I love movies. I love movies a lot. My problem, though, is that I tend to watch my favorites over and over again. I never get tired of watching my favorite characters Learn Important Lessons, watching my favorite storylines unfold, revisiting my favorite places and people and things. There is nothing wrong with that in and of itself, but the problem is that even though I watch a lot of movies, I haven't seen that many. That means there are so many potential new favorites out there that I never see.
Inspired by a blog friend, I decided to try to watch 100 New Movies in 2009. Unfortunately, I started around July, so I did not make it to 100 (because, as you know, I have this whole "rewatching habit"). Oh well. I think that whole failed venture really highlighted for me the extent of my habit.
A week into 2010 (January 9th, to be exact), after watching Rock 'n Roll High School for the first time* and reflecting on how much I enjoyed it and how I couldn't believe I hadn't seen it before, I decided that I needed to restart the 100 New Movies Project -- this time, for real.
Now, it is January 31st** and I have only watched 4 movies so far (eep!), but I really think that with a whole year, I can make it. My progress thus far might suggest otherwise (I need to watch about twice as many to stay on track), but I've got a week off about 2 weeks from now -- and I anticipate that that will be just glorious.
At any rate, I need to get off this screen and onto my rather large to-do list for today. One task is to add another movie to January's tally. If I'm good, maybe even two!
*See next entry.
**This entry was actually written 1/31/10 -- but was postdated for continuity.
My entries might always be postdated to reflect the date I watch the movie -- I think. I don't know. I haven't decided yet. Hee!
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