2012: A Year in Review - In Movies

 

I realize it has been about six months since my last blog post, but that's only because I'm a horrible blogger. I mean, really. Let's just be honest. But, I come to you today with a topic that is quite near and dear to my heart:

 Stupid movies.

As previously mentioned in a couple of blog posts, my friend Sally and I love watching
stupid movies.
Stupidly wonderful movies. 

At the beginning of 2012, Sally and I decided that we would record each and every movie that we watched during the year so we could look back on the anthology of horrible awesomeness.
What will follow in the coming weeks will both amaze and horrify you.

Probably.

You may just be surprised.

Or angry?

Hopefully not angry.

Our Process
We scientifically decided which movies to watch, then prepared ourselves to be amazed.

(Let the record show that in our case "scientifically" meant closing our eyes while being spun around in the aisle of the movie store, and then renting whatever movie we were pointing at when we were done spinning. The movie store people loved us)

Side note: a few TV shows made their way onto this list. Thanks, Netflix!

By now you're probably asking - Emily, couldn't you and your friend have spent your time doing something more productive? 

Possibly. But when you really think about it, most likely not.
Besides, you can't say that we're not dedicated toward a goal.
For the record, we pretty much only watched movies between the hours of 11:00 PM and 1:00 AM, so we had already accomplished all of our goals during the daylight hours.

Disclaimer for my own piece of mind: Sally was working full time and planning a wedding, and I was working 2 jobs during this year, so we didn't just sit around watching movies.

PS - one of the best parts of watching these movies is trying to dissect them afterwards.
Generally, we can't make heads or tails of them, and we end the conversation with shouting "HOW DO THESE MOVIES GET MADE?!"
But then we think about how we just spent money on the movie, so maybe the joke is on us.
You win again, Hollywood!

Stats

We watched 75 things. 

This included 18 TV episodes and 57 movies.

Point System

As with any wonderful goal, we had a point system in place.
We designated extra points for the following items: 

- If the movie started with the word "the"

- If the movie was a prequel or sequel to another movie.

- If Brendan Fraser or Nicolas Cage "acted" in the movie. 

Yes, I put "acted" in quotes.
For obvious reasons.

Also, we love watching movies out of order. Meaning, if given the option, we chose to watch the third installment of a movie over the first even if we had not yet seen the first or second installments.
It's fairly enjoyable.

Since we want to do justice by these (atrocious) movies, we decided it would be best to break this list down into installments. I'll post the full list of what we watched, and then we'll post a breakdown/description/plea for an explanation of each movie/episode in the coming weeks.
Don't try to hide your excitement.

There will most likely be rewards for people who can apply logic to some of these horrible movies. For instance, if anyone can tell me how the Scorpion King movies coincide with each other, please let me know. Because it kind of seems like they made three completely different movies, and then the Committee to Name Movies was like "Wow, this movie doesn't make any sense, but, they shoot arrows in it, so go ahead and name this one Scorpion King 2. Nobody will ever know."
 

Without further ado, I present to you:

Things Sally and Emily Watched: 2012 Edition

 

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The Legend of Sorrow Creek

Decadent Evil

Wicker Man: Nicolas Cage points!

Wrong Turn 2: Sequel points!

The Grudge

Scorpion King 3: Sequel/Prequel points!

Boogeyman 2: Sequel points!

White Noise

White Noise 2:Sequel points!

Lake Placid 3: Sequel points!

The Grudge 2: Sequel points!

20 Bucks: Brendan Fraser points!
The Scorpion King: Prequel/Sequel points!

Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus

The Lady in Black

Love at First Kill

Last House On The Left

The Morgue

The New Daughter

A Walk to Remember

Twilight 4 Part 1: It's just so ridiculous.

Journey to the Center of the Earth: Brendan Fraser points!

The Air I Breathe

Lake Dead

The Presence

Quarantine 2: Sequel points!

Wrong Turn

The Mummy: Brendan Fraser points!

The Mummy 3: Brendan Fraser points! Sequel points!

The Cell 2: Sequel points!

The Betrayed

Dr. Quinn - Season 3, episode "Money Problems"

I Escaped a Cult (TV Show)

What Lies Beneath (Confession: I legitimately like this movie)

Insidious

Child's Play

Pet Sematary

Dr. Quinn - Season 3, episode "Thanksgiving"

America's Next Top Model - Cycle 16, Season Finale

Vampires

Season of the Witch: Nicolas Cage points!

The Good Son: Truth be told, we kind of didn't hate this one. 

The Hangover

The Exorcist

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

The Mummy 2: Brendan Fraser points! Sequel points!

National Treasure: Nicolas Cage points!

