The problem with those novels for me is I would hit a chapter with a character I hated and wouldn't read for a while before I felt like it.
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50 Movies. 50 Books. 1 year. - 2013 Edition
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The problem with those novels for me is I would hit a chapter with a character I hated and wouldn't read for a while before I felt like it.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
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Bottle Rocket is Wes Anderson's first film, starring Luke and Owen Wilson, about a trio of friends who try to commit robberies. I'm a big fan of Wes Anderson's films and Bottle Rocket was no exception. I really enjoyed it, though it's probably my least favorite Wes Anderson film so far (I've yet to see Rushmore).
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation and Take Her, She's Mine are both comedies from the 1960s starring James Stewart. Both are pretty delightful, though the former is more so than the latter.
TV
- Coming Soon
Books
- Coming Soon
Movies
- How to Steal a Million
- Crash
- Terminator 2: Judgement Day
- Jiro Dreams of Sushi
- Shakespeare in Love
- Tiny Furniture
- Arabian Nights
- Bottle Rocket
- Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
- Take Her, She's Mine
Bottle Rocket is Wes Anderson's first film, starring Luke and Owen Wilson, about a trio of friends who try to commit robberies. I'm a big fan of Wes Anderson's films and Bottle Rocket was no exception. I really enjoyed it, though it's probably my least favorite Wes Anderson film so far (I've yet to see Rushmore).
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation and Take Her, She's Mine are both comedies from the 1960s starring James Stewart. Both are pretty delightful, though the former is more so than the latter.
Illithid Dude
Member
Illithid Dude -2/50 books | 11/50 movies
Movies:
Killer Joe
The Frighteners
Primer
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Extended Edition
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Django Unchained
Leon: The Professional
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Extended Edition
Dazed and Confused
Charade
Dark City
Books:
Catcher in the Rye
Hot Pink
School starts up again for me tomorrow, so my pace will be much slower. Being in first place was fun while it lasted.
Movies:
Killer Joe
The Frighteners
Primer
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Extended Edition
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Django Unchained
Leon: The Professional
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Extended Edition
Dazed and Confused
Charade
Dark City
Books:
Catcher in the Rye
Hot Pink
School starts up again for me tomorrow, so my pace will be much slower. Being in first place was fun while it lasted.
Tragicomedy
Member
Only new ones. It's an honor system. If you want to be cheesy and count the extended versions of the LOTR films so you can claim first place in an imaginary race, nobody will stop you.
Tragicomedy
Member
Very good choices in movies so far! I'm going to be watching all the big 2012 films this year. Wife and I are so far behind now that we have a son.
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Cartman86 - 0/50 Books | 9/50 Movies
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By the end, all that torture stuff was worth it (and I don't mean in real life).
Cartman86 - 0/50 Books | 9/50 Movies
Books
- Coming Soon
Movies
- Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (A-)
- Les Misérables (B)
- Bernie (B+)
- ParaNorman (B+)
- Rec (B+)
- Killer Joe (A)
- Magic Mike (B)
- The Sound of My Voice (B)
- Zero Dark Thirty (A)
By the end, all that torture stuff was worth it (and I don't mean in real life).
TriangleOfCorruption
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I have no excuse for not having finished Lolita.
Movies
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I have no excuse for not having finished Lolita.
Movies
- Magnolia - 4.5/5 What a way to start the year.
- The Darjeeling Limited - 2.5/5 I was a bit disappointed with this one, but it had some fun moments. The bit at the end with the camera panning through the train with each of the characters in the separate cabins was such a fantastic Wes Anderson scene. But overall my least favourite of his films I've seen by some margin.
- The King of Kong - 4/5 This was on tv, so I watched because video games, not expecting all that much. But what a documentary, some great little bits with Wiebe drawing on the screen while explaining Donkey Kong. Billy Mitchell is just so comically villainous it's hard to believe he really exists.
