Darkly
• Savages
• Sinister
• Skyfall
• The Hobbit
• Oz the Great and Powerful

 

[Augmented Batman]

Augmented Batman - 2/50 Books | 7/50 Movies

Books-2

• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
• The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Movies-7

• Skyfall
• Taken 2
• Murder by Decree
• All Star Superman
• Dark Knight Rises
• Toshokan Sensou Kakumei no Tsubasa
• Unlimited Blade Works

 

[Baconsaurus Rex]

I am not trying to cheat my way in the leaderboard. It is just that I have happened to watch two short movies since the start of the year. If short movies do not count to the total, I will remove them and that is it.

Hey I'm totally OK with it. It's not like this is some sort of competition. Do what you please

 

[LuffyZoro]

I am not trying to cheat my way in the leaderboard. It is just that I have happened to watch two short movies since the start of the year. If short movies do not count to the total, I will remove them and that is it.

Yeah, I wasn't trying to accuse you of cheating or anything, I just didn't know.

 

[AndyD]

AndyD - 3/50 books | 8/50 movies

Movies:
Iron Skies, Extreme Measures, Midnight in Paris, Predator, True Lies, Duck Soup, The Producers, Django Unchained

Books:
The Historian, Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Gone Girl

I think I am stepping out of the challenge this year. The twins were born a few weeks ago and I won't have time to read or watch movies for a while.

 

[guest1321]

guest1321 - 5/50 Books | 25/50 Movies

Books

• The Lean Startup
• Mass Effect: Revelation
• Tenth of December
• Mass Effect: Ascension
• Bioshock: Mind in Revolt

Movies

• The Usual Suspects
• The Bourne Legacy
• Blade Runner
• Unknown
• Snow White and the Huntsman
• Batman: Year One
• Hit & Run
• Road to Perdition
• Taken 2
• Thor
• Die Hard
• Die Hard 2: Die Harder
• Die Hard with a Vengeance
• Risky Business
• Dredd
• Super 8
• The Dark Knight Rises: Part 2
• Lawless
• Battle Royale
• Savages
• End of Watch
• The Expendables
• The Expendables 2
• Looper
• Life of Pi

 

[Marsipolami]

I've already seen 50 films. 50 books seem nigh to impossible. :/

 

[grumpy]

UPDATED 25/03/2013

grumpy - 12/50 Books | 15/50 Movies

Books

• Stephen King - Everything's Eventual
• Stephen King - Cell
• Dan Simmons - Hyperion
• Dan Simmons - The Fall of Hyperion
• Stephen King - Misery
• Stephen King - The Dark Half
• Stephen King - Lisey's Story
• Dan Simmons - Endymion
• Dan Simmons - The Rise of Endymion
• Terry Pratchett - The Colour of Magic
• Terry Pratchett - The Light Fantastic
• Terry Pratchett - Equal Rites

Movies

• Cabin in the woods
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
• Paranormal Activity 4
• Silent Hill Revelation
• Bitch Slap
• Black Swan
• The Avengers
• Grave Encounters
• Grave Encounters 2
• Twilight
• New Moon
• Eclipse
• Breaking Dawn - Part 1
• Breaking Dawn - Part 2

 

[Bonethug]

Updated Apr. 17, 2013

Bonethug - 17/50 Books | 15/50 Movies

Books
01. Mistborn: The Final Empire - Brandon Sanderson
02. The Long Ships - Frans G. Bengtsson
03. Gun Machine - Warren Ellis (published Jan 1, 2013)
04. Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
05. The Well of Ascension - Brandon Sanderson
06. The Tomb (Repairman Jack 1) - F. Paul Wilson
07. Legacies (Repairman Jack 2) - F. Paul Wilson
08. Wool Omnibus - Hugh Howey
09. Altered Carbon - Richard Morgan
10. The Hero of Ages - Brandon Sanderson
11. Dead Things - Stephen Blackmoore (published Feb 5, 2013)
12. Star Wars: Heir to the Empire - Timothy Zahn
13. Star Wars: Dark Force Rising - Timothy Zahn
14. Star Wars: The Last Command - Timothy Zahn
15. Zero Day - Mark Russinovich
16. Donnybrook - Frank Bill (published Mar. 5, 2013)
17. On Stranger Tides - Tim Powers

Movies
01. Underworld: Awakening
02. Men in Black 3
03. Looper
04. Seven Psychopaths
05. The Bourne Legacy
06. Dredd
07. Skyfall
08. Wreck-It Ralph
09. Justice League: Doom
10. The Raid: Redemption
11. Lockout
12. Haywire
13. Predators
14. John Carter
15. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Finished a book published in March, Donnybrook, to continue my goal of reading 1 newly published book per month.
Need to get back to work on the Movies.

