// goals for 2006.watch_movies

	o	I have a long list of movies I want to watch. Every time someone recommends a picture or I see a decent-looking preview on another movie, I write it down and it gets added to the following list. The problem is I really only rent movies when I’m depressed and need to watch chick-flick type things.
	o	So, this year, I intend to make a dent in this list. Right now most of them are Katharine Hepburn and/or Spencer Tracy flicks as I completely adore the two of them. I finally copied both of their lists of work from IMDB and added them in their entirety. The rest of them are absolutely random inclinations as far as I remember—friend and coworker recommendations and the like.
	o	To accomplish this goal I will watch any thirty of the following (the list is clumped--I don't feel like formatting right now) by December 31, 2006, and hopefully be the better for most of them.

04.10.06 Update: Five movies. I should have watched eight by now. Yet another goal I'm failing. I really would like to have some precedent so I could tell whether I'm failing because I'm lazy or because the goals are to much to expect from myself in one year. 04.03.06 Real Women Have Curves: This was my chick flick for one of Brian's gaming nights. I pretty much say 'meh.' Either the actors themselves were bad, or the direction was bad, because the end result was the complete discomfort of the actors with their characters. I was severely aware the entire movie that they were, in fact, acting, which is just not good. The message was nice for me in my current state, though; the whole 'love yourself for who you are' is always a good thing to hear, especially as a girl in a failing relationship. Worth watching [for me] but definitely not even close to a favorite and I have no intention of ever seeing it again. 03.25.06 Attack The Gas Station: Another impromptu viewing, another weekend in Edwardsville. This movie is absolutely ridiculous but entirely entertaining. It's another Korean movie, this time about four randomly bored guys who rob gas stations for the hell of it. One of the stations, though, has no money, so they just end up taking it over and pumping gas for the money. Much fighting and slapstick and heartbreak ensue. I would heartily recommend it for a drunken night with easily amused friends. 03.07.06 Update: This one has moved entirely into the category of failing. I have only watched three legitimate movies this year (movies that I haven't already seen before) while I should have seen six at this point. I would promise to do better in the future, but in light of my tastes at this point, I doubt this goal ranks high on the priority list--given the choice, I tend to spend time focusing on the reading and other such goals. Meh. Can't say I'll be too sad about failing to force myself to watch movies. 02.11.06 Old Boy: This was a totally impromptu viewing. I jumped to Hillsboro to get away for a bit, and Saturday night Matt, Sarah, Noe and I got together for movie and lots of drinking (well, at least for me and Matt). We were going to watch random, brainless movies (like Zoolander), but Noe and Sarah both decided that Matt and I had to see this one instead. It was well worth the extra brain power. It's a Korean suspense/action film with an amazingly cool storyline; I would heartily recommend it to anyone who doesn't mind subtitle-reading. 02.07.06 Update: By today I should have watched three of the movies on my list. I have only watched two, so I'm a bit behind, but one isn't really bothering me all that much, considering I've had the most busy set of weekends the past couple. 01.31.06 The Motorcycle Diaries: Awesome movie. This has been on my list since someone at the Daily Illini recommended it to me, but the weekend before watching it, Brian bought a biography on Che Guevara. So, I figured this would be a good chance to conquer one of my resolution movies and give him an in to his next read. It was well worth it, an amazing movie and I heartily recommend it to anyone who isn't above watching subtitled flicks to get their entertainment (I know there's often a prejudice against reading while watching a movie). 01.30.06 Igby Goes Down: Eh. It was okay. I watched this because (a) I had rented it once before based on the cover and never did have time to watch it and (b) it came on recommendation from a former coworker (it was on his Facebook site), so I nabbed it again. It was amusing enough, but I was only half watching it while I cleaned the kitchen. I have the feeling that if I had paid full attention, it would have been infuriatingly annoying as far as movies go.

	A
		The Actress | The African Queen | Alice Adams | All About My Mother | American Creed | American History X | Animal House | Attack The Gas Station
	B
		Bad Day At Black Rock | Big City | A Bill of Divorcement | Boom Town | Bottoms Up | Boys Town | Break of Hearts | Bringing Up Baby | Broken Lance | The Brotherhood Of The Wolf
	C
		Captains Courageous | Cass Timberlane | Christopher Strong | The Corn Is Green | Crash
	D
		Dante’s Inferno | A Delicate Balance | The Devil At 4 O’Clock | Disorderly Conduct | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dragon Seed
	E
		Edison, The Man | Edward My Son | Edward Scissorhands
	F
		The Face In The Sky | Fahrenheit 9/11 | Father’s Little Dividend | Father Of The Bride (Not the Steve Martin one) | Fury
	G
		The Glass Menagerie | Go Fish | Godfather Trilogy | Goldie | Goodfellas | Grace Quigley A Guy Named Joe
	H
		The Hard Guy | Holiday
	I
		I Take This Woman | An Ideal Husband | Igby Goes Down | The Independent | Inherit The Wind | The Iron Petticoat | It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World | It’s A Small World
	J
		Jude | Judgment at Nuremberg
	K
		Keeper Of The Flame
	L
		The Last Hurrah | Laura Lansing Slept Here | Lawrence of Arabia | Libeled Lady | The Linguini Incident | The Little Minister | Little Women | Long Day’s Journey Into Night | Looking for Trouble | Love Affair | Love Among The Ruins
	M
		The Madwoman of Chaillot | Malaya | The Mad Game | The Man Upstairs | Man’s Castle | Mannequin | Marie Galante | Mary of Scotland | Me And My Gal | Men of Boys Town | Mirror Mask | Morning Glory | The Motorcycle Diaries | The Mountain | Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry | The Murder Man
	N
		North By Northwest | Northwest Passage | Now I’ll Tell
	O
		Old Boy | The Old Man And The Sea | Olly Olly Oxen Free | On Golden Pond | Once Upon A Time In Mexico | One Christmas | One Hour Photo
	P
		The Painted Woman | Pat And Mike | The People Against O’Hara | Permanent Midnight | The Philadelphia Story | Playing By Heart | Plymouth Adventure | The Power And The Glory | Primal Fear | The Prime Gig
	Q
		Quality Street | Quick Millions
	R
		The Rainmaker | Real Women Have Curves | Return to Paradise | Riffraff | Rooster Cogburn
	S
		San Francisco | Schindler’s List | The Schumann Story | The Sea Of Grass | The Seventh Cross | Shanghai Madness | She Wanted A Millionaire | The Show Off | Sideways | Six Cylinder Love | Sky Devils | Sleepless In Seattle | Society Girl | Song Of Love | Spitfire | Stage Door | Stanley and Livingstone | State of the Union | The Strong Arm | Suddenly Last Summer | Summertime | Sylvia Scarlett
	T
		Talk To Her | Taxi Talks | Test Pilot | They Gave Him A Gun | Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo | This Can’t Be Love | Topsy Turvey | Tortilla Flat | The Trojan Women | 12 Monkeys | 20,000 Years In Sing Sing | Twin Town
	U
		Under The Sea | Undercurrent | The Untouchables | Up The River
	V
		Varsity Blues | The Very Thought Of You
	W
		When Harry Met Sally | Whipsaw | Wilde | Without Love | A Woman Rebels
	Y
		Young America | Young Tom Edison | Your Friends and Neighbors

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