- There Will Be Blood - 3.5/5 It's a very, very good film. But something about it just didn't resonate with me. I guess I'm a plebe, because post Punch Drunk Love (which I adore) PTA's films feel like they're missing something. I'll probably watch both this and The Master again later this year, because I want to love them as much as I love how well acted they are. I liked the ending though.
stravinsky
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stravinsky - 1/50 Books | 1/50 Movies
Books
- Of Mice and Men
Movies
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
BrokenEchelon
Banned
BrokenEchelon - 2/50 Books | 13/50 Movies
Books
- Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- Dead Souls
Movies
- Ip Man
- Nosferatu
- Rosemary's Baby
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
- Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
- Mary and Max
- Trainspotting
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- V/H/S
- Chinatown
- The Grapes of Wrath
- Leviathan
- The Andromeda Strain
DieUnbekannte
Member
Last year I found the thread a little bit too late, but this year I'm absolutely going to participate. I'm not sure if I can read 50 books but I'm definitely going to try. The movie part shouldn't be too difficult - at least I hope so. Read two books so far but haven't seen a new movie - only watched some older ones for a second time.
DieUnbekannte - 2/50 books | 0/50 movies
50 books
01. Marion Isaac - Warm Bodies (2,5/5)
02. Meyer Kai - Dschinnland (Sturmkönige 1) (4/5)
50 movies
coming soon
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50 books
01. Marion Isaac - Warm Bodies (2,5/5)
02. Meyer Kai - Dschinnland (Sturmkönige 1) (4/5)
50 movies
coming soon
HamPster PamPster
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Movie 02 - All Star Superman
Movie 03 - Superman vs. The Elite
Both are short DC animated movies but I'll count them anyway. Superman vs. The Elite was the better of the two but only because All Star Superman tried to cram too much into it's short running time. The movie really should have cut the krypton space travelers and the time travelers and focused on Superman/Clark dealing with his condition. Superman vs. The Elite had a great, and cheesy, ending.
My next update should have me finishing my first book - The Summoner by Gail Martin
Movies:
Books:
Movie 02 - All Star Superman
Movie 03 - Superman vs. The Elite
Both are short DC animated movies but I'll count them anyway. Superman vs. The Elite was the better of the two but only because All Star Superman tried to cram too much into it's short running time. The movie really should have cut the krypton space travelers and the time travelers and focused on Superman/Clark dealing with his condition. Superman vs. The Elite had a great, and cheesy, ending.
My next update should have me finishing my first book - The Summoner by Gail Martin
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Books:
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Almost feel like I am cheating with the Wool books considering they are rather short but whatever. I really enjoyed the Tetris documentary. I heard them mention it on 8-4 and decided I wanted to check it out. With school starting today I imagine my reading and movie watching is going to decrease drastically.
Books
- Wool: Book 1 by Hugh Howey
- Wool: Book 2 by Hugh Howey
- Battle Royale
- Gasland
- Tetris: from Russia with Love
Almost feel like I am cheating with the Wool books considering they are rather short but whatever. I really enjoyed the Tetris documentary. I heard them mention it on 8-4 and decided I wanted to check it out. With school starting today I imagine my reading and movie watching is going to decrease drastically.
SO how is everyone going about choosing their books and movies?
I'm starting off by reading every book I skipped over in school. Gullivers travels and the Great Gatsby for instance. Also the diary of Anne Frank. For movies, I'm watching all those classic films I'm supposed to have seen but have ignored thus far. Like the Warriors... Platoon... Apocalypse now... Gone with the Wind... Princess Bride... this list is long as hell.
I'm starting off by reading every book I skipped over in school. Gullivers travels and the Great Gatsby for instance. Also the diary of Anne Frank. For movies, I'm watching all those classic films I'm supposed to have seen but have ignored thus far. Like the Warriors... Platoon... Apocalypse now... Gone with the Wind... Princess Bride... this list is long as hell.
foomfoom415
Member
I've always just picked whatever seems most interesting when it's time to read a new book/watch a new movie. If you create too rigid a plan and end up reading something you aren't %100 committed to at the moment, it will probably end up hurting your progress.
Illithid Dude
Member
Only new ones. It's an honor system. If you want to be cheesy and count the extended versions of the LOTR films so you can claim first place in an imaginary race, nobody will stop you.
Oh, that hurts.
Wok
Member
A nice movie.
What do you guys mean by "new ones"?Only new ones. It's an honor system. If you want to be cheesy and count the extended versions of the LOTR films so you can claim first place in an imaginary race, nobody will stop you.