Favorite book of the 1st quarter was The Hero of Ages. It answered all of the questions brought up in the first 2 books.
No real favorite movie for the first quarter. I thought all of the movies had flaws.

 

[Nezumi]

Update:

Nezumi - 13/50 books | 19/50 movies​

Books:

• The novel my husband wrote for NaNoWriMo
• Before they are hanged - Joe Abercrombie
• A betrayel in winter - Daniel Abrahams
• Last Argument of Kings - Joe Abercrombie
• Shadow of the Torturer - Gene Wolfe
• The great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
• Nero Corleone kehrt zurück - Elke Heidenreich
• An Autumn War - Daniel Abraham
• Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
• The wonderful wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum
• Sabriel - Garth Nix
• The Price of Spring - Daniel Abraham

Movies:

• Brick
• Inspector General
• Indie Game the Movie
• Ijon Tichy - Raumpilot Season 2
• Moonrise Kingdom
• Chronicle
• Prometheus
• Speed Racer
• Brave
• The Cabin in the Woods
• Fitzcarraldo
• Eraserhead
• Seven Samurai
• Fire walk with me
• Sherlock: The Great Game
• Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
• Sherlock:The Hounds of Baskerville
• Sherlock: The Reichenbach Fall
• The Intouchables

Loved Abraham's whole Long Price Quartet and this was a in most ways the ending I wanted, which on the other hand also means that it was exactly the ending I expected. But overall this is definitly one of the best fantasy series there is at the moment.

The reichenbach Fall was awesome. When they first introduced Moriaty in the show I wasn't sure if I liked the way he was portrayed. In this he was just amazing. So evil, so crazy. Loved it. Can't believe that I have to wait so long until it continues.

The Intouchables was a great movie. I think what makes it so good is the fact that, given the material it was based on, it could have been a really bad movie. It could have been cheesy, it could have been overly dramatized it could have been silly. It was nothing of that sort. It was a movie about two people and their relationship, simple and honest. It never tries to force any emotion on the viewer and that's what makes it absolutly great in my opinion. Definitly my vote for movie of the first quarter of this year. Not sure about my book yet...

 

[kinoki]

kinoki - 6/50 Books | 49/50 Movies

Books

• Dawnkins, Richard (2006), "The God Delusion" - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• Fexeus, Henrik (2009), "Konsten att läsa tankar" - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• Lotass, Lotta (2006), "Min röst skall nu komma från en annan plats i rummet" - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• Silver, Nate (2012), "The Signal and the Noise" - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733; - I love statistics. It's one of my favorite hobbies. This books speaks my language. It's not really educational but it gives context to why statistics matter.
• Mitchell, David (2001), "number9dream" - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½ - While it's good and has some really nice bending of fiction-within-fiction it feels somewhat empty. It never really goes anywhere despite being captivating. It might not sound overly positive but I was actually pleasently surprised, only bummed it wasn't more fulfilling.
• Murakami, Haruki (2006), "Kafka on the Shore" - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½ - Another book, another lost teenager in Japan. This one was a bit more out there. Japanese mythology is a bit weird but entertaining and I'm sure alot is lost in translation. Three disjointed sentences seems like the best way to describe this book.

