Friday 30 August 2019

Kiki's Delivery Service














Jiji was hilarious!!
One thumbs up - I liked that it was more simple than other Studio Ghibli films, but it was still very sweet.

Wednesday 28 August 2019

700 POSTS ANNIVERSARY!

And with that, we reach 700 posts!!
Celebrating this milestone, because I mis-calculated and missed the blog's 5th year birthday some years ago.

Summary

The blog has been activate since 15th October 2011 with first movie "Billy Elliot" and Andrea's reaction, which prompted me to record that.
700 movies have been recorded. There are 509 unique movie titles, although I think the true number is actually 500ish because of accidental duplicates and some promos or advertisements sneaking their way in.
Out of the 700 posts, thumbs up has been rewarded 581 times (83%), zero thumbs awarded 34 times (4.86%), thumbs down awarded 75 times (10.71%) and no thumbs applied or miscellaneous ratings 10 times (1.43%).

Frequency

My most watched movie (to no surprise) is "You've Got Mail" with 11 viewings. It also miraculously received a perfect two thumbs up each of those 11 times. I think this really secures it as my favourite movie, and will now OFFICIAL, throwing the de facto "Moulin Rouge" off the list. Moulin Rouge does not appear on the blog at all since 2011, which is surprising because I swear I have watched it (but probably did not finish it; hence no record).
Next come "Bridesmaids" (10), "Love Actually" and "Midnight in Paris" (8) and rounding out fifth spot are "Mean Girls", "Superbad" and "The Devil Wears Prada" (7). All of these should come as no surprise to myself, or people who know me.
I was surprised that the following made it high up the list in terms of frequency: "A League of Their Own", "About A Boy", "The Inbetweeners Movie", "Chef", "The Blind Side", "The Help", "The Proposal". 
Also surprised I have only seen "Singin' In the Rain" and "Ratatouille" twice each in eight years. I love those movies, I would have thought I watched them much more. 

Two Thumbs Up

Two thumbs up has been rewarded 126 times, to 66 unique movie titles. First place goes to "You've Got Mail" again with 11 two thumbs up!
Next come "Love Actually" (7), "Superbad" (7), "Mean Girls" (6) and rounding out fifth spot are "Finding Nemo" and "Midnight in Paris" (5).
Some movies that I awarded two thumbs up at the time, but are shocking to me now include “Bad Grandpa”, “Chennai Express”, “Iron Sky”, “Les Miserables”, “Life of Pi”, “Police Academy”, “Ruby Sparks”, “Silver Linings Playbook”, “Skyfall”, “The Bank Job”, “The Descendants”, “This Is The End”. WHAT WAS I THINKING?! 
"Zoolander" (2013 viewing) received ten billion thumbs up...

Two Thumbs Down

The stinkers. 
Do NOT watch “Don’t Mess with the Zohan”, “Somewhere”, “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues”, “College”, “Empire Records” (controversial I know), “Bad Moms”, “Man on the Moon”, “Tiptoes”. Save yourself the time and do something better with your life. 
"Damsels in Distress" received minus ten thumbs down...
I have never repeated viewing of any of the thumbs down movie titles. I am not an idiot. 

Special Mentions

32 people were mentioned by name, in 122 reviews. 1 dog was mentioned, Snitzel! 
As expected, Josh leads the pack with 54 special mentions. 
Next come Dad (9), Daniel (8), Nicole (6) and Snitzel (6). Apologies to many people who got fewer shout-outs than Snitzel the dog. 

Other Random Stuff

In eight years, I have seen Toy Story 3 twice, but have not watched Toy Story or Toy Story 2 in its entirety. 
I am not consistent. See "Avengers Infinity War (25.01.2019) vs. Endgame (26.04.2019)" and "Deadpool (14.02.2016) vs. Deadpool 2 (18.05.2018)" for ratings that do not match the sentiment. 

Conclusion

So now you know a lot about me based purely on my movie viewing patterns. You will probably judge me for the quality and calibre of movies that I love. But whatever; I love what I love, and I will gobble up my comfort-movies like a fat kid eats cake.

Thank you to everyone for following this so far. By everyone, I mean like 3 - 4 people, you know who you are. 


Love, Katrina



Tuesday 27 August 2019

You've Got Mail

I am about to embark on my weekly Tom Hanks movie session for HonkForHanks, which means technically I can't watch You've Got Mail for another year because it is last on the list... I don't think I can last that long!
Two thumbs up - I love this so much, hopefully for forever and ever.

Saturday 24 August 2019

First Man

They referred to what I consider one of the most interesting facts about the moon landing, which was the speech prepared for President Nixon "In the Event of a Moon Disaster" if they could not get Armstrong and Aldrin back from the moon. Luckily it never had to be read. 
Three quarters thumbs up - it really demonstrated all the difficulties and tragedies associated with it, but it was very slow for most of it. 

Tuesday 20 August 2019

My Cousin Vinny

I was just saying Marisa Tomei is good but I don't think she is in this enough to win an Oscar, and then she gets her time on the stand. Cute.
One and a quarter thumbs up - and now Josh can't complain that I didn't watch it anymore.

Friday 16 August 2019

Once Upon A Time in Hollywood

No, it was not close to overtaking my favourites "Kill Bill" or "Inglorious Basterds"
One and a quarter thumbs up - the first half was full of waffle and way too long. I reckon I could have cut 45 mins and it wouldn't change the story or essence at all.

Monday 12 August 2019

The Terminal

Roughly based on this Iranian man who was in Charles De Gaulle for 18 years... although part of it seemed unnecessarily protracted by his demands. 
One thumbs up - but I couldn't say I feel good after this - there is something about people asking/pleading for help but not being understood because of language barrier that really upsets me. 

Friday 9 August 2019

Inglorious Basterds

After the movie, the Asian guys next to us were cacking themselves over the Italian hand gesture... it was funny!
Two thumbs up! It was really cool seeing it on the big screen again

Sunday 4 August 2019

Jackie Brown

It didn't feel like a Tarantino - bit grainy, too many excessive face close-ups, and it felt like it was missing a soundtrack or score for most of it.
Slow burn three quarters thumbs up - it was a good story, but I feel he needs to go back and remake it with more Tarantino gloss. I see why it is "nobody's favourite"

Friday 2 August 2019

The Devil Wears Prada

I asked Josh if he would be mad if I had to miss his birthday for a last-minute work event. He said that would be fine. What was not fine was the year I took the day off to watch the Superbowl, but not for his birthday. Well that back-fired.
Two thumbs up - it was great background TV during an improptu 7 Wonders session.