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Movies in 2010, by the numbers

Monday, Jan 3, 2011 10:00PM / Standard Entry / movies / Members only
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It's January and this calls for:

Peachey's review of her 2010 movie list.

137 - The total number of feature-length movies viewed in 2010.

26 - The total number of 2010 movies I viewed in 2010.

23 - The number of 2010 US movies viewed.

2 - The number of made-for-TV series I viewed (Emma, True Blood Seasons 1 and 2) .

2- The number of films of the stand-up format I viewed (Aziz Ansari Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening, Jim Gaffigan: King Baby).

4 - The number of documentaries I viewed (Objectified, Earth, Babies, Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work).

20 - The number of films viewed in the months of July and December, the heaviest viewing months.

9 - The fewest number of movies viewed per month (February, March, April, June, August, November)

1 - The number of films from Slovenia viewed (A Call Girl, 2009).

3 - The number of Japanese films viewed (Hush!, Scrap Heaven, Air Doll).

4 - The number of Korean films viewed (Thirst, Mother, Desire, Daytime Drinking).

9 - The number of Hong Kong and/or China collaborations I viewed (Yip Man 2, Echoes of the Rainbow, The Drummer, Shinjuku Incident, Overheard, Written By, The Personals, The Message, Sophie's Revenge)

13 - The number of films from France viewed (Coco Before Chanel, The Piano Teacher, The Last Day, The Girl on the Bridge, A Prophet, Nathalie, My Mother's Castle, Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud, Swimming Pool, Water Lilies, Exterminating Angels, Paris, How Much Do You Love Me?).

15 - The number of countries of which movies I viewed (Argentina, Austria, Australia, Chile, Hong Kong/China, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Slovenia, Sweden, UK, USA).

4- The number of films using traditional animation viewed (How to Train a Dragon, Shrek Forever After, Toy Story 3, Despicable Me).

3 - The number of films using stop-motion animation viewed (Fantastic Mr. Fox (USA, 2010) , Mary and Max (Australia, 2008), $9.99 (Austria, 2008)).

1 - The number of black-and-white films viewed (The White Ribbon (Germany, 2009)).

82 - The number of US movies viewed.

9 - The number of films viewed on the big screen (How to Train a Dragon, Shrek Forever After, Toy Story 3, Up in the Air, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Twilight: Eclipse, Inception, Salt).

13 - The number of films viewed via streaming.

6 - The number of films with vampires viewed (Let the Right One In, Thirst, Twilight: New Moon, Twilight: Eclipse, Daybreakers, Vampires Suck)

5 - The number of films set in wartime viewed (Inglorious Basterds, Green Zone, The Hurt Locker, A Woman in Berlin, The Message).

6 - The number of movies originally released in the 1980s viewed (Empire Strikes Back (1980), Ghostbusters (1982), The ET: Extra Terrestrial (1982), The Return of the Jedi (1983), Back to the Future (1985), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1989)).

6 - The number of movies on VCD viewed (Shinjuku Incident, Overheard, Written By, Echoes of the Rainbow, Air Doll, The Message).

1977 - Oldest film viewed (Star Wars, aka Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope).

Interested in my previous years' movie-viewing recap? See 2009 and 2008.

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peachey
posted on Wednesday, Jan 5, 2011 11:54PM

Jurassic Pk is still great with the suspense. Kids couldn't take it (what's the fun of hiding during the good parts?) so I didn't seek out 2 and 3. Although from my faint recollection they weren't nearly as good. Moon, Inglorious Basterds, Timer, Paris (2009) and Inception were good. The Piano Teacher was definitely wtf.
Seeker-09
posted on Wednesday, Jan 5, 2011 10:32PM [Report]

interesting retrospective..amazing how helpful computers are in tracking things.
JoanneSanderson
posted on Wednesday, Jan 5, 2011 9:29PM [Report]

I have to start doing this, it's interesting to look back at things from previous years and compare. I'm still trying to shorten my film reviews into one book and starting to wish I hadn't begun reviewing every film I saw from the age of ten.

What did you think of the White Ribbon? I've been wanting to watch this for a while, someone told me that if I found Magdalene Sisters compelling to watch than I should give this a go.
Flagday
posted on Tuesday, Jan 4, 2011 4:55AM [Report]

You are a statistical maven!  I too find myself picking up the same movie and then discovering I'd seen it.  But sometimes a reviewing a few years later is an interesting experience too.

I'm still married to the library.  Cheaper (50 cents a movie for a week) and the selection is great).  Plus now I'm picking up CDs too.  Great selection and things I'd never buy myself.

My favorite movie from your list?  I loved Mother----got me in the gut. A Prophet was really good too.  Hated The Piano Teacher.  White Ribbon was good but reminded me of Bergman if he went the horror route.  Many good ones and ones I haven't seen.

Which would you recommend?

By the way, after your blog I went back and watched Jurassic Park 2 and 3 (couldn't find 1).
peachey
posted on Tuesday, Jan 4, 2011 3:08AM

Excel of course! I initially started tracking just my books bc I'd sometimes forget if I'd read a certain title or not. :-\ then I realized that reasoning also worked for the movies. And I am anal.

I'm gonna be streaming more too. If netflix hadn't increased their rate I wouldn't have reduced my plan with them. tsktsk. Plus, Redbox is everywhere.
Etchy
posted on Tuesday, Jan 4, 2011 12:43AM [Report]

i'm guessing you keep a spreadsheet or something????
Dreamy
posted on Tuesday, Jan 4, 2011 12:02AM [Report]

WOW how do you keep track??
peachey
posted on Monday, Jan 3, 2011 11:28PM

Significant drop-off of Japanese - 31 in '09 and 13 in '08 - and Korean - 14 in '09 and '08 - titles from previous years. I used to access those movies through VCD purchases but my usual outlet for VCDs has removed that option. Also no longer up to spending much on foreign movie discs.