Monday, November 22, 2004

120 movies, 330 days

That's about the long and the short of it looking at our Netflix list. One movie every three days (the list doesn't even include the last two we watched, So Close and Angels in America). So, if the average movie is two hours long (and some things like The Sopranos DVDs and Angels in America are much longer, although some things, like Ella Enchanted and Mean Girls we didn't watch at all - they were for our house sitter for the week), then Jen and I watch about 40 minutes of Netflix-purchased entertainment every night, or about 240 hours a year - 10 solid days - 3% of our year. I'm surprised I still find time to read.

If I had to recommend a few favorites out of the following list, they would be:
  • The Station Agent
  • The Bicycle Thief
  • The Fog of War
  • In America
  • The Cooler
  • Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed (really)
  • Dirty Pretty Things
  • Rabbit Proof Fence
  • The Gleaners and I (not for everyone, but a really interesting documentary)
  • Beijing Bicycle

The Antifavorites, the really stand out ones, there were a lot that were bad, just not horrendously bad:
  • The Human Stain (if boredom had a title, this would be it)
  • Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter (we took a chance it might make the best, and it failed fabulously)
  • S.W.A.T.
  • Teknolust
  • Pistol Opera
  • Swimming Pool
  • House of the Dead (wow, just so so so bad)
  • Something's Gotta Give (Jen rented it, but it was so bad I have to add it because it overshadowed much of what is on this list)

The Complete List:

Shipped Returned Title
11/11/04 11/16/04 Hidalgo (2004)
11/10/04 11/16/04 Returner (2002)
11/08/04 11/11/04 The Human Stain (2003)
11/05/04 11/10/04 Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004)
11/04/04 11/08/04 Timeline (2003)
10/26/04 11/05/04 The Sopranos: Season 4: Disc 1 (2002)
11/01/04 11/04/04 North by Northwest (1959)
10/18/04 11/01/04 Mean Girls (2004)
10/18/04 11/01/04 Ella Enchanted (2004)
10/19/04 10/25/04 Saved! (2004)
10/14/04 10/19/04 The Good Girl (2002)
10/13/04 10/18/04 The Gold Rush (1925)
10/13/04 10/18/04 Chopper (2000)
10/04/04 10/14/04 Super Size Me (2004)
10/05/04 10/13/04 The Hunting of the President (2004)
10/06/04 10/13/04 Dark Heaven (2002)
10/01/04 10/06/04 Night and Fog (1955)
09/28/04 10/05/04 The Lathe of Heaven (1980)
09/28/04 10/04/04 Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter (2001)
09/21/04 10/01/04 The Company (2003)
09/23/04 09/28/04 The Station Agent (2003)
09/21/04 09/27/04 Shaolin Soccer (2001)
09/20/04 09/23/04 Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004)
09/17/04 09/21/04 Roger & Me (1989)
09/02/04 09/21/04 Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War (2003)
09/15/04 09/20/04 Taking Lives (2004)
08/31/04 09/17/04 The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
08/31/04 09/15/04 The Bicycle Thief (1948)
08/30/04 09/02/04 Clerks: Uncensored: Disc 1 (2000)
08/16/04 08/31/04 Miracle (2004)
08/24/04 08/30/04 The Dreamers (2004)
08/16/04 08/30/04 Party Monster: The Shockumentary (1998)
08/17/04 08/24/04 Heaven (2002)
08/09/04 08/17/04 The Sopranos: Season 3: Disc 4 (2001)
08/09/04 08/16/04 Bully (2001)
08/11/04 08/16/04 Session 9 (2001)
08/05/04 08/11/04 Equilibrium (2002)
07/28/04 08/09/04 S.W.A.T. (2003)
08/04/04 08/09/04 A Boy and His Dog (1975)
07/30/04 08/05/04 Cold Mountain (2003)
07/26/04 08/04/04 Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human (1999)
07/26/04 07/30/04 Teknolust (2002)
07/20/04 07/28/04 Chicken Run (2000)
07/08/04 07/26/04 Bad Boys II (2003)
07/20/04 07/26/04 Gothika (2003)
07/13/04 07/20/04 The Butterfly Effect: Director's Cut (2004)
07/16/04 07/20/04 Dark Days (2000)
07/06/04 07/16/04 Masked & Anonymous (2003)
07/06/04 07/13/04 The Sopranos: Season 3: Disc 3 (2001)
06/29/04 07/08/04 Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)
06/30/04 07/06/04 Monster (2003)
06/30/04 07/06/04 Wonderland (2003)
06/23/04 06/30/04 The Sopranos: Season 3: Disc 2 (2001)
06/17/04 06/30/04 Bubba Ho-Tep (2003)
06/15/04 06/29/04 The Sopranos: Season 3: Disc 1 (2001)
06/15/04 06/23/04 Runaway Jury (2003)
06/14/04 06/17/04 Paycheck (2003)
06/02/04 06/15/04 Melvin Goes to Dinner (2003)
06/10/04 06/15/04 Big Fish (2003)
05/28/04 06/14/04 Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
05/18/04 06/10/04 The Fog of War (2003)
05/26/04 06/01/04 The Last Samurai (2003)
05/21/04 05/27/04 In America (2002)
05/19/04 05/26/04 Japanese Story (2003)
05/17/04 05/21/04 American Gun (2002)
05/11/04 05/19/04 Vampyr (1932)
05/11/04 05/18/04 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
05/11/04 05/17/04 The Cooler (2003)
05/05/04 05/11/04 21 Grams (2003)
05/05/04 05/11/04 The Rundown (2003)
04/26/04 05/10/04 The Sopranos: Season 2: Disc 4 (2001)
04/29/04 05/05/04 Matchstick Men (2003)
04/26/04 05/05/04 Wisconsin Death Trip (2001)
04/22/04 04/29/04 No Good Deed (2002)
04/16/04 04/26/04 The Sopranos: Season 2: Disc 3 (2001)
04/20/04 04/26/04 Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed (2004)
04/16/04 04/22/04 The Matrix: Revolutions (2003)
04/14/04 04/20/04 Brother Bear (Home Viewing Version) (2003)
04/12/04 04/16/04 Ginger Snaps (2000)
04/05/04 04/16/04 House of Sand and Fog (2003)
04/08/04 04/14/04 The School of Rock (2003)
04/05/04 04/12/04 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
03/29/04 04/08/04 The Missing (2003)
03/30/04 04/05/04 Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
03/23/04 04/05/04 The Sopranos: Season 2: Disc 2 (2001)
03/23/04 03/29/04 Stevie (2003)
03/24/04 03/29/04 Lost in Translation (2003)
03/18/04 03/24/04 Killing Zoe (1994)
03/16/04 03/22/04 The Sopranos: Season 2: Disc 1 (2000)
03/10/04 03/22/04 Pistol Opera (2001)
03/12/04 03/18/04 Swimming Pool (2003)
03/09/04 03/15/04 Thirteen (2003)
03/02/04 03/11/04 Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002)
03/01/04 03/10/04 Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
03/01/04 03/09/04 The Bone Snatcher (2003)
02/16/04 03/02/04 The Secret Lives of Dentists (2003)
02/02/04 03/01/04 Murder on a Sunday Morning (2001)
02/20/04 03/01/04 Spellbound (2002)
02/16/04 02/20/04 House of the Dead (2003)
02/04/04 02/16/04 Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
02/09/04 02/16/04 Bruce Almighty (2003)
01/30/04 02/09/04 Frida (2002)
01/28/04 02/04/04 The Deep End (2001)
01/26/04 02/02/04 Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
01/20/04 01/30/04 Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
01/21/04 01/28/04 Scarface: 20th Anniversary Edition (1983)
01/16/04 01/26/04 Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
01/14/04 01/21/04 Tart (2001)
01/12/04 01/20/04 The Gleaners and I (2000)
01/09/04 01/16/04 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
01/06/04 01/14/04 Underworld (2003)
01/05/04 01/12/04 Tadpole (2002)
01/02/04 01/09/04 Beijing Bicycle (2002)
12/31/03 01/06/04 Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)
12/19/03 01/05/04 Pulp Fiction (1994)
12/18/03 01/02/04 Love Liza (2002)
12/22/03 12/31/03 Happiness (1998)
12/09/03 12/22/03 Owning Mahowny (2003)
12/09/03 12/19/03 Max (2002)
12/09/03 12/18/03 About Schmidt (2002)

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