And I planned on watching my Lotr blu ray box set later on this month, what's wrong with adding the movies to my movie list?
Tragicomedy
Member
Don't let it. I'm cheering for you.
Tragicomedy
Member
Yep, the spirit of the challenge is that you are broadening your horizons, so to speak. Read new books and watch new movies, expose yourself to new ideas and concepts. Re-watching a favorite film or reading your favorite book for the sixth time is certainly admirable and a good thing, but they shouldn't be counted towards the 50/50 challenge.
Empty - 1/50 books | 4/50 films
Books -
1. never let me go by kazuo ishiguro
Films -
1. the bicycle thief
2. brokeback mountain
3. the thin blue line
4. mission: impossible
i thought mission impossible 1 was quite good. the only other film in the series i've seen is ghost protocol which is a way more of a ridiculous over the top action film, so the more espionage and mole/double crossing etc orientated plot here was a surprise. though it's more like what i expected in the last ten minutes with a bombastic action scene, the other centerpieces of the film are an intricately planned operation slowly unraveling and a brilliantly tense heist scene done in silence (though the mood was slightly undermined by cutting to a guy throwing up), both of which i enjoyed very much. my main issue is that i don't really care for tom cruise's lead compared to a bond or bourne, he's really dull and i find both his snappy dialogue and his more emotional scenes kinda laughable. also i really enjoyed the 90s technology stuff like the usenet searching, old email ui's and the shitty mobile phones, it's almost an interesting period piece!
the next two are on netflix so i guess i'll give them a try soon to see what they're like. also since my last update i read about 150 pages of the left hand of darkness and hopefully i'll finish that in the next few days to keep up with the reading side.
Books -
1. never let me go by kazuo ishiguro
Films -
1. the bicycle thief
2. brokeback mountain
3. the thin blue line
4. mission: impossible
i thought mission impossible 1 was quite good. the only other film in the series i've seen is ghost protocol which is a way more of a ridiculous over the top action film, so the more espionage and mole/double crossing etc orientated plot here was a surprise. though it's more like what i expected in the last ten minutes with a bombastic action scene, the other centerpieces of the film are an intricately planned operation slowly unraveling and a brilliantly tense heist scene done in silence (though the mood was slightly undermined by cutting to a guy throwing up), both of which i enjoyed very much. my main issue is that i don't really care for tom cruise's lead compared to a bond or bourne, he's really dull and i find both his snappy dialogue and his more emotional scenes kinda laughable. also i really enjoyed the 90s technology stuff like the usenet searching, old email ui's and the shitty mobile phones, it's almost an interesting period piece!
the next two are on netflix so i guess i'll give them a try soon to see what they're like. also since my last update i read about 150 pages of the left hand of darkness and hopefully i'll finish that in the next few days to keep up with the reading side.
SaltyDoughnut
Member
SaltyDoughnut - 2/50 Books | 2/50 Movies | 0/24 TV Seasons | 0/24 Games
Books:
Now reading: Game of Thrones
-Crime and Punishment [551 pages] - Jan. 6
Movies:
-Shame - Jan. 7
-Les Misérables - Jan. 2
TV Seasons:
Now watching: Samurai Champloo, Girls season 1
Games:
Now playing: Hotline Miami, Sound Shapes, Forza Horizon
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Never read Superman before (saw the Donner and Singer films along with Smallville) and found this interesting at first and brilliant in issue 10, but if comic Superman is full of this many deus ex machinas I don't think I need to read any more. This was enough for a life time. I suppose that's the point since he is literally a god, but there was just so much bullshit techno babble that would toward the end explain away reasons for characters
that I lost sight of the reality. I did manage to read it all in one sitting so it was entertaining enough. I could see this story in film form being amazing though. Not have to bogged down in so much prior history and characters. I'm sure this is blasphemy.
