November 2022 50 Movie Challenge

[Travis]

40 Movies, 1 Christmas Special, Lots of Twin Peaks

Best First Time Watch
The Chase (1946)

Covers

[Show spoiler] Attachment 283889 Attachment 283879 Attachment 283591

Recommended
1. Ambulance (2022) Tenny80
2. See How They Run (2022) odguitar
3. Rosaline (2022) cinemaphile

Thirty Years of Film
1. They Drive by Night (1940) 1/2
2. I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
3. The Glass Key (1942) 1/2
4. The Fallen Sparrow (1943) 1/2
5. The Chase (1946)
6. The Web (1947) 1/2
7. Pitfall (1948) 1/2
8. The Enforcer (1951)
9. Deadline - U.S.A. (1952) 1/2
10. The Big Heat (1953) 1/2
11. Naked Alibi (1954) 1/2
12. Sudden Danger (1955)
13. Hidden Fear (1957)
14. Revolt In The Big House (1958) 1/2
15. Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) 1/2

Leslie Nielsen
1. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
2. The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
3. Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994) 1/2
4. Mr. Magoo (1997) 1/2
5. Airplane! (1980)

Neo-Noir
1. Blood Simple (1984)
2. Miller's Crossing (1990)
3. Blue Velvet (1986)
4. Dressed to Kill (1980) 1/2

Miss E. Laneous
1. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) 1/2
2. Star Trek VII: Generations (1994)
3. Welcome to the Happy Days (2015) 1/2
4. The Santa Clause (1994)
5. The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) 1/2
6. The Santa Clause 2 (2002) 1/2
7. Not Another Teen Movie (2001) 1/2
8. Shrek (2001)
9. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022)

2022
1. Luck (2022)
2. The Batman (2022) 1/2
3. Morbius (2022) 1/2
4. Death on the Nile (2022) 1/2
5. The Greatest Beer Run Ever (2022)

[october27]

57. A Garfield Christmas Special




58. Frosty The Snowman

Two quick Christmas specials to finish my Holiday category and finish the month. I hadn't seen these in a few years and enjoyed them for the nostalgia factor as I saw each of these for the first time as a child.

[october27]

That does it for me. 58 total including 10 first viewings. Looking forward to seeing everyone in December!



Horror
1. Halloween
2. Halloween 2
3. Halloween 3
4. Halloween 4
5. Halloween 5
6. Halloween: The Curse Of Michael Myers
7. Psycho
8. Psycho 2
14. Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man
18. Alien Vs Predator
19. Bram Stoker's Dracula
23. The Thing From Another World
28. The Pit And The Pendulum

New On Blu
9. Psycho 3
13. The Return Of The Vampire
22. Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
29. The Oblong Box
30. Jurassic World: Dominion

Favorites
10. Shadow Of A Doubt
11. Strangers On A Train
16. Gone With The Wind
21. Rumble In The Bronx
24. Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness
31. The Friends Of Eddie Coyle
32. Unhinged
36. Murder On The Orient Express 2017
37. Thor: Ragnarok
45. Due Date

First Viewing
12. Lonelyhearts
17. Cadillac Records
20. Thor: Love And Thunder
27. Elvis 1979
35. Nope
39. Homicidal
40. Get On Up
43. Samaritan
49. Berlin Express

Star Of The Month: Liam Neeson
15. Blacklight
25. Taken
26. The Commuter
33. Clash Of The Titans 2010
34. Taken 2
38. Unknown
48. Kingdom Of Heaven
52. The Marksman
53. Gangs Of New York
54. Wrath Of The Titans
55. Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace

Holiday
41. Planes, Trains And Automobiles
44. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
56. The Nightmare Before Christmas
57. A Garfield Christmas Special
58. Frosty The Snowman

Planet Of The Apes Thanksgiving Marathon
42. Planet Of The Apes
46. Beneath The Planet Of The Apes
47. Escape From The Planet Of The Apes
50. Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes
51. Battle For The Planet Of The Apes

[cinemaphile]

Came up just short with 47 films total. 22 First-Time Watches.

Originally Posted by cinemaphile

Most Recent Watches:


30 Years
1968 - * Targets -
1980 - 9 to 5 -
1984 - * Greystoke: Legend of Tarzan - ½
1989 - Blind Fury -
1990 - * Reversal of Fortune -
1991 - The Addams Family -
1992 - The Bodyguard - ½
1993 - Addams Family Values -
1994 - Greedy - ½
1995 - Hackers - ½
1997 - Truth or Consequences, NM -
1998 - Spice World - ½
2007 - Enchanted - ½
2010 - Step Up 3(D) - ½
2012 - Much Ado About Nothing -
2013 - * Romeo & Juliet (2013) -
2014 - * Phoenix -
2016 - The Nice Guys - ½
2015 - Sleeping With Other People -
2017 - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - ½
2019 - * Last Black Man in San Francisco - ½
2020 - Birds of Prey - ½
2021 - * Cruella - ½
2022 - Uncharted - ½

