#130. A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

Another flick that get lambasted by everyone I talk to for being an uninspired cash-in on the Dickens' classic. This was one of my favorite films of 2009, in my opinion completely surpassing Avatar in terms of pure entertainment value. Jim Carrey is having fun playing the greedy baddy Scrooge, and the film stays close to the source material, embracing the surreal and frightening situations first described in the book. I love this movie, let me know if you think I am way off base or not.

#129. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button This film takes a lot of heat from critics and arm-chair reviewers a lot, but I don't care. I really dig this flick.

#128. Buffalo Boy

Buffalo Boy posterIt's been almost a year since I watched Minh Nguyen-Vo's 2004 film Buffalo Boy, so my recolection is a little fuzzy. I remember being kind of bored by it, but the Vietnemese coming of age story stuck with me for weeks after my viewing. If you can find a copy somewhere check it out, I would watch it again. 

UPDATE

 

Ok, so my 2-week vacation quickly turned into a 3-month hiatus. To my three or four regular readers (hi dad) I apologize. While I have not kept up on my end of the bargain as far as writing goes, I have still been keeping track of all the films I have watched. In the next few days I am going to be updating my giant (150+) backlog, to see just how close to 500 I got before my 365-day deadline is up on August 31st. I will mostly just publish the name of the film, and perhaps a few thoughts, but will probably not write any reviews. On September 1st I will officially start back at 0 and once again attempt to hit the 500 film milestone. I will be attending the Big Bear Horror Film Festival later next month, so that should provide a healthy number of films to start the list off with! All right guys, like always keep reading and leaving comments, and if you have any ideas or film recommendations let me have them.

-Brandon