Movie-Related Resolutions

It appears Piper at the fine film blog Lazy Eye Theatre tagged me in this New Year's resolution meme doohickey! I must list 9 movie-related resolutions for 2009. Normally I am not a resolution person because I don't believe a change of number on a date constitutes a holiday, but since only movies are involved I'm ok with this. Most of them will probably deal with seeing certain things I should have already seen. In no particular order, check it out:

See The Departed. I've been putting it off for 2 years, and I don't really have an excuse not to just see it already. I'll aim for The Godfather II, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Schindler's List, too.

Watch more classics, especially noir. Living without TCM for the past few years means I've been less likely to watch old movies that I haven't already seen. I should be making a greater effort since I totally have Netflix.

Try to see more foreign films in theatres while I'm in Germany this semester, where I'd imagine they'd be showing a lot? Though I guess they'll be subbed in German so I'd better start learning it.

Watch more documentaries, especially art-related ones. Because it's like my two main loves (art and film) coming together!

Watch a lot of German films before I go there. I've seen several but I still need to do The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, The Testament of Dr Mabuse, The Princess and the Warrior, and Alice in the City, among others.

Watch more grindhouse films and b movies and 1930's horror.

Read the books and comics/graphic novels that movies I've seen are based on (City of Ember, Ghost World, V for Vendetta, Double Indemnity, Let the Right One In, etc).

Immerse myself in Japanese cinema.

Continue blogging about movies, and get better at it.


Alright let's see how few of these come to pass! I think I have to tag a few other people with this. Hmm.

Alexa at Pop Elegantarium
The Mad Hatter at The Dark of the Matinee