Bad Track Record

2011 Media Consumption

Back in 2003 I discovered my Netflix rental history, and started keeping track of all the movies I watch. What started as an accounting of just the movies I watch for the first time in the year has since ballooned to multiple lists for movies I watch on DVD, in theatres, as well as TV seasons I watch and book I read.

I don’t keep track of all the comics I read because….come on, there must be limits.

So, for those of you bored enough, here’s my list:

MOVIES 2011

1. The Last Airbender 1/3

2. Inception 1/5

3. The Expendables 1/13

4. Exit Through The Gift Shop 1/14

5. The Disappearance of Alice Creed 1/14

6. The Town 1/18

7. Animal Kingdom 1/22

8. The American 1/26

9. The Tenth Inning 1/30

10. Groundhog Day 2/2

11. The Great Escape 2/3

12. Escape From Alcatraz 2/10

13. Paper Heart 2/27

14. The Sandlot 2/28

15. Bull Durham 3/1

16. Seven Up and Seven Plus Seven 3/4

17. Bang The Drum Slowly 3/5

18. Nights and Weekends 3/5

19. We Live In Public 3/5

20. Let The Right One In 3/13

21. The Lineup 3/22

22. Field of Dreams 3/25

23. Daredevil: Dirtector’s Cut 3/26

24. Lantana 3/27

25. The Hard Word 3/30

26. Is Everybody Happy? 4/2

27. Death and The Maiden 4/3

28. Days of Glory 4/7

29. The Odd Couple 4/8

30. This Is Spinal Tap 4/8

31. Bolt 4/9

32. Get Shorty 4/9

33. Red Riding 1974 4/10

34. Red Riding 1980 4/11

35. Red Riding 1983 4/11

36. Chronicle of an Escape 4/12

37. Mesrine: Killer Instinct 4/14

38. Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 4/15

39. Archangel 4/21

40. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 4/23

41. Carlos 4/29

42. Medicine for Melancholy 4/30

43. Spider-man 2 5/5

44. The Dark Knight 5/7

45. Four Lions 5/8

46. Superbad 5/13

47. The New World 5/17

48. Howl’s Moving Castle 5/21

49. Anvil: The Story of Anvil 5/22

50. The Secret of Kells 5/23

51. The Unforgiven 5/25

52. X-Men 5/26

53. X-Men 2:United 5/27

54. X-Men 3: Last Stand 5/28

55. All Star Superman 6/3

56. Megamind 6/6

57. The Good Shepherd 6/12

58. The Rock 6/14

59. Roshomon 6/17

60. Vanishing On Seventh Street 6/18

61. Good Hair 6/20

62. Con Air 6/22

63. Please Vote For Me 6/24

64. Layer Cake 7/1

65. Green Lantern Emerald Knights 7/5

66. Iron Man 2 7/3

67. Kung Fu Panda 7/13

68. Dr. Strangelove 7/17

69. Magnolia 7/21

70. Flight of The Intruder 7/24

71. The Thomas Crown Affair 8/2

72. Clockers 8/7

73. Never Let Me Go 8/11

74. The Thing Blue Line 8/13

75. Traitor 8/15

76. In America 8/18

77. Chop Shop 8/20

78. The Crow 8/20

79. Doubt 8/22

80. Monsters 8/24

81. Ballast 8/30

82. Vicky Cristina Barcelona 9/5

83. The Ghost Writer 9/8

84. A Single Man 9/12

85. Cedar Rapids 9/15

86. The Adjustment Bureau 9/24

87. Rififi 9/27

88. Spirited Away 9/30

89. My Left Foot 10/1

90. Erin Brockovich 10/4

91. Out Of Sight 10/7

92. The Princess and The Frog 10/8

93. Transcendent Man 10/10

94. Food Inc 10/11

95. Last Train Home 10/14

96. Batman Begins 10/22

97. The Exorcist 10/29

98. Do The Right Thing 10/29

99. The Trip 11/5

100. SLC Punk 11/11

101. Walt and El Grupo 11/12

102. Duck, You Sucker 11/13

103. Blitz 11/18

104. Foreign Correspondent 11/19

105. Hunger 11/22

106. Red 11/24

107. Cars 2 11/25

108. Tangled 12/9

109. The Escapist 12/10

110. 44 Inch Chest 12/10

111. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 12/16

112. The Others 12/17

113. Gonzo 12/17

114. Die Hard 12/24

