To Heck With New Years' Resolutions!

I'm doing mine now! Ha! Try and stop me- you!

Anyway, last year a bunch of people did the whole "read 52 books in a year" resolution, and I didn't for reasons unknown. I guess I figured I'd do it anyway? Anyway, I'm going to try to do it and count from now on, starting Monday! Which means, I probably should try to finish Water for Elephants by then, and my cultural studies book. Might be impossible? Psh-ah! Am capable of many things ^___^

So, I'll try to add a counter to my main blog page, and do one entry a week regarding the book/s I read. Also, will attempt to write reviews for Amazon.com on each book, to practice college-esque writing in a non-graded atmo. like atmosphere, but without the sphere because I'm cool like that ^^*

Will also attempt to watch Time's 100 Best Movies, though I suspect some of them may be hard to find at the library. Hrm... here is the list, copied from Wikipedia, because Time's version was hard to copy and paste (!= I've seen it- huzzah!):

2000s

* Finding Nemo directed by Andrew Stanton (Disney, 2004)!
* City of God directed by Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund (Independent, 2001)
* Talk to Her directed by Pedro Almodóvar (Sony Pictures Classics, 2002)(EDIT!)
* The Lord of the Rings film trilogy directed by Peter Jackson (New Line Cinema, 2001-2003)!
* Kandahar directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Independent, 2001)

1990s

* Ulysses' Gaze directed by Theo Angelopoulos (Roissy Films, 1995)
* Chungking Express directed by Wong Kar Wai (Miramax Films, 1994)
* Drunken Master II directed by Lau Kar-Leung (Miramax Films, 1994)
* Pulp Fiction directed by Quentin Tarantino (Miramax Films, 1994)!
* Farewell My Concubine directed by Chen Kaige (Miramax Films, 1993)!
* Schindler's List directed by Steven Spielberg (Universal Pictures, 1993)!
* Léolo directed by Jean-Claude Lauzon (Independent, 1992)
* Unforgiven directed by Clint Eastwood (Warner Bros., 1992)!
* Goodfellas directed by Martin Scorsese (Warner Bros., 1990)
* Miller's Crossing directed by Joel Coen (20th Century Fox, 1990)

1980s

* The Decalogue directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski (Independent, 1989)
* Nayagan directed by Mani Ratnam (Sujatha Films, 1987)
* Wings of Desire directed by Wim Wenders (MGM, 1987)
* The Fly directed by David Cronenberg (20th Century Fox, 1986)
* The Singing Detective directed by Jon Amiel (BBC TV, 1986)
* Brazil directed by Terry Gilliam (Universal Pictures, 1985)
* The Purple Rose of Cairo directed by Woody Allen (Orion Pictures, 1985)
* Blade Runner directed by Ridley Scott (Warner Bros., 1982)!
* E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial directed by Steven Spielberg (Universal Studios, 1982)!
* Berlin Alexanderplatz directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (TeleCulture, 1980)
* Mon oncle d'Amérique directed by Alain Resnais (New World Pictures, 1980)
* Raging Bull directed by Martin Scorsese (United Artists, 1980)

1970s

* Star Wars directed by George Lucas (20th Century Fox, 1977)!
* Taxi Driver directed by Martin Scorsese (Columbia Pictures, 1976)
* Barry Lyndon directed by Stanley Kubrick (Warner Bros., 1975)
* Chinatown directed by Roman Polanski (Paramount Pictures, 1974)
* Day for Night directed by François Truffaut (Independent, 1973)
* The Godfather and The Godfather Part II directed by Francis Ford Coppola (Paramount Pictures, 1972, 1974)!
* Aguirre, the Wrath of God directed by Werner Herzog (Independent, 1972)
* The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie directed by Luis Buñuel (Independent, 1972)
* A Touch of Zen directed by King Hu (Independent, 1971)

1960s

* Once Upon a Time in the West directed by Sergio Leone (Paramount, 1968)
* Bonnie and Clyde directed by Arthur Penn (Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, 1967)
* Mouchette directed by Robert Bresson (UGC, 1967)
* Closely Watched Trains directed by Jiří Menzel (Ústřední půjčovna filmů, 1966)
* The Good, the Bad and the Ugly directed by Sergio Leone (United Artists, 1966)
* Persona directed by Ingmar Bergman (United Artists, 1966)
* Bande à part directed by Jean-Luc Godard (Independent, 1964)
* Dr. Strangelove directed by Stanley Kubrick (Columbia Pictures, 1964)
* A Hard Day's Night directed by Richard Lester (United Artists, 1964)
* Charade directed by Stanley Donen (Universal Pictures, 1963)
* 8½ directed by Federico Fellini (Independent, 1963)
* Lawrence of Arabia directed by David Lean (Columbia Pictures, 1962)
* The Manchurian Candidate directed by John Frankenheimer (United Artists, 1962)!
* Yojimbo directed by Akira Kurosawa (Toho Company Ltd., 1961)
* Psycho directed by Alfred Hitchcock (Paramount Pictures, 1960)!

