August 2013 Challenge: 50 Films (See Inside For Details)

[DoubleDownAgain]

You can find the July 2013 Challenge: 50 Films Here

Again, the goal is to watch 50 films, 5 from each of the following 10 genres:

But this month we will have different levels to shoot for:

60 Movies - Platinum
50 Movies - Gold
40 Movies - Silver
30 Movies - Bronze

MAIN SELECTIONS
High school/college
Sports movies
Gangsters
Revenge
R-Rated Comedy
Coming of age
Psychological thriller
Dark humor
Film-Noir
Action movies (The more cheese the better)

If you are unhappy with some of the selections, you may swap up to TWO with the ones below:

OPTIONAL SELECTIONS
Comic book/superhero
Non-fiction (can be documentaries, concert films, etc)
Romantic Comedy
Movies rated <10% on rotten tomatoes*:d
Films from your favourite director*
Films featuring your favourite actor/ actress
Films in a series ( x men movies, bond films, die hards, etc)
Biopics/historical
Computer Animation
Sci-Fi-Action
Slasher
Haunted House
Zombie

[DoubleDownAgain]

OFFICIAL & UNOFFICIAL ENTRIES
LIST - DoubleDownAgain
LIST - MrBlonde
LIST - Travis
LIST - Abdrewes
LIST - CoolRanch
LIST - Al_The_Strange
LIST - Jasonic
LIST - cinemaphile
LIST - unsung122212
LIST - chris_sc77
LIST - necorbin
LIST - Monarch_of_Media
LIST - ForEver Blu
LIST - a clockwork orange
LIST - Britbuffguy
LIST - starman15317
LIST - cpstevens
LIST - caode
LIST - Corey31
LIST - BreakfastClub211
LIST - RicketyCricket
LIST - csdot
LIST - terrycloth
LIST - figure it out

[DoubleDownAgain]

Action movies (The More Cheese the Better) 0/5

[Show spoiler] Commando (1985) - PLANNED
Hot Fuzz (2007) - PLANNED
Elysium (2013) - PLANNED
Killing Season (2013) - PLANNED
Olympus has Fallen (2013) - PLANNED

Comic Book/Superhero 1/5

[Show spoiler] Kick-Ass (2010) - PLANNED
Kick-Ass 2 (2013) - PLANNED
Road to Perdition (2002) - PLANNED
A History of Violence (2005) - PLANNED
The Wolverine (2013) - WATCHED - 08/03/13-

Coming of Age 1/5

[Show spoiler] Almost Famous (2000) - PLANNED
Dazed & Confused (1993) - PLANNED
Garden State (2004) - PLANNED
Stand By Me (1986) - PLANNED
Weird Science (1985) - WATCHED - 08/02/13-

Dark Humor 2/5

[Show spoiler] In Bruges (2008) - WATCHED - 08/04/13-
Between Us (2012) - PLANNED - 08/05/13
Pulp Fiction (1994) - PLANNED
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) - PLANNED

Film Noir 2/5

[Show spoiler] Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) - WATCHED - 08/04/13-

Dark Humor 2/5

[Show spoiler] Fargo (1996) - WATCHED - 08/01/13-

Film Noir 2/5

[Show spoiler] The Maltese Falcon (1941) - PLANNED
Blade Runner (1982) - PLANNED
Brick (2005) - PLANNED
Memento (2000) - WATCHED - 08/03/13- ½

Gangsters 1/5

[Show spoiler] Miller's Crossing (1990) - PLANNED - 08/05/13
Elite Squad (2007) - PLANNED - 08/14/13
Snatch. (2000) - PLANNED
State of Grace (1990) - PLANNED
Carlito's Way (1993) - WATCHED - 08/03/13- ½

Psychological Thriller 1/5

[Show spoiler] Hard Candy (2005) - PLANNED - 08/05/13
Primal Fear (1996) - PLANNED
Welcome to the Punch (2013) - PLANNED
Jacob's Ladder (1990) - PLANNED

Revenge 3/5

[Show spoiler] Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003) - WATCHED - 08/05/13-
Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004) - WATCHED - 08/05/13-

Psychological Thriller 1/5

[Show spoiler] The Prestige (2006) - WATCHED - 08/02/13- ½

Revenge 3/5

[Show spoiler] Old Boy (2003) - PLANNED
The Man from Nowhere (2010) - PLANNED
Dead Man Down (2013) - WATCHED - 08/01/13-

