2016 is 66.67% over — here’s how my film viewing went for the last 12.5% of that, i.e. the most recent 8.3% of the year.
#129 Batman: The Killing Joke (2016)
#130 The Good Dinosaur (2015)
#131 Pride (2014)
#132 Road Games (1981), aka Roadgames
#133 Armageddon (1998)
#134 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
#135 Charlie Wilson’s War (2007)
#136 Enemy (2013)
#137 Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
#138 Deep Blue Sea (1999)
#139 Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
#140 Duel (1971)
#141 The Salvation (2014)
#142 The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- With 15 new films watched, August is my best month since April. It’s also my 27th month in a row with 10+ films.
- With two-thirds of the year still to go, 2016 is already my second highest year ever, having sailed passed 2014’s final tally of 136 in the middle of the month.
- This month’s WDYMYHS viewing was the progenitor of much of what we know as film noir, the 1941 adaptation of The Maltese Falcon.
The 15th Monthly Arbitrary Awards
Favourite Film of the Month
There are a few quality films up there this month, in my opinion, both the expected (Duel, The Maltese Falcon) and the less-so (BvS Ultimate Edition, The Good Dinosaur), but probably my favourite of the lot was the Ozploitation flick you could call “Duel Down Under”, or “Rear Windscreen” — Road Games.
Least Favourite Film of the Month
For all the faults of Armageddon, the recently released Honest Trailer has just served to clarify/remind me of the disappointment of Batman: The Killing Joke.
Best Song I’d Never Heard Of Until I Saw It in a Trailer This Month
After I watched something or other on Amazon this month, one of the recommended films was Demolition starring Jake Gyllenhaal. (It wasn’t after Enemy, because I watched that on Now TV; it was probably Dallas Buyers Club. Anyway.) I knew nothing about the film but have seen it come up a few times, so I watched the trailer, and the best part of that was the music: Heart’s Crazy On You. This has been a real “how have I never heard this before?!” moment. It also made me really want to see the film, so, y’know, trailers work.
Best Bit of Audio Commentary Ever
I am going to review Armageddon eventually, but really, all you need to do is watch these 2 minutes of Ben Affleck’s commentary:
The Audience Award for Most-Viewed New Post of the Month
I tend to find reviews of alternate cuts do particularly well, hit-wise (I figure that’s why the first two Harry Potters are far and away my most-read posts ever, and still usually top the list for each day, while the other Harry Potters just see average-to-good figures). The post that topped this month’s tally doesn’t surprise me greatly, then. The winner, by a country mile (it’s already my second most-read new post of the entire year), is my review of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – Ultimate Edition.
It’s a heady genre cornucopia this month, with nine movies spanning Action, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance, Sci-fi, Thriller, and Western — usually more than one at once.
The 8.3% of the year known as September.
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I loved Dallas buyers club,keep on watching my friend!
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If you are right about 2016 being 66% over (and I bow to your math) then as I posted my 67th review of this year today I must be roughly on track for hitting 100 afterall. There’s maybe hope yet.
I havent seen Enemy yet, have been meaning to for a good while, was it any good?
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My “Chart to Reach 100 in an Evenly Paced Manner” puts #67 on 2nd September, so you are indeed bang on target. Hurrah!
Enemy was… interesting. It’s the kind of film I felt the need to read a few different theories about afterwards to try to unpack what was going on. Also, not a good film for arachnophobes.
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Oh, oh. My wife is terrified by spiders so maybe one to treat with caution. Thanks for the tip.
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Good to know about the killing joke, even if it’s not good news. I won’t bother now.
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It’s disappointing, but that’s probably the right decision.
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Yeah, although I can’t say I’m interested in the DC animated films, I did enjoy the animated Dark Knight Returns and as a fan of the graphic novel was interested in Killing Joke. Its disappointing but at least you’ve saved me a few quid.
It deserved better though, if only being absorbed into a live-action Batman in a few years, as the third part of a Batman trilogy maybe bringing an in-progress Joker/Batman storyline to a head. Bit like how BvS stole bits of DKR into a surrounding story. Well there’s still nothing stopping them I suppose.
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I think they could mix it into the live-action films, but it needs groundwork — you’d need to establish Batgirl as a character in her own right first, and also allow time to explore how it affects her afterwards. Like you say, at the end of a trilogy or something. I think that kind of expansion is what they were trying to do in the animation, but they bungled the “establish her” bit, and blind faithfulness to the original text didn’t allow them to add an aftermath.
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