May 2017 50 Movie Challenge: Scavenger Hunt!

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Final total: 51

Best of the month: Nashville (first time), Manchester by the Sea (rewatch)

Worst of the month: Cool as Ice (first time) (also somehow simultaneously one of the best of the month)

24 out of 25 scavenged

Technically, I also saw The Spy Who Loved Me and For Your Eyes Only in the theater tonight, but I'm going to reserve those for next month's challenge as part of the franchises.

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Scavenger Hunt

[Show spoiler]1. A film about Mothers: The Kids are All Right 4/5
2. A movie from the year your parent was born: Blow Up* (1966) 3.5/5
3. A film involving aliens: They Live* 3.5/5 (Travis)
4. A film featuring an actor/actress that you are insanely and unhealthily attracted to (Kristen Stewart): Camp X-Ray 4/5
5. A movie released posthumously of an actor/director/producer: I Am Heath Ledger* 4/5
6. A movie involving a road trip: Smokey and the Bandit* 4.5/5
7. A political thriller (alternate): 3 Days of the Condor* 4/5
8. A Non-James Bond movie featuring an actor who played James Bond (Sean Connery): The Untouchables* 4/5
9. A film that take place in Japan: Lost in Translation 5/5
10. A film you've owned the longest but have not yet watched:
11. A film which won a Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival: Marty* 4/5
12. A western not set in the American Old West: Ain't Them Bodies Saints* 3.5/5
13. A film featured on the How Did This Get Made? podcast: Cool as Ice* 1.5/5
14. A movie from the genre you watch the least (western): Johnny Guitar* 4.5/5
15. A Stand-Up Comedy Concert film: Dave Chappelle: Deep in the Heart of Texas* 3.5/5
16. A movie produced by a film company that no longer exists (ABC Motion Pictures): Silkwood* 4/5
17. A film in which the director also acts (Charlie Chaplin): Limelight* 4/5
18. A film with teachers as main characters: Whiplash 5/5
19. A movie with a day, month or year in title: Saturday Night Fever 4/5
20. A film that jumps around in time more than once: The Bad and the Beautiful* 4.5/5
21. A film directed by a woman (Sofia Coppola): The Virgin Suicides* 4/5
22. A film nominated for both a Razzie and an Oscar: The Fifth Element* (SuperK23) 4.5/5
23. A TV Adaptation (Live Action): The Addams Family* 3.5/5
24. The film you will be happiest to get off your watchlist (alternate): Ray* 4/5
25. A film that played at Sundance Film Festival (alternate): Manchester by the Sea 5/5

Scavenger Hunt Extras
1. A film shorter than 95 minutes: Night and Fog* (32 minutes) 5/5
2. A movie with a city, state or country in title: It Happened in Brooklyn* 3.5/5
3. A movie you saw for the first time in the theater: Nashville* 5/5
4. A film that won any award for production design: La La Land 5/5
5. A film that was first released on VHS: Gilda 4/5
6. An Oscar winner for Best Cinematography: Three Coins in the Fountain* 3/5
7. A fourth film in a franchise: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol* 4/5
8. An underrated comedy: No Time for Sergeants* 3.5/5
9. A movie adapted from a play or musical: Mister Roberts* 3/5
10. A remake of a French film: 12 Monkeys* 4/5 (Trollhunter)
11. A film starring by a sibling of a famous actor (sister of Rooney Mara): Megan Leavey* 3.5/5
11. A film that take place in Middle East: Zero Dark Thirty 4.5/5

Movie Moms
1. Jerry Maguire 5/5
2. Boyhood 5/5
3. East of Eden 4/5
4. Lovesong* 4.5/5
5. Moonlight 5/5

Jonathan Demme Movies
1. Stop Making Sense* 4.5/5
2. The Manchurian Candidate (2004)* 3.5/5
3. Something Wild* 4/5
4. Rachel Getting Married* 4/5
5. Married to the Mob* 3.5/5

Recommendations
1. The World's End* 4/5 (Zodokai)
2. Looper* 4/5 (cinemaphile)
3. Time Bandits* 3.5/5 (advdfreak)
4. Snowpiercer* 3.5/5 (Al_The_Strange)
5. Minority Report* 4/5 (nightwolf2369, Trollhunter)


TOTAL: 51

* indicates first-time viewing

Recommended

[Show spoiler]Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Edge of Tomorrow
Midnight Special
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Gattaca
Never Let Me Go
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Super 8
Cloverfield
The Iron Giant