Cartman86 - 1/50 Books | 9/50 Movies
Books
- All-Star Superman (B-)
Movies
- Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (A-)
- Les Misérables (B)
- Bernie (B+)
- ParaNorman (B+)
- Rec (B+)
- Killer Joe (A)
- Magic Mike (B)
- The Sound of My Voice (B)
- Zero Dark Thirty (A)
Never read Superman before (saw the Donner and Singer films along with Smallville) and found this interesting at first and brilliant in issue 10, but if comic Superman is full of this many deus ex machinas I don't think I need to read any more. This was enough for a life time. I suppose that's the point since he is literally a god, but there was just so much bullshit techno babble that would toward the end explain away reasons for characters
to come back to life or gain powers etc
-Stranger-
Junior Member
Update:
-Stranger- - 0/50 Books | 6/50 Movies
Movies:
Punch Drunk Love
The Bourne Legacy
Senna
The Expendables
Avatar
Skyfall
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Movies:
Punch Drunk Love
The Bourne Legacy
Senna
The Expendables
Avatar
Skyfall
TetraxShards
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There is a movie version of All-Star Superman. It's okay, not as good as the comic IMO.
TetraxShards - 1/50 Books | 0/50 Movies
Movies:
In Progress
Books:
Spider-Man: The Darkest Hours by Jim Butcher (B+) - Fun adventure romp. Peter Parker and Harry Dresden have a lot more in common than you'd think. Really enjoyed the use of first person narrative, I found it refreshing for a superhero story.
TetraxShards - 1/50 Books | 0/50 Movies
Movies:
In Progress
Books:
Spider-Man: The Darkest Hours by Jim Butcher (B+) - Fun adventure romp. Peter Parker and Harry Dresden have a lot more in common than you'd think. Really enjoyed the use of first person narrative, I found it refreshing for a superhero story.
Week 1 update!
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Movies
iirate - 1/50 Books | 1/50 Movies
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- The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - Simply wonderful. Some parts of this are incredibly tragic though - I found myself alternating between depression, awe, and *so many tears* mode throughout the second half.
Movies
- North by Northwest - This is only my second Hitchcock film(following Rear Window a couple of years ago). I didn't care for this one quite as much, but it carried an ultimately interesting plot and some incredibly iconic scenes/imagery.
BrokenEchelon
Banned
Watch the kid in this North by Northwest scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAhKLfzDHcI
Update:
BrokenEchelon - 2/50 Books | 14/50 Movies
Books
- Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- Dead Souls
Movies
- Ip Man
- Nosferatu
- Rosemary's Baby
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
- Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
- Mary and Max
- Trainspotting
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- V/H/S
- Chinatown
- The Grapes of Wrath
- Leviathan
- The Andromeda Strain
- Justice League: Doom
CronosBlade
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Cronosblade - 0/50 books | 2/50 movies
Movies:
Looper - 9/10. So good!
Drive - 8/10. Slow going, but I really enjoyed it.
Upcoming -
Kingkiller chronicles (books)
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter (movies)
Movies:
Looper - 9/10. So good!
Drive - 8/10. Slow going, but I really enjoyed it.
Upcoming -
Kingkiller chronicles (books)
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter (movies)
Frustrated_Grunt
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Books - Coming Soon
Movies -
The Pianist (9/10; January 2)
Django Unchained (10/10; January 5)
Looper (7/10; January 8)
Frustrated_Grunt - 0/50 books | 3/50 movies
Books - Coming Soon
Movies -
The Pianist (9/10; January 2)
Django Unchained (10/10; January 5)
Looper (7/10; January 8)
I'm kind of late to the party, and I doubt I'll actually make it through 50 books this year, but I'll give it a shot.
McCloud? - 2/50 Books | 1/50 Movies
Books
1. Magic Hours, Tom Bissell ★★★★☆
2. You're Not Doing It Right, Michael Ian Black ★★★★☆
Movies
1. Tiny Furniture ★★★☆☆
McCloud? - 2/50 Books | 1/50 Movies
Books
1. Magic Hours, Tom Bissell ★★★★☆
2. You're Not Doing It Right, Michael Ian Black ★★★★☆
Movies
1. Tiny Furniture ★★★☆☆
Week One
Books
Movies
VegaNine - 4/50 books | 11/50 Movies
Books
- A Moveable Feast - Ernest Hemingway
- The Shape of Content - Ben Shahn
- The ABC of Reading - Ezra Pound
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson
Movies
- And Then There Were None (1945)
- Black Sunday (1960)
- The Agony and the Ecstasy
- Black Sabbath
- School For Scoundrels (1960)
- The Southerner
- They All Laughed
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)