Great video thx

been into film for around 6 years now but only in the past 3 months have i been absolutely grinding through my watchlist. this was the perfect video to keep me going!

no, i just say cinema and then go back to watching non gangster films

This wasn’t my first Bond but it was the first new Bond after becoming aware of the series. It’s a film that transcends its own franchise I think. Has a life of its own outside the other movies. The game helped of course, but what I believe makes it work so well is that it’s not slave to the Bond formula. Rather, it uses the Bond formula to tell a great spy action adventure with some great character stuff. To people my age, the rivalry between 007 and 006 is bordering on mythology. And another thing I love about it? It’s really gritty and somewhat . . . shoddy isn’t the right word but it’s rough around the edges. Almost hand made, if that makes sense. I may be done with Bond as a concept, but I’ll always make time for GoldenEye. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is best tho.

I actually just watched GoldenEye for the first time yesterday, so this is an odd coincidence. I didn't love the movie, but I'm looking forward to listening to this!

Hey everyone! I hope you enjoyed this little end of the year podcast! Feel free to drop your memories of GoldenEye in the comments if you have any that you'd like to share, and to check out my discord, INT. Film Discord: discord.gg/5jyNwc5EVS I'll be back sometime in January with an essay about Who Framed Roger Rabbit!
 Apologies for any mild desyncs in the episode. The service we used to record this spits out variable framerate MP4s that are not very friendly with Premiere Pro. I did the best I could to manually resink our lips but, without accurate audio on the raw video itself... well, yeah. Good thing this is a podcast.

I'm currently at 206, and it is very tempting to try to cram in a ton of short films between now and the new year to match this count. It doesn't feel like such a waste to me because for various reasons I really _don't_ have anything better to do, and I've put enough research into my watchlist to feel like I'm constantly working towards some kind of artistic literacy or erudition I've never had before-or at least have failed to live up to at other times in my life. It's not just about enjoyment and recreation, it's about trying to become a better, more intellectually and creatively engaged person by engaging with art where I'm at. If I don't like where it's led me in 5 years, I'll try doing something else. Furthermore, cinema is also a more manageable time sink for me than video games ever were. All things being equal, I mourn the cinephile I could've already become in my teens and twenties, had I not been so preoccupied by gaming. A film is usually over after 90-120 minutes. Even epic films are the same: your Seven Samurais, your Jeanne Dielmans, your Dekalogs, your Inland Empires, your LOTR trilogies; they all end eventually. But if you spend 500 hours on the same types of repetitive tasks in Runescape for 3-4+ hours at a time daily (this is a realistic example for the median gamer), what is the opportunity cost then? This is a very different, very new kind of profligacy in the history of human recreation that I don't think film or any other hobby can compare to at all. So, I'm not worried about film and cinema in that way.

I'm at 415 and the year isnt over

I cannot express to you just how much this video vindicates where I'm at currently! While I will say our tastes in genre diverge a bit, as I've always leaned more towards Horror, Action, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and anything surreal, that aside almost everything you've said here word for word verbatim reflects my experience of this year. Being autistic, I never really could relate to the drama aspects of a lot of film when it comes to romance, character driven stories, or modernist takes on relatable feel-good movies. People oriented stuff just never hit me all that much. That said though, while growing over the past two years a lot of newer ideas have been appealing within film. This year had me dealing with medical issues leaving me at times nearly immobile, and being medicated left me staring at my TV, for better or for worse. I unintentionally partook in this challenge, and I'm so glad that i did. A LOT of the movies i watched this year you have featured in this video, and so many titles I never would have debated watching for their dramatic narrative have become favorites. Movies like; Black Swan, Suburbia, Showgirls, Requiem For A Dream, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Millenium Actress, Death Becomes Her, Barry Lyndon, Eyes Wide Shut, Days of Thunder, etc, etc have all become stand out favorites for me. Whether It's binging Nicolas Cage movies, deep diving into the history of horror with Vincent Price's titles which led me to look further into Roger Corman and William Castle, growing a large fascination with David Lynch and watching Twin Peaks for the first time, deep diving into 70's exploitative schlock with the likes of Jack Hill and grindhouse movies, or diving all in into director's I've always loved like Scorsese, De Palma, or most recently Akira Kurasawa, I've found a rebirthing of my love for cinema at large and have never felt more inclined to seek out new and unfamiliar territory. So much so that these days I'd be more inclined to venture into something out of my wheel house before i go back into a lot my own favorites. Hell, even just going through Jean-Claude Van Dammes movies amidst all of the above gave me the perfect amount of familiar cheese to soften the mix. Even Westerns which I've never felt any inclination for have been creeping up more and more as go-tos for me. It feels like I'm unlocking parts of myself that i was never truly in touch with as i continue to venture more and more into uncharted territory. As was the case for you, this hasn't caused a negative effect, as I'm mixing up the variety so much that i never truly get bored. Going from Manchurian Candidate one night to rewatching Osmosis Jones or Attack of the Killer Tomatoes the next has a strange effect that forces you to admire each title independently rather than compare them at large. The artistry, craft, passion... and or lack there-of is felt as it's own thing and therefore leaves a greater lasting impact than just watching the same noted media over and over again.

