February 2016 50 Movie Challenge

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Jurassic World (Re-watch)
4.5/5
Probably my second film in the series. Obviously behind the OG Jurassic Park.

[DanTheMan]

Minority Report (first-time viewing)



3/5

[Travis]

Put up next month's challenge: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...1#post11920096

[cinemaphile]

5 more watched, bringing me to 40 so far.

Originally Posted by cinemaphile

Most recent additions:


Planned titles not yet watched are hidden under spoiler tags - subject to (and probably will) change.

* Highlander - ½ > Sean Connery >
* The Man Who Would Be King - > Michael Caine >
The Last Witch Hunter - > Breck Eisner (director) >
The Crazies (2010) - ½ > Timothy Olyphant
This Is Where I Leave You - ½ > Adam Driver >
What If - ½ > Zoe Kazan >
In Your Eyes - ½ > Michael Stahl-David >
Cloverfield - ½ > Matt Reeves (director) >
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - > Toby Kebbell >
Wrath of the Titans - > Lily James >
* Cinderella (2015) - ½ > Holliday Grainger >
* Anna Karenina -½ > Keira Knightley >
Pride and Prejudice (2006) - > Judi Dench >
Shakespeare in Love - > Geoffrey Rush >
* Gods of Egypt - > Alex Proyas (director) >
The Crow - > Michael Wincott >
The Three Musketeers - ½ > Charlie Sheen >
Lucas - > Jeremy Piven >
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard - > T.J. Miller >
* Deadpool - > Morena Baccarin >
Deadpool (again) - > Gina Carano >
Haywire - > Ewan McGregor >
Moulin Rouge! - > John Leguizamo >
William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet - > Leonardo Dicaprio >
Gangs of New York - > Liam Neeson >
The A-Team - > Joe Carnahan (director) >
Smokin' Aces - > Kevin Durand >
X-Men Origins: Wolverine - ½ > Ryan Reynolds >
Blade: Trinity - > Patton Oswalt >
* Freaks of Nature - > Mae Whitman >
Independence Day - > Roland Emmerich (director) >
Godzilla (1998) - > Vicki Lewis >
Pushing Tin - > Angelina Jolie >
Salt - > Angelina Jolie >
* Kung Fu Panda 3 - > Dustin Hoffman >
* All The President's Men - > Robert Redford >
* Truth - > Topher Grace >
American Ultra - > Jesse Eisenberg >
Now You See Me - > Jessica Lindsey >
* Ladrones -

* first-time viewing

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Trumbo (First Time Viewing)
4/5
This was a pretty good movie. But maybe i'm biased cause I like movies about Hollywood, and mainly ones that have to do with screenwriting. So if you like the going on behind the scenes of the making of movies, and Hollywood in general. I say this worth a watch. Plus Bryan Cranston earned that Oscar nod.

[DanTheMan]

12 Monkeys (first-time viewing)



4/5

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Spotlight (First Time Viewing)
3/5
A lot of messed up stuff that happen and went unnoticed for the longest time. While not a bad film. I don't know if I ever watch it again though.

[BD-T]

38.

Category: Blast from the Past


I think i'll leave it to that with this months challenge. I simply lack the time to watch more movies. But i watched a lot more this month than i expecting to.

My final list (the ones in grey are how i would have completed my chain):

[Show spoiler]Movie Chain:
01. The Revenant*
---> Tom Hardy (actor) --->
02. Mad Max: Fury Road
---> Charlize Theron (actress) --->
03. Snow White and the Huntsman
---> James Newton Howard (composer) --->
04. Nightcrawler
---> Jake Gyllenhaal (actor) --->
05. Everest in 3D*
---> Jason Clarke (actor) --->
06. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes in 3D
---> Michael Giacchino (composer) --->
07. Jurassic World
---> Chris Pratt (actor) --->
08. The Lego Movie
---> Morgan Freeman (actor) --->
09. Se7en
---> David Fincher (director) --->
10. Zodiac
---> Robert Downey Jr. (actor) --->
11. Avengers: Age of Ultron in 3D
---> James Spader (actor) --->
12. Stargate
---> Kurt Russell (actor) --->
13. Bone Tomahawk*
---> David Arquette (actor) --->
14. Eight Legged Freaks
---> Leon Rippy (actor) --->
15. The Patriot
---> Mel Gibson (actor) --->
16. Braveheart
---> John Toll (Cinematographer) --->
17. Cloud Atlas
---> Tom Hanks (actor) --->
18. Saving Private Ryan
---> Tom Sizemore (actor) --->
19. Pearl Harbor
---> Michael Bay (director)
20. Transformers: Age of Extinction in 3D
---> T.J. Miller (actor) --->
21. Deadpool*
---> Ryan Reynolds (actor) --->
22. The Voices
---> Anna Kendrick (actress) --->
23. End of Watch
---> Michael Peña (actor) --->
24. Fury
---> Shia LaBeouf (actor) --->
25. Lawless


