2012 Movie Madness Challenge - November and December Report

Time for my combination eleventh and twelfth status report for the Movie Madness Challenge.

WOO HOO!

It took an entire year of concerted effort, but I did it. 100 films. Movie Master status.

That's the whole point of taking up a challenge. If it's easy, why bother? The point is to stretch outside of your comfort zone.

When I began this challenge, I knew I wasn't watching as many films as I once used to do. Films are the joy of my life aside from dance. If I wasn't making room in my life for joy, it was time to do something about that.

A brief shout-out to my late dog Xena:

Last January 1st, one of the things I was happiest about was the time I knew I would be spending snuggled up on the couch with my dog. She spent many an hour beneath my chair here at my desk waiting patiently until I switched over to the couch for some Pack time.

Only six days into 2012, my Xena passed away at age 11. I almost couldn't bear continuing on with the new Movie Madness Challenge, since a big part of it had been my intention to watch the movies with Xena cuddled up beside me.

Yet I persisted.

I dedicate this entire year's Movie Madness Challenge to my little furry chum. Thanks for making all the movies we did share together so comfy and blissful.

I'd also like to tip my hat to my co-movie-watcher: my husband Brad, who watched nearly every movie alongside me. He's a passionate movie watcher himself and far out-stripped me in movie totals. But he had my back for this challenge and helped me keep pace.

Here is my code for the films:

New to me - N
Repeat viewing - R

I'll also be including how I viewed the films:

DVD
VHS (yes, we have a lot of those, and a VCR)
Network TV
Pay TV
Internet
In theatre

Because I was deeply involved in writing my second Scorpius book in November for NaNoWriMo, I didn't post a separate challenge update and I'm including those films here. There were only three of them!

NOVEMBER 

War and Peace
Internet
N

Brave
DVD
N

Grease
VHS
R

DECEMBER

Tangled 
Pay TV
N

John Carter
Pay TV
N

Haywire
Pay TV
N

Super 8
DVD
N

The Polar Express
DVD
N

 

A Christmas Carol
DVD
R

Kick-Ass
DVD
R

Voyage of the Dawn Treader
DVD
R

The Amazing Spider-Man
DVD
N

Night Watch (Nochnoy Dozor) 
DVD
R

Day Watch (Dnevnoy Dozor)
DVD
R

Blackadder's Christmas Carol
DVD
R

Dr. Who - The Snowmen
Network TV
N

I combined these two 1-hour Christmas specials to count as one 2-hour film, since I couldn't live through Christmas Eve without watching Blackadder's Christmas Carol, and the Dr. Who special just couldn't be missed. Not with jagged-toothed snowmen.

Les Miserables
Theatre
N

Ironiya Sudby (The Irony of Fate)
DVD
R


 

Team America: World Police
DVD
R

Faraon (Pharaoh)
Internet
N

Stumbled upon this 1966 Polish film on You Tube. Watched it dubbed in Russian without subtitles - good practice for my Russian. Nothing like today's films-for-short-attention-spans. Loved it.

A Fish Called Wanda
DVD
R

This one is scheduled for tonight's New Year's Eve celebration. Can't wait to see it! Haven't seen it since it played first-run at the Runnymede Theatre where Brad and I used to work back in the day, in fact where we met.

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Total movies for November - 3

Total movies for December - 17

Total movies for 2012 - 100!

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25 Movies: Movie Newbie - reached this first milestone by April

50 Movies: Movie Fanatic - reached this one by July

75 Movies: Movie Critic - reached the third level by October

100+ Movies: Movie Master - it took the 365th day of 2012 to reach the final level. *happy sigh*

Thanks to everyone who checked in on my progress every month!