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My Movie Collection

I’m a movie junky. Been watching movies for as long as I can remember. In my final moments alive, my last words will probably be a quote or reference. I used to watch movies on VHS until the cassettes were scrap. The earliest of films I can recall where Gojira, Alien, Ghostbusters and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to name a few. Carpenter (with Halloween) and Cronenberg (with Videodrome) alone explain why I’m slightly fucked up.

With the advent of DVD back in the late 90’s I began collecting any and all films I liked the most knowing that discs would endure my rewatching much better than VHS. I’ve amassed a collection I know count in pounds instead of quantity.

I lived on campus while attending college and the nearest video rental store was an hour’ walk away. Not everyone owned a car or wanted to pay the exorbitant prices of a taxi. Walking wasn’t always the option for many, certainly not during the very feral winters we had (pussies). I quickly became the number one source for occupying people’s evenings. Thinking back at the regularity of renters, I would of easily of paid back a third of my collection if I had charged a buck or two.

With the rise in popularity and availability of Blu-rays and my trusty PS3, I’ve begun collecting those too but only under the situation in which the movie has that certain attention to its visuals that require 1080 of bleeding quality.

Six years and a little more than 160 movies and TV series later, I look back at my collection and realize that a lot of them just aren’t as amazing as they used to be. I’ve parsed through them all and divided them into three categories: keepers, droppers, and, the dreadful, undecided.

Below I’ve listed all the movies I own, excluding TV series. I’ve provided an expanded list including TV series—with runtimes, editions, collections and more—attached to this post (Numbers & Excel). If you are interested in purchasing one or more of the following, drop me a line and we can look into it.

Keep

The movies in this list are kept for various reasons ranging from dearly loved (Eternal Sunshine, London) to pure comedic genius (Holy Grail, Lord of War) to utmost respect in its making (Miami Vice, Brick) and down to simply fun (True Lies, Crank).

1. 007: Casino Royale (2006)
2. 007: Quantum of Solace (2008)
3. 300 (2007)
4. 2046 (2006)
5. Alien Quadrilogy
   1. Alien (1979)
   2. Aliens (1986)
   3. Alien 3 (1992)
   4. Alien Resurrection (1997)
6. American Beauty (1999)
7. Away We Go (2009)
8. Batman Begins (BD) (2005)
9. Batman: Gotham Knight (2008)
10. Big Fish (2003)
11. Brick (2006)
12. Clerks (1994)
13. Crank (BD) (2006)
14. Crank 2: High-Voltage (BD) (2009)
15. Dracula (1992)
16. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
17. Ghostbusters Collection
    1. Ghostbusters 1 (1984)
    2. Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
18. Heat (1995)
19. Inside Man (2004)
20. Iron Man (2008)
21. Jackie Brown (1998)
22. Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
23. Juno (2007)
24. Kill Bill Volume 1 (2003)
25. Kill Bill Volume 2 (2004)
26. Leon, The Professional (1994)
27. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (2006)
28. London (2006)
29. Lord of War (2005)
30. Man on Fire (2004)
31. Memento (2000)
32. Miami Vice (2006)
33. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)
34. Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist (2008)
35. Ocean’s Trilogy
    1. Ocean’s 11 (2001)
    2. Ocean’s 12 (2004)
    3. Ocean’s 13 (2007)
36. Oldboy (2003)
37. Pulp Fiction (1994)
38. Redbelt (2008)
39. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
40. Rob Zombie’s Halloween (2007)
41. Serenity (2005)
42. Sin City (2005)
43. Slumdog Millionaire (BD) (2008)
44. Snatch (2000)
45. Star Trek (BD) (2009)
46. Terminator 2 (1991)
47. The Boondock Saints (1999)
48. The Brothers Bloom (2008)
49. The Crow (1994)
50. The Dark Knight (BD) (2008)
51. The Fountain (2006)
52. Indiana Jones Trilogy
    1. The Temple of Doom (1984)
    2. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
    3. The Last Crusade (1989)
53. The Prestige (2007)
54. The Virgin Suicides (2000)
55. The Wrestler (BD) (2008)
56. True Lies (1994)
57. Unbreakable (2000)
58. Videodrome (1983)
59. Wall-E (BD) (2008)
60. Watchmen (BD) (2009)

Don’t Keep

If you think any of the movies in this deserve to be reconsidered in the keep pile, I am curious to your arguments and thoughts. Else, you can add them to your collection.

A lot of the movies here I hold with much respect (JCVD, I’m Not There) and enjoy very much (Office Space, Fargo) but somehow don’t resonate with me as perfectly as those I’m keeping.

