A New Challenge

I have decided that it's high time I challenged myself to complete something that wasn't prestige mode on Call of Duty...

Exactly.

So I have decided that I will watch the top 250 films on www.imdb.com which is the International Movie Database if you live under a rock or in a small box without an internet connection.

I will watch all 250, in no specific order, on the list in an attempt to culture myself and also it's something fun to watch before sleepytime.

Then, I will tell you about it! Isn't that amazingly interesting to you?!

Here is the list:

http://www.imdb.com/chart/top

And for your enjoyment I will tick off the films I have already seen:

• Number 1 on the list: Shawshank Redemption (1994)
• Number 8: Inception (2010)
• Number 10: The Dark Knight (2008)
• Number 18: City of God (2002)
• Number 23: The Matrix (1999)
• Number 35: Dr Strangelove and How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
• Number 36: Apocalypse Now (1979)
• Number 43: Saving Private Ryan (1993) My all time favourite film!
• Number 45: Alien (1975)
• Number 48: Wall:E (2008)
• Number 59: To Kill a Mockingbird (1959) Read the book beforehand...for once...
• Number 72: Back to the Future (1985)
• Number 73: The Prestige (2006)
• Number 74: Monthy Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
• Number 76: Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
• Number 91: Inglorious Basterds (2009)
• Number 94: Metropolis (1927)
• Number 95: UP (2009)
• Number 96: Gladiator (2000)
• Number 97: Gran Torino (2008)
• Number 109: Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
• Number 110: Die Hard (1988)
• Number 111: The Great Escape (1963)
• Number 115: Jaws (1975)
• Number 117: Bladerunner (1982)
• Number 120: No Country For Old Men (2007)
• Number 125: Wizard of Oz (1939)
• Number 138: The Lion King (1994)
• Number 142: District 9 (2009)
• Number 144: Platoon (1986)
• Number 145: Toy Story (1995)
• Number 150: Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid (1969)
• Number 153: Trainspotting (1996)
• Number 157: Avatar (2009)
• Number 158: Groundhog Day (1993)
• Number 165: Life of Brian (1979)
• Number 166: Finding Nemo (2003)
• Number 168: The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
• Number 192: Good Will Hunting (1997)
• Number 199: The Incredibles (2004)
• Number 202: In Bruges (2008)
• Number 213: Children of Men (2006)
• Number 215: Rocky (1976)
• Number 223: The Truman Show (1993)
• Number 234: Pirates of The Carribean: The Curse of The Black Pearl (2003)
• Number 244: Monsters Inc (2001)
• Number 248: Beauty and The Beast (1991)

Total: 47

To go: 203

So every now and then a post will have a cheeky film summary and what I thought of it and you can choose to agree, disagree or even comment what you thought of the film. That'd be swell.

Here is a cool blog that is part of an American magazine (bear with me...) called Mental Floss. I haven't looked at the magazine in detail but it seems pretty decent with some awesome facts and daily quizzes online.

I stumbled upon a section that really intrigued me as I seem to have an unhealthy fascination with abandoned things...and their connection to history...not setting them on fire.

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/category/strange-geographies

So check it out if you fancy looking at some strange abandoned places!