(k) The 55 movies I saw in 2016 :)
Only counting movies I saw for the first time.
So, uh, best documentary: Before the flood!
Best fictional movie: L'oiseau rare! Supercute, animated, 4 minutes long.
Best fictional & long movie: Not sure yet. Ask me again in 2026. D: As usual, I enjoyed most of them more or less, but some that stood out were Macbeth, A bigger splash, Better than sex, Dust (2001), Pure, Mustang, and Goldstone.
17-Jan-2016: 1. Carol
24-Jan-2016: 2. Macbeth
I saw it mainly because of David Thewlis, but it exceeded my expectations. Beautiful cinematography! Ultra-slow motion, dust, sparks, mist, and not least the SCOTTISH EARTHPORN! :D I had failed to consider the possibility that the dialogue might actually be in Shakespearian (or I would have re-read up on the plot), but it was. The subtitles rescued my ass, even though they, too, were archaic. I got the gist, and noticed a few quotable passages. :)
29-Jan-2016: 3. Far from the madding crowd
31-Jan-2016: 4. Suffragette
IN YO FAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!
5-Feb-2016: 5. Dust (2013)
I don't always list short films on my film lists, but when I do, perhaps they feature Alan Rickman. As the tooth fairy. Snorting a line of tooth-flour.
5-Feb-2016: 6. Swing
14-Feb-2016: 7. The Danish girl
*climbs onto rooftop*
*switches on megaphone*
Did I mention that Alicia Vikander is FROM MY HOMETOWN?!!!1!111!!!!1! %D
19-Feb-2016: 8. Bullhead (a.k.a. Rundskop)
Shady Belgian Blue business is shady. This had been on my watchlist since (presumably) the time of its release. It just got bumped up said list after I became a fan of Matthias Schoenaerts. :)
20-Feb-2016: 9. The Grand Budapest Hotel
21-Feb-2016: 10. A bigger splash
3 movies this weekend. Two with Ralph, two with Matthias. Yay.
1-Mar-2016: 11. Clouds of Sils Maria
I have passed pretty close to Sils Maria on my Interrail trips! :)
12-Mar-2016: 12. Nine
18-Mar-2016: 13. The bad lieutenant: Port of call - New Orleans
4-Apr-2016: 14. Mad Max: Fury Road
6-Apr-2016: 15. Touching home
8-Apr-2016: 16. Hot pursuit
9-Apr-2016: 17. Better than sex
"So tell me…"
"Yes?"
"With how many guys have you got to the sleeping-with bit?"
"You wanna know how many sexual partners I've had?"
"Yeah. Yeah, if you wanna tell me."
"A few. Quite a few."
"Mmm. How many's quite a few?"
"I don't know. You're not gonna go all strange on me, are you? Because I've... I've slept around a bit."
"No, of course not. Nothing wrong with a bit of practice. OK, you wanna fuck anything that moves, what's the big deal?"
"You're deranged. :) OK… Um… 27. No, 28, if we're just counting guys, and 31 otherwise."
"Mmm. I'm gonna take for granted the extra three were women."
"Good idea."
"28, eh? That's a pretty good memory."
"Yeah. Actually I was having this exact conversation with number 27 a few weeks ago, and he didn't like it too much."
"What, he wanted to know how many?"
"Mmhm."
"Didn't like it?"
"Nope."
"Hmm. Hey, hang on, let me get this straight. What, you found this guy attractive?"
"Mmm."
"And you asked him up here?"
"Yeah."
"You're both naked, you're having sex, right? No complaints?"
"No complaints."
"Hmm… He should be happy!"
"I know! I hate it when guys make you feel like that… So come on, your turn."
"What? What, how many? Well, I was a virgin before you forced me up here."
"Come on, how many?"
"I don't know. Never really counted."
"Well, ballpark it."
"OK, I'd say… uh, 40 to 50. Probably closer to 50."
"Oh, 50! God, you're such a slut."
"Mmm. Yeah, all women."
"Of course. So when did you embark on this rampage?"
xD
11-Apr-2016: 18. Grizzly Man
14-Apr-2016: 19. Gettin' square
David Wenham excellent. Again. :) He may well have been the most memorable (and least glamorous) character in the movie. Again. Looked like... like... a skinny gray baby parrot stranded on a sidewalk. :'(
15-Apr-2016: 20. This is the end
I watched it because of Emma Watson, who died after a few minutes. Boo. But wait! She turned out to be alive! But then she left forever after a few more minutes! *cri cri* The movie was pretty funny, although I can't identify with people who are scared of DEMONS AND THE SKY FAIRY.
16-Apr-2016: 21. Oranges and sunshine
19-Apr-2016: 22. Igor
21-Apr-2016: 23. Broadcast news
22-Apr-2016: 24. Eye in the sky
23-Apr-2016: 25. The Crocodile Hunter: Collision course
14-May-2016: 26. The drop
"Hey... You just... I mean... You just fucking shot him!"
"Yes, I did. Absolutely. He was gonna hurt our dog."