1. 16 Blocks (2006)
2. 300 (BD) (2007)
3. A History of Violence (2005)
4. Aliens Versus Predator 2: Requiem (2007)
5. Babel (2006)
6. Black Hawk Down (2001)
7. Blade Runner (1982)
8. Body of Lies (2008)
9. Broken Flowers (2005)
10. Bruce Lee Ultimate Collection
    1. The Big Boss (1971)
    2. Fist of Fury (1972)
    3. Way of the Dragon (1973)
    4. Game of Death (1979)
    5. Game of Death 2 (1981)
11. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
12. Déjàvu (2007)
13. Dick Tracy (1990)
14. Dune (1984)
15. Enemy at the Gates (2001)
16. Fargo (1996)
17. Falling Down (1992)
18. From Hell (2001)
19. Gangsters Ultimate Film Collection
    1. American Gangster (2007)
    2. Carlito’s Way (1993)
    3. Casino (1995)
    4. Scarface (1983)
20. Gladiator (2000)
21. Gone Baby Gone (2007)
22. Goodnight, and Good Luck (2005)
23. Hero (Ying Xiong) (2002)
24. I’m Not There (2007)
25. Jarhead (2005)
26. JCVD (BD) (2008)
27. Le Collectionneur (2002)
28. Mad Max (1980)
29. Office Space (1999)
30. Once Upon a Time in the West (1969)
31. Operation Swordfish (2001)
32. Rambo (2008)
33. Ronin (1998)
34. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
35. Schindler’s List (1993)
36. Silent Hill (2006)
37. Smokin’ Aces (2007)
38. Star Trek Original Motion Picture Collection
    1. The Motion Picture (BD) (1979)
    2. The Wrath of Khan (BD) (1982)
    3. The Search for Spock (BD) (1984)
    4. The Voyage Home (BD) (1986)
    5. The Final Frontier (BD) (1989)
    6. The Undiscovered Country (BD) (1991)
39. Taken (BD) (2008)
40. The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977)
41. The Bank Job (2008)
42. The Black Dahlia (2006)
43. The Departed (2006)
44. The Hannibal Lecter Collection
    1. Manhunter (1986)
    2. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    3. Hannibal (2001)
45. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
46. The Incredible Hulk (BD) (2008)
47. The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
48. The Wrong Guy (1997)
49. THX 1138 (1971)
50. Total Recall (1990)
51. Walk The Line (2006)
52. X-Men Trilogy
    1. X-Men (2000)
    2. X2: X-Men United (2003)
    3. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
53. Yamakasi (2001)
54. Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)

Undecided

If you would like to help in decided wether I should keep these or not, feel free. They are brain twisters.

For example, I’d like to keep movies like Gattaca and Mnemonic for inspirational references when writing or imagining science-fiction scenarios. But at the same time, I don’t watch them with enough regularity to want  to keep them.

1. Adventureland (2009)
2. Apocalypse Now (1979)
3. Big Trouble Little China (BD) (1986)
4. Crazy/Beautiful (2001)
5. Domino (2005)
6. Gattaca (1997)
7. Interview (2007)
8. Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
9. Lucky Number Slevin (2005)
10. The 13th Warrior (1993)
11. The Terminal (2004)
12. The Truman Show (1998)

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Percy Jackson & Os Olimpianos: O Ladrão de Raios | Cinema

Percy Jackson & Os Olimpianos: O Ladrão de Raios é uma adaptação para cinema da série de livros escrita por Rick Riordan. Filme é dirigido por Chris Columbus, o diretor de Harry Potter e a Pedra Filosofal/Câmara Secreta.
Sua estréia será na sexta feira 12 de fevereiro. Quem é fã de Harry Potter com certeza vai gostar de Percy Jackson, já que dizem ser o sucessor de HP.

A série começa com um garoto de 12 anos, Perseu "Percy" Jackson, que descobre ser filho de Poseidon, o deus do mar. Com o tempo, aprende que os deuses do Olimpo ainda existem, assim como outras figuras mitológicas gregas, como os Titãs e os monstros mitológicos. Mais tarde apodera-se da espada Anaklusmos (Contracorrente, em português), um presente de seu pai, porém é entregado por um centauro: seu professor de latim e mentor, Quíron. Tudo corre bem até Percy ser acusado de roubar o símbolo de poder de Zeus. Então tenta se provar inocente com a ajuda de seu amigo Grover Underwood (um sátiro) e de Annabeth Chase (filha de Atena) para confrontar Hades, um dos acusados de ter roubado o raio-mestre.

Já tem um blog para fãns que pode ser acessado aqui.

Vou deixar alguns trailers para vocês assistirem, comentem o que acharam:

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A Serious Man

When it comes to watching films, there isn't many that I would choose over a Coen Brother's film.. Yesterday I went to see a Serious Man with Sean - we have waited a long time to go and see this.

