Sunday, August 23, 2009

I've been quite the Spelunker this summer...

I promised alot of people that I would start a blog this semester seeing as I will be studying abroad in Florence, Italy. The current countdown is at 2 days and I'm stoked. The main way i pass the time now is playing Halo 3 with Dan Hwang until the wee hours of the morning. However, for the most part of this summer I have either watched movies or listened to music. My goal at the beginning of the summer was 75 movies and as of today I have seen 88. Below is the list of movies and the ones with the asterisk are those worth watching:
16 Blocks
88 Minutes
A Good Year*
Adventureland*
All About the Benjamins
Angels and Demons
Australia
Body of Lies
Casanova
Changeling*
Click
Be Kind Rewind
Dan in Real Life*
Death Race
District B13
Doubt*
Eagle Eye
Fighting
French Kiss
Frost/NIxon*
Funny People
Gangs of New York*
Ghosts of GIrlfriends Past
GI Joe The Rise of Cobra
Gran Torino*
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince*
He's Just Not That Into You
Hostage
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Interview with the Vampire
Julie & Julia
Kramer vs Kramer*
Kung Fu Panda
Lars and the Real GIrl*
Last Chance Harvey
Love in the Time of Cholera*
Marley and Me
Mamma Mia
Milk*
Mystic River
Nanjing, Nanjing (City of Life and Death)*
Never Back Down
Observe and Report
Pineapple Express
Primal Fear*
Ratatouille
Rachel Getting Married*
Revolutionary Road*
Righteous Kill
Road to Perdition*
Second Skin
Seven Pounds*
Sex and the City
Shooter
Slumdog Millionaire*
Star Trek
State of Play
Step Brothers
Sweeney Todd
The Hurt Locker*
The International
The Bank Job
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas*
The Breakup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*
The Hangover*
The Marine
The Other Boleyn Girl
The Perfect Getaway
The Proposal
The Reader*
The Spirit
The Taking of Pelham 123
The Ugly Truth
The Wrestler*
There Will Be Blood*
Traitor
Transformers 2
Transsiberian*
Twilight
Up*
VIcky Cristina Barcelona
Watchmen
What A Girl Wants
White Chicks
You, Me, and Dupree

In addition to the movies, there have been many gems that I have stumbled across in the music world. I'd like to share with you the many artists that I have luckily met and some of my personal favorites in a playlist:


Better than Ezra - A Lifetime
The Bravery - Time Won't Let Me Go
Brendan James - Early April Morning
Carbon Leaf - Love Loss Hope Repeat
Carolina Liar - Show Me What I'm Looking For
Dave Barnes - Until You
David Gray - Disappearing World
Diane Birch - Nothing But a Miracle
Five for Fighting - I Just Love You
Gavin Degraw - Meaning
Graham Colton - Whatever Breaks My Heart
Hot Hot Heat - Middle of Nowhere
Jack Johnson - What You Thought You Need
James Morrison - You Make it Real
Jamie Cullum - All at Sea
Jason Mraz - Make it Mine
John Mayer- 3x5
Jon McLaughlin - Amelia's Missing
Josh Kelley - Masterpiece
Keane - The Frog Prince
The Kooks - Seaside
Lifehouse - Broken
Maroon 5 - Won't Go Home Without You
Mat Kearney - City of Black & White
Matt Wertz - Carolina
Norah Jones - 5:19
OneRepublic - Say (All I Need)
Paolo Nutini - Candy
Pat Monahan - Her Eyes
Ray LaMontagne - You Are the Best Thing
Rooney - Calling the World
Sara Bareilles - City
The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved
Teddy Geiger - Gentlemen
Tristan Prettyman - Always Feel This Way
Tyler HIlton - Pink & Black
Tyrone Wells - Swink or Swim


That's all i can think of to put down for the first entry. It's not as exciting but in two days it should get more exciting. I promise.

2 comments:

  1. I like your list of movies.. although there are some you saw that you didnt put an asterick next to that I would have...

    Funny People
    Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
    Kung Fu Panda
    Pineapple Express
    Ratatouille
    Righteous Kill
    Star Trek
    Step Brothers
    Vicky Christina Barcelona

    Besides that I would have to say pretty solid list!

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