1950s

* The 400 Blows directed by François Truffaut (Cocinor, 1959)
* Some Like It Hot directed by Billy Wilder (United Artists, 1959)!
* Pyaasa directed by Guru Dutt (Independent, 1957)
* Sweet Smell of Success directed by Alexander Mackendrick (United Artists, 1957)
* Invasion of the Body Snatchers directed by Don Siegel (Allied Artists Pictures Corporation, 1956)
* The Searchers directed by John Ford (Warner Bros., 1956)
* The Apu Trilogy directed by Satyajit Ray (Edward Harrison, 1955, 1956, 1959)
* Smiles of a Summer Night directed by Ingmar Bergman (Independent, 1955)
* On the Waterfront directed by Elia Kazan (Columbia Pictures, 1954)
* Tokyo Story directed by Yasujiro Ozu (Shochiku, 1953)
* Ugetsu directed by Kenji Mizoguchi (Daiei, 1953)
* Ikiru directed by Akira Kurosawa (Toho, 1952)
* Singin' in the Rain directed by Stanley Donen (MGM, 1952)!
* Umberto D. directed by Vittorio De Sica (Dear Film, 1952)
* A Streetcar Named Desire directed by Elia Kazan (Warner Bros., 1951)
* In a Lonely Place directed by Nicholas Ray (Columbia Pictures, 1950)

1940s

* Kind Hearts and Coronets directed by Robert Hamer (General Film Distributors, 1949)
* White Heat directed by Raoul Walsh (Warner Bros., 1949)
* Out of the Past directed by Jacques Tourneur (RKO Radio Pictures, 1947)
* It's a Wonderful Life directed by Frank Capra (RKO Radio Pictures, 1946)
* Notorious directed by Alfred Hitchcock (RKO Radio Pictures, 1946)
* Children of Paradise directed by Marcel Carné (Independent, 1945)
* Detour directed by Edgar G. Ulmer (Producers Releasing Corporation, 1945)
* Double Indemnity directed by Billy Wilder (Paramount Pictures, 1944)
* Meet Me in St. Louis directed by Vincente Minnelli (MGM, 1944)
* Casablanca directed by Michael Curtiz (Warner Brothers, 1942)!
* Citizen Kane directed by Orson Welles (RKO Radio Pictures, 1941)
* The Lady Eve directed by Preston Sturges (Independent, 1941)
* His Girl Friday directed by Howard Hawks (Columbia Pictures, 1940)
* Pinocchio directed by Bill Roberts (Walt Disney, 1940)!
* The Shop Around the Corner directed by Ernst Lubitsch (MGM, 1940)

1930s

* Ninotchka directed by Ernst Lubitsch (MGM, 1939)!
* Olympia, Parts 1 and 2 directed by Leni Riefenstahl (Independent, 1938)
* The Awful Truth directed by Leo McCarey (Columbia, 1937)
* Camille directed by George Cukor (MGM, 1936)
* The Crime of Monsieur Lange directed by Jean Renoir (Independent, 1936)
* Dodsworth directed by William Wyler (United Artists, 1936)
* Swing Time directed by George Stevens (RKO, 1936)
* Bride of Frankenstein directed by James Whale (Universal Pictures, 1935)
* It's a Gift directed by Norman Z. McLeod (Independent, 1934)
* Baby Face directed by Alfred E. Green (Warner Bros., 1933)
* King Kong directed by Merian C. Cooper (RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., 1933)
* City Lights directed by Charlie Chaplin (United Artists, 1931)

1920s

* Man with a Movie Camera directed by Dziga Vertov (VUFKU, 1929)
* The Crowd directed by King Vidor (MGM, 1928)
* The Last Command directed by Josef von Sternberg (Paramount Pictures, 1928)
* Metropolis directed by Fritz Lang (Universum Film A.G., 1927)
* Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans directed by F. W. Murnau (Fox Film Corporation, 1927)
* Sherlock, Jr. directed by Buster Keaton (Metro Pictures Corporation, 1924)!

So... 18? Let me recount... 19 listings watched- huzzah, what a great start- and what enthusiasm for a lame start! Am 19% done! Will try to put a counter for this too. If only Seven Samurai had made the list- I'm watching that tomorrow....

<3

EDIT: It's actually TWENTY, because I forgot I'd seen Talk to Her. But really, one of the film's is TEN films, another is THREE, and so on. The secretly take up more spaces on the list- gr!