Age of The Nerd
For no other reason then personal curiosity I’ve been keeping a comprehensive media inventory for the last three years. As i mentioned I had no endgame in mind when I began, I just wanted to keep track of all the television and films I watch throughout any given year. So about a year ago when I began writing and reviewing movies, it made sense to keep a record of what I was watching and overall media intake (although I forgot to document the books I have read). Depending on my availability between work schedules, trips out of town, vacations, or general temperature and weather outside, the amount of content I was able to consume fluctuates throughout the year.
I kept these lists for for my own records, but since Steven Soderbergh’s Media Diary recently started making its rounds on the movie blogs I figured why not share my own? I may not be on Soderbergh’s level (yet), but I thought it would still be fun to release my own list documenting everything I saw in 2014. So without further ado I present to you Pete’s Media Diary. Hopefully this list gives you a better understanding and glimpse inside the mind of Peter Towe.
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KEY:
Italics- Television show (complete season)
BOLD- Saw the movie in theater
No BOLD or Italics– Saw the movie outside of a theater
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JANUARY
Vertigo
Shadow of A Doubt
Rear Window
Psycho
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Dial M for Murder
The Wrong Man
August: Osage County
Torn Curtain
Rope
The Wolf of Wall Street (2nd time)
Seinfeld: Season 6
Seinfeld: Season 1 and 2
Seinfeld: Season 3
Goodfellas
Bullet to the Head
Runner Runner
Labor Day
Fear and Desire
Seinfeld: Season 4
A Single Shot
Casino
After Earth
The Departed
Lolita
Repo Man
Six Degrees of Separation
Inception
That Awkward Moment
Seinfeld: Season 7
Seinfeld: Season 8
Gladiator
FEBRUARY
The Fountain
Star Wars: Episode 4
Star Wars Episode 5
JFK
Star Wars: Episode 6
Taxi Driver
Mean Streets
The Monuments Men (2nd time, wasn’t my idea)
The Godfather Part 2
Rushmore
Safety Not Guaranteed
Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Bottle Rocket
The Royal Tenenbaums
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Talented Mr. Ripley
House of Cards: Season 1
House of Cards: Season 2
Cheap Thrills
Grown Ups 2
A Simple Plan
Thor: The Dark World
Batman Begins
MARCH
Caddyshack
Breaking Bad: Season 5
WatchMen
The Dark Knight Rises
Batman Forever
Zero Effect
Oldboy (2013 Remake)
White House Down
Need For Speed (2nd time, Date Night)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2nd time)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Funny People
Robocop (original 80’s version)
Enemy
Smashed
Paranoia
The Canyons
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Cloud Atlas
Ironman
Breaking Bad: Final 8 Episodes
Requiem For a Dream
APRIL
Donnie Darko
Nymphomaniac: Vol 1
Anchorman 2
K-Pax
The Wire: Season 4
The Wire: Season 5
The Way Way Back
The Wire: Season 2
Jobs
The Quiet Ones
Delivery Man
Milius
Angel Heart
The Wire: Season 3
Rope
MAY
2 Guns
Spiderman (2002)
Spiderman 2 (2004)
The Thing (1980)
Mullholland Drive
Dune
God’s Pocket
X-Men
X2
The Immigrant
Pineapple Express
V/H/S 2
X-Men: First Class
Kick-Ass 2
The Armstrong Lie
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2nd time)
2001: A Space Odyssey
Shaun of the Dead
Hot Fuzz
A Million Ways to Die In the West
Batman: Mask of Phantasm
Blade Runner: Directors Cut
JUNE
Body Snatchers (1993)
Escape From Tomorrowland
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Temple of Doom
The Rover
Inglorious Bastards
Wilfred: Season 2
Wilfred: Season 3
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Fargo
JULY
Beetlejuice
The Thin Red Line
The Manchurian Candidate (Remake)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
American Psycho
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes (2001)
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Here’s a video of me watching all these Apes films in one sitting
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Deliver Us From Evil
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2nd time)
American Psycho
I, Origins
The Purge Anarchy
Sex Tape
Killer Joe
Scanners
Brazil
AUGUST
Get On Up
Mad Max
Mad Max: The Road Warrior
Hook
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
Mad Max: Beyond the Thunderdome
The Zero Theorem
12 Monkeys
Fat Kid Rules the World
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
Sin City (Rodriguez/Tarrintino commentary)
Twin Peaks: Season 1
This Is Where I Leave You
Are We Here
Homeland: Season 1
I’ll Do Anything
SEPTEMBER
Grudge Match
I Saw the Devil
Doomsday Book
Ichi the Killer
The Elephant Man
Psycho II
Psycho III
ATM
Hellion
The Funhouse
House of the Devil
As Above, So Below
Alien 3
Seven
The Game
Fight Club
Zodiac
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Here’s a video of me attempting to watch every David Fincher Film
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OCTOBER
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Annabelle
The Maze Runner
John Wick
Prom Night
Tales From the Darkside (The movie)
Halloween (Rob Zombie remake)
Friday the 13th Part 4
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Freddy vs. Jason
Halloween (1978)
NOVEMEBER
American Horror Story: Season 1
Fury
The Walking Dead: Season 4
DECEMBER
St. Vincent
The Gambler
The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies
Unbroken
Night of the Museum 3
Home Alone
Home Alone 2: Lost In New York
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Christmas Vacation
It’s a Wonderful Life
Charlie Brown Christmas
American Horror Story: Season 3
That’s it. Wow. Looking back at my year watching films, I’ve potentially seen too many. Part of my job requires me to go to the theaters in order to review the films, so that’s excusable. Watching so many movie outside of the theater, may be a problem. But, oh well. I love me some movies! What isn’t included in the list are the countless Twilight Zone episodes I watch throughout the year, or all the movies that I forgot to write down (or the shows/movies I only caught a minute here or a minute there).