^_^
29-May-2016: 27. Alice through the looking glass
3-Jun-2016: 28. Nightwatch
28-Jun-2016: 29. Tapeheads
30-Jun-2016: 30. L'oiseau rare
Fave! I don't always list short films here, but when I do, they may have caused me to die from teh cute. x) Btw, I couldn't find an official poster, so the one in the collage is kind of home-made...
22-Jul-2016: 31. Molokai: The story of Father Damien
30-July-2016: 32. Dust (2001)
A fellow Wenhamaniac recommended it to me. She and I are pretty much the only people who enjoyed this speshul little movie. :p
6-Aug-2016: 33. Pure
Cosy British Film^TM about drug abuse. Features David Wenham! :D Bonus points because the football arena in the movie was located next to a hostel where I stayed in 2015. :B
7-Aug-2016: 34. Suite Française
10-Aug-2016: 35. Public enemies
13-Aug-2016: 36. The loft
7-Sep-2016: 37. Känn ingen sorg (a.k.a. "Shed no tears")
10-Sep-2016: 38. Cell
I read the book in early 2014, shortly after hearing the movie was getting made. I expected to see it much sooner... D: #firstworldpains
12-Sep-2016: 39. Änglagård: Tredje gången gillt
14-Sep-2016: 40. Dragon blade
13-Oct-2016: 41. Mustang
14-Oct-2016: 42. Snow White and the huntsman (extended)
20-Nov-2016: 43. Before the flood
Fave! But not that bit about chicken and other non-bovines. -_- Here's why:
"We recognize that people may avoid red meat on environmental grounds. Research suggests that pound for pound chicken is responsible for less environmental degradation than beef. Though some people may snicker about the impact of methane, or 'cow farts,' the warming potential of methane is 30 times that of carbon dioxide. Nevertheless, a diet that is responsible for hundreds of times more suffering is not made ethical by producing a lower level of greenhouse gas emissions."
Full article (by Peter Singer) here.
26-Nov-2016: 44. A clockwork orange
1-dec-2016: 45. Stockholm, Pennsylvania
2-dec-2016: 46. After the fall
3-dec-2016: 47. Blood ties
4-dec-2016: 48. Hugo
8-dec-2016: 49. Fantastic beasts and where to find them
10-dec-2016: 50. Paper planes
11-dec-2016: 51. Practical magic
16-dec-2016: 52. Goldstone
17-dec-2016: 53. Colonia
18-dec-2016: 54. The thin red line
22-dec-2016: 55. Passengers
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Vegan FAQ! :)
The Web Site the Meat Industry Doesn't Want You to See.
Please watch Earthlings.
(k) The 55 movies I saw in 2016 :)
Only counting movies I saw for the first time.
So, uh, best documentary: Before the flood!
Best fictional movie: L'oiseau rare! Supercute, animated, 4 minutes long.
Best fictional & long movie: Not sure yet. Ask me again in 2026. D: As usual, I enjoyed most of them more or less, but some that stood out were Macbeth, A bigger splash, Better than sex, Dust (2001), Pure, Mustang, and Goldstone.
17-Jan-2016: 1. Carol
24-Jan-2016: 2. Macbeth
I saw it mainly because of David Thewlis, but it exceeded my expectations. Beautiful cinematography! Ultra-slow motion, dust, sparks, mist, and not least the SCOTTISH EARTHPORN! :D I had failed to consider the possibility that the dialogue might actually be in Shakespearian (or I would have re-read up on the plot), but it was. The subtitles rescued my ass, even though they, too, were archaic. I got the gist, and noticed a few quotable passages. :)
29-Jan-2016: 3. Far from the madding crowd
31-Jan-2016: 4. Suffragette
IN YO FAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!
5-Feb-2016: 5. Dust (2013)
I don't always list short films on my film lists, but when I do, perhaps they feature Alan Rickman. As the tooth fairy. Snorting a line of tooth-flour.
5-Feb-2016: 6. Swing
14-Feb-2016: 7. The Danish girl
*climbs onto rooftop*
*switches on megaphone*
Did I mention that Alicia Vikander is FROM MY HOMETOWN?!!!1!111!!!!1! %D
19-Feb-2016: 8. Bullhead (a.k.a. Rundskop)
Shady Belgian Blue business is shady. This had been on my watchlist since (presumably) the time of its release. It just got bumped up said list after I became a fan of Matthias Schoenaerts. :)
20-Feb-2016: 9. The Grand Budapest Hotel
21-Feb-2016: 10. A bigger splash
3 movies this weekend. Two with Ralph, two with Matthias. Yay.
1-Mar-2016: 11. Clouds of Sils Maria
I have passed pretty close to Sils Maria on my Interrail trips! :)
12-Mar-2016: 12. Nine
18-Mar-2016: 13. The bad lieutenant: Port of call - New Orleans
4-Apr-2016: 14. Mad Max: Fury Road
6-Apr-2016: 15. Touching home
8-Apr-2016: 16. Hot pursuit
9-Apr-2016: 17. Better than sex
"So tell me…"
"Yes?"
"With how many guys have you got to the sleeping-with bit?"
"You wanna know how many sexual partners I've had?"
