July

July was a weird month for me. I really thought that I had been slacking in my movie watching and had been falling behind, but apparently I watched a lot of stuff! I’m definitely on track to reach my goal of watching 300 movies before January 1st but I’ve got to stay focused.

For August, I’ve really been thinking of digging into my personal backlog of purchases. My unwatched (sometimes unopened) Criterion blu-rays alone could keep me occupied for most of the month. We’ll see how that goes, it’s usually easier just to see what’s on Netflix Instant…

July movies watched:

1. Ted
2. Jeff, Who Lives At Home
3. Moonrise Kingdom
4. Pulp Fiction
5. Sword of the Stranger
6. White Wilderness
7. The Rum Diary
8. The Battle of Algiers
9. Cold Sweat
10. Being John Malkovich
11. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
12. A Clockwork Orange
13. Thief
14. 400 Blows
15. Goodfellas
16. High Fidelity
17. Batman Begins
18. North By Northwest
19. The Dark Knight
20. The Dark Knight Rises
21. The Grey
22. Bridge on the River Kwai
23. Bottle Rocket
24. The Only Son
25. Shadows and Fog
26. (500) Days of Summer
27. Jurassic Park III

July Statistics:

Movies watched / Days in the month = 27/31 = ~87.1%
My average movie rating = ~4.148
Average IMDB rating = ~7.7
Average Rotten Tomatoes rating = ~72%
First time viewings = 12

Method of watching:

• Blu-Ray = 8
• DVD = 7
• Netflix (DVD rental) = 2
• Netflix Instant = 4
• Theater = 5
• Hulu Plus = 1

Year to Date Statistics:

Movies watched / Days elapsed = 179/213 = ~84%
Percentage of my goal complete = 179/300 = ~59.7%
Percentage of year complete = 213/366 = ~58.2%
Percentage ahead = ~1.5%
Movies remaining vs. days remaining = 121 vs. 153
My average movie rating = ~3.961
Average IMDB rating = ~7.4
Average Rotten Tomatoes rating = ~76%
First time viewings = 111

Method of watching:

• Amazon Instant = 1
• Blu-Ray = 50
• DVD = 31
• Netflix (DVD rental) = 20
• Netflix Instant = 51
• Theater = 22
• TV / TiVo = 1
• Hulu = 3

And there you have it! Turns out I watch almost equal amounts Blu-Ray and Netflix Instant Watch, which isn’t that surprising, I guess. Thanks again for reading! As of today, less than 5 months after starting this site, I’ve hit 15,000 views which is just awesome. Here’s to the next 15k!