30 Day Movie Challenge

[StanleyK]

Favorite film: Persona
Least favorite film: A Walk to Remember
Favorite comedy: Dr. Strangelove
Favorite drama: Werckmeister Harmonies
Favorite action: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Favorite horror: Elephant
Favorite animated film: My Neighbor Totoro
Favorite thriller: The Son
Favorite musical: Rabbit of Seville
Favorite foreign film*: The Thin Red Line
Favorite kid's film: The 400 Blows
Favorite love story: In the Mood for Love
Favorite 'chick flick': Punch-Drunk Love
Favorite documentary: Window Water Baby Moving
Favorite play adaptation*: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Favorite book adaptation: Solaris (2002)
Least favorite book adaptation: Twilight
Film that is my 'guilty pleasure'*: Titanic
Film that made me cry the hardest: Schindler's List
Movie with my favorite actress: Cries and Whispers (Liv Ullmann)
Movie with my favorite actor: Happy Together (Tony Leung)
Movie I wish I could live in*: Koyaanisqatsi
Movie that inspires me: The Mirror
Movie with my favorite soundtrack: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Movie with the most beautiful scenery: Aguirre: The Wrath of God
Movie I'm embarrassed to say I like*: The Empire Strikes Back
Movie with my favorite villain: The Passion of Joan of Arc
Movie with my favorite hero: The Big Lebowski

First movie I remember watching: No idea... perhaps Disney's Tarzan

Last movie I watched: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre


* means there is no truthful answer.



Pretty good game overall. Some categories were kind of lame, but most were fun to think about.

[Fezzik]

Recap:

Day 1: Favorite film – In the Mood For Love
Day 2: Least favorite film – Catch and Release
Day 3: Favorite comedy – Young Frankenstein
Day 4: Favorite drama – Casablanca
Day 5: Favorite action – Raiders of the Lost Ark
Day 6: Favorite horror – Jaws
Day 7: Favorite animated feature – Ratatouille
Day 8: Favorite thriller – Dead Again
Day 9: Favorite musical – Singin' in the Rain
Day 10: Favorite foreign film – Chungking Express
Day 11: Favorite kid's movie – Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Day 12: Favorite love story – Lady and the Tramp
Day 13: Favorite chick flick – Notting Hill
Day 14: Favorite documentary – Hoop Dreams
Day 15: Favorite play adaptation – The Philadelphia Story
Day 16: Favorite book adaptation – The Lord of the Rings
Day 17: Least favorite book adaptation – Simon Birch
Day 18: Film that is your guilty pleasure – Serendipity
Day 19: Film that made you cry the hardest – Old Yeller
Day 20: Movie with your favorite actress - The Devil Wears Prada (Meryl Streep)
Day 21: Movie with your favorite actor – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Jimmy Stewart)
Day 22: Movie you wish you could live in – The Princess Bride
Day 23: Movie that inspires you – Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
Day 24: Movie with your favorite soundtrack – Beauty and the Beast
Day 25: Movie with the most beautiful scenery – The Lord of the Rings
Day 26: Movie you're most embarrassed to say you like – 50 First Dates
Day 27: Movie with your favorite villain – Die Hard
Day 28: Movie with your favorite hero – Wall*E
Day 29: First movie you ever remember watching – Star Wars
Day 30: Last movie you watched – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2

This was a lotta fun, guys. We gotta do more stuff like this.

[Mysterious Dude]

The last movie I watched: The Emperor and the Assassin

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A slightly more realistic version of Hero (with less emphasis on fake martial arts).

[B-side]

