Film Log 2008 (Rated)

Submitted by Parable on Wed, 01/16/2008 - 04:50
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  • WHAT MY RATINGS MEAN

  • 0.0-3.0: GOD AWFUL

  • 3.0-4.0: BAD

  • 4.0-5.0: WATCHABLE

  • 5.0-6.0: ABOVE AVERAGE

  • 6.0-7.0: GOOD

  • 7.0-8.0: GREAT

  • 8.0-9.0: ASTONISHING

  • 9.0-10.0: BEST EVER


  • JANUARY

  • 1. Ballad of a Soldier - Grigori Chukhrai (1958) 8.75/10
  • 2. There Will Be Blood - Paul Thomas Anderson (2007) 7.5/10
  • 3. The Tin Drum - Volker Schlöndorff (1979) 7.0/10
  • 4. Eastern Promises - David Cronenberg (2007) 6.5/10
  • 5. A Scanner Darkly - Richard Linklater (2006) 7.0/10
  • 6. Un Chien Andalou - Luis Bunuel (1929) 7.0/10
  • 7. The Sacrifice - Andrei Tarkovsky (1986) 6.5/10
  • 8. The Great Race - Blake Edwards (1965) 7.0/10
  • 9. All About My Mother - Pedro Almodóvar (1999) 7.75/10
  • 10. Hour of the Wolf - Ingmar Bergman (1968) 7.5/10
  • 11. Fallen Angels - Wong Kar-Wai (1995) 7.0/10
  • 12. Superbad - I don't care who the director is (2007) 4.0/10
  • 13. Moonlight Whispers - Akihiko Shiota (1999) 6.5/10
  • 14. Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man - Lian Lunson (2005) 5.5/10 A mediocre documentry/tribute to one of music's greatest songwriters.

  • FEBRUARY

  • 1. Irréversible - Gaspar Noe (2002) 6.75/10
  • 2. Nashville - Robert Altman (1975) 8.5/10
  • 3. A Clockwork Orange - Stanley Kubrick (1971) 7.75/10
  • 4. Babel - Alejandro González Iñárritu (2006) 6.75/10
  • 5. Blue - Krzysztof Kieslowski (1993) 7.5/10
  • 6. White - Krzysztof Kieslowski (1994) 7.0/10
  • 7. Red - Krzysztof Kieslowski (1994) 8.0/10
  • 8. Dead Ringers - David Cronenberg (1988) 6.25/10
  • 9. Clean, Shaven - Lodge Kerrigan (1993) 6.5/10
  • 10. Rescue Dawn - Werner Herzog (2006) 7.0/10
  • 11. Volver - Pedro Almodóvar (2006) 7.25/10
  • 12. Underground - Emir Kusturica (1995) 8.5/10
  • 13. Rosemary's Baby - Roman Polanski (1968) 8.75/10
  • 14. Sunshine - Danny Boyle (2007) 6.5/10
  • 15. Things Behind the Sun - Allison Anders (2001) 7.0/10
  • 16. Art School Confidential - Terry Zwigoff (2006) 5.0/10
  • 17. Bad Education - Pedro Almodóvar(2004) 7.5/10
  • 18. The Host - Joon-ho Bong (2006) 7.0/10
  • 19. Once - John Carney (2006) 7.25/10
  • 20. Solaris - Steven Soderberg (2002) 5.75/10
  • 21. Factotum - Bent Hamer (2005) 6.25/10
  • 22. The Godfather - Francis Ford Coppola (1972) 8.75/10
  • 23. 2001: A Space Odyssey - Stanley Kubrick (1968) 9.0/10 Wow, what difference it makes to see this film in a theater.
  • 24. Blood Diamond - Edward Zwick (2006) 6.5/10
  • 25. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Shane Black (2005) 6.25/10
  • 26. Dogville - Lars von Trier (2003) 7.0/10

  • MARCH

  • 1. Letters from Iwo Jima - Clint Eastwood (2006) 6.0/10
  • 2. Darjeeling Limited - Wes Anderson (2007) 7.0/10
  • 3. The Departed - Martin Scorsese (2006) 7.25/10
  • 4. The Lives of Others - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (2006) 6.5/10
  • 5. Thank You for Smoking - Jason Reitman (2005) 5.25/10
  • 6. Network - Sidney Lumet (2005) 6.75/10
  • 7. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Sergio Leone (1966) 7.0/10
  • 8. The Fountain - Darren Aronofsky (2006) 7.0/10
  • 9. Before Night Falls - Julian Schnabel (2000) 7.0/10
  • 10. The Bourne Ultimatum - Paul Greengrass (2007) 6.0/10
  • 11. The Travelling Players - Theodoros Angelopoulos (1975) 8.5/10
  • 12. Southland Tales - Richard Kelly (2007) 6.5/10

  • APRIL

  • 1. American Gangster - Ridley Scott (2007) 6.0/10
  • 2. The Vanishing - George Sluizer (1988) 6.5/10
  • 3. Michael Clayton - Tony Gilroy (2007) 7.0/10
  • 4. Days of Heaven - Terrance Malick (1978) 8.0/10
  • 5. Rear Window - Alfred Hitchcock (1954) 7.0/10
  • 6. Wings of Desire - Wim Wenders (1987) 8.25/10
  • 7. Paprika - Satoshi Kon (2006) 7.0/10
  • 8. Juno - Jason Reitman (2007) 6.0/10
  • 9. The Promise - Kaige Chen (2005) 2.5/10
  • 10. Gorky Park - Michael Apted (1983) 6.0/10
  • 11. Walkabout - Nicolas Roeg (1971) 7.5/10

