An Entirely Redundant (Though Slightly Useful) Viewing Log for 2005, Part 2 (Jul.-Dec.)
Submitted by Cosgrove on Mon, 01/02/2006 - 12:58
Tags:
- 411. (30 Dec) Zatoichi in Desperation (1972, Shintaro Katsu) [C+]
- 410. (29 Dec) Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic (2005, Liam Lynch) [B]
- 409. (28 Dec) Brokeback Mountain (2005, Ang Lee) [B+]
- s52. (27 Dec) One A.M. (1916, Charlie Chaplin)
- 408. (27 Dec) /Bad Santa/ (2003, Terry Zwigoff) [A-]
- t12. (26 Dec) Cigarette Burns (2005, John Carpenter) [B]
- 407. (26 Dec) Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989, Michael A. Simpson) [D]
- 406. (25 Dec) The Producers (2005, Susan Stroman) [C]
- 405. (25 Dec) Wolf Creek (2005, Greg McLean) [C]
- 404. (25 Dec) The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005, Judd Apatow) [B+]
- 403. (24 Dec) /Dead Alive/ (1992, Peter Jackson) [A]
- 402. (21 Dec) The Squid and the Whale (2005, Noah Baumbach) [B-]
- 401. (20 Dec) /A Hole in My Heart/ (2005, Lukas Moodysson) [B]
- 400. (16 Dec) King Kong (2005, Peter Jackson) [B+]
- 399. (14 Dec) Two-Lane Blacktop (1971, Monte Hellman) [B+]
- 398. (14 Dec) /Shaun of the Dead/ (2004, Edgar Wright) [A-]
- 397. (13 Dec) Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983, Tsui Hark) [B+]
- 396. (12 Dec) /Blood Simple/ (1984, Joel Coen) [A; up from A-]
- 395. (11 Dec) Mail Order Wife (2005, Huck Botko & Andrew Gurland) [B-]
- 394. (9 Dec) A Hole in My Heart (2005, Lukas Moodysson) [B]
- 393. (9 Dec) Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist (2005, Paul Schrader) [B-]
- 392. (9 Dec) Madagascar (2005, Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath) [D]
- 391. (9 Dec) Tropical Malady (2005, Apichatpong Weerasethakul) [A-]
- 390. (9 Dec) Eternal (2005, Wilhelm Leibenberg & Federico Sanchez) [D-]
- 389. (8 Dec) House of Wax (2005, Jaume Collet-Serra) [D+]
- 388. (8 Dec) Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935, Clyde Bruckman) [B+]
- 387. (7 Dec) Grand Illusion (1937, Jean Renoir) [B+]
- s51. (6 Dec) /Un Chien Andalou/ (1929, Luis Bunuel)
- 386. (6 Dec) Saint Ange (2004, Pascal Laugier) [D]
- 385. (5 Dec) Zatoichi at Large (1972, Kazuo Mori) [C]
- DNF. (4 Dec) 800 Bullets (2004, Alex de la Iglesia) {Whatever this film is trying to do, it isn't doing it very well.}
- s50. (4 Dec) The Secret of Wendel Samson (1966, Mike Kuchar)
- s49. (4 Dec) La Soufriere (1977, Werner Herzog)
- 384. (3 Dec) Aeon Flux (2005, Karyn Kusama) [D]
- s48. (2 Dec) The Craven Sluck (1967, Mike Kuchar)
- 383. (2 Dec) Sins of the Fleshapoids (1965, Mike Kuchar) [A]
- 382. (2 Dec) Curse of the Alpha Stone (1972, Stewart Malleson) [D+]
- 381. (30 Nov) Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005, George Clooney) [B+]
- 380. (29 Nov) Rize (2005, David LaChappelle) [B-]
- 379. (27 Nov) How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck... (1976, Werner Herzog) [C+]
- t11. (27 Nov) Chocolate (2005, Mick Garris) [C+]
- 378. (27 Nov) 5 x 2 (2005, Francois Ozon) [C]
- 377. (26 Nov) The Ice Harvest (2005, Harold Ramis) [B]
- 376. (25 Nov) /Liar Liar/ (1997, Tom Shadyac) [B-; down from B+] {First 70 minutes: hilarious. Last 15 minutes: unforgivable.}