"Yeah. Yeah, if you wanna tell me."
"A few. Quite a few."
"Mmm. How many's quite a few?"
"I don't know. You're not gonna go all strange on me, are you? Because I've... I've slept around a bit."
"No, of course not. Nothing wrong with a bit of practice. OK, you wanna fuck anything that moves, what's the big deal?"
"You're deranged. :) OK… Um… 27. No, 28, if we're just counting guys, and 31 otherwise."
"Mmm. I'm gonna take for granted the extra three were women."
"Good idea."
"28, eh? That's a pretty good memory."
"Yeah. Actually I was having this exact conversation with number 27 a few weeks ago, and he didn't like it too much."
"What, he wanted to know how many?"
"Mmhm."
"Didn't like it?"
"Nope."
"Hmm. Hey, hang on, let me get this straight. What, you found this guy attractive?"
"Mmm."
"And you asked him up here?"
"Yeah."
"You're both naked, you're having sex, right? No complaints?"
"No complaints."
"Hmm… He should be happy!"
"I know! I hate it when guys make you feel like that… So come on, your turn."
"What? What, how many? Well, I was a virgin before you forced me up here."
"Come on, how many?"
"I don't know. Never really counted."
"Well, ballpark it."
"OK, I'd say… uh, 40 to 50. Probably closer to 50."
"Oh, 50! God, you're such a slut."
"Mmm. Yeah, all women."
"Of course. So when did you embark on this rampage?"
xD
11-Apr-2016: 18. Grizzly Man
14-Apr-2016: 19. Gettin' square
David Wenham excellent. Again. :) He may well have been the most memorable (and least glamorous) character in the movie. Again. Looked like... like... a skinny gray baby parrot stranded on a sidewalk. :'(
15-Apr-2016: 20. This is the end
I watched it because of Emma Watson, who died after a few minutes. Boo. But wait! She turned out to be alive! But then she left forever after a few more minutes! *cri cri* The movie was pretty funny, although I can't identify with people who are scared of DEMONS AND THE SKY FAIRY.
16-Apr-2016: 21. Oranges and sunshine
19-Apr-2016: 22. Igor
21-Apr-2016: 23. Broadcast news
22-Apr-2016: 24. Eye in the sky
23-Apr-2016: 25. The Crocodile Hunter: Collision course
14-May-2016: 26. The drop
"Hey... You just... I mean... You just fucking shot him!"
"Yes, I did. Absolutely. He was gonna hurt our dog."
^_^
29-May-2016: 27. Alice through the looking glass
3-Jun-2016: 28. Nightwatch
28-Jun-2016: 29. Tapeheads
30-Jun-2016: 30. L'oiseau rare
Fave! I don't always list short films here, but when I do, they may have caused me to die from teh cute. x) Btw, I couldn't find an official poster, so the one in the collage is kind of home-made...
22-Jul-2016: 31. Molokai: The story of Father Damien
30-July-2016: 32. Dust (2001)
A fellow Wenhamaniac recommended it to me. She and I are pretty much the only people who enjoyed this speshul little movie. :p
6-Aug-2016: 33. Pure
Cosy British Film^TM about drug abuse. Features David Wenham! :D Bonus points because the football arena in the movie was located next to a hostel where I stayed in 2015. :B
7-Aug-2016: 34. Suite Française
10-Aug-2016: 35. Public enemies
13-Aug-2016: 36. The loft
7-Sep-2016: 37. Känn ingen sorg (a.k.a. "Shed no tears")
10-Sep-2016: 38. Cell
I read the book in early 2014, shortly after hearing the movie was getting made. I expected to see it much sooner... D: #firstworldpains
12-Sep-2016: 39. Änglagård: Tredje gången gillt
14-Sep-2016: 40. Dragon blade
13-Oct-2016: 41. Mustang
14-Oct-2016: 42. Snow White and the huntsman (extended)
20-Nov-2016: 43. Before the flood
Fave! But not that bit about chicken and other non-bovines. -_- Here's why:
"We recognize that people may avoid red meat on environmental grounds. Research suggests that pound for pound chicken is responsible for less environmental degradation than beef. Though some people may snicker about the impact of methane, or 'cow farts,' the warming potential of methane is 30 times that of carbon dioxide. Nevertheless, a diet that is responsible for hundreds of times more suffering is not made ethical by producing a lower level of greenhouse gas emissions."
Full article (by Peter Singer) here.
26-Nov-2016: 44. A clockwork orange
1-dec-2016: 45. Stockholm, Pennsylvania
2-dec-2016: 46. After the fall
3-dec-2016: 47. Blood ties
4-dec-2016: 48. Hugo
8-dec-2016: 49. Fantastic beasts and where to find them
10-dec-2016: 50. Paper planes
11-dec-2016: 51. Practical magic
16-dec-2016: 52. Goldstone
17-dec-2016: 53. Colonia
18-dec-2016: 54. The thin red line
22-dec-2016: 55. Passengers
------------------------------------------------------------
Vegan FAQ! :)
The Web Site the Meat Industry Doesn't Want You to See.
Please watch Earthlings.