Day 1: Favorite film – In a Year with 13 Moons (Fassbinder, 1978)
Day 2: Least favorite film – n/a
Day 3: Favorite comedy – Annie Hall (Allen, 1977)
Day 4: Favorite drama – Barry Lyndon (Kubrick, 1975)
Day 5: Favorite action – The Wild Bunch (Peckinpah, 1969)
Day 6: Favorite horror – The Driller Killer (Ferrara, 1979)
Day 7: Favorite animated feature – Mind Game (Yuasa, 2004)
Day 8: Favorite thriller – Eyes Wide Shut (Kubrick, 1999)
Day 9: Favorite musical – Invitation to the Dance (Kelly, 1956)
Day 10: Favorite foreign film – City of Pirates (Ruiz, 1984)
Day 11: Favorite kid's movie – The Steamroller and the Violin (Tarkovsky, 1961)
Day 12: Favorite love story – Faces (Cassavetes, 1968)
Day 13: Favorite chick flick – Clueless (Heckerling, 1995)
Day 14: Favorite documentary – F for Fake (Welles, 1974)
Day 15: Favorite play adaptation – Fando y Lis (Jodorowsky, 1968)
Day 16: Favorite book adaptation – Dead Ringers (Cronenberg, 1988)
Day 17: Least favorite book adaptation – Up in the Air (Reitman, 2009)
Day 18: Film that is your guilty pleasure – Freddy Got Fingered (Green, 2001)
Day 19: Film that made you cry the hardest – n/a
Day 20: Movie with your favorite actress - The Passion of Anna (Bergman, 1969) - Liv Ullman
Day 21: Movie with your favorite actor – Aguirre: The Wrath of God (Herzog, 1972) - Klaus Kinski
Day 22: Movie you wish you could live in – The Mirror (Tarkovsky, 1975)
Day 23: Movie that inspires you – Window Water Baby Moving (Brakhage, 1962)
Day 24: Movie with your favorite soundtrack – 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick, 1968)
Day 25: Movie with the most beautiful scenery – She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (Ford, 1949)
Day 26: Movie you're most embarrassed to say you like – n/a
Day 27: Movie with your favorite villain – Meshes of the Afternoon (Deren/Hammid, 1943)
Day 28: Movie with your favorite hero – Naked (Leigh, 1993)
Day 29: First movie you ever remember watching – Mrs. Doubtfire (Columbus, 1993)
Day 30: Last movie you watched – Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Parajanov, 1965)

[Spinal]

Day 2: Least favorite film – n/a
Day 19: Film that made you cry the hardest – n/a
Day 26: Movie you're most embarrassed to say you like – n/a

Congrats on completing the 27 Day Movie Challenge!

[B-side]

Congrats on completing the 27 Day Movie Challenge!

I'd like to thank the Academy. And my absent father for instilling a cold resolve in me.

[Raiders]

Day 1: Favorite film – The Conversation (Coppola, 1974)
Day 2: Least favorite film – K-PAX (Softley, 2001)
Day 3: Favorite comedy – Play Time (Jacques Tati, 1967)
Day 4: Favorite drama – Only Angels Have Wings (Hawks, 1939)
Day 5: Favorite action – Exiled (Johnnie To, 2006)
Day 6: Favorite horror – Safe (Todd Haynes, 1995)
Day 7: Favorite animated feature – WALL-E (Stanton, 2008)
Day 8: Favorite thriller – Shock Corridor (Fuller, 1963)
Day 9: Favorite musical – Pennies from Heaven (Ross, 1981)
Day 10: Favorite foreign film – Au hasard Balthazar (Bresson, 1966)
Day 11: Favorite kid's movie – Puss 'N Booty (Tashlin, 1943)
Day 12: Favorite love story – Hana-bi (Kitano, 1997)
Day 13: Favorite chick flick – Pride & Prejudice (Wright, 2005) [cheating]
Day 14: Favorite documentary – Sherman's March (McElwee, 1986)
Day 15: Favorite play adaptation – A Thousand Clowns (Coe, 1966)
Day 16: Favorite book adaptation – The Ascent (Shepitko, 1977)
Day 17: Least favorite book adaptation – The Bonfire of the Vanities (De Palma, 1990)
Day 18: Film that is your guilty pleasure – The Phantom (Wincer, 1996)
Day 19: Film that made you cry the hardest – Born Into Brothels (Briski & Kauffman, 2004)
Day 20: Movie with your favorite actress - Code Unknown (Haneke, 2000) - Juliette Binoche
Day 21: Movie with your favorite actor – The Conformist (Bertolucci, 1970) - Jean-Louis Trintignant
Day 22: Movie you wish you could live in – Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Zemeckis, 1988)
Day 23: Movie that inspires you – Whisper of the Heart (Kondo, 1995)
Day 24: Movie with your favorite soundtrack – To Live and Die in L.A. (Friedkin, 1985)
Day 25: Movie with the most beautiful scenery – The Black Stallion (Ballard, 1979)
Day 26: Movie you're most embarrassed to say you like – Showgirls (Verhoeven, 1995)
Day 27: Movie with your favorite villain – To Sleep With Anger (Burnett, 1990)
Day 28: Movie with your favorite hero – The General (Keaton, 1926)
Day 29: First movie you ever remember watching – The Land Before Time (Bluth, 1988)
Day 30: Last movie you watched – Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Wright, 2010)

