The majority of my spare / leisure time year has been taken up by watching films. The tally as of tonight stands at 306 for the year (223 feature and 83 shorts). Crazy, perhaps. Saviour – absolutely. Below are my high and low lights of the year for film, and a few other categories.
Favourite Films – Box Office Release (no particular order)
1. The Lives of Others
2. Le Couperet (The Ax)
3. Little Children
4. The Last King of Scotland
5. Casino Royale
6. Planet Terror
7. Paris J’Taime
8. Knocked Up
9. The Simpson’s Movie
10. Black Book
11. Control
12. After The Wedding
13. Forbidden Lies
14. Lucky Miles
Shittest Films – Box Office Release (no particular order)
1. Wild Hogs
2. Breaking and Entering
3. Spider-Man 3
4. Orchestra Seats
5. Blades of Glory
Film highlights
1. Alan Ruck Q&A session and introduction of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
2. Anton Corbijn Q&A session for his debut feature film, CONTROL
Favourite Sunday Double Features – Chauvel Cinema Matinees
1. A Clockwork Orange and Full Metal Jacket
2. Dirty Harry and Bullitt
3. Midnight Cowboy and Mean Streets
Shittest films I viewed – no particular order (and just downright insulting to intelligence and money)
1. Wimbledon
2. Transporter 2
3. Rest Stop
4. Saw II
5. The Benchwarmers
6. Hotel
7. Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
8. Vacancy
TV Shows Discovered
1. Entourage
2. The Soprano’s (yeah, I know, I know)
3. The Robinsons
4. Dexter
5. Summer Heights High
Music or Artists Discovered (* signifies album only)
1. Release The Stars – Rufus Wainwright*
2. What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have – Sarha Blasko*
3. The Moon Looked On – Clare Bowditch and The Feeding Set*
4. Last Ditch Brigade – Ben Birchall and The Corrections
5. Writer’s Block – Peter Bjorn and John
6. Life in Cartoon Motion – Mika
7. The Drop to the Top – Only Son* – he supported Regina Spektor during her 2007 tour
8. 9 – Damien Rice
9. Costello Music – The Fratellis
10. Hey Eugene – Pink Martini
11. Dido and Aeneas – Henry Purcell
12. Marry Me – St. Vincent
13. A Book Like This – Angus and Julia Stone
Favourite Concerts
1. Ben Kweller
2. Regina Spektor
3. James Morrison
4. Dido & Aeneas by the Sydney Philharmonic Orchestra
Highlight of the Year
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