2011 Movie Round-Up

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1. Centurion (2010) — Yes, it's a 97-minute period chase scene. PICTS, you guys. PICTS. Also, Sassy Fassy.
   
2. Burke and Hare — It's kind of a hit-or-miss thing. Some parts fell flat, at least for me, but I loved the look and the cast, and there was one scene with Tom Wilkinson that had me in hysterics.
   
3. The Rite — Religio-existential horror, spooky diabolical shenans, AND Anthony Hopkins? Yes, plz.
   
4. Season of the Witch — Mleh. Once again, shoddy script and cheesy CGI detract from a neat concept.
   
5. Red Riding Hood — So bad. Why.
   
6. Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day (1999) — So awful. Screamingly awful. Turned it off after ten or twenty minutes.
   
7. The Call of Cthulhu (2005) — Slept on and off through it, because I was sleepy.
   
8. Jane Eyre — Sassy Fassy.
   
9. Sucker Punch — Someone had a drawerful of pretty ideas and wanted to share them all at once. (And they are pretty.)
   
10. Insidious — Such a creepy trailer. Such a crappy film.
    
11. A Clockwork Orange (1971) — Kindasorta. I fell asleep through the last half. :|
    
12. Sunshine (2007) — Preeetty. Don't know enough about astrophysics to know how much of the science was right, and there are a couple fistshakey-at-the-screen moments, but it was a fun ride.
    
13. The King's Speech — I will watch anything with Geoffrey Rush in it.
    
14. Dorm (Dek Hor) (2006) — It was less FECKING HORRIFYING as the trailer made it look, and as much of a Delightful Coming of Age tale as it was a Spooky Ghost Story. I enjoyed it thoroughly.
    
15. Thor — Fun film, though I had to forcibly shut off the part of my childhood that was raised with Norse myths and crying at what these people had done to them.
    
16. Priest — Nooooooo whyyyyy there is only so much my childhood can taaake
    
17. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides — Pirates pirates pirates that is all I cared about pirates
    
18. X-Men: First Class — A bit surface-y, but enjoyable. Sassy Fassy.
    
19. Green Lantern — Fun!
    
20. Burn After Reading (2008) — Meh.
    
21. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 — ;____; iluHP
    
22. Die Hard (1988) — Again, kindasorta, at Clarion West. Mark & Nick caught me while I was staggering downstairs to submit the hard copies of that week's story at 2 or 3 in the morning and convinced me that watching a movie at that hour was a grand idea. But I wound up going to bed after about 2/3 of it.
    
23. Captain America: The First Avenger — Funfunfun.
    
24. Cowboys & Aliens — No.
    
25. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark — Lots of excellent jump-scares, and quite spooky to watch in the dark, but ultimately predictable and somewhat disappointing.
    
26. Conan the Barbarian — It looked so PRETTY and starred Khal DROGO and I've never been so BORED watching a movie. :|
    
27. Fright Night — This is the kind of thing I grew up reading, so it was a weirdly but enjoyably nostalgic ride.
    
28. The City of Lost Children (1995) — A weird and nightmarish ride.
    
29. Brazil (1985) — What happened.
    
30. The Departed (2006) — Meh.
    
31. Persepolis (2007) — :<
    
32. The Three Musketeers — Nice choreography, but the writing made me ANGRY.
    
33. Primer (2004) — Wut.
    
34. Becoming Jane (2007) — Got bored, turned it off after an hour.
    
35. Hugo — Delightful.
    
36. District B13 (2004) — It's an action flick, and a hugely entertaining one.
    
37. Hogfather (2006) — Pratchett. v^___^v
    
38. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows — :D
    
39. Hanna — Nngh, why.
    

TV-wise:

Sherlock, season one — So good.

Game of Thrones, season one — So pretty.

True Blood, season four through episode 6 — I don't know why I do this to myself but I do.

Dexter, seasons 1-4 — Love love love.

Veronica Mars, season one — Actually quite fun!

American Horror Story, season one through episode 9 — Maybe we are just masochists.

Joe and I also made it partway through the first seasons of Mad Men and Camelot before giving them up for dead.