June 2020’s Movies Watched List with Juicy Stats!

Happy Canada Day, everyone!

Another month, another pile of movies to pour over and examine!  After putting away a whomping 66 movies in May, I only managed to get to exactly half in June.  There is no one reason for it.  There was a lot of podcasting happening this month, Sarah and I got back into hiking, allergies played some havoc on me for a couple of days, and I played a few video games.  So, it was a combination of a few things, I guess.

I have also been re-watching a ton in my Blu-ray collection.  This limited the first time views to only 12 flicks, but it also meant no strikeouts!  I finished every movie I started and only didn’t care for one, 30 Seconds Over Tokyo.  And even that had its redeeming qualities.  The Revenant is the only home run (I can’t recommend it enough and I’m looking to add it to the collection) but that doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy a hell of a lot more.

So much of what I re-watched are films that I haven’t seen in a really long time, and I’m so happy to see that most held up over time!

The List

• An asterisk (*) indicates a first time viewing.
• Links will take you to write-ups posted.
• Bold font indicates a write-up is done and scheduled to be posted.
• Strike-through means I didn’t enjoy it enough to finish it.

 

Date Watched	Film Title	Year Released	My Rating
Jun08	Ghostbusters	1984	5
Jun08	The Good, The Bad, & the Ugly	1966	5
Jun09	Sabrina*	1954	4
Jun11	Irma La Douce	1963	4
Jun12	Duck, You Sucker*	1971	4
Jun13	Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure	1989	3.5
Jun14	Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey	1991	3.5

Date Watched	Film Title	Year Released	My Rating
Jun15	Sweet Bird of Youth*	1962	3.5
Jun18	Fletch Lives	1989	3.5
Jun19	Crossfire*	1947	3
Jun19	30 Seconds Over Tokyo*	1944	2.5
Jun20	Fighting With My Family*	2019	3.5
Jun21	Alien	1979	5

Date Watched	Film Title	Year Released	My Rating
Jun22	The Major and The Minor*	1942	4
Jun25	The Revenant*	2015	5
Jun26	The Last Detail	1973	4
Jun26	One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest	1975	4
Jun27	Five Easy Pieces	1970	4
Jun27	Truth*	2015	3
Jun28	Network	1976	4
Jun29	The King’s Speech*	2010	4

 

The Juicy Stats

Total Number of movies watched: 33
The number of first-time watches: 12
Oldest movie: The Major and The Minor (1942)
Longest movie: The Good, The Bad, & the Ugly (2hr 58m)
Most watched actor: William Holden (5)
The number of movies watched by decade:
‘30s – 0
‘40s – 3
‘50s – 4
‘60s – 5
‘70s – 7
‘80s – 4
‘90s – 2
‘00s – 1
‘10s – 7

How I watched them:
PVR/DVR – 9
DVD Collection – 2
Blu-ray Collection – 16
4K Blu-ray collection – 3
Public Library DVD – 0
Netflix – 0
Amazon Prime – 0
Tubi – 0
YouTube – 0
Kodi – 0
Disney+ – 0
Pirates – 3

Genres:
Action – 1
Animated – 0
Comedy – 7
Comic Book – 2
Crime – 0
Documentaries – 0
Dramas – 12
Fantasy – 0
Film Noir – 1
Horror – 1
Kung Fu – 1
Romantic Comedy – 2
Thriller – 0
War – 1
Western – 5

Baseball time!
These are the “batting stats” compiled for the FIRST TIME watches.  I give each movie a rating out of 5.  5s are home runs, 4s and 3s are hits, 2s and 1s are pop or ground outs, an NA (did not finish) is a Strike Out.  This tells me how well of a job I’m doing at picking which movies to watch.

Good Movie Average:  11/12 –  .917 (Last month: .604)
Home Runs: 1 – The Revenant
Strikeouts: 0

Awards
Most underrated: Fletch Lives
Most overrated: Ulzana’s Raid
Most fun: Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Most Forgettable: Truth
Better than I remembered: Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey
Not As Good As I remembered:
Best re-watch: Mad Max: Fury Road
The movie I can finally cross off the Bucket-list: Sabrina (1954)
Most surprising performance: Both Leo and Tom Hardy in The Revenant.
The film that was the Most Pleasant Surprise: The Revenant
Worst Movie: 30 Seconds Over Tokyo
Best Movie(s): The Revenant

Feel free to tell me how terrible my opinion(s) are in the comments!