A Movie A Day

I was having a conversation with a friend once, and he said, "hey, since you've joined the Film Society, you much be watching a lot of movies all the time eh?" It sounds like a more than reasonable assumption, and really, it is. But sadly enough, at the time that I was posed with that question almost two months ago, I couldn't say yes.

I've been trying to keep a very detailed list of every movie title that I have ever seen in my life on my computer for a couple of years now (Fun Fact# 134), most of it is alphabetized, but the bottom portion of the list is entirely chronological. When I reviewed all of the accumulated movies since the end of the summer, the number is anything but pleasing. I really haven't watched many movies throughout the three months since becoming a club member at the dawn of the school year. This realization saddened me greatly, and I decided to take action. I needed to watch more movies, and I needed to set a plan. This couldn't be one of those vague and ambiguous goals that people often give themselves such as "be more organized", or "exercise more" only to forget about them once their passion and determination fizzles out, I had to give myself a measurable resolution.

So it was about the time of my previous post, the day before my exam, whilst in the midst of procrastination, I decided to watch a movie, Trainspotting it was. I enjoyed it quite a bit, and I thought gee, spending the time to watch a movie didn't take up as much of my study time as I thought it would, I wouldn't have to study anymore after this exam, I could easily watch a movie everyday if I wanted to, and what better time to give yourself a hefty, ambitious film related project than during the chilly and festive, and -most importantly- school-less month of December? So it was decided, an inverted New Year's Resolution. I was to watch a movie a day, until the start of the new semester (January 7th).

I'll have to admit, there were times when I feared that I would not be able to accomplish my twenty-two movies in twenty two days endeavor. But I was dilligent, and prevailed. If I had missed a movie somehow, I would make up for the deficit by viewing two movies the next day, and I kept it up for three full weeks. It was a very lifting experience for me, I was able to finally cross off some longtime tenants on my Wanted: movie list.

For those who are interested: (not many of you, I'd imagine)
As well as for personal accomplishment/boasting purposes, I have attached the list of the movies below:



If you're thinking the same thing that I am (man that was a shitty post, and Sandie is a terrible writer), I apologize in advance. Once my brain defrosts from the lull of the holidays I will post more silly anecdotes from Sandie's life.