Film Viewing Journal - 2008

It’s time for the 2008 Film Viewing Journal to open for business! There is a link to this post on the side-bar of the Looking Closer blog. This is the post where I’ll catalog every film I see in 2008.

Want to take a trip down memory lane — my memory lane? Here are past film-viewing journals for 2007, 2006, and 2005.

Okay, let the record-keeping begin…

*= indicates first-time viewing.

2008

May

• The Orphanage*…..A-
• Noise*…..D
• Iron Man*…..B+

April

• Once (second viewing, DVD)…..A
• Southland Tales* (DVD)…..D

March

• Flight of the Red Balloon* (DVD screener)…..A
• The Bourne Ultimatum (DVD, second viewing)…..B+
• Ratatouille (DVD, second viewing)…..A
• Run, Fatboy, Run*…..D (walked out mid-way through)
• Feast of Love* (DVD)…..C
• Fast, Cheap and Out of Control (DVD)…..A+
• The Station Agent (DVD)…..A+

February

• No Country for Old Men (DVD, second viewing)…..A
• Syndromes and a Century* (DVD)…A+
• Longford* (DVD)…B+
• Rescue Dawn* (DVD)…A-
• Sweeney Todd*…B+
• Adam’s Apples*…A-
• Gone Baby Gone*…A-
• Bridge to Terabithia*…B+
• U23D*…A
• Midnight Run (bazillionth viewing)…A+
• 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days…A
• Blade Runner: The Final Cut* (DVD)…A+

January

• There Will Be Blood (second viewing)…A+
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly*…A