The Official HTF DVD Challenge 2005 - Page 3

Since I started I've watched:Starting date Dec. 15
Dec. titles
Christmas Vacation 6/10
Bridget Jones's Diary 7/10
Glass House 7/10
Serendipity 6/10
Hellboy 7/10
Love Actually 9/10
Two Weeks Notice 5/10
Collateral 8/10
Die Hard 7/10
King Arthur 4/10
Shaun of the Dead 6/10
Lord of the Rings ROTK extended 10/10
Braveheart 8/10
Bourne Identity 7/10
Hulk 7/10

What I think I'll do is post my list of movies watched for
that month at the end of each month.
Dec. movies - 15 watched and too many to go.
At this rate I won't get my collection watched.

I realize now that it is impractical to try and list the names of all the movies watched. List will get pretty long after a while, so I'll just keep count. Count is at 28 watched since beginning on January 1.

Still counting how many owned, creating the database in DVD Profiler. Have entered 88 so far, but still have a ways to go.

Anybody else come to realize that there are some movies we own, that we would rather not watch again?

Still building the database, currently up to 341 owned, and as of 1/1/05, 39 watched. Having a great time!

Hollis

Ready to Rumble

I've been doing more with the TV challenge as I think its the one I have the better chance to complete...and yet I just keep adding more films to my collection.

DVD Profiler database is finally finished. Total owned 568, total watched as of 1/23/05 54.

LOTR EE Trilogy down.

Hi everyone, I'm in...
Sorry I'm late...

December:
The Ultimate Matrix Collection

January:
Blue Velvet
Swimming Pool 1/2
Sliding Doors
National Geographic: LOTR Beyond the Movie 1/2
LOTR: The Return of the King (Extended) 1/2
Requiem for a Dream
Avalon
Before Sunrise
Before Sunset 1/2
In the Mood For Love

February:
2046 1/2
Harry Potter and the Prisioner of Azkaban
Garfield: The Movie 1/2
The Village 1/2
Cabin Fever
The Elephant Man 1/2
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 1/2
21 Grams
Predator 2
Casshern
Léon: The Professional
Dogville 1/2
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Hamlet (1990)
Resident Evil: Apocalypse 1/2
The Grudge (2004) 1/2
Interview with the Vampire
Blood Simple. (Director's Cut) 1/2

March:
King Arthur (2004) (Director's Cut) 1/2
Unforgiven
X
Gattaca 1/2
The Thing (John Carpenter)
Perfect Blue
The Price of Milk 1/2
They Live
Meet the Feebles
Ninja Scroll
Blood: The Last Vampire
Taxi Driver 1/2
Equilibrium
Tokyo Godfathers 1/2
Tuvalu 1/2
Audition 1/2
The Irrefutable Truth About Demons 1/2
Oldboy 1/2
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Teknolust 1/2
House of Flying Daggers 1/2
Fausto 5.0
The Shawshank Redemption
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Incredibles 1/2

Okay, here it goes. Movies viewed in Jan. are:

Out of Time - 7/10
Die Hard 2 - 8/10
The Core - 6/10
The Shipping News - 7/10
Twister - 6.5/10
Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone - 7/10
13 Going on 30 - 8/10
Dawn of the Dead - 7.5/10
Jaws - 8/10
Village - 7/10
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - 7.5/10
Nicholas Nickleby - 7.5/10
Hidalgo - 7/10
Planes, Trains and Automobiles - 8/10
Troy - 6/10
Hunt for Red October - 8/10
Seven - 8.5/10
Double Jeopardy - 5.5/10
Lost in Space - 3.5/10
Shrek - 8/10
The Punisher - 4.5/10
The Fifth Element - 7.5/10
The Lady Killers - 6.5/10
Spiderman sb - 7/10
Master and Commander - 9/10
Sixth Sense - 8.5/10
Equilibrium - 8/10
Star Trek the Motion Picture - 5/10
Spellbound cc - 7.5/10
I Wanna Hold Your Hand - 8/10
Angel Eyes - 7.5/10
Lethal Weapon - 8/10
Testament - 7/10
13 th Warrior - 7.5/10
Mona Lisa Smile - 8/10
Star Trek 2 the Wrath of Khan - 8/10
Shrek 2 - 9/10

Movies Watched in Dec - 15 and in Jan - 37
52 watched so far and too many to go.

This thread keeps disappearing from my subscribed threads list, anyone else having this problem?

I'm coming late, i have seen a couple of my DVD's this year, but from today i'm with you people

Start: 2005-02-12

2005-02-19: Starship Troopers (Amazon Region 2 Version):
What a great movie!, Our friendly Paul has made again a very enjoyable flick... Very good. Highly recomended.

So is anyone finding titles they want to eliminate from their collection? Or has revisiting some films made you fall in love with them all over again?

Well I've watched 42 movies in Feb. I've not watched all the extras but I've seen some. There would be no way I would get through my collection otherwise.