Red Riding Hood

April Fools Day

Troll 2

Face Off: Nicolas Cage points! (Between Travolta and Cage I think I understood about 10 words in the entire movie)

Orphan

Keeping Up With the Kardashians - Season 1

Triangle

Dream House

Ghost Ship

Dr. Quinn - Season 3, Episode "Ladies Night"

Dr. Quinn - Season 3, Episode "Customer Come Here"

Dreamcatcher

Gothika

The Strangers

Dr. Quinn - Season 3, Episode "The End of the World"

Dr. Quinn - Season 3, Episode, "Pikes Peak"

Dr. Quinn - Season 3, Episode, "Cooper vs. Quinn" - a very special double episode

Dr. Quinn - Season 3, Episode, "What is Love"

Joy Ride

Christmas Vacation

Paranormal Activity 4: Sequel points!

Twilight 4 Part 2

If you read all of that you deserve a reward. Maybe I'll send you a copy of one of these movies.
You won't be disappointed. 

DPP: Day 12

 

Day 12 (aka 12/12/12):

 

As I've previously mentioned on this blog, my friend Sally and I love watching stupid movies. We love it even more if the stupid movies have Brendan Fraser in them.

(Seriously, how does he keep getting movie roles?)

We love it even EVEN more if we can eat Ben and Jerry's while watching a stupid movie in which Brendan Fraser is "acting."

 

So, it's not stretch to say that we were kind of excited when the stars aligned last night, and all of those marvelous occurrences took place.

 



 

Lsat night was the first time we watched it with subtitles. Why we have never done this before is beyond me. We learned who characters were, (did you know that the random dude who acompanies them on the trip was the warden?).

Maybe I should open this up for discussion.
Why did the mummy (Imhotep) take the eyes of the guy who had horrible vision? If we use logic (probably our first mistake), wouldn't he have wanted to take the eyes of, oh, say someone who doesn't need glasses? Like, anyone else in the cast?
Why was Imhotep terrified of the cat in the hotel room? Didn't Egyptians love cats?

Did Imhotep fall think Evie was Anak-sun-amun simply because she was the first woman he saw upon being brought back to life? Or was it because she read from the Book of the Dead?
Didn't the ancient Egyptians use scrolls?

 

What questions do you all have.
Let's hash this out.

 

DPP: Days 10 and 11

Day 10:

I do my best to not talk about "busy schedules" and "being tired" and all of that other stuff on blogs or other social media outlets, because everyone is busy and everyone is tired, and I never want it to come across like I think I'm the only one with a busy schedule.

Because I'm not, and I understand this fact.

I typically don't think of myself as a person who gets overwhelmed easily.

(I've always abided by the fact that things don't seem as daunting when they're broken down into lists. Wonderful lists. Seriously, lists are the best).

However, even with the help of lists, I've been kind of overwhelmed lately. And I hate (HATE) admitting that.

Anyhow, that was neither here nor there, so now we move on.

(I'm awesome at segues, huh!)

All that to say - I've been working a lot. Yep.

And when I work a lot, that means I go kind of crazy, and I make stupid(er) jokes, and I am (more) ridiculous, and my hair kind of looks like the worst.

OK, I'm done.

Without further ado, here is my very special and creative photo from Day 10.

 

 

I call it: Girl with a stupid face.

OR - Girl who has grown impatient of waiting on people to count the registers so she can go home.

Are there any other possible titles I'm overlooking?

 

Day 11:

Do you know how much I love working on campus? Well, it's a lot.

I love the constant activity, all the energy from the students, being able to walk around a beautiful campus, and the list goes on.
Also - there's a Starbucks in my building. That's reason enough to love my job right there.

Anyhow, on a random trip to the Administration Building to drop off some super important forms (at least, that's what I told myself as I was carrying them) I saw that the fountain had frozen over AND IT WAS THE BEST THING.
I kind of just stared at it for awhile, but then a couple of people looked at me like I was weird, or something, so I moved on.

But why are frozen fountains so cool?

 

 

And thus concludes Days 10 and 11. If you made it through that entire rambling mess of a post you are a good person. Thank you for your patience.



DPP: Days 8 and 9

I've come to accept the fact that I will not stay current with blogging the pictures I take each day. I hope you all can forgive me.

Day 8:

I am pretty lazy when it comes to making lunch in the morning. If I decide to "make" lunch in the morning, it usually consists of me throwing 3 cheese slices in my bag in between pouring coffee and throwing on my boots. Occasionally I include some almonds. I mean, go big or go home, right?

Anyhow, in an attempt to not suffer through horrible lunches each day, I try to plan ahead (crazy, I know). So, last Saturday I made a batch of pasta salad, divided it up into multiple containers, and sat back to admire my stash of future lunches.

The rest of my day was filled with working at Coldwater Creek and being stuck in traffic. Hence the picture of pasta.