Movies

• Moonrise Kingdom (2012, dir. Wes Anderson) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• Carnage (2011, dir. Roman Polanski) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• Secretary (2002, dir. Stephen Shainberg) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• 9 (2009, dir. Shane Acker) - &#9733;&#9733;½
• Four Rooms (1995, dir. Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, +2) - &#9733;&#9733;
• Paul (2011, dir. Greg Mottola) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• Bottle Rocket (1996, dir. Wes Anderson) - &#9733;&#9733;½
• The Butterfly Effect (2004, dir. Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• Revolver (2005, dir. Guy Richie) - &#9733;&#9733;
• Impostor (2001, dir. Gary Fleder) - &#9733;&#9733;
• Pinapple Express (2008, dir. David Gordon Green) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• The Terminal (2004, dir. Steven Spielberg) - &#9733;&#9733;
• Rushmore (1998, dir. Wes Anderson) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• Moneyball (2001, dir. Bennett Miller) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½
• J. Edgar (2011, dir. Clint Eastwood) - &#9733;&#9733;
• Doubt (2008, dir. John Patrick Shanley) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• Valkyrie (2008, dir. Bryan Singer) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• Iron Sky (2012, dir. Timo Vuorensola) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• Cloverfield (2008, dir. Matt Reeves) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• Crash (2004, dir. Paul Haggis) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½
• The Magnificent Seven (1960, dir. John Sturges) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½
• Stardust (2007, dir. Matthew Vaughn) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½
• Cassandra's Dream (2007, dir. Woody Allen) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• Rango (2011, dir. Gore Verbinski) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½
• Haywire (2011, dir. Steven Soderbergh) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• Horrible Bosses (2011, dir. Seth Gordon) - &#9733;&#9733;½
• Wrath of the Titans (2012, dir. Jonathan Liebesman) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• Winter's Bone (2010, dir. Debra Granik) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• The Station Agent (2003, dir. Thomas McCarthy) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½
• The Island (2005, dir. Michael Bay) - &#9733;&#9733;½
• This is England (2006, dir. Shane Meadows) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• Control (2007, dir. Anton Corbijn) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• The Town (2010, dir. Ben Affleck) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• Legend of the Guardians: The Owles of Ga'hoole (2010, dir. Zack Snyder) - &#9733;&#9733;½
• Django Unchained (2012, dir. Quentin Tarantino) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• Cloud Atlas (2012, dir. Wachowskis + Tom Tykwer) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• Metropia (2009, dir. Tarik Saleh) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011, dir. Stephen Daldry) - &#9733;&#9733;
• Due Date (2010, dir. Todd Phillips) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½
• Stranger Than Fiction (2006, dir. Marc Forster) - &#9733;&#9733;½
• Before Night Falls (2000, dir. Julian Schnabel) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½
• Dark Shadows (2012, dir. Tim Burton) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• Bee Movie (2007, dir. Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith) - &#9733;&#9733; - Boring and uninspired. The only joke I laughed at was Chris Rock's final remark regarding mosquitos only needing a briefcase to be lawyers since they're already blood-sucking parasites.
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010, dir. David Yates) - &#9733;&#9733;½ - It's got some production values, I'll give it that. But my god, nothing happens for 2½ hours.
• Gothicka (2003, dir. Mathiue Kassovitz) - &#9733;&#9733; - Predictable "horror" movie that manages just to keep its head above "bad".
• Tron: Legacy (2010, dir. Joseph Kosinski) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½ - I actually enjoyed this far more than I thought I would. Sure, the ending was all sorts of bad but it kept me entertained while looking and sounding very pretty.
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007, dir. Julian Schnabel) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½ - I've come to the understanding I still don't like biographical movies. It's interesting and has alot of good camerawork and editing.
• Outlander (2008, dir. Howard McCain) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733; - The Predator-forumla followed to perfection. It's exciting and fun throughout. It is very formulatic though and no real effort is put to making something original more than setting.
• The Box (2009, dir. Richard Kelly) - &#9733;&#9733;½ - Richard Kelly has made one movie worth watching (hint: it's Donnie Darko) and I'm willing to believe that the quality of that movie is more due to pure chance than anything else. The Box is just what the back of the box says and after you've spent 10 minutes thinking about the concept you're pretty much done. Everything else in the movie is padding.

Bonus: 7/24 TV | 16/24 Video Games | 6/24 Records

TV

• True Blood (2012, Season 5) - &#9733;&#9733;½
• Game of Thrones (2012, Season 2) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• House of Cards (2013, Season 1) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½
• Boardwalk Empire (2011, Season 2) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½
• Banshee (2013, Season 1) - &#9733;&#9733;½ - The formula goes something like this: someone (most likely Hood) gets a massive beating and someone (most likely Hood) engages in a graphic sex scene. Sure, it works as a sunday morning cartoon, albeit sexy and bloody, but as a higher form of entertainment it fails.
• Star Trek (1966-67, Season 1) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733; - Good television is good whenever it is enjoyed. I've never had the pleasure to savour this one quite as structured as I did now sitting down and watching every episode but it's worth it.
• Hemlock Grove (2013, Season 1) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½ - While I won't be screaming to the high heavens that it was good it kept me addicted for an entire weekend. The right amount of ham and the right amount of cheese.

