June

June was a slow month for my movie watching, unfortunately. The nice weather we had in Chicago caused me to put off watching movies and pursue other things. There are, of course, two huge milestones to talk about, however.

First, and most important being that I made it halfway through my goal of watching 300 movies this year. Movie number 150 belongs to the illustrious Big Lebowski. Not only is it one of my favorite movies, our dog was named Lebowski in honor of the film.

The second milestone is related; we are more than halfway through the year as well. Since I made it through 151 movies, I’m squarely on track for hitting my goal of 300. I imagine the summer will be slightly off pace and once the cold weather turns around again my watching habits will pick back up.

The movies I watched in June are:

1. Goin’ South
2. Until the Light Takes Us
3. The Emperor’s New Groove
4. Take Shelter
5. The Invention of Dr. Nakamats
6. Brief Encounter
7. The Blob [1958]
8. Yellow Submarine
9. Prometheus
10. The Descendants
11. Drive
12. The Naked City
13. Blade Runner
14. The Muppets
15. Ultimate Avengers: The Movie
16. You Don’t Know Jack
17. The Big Lebowski
18. Stagecoach
19. When Harry Met Sally

June Statistics:

Movies watched / Days in the month = 19/30 = ~63.3%
My average movie rating = 3.947 out of 5 (7.894/10)
Average IMDB rating = ~7.4
Average Rotten Tomatoes rating = ~71%
First time viewings = 12

Method of watching:

• Blu-Ray = 8
• DVD = 3
• Netflix (DVD rental) = 2
• Netflix Instant = 4
• Theater = 1
• Hulu Plus = 1

Year to Date Statistics:

Movies watched / Days elapsed = 152/182 = ~83.5%
Percentage of my goal complete = 152/300 = ~50.7%
Percentage of year complete = 182/366 = ~49.7%
Percentage ahead = ~1%
Movies remaining vs. days remaining = 148 vs. 184
My average movie rating = ~3.928 out of 5 (7.856/10)
Average IMDB rating = ~7.3
Average Rotten Tomatoes rating = ~76%
First time viewings = 99

Method of watching:

• Amazon Instant = 1
• Blu-Ray = 42
• DVD = 24
• Netflix (DVD rental) = 18
• Netflix Instant = 47
• Theater = 17
• TV/TiVo = 1
• Hulu Plus = 2

So that’s that! Six more months to go for the year and I never thought I would have the successes with this site that I have already had. A very sincere thank you to everyone that is reading, has read, or will read something on here.

*Update (7/1/12)*
I had forgotten about Stagecoach somehow when I was tallying and writing reviews, so I have added that and adjusted things accordingly.