Categories:

Romance:
01. Fa Yeung Nin Wa (In The Mood for Love)
02. 50 First Dates
03. Crna Macka, Beli Macor (Black Cat, White Cat)
04. Disney's Beauty and the Beast
05. Reconstruction

American Football:
01. The Replacements
02.
03.
04.
05.

Disaster Movies:
01. Volcano
02.
03.
04.
05.

Asian Movies:
01. Chocolate
02. Ai no Mukidashi (Love Exposure)
03. Dung Fong Tuk Ying (Eastern Condors)
04. Xing Kong (Starry Starry Night)
05.

Blast From the Past:
01. Edward Scissorhands
02. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
03. The Goonies
04. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
05. The Evil Dead

Miscellaneous:
01. Crimson Peak

* = First time viewing

[SuperK23]

1. Spotlight* - Liev Schrieber
2. Kate & Leopold - Hugh Jackman
3. X-Men Days of Future Past Rogue Cut - Jennifer Lawrence
4. American Hustle - Robert De Niro
5. Godfather Epic - Frank Sivero
6. Goodfellas - Ray Liotta
7. Muppets Most Wanted - Saoirse Ronan
8. The Grand Budapest Hotel - Ralph Fiennes
9. Hail, Caesar* - Jonah Hill
10. Superbad - Bill Hader
11. Tropic Thunder - Tobey Maguire
12. Spider-Man 2 - J.K. Simmons
13. Whiplash - Miles Teller
14. Divergent* - Kate Winslet
15. Titanic - Leonardo DiCaprio
16. The Wolf of Wall Street - Margot Robbie
17. The Big Short* - Marisa Tomei
18. My Cousin Vinny - Joe Pesci
19. Home Alone 2 - Tim Curry
20. Clue - Eileen Brennan
21. The Sting - Robert Redford
22. Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Scarlett Johansson
23. The Prestige - David Bowie
24. Labyrinth - Jennifer Connelly
24. Blood Diamond - Djimon Hounsou
25. Guardians of the Galaxy - Vin Diesel
26. Fast & Furious 6 - Gina Carano
27. Deadpool* - Ryan Reynolds
28. Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle - Neil Patrick Harris
29. Gone Girl - Rosamund Pike
30. The World's End - Simon Pegg
31. Mission Impossible Rogue Nation - Tom Cruise
32. Edge of Tomorrow - Emily Blunt
33. Into the Woods* - Anna Kendrick
34. Up in the Air - Vera Farmiga
35. The Departed - Martin Sheen
36. Catch Me if You Can - Tom Hanks
37. Road to Perdition - Daniel Craig
38. Casino Royale - Eva Green
39. Sin City A Dame to Kill For - Joseph Gordon Levitt
40. Inception - Tom Hardy
41. Black Hawk Down - Eric Bana
42. Troy - Diane Kruger
43. Inglourious Basterds - Brad Pitt
44. Fury - Michael Pena
45. Ant-Man - Paul Rudd
46. This is 40 - Megan Fox
47. Transformers - John Turturro
48. O Brother Where Art Thou? - Tim Blake Nelson
49. Scooby Doo Monsters Unleashed - Linda Cardellini
50. Avengers Age of Ultron - Mark Ruffalo


* Denotes first time viewing

Movies watched but not yet connected

Naked Gun 2 1/2
San Andreas*
Inside Out
Predator 2

[DanTheMan]

Requiem for a Dream (first-time viewing)



4/5

[DanTheMan]

The Room (first-time viewing)



???/5

[Travis]

Finished with 30 movies. Guess that's respectable; almost one a day. Gonna get 50 in March!

