January – the mid-way point

It’s suddenly occurred to me I should do weekly wrap-ups, but since I missed doing it after the first week, let’s do the first two weeks at once and then do it weekly from now on.

Jan 1-7

In my first week I started out spinning the wheel and chose films from Movies From 2001, Disney Other, and Movies From 2000, but then rapidly fell down the rabbit hole of Its the Middle of the Night, What is Short? I discovered the joys of the TCM app, and finally watched something on Criterion after being a charter member.

Of the seven films I watched, only one was a rewatch, The Thin Man, the other six were new to me. Said Thin Man, The Secret of Kells, and Onward I gave four stars, the other four, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Fun and Fancy Free, Hollywood Party, and She Done Him Wrong were three stars.

Probably my favourite of the week was The Secret of Kells, but the other two four star films were right on its heels, and my least Favourite was She Done Him Wrong, though I liked it a lot! The most random one that I’m totally glad I watched was Hollywood Party, and there are none that I’m sorry I saw.

Jan 8-14

Week two was when I really leaned into short movies while I was sleepy, which hopefully will not continue to be a theme during the upcoming 50 weeks of the year. No wheel-spinning at all.

This was a much less all around good set of films. I saw one film from the Disney Animation category, Dumbo, which I managed to fall asleep during, and the other six were all Wildcards. Three were re-watches, The Maltese Falcon, Evil Under the Sun, and Dumbo, the other four were new.

The only four star film was The Maltese Falcon, with Evil Under the Sun right behind with three and a half stars. Then were The Tune and Dumbo at three stars, Echo in the Canyon had two and a half, and Pop Gear (aka Go Go Mania) and The Mystery of the 13th Guest bringing up the rear at two stars.

The film of the week was definitely The Maltese Falcon, a pretty much perfect film, and the worst was Pop Gear, not only for the Jimmy Saville situation.