Thanksgiving/Christmas
1. Happiest Season - ½
2. * A Christmas Story Christmas -
3. Spirited -
4. Spirited -
5. Knives Out -

Theatrical Viewings
1. * Banshees of Inisherin - ½
2. * The Estate -
3. * Wakanda Forever -
4. * The Menu - ½
5. * Devotion - ½
6. * Glass Onion - ½

Streaming Premieres:
1. * Weird: The Al Yankovic Story -
2. * People We Hate at the Wedding -
3. * Disenchanted -
4. * Spirited -

Recommended Films
1. * Running Time - ½ (recommended by Al the Strange)

Categories TBD:
We're the Millers - ½
* The Death of Stalin -
The Paper - ½
* The History of Future Folk -
Coco -
* Breakin' -
Step Up: Revolution - ½
Step Up: All In -


* denotes first-time viewings

Red - seen in theater
Sienna - 4K disc
Blue - Blu-ray, duh
Green - DVD
Purple - Vudu
Black - Other streaming (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Crackle, hoopla, tubitv, etc)

[filmbuffTX]

Finished just shy of Silver with 39 movies. I didn't quite do a full 30 years of film. I came up 3 or 4 movies short. I was attempting to do roughly 1973-2003. I got most of it though. 18 first viewings. Unfortunately I didn't get to anyone's recommendations as I was mainly focused on completely the main challenge.

Best First Viewings: The Wicker Man, Dawn of the Dead

Best Rewatches: At Close Range, Superman: The Movie, Just One of the Guys, Aladdin

Worst Movie: North Shore

Recently Watched


List:

[Show spoiler]30 Years of Film
1973: The Wicker Man* 5/5
1976: Midway* 4/5
1978: Superman: The Movie 4/5
1979: Dawn of the Dead 3D* 4/5
1980: The Children* 3.5/5
1981: The Road Warrior 4/5
1982: The King of Comedy 4/5
1983: Strange Brew 3/5
1984: Another Country 3/5
1985: Just One of the Guys 4/5
1986: At Close Range 4.5/5
1987: North Shore* 1/5
1988: Earth Girls are Easy* 3.5/5
1989: 976-EVIL* 3/5
1990: Kindergarten Cop 4/5
1991: Dutch 3.5/5
1992: Aladdin 5/5
1993: Leprechaun* 2/5
1994: Above the Rim 3.5/5
1995: Copycat* 3/5
1996: Chain Reaction* 2/5
1997: Wild America 3.5/5
1998: Mercury Rising 3/5
1999: October Sky 5/5
2000: Scary Movie 3.5/5
2001: Sweet November 4/5
2003: Pieces of April 3.5/5

2006: Turistas* 3/5
2018: Black Panther 3D 4/5

2022 Releases
1. Causeway* 3.5/5
2. The Greatest Beer Run Ever* 3/5
3. My Policeman* 3/5
4. Halloween Ends* 3.5/5

Happy Thanksgiving
1. Planes, Trains and Automobiles 5/5
2. Home for the Holidays w/ commentary 4/5
3. The Ice Storm 4.5/5

Seen in Theaters
1. The Banshees of Inishiren* 3/5
2. Strange World - 4DX 3D* 3.5/5
3. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - 4DX* 4/5

[Zodokai]

I was really focusing on finishing up my unwatched blu-rays (only have the rest of my Olympic set to go… for now), so I didn’t fill out the 30 year challenge quite like I wanted to, especially since I morphed mine into a 50 year challenge. But I still got plenty of movies in this month at least, including finally finishing up my Godzilla and Bergman sets.

I’m glad December is largely a Create-Your-Own-Category month because I have a lot of FYC screeners to catch up on.


Total Movies: 66 (42 first-time watches / 24 rewatches)

Achieved: Platinum


Best First-Time Watches: Tár, Decision to Leave

Best Rewatches: The Shining, Jumanji, V for Vendetta, Pan’s Labyrinth, Miracle on 34th Street

Worst First-time Watch: Plan 9 From Outer Space

Worst Rewatch: Jigsaw


The Full List:

[Show spoiler]50 Years of Film:

1972: Godzilla vs. Gigan* , Cries and Whispers* ½
1973: Godzilla vs. Megalon*
1974: Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla* , Scenes from a Marriage*
1975: Terror of Mechagodzilla* , The Magic Flute*
1976:
1977: The Serpent’s Egg*
1978: Autumn Sonata*
1979: Fårö Document 1979*
1980: The Shining , Alligator* ½, From the Life of the Marionettes*
1981:
1982: The Atomic Cafe* ½, Fanny and Alexander*
1983:
1984: After the Rehearsal* ½
1985:
1986:
1987: Planes, Trains and Automobiles ½
1988: Brain Damage* ½
1989:
1990:
1991: Alligator II: The Mutation*
1992:
1993:
1994:
1995: Get Shorty* , Jumanji
1996:
1997:
1998:
1999:
2000:
2001: The Majestic* ½, Jeepers Creepers* ½
2002: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ½
2003: Saraband*
2004: Spider-Man 2 ½, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2005: V for Vendetta , Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2006: Pan's Labyrinth , Casino Royale ½
2007: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2008:
2009: Avatar ½, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2010: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
2011: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 ½
2012:
2013:
2014:
2015:
2016:
2017: Jigsaw , The Games of the V Olympiad Stockholm, 1912*
2018:
2019:
2020: Enola Holmes ½
2021: The Novice ½
2022: Tár* , Decision to Leave* , Black Panther: Wakanda Forever* ½, Everything Everywhere All At Once ½, Bones and All* ½, See How They Run* , Blonde* , Enola Holmes 2* ½, Corsage* , Spin Me Round* ½