That 70s Show was set in 1976 and first aired in 1998. If the same show aired in 2025 it would be set in 2003. What’s really changed since 2003? Wrap your head around that.

Speaking of nostalgia, I hear and read this most often when it comes to music. How great it must have been when x artist just came out with their new release of an album or song. And how great it must have been to see them live. While I do understand that seeing an artist perform live is a special thing that cannot be replicated EXACTLY like that ever again. I'll concede that point. But all the other things related to music appreciation that relate to nostalgia are stupid. What I mean by this, sure, seeing an artist in their prime perform live, yeah, I already conceded that point. That is special. But so many people long with nostalgic eyes to be alive at a time when a song or an album just came out and to me, the time itself is not important at all. Because today we have technology that allows me and everyone else to check out music from ANY TIME PERIOD. So when I look up music from the 80's, people in the comments be like "I wish I was living in the 80's right now" and when I look up music from the 60's or from the 70's, it's the same thing. Or heck, even music from the 2010's right now. I don't think it would be better if I lived in the 60's, 70's or 80's right now for myself to be able to listen to music from any of those eras. I can go on living in the present and check out music from any of those decades and from any other time period, too.

i detest the notion of most "movie-critics" these days, who only see movies as something to rant about. when a movie is clearly a stupid cash-cow best served with popcorn, grab some popcorn and enjoy it by putting away those high standards and watch it in the context of the flick. one might be surprised how much fun that can be :D

Typo - taxi drive should be Taxi Driver

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This video was so validating! I set myself on the same task this year and have watched 448 movies. I had a similar experience as you described.

I started my serious film journey at the start of last year and I’ve watched about 1 movie every other day on average and doing this has opened my eyes to so many stories. I love your point about not caring about the quality, because while it still matters to me, I appreciate “worse” or different movies because almost every movie has something I could take something from. And if I hadn’t started this journey, I never would have watched Tale of Princess Kaguya, Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Past Lives which are now 3 of my favorite movies ever.

I saw the TV Glow and A Real pain are two movies that really stuck with me this year. Also Wicked, I loved it so much and it made me remember why I love watching movies!

Labyrinth, actually. Not because it’s good, but because Bowie COMMITTED to being Jareth in a way that was both fascinating and slightly terrifying to me when I was little 😂

Spending 8-16 hours a day for the past 12 years on video games has felt so pointless. I am now a father with limited time where my interest in gaming has exponentially dwindled as I could not invest the time and saw it as a waste. I have always loved movies. A major contributor to that were my parents. Shaping my likes and dislikes for film. I have been in a crisis of my identity recently as my whole world has changed with the biggest responsibility an adult can partake in. Being a father has never been more frightening yet, fulfilling. But as an avid alcoholic for 6 years while wasting my time viewing a blue screen burning my retinas. I have never felt more blank. Leaving those behind me. Feelings that I can understand but can’t explain are incredibly frustrating. I’ve looked to buying physical media as I could afford a 4k player with my setup and to kickstart a small collection. I started thrilled and eventually just collected to collect. I have had the idea of watching more film so that I could understand that of different point of views and a possibility of looking into the human condition with what some of these minds write, direct, and set up a set/view for interpretation with many more examples thought out film. I have always believed to be an idiot in thinking this. But thank fully your video has brought me a great relief. I know now I’m not going mad and can make my own insights, observations, and conclusions. And that others such as yourself can have the same idea is serendipity. I want to jump into this challenge in the hope that I will feel better and being able to uphold conversation and understand the emotions of others and myself. Thank you very much for sharing your research, thoughts, and experiences while doing this challenge.

I love movies and I feel like it should be seen as a good hobby. I often notice I feel most comfortable crying when watching movies or reading books. I really want to watch at least 100 films next year as I’ve never quite gotten there. I always say I want to watch certain movies but then never do it, so I want to push myself to be more purposeful about watching movies, especially ones I haven’t seen before. I also want to reach that 100th movie milestone on my Letterboxd account lol, I also love looking at my stats.

