2010, the year in review (movies facts)

Since 1998, I keep track of all movies I watch. Here's what happened in 2010...

Summary

• Movies watched: 52 (or exactly 1/week in average)
• First watches: 39 (75%) Re-runs: 13 (25%)

Media distribution

• DVD: 15 (29% - most from the library)
• Theaters: 11 (21% - 1 IMAX, 1 in Brazil, 9 at Century/Cinemark)
• Blu-ray: 10 (19% - 9 Netflix, 1 owned)
• Streaming: 7 (13% - 4 Netflix, 3 Comcast On Demand)
• DIVX: 6 (12%)
• TV: 3 (6% - 2 in Brazil, 1 at channel USA)

Titles and stats

• Most watched: Inception (3x)
• Best "Sleepers" : 11:14, Zombieland, District 9
• Twisting "Enders": Shutter Island, 11:14, Inception
• Biggest deception: The Fountain, followed closely by Extract
• Dude, I can't believe you haven't watched it before: The Great Escape
• Dude, I can't believe you missed it: The Social Network, Dinner for Schmucks (both queued on Netflix though)
• Oldies re-runs: What's Up Doc, Muder by Death, Caddyshack, Ghostbusters
• "I knew it" movies that sucked: The Last Airbender
• Better-than-expected movies: The Sorcerer's Aprentice
• Longest streak of first watches: 9 movies (11/03 to 12/10)
• Longest streak of re-runs: 3 movies (08/06 to 08/15)
• Longest streak without watching a movie: 19 days (09/13 to 10/01)
  
• Longest streak watching movies: 3 days (06/04 to 06/06)
  
• Most movies watched in a day: 2 (twice - 01/01 and 12/04)
  
• 3D watches: 1 (Avatar)
• 3D moviews watched in 2D: 3 (Toy Story 3, The Last Airbender, Tangled)

Curious facts

• Avatar was the 2nd and last movie I watched, the second time also being the only incomplete session in the whole year (only watch the last half)
• Inception is the only Blu-Ray Disc I own, and the only movie watched at IMAX
• Watched Lord of the Rings for the 4rd time overall, but first since 2002
• First time* since 1999 that I didn't watch a movie in a plane**

(* other than in 2006, when I didn't fly)
(** instead, watched the whole season of The Walking Dead flying to Brazil)

2011 trends

• More streaming and blu-rays (joined Netflix only just 4 months ago)
• Less DVDs, On Demand, and DIVXs
• Sure watches: Thor, Captain America, the last Harry Potter, the Greens (Hornet and Lantern :-)
  
• Most likely to sucks: The Smurfs movie, Green Lantern
  

Were Lost's Smoke Monster and music inspired by Dungeons and Dragons?

I watched* a Dungeon and Dragons episode called "The Garden of Zinn", and could not help but notice its similarities with Lost.

First, the background music played when the heroes are captured by the worm is very similar to Lost's soundtrack. BTW, Lost's soundtrack was great: it was one of the small details that made it an awesome show.

Then you had he two Zinn guards, that not only would become smoke but also could change shape:

• Zinn guards morphing from Dungeon Master then smoking back to the castle.
  
• Zinn guards kicking asses as "smoke monsters".
  

Maybe it was just a bizarre coincidence, maybe the writers were deliberately inspired by that episode but never mentioned it, or maybe they didn't even realize where the inspiration came from (after all, this series was shown almost 20 years ago, and they most likely watched it) - who knows?

* PS: I bought the whole series at Amazon for 10 bucks and I'm watching it with my kids, they love it.

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