- 375. (24 Nov) The Pornographers (1966, Shohei Imamura) [C+]
- 374. (24 Nov) Naked (1993, Mike Leigh) [A]
- 373. (24 Nov) dot the i (2005, Matthew Parkhill) [C]
- 372. (24 Nov) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005, Mike Newell) [C+]
- 371. (22 Nov) Hitch-Hike (1977, Pasquale Festa Campanile) [B]
- 370. (22 Nov) Sonny Boy (1990, Robert Martin Carroll) [B+]
- t10. (20 Nov) Jenifer (2005, Dario Argento) [C]
- 369. (20 Nov) Look at Me (2005, Agnes Jaoui) [B]
- 368. (20 Nov) Last Days (2005, Gus Van Sant) [C]
- 367. (19 Nov) The Great Ecstasy of the Sculptor Steiner (1974, Werner Herzog) [B+]
- t09. (19 Nov) Dance of the Dead (2005, Tobe Hooper) [D-]
- 366. (19 Nov) Rock School (2005, Don Argott) [B+]
- 365. (16 Nov) /Straw Dogs/ (1971, Sam Peckinpah) [B+; down from A-] {So, apparently it was Anal-Rape Movie Night at my house.}
- 364. (16 Nov) /Irreversible/ (2003, Gaspar Noe) [A-; up from B+]
- 363. (15 Nov) Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971, Kimiyoshi Yasuda) [C]
- 362. (15 Nov) Paradise Now (2005, Hany Abu-Assad) [B-]
- 361. (14 Nov) /Punch-Drunk Love/ (2002, Paul Thomas Anderson) [A]
- 360. (11 Nov) Derailed (2005, Mikael Hafstrom) [D]
- 359. (10 Nov) Onibaba (1964, Kaneto Shindo) [A-]
- 358. (8 Nov) Undead (2005, Michael & Peter Spierig) [B-]
- 357. (7 Nov) Shopgirl (2005, Anand Tucker) [C]
- s47. (6 Nov) /Afro-Cuban Genii/ (????, no director credited)
- s46. (6 Nov) S'rehtom Cigam (????, no director credited) {Burlesque shorts just seem so wholesome and likeable, which may be why I find them charming.}
- s45. (6 Nov) Temple Dance (????, no director credited)
- s44. (6 Nov) Witch Doctor (1951, Murray Lerner & Lloyd Ritter & Robert Young)
- 356. (6 Nov) Crypt of Dark Secrets (1976, Jack Weis) [C-]
- t08. (6 Nov) Dreams in the Witch-House (2005, Stuart Gordon) [B]
- 355. (5 Nov) Meet the Fockers (2004, Jay Roach) [D]
- 354. (1 Nov) Koyaanisqatsi (1983, Godfrey Reggio) [A-]
- 353. (1 Nov) Twentieth Century (1934, Howard Hawks) [C]
- s43. (30 Oct) Voodoo Virgin (????, no director credited)
- s42. (30 Oct) Afro-Cuban Genii (????, no director credited) {Work it, white girl!}
- s41. (30 Oct) Acid Skull (????, no director credited) {This is a student film, isn't it? Where does Something Weird find these things, anyway?}
- s40. (30 Oct) The Hot Pearl Snatch (1966, Ren-Mart) {What utter crap.}
- 352. (30 Oct) The Naked Witch (1961, Claude Alexander & Larry Buchanan) [C] {"Witches are foooor burning!"}
- 351. (30 Oct) Strangers on a Train (1951, Alfred Hitchcock) [A]
- t07. (29 Oct) Incident On and Off a Mountain Road (2005, Don Coscarelli) [B-]
- 350. (27 Oct) Tout Va Bien (1972, Jean-Luc Godard & Jean-Pierre Gorin) [B+]
- 349. (25 Oct) Appleseed (2005, Shinji Aramaki) [D+]
- 348. (24 Oct) Save the Green Planet! (2005, Jeong Jun-hwan) [D]
- 347. (23 Oct) One Missed Call (2005, Takashi Miike) [C+]
- 346. (22 Oct) Stay (2005, Marc Forster) [C+]
- 345. (21 Oct) The Fog (2005, Rupert Wainwright) [D-]
- 344. (20 Oct) Samaritan Girl (2004, Kim Ki-duk) [C]
- 343. (20 Oct) Interview with the Assassin (2002, Neil Burger) [B-]
- 342. (20 Oct) Strange Impersonation (1946, Anthony Mann) [C]
- 341. (16 Oct) The Interpreter (2005, Sydney Pollack) [C+]
