It's Boxing Day. So what better way to start this list than with a Christmas film. And as i've seen all the others, it had to be this one. Well, that and it may have been someone's present the day before. Although, i will admit, i only watched Elf for the first time two weeks before this which some people think is absolute sacrilege! Let's just move on from that and not worry about it.
Anyway, Emilia Clarke, First of Her Name, the Unburnt, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Chains, and Mother of Dragons plays an elf shop assistant with a bit of a bad heart. But turns out, it’s been mended from beyond the grave by do gooding luddite ghost, Henry Golding. Last Christmas is the sort of film that "purists" will hate but it includes the best moments of Christmas. Snow, the same Wham! song over and over again, realising that your dreams may never become reality and being angry at your family for 98% of the time. Merry Christmas!
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Done by mid-February. Not a problem at all. Sorted. On to the next 100........
I'm on 14. 14 films. That is as far as I've come. In a time when I could literally watch these films all day, every day. Also, yes, i haven't started writing about them yet but thats going to start shortly. Give me a break, i've spent about 7 weeks, watching 14 films. I've had shit on! Right. Let's chow down on a huge slice of humble pie and crack on. This is going to take longer than I thought. In these "unprecedented" times (god, i wish that the world still thought the word unprecedented, was still unprecedented), it hardly seems like a challenge. Watch 100 new films in a year. Erm, ok. And then what's next after that? Read a book? Actually add some feedback for recent purchases on eBay? Hey, maybe even do the ironing? Well, let's not run before we can walk.
Seriously though, watching a film, old or new, is absolutely not a challenge. 100 of them? Alright then, let's do it. It'll be like a constant rainy day bank holiday or that lost bit of time between Christmas and New Year. Please though, don't call it Twixmas. For the love of an actual God....NOT TWIXMAS!!! Then it dawned on me. When have i actually watched a film recently where i feel like i've fully paid attention? I'm not sure i can fully remember. There's a rule. No phones. Not even if i want to be pedantic and attempt to pick apart the historical accuracies. Or if i want to find out who that was playing the protagonists cousin because i swear they had a walk on part in an obscure nineties sitcom that i'm sure no-one else can remember (here's a clue.....they didn't!) The other rule i'm going to stick to is that the film has to be new to me. One i've literally never seen before. Always thought that people including films they had seen multiple times in these sorts of lists was a bit odd. Hardly breaking new ground. So, previously unseen films it is! The final rule is that this has to all be done in a year. One entire metric or imperial year. No more. No less. Although, to be different, i've started this on Boxing Day 2020. Why bother waiting till a new year to keep it all nice and neat when i've got all that Twixmas time to put towards watc.......ah for fucks sake. Time to cancel myself for using the T word. Ok. I think that's about it. There's only 100 of them so how hard can it be! Should be done by mid February! Let's go! |
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