[elixir]

Day 26, Movie you're most embarrassed to say you like: This is still a stupid category.
Day 27, Movie with your favorite villain: Sweet Smell of Success
Day 28: Movie with your favorite hero: The Long Goodbye
Day 29: First movie you ever remember watching: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Day 30: Last movie you watched: Intolerable Cruelty

[megladon8]

Not going to bother catching up with the YouTube clips. I'll just post my full list:

Day 1: Favorite film – Blade Runner
Day 2: Least favorite film – The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Day 3: Favorite comedy – Young Frankenstein
Day 4: Favorite drama – Casablanca
Day 5: Favorite action – Die Hard
Day 6: Favorite horror – The Haunting ('63)
Day 7: Favorite animated feature – Beauty and the Beast
Day 8: Favorite thriller – Se7en
Day 9: Favorite musical – Moulin Rouge!
Day 10: Favorite foreign film – Le Samourai
Day 11: Favorite kid's movie – The Iron Giant
Day 12: Favorite love story – The Fountain
Day 13: Favorite chick flick – Bringing Up Baby
Day 14: Favorite documentary – Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Song About His Father
Day 15: Favorite play adaptation – Ran
Day 16: Favorite book adaptation – American Psycho
Day 17: Least favorite book adaptation – The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Day 18: Film that is your guilty pleasure – Killer Klowns From Outer Space
Day 19: Film that made you cry the hardest – The House of Sand and Fog
Day 20: Movie with your favorite actress - Baby Face (Barbara Stanwyck)
Day 21: Movie with your favorite actor – The Royal Tenenbaums (Gene Hackman)
Day 22: Movie you wish you could live in – Princess Mononoke
Day 23: Movie that inspires you – Superman
Day 24: Movie with your favorite soundtrack – Donnie Darko
Day 25: Movie with the most beautiful scenery – Once Upon a Time in the West
Day 26: Movie you're most embarrassed to say you like – A Night at the Rosbury
Day 27: Movie with your favorite villain – The Shining
Day 28: Movie with your favorite hero – Superman
Day 29: First movie you ever remember watching – The Adventures of the American Rabbit
Day 30: Last movie you watched – Subspecies

[chrisnu]

Day 1: Favorite film: Mulholland Dr.
Day 2: Least favorite film: Caligula
Day 3: Favorite comedy: The Big Lebowski
Day 4: Favorite drama: Persona
Day 5: Favorite action: Once Upon a Time in the West
Day 6: Favorite horror: Funny Games
Day 7: Favorite animated feature: Finding Nemo
Day 8: Favorite thriller: The Killing of the Chinese Bookie
Day 9: Favorite musical: Nashville
Day 10: Favorite foreign film: Ikiru
Day 11: Favorite kid's movie: The Straight Story
Day 12: Favorite love story: In a Lonely Place
Day 13: Favorite chick flick: Johnny Guitar
Day 14: Favorite documentary: Grey Gardens
Day 15: Favorite play adaptation: A Streetcar Named Desire
Day 16: Favorite book adaptation: Barry Lyndon
Day 17: Least favorite book adaptation: The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Day 18: Film that is your guilty pleasure: Spaceballs
Day 19: Film that made you cry the hardest: Mulholland Dr.
Day 20: Movie with your favorite actress: A Woman Under the Influence
Day 21: Movie with your favorite actor: Last Tango in Paris
Day 22: Movie you wish you could live in: The Fall
Day 23: Movie that inspires you: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Day 24: Movie with your favorite soundtrack: The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Day 25: Movie with the most beautiful scenery: Lawrence of Arabia
Day 26: Movie you're most embarrassed to say you like: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Day 27: Movie with your favorite villain: The Manchurian Candidate
Day 28: Movie with your favorite hero: The Man Who Wasn't There
Day 29: First movie you ever remember watching: Oliver & Company
Day 30: Last movie you watched: True Grit (2010)

There was a second round of the 30 Day Movie Challenge. Do we want to do that one as well?

[Mysterious Dude]

There was a second round of the 30 Day Movie Challenge. Do we want to do that one as well?

I vote yes.

[Dukefrukem]

Yes!