Video Games

• Deadlight [PC] (2012, Tequila Works) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• Middle Manager of Justice [iOS] (2012, Double Fine) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½
• Sleeping Dogs [PC] (2012, United Front Games) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• Spec Ops: The Line [PC] (2012, Yager Development) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• The Cave [PC] (2013, Double Fine) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• Quantum Conundrum [PC] (2012, Airtight Games) - &#9733;
• God of War III [PS3] (2010, Santa Monica Studio) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• Iron Brigade [PC] (2011, Double Fine) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• The Walking Dead [PC] (2012, Telltale Games) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• Machinarium [PS3] (2012, Amanita Design) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• Brütal Legend [PC] (2013, Double Fine) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dragonborn [PC] (2013, Bethesda Softworks) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• Tropico 4 [PC] (2011, Haemimont Games) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½
• StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm [PC] (2013, Blizzard Entertainment) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
• BioShock Infinite [PC] (2013, Irrational Games) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½ - Not quite the salvation I was expecting. It is, however, an exciting, original concept that's fully realised. The first BioShock is still the best BioShock.
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception [PS3] (2011, Naughty Dog) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733; - First of all, there is no deception--perhaps that's the deception. The shooting gallery section are more tedious than ever and instead of building some real challenge they just throw cheaper enemies at you. The story is just a series of set-pieces strung together for padding and the game doesn't start until you get to Yemen. The tech is amazing though, really amazing at time but the PS3 is showing her age.

Music

• Blood Donation - Mariam the Believer (2013, Spotify) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½ - First record I listened to this year and a shining example of great new music. A great debut. Favourite track: The String of Everything.
• Push the Sky Away - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (2013, Spotify) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½ - Another good Nick Cave-album but not as creative as Abattoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus. Favourite track: Jubilee Street.
• Pale Green Ghosts - John Grand (2013, Spotify) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½ - Fell in love with this the first second I listened to it. Favourite track: Black Belt.
• The Next Day - David Bowie (2013, Spotify) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½ - Some really good songs spread out in some solid songs. The cover is a mystery on many levels. Favourite track: The Next Day.
• The Golden Age - Woodkid (2013, Spotify) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733; - Fantastic aestetic. Everything I hoped Channel Orange would be but wasn't. Favourite track: Iron.
• Woman - Rhye (2013, Spotify) - &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733; - Relaxed and aesteticly pleasing.

&#9733; = Bad, &#9733;&#9733; = Okay, &#9733;&#9733;&#9733; = Good, &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733; = Very good, &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733; = Brilliant

 

[Tragicomedy]

New movie:

[*] The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733; -- Critics didn't like this movie. GAF didn't like this movie. The wife and I loved it. This was probably due to lowered expectations, but the movie really clicked with me. I understand some of the gripes about expanding the novel into three films being a cheap cash-in, but I appreciated the amount of detail in the film. There were lots of nice little touches to the story that would have otherwise ended up on the chopping block. It's been 15+ years since I read the novel, so I can't really vouch for how closely it ties with the text...but it felt right.

 

[markhimself46]

IN PROCESS: The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)

1. Building Stories (Chris Ware)
2. Batman: Year One (Frank Miller, David Mazzucchelli)
3. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, Lynn Varley)
4. When David Lost His Voice (Judith Vanistendael)
5. Francona: The Red Sox Years (Terry Francona, Dan Shaughnessy)
6. Point Your Face at This (Demetri Martin)

MOVIES

1. Looper
2. VHS
3. Argo
4. Brave
5. Beasts of the Southern Wild
6. Indie Game: The Movie
7. Wreck it Ralph
8. The Place Beyond the Pines

 

[Tragicomedy]

New movie:

[*] Les Miserables. &#9733;&#9733;&#9733; -- Anne Hathaway stole the show. Her version of "I Dreamed A Dream" crapped on everything else in the film since it was so much better than what came before and after. I found the film version to be more emotionally engaging than the Broadway musical, largely due to the intimate close ups the camera provides.