Apart from Cineworld having issues with their projectors which meant the film jumped pretty much all the way through, it was fantastic. Immediately after the film, I have to say I wasn't overly impressed in the same way I rant on about The Big Lebowski for example, however this morning on a rather dull commute into the office I regurgitated most of the outline to Becky. Looking back I have to say it is starting to make a real impression on me. Watching the trailer again before posting this made me burst out in laughter.

This is now the second time I have been to the cinema and have nearly been in tears during a Coen Brother's film

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• Sherlock Holmes

• Percy Jackson& the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

• Where the wild things are

• The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

• Tim Burton’s: Alice in Wonderland

• The Princess and the Frog

• Shrek Forever After

• The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I

• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

• The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

• Gullivers Travel

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Modern Café Life

How café life has changed. No longer a cup of tea and a fried egg sandwidge; but good coffee, a pannini, and a laptop. Yet another Caffé Nero candid. And I thought mono plus a little grain added a certain irony to the modernity. Cinematic 21:9 aspect and viewed best at full res.

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Claude Faraldo - Themroc - pencil sharpener

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#FIlm che vorrei vedere

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Il Recenzore Portatile: Nemico Pubblico, 2012, Gli abbracci spezz ati

Tanto per non lasciarvi indietro, vi racconterò che ultimamente ho fatto poco assai. In compenso sono stato parecchio al cine, refugium peccatorum degli ignavi, pavidi molluschi inadatti alla vita vera, che consiste nell'uscire baldanzosi all'aria aperta, assaporare il vento sulla faccia e fra i lunghi capelli biondi al vento, col petto nudo aperto alle intemperie. Noialtri le avventure le sublimiamo attraverso le figurine semoventi sullo schermo; talvolta figurone, talaltra figurette microscopiche, indistinguibili da macchie di grasso sulla tappezzeria, causa la inarrestabile frammentazione degli schermi nei multisala, che produce miniaturizzazione dei medesimi, anchilosi degli arti inferiori (incastonati fra file di sedili bonsai) e precoce cecità, detta anche miopia assoluta del cinefilo (da non confondere con quella del pornografo, tipo umano meno rejetto, che raramente si abbassa a frequentare le sale). Comunque. Dicevamo che avevo visto dei films, mi ricordassi quali. Ah, sì. Ho visto "Nemico Pubblico", il films con Johnny Depp che fa Dillinger. Due ore di spara spara ammazza ammazza ambientate negli anni '30, che dice la critica sono da apprezzare nella loro asciuttezza ed essenzialità, dai sentimenti rarefatti come è nello stile di Michael Mann (il regista, quello di Heat, che pero' era mejo). Asciuttezza ed essenzialita' che, tradotte ai profani, si risolvono in personaggi monoespressione che fanno stragi pum pum pum che durano mezzorate buone contrappuntandole con frasi storiche che suonao tipo: "Voglio tutto, e non mi fermeranno mai". E basta. Due ore e mezza di ciò, che ormai è la durata standard per noialtri forzati della sala. Io dico 6--, ma e' perche' son buono che mi piacciono i films con ambientazioni d'epoca e macchinone cromate. 7 al Cinema Nuovo Aquila invece, bello davvero. Poi che altro? Poi ho visto "2012", il filmone sulla Fine del Mondo predetta da Giacobbo, cioe' non proprio da lui ma dagli Incas, ma lui ci ha messo del suo terrorizzandoci debitamente. "2012" e' un film che, a volerlo prendere per il culo per bene, non si sa da dove cominciare, talmente è una stronzata. Io dico: e mò? Dopo che hanno fatto il Film Definitivo sui Disastri, che riassume e compendia in due ore e quaranta (durata standard, ma qui almeno è giustificata, sta finendo il mondo, dagli il tempo) tutti i precedenti films catastrofici su Meteoriti, Comete, Onde Enormi, Vulcani Assassini, Terremoti, Tifoni ed altri fenomeni naturali assortiti, cosa potranno inventarsi, ancora? Niente, questo film ha fatto la summa di tutto, banalizzando e riassumendo frettolosamente tutto ciò che sul tema s'è detto e si dirà, il Bignami dei film catastrofici che chiude, male, un'intero dignitoso filone cinematografico. Requiescat, col mio 4. Infine, siamo stati a vedere il films di Almodovar, "Gli abbracci spezzati", che è un melodramma (due ore e mezza) pieno di frasi struggenti, addii, abbandoni, languori, frociate, citazioni ipercinefile, Penelope Cruz coi suoi bronci adorabili davanti, di dietro e di lato, condito da frasi storiche tipo "l'ultima cosa che ha sentito prima di morire è stato il sapore delle tue labbra, Josè". 6, perchè non voglio fare la figura del maschio bruto e brutto, che non capisce, non entra in empatia con l'universo femminino. Capisco pure ed empatizzo quel che posso, ma che palle.

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