Billy Elliot - 8/10
The River - 6.5/10
Birdman of Alcatraz - 8/10
Tarzan the Ape Man - 6.5/10
Red Planet - 7/10
We Were Soldiers - 7/10
3 Days of the Condor - 7/10
Vanity Fair - 8/10
Beast Master - 3/10
Kill Bill Vol. 1 - 8/10
Beautiful Mind - 8.5/10
Mystic River - 8.5/10
Star Trek 111 - 7/10
Titanic - 7.5/10
Rookie - 8/10
The Ghost and the Darkness - 8.5/10
Tarzan and his Mate - 7.5/10
School of Rock - 7/10
Speed - 7.5/10
Manchurian Candidate - 6.5/10
Patriot Games - 6/10
Unbreakable - 7.5/10
Finding Forrester - 7/10
Tarzan Escapes - 5/10
Beauty and the Beast - 8.5/10
Star Trek 4 - 8.5/10
Journey to the Centre of the Earth - 7/10
Spartan - 9/10
Strictly Ballroom - 6/10
LOTR FOTR theat - 8.5/10
Changing Lanes - 7/10
Dante's Peak - 7.5/10
Calendar Girls - 7/10
Erin Brockovich - 7.5/10
LOTR TTT theat - 8/10
Dead Calm - 7.5/10
Underworld - 8/10
Van Helsing - 8/10
Harry Potter and the Prisoner - 8/10
The Butterfly Effect - 8/10
LOTR ROTK theat - 9/10

Funny enough, I've only found one title that I loved years
ago and I find it pretty lame now and that's Beastmaster.
I'll probably end up selling it. As I'm weeding through
my collection, I think I have a tendency to pick those that
I really liked. I have quite a few up for sale so I guess I'm hoping to sell them before I have to watch it.
There are some titles that I enjoy but if I was to buy today I'd either be on the fence or I wouldn't buy it.
Strictly Ballroom, Calendar Girls, Manchurian Candidate all
blind buys spring to mind. I was a real Star Trek nut at one time but I noticed that with each subsequent viewing my
interest is fading. I can't think of any movie right now
that I've fallen in love with again. I'll have to think about that one some more.

Im certainly finding films I havent watched for ages. One of the good things about doing this is it is giving me a good idea which films I would upgrade to HD-DVD or Blu-ray and which films I wouldn't bother with.

I believe that my reviews are very fair. Based on 4 stars.

Anchorman *1/2 I usually like movies with stupid humor, but this was a horrible movie, I would not recommend this movie to anyone.

The Manchurian Candidate ** This movie had some nice action, but there is nothing new here.

Collateral *** Terrific movie, fantastic script. Sound was amazing.

The Bourne Supremacy *** Nonstop action, as good as the first.

Spiderman 2 *** Not as good as the first, but still worth a recommendation. obviously the special effects where first rate, sound fantastic.

Harry Potter & The Prisoner Of Azkaban *** I believe the weakest to date but you cannot go wrong with Potter.

The Terminal ***1/2 Believe it or not my favorite movie in the last year. It is hard to believe that a movie based in an airport terminal could hold your attention, but I never left the screen for a second. The sound in this movie is first rate, the surround speakers are used beautifully throughout.

Paparrazi ** This movie kept my attention throughout, which is amazing considering it was not a very good movie.

The Village *** to ** The first part of the movie was very good, but once I learned the plot it fell off fast.

Mean Creek ** I was expecting more from this movie, not very good.

Ladder 49 ** Again I was expecting much more from this movie, not what I expected.

Cellular **1/2 I enjoyed this movie for some reason. This is a typical suspense which has been done a hundred times, but I enjoyed it.

Raging Bull (Collectors) **** Yes, I watched this movie for probably the 10th time, but why not it is one of the best movies ever made. This movie is a must see.

It's a little late, but with my number of DVD's owned, I think I can still finish the challenge by the end of the year. I'm planning to watch the movies and all extras, excluding commentaries. Grades given (on a five-star scale) are based on the overall DVD (movie, A/V quality, extras, packaging, etc.).

Total Number of DVDs Watched: 3


April
Rushmore: Criterion Collection - ****1/2
Sunset Boulevard - *****
The Ice Storm - **1/2

There is no way I'll finish this challenge now with a new job, a move to a new apartment, and a new girlfriend all coming along in march it was just too much. Its not really the watching of the movies that's the problem, its the keeping track of when I watched them to post in this thread I can't keep up with.

Highlights of march watching though include:
Napoleon Dynamite, The Incredibles, and Ladder 49 (I liked it a lot)

I have 800 DVD's - this is insane!
:-)
Rob

slackers

I suspect it's the thread rather than the participants' viewing habits which has become moribund. I try to keep things fairly up-to-date and my passion has not slackened even if my participation has .

I'm sad to admit that my list of only six movies I've watched so far this year is entirely accurate...I rarely watch movies because I'm crazy about my TV shows on DVD and watch them all the time...

However, I may be watching Forrest Gump today, so hopefully we'll add that to the list. Besides, my collection is miniscule compared to most members here, so it won't be hard to catch up over the summer. My TV collection is a lot bigger.

I imagine that's the case. I tend to update mine in bunches with approximate dates. And since this "movies are like books, you should own everyone you like" affliction has hit me, I'm tracking to prove that it's not a complete waste of money. Gotta start knocking some different titles out though.

I just keep updating my original post, rather than adding new ones. Go back to page one and see that it's not moribund for me. And, I'm up over 50% of newly-acquired DVDs, which is a big improvement over last year!

Mark,
You're one of the few devoted participants. I've fallen behind (will update soon) as well and I'm the one who made the original observation. My viewing habits and appetite for film are as robust as ever though.

My list updating on this was behind fromt he get go, so I have abandoned it for this year and will start fresh next year.

Never fear, I am still watching.....beware....

am i the only one updating my post?
#53

No, I'm still faithfully updating my now-massive post (#13) on the 1st page. But we're the die-hards.

I'm still in it too, just going slow at this point.