Fall Film Challenge 2016

Let's try this again.  Last year I had plans in participating in Jenn's Fall Film Challenge.  You know how many I watched on my list? 1.  Yeah, talk about a fail.  When I saw Stephanie post about the challenge again, & give her list, I thought "why the hell not?!"  The challenge starts a week from today, September 1, & you can read all of the rules here on Jenn's post.

I'll be choosing movies that I can find on Netflix just because it makes life easier.

Here are my picks:

one. about adolescence.

Fish Tank

two. about a character's rebirth or rite of passage

Cinderella Man

three. about a comic book character.

Catwoman

four. shot or set in washington, d.c.

Sharknado 3

five. set in an academic environment

Hard Lessons

six. about failure.

Take This Waltz

seven. about a man vs. god or gods.

Thor: Hammer of the Gods

eight. about a man vs. himself.

Seeking a Friend For The End of the World

nine. about an invention or an ingenuous individual.

Ingenious

ten. set in a jail or prison.

Let's Go To Prison

eleven. about a dog.

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

twelve. about loss.

August: Osage County

thirteen. about man vs. man.

SEAL Team Six: The Raid On Osama Bin Laden

fourteen. about man vs. nature.

A Lonely Place To Die

fifteen. one that has a monster or monstrous individual.

Sharknado

sixteen. shot or set in pennsylvania.

Paper Towns

seventeen. about a character's quest of some kind.

Journey To The Center of the Earth (1959)

eighteen. about a character who goes from rags to riches.

Dope

nineteen. about a man. vs. society.

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

twenty. originally released in the thirties.

Young Mr. Lincoln

twenty-one. about undesirable individuals or elements.

Rounders

twenty-two. about a voyage and return.

Serendipity

twenty-three. about wizards or witchcraft.

Nanny McPhee

twenty-four. originally released in the sixties.

Cleopatra

twenty-five. about a yearning or obsession.

Eyes Wide Shut

Good Movies Make You Care

I saw both Michael & Stephanie post about a movie challenge.  Seeing as I don't have cable & am a Netflix, as well as challenge addict, I had to join in.  The challenge actually started yesterday & you have until the end of November to finish.  If you want to read all the rules, and see the possible prizes, you can check Jenn's post here!

Here are the movies that I am choosing along with the category that they belong to:

1) Any set in NYC

Coming to America

2) Any incorporating hot air balloons

The Importance of Being Earnest

3) Any featuring a child as the main character

The Kid

4) Any Disney film

Kronk's New Groove

5) Any set in Egypt/has an Egyptian character/has an Egyptian actor or actress

Cleopatra

6) Any friend or family member's favorite movie

Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid (daddy)

7) Any with the word "great in the title

The Great Gatsby (1974)

8) Any with Harrson Ford

Witness

9) Any where the main character is an idiot

Pink Panther 2

10) Any mentioned in the Levi Strauss: Denim in the Oscars list

Breakfast at Tiffany's

11) Any about a knight

Braveheart

12) Any love story

Days of Thunder

13) Any about something miraculous

The Way Back

14) Any starring someone with your first name

Horrible Bosses 2 (Brianne Howey)

15) Any about the Olympics

Prefontaine

16) Any from Time Magazines Top 10 Newspaper Movies list

His Girl Friday/Welcome to Sarajevo (It'll be one of these 2)

17) Any with a question in the title

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

18) Any with a 90% or better rating on rotten tomatoes

Hurt Locker

19) Any about a superhero

Batman (1989)

20) Any with subtitles

City of God

21) Any with unicorns

Virgin Suicides

22) Any with a personal victory

The Perfect Game

23) Any with black or white in the title

Into The White

24) Any set in a country you'd most like to visit

Never on a Sunday (Greece)

25) Any set in a zoo

We Bought A Zoo

Day 25 - My Favorite Thing To Do On A Night In

My favorite thing is just to lay in bed with Branden & talk while watching Lost or some movie.

Day 2 - My Favorite Movie

Way easier than my favorite song. This is hands down my favorite movie & has been since it came out. I love everything about it.

All Over The Place

I was planning on starting a food diary today anyway because I have been eating a ton of junk and it has been making me feel sick and gross. I figured this way I can see what I am getting too much of or not enough of. But now I also have a new reasoning which may sound weird. Yesterday my tongue got this cool minty feeling on/in it. I felt it pretty much right away in the morning and then it kind of went away but by the end of the day it was back. I was (still kind of am) freaked out by it because I do not have any explanation for it. I did some research on it and could not find ANYTHING. I did come across two threads on a website called misdiagnosis though. I will post them incase anyone is interested.

A common theme was acid reflux. Many of them said they suffered from it so that could be the cause. Others said they didn't have it or did but it was under control so it couldn't be the case. Needless to say I was already to go to the doctor today to have them check me out. But then I looked up acid reflux (which I have a lot of the symptoms) & how they test it. Well I have work today & they put you under to do the test so that is just not an option. So instead I am going to go a step further with the food diary & note if there is any changes in how I feel & this crazy tongue situation. It doesn't hurt at all it's just annoying and slightly unnerving because I have no clue what it is or why it just suddenly occured yesterday. It's back again this morning by the way. I am hoping that it goes away naturally and that it is nothing too serious. I am a complete hypochondriac so when some people were suggesting cancer & such I about freaked. Luckily 99% of the people seem to just relate it to acid reflux which isn't great but it sure as hell isn't cancer.

On a lighter note, I saw two different movies over the weekend. Saturday my roommate & I went to go see Letters To Juliet. I really liked it. It was your typical chick flick. But I still really liked it. There were things that I never would have guessed about the movie just from watching the previews which I liked because I didn't know the whole story going into it. Plus I was def. in the mood for a sappy love story and knew that Branden wasn't going to want to watch it with me the next day lol. Yesterday Branden & I went to go see Get Him To The Greek. This was a movie that I did want to see but wasn't super psyched about or anything. I LOVED it. I have not laughed so hard and so much in a movie since the Hangover. I cannot wait for this movie to come out. I will probably end up buying Letters To Juliet at some point but Get Him To The Greek is a movie that I will be buying hands down, no questions asked.

Branden's oldest sister is getting married on Saturday. It clicked that we haven't even bought her a present yet. So after I finish this & get dressed I am going to Target to print off their list and pick some things up, such as a diary for my food. Then tomorrow we are going to go pick something out. As of right now it's supposed to be a nice sunny 75 degree day. I am hoping that that sticks because just a couple of days ago it was supposed to be a stormy day & they are getting married outside.

I am so excited to have 3 weddings to go to this year. I have been to many weddings in my life but now that I am getting closer to the age where I am wanting to get married, I am excited to see all of the ideas that people have and what they do. I also have a wedding the following weekend for which I have not bought a present. Luckily the third isn't until October.

Ok I'm done now. At this point I'm just rambling and looking for things to write. I must get my but in gear because I do work later. Perhaps on this day off from school (I emailed in because last night I was planning on going to the doctor) I should actually be productive. Clean my room perhaps? We'll see.