R-Rated Comedy 2/5

[Show spoiler] The World's End (2013) - PLANNED
We're the Millers (2013) - PLANNED
The Big Wedding (2013) - PLANNED
It's a Disaster (2012) - WATCHED - 08/03/13- ½
Bacheloerette (2012) - WATCHED - 08/02/13-

Sports Movies 2/5

[Show spoiler] Caddyshack (1980) - WATCHED - 08/04/13-
Hoosiers (1986) - PLANNED
Rudy (1993) - PLANNED
42 (2013) - PLANNED
Kingpin (1996) - WATCHED - 08/02/13-

[MrBlonde]

Out of four.

High School/College

1. Elephant
2.
3.
4.
5.

Non-fiction

6. Stories We Tell ½
7.
8.
9.
10.

Gangsters

11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

Revenge

16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

R-Rated Comedy

21. Hell Baby ½
22. The Lifeguard ½
23. Your Sister's Sister
24. Bad Milo!
25. The Dictator ½

Coming of Age

26. The 400 Blows
27.
28.
29.
30.

Movies Rated Below 10% on Rotten Tomatoes

31. Jawbreaker
32.
33.
34.
35.

Psychological Thrillers

36. Moon ½
37. Mulholland Dr.
38.
39.
40.

Film Noir

41.
42.
43.
44.
45.

Action

46. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
47. Elysium ½
48. The Wolverine
49. Kick-Ass 2
50.

[DoubleDownAgain]

Another thought, instead of making the 10 set, have a bunch, and let the participants choose which 10 they want to watch?

[Travis]

High School/College
1. 2.

Sports
1. 2. 3.
4. 5.

Gangsters
1. 2. 3.

Revenge
1.

R-Rated Comedy

Comic Book/Superhero

Non-Fiction
1. 2. 3.
4.

Dark Humor
1.

Film-Noir
1. 2. 3.

Action
1. 2. 3.
4. 5.

[Abdrewes]

Reserved.

[DoubleDownAgain]

Originally Posted by Travis

Should decide on 10 firm sets. Then participants have a choice 30 must have 3 in each; 40 - 4 each, etc.

I would like to see:
Gangsters
Computer Animation
Sports
Sci-Fi-Action, like Terminator and whatnot
History
Cheese Covered Action, like Cobra, Commando, Expendables...or just cheese fom actors that have appeared in The Expendables.

I kinda like having people have a choice... I would not participate if someone choose Anime because I have no desire to watch one Anime film, not to mention 4 or 5. So someone may really not like cheesey action pics.


Another thought I had was selecting 10 from the genres used here at blu-ray.com. If a film isn't listed there, it doesn't count....

[MrBlonde]

I think picking your own genres is pretty interesting, the way I would personally approach the challenge if it were pick your own, is I would pick around half or so of my genres be genres that I know I really need to explore deeper.

[DoubleDownAgain]

on the flipside, having set genres might make people explore stuff they normally wouldn't have...

[CoolRanch]

Action, avec Fromage
1. Lockout --- 7/10 --- [August 3rd]
2. Point Break --- 7/10 --- [August 6th]
3. Big Trouble in Little China --- 8/10 --- [August 10th]
4. Enter the Dragon --- 8/10 --- [August 14th]
5. Iron Man 2 --- 8/10 --- [August 24th]

Coming of Age
1. American Graffiti x 2 --- 8/10 --- [August 2nd] & [August 13th]
2. Good Will Hunting --- 8/10 --- [August 16th]
3. Slumdog Millionaire --- 10/10 --- [August 19th]
4. The Breakfast Club --- 7/10 --- [August 26th]

Sports
1.

Gangsters
1.