Don’t bother with the remake. It’s boring as hell and ignores all the things that made the original charming in a campy way

Most John Waters cameos feel pretty random to me ngl

@8:39 point of order: the female T-Rex also saved the day. Just sayin 😂

Fascinating! I’ve always thought “less is more”, but you’ve given me a fresh perspective to consider here.

this year i started logging all the movies i watch in letterloxd also. not with any objective of watching a movie a day but to just see how many movies i watch in a year. i also started go back to the cinema this year after 5 years of not going, and started buying physicals movies again after 10 years. Turns out i have watched about 300 movies so far. opening my range of different styles was something i also experienced, i never watched moves made pre 1970s before but have checked out alot of them this year. Also went down a rabbit hole of tubi horror flicks. i have rewatched many films i love and grew up with and many films iv discovered for the first time.

Just found your channel and am going back through the back catalog. The “how have you not seen it?!” film for me is Saving Private Ryan. I wasn’t allowed to see it when it came out because my parents knew I’d internalize it too much and give myself nightmares over the opening sequence (which, you know. Fair. I was also pretty young, so I can’t fault that logic-it’s the only film I was ever explicitly NOT allowed to see that I expressed interest in). I still haven’t seen it. I intend to at some point, I just haven’t gotten there yet.

I remember watching this as a small child (*^^*) It still has a special place in my heart

I did something similar as a noob cinephile this year. I started back in June by challenging myself to 100 movies watched by the end of the year, I kinda used it as "film school" even though I technically had no interest in filmmaking as a profession but to build a better appreciation of film and the craft. The result? I am now at 102 movies with a Criterion Channel subscription, and still going strong and I am becoming more analytical and more aware of nuance. I also started a Letterboxd as well, you are gonna be my first follow in my solo 6-month journey 😄

This video allowed me to feel less alone regarding my passion and its therapeutic ability on me. You earned a follower on Letterboxd

Well damn. I surpassed the “Leap Year” I guess. After I see “Sonic 3”, that’ll be my 460th film. I can safely say watching ALL that in a year, DOES change how you think and shit. So much difference genre’s of media, so many messages. I love movies man.

i'm so happy you mentioned the library! it's always a place i turn to when looking into movies.

Eyes Wide Shut, and Belle du Jour, are a good combo. EWS is essentially BdJ from the husband's perspective (both husbands are doctors married to wives that have secret sexual personas).

I just don’t have time to watch the endless catalog of cinematic history. I love watching movies, but lately I’ve resorted to mainly focusing on new releases; it’s fun to find an older movie you love but the conversation is over by that point. This way, when I find a new movie I love, I can easily find others who are also experiencing it for the first time, which furthers my enjoyment. Because of this, four of my top five favorite movies were released in 2015 or later. I enjoy many other classics and I am undoubtedly missing a buffet of excellent movies… but I am satiated for now.

Holy shit I also had chronic mono 😅 I feel so much empathy for you

I want to watch this movie but then again I refuse to spend A penny, now I must return hunting for a free alternative to watch this movie.

Did the same, what I learned is I'm never doing it again. Motherfucker I need a break. Don't get me wrong, I still love movies, but I didn't like watching them as homework or a chore.

As someone who hasn't seen many movies in my life (and is just now starting to watch more films), I might give this challenge a try next year... Thanks!

I Saw the TV Glow and National Anthem are definitively the two movies I've seen this year that are going to stick with me the most (not counting rewatching Coraline). If you've seen both movies, you know why lol. That's out of 201 so far btw. I have another five I'm hoping to see before the end of the year, but we'll see if I end up succeeding in that

Stumbled on this video...some great stuff! This year I didn't watch as many movies as I would like to, so for next year my goal is 300 movies. My biggest problem is I just don't know what to watch and eventually I get tired of thinking about what to watch I just start to doomscroll through insta/tiktok. You gave some helpfull tips and got me inspired to watch more, starting from today.

I saw 156 movies this year. Here's to more next year

Seen about 80 new films this year (gotta get those numbers up!) But so far the best and most memorable first watches have been: The Wolf House I Saw the TV Glow Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters and Dog Day Afternoon Highly recommend any of those if you haven't seen them.

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Now try watching 501 movies in 501 days

I did something similar in 2018 My record was 299

I only Clicked on this Video to tell you... Nicole Kidman looks sooooo STRANGE! Once a truly Beautifull Woman... now she looks like an ALIEN!

This video is fantastic! What stood out to me was being "saturated" in film because when you watch enough movies, it's magic begins to wear off. Then one begins the search to find the one that blows your mind compared to the previous film! We're all attics in our own respects Always seeking that next dopamine hit, in hopes to feel that flux of emotions once again!

This video was fantastic man !!

I think Quaid got what he paid for, the fact we have this debate shows how good the ego trip implant was

I watch about 300 to 400 movies a year for the past 10 years. No problems here

You're right. It does sound pretentious.