Recent

[Show spoiler]

1. The Machine (2014) 1/2 Actor: Toby Stephens --->
2. All Things to All Men a.k.a The Deadly Game (2013) Actor: Gabriel Byrne --->
3. Vampire Academy (2014) Writer: Daniel Waters --->
4. Heathers (1989) Actress: Winona Ryder--->
5. Edward Scissorhands (1990) 1/2 Actor: Johnny Depp --->
6. Dark Shadows (2012) Actress: Chloë Grace Moretz --->
7. Kick-Ass (2010) 1/2 Actor: Aaron Taylor-Johnson ---->
8. Kick-Ass 2 (2013) 1/2 Actor: John Leguizamo --->
9. Carlito's Way (1993) Director: Brian De Palma --->
10. Scarface (1983) Actor: Al Pacino --->
11. Manglehorn (2014) Director: David Gordon Green --->
12. Our Brand is Crisis (2015) Actor: Anthony Mackie --->
    
13. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Actor: Dominic Cooper --->
14. Reasonable Doubt (2014) Actor: Samuel L. Jackson --->
    
15. Django Unchained (2012) Actor: Christopher Waltz --->
16. Spectre (2015) Actor: Daniel Craig --->
17. Road to Perdition (2002) Actress: Jennifer Jason Leigh
18. Backdraft (1991) 1/2 Actor: Kurt Russell ---->
19. Bone Tomahawk (2015) Actor: Richard Jenkins ---->
20. Burn After Reading Actress: Francis McDormand --->
21. The Good Dinosaur (2015) 1/2 Actor: Sam Elliot --->
    
22. Tombstone (1993) Actor: Charleton Heston --->
23. Earthquake (1974) 1/2 [COLOR="navy"]Composer: John Williams --->
    
24. A.I. Actor: Haley Joel Osment --->
25. Entourage (2015) 1/2

Romance
1. Can't Buy Me Love (1987) 1/2
2. Valentine's Day (2010) 1/2
3. Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
4. Jersey Girl (2004) 1/2

Comedy
1. Jay and Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie (2013)
2. Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
3. The Interview (2014)

Action
1. Machete (2010) 1/2

Thriller
1. Crimson Peak (2015)
2. Dressed to Kill (1980)

Documentary
1. Jodorowsky's Dune (2013) 1/2

[FilmKoala]

Bedazzled (2000)

I figured I'd sneak one more movie into this month's marathon since it's a romcom. Yes folks, my final film of the month is Bedazzled. A film in which Brendan Fraser and Elizabeth Hurley were huge stars when it came out but whose stock and careers have taken something of a nosedive in the time since. It's a decent enough film, but the ending is corny. Three stars.

[DanTheMan]

Gonna finish Gold with 52 movies. Completed the five categories, but fell two films shy of wrapping up the movie chain. For anyone curious, #8 was meant to be Hail, Caesar! and #15 was meant to be Knight of Cups. A fun challenge to plan out and execute. Haven't decided if I'll partake in next month's yet. I have some TV series on blu and my DVR I wanna go through.

Movie Chain:
1. The Town - ½
<<-- Ben Affleck (director) -->>
2. Argo -
<<-- Scoot McNairy (actor) -->>
3. Gone Girl -
<<-- Jeff Cronenweth (cinematographer) -->>
4. Fight Club - ½
<<-- David Fincher (director) -->>
5. The Game -
<<-- Sean Penn (actor) -->>
6. Mystic River -
<<-- Tim Robbins (actor) -->>
7. The Shawshank Redemption -
<<-- Roger Deakins (cinematographer) -->>
8. TBA
9. No Country for Old Men* -
<<-- Ethan Coen (writer) -->>
10. Bridge of Spies* - ½
<<-- Tom Hanks (actor) -->>
11. Road to Perdition* - ½
<<-- Sam Mendes (director) -->>
12. Spectre - ½
<<-- Monica Bellucci (actress) -->>
13. The Matrix Reloaded - ½
<<-- Andy Wachowski (writer) -->>
14. V for Vendetta - ½
<<-- Natalie Portman (actress) -->>
15. TBA
16. The Revenant -
<<-- Emmanuel Lubezki (cinematographer) -->>
17. Babel* - ½
<<-- Elle Fanning (actress) -->>
18. Super 8 -
<<-- J.J. Abrams (director) -->>
19. Star Wars: The Force Awakens - ½
<<-- John Williams (composer) -->>
20. The Terminal - ½
<<-- Steven Spielberg (producer) -->>
21. Transformers -
<<-- John Turturro (actor) -->>
22. Jungle Fever* -
<<-- Spike Lee (director) -->>
23. Chi-Raq* -
<<-- Roger Guenveur Smith (actor) -->>
24. Dope - ½
<<-- Zoë Kravitz (actress) -->>
25. Mad Max: Fury Road -

