Ok I'm a bit stumped for a topic today, so I am stealing from other bloggers for this one.
Many of my fellow bloggers have listed the top 100 movies from the IMDb top 250 movies chart and then highlighted the ones they have watched. So here goes:
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Schindler’s List (1993)
The Dark Knight (2008)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King(2003)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back(1980)
Fight Club (1999)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Inception (2010)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)
Goodfellas (1990)
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)
City of God (2002)
Casablanca (1942)
The Matrix (1999)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Rear Window (1954)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Forrest Gump (1994)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Se7en (1995)
Psycho (1960)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
Leon: The Professional (1994)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Memento (2000)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
American History X (1998)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
North by Northwest (1959)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Avengers (2012)
Alien (1979)
City Lights (1931)
Spirited Away (2001)
American Beauty (1999)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
Taxi Driver (1976)
The Shining (1980)
M (1931)
Vertigo (1958)
Paths of Glory (1957)
The Pianist (2002)
Modern Times (1936)
Amelie (2001)
The Departed (2006)
Double Indemnity (1944)
WALL·E (2008)
The Lives of Others (2006)
Aliens (1986)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Back to the Future (1985)
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Das Boot (1981)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
The Third Man (1949)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
The Prestige (2006)
The Green Mile (1999)
A Separation (2011)
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Gladiator (2000)
Chinatown (1974)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
The Intouchables (2011)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Rashômon (1950)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Amadeus (1984)
All About Eve (1950)
Metropolis (1927)
Raging Bull (1980)
Braveheart (1995)
Oldboy (2003)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Apartment (1960)
Unforgiven (1992)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
The Sting (1973)
So how did you go with the list?
When was the last time you went to the cinema to watch a movie? The last time I went was in November last year while I was in Sydney for the SWITCH conference. I went to see Breaking Dawn part 1 with the regional librarian.
I was overwhelmed with the amount of people there on a Tuesday night at 7.30pm. The movie had been out for over a week and it was still packing the cinema. And you had seats allocated!! Maybe I'm used to going to the movies in smaller towns.
We get a DVD a week from a guy who comes around in his own vehicle and lets you hire new releases and old DVD's for $7 a week. The only other alternative (other than the library which is slowly building it's collection), is the use the local video shop which is located within a bottle shop and have very limited tastes.
The last rental we saw that was a recent movie was The Lincoln Lawyer - which wasn't a bad movie. Last weekend we watched The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (not the Swedish version which I thought was much better).
So what stops me going to the cinema? Well other than the fact I would have to bring a small child along or get hubby to mind small child which means we can't go together, the other reason is the cost. While we don't pay a lot to go to a movie here - I still find it much more comfortable watching something in the comfort of my own home.
On a side note, yesterday was another challenging day. Centerlink has implemented a new form for senior card/concession card holders to get a rates discount and they have to get the new form in, with certified copies of their cards before the end of financial year. Urunga and Dorrigo libraries take these forms on behalf of council for those that can't physically visit the Council administration building. So needless to say my staff have been busy taking these forms and photocopying cards.
Then in the afternoon I had to load our Library Management System, connect to the internet, connect email and get the computer to talk to the slip printer (couldn't get the drivers for the printer/copier) on one of the fixed Urunga staff computers. I did it but I really wasn't in the best mood. I got to lunch late and then got back from my walk only to realise that I was supposed to be in a meeting and was 20 minutes late (I hate being late) so didn't get to eat much of my lunch. Sigh!! We all have one of those days every so often.
Oh and then to top it off my organised relief staff for the coming weeks (I have my Bellingen co worker on leave for two weeks and I want to take a week in the school holidays) contact me to say they are having some important surgery and are not available. I'm now waiting to see if my attempt at shuffling staff is going to work or else I may be working Saturday's and alone for the next two weeks and also missing out on my holidays!!! We need more casuals but are on hold till the organisational structure starts rolling out. Sigh!!
Now I have to go out in the cold morning - top of 5.2'C to hang the wash - sigh!!
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