Can we talk about Quail Springs traffic for a minute? No, we better not. We'd all use language that we would later regret.

(Update: I ended up eating Monday's pasta allotment at 9:30 PM on Saturday when I got home from work. So, I'll be forced to make adjustments. I'm sure you really wanted to know that, huh)

 

 

Day 9:

This might just be the way my brain functions, but there is something so overwhemingly beautiful about coming together as a body of believers and singing hymns that have been sung by countless others through the ages. And when those hymns happen to be about the birth of our Savior? Sheesh. I get chills thinking about it.

I can't wait for Christmas Eve!

 

 

 

"Long lay the world in sin and error pining.

Till He appeared, and the soul felt its worth.

A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices,

for yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.

Fall on your knees! Oh, hear the angel voices!

O night divine, the night when Christ was born!"

 



DPP: Days 5, 6, and 7

Here is another catch-up post. 

Day 5: 

My mom and I have always loved having December birthdays. It's an entire month of pretty lights and celebrations. How could it be better? Since December is all kinds of insane, typically birthdays are celebrated on days that aren't actually your birthday simply because there is a concert/party/event taking place on the actual birthday. 

So, at lunch on the day before my Mom's birthday, my Dad and I went to the house and ate a quick lunch and wished my mother a happy early birthday. We ate and chatted, and then my mother sent us back to work with hot coffee. Hooray! 

Day 6:

Even though I don't send out "real" Christmas cards (you know, the whole "so and so is up to this, this person did that, and I'm working on this!"), I still think it's fun to send snail mail, so why not send out mail at Christmas time? Ps - having Home Alone playing in the background is a wonderful idea if you're going to send out cards. 

Day 7:

On Friday evening, three hilarious ladies joined me for a night of cupcakes, Christmas-light-looking, and being silly. There will be a post on the evening to follow. But, in the meantime, here is a picture of two of the girls running through the tree lined entryway to the Devon building. 

December Photo Project

You guys. I'm the worst. I've only posted one picture from the December Photo Project on this blog, and I didn't even label it!
Since I'm guessing it doesn't matter too much, here are the missing photos.

Hey, at least it's only December 5th. Maybe I'll be able to catch up soon?

Day 1: Breakfast with the parents

The rest of the breakfast isn't pictured, but my Dad made pumpkin pecan pancakes (yes, please!), and my mom made scramby eggs. Yeah, I know they're not technically called "scramby" eggs, but I still call them that. Oh, and then there were the pineapple slices with brown-sugared bacon on top of them. It took everything in me to not eat that entire plate.



 

Day 2: Piano and Christmas!

Every year at the beginning of December I say, "Mother. This is the year that we will do a piano duet for fun." You know what happens every year?
We don't do a piano duet.

Lame sauce.

So, I am bound and determined to play one with her this year. Hence the practicing of Christmas tunes.

PS - aren't the covers adorable for the music?
They are my Mom's pieces from when she was in high school.

 

Day 3 (In this post)

Day 4: Late night M&Ms

Sometimes I come home from a 15 hour day and Sally, my dear roommate friend, shouts "I put a bowl of M&Ms on the table!" and then the trumpets ring out, and the lion and the lamb begin to play, and the people rejoice!

OK, none of those things happend, with the exception of me rejoicing.

That definitely did happen.

And I took this picture at 12:45 AM, so technically it should be Day 5, but it was still December 4th to me, so I'm just going to let that slide.

 

 

And that brings us to Day 5, which I have not taken at this point in time. So, I'm technically still behind. Oh, well.

This is the first year I have done the December Photo Project, and it has been so fun to look through everyone's photos to see a small glimpse into their days and the ways they celebrate the season.

 

 



Thoughts and Things

It's Tuesday, but I keep thinking it's Wednesday.

It's the month of Christmas! I just thought I'd remind you.

I want to paint my nails tonight, and I want to paint them each a different festive color. Just because I can.

For the life of me, I cannot concentrate today even though I really need to. (Really) Can you tell?

I want all of my friends to be right here with me right now, because I miss them, and they're all the best, and they make things better.

I want a puppy.

I can't decide if I want a sequinny shirt for the holiday season or if that would make me feel like an 80 year old who is trying to be festive.

I think it would be cool if my boss said, "Hey, go home and bake all day. Just take pictures of what you bake and show them to us tomorrow."
Done-zo.

I also want a pet tiger. And then I would move to a state where it actually snows, and I would watch my pet tiger play in the snow. I wouldn't have to get out of the way if the tiger was running toward me, because we'd be the best of friends, and he would know that I am his friend and not his next meal.

 

 

 

Since today feels like Wednesday, will tomorrow feel like Tuesday?

 

This completely random post is brought to you by lack of this and lack of this. And the letter M.