Romance:
1. Moonrise Kingdom - ½
2. Spring - ½
3. Before Sunrise* - ½
4. Before Sunset* -
5. Before Midnight* - ½

Psychological Thriller:
1. Shutter Island - ½
2. A History of Violence* -
3. Mulholland Drive* -
4. 12 Monkeys* -
5. Requiem for a Dream* -

Crime:
1. Sicario -
2. 12 Angry Men* -
3. Traffic* - ½
4. Gangs of New York* -
5. Minority Report* -

Comedy:
1. The Intern - ½
2. Bad Boys II - ½
3. Meatballs* - ½
4. Deadpool* -
5. Step Brothers - ½

Miscellaneous:
1. American Ultra* -
2. Pan* -
3. Ghostbusters II -
4. The Diary of a Teenage Girl* -
5. 99 Homes* -
6. The Rebound - ½
7. Push - ½
8. Straight Outta Compton* - ½
9. The Room* - ½

* - first-time viewing

[Travis]

Originally Posted by DanTheMan

Gonna finish Gold with 52 movies. Completed the five categories, but fell two films shy of wrapping up the movie chain. For anyone curious, #8 was meant to be Hail, Caesar! and #15 was meant to be Knight of Cups. A fun challenge to plan out and execute. Haven't decided if I'll partake in next month's yet. I have some TV series on blu and my DVR I wanna go through.

Movie Chain:
1. The Town - ½
<<-- Ben Affleck (director) -->>
2. Argo -
<<-- Scoot McNairy (actor) -->>
3. Gone Girl -
<<-- Jeff Cronenweth (cinematographer) -->>
4. Fight Club - ½
<<-- David Fincher (director) -->>
5. The Game -
<<-- Sean Penn (actor) -->>
6. Mystic River -
<<-- Tim Robbins (actor) -->>
7. The Shawshank Redemption -
<<-- Roger Deakins (cinematographer) -->>
8. TBA
9. No Country for Old Men* -
<<-- Ethan Coen (writer) -->>
10. Bridge of Spies* - ½
<<-- Tom Hanks (actor) -->>
11. Road to Perdition* - ½
<<-- Sam Mendes (director) -->>
12. Spectre - ½
<<-- Monica Bellucci (actress) -->>
13. The Matrix Reloaded - ½
<<-- Andy Wachowski (writer) -->>
14. V for Vendetta - ½
<<-- Natalie Portman (actress) -->>
15. TBA
16. The Revenant -
<<-- Emmanuel Lubezki (cinematographer) -->>
17. Babel* - ½
<<-- Elle Fanning (actress) -->>
18. Super 8 -
<<-- J.J. Abrams (director) -->>
19. Star Wars: The Force Awakens - ½
<<-- John Williams (composer) -->>
20. The Terminal - ½
<<-- Steven Spielberg (producer) -->>
21. Transformers -
<<-- John Turturro (actor) -->>
22. Jungle Fever* -
<<-- Spike Lee (director) -->>
23. Chi-Raq* -
<<-- Roger Guenveur Smith (actor) -->>
24. Dope - ½
<<-- Zoë Kravitz (actress) -->>
25. Mad Max: Fury Road -

Romance:
1. Moonrise Kingdom - ½
2. Spring - ½
3. Before Sunrise* - ½
4. Before Sunset* -
5. Before Midnight* - ½

Psychological Thriller:
1. Shutter Island - ½
2. A History of Violence* -
3. Mulholland Drive* -
4. 12 Monkeys* -
5. Requiem for a Dream* -

Crime:
1. Sicario -
2. 12 Angry Men* -
3. Traffic* - ½
4. Gangs of New York* -
5. Minority Report* -

Comedy:
1. The Intern - ½
2. Bad Boys II - ½
3. Meatballs* - ½
4. Deadpool* -
5. Step Brothers - ½

Miscellaneous:
1. American Ultra* -
2. Pan* -
3. Ghostbusters II -
4. The Diary of a Teenage Girl* -
5. 99 Homes* -
6. The Rebound - ½
7. Push - ½
8. Straight Outta Compton* - ½
9. The Room* - ½

* - first-time viewing

Well done!