R-rated Comedy
1. A Haunted House --- 2/10 --- [August 19th]
2. The World's End --- 10/10 --- [August 30th]

Comic Book/Superhero
1. X-Men --- 7/10 --- [August 4th]
2. Dredd --- 8/10 --- [August 7th]
3. Captain America: The First Avenger --- 8/10 --- [August 9th]
4. X2: X-Men United --- 8/10 --- [August 11th]
5. X-Men: The Last Stand --- 5/10 --- [August 18th]

Computer Animation
1. Wall-E --- 10/10 --- [August 6th]
2. Planes --- 6/10 --- [August 21st]
3. ParaNorman (I think this counts) --- 8/10 --- [August 27th]

Psychological Thriller
1. The Wages of Fear --- 7/10 --- [August 2nd]

Dark Humor
1. Brazil --- 9/10 --- [August 1st]
2. A Serious Man --- 4/10 --- [August 14th]
3. Pulp Fiction --- 10/10 --- [August 23rd]
4. The Cabin in the Woods --- 9/10 --- [August 24th]

Film-Noir
1. Barton Fink --- 8/10 --- [August 7th]
2. Casablanca --- 10/10 --- [August 10th]

Others
1. Pan's Labyrinth --- 9/10 --- [August 2nd]
2. Babette's Feast --- 10/10 --- [August 12th]
3. Oblivion x 2 --- 9/10 --- [August 12th] & [August 15th]
4. The Great Gatsby --- 7/10 --- [August 21st]
5. Downfall --- 8/10 --- [August 26th]

[Al_The_Strange]

30 Films

See the list in Letterboxd!

MAIN SELECTIONS

Action Movies (Cheese Preferred)
Death Warrant (Aug 1st, BD, 3.5/5, Jean-Claude Van Damme Triple Feature)
Double Impact (Aug 2nd, BD, 3/5, Jean-Claude Van Damme Triple Feature)
Starship Troopers (Aug 15th, Cinema, 4.5/5, Rifftrax Live)
Star Trek: Generations (Aug 24th, BD, 4/5)
Star Trek: First Contact (Aug 24th, BD, 4.5/5)

Comedy (Dark)
Pulp Fiction (Aug 4th, BD, 4.5/5)
Fargo (Aug 14th, BD, 4/5)
A Boy and His Dog (Aug 16th, BD, 4/5)
The Big Lebowski (Aug 17th, BD, 3.5/5)
The World's End (Aug 30th, Cinema, 4.5/5)

Film Noir
Night of the Hunter (Aug 26th, DVD rental, 4.5/5)

Gangster Movies
White Heat (Aug 3rd, BD, 4/5, Ultimate Gangster Collection Classics)
The Petrified Forest (Aug 3rd, BD, 3.5/5, Ultimate Gangster Collection Classics)
The Public Enemy (Aug 3rd, BD, 3.5/5, Ultimate Gangster Collection Classics)
Little Caesar (Aug 4th, BD, 3.5/5, Ultimate Gangster Collection Classics)
New Jack City (Aug 4th, BD, 4.5/5)

High School/College
The Last Starfighter (Aug 25th, BD, 4/5)

Psychological Thriller

Revenge Themed Movies
Star Trek: Nemesis (Aug 24th, BD, 4/5)

Sci-Fi-Action
Tank Girl (Aug 8th, DVD rental, 3/5)
District 9 (Aug 9th, BD, 5/5, UK Steelbook)
Oblivion (Aug 9th, BD, 4.5/5)
Elysium (Aug 10th, Cinema, 5/5)
Lost in Space (Aug 11th, BD, 3.5/5)

Sports Movies
Moneyball (Aug 5th, DVD rental, 3.5/5)
The Trouble With the Curve (Aug 20th, DVD rental, 3.5/5)

Bad Movies (10% or Less on RT)
Wing Commander (Aug 6th, BD, 3/5)
Battlefield Earth (Aug 6th, DVD, 3/5)
10,000 BC (Aug 7th, BD, 3/5)
Catwoman (Aug 13th, DVD rental, 3/5)
Supergirl (Aug 29th, DVD rental, 2/5)

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THE LINE-UP

[Show spoiler]
The Last Stand (Action)
Stand By Me (Coming-of-Age)
Jackie Brown (Comedy, Dark)
The Big Lebowski (Comedy, Dark)
Body Heat (Film Noir)
Maltese Falcon (Film Noir)
The Third Man (Film Noir)
M (Film Noir)
Out of the Past (Film Noir)
Night of the Hunter (Film Noir)
American Pie (School)
American Pie 2 (School)
American Pie 3 (School)
Breakfast Club (School)
A Bittersweet Life (Revenge)
I Saw the Devil (Revenge)
Friday Night Lights (Sports)
Varsity Blues (Sports or School)
The Number 23 (Bad or Psychological Thriller)
White Noise (Bad)
Supergirl (Bad)

[Travis]

Originally Posted by DoubleDownAgain

on the flipside, having set genres might make people explore stuff they normally wouldn't have...