  • MAY

  • 1. Rope - Alfred Hitchcock (1971) 7.0/10
  • 2. The Passion of the Christ - Mel Gibson (2004) 6.5/10
  • 3. The Amatuers - Michael Traeger (2005) 5.0/10
  • 4. The Holy Mountain - Alejandro Jodorowsky (1973) 8.0/10
  • 5. Eraserhead - David Lynch (1977) 8.75/10
  • 6. Lake of Fire - Tony Kaye (2006) 7.0/10
  • 7. City of Lost Children - Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1995) 7.25/10

  • JUNE

  • 1. Seraphim Falls - David Von Ancken (2006) 6.5/10
  • 2. Pale Rider - Clint Eastwood (1985) 6.0/10
  • 3. This is England - Shane Meadows (2006) 7.0/10
  • 4. The Last King of Scotland - Kevin Macdonald (2006) 5.5/10
  • 5. The Basketball Diaries - Scott Kalvert (2006) 6.5/10
  • 6. Nanking - Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman (2007) 7.0/10
  • 7. Bright Future - Kiyoshi Kurosawa (2003) 6.25/10
  • 8. Lessons of Darkness - Werner Herzog (1992) ???/10
  • 9. The Devil Came on Horseback - Ricki Stern & Anne Sundberg (2007) 5.5/10

  • JULY

  • 1. The Trial - Orson Welles (1962) 9.0/10
  • 2. Untraceable - Gregory Hoblit (2008) 5.0/10
  • 3. Jesus Camp - Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady (2006) 6.5/10
  • 4. Deliver Us from Evil - Amy Berg (2006) 7.0/10
  • 5. Open Your Eyes - Alejandro Amenabar(1997) 7.25/10
  • 6. Meshes of the Afternoon - Maya Deren (1943) 8.5/10
  • 7. Constantine - Francis Lawrence (2005) 4.5/10
  • 8. F for Fake - Orson Welles (1974) 7.0/10
  • 9. Gone Baby Gone - Ben Affleck (1943) 7.0/10
  • 10. The Wind That Shakes the Barley - Ken Loach (2006) 7.0/10
  • 11. Claire Dolan - Lodge Kerrigan (1998) 6.0/10
  • 12. The Hours - Stephen Daldry (2002) 7.25/10
  • 13. Exiled - Johnny To (2006) 6.5/10

  • AUGUST

  • 1. Broken English - Zoe Cassavetes (2007) 7.0/10
  • 2. Vantange Point - Pete Travis (2008) 3.5/10
  • 3. The Dark Knight - Christopher Nolan (2008) 6.5/10
  • 4. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Terry Gilliam (1998) 7.5/10
  • 5. The Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy - Kelly Makin (1996) 6.0/10
  • 6. Days of Being Wild - Wong Kar-Wai (1990) 7.25/10
  • 7. I Like Killing Flies - Matt Mahurin (2004) 6.25/10
  • 8. 2 Days in Paris - Julie Delpy (2007) 7.0/10
  • 9. Talk to Me - Kasi Lemmons (2007) 5.75/10
  • 10. Sicko - Michael Moore (2007) 6.5/10
  • 11. Magnolia - P.T. Anderson (1999) 7.5/10
  • 12. Far and Away - Ron Howard (1992) 6.5/10
  • 13. Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance - Godfrey Reggio (1983) 7.75/10

  • SEPTEMBER

  • 1. Chinatown - Roman Polanski (1974) 8.5/10
  • 2. My Blueblerry Nights - Wong Kar-Wai (2007) 6.75/10
  • 3. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Julian Schnabel (2007) 7.5/10
  • 4. Talk to Her - Pedro Almodóvar (2002) 7.25/10
AfterHours01/30/2008

Re: "I don't care who the director is"

Isn't that the same guy who directed Boondock Saints?

AJDaGreat01/31/2008

Nope.

AfterHours01/31/2008

Hey AJ

The question was a joke. An in-joke between Parable and I...

Boondock Saints is his choice for the greatest film of all time just as Like A Virgin tops my greatest albums list.

How are you doing by the way? Any updates to be made on albums you've purchased and listened to lately? Any luck with Astral Weeks, Spiderland or any other albums we've discussed?

AJDaGreat02/01/2008

Ohhh, sorry, my bad. :-)

I've actually been pretty busy lately, so I haven't listened to very much music, and what I have listened to has been albums I've acquired more recently. Pretty soon I think I'll become less busy, so I might give those albums another attempt.

And you should definitely give Like a Virgin another listen, because I don't think you "get" it. Just listen for the intensity of her emotion on "Material Girl." So profound.

AfterHours02/01/2008

LOL!!!

Parable01/31/2008

Ha. Ha. Ha.

AfterHours01/31/2008

Hee. Hee. Hee. Ho. Ho. Hoe...hoe?? Hoe??

Yea. Go do the lawn. Right now.

Elston11/23/2008

Wow, you really get around (film-wise)! I'm glad to see you enjoyed Eraserhead. It's one of the most disturbing films I've ever had the pleasure of watching.

Parable11/25/2008

Wow, you really get around (film-wise)!

I certainly used to. Unfortunately, I haven't had the time to watch many films over the last two months.

I'm glad to see you enjoyed Eraserhead. It's one of the most disturbing films I've ever had the pleasure of watching.

Ah yes, good 'ol Eraserhead. I was in my living room, watching that film, on the day that one of my former roommates was moving in. I wonder why he didn't stay...