"The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader." ~ Paulo Coelho

Saturday, January 2, 2021

Movies I watched in 2020

Hello, again, my dear readers!

How did the first day of 2021 go for all of you? Mine was pretty relaxing while being filled with organization. Yesterday you saw all of the books that I read in 2020, and now it's time to see all of the movies that I watched!

For some reason I love the format of putting pictures of all of the titles, so this is a very lengthy post. But, it should be easy to just skim through pretty quickly.

Want to see what I watched in previous years? Check out my: 2019 list, 2018 list, 2017 list, and 2016 list.

Notes:
Ones with a ~ means I saw it in a theater.
Ones with an asterisk (*) means I saw it more than once.
If I have reviewed it I will put the link to my review.
To be on this list I must have seen more than half of it, the ending, and cannot have missed more than half an hour of it.

There are not any rewatches on here because I rewatch way too many movies to count.
One quick thing, I know that I said that Iʼm not going to put any rewatches on here, but I want to say that I started the year off with something that I had never done before. On January 4th I saw a movie in the theater that I had already seen. I had never gone more than once to see the same movie while it was still at the theater, but STAR WARS IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) was just that good.

Here we go!


New to me movies:

Little Women (2019)~* [Not twice in the theater, one time at home] 
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
As You Like It (2006)
Knives Out (2019)~* [My older sister and I saw it in the theater, which was actually the last time I was in a theater in January 2020, then showed it to our sister and mom in September]
The Lone Ranger (2013)
Zombies 2 (2020)
After the Thin Man (1963)
Sherlock Holmes: The Woman in Green (1945)
Downton Abbey (2019)

Ant-Man (2015)
Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
Shanghai Knights (2003)
The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
Robin Hood (2010)
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Charade (1963)
The Spy Next Door (2010)
Nancy Drew, Reporter (1939)
Pot Oʼ Gold (1941)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 
Frozen II (2019)
The Music Man (2003)
The Lorax (2012)
Sabrina (1995)
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
Moby Dick (1956)
Slam Dunk Ernest (1995) [This reminded me of What Lola Wants (1958)]
I had a post about the next 10 movies HERE.
The Shepherd of the Hills (1941)
Port of New York (1949)
Unconquered (1947)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
My Man Godfrey (1936)

Made For Each Other (1939)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Pygmalion (1938)

I had a post about the next 8 movies HERE.
Justice League (2017)
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2015)
Clue (1985)* [To be honest, I had seen the full thing with one of the endings in 2019, but this year we watched the other two endings]
Three Guys Named Mike (1951)
Letters to Juliet (2010)
Snow White (1987)
Puss in Boots (1988)
True Grit (2010)
SOLO: A STAR WARS Story (2018)
The Areonauts (2019)
Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019) [No judging, but it was actually good. I plan to talk about it some day]
Big Fish (2003) [This was absolutely spectacular! I usually say that I don't like Tim Burton movies, but this was brilliant. So magical and whimsical!]
My Man Godfrey (1957)
Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015) [I'd see the middle many times in past years, but I finally saw the beginning and end!]
The Secret Society of Second Born Royals (2020)
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) [The first movie is one of my all time favorites, but this was a huge letdown.]
Godmothered (2020) [In some ways it was cute, but to be honest I was really bored by this one]
Iron Man 3 (2013)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Captain Marvel (2019)
Funny Face (1957)



Total: 76


While 2019 was my big Marvel year, I still had some catching up to do. I have now seen all but one Marvel movie! (Well, technically two, but I always forget about The Incredible Hulk (2008)). Can you guess which one it is?


Mini-Series that I watched in 2020:

Neverland (2011) [Though it had problems, this was excellent and I wish that it had become a full show!]
Sense and Sensibility (2008)



Series I watched in 2020:

The Wild, Wild West, 70 episodes. For specifics: Season 1, 20 episodes; season 2, 15 episodes; season 3, 16 episodes; season 4, 19 episodes.
Poldark, Seasons 1-5. REWATCH: season 5, episodes 6-8.
Merlin, Seasons 1 and 2. Season 3: episodes 1-4.
Robin Hood [REWATCH], Season 1. Season 2, episodes 1-9. [Does a year go by where I don't watch this? No, no it doesn't.]
Gilmore Girls, Season 1, episodes 11-21; season 2, episodes 1-10, 13-16, 18-22; season 3, episodes 1, 3, 8-10, 12.
The Chosen, Season 1.
Zoeyʼs Extraordinary Playlist, Season 1 [The premise of this show is awesome, but there are some things that I strongly disagree with. On the flip side, there are really beautiful moments, too. Overall, Iʼm conflicted but canʼt recommend it to anyone]
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Season 2, episodes 7-10; season 3, episodes 1-3. 
Eureka, Season 1, episodes 1-6.
His Dark Matierals, Season 2, episodes 1-6. [Season 2 is getting a little weird, but I'm loving seeing Will and Lyra work together. And Lin-Manuel Miranda is the best, as usual.]
Carmen Sandiago, Season 2, episodes 1-2. REWATCH: Season 1, episodes 1-2. 
Leverage, Season 1, episodes 1-2.
The Mandalorian, Season 1, episodes 1-2.
The Donna Reed Show, Season 2, episode 31.
Poirot, 1 episode.
Grimm [quit a few minutes in].
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel [quit a few minutes in].



