After seeing all the talk of people having 365 challenges regarding photography over at a forum I frequent I have decided to go through with something I’ve been toying with for a while.
I’ve always enjoyed watching movies from long before I have memories, probably out of the womb. I used to watch Disney movies religiously as a child and quickly moved onto movies of all kinds not long after, not because it was cool to watch 15 or 18 rated movies long before I was old enough according to the government to view them, but because I wanted to. I’m now 24, 25 next week and still watch movies, although not the numbers that I used to, regular readers of this blog will know that the majority of my viewing time is steered towards watching TV shows, my major vice, and too many times my friends have stood aghast when I state that “I haven’t seen it” to whatever movie they are discussing, probably surprised knowing that I used to watch so many.
So on we get to the point of this challenge, my goal is to watch the top 250 movies according to the movie mecca IMDb.com. My chance to finally see those movies I’ve never seen but always wanted to like Raging Bull, Psycho and The Apartment, but also gives me a push to see those that I would happily ignore like Casablanca and Singin’ In The Rain.
Over on the right menu is a link to the 2009 Challenge where you can keep constant updates on my progress with all movies seen being highlighted and the number seen stated above the list. I also hope to do weekly, or most likely, monthly updates on what I’ve seen and what I thought regarding them (time allowing). I’ve already heard some state they don’t think it’s possible but the challenge also allows for 115 days off if I were to watch 1 a night.
Oooh good idea!
And Singing In The Rain is brilliant! So get watching :p