[cinemaphile]

Originally Posted by DanTheMan

Haven't decided if I'll partake in next month's yet. I have some TV series on blu and my DVR I wanna go through.

So do yours as a TV challenge!

[FilmKoala]

Originally Posted by FilmKoala

[Show spoiler]Recently Watched:


* - First time viewing

Movie Chain
1: Shadow of a Doubt (1943) - Joseph A. Valentine (Cinematographer) --->
2: Saboteur (1942)* ½ - Norman Lloyd (Actor) --->
3: Spellbound (1945) - Ingrid Bergman (Actress) --->
4: Notorious (1946) - Alfred Hitchcock (Actor) --->
5: The Trouble with Harry (1955)* ½ - Alfred Hitchcock (Director) --->
6: Marnie (1964) - Bruce Dern (Actor) --->
7: Family Plot (1976)* ½ - Karen Black (Actress) --->
8: House of 1000 Corpses (2003) - Sig Haig (Actor) --->
9: Black Mama White Mama (1973) - Pam Grier (Actress) --->
10: Jackie Brown (1997) - Quentin Tarantino (Director) --->
11: Django Unchained (2012) ½ - Jamie Foxx (Actor) --->
12: Law Abiding Citizen (2009) - Gerard Butler (Actor) --->
13: 300 (2006) - Michael Fassbender (Actor) --->
14: Prometheus (2012) - Ridley Scott (Director) --->
15: Blade Runner (1982) - Harrison Ford (Actor) --->
16: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) ½ - William Hootkins (Actor) --->
17: Batman (1989) - Kim Basinger (Actress) --->
18: The Real McCoy (1993)* ½ - Terence Stamp (Actor) --->
19: Wanted (2008) ½ - Danny Elfman (Composer) --->
20: Planet of the Apes (2001) - Paul Giamatti (Actor) --->
21: Shoot 'Em Up (2007) ½ - Monica Bellucci (Actor) --->
22: Spectre (2015) ½ - Naomie Harris (Actor) --->
23: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) - Johnny Depp (Actor) --->
24: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - Orlando Bloom (Actor) --->
25: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) - Keira Knightley (Actress) --->
26: Domino (2005)

WTF Japan: Blood & Gore
1: Helldriver (2010) ½
2: Tokyo Gore Police (2008) ½
3: The Machine Girl (2008)
4: Mutant Girls Squad (2010)
5: Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (2009) ½
6: The Slit-Mouthed Woman (2007)
7: Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) ½
8: Meatball Machine (2005)

WTF Japan: Boobs & Other Weirdness
1: Big Tits Zombie (2010) ½
2: Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead (2011)
3: Sukeban Boy (2006)
4: Big Bad Mama-San: Dekotora 1 (2008) ½
5: Dead Sushi (2012) ½
6: RoboGeisha (2009) ½
7: Killer P*ssy (2004) ½
8: Smokey & The Bushido: Dekotora 2 (2010) ½
9: Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: A Trail of Traps (1967) ½
10: Executive Koala (2005)

Strong Women
1: China Seas (1935) ½
2: Blondie Johnson (1933)
3: Iron Girl (2012) ½
4: Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
5: Iron Girl: Ultimate Weapon (2015)*

Romance
1: Ball of Fire (1941)
2: Suzy (1936)
3: Hold Your Man (1933) ½
4: The Seven Year Itch (1955) ½
5: Vertigo (1958)
6: Deadpool (2016)* ½
7: Bedazzled (2000)

Gangsters
1: Scarface (1983) ½
2: The Godfather (1972)
3: The Godfather Part III (1990) ½
4: The Roaring Twenties (1939)* ½
5: Goodfellas (1990)* ½

Total: 61

I'm pretty happy with my list, 61 total. That's two months in a row I hit 60 films, I'm hoping I can keep that momentum going.