- 340. (16 Oct) /The Holy Girl/ (2005, Lucrecia Martel) [C+]
- 339. (16 Oct) Faust (1994, Jan Svankmajer) [D+]
- 338. (15 Oct) Wallace and Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005, Nick Park & Steve Box) [B+]
- s39. (15 Oct) A Christmas Caper (2005, Gary Trousdale)
- 337. (14 Oct) Steamboy (2005, Katsuhiro Otomo) [C+]
- s38. (14 Oct) /A Close Shave/ (1995, Nick Park)
- s37. (13 Oct) /Cat's Cradle/ (1959, Stan Brakhage)
- s36. (13 Oct) Delicacies of Molten Horror Synapse (1991, Stan Brakhage)
- s35. (13 Oct) The Seashell and the Clergyman (1928, Germaine Dulac)
- s34. (13 Oct) Anemic Cinema (1926, Marcel Duchamp) {Gee, I wish I could read French.}
- s33. (12 Oct) /Entr'acte/ (1924, Rene Clair)
- s32. (10 Oct) /Ballet Mechanique/ (1924, Fernand Leger)
- 336. (7 Oct) Waiting... (2005, Rob McKittrick) [C-]
- 335. (6 Oct) The Big Combo (1955, Joseph H. Lewis) [C]
- 334. (5 Oct) A Fistful of Dollars (1964, Sergio Leone) [A-]
- 333. (4 Oct) /Thriller: A Cruel Picture/ (1974, Bo A. Vibenius under the alias "Alex Fridolinski") [B-; up from C+] {More Verhoeven than Hankeke, methinks. Odd how I feel charitable towards this whilst I despise "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance", but then consistency has never been my strong suit.}
- 332. (4 Oct) Dead and Breakfast (2005, Matthew Leutwyler) [C-]
- 331. (3 Oct) /A History of Violence/ (2005, David Cronenberg) [A]
- 330. (2 Oct) Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2006, Park Chan-wook) [D-] {Damn near found my "Elephant" too. Wassup haters?}
- 329. (2 Oct) Through the Forest (2005, Jean-Paul Civeyrac) [B]
- s31. (2 Oct) Motion Report (2004, Verica Patrnogic) {Jeez, somebody loves herself some Godard.}
- 328. (1 Oct) Haze (2005, Shinya Tsukamoto) [C]
- 327. (30 Sep) A History of Violence (2005, David Cronenberg) [A]
- 326. (30 Sep) Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005, Tim Burton & Mike Johnson) [B+]
- 325. (29 Sep) Scenes from a Marriage (1974, Ingmar Bergman) [B]
- 324. (29 Sep) King Kong (1933, Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack) [C+]
- 323. (28 Sep) Flightplan (2005, Robert Schwentke) [D+]
- 322. (27 Sep) The Innocents (1961, Jack Clayton) [A-]
- 321. (26 Sep) The Eighteenth Angel (1998, William Bindley) [D-]
- 320. (25 Sep) The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2006, Cristi Puiu) [B-]
- 319. (25 Sep) Broken Flowers (2005, Jim Jarmusch) [C+]
- 318. (25 Sep) The Child (2006, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne) [B+]
- s30. (25 Sep) Blue Tongue (2004, Justin Kurzel)
- 317. (25 Sep) An Amazing Couple (2004, Lucas Belvaux) [C-]
- 316. (23 Sep) 3-iron (2005, Kim Ki-duk) [B+]
- DNF. (23 Sep) Swimming (2002, Robert J. Siegel) {Is there a Sundance-approved Film-By-Numbers kit out there? 'Cause that would explain a lot.}
- 315. (21 Sep) The Lady Eve (1941, Preston Sturges) [A]
- 314. (20 Sep) Transporter 2 (2005, Louis Leterrier) [C+]
- 313. (18 Sep) Tommy Boy (1995, Peter Segal) [C+]
- 312. (18 Sep) Black Narcissus (1947, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger) [A-]
- 311. (18 Sep) Pretty Poison (1968, Noel Black) [C+]
- 310. (17 Sep) Lord of War (2005, Andrew Niccol) [B+]
