I figured that you likely would have seen a bunch of Donner films at one point or another, but I'm surprised you've only seen two of Bay's, because you've got a lot of obscure/medicore directors on there.
I wish I the theaters around here would get stuff like that, because then I'd have to watch the whole thing instead of being tempted to pause it and get loaded instead. I think I stopped when the main character was having a flashback to when he watched someone chop up a chicken and never bothered to keep watching.
I still have a bunch to see, but I'm not as impressed with 2007 as I was with 2006. I haven't seen any films yet that I'd say are worthy of 5 stars (via the rating system I use), although I missed Into the Wild and haven't seen No Country For Old Men, so perhaps I'm too hasty to pass judgement.
I've been reading Blood Meridian on and off for a year now. It's not exactly a swift read, and those chapter rundowns make it easy to forget it for a while and then pick it back up.
You know what else you're missing? John Woo's US debut, Hard Target. It's sort of a quasi-remake of Hard Boiled but it has some incredible scenes to call its own.
Did you see this new season of Big Love? It was pretty good. They sort of made the wives villainous, which was a nice spin.
Did you see Lost's third season? WOW. Possibly the best season finale in the history of season finales. Exciting, action-packed, tear-jerking, meaningful.
Entourage has gone so far downhill it's hard to watch. Every episode is now built on some contrived situation designed to fill an episode.
My favorite is still 24, which you don't have on here!
I lived in Selma, Alabama for a few years, so I have too much experience dealing with real rednecks. Hank Hill seems very liberal in comparison, and I do mean the Hank Hill from the first few years, not before he started dancing with dogs and hanging out at gay bars.
I never read the Fight Club novel, but the thing about the film was that it didn't really have a message. It was just a wild exercise in style and faux-anti-capitalism. But wow, white guys looking that ripped gives me hope for the future.
When I was in Las Vegas earlier this year I pointed out of the taxi window and said to my girlfriend "see that? That's what they call Hardee's in the American west." She didn't believe me.
Hey, sure, what are the details?
The fact that I'm now noticing that you don't have a John Ford section suggests that I check your list out a lot.
I figured that you likely would have seen a bunch of Donner films at one point or another, but I'm surprised you've only seen two of Bay's, because you've got a lot of obscure/medicore directors on there.
Two directors I noticed absent: Richard Donner and Michael Bay.
Wow, you are so close to beating this one. I'm actually making an effort to, although at my pace I probably won't succeed until well into next year.
I wish I the theaters around here would get stuff like that, because then I'd have to watch the whole thing instead of being tempted to pause it and get loaded instead. I think I stopped when the main character was having a flashback to when he watched someone chop up a chicken and never bothered to keep watching.
I watched about a half hour of Cache before giving up. It was like sitting through Algebra II B.
I still have a bunch to see, but I'm not as impressed with 2007 as I was with 2006. I haven't seen any films yet that I'd say are worthy of 5 stars (via the rating system I use), although I missed Into the Wild and haven't seen No Country For Old Men, so perhaps I'm too hasty to pass judgement.
I've been reading Blood Meridian on and off for a year now. It's not exactly a swift read, and those chapter rundowns make it easy to forget it for a while and then pick it back up.
Flight of the Conchords and South Park are great stuff. I'll confess, though, that I haven't cared much for the last few Sarah Silverman Programs.
I've got bad news: your foreboding on The Darjeeling Limited is correct. It BLOWS.
You know what else you're missing? John Woo's US debut, Hard Target. It's sort of a quasi-remake of Hard Boiled but it has some incredible scenes to call its own.
Did you see this new season of Big Love? It was pretty good. They sort of made the wives villainous, which was a nice spin.
Did you see Lost's third season? WOW. Possibly the best season finale in the history of season finales. Exciting, action-packed, tear-jerking, meaningful.
Entourage has gone so far downhill it's hard to watch. Every episode is now built on some contrived situation designed to fill an episode.
My favorite is still 24, which you don't have on here!
I lived in Selma, Alabama for a few years, so I have too much experience dealing with real rednecks. Hank Hill seems very liberal in comparison, and I do mean the Hank Hill from the first few years, not before he started dancing with dogs and hanging out at gay bars.
I never read the Fight Club novel, but the thing about the film was that it didn't really have a message. It was just a wild exercise in style and faux-anti-capitalism. But wow, white guys looking that ripped gives me hope for the future.
When I was in Las Vegas earlier this year I pointed out of the taxi window and said to my girlfriend "see that? That's what they call Hardee's in the American west." She didn't believe me.