Assessing AFI

A friend of mine blogged
about AFI's newest list...
the 10 Top 10.

He also posted percentages of the movies he's watched. I thought it was a pretty spiffy idea and so here I am following suit...


Animation: (Percentage Seen: 80%)
I say 80% because I don't recall ever sitting down and watching Pinocchio or Bambi...but I did have read-along record books (that's right...records) for both of these movies.

Romantic Comedies: (Percentage Seen: 40%)
I really like romantic comedies, so it surprised me that my percentage was so low. Maybe I just don't see the "good" romantic comedies.

Westerns: (Percentage Seen: 10%)
Yep...I've only seen one of the top ten westerns...and my memory of watching Shane is pretty vague. I just remember the little kid yelling after Shane and having to watch the movie in 7th grade. I can't even remember the curriculum that caused me to watch the movie in the first place. Is there a book to Shane that has fallen out of my memory as well? =P

Sports: (Percentage Seen: 30%)
I don't know if I'd really call Jerry Maguire a sports movie, but that was one of the three that I've seen in this genre...and I didn't even like the movie...so why did it make it onto a top ten list? I'm sure Rudy feels shafted.

Mystery: (Percentage Seen: 0%)
There's no reason this percentage should be so low...I guess I just haven't had a chance to see too many movies in this genre. I'm not exactly what you call a movie buff...but I'll try to watch some of these films eventually.

Fantasy: (Percentage Seen: 80%)
I don't know if I consider half of these movies "fantasies"...the whole AFI classification of genres just seemed off for a lot of these 10 lists. I do have to say...even though I adore musicals, I would still have bumped Lord of the Rings up to #1 over The Wizard of Oz.

Sci-Fi: (Percentage Seen: 50%)
I'd say any list over 50% is still pretty good for me...and the only reason I have such a high score here is because I watched T2 when I had nothing else to do on a family trip to Alaska. I didn't even see Star Wars Episode IV until after watching Episode I in the theatres. I was planning to see the movies in order, but some woman blabbed the ending of Episode IV in the ladies restroom after my viewing of Episode I. I figured I should watch the older movies before they were spoiled for me.

Gangster: (Percentage Seen: 20%)
I'm not the gangster movie watching type. I don't remember why I saw Pulp Fiction, but I do remember watching Goodfellas because it was the only thing on television one weekend afternoon. =P

Courtroom Drama: (Percentage Seen: 30%)
At least two of the three movies I've seen in this genre top the list. I do have to say, 12 Angry Men is probably on my own top ten list of non-musical movies. A Few Good Men? Not so much...

Epic: (Percentage Seen: 60%)
I think "epic" is just the nice way of saying it was an over-budget, over-the-top movie that appeals to the masses...so it not surprising for me that I've seen a majority of these films. Half of the films I didn't think lived up to the hype...but they managed to take my money anyway. ;)

Back From Hiding?

I know...those of you with RSS feeds to this blog may be in shock that there's something new posted here. I hope that the surprise didn't cause any heart attacks. ;)

If you're under the impression that I've stopped blogging...oh, you are sadly mistaken. Although I am still indeed a slacker and a month behind on posting pictures (I finally finished all of March yesterday)...I have been "keeping up" with my quest to try taking at least one picture every day this year. You can catch up with my posts here. For those of you who can't wait for me to update the photo blog and just want to see the pictures...you can wander over to this Flickr set.

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Feel free to comment on the photo blog too...it's lonely. ;)

In regards to this blog...I've been a very bad poster. But, I plan to remedy that. Since my goal is to get some serious writing done by the end of the year...I'll try to update this thing at least once a week. If I manage to go "missing" again...you have the right to reprimand me and order me to blog about something.

Happy reading. =)

Goodbye, 2007!

I guess after making it a habit of posting every day in November, I promptly fell out of the habit in December. Alas, I will try to post more often in 2008. ;)

Before the year comes to a close, I wanted to make one last post. It's been an eventful year...starting to write musicals, saying goodbye to fleeing departing co-workers, continuing my quest to visit all 50 states. I'm grateful for all my experiences, both good and bad...and I look forward to what 2008 has in store.

I'm hoping to finish formatting my long-awaited 101 in 1001 list in the near future...as well as start my Project 365 (technically it's 366...since it's going to be a leap year). You can find my daily photo blog at: http://www.photoblog.com/scmusicals/ , which I plan to start tomorrow.

I already got one friend to join me...I'd love to see more of you take on this project as well. =)

Thanks to all my faithful and occasional blog readers...thanks for being interested in the things I think about and in the things I do.

Happy New Year!