Although Elul is history, the baseball stat kid in me was curious about all the different movies I used in the 29 #BlogElul via the Movies posts.
Whether in passing or extended discussion, I referred to 87 different movies. No movie was mentioned more than twice – although 9 did get a double dose.
The oldest movie was The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928). The most recent was The Hobbit which comes out December 14, 2012. I tried to use more familiar and more recent films a a general rule.
To my surprise, I used only 1 Godfather movie – and it was Part III. I found a way to use all six Rocky movies including the first two twice.
I only used Indiana Jones and the Kingdom the Crystal Skull (in a disaparaging manner) and none of the other Raiders films (Want to buy this blogger a gift? The trilogy + the bad 4 th one just came out on Blu-Ray)
Not counting Dredd and The Hobbit, which haven’t been released, I have not seen only one of the films I used (Guesses?)
Best film I used: The Princess Bride
Worst film I used: Patch Adams (but Rocky V is close)
What’s the best film on this list in your opinion?
What’s the worst film on the list?
Here’s the full list:
…And Justice For All |
(500) Days of Summer |
50/50 |
A Fish Called Wanda |
Alice in Wonderland |
All the President’s Men |
American Beauty |
American Pie |
Apollo 13 |
Armageddon |
Awakenings |
Away from Her |
Beetlejuice |
Beginners |
Carnage |
Cedar Rapids |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
Chicken Run |
Crazy, Stupid, Love. |
Dredd |
Drive |
Easy A |
Edward Scissorhands |
Election |
Erin Brockovich |
ET: The Extra-Terrestrial |
Everything Must Go |
Face/Off |
Hairspray (1988) |
Hairspray (2007) |
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull |
It’s a Wonderful Life |
Julie & Juia |
King Kong |
Kramer vs. Kramer |
Memento |
Men in Black 3 |
Michael Clayton |
Moneyball |
Moonrise Kingdom |
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory |
Patch Adams |
Prometheus |
Requiem for a Dream |
Return of the Jedi |
Rock of Ages |
Rocky |
Rocky II |
Rocky III |
Rocky IV |
Rocky V |
Rocky Balboa |
Rounders |
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World |
Serpico |
Signs |
Silkwood |
Spider-Man |
Star Wars |
The Artist |
The China Syndrome |
The Constant Gardener |
The Dark Knight |
The Dark Knight Rises |
The Descendants |
The Godfather: Part III |
The Help |
The Hobbit |
The Hunger Games |
The Informant! |
The Insider |
The Iron Giant |
The Little Mermaid |
The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King |
The Passion of Joan of Arc |
The Princess Bride |
The Producers (1968) |
The Producers (2005) |
The Ten Commandments |
Titanic |
Tootsie |
Total Recall (2011) |
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil |
Vanilla Sky |
When Harry Met Sally |
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory |
Working Girl |