( 2011 LISTS )



KEY:
loved it
liked it
no strong opinion/can’t decide
disliked it
in the cinema* (movies only)
for work • (movies only)
→ ★ = objective review (as opposed to subjective formatting; out of five)


- MOVIES -
N.B. No rewatches, no TV edits or censors, no half-viewings, no shorts. DVD or cinema or otherwise, work or recreational. Documentaries and TV movies allowed; no mini-series. (If it has quotes around the title on IMDb, it doesn’t count.)
GOAL: 200
→ → TUMBLR TABLE

1. Margin Call [1/1] → ★★★★


2. Margaret* (2011) [1/2] → ★★½


3. Män som hatar kvinnor {The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo} [1/3] → ★★★★


4. The Iron Lady* [1/7] → ★★★


5. Tomboy (2011) [1/10] → ★★★½


6. Tyrannosaur [1/11] → ★★★★


7. Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same* [1/12] → ★★★½


8. Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills [1/13] → ★★★


9. Paradise Lost 2: Revelations [1/14] → ★★★½


10. Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory [1/16] → ★★★½


11. Red Tails • [1/17] → ★★½


12. Haywire* [1/17] → ★★★½


13. Albatross (2011) [1/18] → ★★★½


14. Miss Bala* [1/20] → ★★★


15. Anton Chekhov's The Duel [1/21] → ★★★ (maaaan not having a good year so far)


16. Senna [1/22] → ★★★★


17. Perfect Sense [1/23] → ★★★½ (whaaat omg)


18. The Grey* [1/27] → ★★★½


19. Pina* [1/28] → ★★★★


20. Hawking [1/29] → ★★★½ (oh BENNY ♥)


21. Arthur Christmas [1/30] → ★★★½ (oh JAMES ♥)


22. Wrecked [2/1] → ★★★ (strange, but I must say I respect it)


23. Carol Channing: Larger Than Life • [2/2] → ★★★★


24. The Woman in Black* (2012) [2/3] → ★★★½


25. The Deep Blue Sea (2011) [2/4] → ★★★½ (kfdgkddlfdjgoooddammit, I really wanted to adore it)


26. Fiddler on the Roof [2/4] → ★★★★


27. Wuthering Heights (2011) [2/5] → ★★★½ (very weird but I semi-loved it)


28. If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front • [2/9] → ★★★★


29. Chico & Rita* [2/10] → ★★★★ (I loved it until the last ten minutes, and then I was like "...por que, tho.")


30. Chronicle* [2/11] → ★★★★½ (FULLY. AWESOME. Best of the year so far...though that ain't saying much)


31. A Better Life [2/12] → ★★★½


32. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen* [2/14] → ★★


33. Rampart* [2/17] → ★★★½


34. Michael* (2011) [2/19] → ★★★★


35. Un vie de chat {A Cat in Paris} [2/19] → ★★★★½


36. Rundskop {Bullhead} [2/20] → ★★★½ (wow OK I am kind in love with that performance)


37. Hell and Back Again [2/23] → ★★★½ (ugh, god, my war feels. My endless war feels)


38. Undefeated (2011) [2/24] → ★★★


39. Puss in Boots [2/24] → ★★★½


40. Kung Fu Panda 2 [2/25] → ★★★★


41. Black Butterflies* [3/2] → ★★★


42. Strangers on a Train [3/3] → ★★★★


43. The Lady Vanishes (1938) [3/3] → ★★★★½


44. Zwartboek {Black Book} [3/4] → ★★★½


45. Hodejegerne {Headhunters} [3/7] → ★★★½ (hit my two biggest squicks in a five-minute period, but still, Jaimeeee ♥)


46. Dead Bodies [3/9] → ★★★


47. Friends With Kids* [3/10] → ★★★½


48. El niño pez {The Fish Child} [3/11] → ★★★


49. Third Star [3/12] → ★★★★ (ugh Benny why you do this to my feels)


50. The Whistleblower [3/13] → ★★★


51. Monsieur Lazhar* [3/14] → ★★★★


52. Le gamin au vélo* {The Kid with a Bike} [3/16] → ★★★


53. Game Change [3/17] → ★★★★


54. Café de Flore* [3/18] → ★★★½ (dang Vanessa, you's a boss)


55. 4:44 Last Day on Earth* [3/21] → ★★★


56. The Hunger Games* [3/23] → ★★★½


57. State of Grace (1990) [3/24] → ★★★★ (aahhhh Gaz dfkgjddlfgkdfjld)


58. Wrath of the Titans* [3/26] → ★★★


59. Dark Harbor [3/27] → ★★½


60. Death of a Salesman (1966) • [3/29] → ★★★½


61. Bully* [4/7] → ★★★½


62. Få meg på, for faen* {Turn Me On, Dammit!} [4/7] → ★★★★


63. Shrooms [4/8] → ★★ (oh, Jack, the things I do for you)


64. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax • [4/11] → ★★★★ (Angela Lansbury won't you please please be my grandma)


65. OSS 117: Le Caire, nid d'espions [4/11] → ★★★★ (Jean et Berenice, je vous invite à la fois à la fête dans mon lit)


66. Valley of the Dolls [4/13] → ★★½<


67. The Cabin in the Woods* [4/14] → ★★★★½


68. Damsels in Distress* [4/15] → ★★★


69. The Raven* (2012) [4/18] → ★★½


70. Hysteria [4/22] → ★★★★


71. The Paper Chase [4/23] → ★★★


72. 12 Angry Men (1997) • [4/25] → ★★★★½


73. The Dreamers [4/25] → ★★★★


74. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel* [4/26] → ★★★½


75. The Pirates! Band of Misfits* [4/27] → ★★★★


76. Harold and Maude [4/30] → ★★★★


77. Lonelyhearts [5/1] → ★★★


78. My Summer of Love [5/2] → ★★★½


79. The Avengers* (2012) [5/4] → ★★★★½ (♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥)


80. Choke (2008) [5/6] → ★★★½


81. Into the Abyss [5/7] → ★★★★


82. Les Amours imaginaires [5/8] → ★★★½


83. Red Road [5/9] → ★★★★


84. The Whales of August [5/12] → ★★½


85. Dark Shadows* [5/13] → ★★


86. You Can Count On Me [5/16] → ★★★★ (idk about Lonergan, man, but Mark & Laura ♥)


87. Jiro Dreams of Sushi* [5/18] → ★★★½


88. Whole (2003) [5/19] → ★★★½


89. Return (2011) [5/20] → ★★★★

- BOOKS -
N.B. No rereads, no half-readings/skimming, full books only; no short stories or poems. Poetry collections and plays allowed.
GOAL: 50

1. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle → ★★★½


2. A Feast For Crows by George R. R. Martin → ★★★½


3. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins → ★★★★


4. Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris by David King → ★★★½


5. The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall → ★★★½


6. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins → ★★★★


7. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins</b> → ★★★★


8. The Deep Blue Sea by Terence Rattigan → ★★★★ (better than the film tbqh)


9. There But For The by Ali Smith → ★★★½


10. The Secret History by Donna Tartt → ★★★★½ (klsdjfklsdjfkldjks)


11. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon → ★★★★


12. Swamplandia! by Karen Russell → ★★★


13. Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire → ★★★


14. The Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte → ★★★½


15. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card → ★★★


16. Choke by Chuck Palahniuk → ★★★★