Film, 2015

Quotation du jour: Marilyn Monroe ~ “Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents.”

I've written before that i'm a list freak.

I haven't been to an actual cinema in quite a few years – the Cineplex where i live shows mostly films aimed at a teenaged audeience, and i'm far, far away from being teenaged. (although i do maintain a certain endearing immaturity). But i love movies, i have a large-ish collection of DVDs and watch one on my day off every week. Here's what i watched last year (titles with an asterisk indicate somthing i'd never seen before):

Jan. 6: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Jan. 13: The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug

Jan. 20: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Swedish version)

Jan. 27: Lucy*

Feb. 3: True Romance*

Feb. 10: The Girl Who Played With Fire

Feb. 13: The Kids Are Alright

Feb. 17: The Drop*

Feb.23: Jacob's Ladder

Feb. 27: The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest

Mar. 3: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (American version)

Mar. 10: Nightcrawler*

Mar. 10: Bettie Page Reveals All*

Mar. 12: Dead Man Down

Mar. 14: Hanna*

Mar. 16: The Adjustment Bureau

Mar. 18: Pulp Fiction

Mar. 24: The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies*

Mar. 31: The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies

Apr. 7: Zero Dark Thirty

Apr. 21: The Warriors

Apr. 28: John Wick*

May 5: The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring

May 11: The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers

May 16: The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King

May 19: American Sniper*

May 26: The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies

Jun. 2: Lethal Weapon 3

Jun. 9: American Sniper

Jun. 16: Angel Heart

Jun. 18: Burn After Reading

Jun. 23: Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Jun. 30: We Were Soldiers*

Jul. 7: The Patriot

Jul. 13: The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring

Jul. 14: Lethal Weapon 2

Jul. 20: The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug

Jul. 21: Die Hard

Jul. 28: Django Unchained

Aug. 4: True Romance

Aug. 10: The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers

Aug. 11: Killing Zoe*

Aug. 18: Green Zone

Aug. 21: True Lies

Aug. 25: Kingsman: The Secret Service*

Aug. 28: The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King

Sept. 1: Mad Max: Fury Road*

Sept. 8: Passenger 57

Sept. 20: The Girl Who Played With Fire

Sept. 22: The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets' Nest

Sept. 23: Source Code

Sept. 24: Blue Jasmine

Sept. 27: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Sept. 29: Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade

Oct. 6: The Professional

Oct. 13: War Of The Worlds

Oct. 20: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (U.S. Version)

Nov. 8: Match Point*

Nov. 15: American Sniper

Nov. 22: Salt

Nov. 29: The Bourne Legacy

Dec. 6: Black Rain

Dec. 13: A Good Day To Die Hard

Dec. 20: Die Hard

Dec. 25: 42^nd Street

Dec. 26: Die Hard 2: Die Harder

Dec. 29: Mad Max: Fury Road

And what, i hear you ask, was my favourite of the new ones? Well, a few of them i don't even remember, but my favourite was probably “American Sniper,” a film so powerful it made me feel proud to be American! (Well, i am an honorary St Louisan, but that's another story.) Second choice woulkd be “The Battle Of The Five Armies,” although there was too much Peter Jackson and not enough Tolkien in it. Exciting as hell, though. “Fury Road” was pretty exciting, too, but i found it kind of muddled. Woody Allen's “Match Point”sucked.

Oh, and here's a playlist:

Laurie Anderson -- Mister Heartbreak

Pink Floyd -- The Endless River

Joe Jackson & Friends -- Heaven & Hell

Jane Siberry -- Ulysses' Purse

Jack Bruce -- Somethinels

The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver -- The Very Best Of The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver

Peter Hammill -- Enter K

Richard Thompson -- Action Packed: The Best Of The Capitol Years

Home -- The Alchemist

Jethro Tull -- This Was

Fairport Convention -- Myths and Heroes

Yes -- Union

Runrig -- The Story

Todd Rundgren -- Runt

Tim Renwick -- Privateer

Van der Graaf Generator -- Trisector