I hardly watch foreign films. Because of the challenge, I read 6 of the subtitled guys this month. Enjoyed them all!

I understand giving the choice, but this is really a game. Need to have some rules or limitations. I know some don't like Westerns, or Romance, and wont compete because of that. Oh wel. But this challenge is open, I think, to movie lovers who have broad tastes and willing to explore new films.

Just play fair, don't ask everyone to watch 5 that may be considered obscure. Keep them fairly broad, I guess. Animation is good because it could include many like Snow White, Toy Story, Watership Down, Akira, etc.

[Jasonic]

50 Movie Challenge August: 3/50

Coming of Age
1. The Way, Way Back [2013] * (August 1st) 4.5/5
2. The Breakfast Club [1985] * (August 4th) 4.5/5
3.
4.
5.

Revenge
1. Bedevilled [2010] * (August 1st) 4/5
2. I Saw the Devil [2011] (August 8th) 4.5/5
3.
4.
5.

Psychological Thriller
1. The Hunter [2011] * (Aug 5th) 4/5
2. Upstream Color [2013] * (Aug 7th) 4/5

Uncategorized:
Going By the Book [2007]
Fruitvale Station [2013]
Open City [2008]
The Thing [1982]
The Recipe [2010]
In Another Country [2012]
Failan [2001]
Elysium [2013]
Evil Dead [2013]

[cinemaphile]

Well, after much consideration, I guess I won't be officially taking part this month. I think there needs to be mostly more general categories, with only a few very specific ones like this, but that's just my opinion and shouldn't stop anyone else. Too many of the main selections just don't interest me enough. Instead, I guess I'll be doing my own unofficial challenge, made up mostly of the "optional" categories. I'll probably still track them here, but of course feel free to just ignore my posts if you wish

Here's my list, unofficial as it is:

[Show spoiler]Comedy
1. We're the Millers
2. Little Miss Sunshine ½
3. The To-Do List
4. Identity Thief
5. The Way, Way Back
6. Adventures in Babysitting
7. Ferris Beuller's Day Off
8. Easy A ½
9. Tin Cup ½
10. The Babymakers ½
11. (500) Days of Summer ½
12. Big Night

Action
1. GI Joe: Retaliation ½
2. Man of Tai Chi ½
3. Gangster Squad
4. Hot Fuzz ½

Comic book/superhero
1. Kick-Ass ½
2. 2 Guns ½
3. Red 2
4. Kick-Ass 2
5. Kick-Ass 2

Drama
1. I Declare War ½
2. Drinking Buddies
3. Son of Rambow
4. The Brothers Bloom
5. Lovelace
6. Mud
7. The Escapist ½
8. Empire State
9. A Single Shot ½
10. The American President

Horror
1. Fido ½
2. Hell Baby ½
3. The Gate
4. Bad Milo! ½
5. Vamps ½ (clearly it's not Horror, but it's got vampires and my Comedy is full )
6. Fallen
7. Shaun of the Dead ½
8. The Collection ½

Family
1. Prince of Egypt
2. Disney's Planes
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
4. TMNT ½
5. Tiny Toons: How I Spent My Vacation
6. The Pacifier
7. Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
8. Alvin and the Chipmunks Chipwrecked

Sci-Fi/Fantasy
1. Erik the Viking
2. Elysium
3. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
4. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
5. Upside Down
6. Oblivion ½

Newest Additions:


RT<10% candidates (for my own reference):

[Show spoiler]Under the Rainbow, The Colony, Skulls, Lost Souls, From Justin to Kelly, Big Green, Deep Star Six, Young Doctors In Love

[Travis]

Originally Posted by cinemaphile

I'm in!

Some genre suggestions:
Biopics/Historical
Sports movies
Comic Book/Superhero
Non-Fiction (can be documentaries, concert films, etc)
Teen (john hughes, etc)
Movies rated <10% on Rotten Tomatoes

and keep the general drama, action, comedy, family, musical, sci-fi...

Hell yes on the Hughes. Just watched Uncle Buck; got 16 Candles recently. I need to revisit Ferris Bueller and Risky Business!

