Movies

I want to keep a list of the movies I see in 2010. And I also want to keep a list of movies I want to see so that when I visit the movie rental store I don’t wander up and down the most recent movies and forget that there are older movies that I missed in the theater or when the were out the first time.

So here’s a beginning of a list that will no doubt get longer throughout the year.

I recently saw The Darjeeling Limited, and that made me want to see more of Wes Anderson’s films. I was happy to see our local movie rental store had the Royal Tenebaums and I’ll pick that up next time I go there.

• Rushmore
• Bottle Rocket
• The Royal Tenenbaums
• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

List of 2nd best movies of the year, as printed in the Telegraph Herald.

• Up in the Air – went to see it with Sue and Leslie. It was one of our two-fer movies. See my review.
  
• The Hurt Locker – might be too violent for my tastes
• Nine – The other half of our two-fer movie day. My review.
  
• District 9 – Sci-Fi violence – not sure I’ll see this one.
• Star Trek – generally not a Trekkie so I’ll have to see.
• Adventureland – this was a New Year’s Eve rental – at 15 degrees below forecast – I had the best seat in the house. Watched it with Leslie and Justin. A much better story and movie that I ever imagined it would be from the previews when it first came out. More info on the Internet Movie Database.
• Avatar – Saw this on Jan. 13th with Sue. It was very good. Probably too much fighting for me, but overall, a worthwhile messge.
  
• Zombieland – wouldn’t normally be on a list of movies that I would check out, but you never know.
• 500 Days of Summer – saw it, loved it.
• Sunshine Cleaning – also saw and loved it, may be worthy of a rental to see it again. Dysfunctional family stories generally make appealing movies (IMO).