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REELQUEST: Countdown to Film

Personal goals. Most of mine are hardly worth blogging about: donā€™t eat an entire box of cereal every Saturday,ƂĀ  take the effort to walk instead of drive when I can, and make use of the guitar thatā€™s been sitting unused in my room for going on two years now. This new one, however, is fun enough that I figure sharing it here would be worth the while. That goal, or REELQUEST as Iā€™ve so unnecessarily deemed it, is to watch more movies; specifically, watch moreƂĀ good ones and then write about it. Blogging, huzzah!

The plan is to cover the entirety of IMDBā€™sƂĀ Top 250 Movies Of All Time, a mighty endevour indeed, but it seems to be the most comprehensive and currentƂĀ  list that covers both classic and new films. Skimming it, Iā€™ve seen roughly just under one-half of the full list, so Iā€™ve got a ways to go (NetFlix in Canada is definitely going to help) but this is something Iā€™m set on finishing, so hereā€™s hoping I can stick to it.

To kick things off, I picked up the Criterion Collection edition of Samurai Seven by Akira Kurosawa, something Iā€™ve been meaning to watch for a long time. While mightily expensive, itā€™s really quite an excellent set and comes with a bunch of cool ā€˜supplementsā€™ that do add to the experience. Namely, thereā€™s commentary (written and over the movie) from various professional critics and film academics that provide some fantastic insight to the film.ƂĀ  Very cool stuff.

I donā€™t think Iā€™ll do full reviews or separate posts for everything I watch, probably something more along the lines of a ā€˜progress reportā€™ after every couple of films (I donā€™t want this to become a movie blog).ƂĀ  Also, I think having an approximate finish date is going to help get things moving ā€” March is the goal. So thatā€™s three months to watch almost 125 movies. Doesnā€™t sound unreasonable, I donā€™t think. Wish me luck! REELQUEST begins now.

BONUS: Iā€™m also interested in seeing how my list of all-time favorite (i.e. most enjoyable) movies changes as I conquer this list of supposed greats. My top ten, in no particular order, is as follows:

  • Gattaca
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Sin City
  • Princess Mononoke
  • Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs (if you judge, you havenā€™t seen it yet)
  • Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
  • The Princess Bride
  • Being John Malkovich
  • Munich
  • The Matrix
  • Back to the Future

So yea, not a whole lot from before the ā€™90s. Which is another reason I wanted to make my way through the list: broaden my movie-viewing horizons a little bit. Like they say, life didnā€™t start the day you were born.

(Editor’s Note: This is a repost from Gleboff’s personal blog.)

Earl Rufus

The owner of this little chunk of the internet. Enjoys having a good time and being rather snarky!

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