My 10 New-To-Me Favorite Movies:

3. Big Fish (2003)
6. Captain Marvel (2019)
7. Little Women (2019)
8. Charade (1963)
10. Back to the Future Part III (1990)

Usually I have at least one movie that I absolutely hate, but not this year (well, except maybe Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. (2017). I wasn't a fan. But, Groot was the cutest thing ever, so that's something.)! I love my top ten to much! They are BEAUTIFUL and FANTASTIC and MARVELOUS! I recommend them to all of you!


There you have it! Please tell me if you have seen any of these, and tell me which ones! Any recommendations? What do you think of my top ten? What were your favorite movies that you saw in 2020? What are you looking forward to in 2021? Thanks for reading!

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Friday, January 1, 2021

Books I read in 2020

Salutations everyone! Happy 2021!

It seemed like miles away, but we're here! I don't know what is in store for this year, but I wish the best for all of you!

As is tradition here at Movies Meet Their Match, I'm kicking off the new year by telling you all the books that I read in the previous year! It's exciting for me because I don't usually get to talk about books as I'm more focused on movies. Don't worry, that's coming tomorrow.

If you're interested, here are my lists from other years: 2019, 2018, 2017, and 2016.

You can check out my Goodreads account HERE, but I count things a little differently in my official journal. 

These books are listed in the order that I read them, and if I reviewed them it should have a blue link to that post. My long time goal is to eventually review all of these, but we'll see. If there is one that you would specifically be interested in, tell me about it! Let's get to it!

New to me books:

“Shouldnʼt You Be In School?” - by Lemony Snicket
“Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights?” - by Lemony Snicket
Educated - by Tara Westover
The Lions at Little Rock - by Kristin Levine
The Ringmasterʼs Secret - by Carolyn Keene
Keeper of the Lost Cities - by Shannon Messenger
Anna Karenina - by Leo Tolstoy
Sammy Keyes and the Skeleton Man - by Wendelin Van Draanen
Exile - by Shannon Messenger
Whose Body? - by Dorothy L. Sayers
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - by J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany, & Jack Thorne 
The Blue Castle - by L. M. Montgomery
The Ickabog - by J. K. Rowling
Middlemarch - by George Elliot
Prairie Lotus - by Linda Sue Park
The Changerʼs Key - by Kent Davis
The Mysterious Howling - by Maryrose Wood
Howardʼs End - by E. M. Forster
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street - by Jeanne Birdsall
One Bad Apple - by Rachel Kovaciny
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - by Kate DiCamillo
Caddie Woodlawn - by Carol Ryrie Brink
The Great Unravel - by Kent Davis
Charmed - by Jen Calonita
Artemis Fowl - by Eoin Colfer
The Ruins of Gorlan - by John Flanagan
The Healerʼs Apprentice - by Melanie Dickerson
The Metropolitans - by Carol Goodman
The Hidden Gallery - by Maryrose Wood
Rescue Road - by Gayle M. Irwin
The Scarlet Pimpernel - by Emmuska Orczy
The Unseen Guest - by Maryrose Wood
Moon Over Manifest - by Clare Vanderpool
The Marvels - by Brian Selznick
Sammy Keyes and the Sisters of Mercy - by Wendelin Van Draanen
 
Total: 41


Rereads:
It is very rare for me to reread a book, so I list it as well.

Heidi - by Johanna Spyri (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
Frankenstein - by Mary Shelley
James and the Giant Peach - by Roald Dahl
A Riddle in Ruby - by Kent Davis
Murder on the Orient Express - by Agatha Christie 
Death on the Nile - by Agatha Christie

Total: 6


Grand total: 47


My 10 Favorite New-To-Me Reads of 2020: 

1. Anna Karenina - by Leo Tolstoy

2. The Metropolitans - by Carol Goodman

3. The Ickabog - by J. K. Rowling

4. Moon Over Manifest - by Clare Vanderpool

5. Prairie Lotus - by Linda Sue Park

6. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - by Kate DiCamillo

7. “Shouldnʼt You Be In School?” - by Lemony Snicket

8. Exile - by Shannon Messenger

9. One Bad Apple - by Rachel Kovaciny 

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It's now your turn to talk to me! What do you think of my top ten? Have you read any of these books? Give me all your thoughts--I'd love to talk about them with you! Thanks for reading, and happy 2021!

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