Of all the various forms of storytelling I think it is safe to say that film is my favourite. Television and books do come very close though. As an extension of that I also enjoy collecting Blu-ray and DVDs. That brings me to a problem. I like to make sure that I have watched every disk I’ve bought at least once, but over the last year or so I’ve been getting further and further behind in that. I’ve been buying more than I’ve been watching. I’ve known vaguely in my head how many there were but now I’ve made my “to watch” pile into an actual physical pile.







Of course I’ve attempted to slow down on my purchases but that doesn’t work very well, I always get too tempted by the new releases. Especially when I write a small column each week about the upcoming releases. Therefore the only other option is to increase the time spent watching. As always that will be a balancing act to find the time but I don’t think that a couple of hours less playing Minecraft or The Old Republic each day will be a bad thing in the long run.



The majority of the films pictured above I have seen at some point before. That is how I know I would like them in my collection. There are still a few blind buys in there though. However that pile of films is not the end. There are also many films which I’ve yet to see in any format which I know I’d like to try. From new releases that I didn’t find the time for at the cinema right back to famous classics which I’ve never got around to seeing. I would like to do something about that as well.



Then there is another group of films to consider. Last year I made a profile at iCheckMovies, a site where you create a list and keep track of all the films you’ve seen. When I was creating the profile and checking the films I’ve seen a problem came up quite a few times. I would recognise the title of a film but then realize I only recall vague details about it. This led me to wonder if I’ve actually ever seen the film or if I’ve just gleaned details from pop culture over the years. These are lower priority but there are a few I’d like to watch in order to make sure I have actually seen them and then to finally check them on my profile.



The plan now is a simple one which others have done before. Over the next year or so I plan to watch as many films as possible, ideally at least one per day. I will then write a mini review on the film and give it a rating. There are bound to be days I have to miss due to other commitments but hopefully by this time next year there will be 300-400 new reviews on this blog and also my count of total films seen should have broken 1000 at iCheckMovies. That count is already at 900 as I write this so it shouldn’t be too hard to fit 100 new films in amongst the re-watches.



I will be giving all the reviews a rating out of ten. In order to try and keep some consistency between ratings over time and across different moods I have also given each rating a descriptive word. These are:



10. Perfect

9. Awesome

8. Brilliant

7. Great

6. Okay

5. Average

4. Disappointing

3. Poor

2. Rubbish

1. Worthless



It is not the ideal system as my views are still very subjective, but I have used it before and I find it works well enough.



Please wish me luck as I dive into this and do follow this blog if you’d like to the the updates as soon as they happen. You can also see what I’ve been checked into on Getglue if you want advanced notice of what I’ll be reviewing.