[MrBlonde]

Originally Posted by cinemaphile

i'm in!

some genre suggestions:
biopics/historical
sports movies
comic book/superhero
non-fiction (can be documentaries, concert films, etc)
teen (john hughes, etc)
movies rated <10% on rotten tomatoes :d

and keep the general drama, action, comedy, family, musical, sci-fi...

+1

[unsung122212]

I'm in for this one. I like the choose your own genre, but I think that out of the ten genres chosen, the majority should be set for everyone to follow with like 1 or 2 genres to be decided by the individual to watch for the month. Or, we could have like more than 10-15 genres for people to choose which ten they want follow. These challenges are good for me since I can broaden my the types of movies I like to watch.

Edit: I also want to mention, while these are genres, we could have a category of certain director's film to watch. For example, like a category where one watches a film directed by Spielberg or Ron Howard or someone that has done more than 5 films.

[cinemaphile]

Originally Posted by unsung122212

I'm in for this one. I like the choose your own genre, but I think that out of the ten genres chosen, the majority should be set for everyone to follow with like 1 or 2 genres to be decided by the individual to watch for the month. Or, we could have like more than 10-15 genres for people to choose which ten they want follow. These challenges are good for me since I can broaden my the types of movies I like to watch.

I like that - set the main genres: Drama, Action, Comedy, Sci-fi, Family/Animated, etc... then have a list of a bunch people can choose from for the last few (or let them make some up themselves). That way people who like anime for example can do that, but those who have zero interest in it can substitute something else.
But I would suggest we all must choose our genres before August 1. That way if we see a great fun idea for one that someone else came up with, we can steal it!

If we do it this way, we can keep it consistent for every month, making exceptions to do special challenges for certain months (horror movies in October, Oscar Winners in February, etc)
I also like the idea of different levels - Bronze, etc... great way to include everyone even if they dont have the time to do as many as everyone else.

But DoubleDown... it's your challenge this time, so you get to make the decision. Let us know what you want to do.

[unsung122212]

The categories for the August I will be trying to complete

Movies Watched for the challenge: 40/50; total films: 44

Watched Movies Added: 42 & Animal House for August 30 and Pain & Gain for August 31.

[Show spoiler]
*I have already this movie before

High school/college

1. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (August 19)*
2. Animal House (August 30)
3.
4.
5.

Sports movies

1. My Way (2011) (August 18)
2. Miracle (2004) (August 19)
3. 42 (August 30)
4.
5.

Gangsters

1. The Man from Nowhere (August 5)
2. The Untouchables (August 10)
3. In the Electric Mist (August 14)
4. Layer Cake (August 15)
5. Lawless (August 16)

Revenge

1. Oldboy (2003) (August 4)
2. Léon: The Professional (August 10)
3. Bullet to the Head (August 15)
4.
5.

R-Rated Comedy

1. Safety Not Guranteed (August 1)
2. Month Python's The Meaning of Life (August 13)*
3. Silver Linings Playbook (August 20)
4. This is 40 (August 22)
5. Pain & Gain (August 31)

Coming of age

1. Let the Right One In (August 1)
2. MUD (August 7)
3. The Good Son (August 12)
4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (August 22)
5.

Psychological thriller

1. Meeting Evil (August 3)
2. Pi (August 5)
3. Primer (August 8)
4. Memento (August 29)
5.

Dark humor

1. Lost in Translation (August 13)
2. Hot Fuzz (August 24)*
3. Bernie(August 25)
4. Pulp Fiction (August 28)
5. A Clockwork Orange (August 29)

Movies rated <10% on rotten tomatoes*:d

1. The Devil Inside (6% RT, 80 reviews) (August 2)
2. The Fog Remake (4% RT, 67 reviews) (August 2)
3. Beowulf (1999) (August 6)
4. 1911 (Jackie Chan) (9% RT, 23 reviews) (August 25)
5.

Action movies (The more cheese the better)

1. The Glimmer Man (August 4)
2. Maximum Conviction (August 7)
3. Tai Chi Hero (August 8)
4. Erased (August 11)
5. Olympus Has Fallen (August 14)


Extras:

1. John Carpenter's The Fog (August 2)
2. Oblivion (August 6)
3. Emperor (August 14)
4. Elysium (August 21)