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Sunday Special: 2012 Movie List



Something Stefan and I love to do is watch movies together. We are avid Netflix users, and we usually average about 3 movies a month and watch many things on instant play along with that. I always have a regular 'movie list' going in my notebook, just so I don't forget any titles that look interesting to me. Netflix makes it so easy for the film addict, because you can prioritize which movies you want to see in an order, or even 'save' ones that aren't available on DVD yet, but will eventually end up in your queue. We watched a lot of movies over our holiday break between Christmas and New Years, and I'm already 7 down! I will have reviews coming of all of the ones I've seen (with the exception of Shrek 3, absolutely pitiful) soon enough!
  • The Child
  • Soul Surfer
  • The Illusionist
  • Another Year
  • Moneyball
  • Midnight in Paris
  • Brave
  • The Last Lions
  • Super 8
  • Page One
  • Winter Tale
  • Project Nim
  • Jane Eyre (the newest version)
  • Certified Copy
  • Hugo
  • J Edgar
  • Wanderlust
  • Shrek 3
  • Of Gods and Men (2nd try...)
  • Sherlock Holmes #2
  • Tin Tin
  • War Horse
  • Batman
Updated:
  • My Life with Marilyn
  • The Ides of March
  • The Wildest Dream
  • Desert Flower
2012 is already off to a really good start, as I've loved a number of them that I've seen. If I'm bored with a movie, we won't watch it all in one night but most of the ones we've seen we finished in one sitting, and I've been very happy with the choices.
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Do you make a movie list or are there a rotating number of films that look good to you? I'm always up for a movie title suggestion! Leave it in the comments!
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