- 309. (16 Sep) Throwdown (2005, Johnnie To) [B]
- 308. (15 Sep) Dallas 362 (2005, Scott Caan) [C+]
- 307. (14 Sep) Au Hasard Balthazar (1966, Robert Bresson) [B]
- 306. (14 Sep) The Sword of Doom (1966, Kihachi Okamoto) [B+]
- 305. (11 Sep) On the Waterfront (1954, Elia Kazan) [B]
- 304. (10 Sep) /National Lampoon's Animal House/ (1978, John Landis) [C; down from A-] {Wow, I am getting crotchety.}
- 303. (9 Sep) Red Eye (2005, Wes Craven) [C+]
- 302. (8 Sep) The Brown Bunny (2004, Vincent Gallo) [B]
- 301. (7 Sep) /Videodrome/ (1983, David Cronenberg) [A] {Watched with commentary.}
- 300. (6 Sep) Oldboy (2005, Park Chan-wook) [A] {Anyone who tells you that this film is about revenge wasn't paying attention.}
- 299. (5 Sep) The Card Player (2004, Dario Argento) [D]
- 298. (5 Sep) 2046 (2005, Wong Kar-Wai) [C+]
- 297. (5 Sep) Assault on Precinct 13 (2005, Jean-Francois Richet) [C]
- 296. (4 Sep) Sahara (2005, Breck Eisner) [C]
- 295. (3 Sep) /Toy Story 2/ (1999, John Lasseter) [A]
- 294. (1 Sep) Zatoichi: The Festival of Fire (1970, Kenji Misumi) [B+]
- 293. (31 Aug) The Aristocrats (2005, Paul Provenza) [A-]
- 292. (30 Aug) Mysterious Skin (2005, Gregg Araki) [B]
- 291. (28 Aug) Let My Puppets Come (1976, Gerard Damiano) [F] {...to the ridiculous.)
- 290. (28 Aug) Sunset Blvd. (1950, Billy Wilder) [A] {From the sublime...}
- 289. (27 Aug) The Brothers Grimm (2005, Terry Gilliam) [D+]
- 288. (26 Aug) Memories of Murder (2005, Bong Joon-ho) [A-]
- 287. (25 Aug) Sixteen Tongues (2004, Scooter McCrae) [C]
- 286. (25 Aug) Prozac Nation (2001, Erik Skjoldbjaerg) [C]
- 285. (23 Aug) Dead Meat (2004, Conor McMahon) [D+]
- s29. (23 Aug) The Braineater (2001, Conor McMahon)
- s28. (23 Aug) Thumb Wars: The Phantom Cuticle (1999, Steve Oedekerk)
- s27. (23 Aug) Thumbtanic (2002, Todd Portugal)
- 284. (20 Aug) The Slumber Party Massacre (1982, Amy Jones) [B-]
- 283. (20 Aug) Fatal Frames (1996, Al Festen) [D-]
- 282. (19 Aug) /Electric Dragon 80,000V/ (2000, Sogo Ishii) [B+]
- 281. (19 Aug) Premonition (2004, Norio Tsuruta) [C]
- 280. (19 Aug) On the Run (2004, Lucas Belvaux) [C+]
- 279. (18 Aug) L'Atalante (1934, Jean Vigo) [A-]
- 278. (18 Aug) Mondovino (2005, Jonathan Nossiter) [C-]
- 277. (18 Aug) Mikey and Nicky (1976, Elaine May) [C+]
- DNF. (18 Aug) 2009: Lost Memories (2002, Lee Si-myeung) {Slick, professional, empty; apparently in Korea, they still aren't familiar with our action cliches or something.}
- 276. (17 Aug) The Conformist (1971, Bernardo Bertolucci) [A-]
- 275. (17 Aug) Winter Soldier (1972, The Winterfilm Collective) [B]
- 274. (17 Aug) Pretty Persuasion (2005, Marcos Siega) [B-]
- 273. (17 Aug) 9 Songs (2005, Michael Winterbottom) [B]
- 272. (17 Aug) Tony Takitani (2005, Jun Ichikawa) [C]
- 271. (17 Aug) Grizzly Man (2005, Werner Herzog) [B+]
- 270. (16 Aug) S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine (2004, Rithy Panh) [B]
- 269. (16 Aug) The Skeleton Key (2005, Iain Softley) [C]
- 268. (15 Aug) Electric Dragon 80,000V (2000, Sogo Ishii) [B+]
- 267. (14 Aug) /Bride of Chucky/ (1998, Ronny Yu) [B+]
- 266. (13 Aug) Four Brothers (2005, John Singleton) [D]
- 265. (10 Aug) Murderball (2005, Henry Alex Rubin & Dana Adam Shapiro) [B]
