{"id":5620,"date":"2018-01-01T08:43:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T14:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/?p=5620"},"modified":"2019-04-01T07:28:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T12:28:40","slug":"my-2017-movie-watching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/2018\/01\/my-2017-movie-watching\/","title":{"rendered":"My 2017 Movie Watching"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, another year has wrapped up, and it’s time to take a look at my movie-viewing. In 2016, I made some goals regarding movie watching, and the results were largely underwhelming<\/a>. So, in 2017, I tried again.<\/p>\n

Here’s the complete list of every movie I saw for the first time in 2017.<\/a><\/p>\n

The first thing to notice is that there’s a grand total of 186 movies on the list. This is an average of more than one every other day. This is probably a record for me, even outdoing my teenage years, and is certainly better than 2016, when I saw merely 55. In fact, I am certain I watched over 200 films this year, but\u00a0the linked list does\u00a0not include movies that I had already seen. For one thing, Owen and I watched the first three Harry Potter <\/em>films together (but I’d seen them before). We also watched Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull <\/em>and E.T. <\/em>together, and my younger kids frequently rewatched movies at random times…so a lot of rewatches this year, too.<\/p>\n

Beside simply tracking the movies I saw, I also made a goal of seeing at least one film from each decade since the 1910s, and seeing at least one film with a title from each letter of the alphabet.<\/p>\n

In both cases, I succeed. I saw 2 movies from the 1910s, in fact, including L’Inferno,<\/a> <\/em>which now holds the record for the oldest full-length film I’ve seen (it’s from 1911). The year from which I saw the most movies was 2016, which makes sense since it is the most recent completed year. The youngest movie I’ve seen, incidentally, is Star Wars: The Last Jedi<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

I also saw at least one film beginning with each letter of the alphabet. I saw a single movie beginning with the letter X: X-Men Origins: Wolverine<\/a><\/em>. I saw at least two movies beginning with the other 25 letters. The most represented letter was, of course, S. I saw 22 movies with titles beginning with the letter S. The longest holdout was N. I didn’t see a movie starting with an N until October 1st, when I finished watching Night Train to Munich<\/a><\/em>. I also saw four movies with titles that begin with numbers.<\/p>\n

My pacing was pretty even, though I went\u00a0nine full days without watching a single movie from May 15th-May 23rd. But, come on, I had my youngest kid’s birthday, a final paper due in college, and my own college graduation to think about during that time. At the other extreme, from October 6th-12th, I saw one movie each day all seven days, which was the longest such streak. The months in which I saw the most movies were January and October\u00a0(20 each), both narrowly surpassing July’s total of 19. The month in which I saw the least number of movies was May, with only 8. Second lowest was September, with 10.<\/p>\n

I saw\u00a0six movies at the theater, watched one for school, and saw six while riding in an airplane. I also watched movies in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Georgia, Tennessee,\u00a0Mississippi, Massachusetts, and Florida.<\/p>\n

My least favorite movie I saw was Carnosaur<\/a><\/em>. The second-worst was Beetlejuice<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0Only slightly better than these two pieces of garbage was Ghost in the Shell<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here are the five best movies I saw this year:<\/p>\n

5. Blood Diamond<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

4. The Purple Rose of Cairo<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

3. Cinderella Man<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

2. The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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  1. The Prestige<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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