A few weeks ago I noticed some of my favorite bloggers were participating in a fall film challenge. I figured I wouldn’t be able to do it because 25 movies by November 30 is pretty much impossible but then with some encouraging peer pressure and an acknowledgement that there’s no way in hell I’d get it done and that’s okay, I thought I’d give it a shot. At the very least I could assemble a list and work through some of the movies left on the AFI 100 Best Films since watching all of those is on my 40 by 40 (which, at this point, needs a major overhaul).
Picking movies was hard, y’all. It nearly broke my brain. But I did it and this is what I came up with and also, please don’t judge me too hard on some of them because yes, I like baseball and have never seen Field of Dreams. Also, finding a movie starring someone with the same name as me? HAHAHAHAHA. That was superfun. I did it, though, but I’m not looking forward to watching it.
Some of the rules: had to be a movie you’ve never seen. No duplicates (so I couldn’t use one movie in two categories). Has to have an IMDB page. No made for TV movies.
I told you. HARD.
So here we go. Jana’s Fall Film Challenge List.
- A movie set in NYC–King Kong*. The Kyle Chandler version. Because Kyle Chandler is in it. But I’m counting it towards my AFI list
- A movie featuring hot air balloons–Around the World in 80 Days
- A movie with a child as a main character–American Graffiti*
- A Disney film–Mary Poppins. No, I’ve never seen it. I know.
- Set in Egypt/with an Egyptian character/Egyptian actor–The Mummy. I like Brendan Fraser. #noshame
- A close friend’s or family member’s favorite–Duck Soup* This is one of my dad’s favorites. If I can’t find it, Blazing Saddles. Also for my dad.
- The word “great” in the title–The Great Train Robbery
- Starring Harrison Ford–Raiders of the Lost Ark* No, I’ve never seen this one either. I know.
- An idiot as a main character–Get Hard. I’m pretty sure anything with Will Ferrell qualifies.
- On Levi Strauss’s list–Rear Window* Aiming for the original but the remake will have to do.
- About a knight–First Knight.
- A love story–Love, Actually. I told you there were lots of common movies on the list I’ve never seen.
- Something miraculous–Field of Dreams Judging me is totally appropriate at this point
- Same name as you–Approaching Midnight (actress: Jana Kramer)
- About the Olympics–Munich or Chariots of Fire
- On Time magazine’s list of newspaper movies–Zodiac
- Question in the title–Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?*
- 90% or more on rotten tomatoes–Serpico or The Last Picture Show*
- Superhero movie–Iron Man. I do love RDJ
- Subtitles–Amelie
- Featuring unicorns–Blade Runner*
- Personal victory–The Martian. Fiction, yes, but the man grew potatoes from his own poop. On Mars. Because he scienced the shit out of it.
- Black or white in the title–Black Swan or Meet Joe Black
- Set in a country you’d like to visit–Green Street Hooligans Charlie Hunnam, pre-Jax Teller. Alrighty.
- Set in a zoo–We Bought a Zoo. Two Matt Damon movies on the list? Don’t mind if I do.
*denotes movie on the AFI list of 100 Greatest American Films of All-Time
For all the rules, visit the original post: The Fall Film Challenge
So what about you guys? Are you doing it? Have you seen any of these? Any I should replace?