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March 19th, 2008 | avoidance behaviour, daily drama, goalllllls!

Di, of Live and Let Die posted an awesome list of IMDb’s top movies – with special emphasis given to the movies she’s seen. I figured, hey, I watch a lot of movie, so WTF, why don’t I see how many more of Di’s 55 I’ve seen? I give you, Zoeyjane has no life (seen it equals bold, eh?):

  1. The Godfather (1972)
  2. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
  3. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
  4. Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966)
  5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
  6. Schindler’s List (1993)
  7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
  8. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  9. Casablanca (1942)
  10. Shichinin no samurai (1954)
  11. Star Wars (1977)
  12. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
  13. 12 Angry Men (1957)
  14. Rear Window (1954)
  15. Goodfellas (1990)
  16. Cidade de Deus (2002)
  17. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  18. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
  19. C’era una volta il West (1968)
  20. The Usual Suspects (1995)
  21. Psycho (1960)
  22. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
  23. Fight Club (1999)
  24. Citizen Kane (1941)
  25. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  26. North by Northwest (1959)
  27. Memento (2000)
  28. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
  29. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
  30. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
  31. The Matrix (1999)
  32. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
  33. There Will Be Blood (2007)
  34. Se7en (1995)
  35. Apocalypse Now (1979)
  36. Taxi Driver (1976)
  37. American Beauty (1999)
  38. Léon (1994)
  39. Vertigo (1958)
  40. Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain, Le (2001)
  41. American History X (1998)
  42. The Departed (2006)
  43. No Country for Old Men (2007)
  44. Paths of Glory (1957)
  45. M (1931)
  46. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
  47. Chinatown (1974)
  48. The Third Man (1949)
  49. Leben der Anderen, Das (2006)
  50. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
  51. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
  52. Alien (1979)
  53. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
  54. Laberinto del fauno, El (2006)
  55. The Shining (1980)
  56. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
  57. The Pianist (2002)
  58. Double Indemnity (1944)
  59. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
  60. Forrest Gump (1994)
  61. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
  62. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
  63. L.A. Confidential (1997)
  64. Das Boot (1981)
  65. Requiem for a Dream (2000) – my favourite movie of all time
  66. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
  67. Untergang, Der (2004)
  68. Aliens (1986)
  69. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
  70. Raging Bull (1980)
  71. Metropolis (1927)
  72. Rashômon (1950)
  73. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
  74. Modern Times (1936)
  75. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
  76. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
  77. Sin City (2005)
  78. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  79. Rebecca (1940)
  80. Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)
  81. All About Eve (1950)
  82. Some Like It Hot (1959)
  83. City Lights (1931)
  84. Amadeus (1984)
  85. On the Waterfront (1954)
  86. Vita è bella, La (1997)
  87. The Great Escape (1963)
  88. Touch of Evil (1958)
  89. The Prestige (2006)
  90. The Elephant Man (1980)
  91. Jaws (1975)
  92. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
  93. The Sting (1973)
  94. Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)
  95. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
  96. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
  97. The Apartment (1960)
  98. Braveheart (1995)
  99. The Great Dictator (1940)
  100. Blade Runner (1982)

Looks as though I’m behind Di, with 53. How many have you seen?

In other news…

I’ve decided that my solution for not getting crap done up in this hizzle is to cut back on my internet time. I know, it was a shock to me, too. So! Starting today, I’ll be blogging only every second day – but I’ll still be reading and commenting daily! The days off of blogging, I’ll be using to work and shower.

God, that sounded so sad.

In line with this is the thought to restrict myself to certain hours, so blogging and reading and commenting and buzzing will come after bedtime. During the day, it’s housework and cooking and work-work.

One day of the weekend will be romancing the canine day where I get to do WETFIFL. Do you want me to further spell that out?

Let’s see how long I stick to this plan. If I actually do, I might go back to actually having a clean house and dishes and laundry, less than 10 magazines and books waiting to be read, with a kid that lives on more than prepackaged food and produce and not be so damn stressed about work deadlines that I can’t motivate myself to do the actual work I’m stressing about.

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  • Kim
    44 movies.. I believe I need to get out more.. I love the idea of the blog diet..

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  • Can you just take like one day off, feed your kids a week's worth of food and then resume blogging for a few more days? I think snakes eat that way and they've been around since dinosaur times.

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  • I've seen 43 of those movies.

    And I so hear you about needing more irl time. That's why I don't blog as much anymore. It had to be done.

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  • Nice blogging theory. I think I might join you! :)

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  • Good for you. I think blogging every second day is great :) I may need to try skipping a day or two as well.

    You did great on the that list! I think I only had about 30 :( I live under a rock....

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  • blog diet. ha! i like the sounds of that.

    anyway, good luck with it and i'm positive you will have more time for other fun things. i will miss reading daily though. :)

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  • I do not think you are alone in the whole "cuttting back on blogging deal." Blogging was starting to be more work than fun, that's why I am not blogging every day. A few times a week. I figure it's like a tease. I need to keep my readers wanting more of my fine bloggy arse. No problem with you doing the same. We'll be here when you are.
    Oh, go see No Country For Old Men. You'll love it.

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  • I need to get out more... only 49 movies, and a lot of the same ones you've seen. Good luck with the blogging diet.

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  • I've seen the same number as you. I'm surprised at some of the ones you and Di haven't seen, according to the list...Amelie, Pan's Labyrinth, Lives of Others, Life is Beautiful. They're all foreign films, which some people aren't into, but they're all so good!

    I like when people do posts like these. I don't know why, but I do.
  • forty. good luck!
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