- DNF. (9 Aug) Bad Guy (2001, Kim Ki-duk) {I just could not get a bead on this movie. Not sure it would be worth trying, either.}
- 264. (8 Aug) Dog Day Afternoon (1975, Sidney Lumet) [B]
- 263. (7 Aug) /Hot Shots!/ (1991, Jim Abrahams) [B; down from A-] {The hit-to-miss joke ratio in this film is not as stellar as I remembered.}
- 262. (5 Aug) The Shop Around the Corner (1940, Ernst Lubitsch) [A]
- 261. (4 Aug) Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005, Miranda July) [C-]
- 260. (3 Aug) /Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance/ (2002, Park Chan-wook) [B; up from a B-]
- 259. (2 Aug) The Pacifier (2005, Adam Shankman) [C-]
- 258. (1 Aug) /The Devil's Rejects/ (2005, Rob Zombie) [B+]
- 257. (30 Jul) A Dirty Shame (2004, John Waters) [C]
- 256. (29 Jul) Inner Senses (2002, Lo Chi Leung) [C-]
- 255. (28 Jul) F for Fake (1974, Orson Welles) [B]
- 254. (27 Jul) Notre Musique (2004, Jean-Luc Godard) [B]
- 253. (27 Jul) Dance Hall Racket (1953, Phil Tucker) [C+]
- 252. (24 Jul) Bad News Bears (2005, Richard Linklater) [B+]
- 251. (22 Jul) The Devil's Rejects (2005, Rob Zombie) [B+]
- 250. (21 Jul) Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970, Kihachi Okamoto) [B]
- 249. (20 Jul) The Girl from Monday (2005, Hal Hartley) [A-]
- 248. (19 Jul) Touch of Evil (1958, Orson Welles) [A-]
- 247. (18 Jul) Dario Argento's Trauma (1993, Dario Argento) [D+]
- 246. (17 Jul) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005, Tim Burton) [B]
- 245. (17 Jul) He Who Gets Slapped (1924, Victor Seastrom) [B]
- 244. (17 Jul) Wedding Crashers (2005, David Dobkin) [C+]
- t06. (16 Jul) It's Just a Ride (1994, Rupert Edwards)
- 243. (16 Jul) White Noise (2005, Geoffrey Sax) [D]
- t05. (15 Jul) Bill Hicks: Revelations (1994, Chris Bould)
- t04. (15 Jul) Bill Hicks: Relentless (1992, Chris Bould)
- DNF. (14 Jul) D.E.B.S. (2005, Angela Robinson) {Not overtly bad, but not worth another hour lost to mediocrity either.}
- 242. (14 Jul) My Summer of Love (2005, Pawel Pawlikowski) [C+]
- 241. (14 Jul) Brief Encounter (1945, David Lean) [A-]
- 240. (13 Jul) The Vengeance of the Mummy (1971, Rene Cardona) [C-]
- 239. (13 Jul) Birth (2004, Jonathan Glazer) [B]
- 238. (12 Jul) Mad Love (1935, Karl Freund) [B+]
- 237. (11 Jul) /Blazing Saddles/ (1974, Mel Brooks) [A-]
- 236. (11 Jul) Fantastic Four (2005, Tim Story) [D-]
- 235. (10 Jul) The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 4: Police Tactics (1974, Kinji Fukasaku) [C]
- 234. (10 Jul) The Green Butchers (2005, Anders Thomas Jensen) [D]
- 233. (9 Jul) Repulsion (1965, Roman Polanski) [C+]
- 232. (8 Jul) Infection (2004, Masayuki Ochiai) [B+]
- 231. (7 Jul) Double Dare (2005, Amanda Micheli) [B-]
- 230. (7 Jul) Travellers and Magicians (2005, Khyentse Norbu) [C+]
- 229. (4 Jul) Juggernaut (1974, Richard Lester) [B+]
- 228. (4 Jul) Lawrence of Arabia (1962, David Lean) [A-]
- 227. (2 Jul) Bewitched (2005, Nora Ephron) [D+]
- 226. (1 Jul) Hitch (2005, Andy Tennant) [C]
And the rest of it. The original post finally got too big for its britches, thus the split. Of course, now the post section on Part One won't make sense after a certain point, but still...
Slashes still indicate repeat viewings.