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