#32 Memento

(2000, Christopher Nolan)

“Now, where was I?”

#31 Titanic

(1997, James Cameron)

“Not even God himself could sink this ship”

Sven Speaks: Some Changes

There will some changes to the point of this blog. It's Xmas Day, and I actually received the latest edition of the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die as a gift. What this means is that now I can add all the newer films post-2007 that feature in the latest edition, which is fantastic.

Problem is, due to the fact that obviously some films got taken out to make room for the likes of Inception and Slumdog Millionaire, this means that a few films I've already reviewed are no longer on the 1001 list (specifically, Princess Mononoke, There's Something About Mary & Amelie - Mary I can understand, the other two...not so much). This means that in order to shift from the old edition to the current, I need to disregard those reviews and essentially start again and/or re-number all my reviews and double check everything to see if it's all in the book. Naturally, I'm not doing that.

Instead, I'm merely factoring in the new additions alongside those films that featured in the earlier edition I started from, ie. I'm working from both books. Obviously, this means I am no longer working from the 1001 Movies, it's more like 1024 now. So the challenge has been increased, but this isn't stopping me, largely because the new additions include a ton of new films that I have yet to see but really want to (Inception, Black Swan, The Social Network, District 9, Let The Right One In). All this means is that this blog will keep going even longer than originally anticipated. Which is fine by me.

So a heads-up so that in a few years' time people don't start questioning why the numbers start going past 1001! Who knows, maybe by then I'll have ended up with an even newer edition with even more films!

#30 It's A Wonderful Life

(1946, Frank Capra)

“You’ve really had a wonderful life. Don’t you see what a mistake it would be to throw it away?”

#29 Back To The Future

(1985, Robert Zemeckis)

“Woah, Doc, this is heavy”

#28 The Pianist

(2002, Roman Polanski)

“Spielman? That’s a good name for a pianist”

#27 Videodrome

(1983, David Cronenberg)

“It’s just torture and murder. No plot, no characters.”

#26 Breaking Away

(1979, Peter Yates)

“I thought that was the whole plan. I thought that we were going to waste the rest of our lives together”

#25 Pan's Labyrinth

(El Laberinto del Fauno)
(2006, Guillermo del Toro)

“Life isn’t like your fairy tales. The world is a cruel place”

#24 The Elephant Man

(1980, David Lynch)

 “I am not an animal! I am a human being!”

#23 Deep End

(1970, Jerzy Skolimowski)

“I love her”

“You perverted little monster”

Sven Speaks: An Update

I'm still around, folks, just been a bit busy. Reviews are still being written, but at the moment I'm just waiting for some feedback on them. When I have that, I'll post them up. And yes, there is a Xmas movie coming, for those who are curious ;)