 

[BrokenEchelon]

BrokenEchelon - 18/50 Books | 43/50 Movies​

Books

• Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented
• Dead Souls
• Les Misérables
• A Hero of Our Time
• Sense and Sensibility
• Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
• Ivanhoe
• Fathers and Children
• In Search of Lost Time
• Candide: or, Optimism
• L'Assommoir
• Steppenwolf
• Naked Lunch
• The Stranger
• The Magus
• One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
• To the Lighthouse
• The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

Movies

• Ip Man
• Nosferatu (1922)
• 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 (1989)
• The Andromeda Strain
• Justice League: Doom
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower
• Seven Psychopaths
• Lockout
• Dracula 3000
• Django Unchained
• Zero Dark Thirty
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Les Misérables (2012)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
• The Girl Who Played with Fire
• The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
• Cloud Atlas
• Life of Pi
• The Master (2012)
• Wreck-It Ralph
• Vertigo
• Warrior
• Witness for the Prosecution
• Secondhand Lions
• The Fighter
• The Wrestler
• Love Actually
• Big Fish
• Papillon
• Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
• Ironclad
• Life is Beautiful (1997)
• Cinema Paradiso
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

 

[W1SSY]

UPDATE

W1SSY - 7/50 Books | 20/50 Movies

Books

• Wool: Book 1 by Hugh Howey
• Wool: Book 2 by Hugh Howey
• Wool: Book 3 by Hugh Howey
• Wool: Book 4 by Hugh Howey
• Wool: Book 5 by Hugh Howey
• Y: The Last Man by Brian Vaughan (Graphic Novel 60 Issues)
• The Name of the Wind by PAtrick Rothfuss

Movies

• Battle Royale
• Gasland
• Tetris: from Russia with Love
• Full Metal Jacket
• Zero Dark Thirty
• Expendables 2
• Django Unchained
• Freakonomics
• Snatch
• Catfish
• Buried
• Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters
• Dredd
• X-Men: First Class
• 54
• Craigslist Joe
• Some food documentary
• Wreck It Ralph
• Argo
• Heavy Weights

Finished up The Name of the Wind and really enjoyed it. Was burnt out on fantasy novels but I really like the way Rothfuss writes and the story is entertaining.

I also watched Heavy Weights because my roommate recommended it and thought it was decent but nothing I would want to watch again. I thought Argo was a good movie but I have the same problem I had with The Town and that is the actors are hard to understand at times because of the background noise being so loud.

 

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Updated the list again - first quarter is almost over and there still a couple of guys joining in. I'm not as far with my books as I wanted to, but I manage to read almost every day atm, so at least I made a habit of it.

Is this the Chaplin/Hitler movie? I've been meaning to see this after watching a documentary about Chaplin last year.

Yep, it is. I watched it during last years 50/50 challenge and it is pretty amazing all things considered. Chaplins speach in the end of the movie gave me goosebombs.

Glaurungr - 50/50 books | 16/50 movies

Update! New entries in italic.

Congrats! 50 books seems to be the harder part for most people, but you just powered through that in less than a quarter of the time. Pretty amazing.

New movie:

[*] Deadfall. &#9733;½ -- Laughable plot, script, acting, etc. At one point a native American fakes his death then turns on the killer and chops off his finger with a knife. He claims he saw the person coming to attack him in a dream. Okay.

The wife picked this one out, and we thought: "Hey, Eric Bana, Sissy Spacek, Olivia Wilde, and Kate Mara...could be good." Nope.

These actors are the reason I still have it on my watchlist. Maybe I'll better not watch it though.

Just throwing this out there - what do you guys think about updating your lists and identifying your one favorite movie and one favorite book per quarter? So if interested you'd want to update your list by 3/31/13.

I suggest identifying your favorites with the tags. (second highlight has / in front of the first h obviously)

I like it.

LuffyZoro - 12/50 Books | 15/50 Movies

Books

• 
  [*]Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (A-)
• Shadow Show (B+)
• The Rapture of the Nerds (A)
• Wool - Part One (B)
• Nebula Awards Showcase 2012 (A-)
• Ready Player One (A+++)
• The Windup Girl (A)
• Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea (B)
  [*]Deathworld (B)
  [*]Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2012 (B+)
  [*]Stuff White People Like (B-)
  [*]The Eyre Affair (A-)

My favourite book with Adams 'Last chance to see'. He simply nailed everything in it, from setting to characters and humor. Only thing I still have to read from him is 'the long dark tea-time of the soul'. Maybe I'll finally read it, if I get close to 50 books.

I think I am stepping out of the challenge this year. The twins were born a few weeks ago and I won't have time to read or watch movies for a while.

That's a pretty good reason to drop out. Congratulations on the twins!