115. Limitless 12/24

116. Star Trek 12/28

117. Timer 12/31

118. Howl 12/31

THEATRE

1. Tron: Legacy 1/16

2. The Social Network 1/26

3. The Kids Are Alright 1/29

4. Biutiful 2/18

5. The Fighter 2/19

6. The Big Lebowski 2/23

7. True Grit 2/24

8. Black Swan 2/25

9. 127 Hours 2/26

10. My Tale of Two Cities 2/26

11. The Kings Speech 2/27

12. Paul 3/26

13. Thor 5/7

14. Win Win 5/14

15. X-Men: First Class 6/2

16. The Tree of Life 6/18

17. Super 8 6/25

18. Green Lantern 6/28

19. Transformers Dark of The Moon 7/18

20. Captain America 7/20

21. Cowboys and Aliens 8/2

22. X-Men: First Class 8/14

23. Crazy, Stupid, Love 8/19

24. Captain America 10/8

25. The Descendants 11/26

26. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol 12/26

TV SERIES

1. Bored to Death Season 2 (8, 30 min)

2. Ken Burns Baseball (9, 100 min)

3. Breaking Bad Season 1 (7, 48 min)

4. Breaking Bad Season 2 (13, 48 min)

5. Breaking Bad Season 3 (13, 48 min)

6. Futurama Season 1 (13, 22 min)

7. Sons of Anarchy Season 1 (13, 44 min)

8. Terriers Season 1 (13, 44 min)

9. Southland Season 3 (10, 44 min)

10. Sons of Anarchy Season 2 (13, 44 min)

11. Detroit 187 Season 1 (18, 44 min)

12. Sons of Anarchy Season 3 (13, 44 min)

13. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (6, 54 min)

14. Sherlock (3, 88 min)

15. Futurama Season 2 (19, 22min)

16. Justified Season 2 (13, 44 min)

17. Jekyll (6, 60 min)

18. Community Season 2 (24, 22 min)

19. Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes Season 1 (25, 22 min)

20. The Chicago Code (13, 44 min)

21. The Killing Season 1 (13, 44 min)

22. Game of Thrones Season 1 (10, 55 min)

23. Treme Season 2 (11, 55 min)

24. Luther Series 1 (6, 52 min)

25. Luther Series 2 (4, 52 min)

26. Occupation (2, 88 min)

27. The Sandbaggers Series 1 (7, 50 min)

28. The Sandbaggers Series 2 (6, 50 min)

29. The Sandbaggers Series 3 (7, 50 min)

30. Futurama Season 3 (22, 22 min)

31. The Shadow Line (7, 60 min)

32. Castle Season 1 (10, 44 min)

33. Wolverine and The X-Men Season 1 (26, 22 min)

34. Breaking Bad Season 4 (13, 44 min)

35. Sons of Anarchy Season 4 (14, 44 min)

36. The Walking Dead Season 2.1 (7, 44 min)

37. Young Justice Season 1 (18. 22 min)

38. Boardwalk Empire Season 2 (12, 60 min)

BOOKS

1. On Writing - Steven King

2. Shutter Island - Dennis Lehane

3. Slaughterhouse V - Kurt Vonnegut

4. Mystic River - Dennis Lehane

5. The Way Home - George Pelacanos

6. Road Dogs - Elmore Leonard

7. Sacred - Dennis Lehane

8. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

9. No Country For Old Men - Cormac McCarthy

10. Pronto - Elmore Leonard

11. The Hound of the Baskervilles  - Arthur Conan Doyle

12. Valley of Fear - Arthur Conan Doyle

13. His Last Bow - Arthur Conan Doyle

14. The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle

15. The Night Gardener - George Pelacanos

16. Gone, Baby, Gone - Dennis Lehane

17. American Gods - Neil Gaiman

18. Prayers for Rain - Dennis Lehane

19. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins

20. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins

21. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins

22. The Given Day - Dennis Lehane

23. Clockers - Richard Price

24. Mindset - Carol Dweck

25. The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard

26. Moonlight Mile - Dennis Lehane

27. Astro Van - Josh Flanagan

28. A Most Wanted Man - John LeCarre