Earlier Years:

1. Mothra vs. Godzilla*
2. Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster*
3. Invasion of the Astro-Monster*
4. Ebirah, Horror of the Deep*
5. Son of Godzilla* ½
6. Destroy All Monsters*
7. All Monsters Attack* ½
8. Godzilla vs. Hedorah* ½
9. Plan 9 from Outer Space*
10. The Touch* ½
11. On the Waterfront ½
12. Wings ½
13. Rebecca ½
14. All About Eve
15. Miracle on 34th Street
16. The Olympic Games Held at Chamonix, 1924*


Thanksgiving:




Recommended 2022's Best:




Total Movies: 66

Achieved: Platinum

A * indicates a first-time viewing

[odguitar]

A great month buoyed by a heavy Noirvember bunch of films and an illness keeping me housebond for a few days. Didn't finish the 30 Years challenge but I got to a lot of good new stuff and I did almost complete the Recommendations category with some great movies in there. I'm very excited for a month full of Christmas movies and 2022 catch up.

FINAL STATS
Total: 65 -- PLATINUM
49 first time viewings
Best First Time Viewings: La Dolce Vita, Ran, In Cold Blood, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, TÁR, Aftersun, Thief
Best Rewatches: A Christmas Story, Singin' in the Rain, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, Miracle on 34th Street (1947), Laura, The Sex Lives of College Girls
Worst Watches: The Automat, Quicksand

Originally Posted by odguitar

Recently Watched

[Show spoiler]

[Show spoiler]

30 Years of Film
1940: Fantasia* 4/5
1941: Johnny Eager* 3.5/5
1942: The Glass Key* 3.5/5
1943: Ossessione* 4/5
1944: Lifeboat* 4/5
1945: Fallen Angel* 3.5/5
1946: The Stranger* 4/5
1947: Crossfire* 4/5
1948
1949
1950: Appointment with Danger* 3/5
1951: The Racket* 3/5
1952: Singin' in the Rain 5/5
1953: 99 River Street* 4/5
1954: Naked Alibi* 3.5/5
1955: Kiss Me Deadly* 4.5/5
1956
1957: The Brothers Rico* 4/5
1958: I Want to Live* 4/5
1959
1960: La Dolce Vita* 5/5
1961
1962: To Kill a Mockingbird 5/5
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967: Faces* 4/5
1968
1969

Recommendations
1. Rosaline* 3.5/5 (cinemaphile)
2. Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers* 3.5/5 (cinemaphile)
3. Ran* 5/5 (kingdoxie)
4. Bullet Train* 3/5 (Will!3D)

Thanksgiving
1. Planes, Trains and Automobiles 5/5
2. Home for the Holidays 4/5
3. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving 5/5
4. Planes, Trains and Automobiles 5/5
5. Miracle on 34th Street (1947) 5/5

True-ish Crime
1. All Good Things* 3/5
2. 22 July* 3/5
3. In Cold Blood* 5/5

2022 Films
1. Decision to Leave* 4.5/5
2. Triangle of Sadness* 4/5
3. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story* 5/5
4. TÁR* 5/5
5. Till* 4.5/5
6. The Bob's Burgers Movie 4.5/5
7. Say Hey, Willie Mays!* 3.5/5
8. Aftersun* 5/5
9. Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down* 3.5/5
10. The Banshees of Inisherin* 4/5
11. Armageddon Time* 4/5
12. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery* 4.5/5

Leftover Noir
1. Edge of Doom* 3/5
2. Out of the Fog* 3.5/5
3. Panic in the Streets* 4.5/5
4. Laura 5/5
5. Thief* 5/5
6. Devil in a Blue Dress* 4.5/5
7. The Unsuspected* 3.5/5
8. The Hitch-Hiker* 4/5
9. Quicksand* 3/5
10. Murder by Contract* 4.5/5

Early Holidays
1. Last Christmas 3.5/5
2. Klaus* 3.5/5
3. Anna and the Apocalypse 3.5/5
4. A Christmas Story 5/5
5. Holiday Inn 4/5
6. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 4.5/5

Misc.
1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 4/5
2. The Bodyguard* 3/5
3. Dawn of the Dead (1978)* 4/5
4. Reboot* 4/5
5. The Sex Lives of College Girls 5/5
6. The Automat* 3/5

Total: 65

*denotes first-time viewing

Recommended

[Show spoiler]The Fallout
To Die For
The Novice
Citizen Ruth
Dogma
The Cameraman
Filibus
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
The Muppet Movie
See How They Run