This is the fourth year publishing the list of television, movies, and books that I read throughout the year. It’s always interesting to look back on the content you have consumed with your viewing and reading habits laid out in front of you. It can be pretty scary for those not ready to truly look inside their own mind. For me, my biggest takeaway is always… “I need to read more books”. Looking through my 2017 media diary it’s hard to deny the fact I read zero books. I did however watch plenty of great television, and a few great movies. (Here’s to changing that in 2018).
2017 was the year in which my excitement for new television far exceeded my excitement for new movies. I continued my trend from 2016 where I felt I watched more television than movies. Television had a far larger impact on me, and sure there were some fine films scattered throughout the year, I just happened to get much more satisfaction from the plethora of television this year had to offer. Going to the movies will forever be one of my favorite activities, I just felt like too many movies I saw were simply mediocre.
There were some bright spots for me in the film world. Some of the highlights include Good Time, 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Brigsby Bear, Okja, and Get Out. On the television side, The Leftovers, Fargo, Mindhunter, American Vandal, Black Mirror, and too many others to count were beyond delightful. Between Netflix and HBO the quality shows kept coming. Netflix has truly turned into something special. The money and creative control Netflix gives the artists is something we’ve never seen before. Beyond the creative and unique output, the sheer volume of content Netflix puts out is crazy. Sure not all of it is “good”, but just about every month there was a series that was fantastic. Out of nowhere shows like Ozark or American Vandal and countless others seemly dropped out of nowhere.
Now there is a part of me that misses the old Netflix (which I first had around 2009 or so) where you could stumble across classic movies you had never seen or heard of. Now, the times have changed. It’s a different world. It’s exciting to see their original content and where it’s headed in the future. Every studio and company is starting a streaming service and Netflix continues to lead the pack.
Already as of writing this in 2018 I have seen some great movies that qualify for Awards season. As always, this time of year brings the prestige pictures which have been thoroughly entertaining. I’m excited to see what 2018 has to offer, and the fact that there is no Batman movie to disappoint me, the potential for the new year already seems to be going in the right direction. Here’s to reading more in 2018. Cheers.
JANUARY
1/2- Trophy Kids
1/3- WHY HIM
1/3- Jason Bourne
1/4- White Girl
1/5- Blair Witch
1/6- Sully
1/6- Independence Day Resurgence
1/7- The Number 23
1/9- SILENCE
1/9- The Wolf of Wall Street
1/10- MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
1/14- LA LA LAND
1/13- Magnificent 7 (remake)
1/18- An American Werewolf In Paris
1/22- Superman 4: The Quest for Peace
1/24- THE FOUNDER
1/28- LOST HIGHWAY
1/29- Gross Pointe Blank
1/31- Bill Burr Standup Special (Netflix)
6 THEATER
13 At Home
FEBRUARY
2/1- Rebecca
2/2- Notorious
2/3- Snowden
2/4- The Third Man
2/5- Spellbound
2/7- The People V OJ Simpson
2/7- The Accountant
2/8- The Fly (1958)
2/9- Santa Clarita Diet
2/10- JOHN WICK 2
2/11- Sixteen Candles
2/11- OSCAR NOMINATED SHORTS
2/12- Batman (1966)
2/13- THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE
2/14- The Village
2/16- Bringing Out the Dead
2/18- Girlfriends Day
2/18- War Games
2/19- A Few Good Men
2/20- Being There
2/21- A CURE FOR WELLNESS
2/21- Vinyl
2/20 The Color of Money
2/24- Romancing the Stone
2/25- Crimson Peak
2/28- Twin Peaks Season 2
4 THEATER
4 TV Series
18 At Home
MARCH
Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 12
3/1- Mike Birbiglia: Thank God For Jokes
3/2- Almost Heroes
3/3- Imperial Dreams
3/3- Alien vs. Predator: Requiem
3/4- Dog Eat Dog
3/4- Masterminds
3/5- The Shallows
3/6- Deadpool
3/9- LOGAN
3/10- Grumpy Old Men
3/10- GET OUT
3/11- Amadeus
3/12- Love Season 2
3/13- KONG: SKULL ISLAND
3/14- Grumpier Old Men
3 THEATER
2 TV Series
11 At Home
APRIL
4/1- The Discovery
4/2- Trailer Park Boys Season 11
4/4- Louis CK 2017 Standup Special
4/5- Patterson
4/10- GIFTED
4/14- Leftovers Season 2
4/15- Better Call Saul Season 2
4/18- We Own the Night
4/20- Idiocracy
4/21- Split
4/30- Vacancy
1 THEATER
3 TV Series
5 At Home
MAY
5/3- Rings
5/4- Gold
5/6- GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOLUME 2
5/7- Moonlight
5/8- Presumed Innocent
5/10- Go
5/11- The Hollars
5/13- Southland Tales
5/15- TAKE ME
5/15- BITCH
5/16- Master of None Season 2
5/17- 1408
5/17- Back to School
5/18- Interview With A Vampire
5/19- ALIEN COVENANT
5/20- Mr Robot Season 2
5/25- Lost Soul (Island of Dr. Monroe Doc)
5/26- Detour (2017)
5/27- WestWorld (original movie)
4 THEATER
2 TV Series
13 At Home
JUNE
Wonder Years Season 4
Leftovers Season 3
Wonder Years Season 5
Wonder Years Season 6
6/7- Saving Banksy
6/8- WONDER WOMAN
The Keepers
6/16- The Neon Demon
6/19- Better Call Saul Season 3
6/21- Shattered Glass
6/21- Bug
Fargo Season 3
6/22- The Mummy (1932)
6/23- Dracula (1931)
6/23- The Invisible Man (1933)
6/24- The Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)
6/25- Silicon Valley Season 4
6/26- Frankenstein (1931)
6/26- Tumbletown
6/28- Anarchist Cookbook Netflix Doc
6/29- Okja
6/30- Fist Fight
6/30- Collateral Beauty
1 THEATER
8 TV Series
14 At Home
JULY
7/1- Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press
7/5- The Lobster
Enlightened Season 1
Enlightened Season 2
7/10- BABY DRIVER
7/11- Extraordinary: The Stan Romanek Story
SPIDERMAN HOMECOMING
7 Days In Hell
The Lost City of Z
Glow Season 1
Friends From College
7/25- VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS
7/25- Meet the Blacks
Ozark Season 1
3 THEATER
4 TV Series
6 At Home
AUGUST
8/4- Wet Hot American Summer
8/7- BRIGSBY BEAR
8/8- The Circle
8/14- F8 of the Furious
13 Reasons Why
8/15- King Arthur
8/16- The Bye Bye Man
Rick and Morty Season 1
Rick and Morty Season 2
8/29- It (1990)
8/30- Killing Zoe
8/31- Mars Attacks
1 THEATER
4 TV Series
7 At Home
SEPTEMBER
Doomed (1994 Fantastic Four Doc)
Monster Squad
Batman and Bill
LOGAN LUCKY
Little Evil
The Defenders
The Edge of Seventeen
9/13- Rough Night
9/14- Baywatch
9/19- IT
9/21- BRADS STATUS
American Vandal
MOTHER!
4 THEATER
1 TV Series
8 At Home
OCTOBER
10/13- Friday the 13th Part 6
10/14- Jason X
10/14- THELMA
Stranger Things Season 2
Mindhunter Season 1
Saw 2,3,4,5,6
10/31- Halloween
1 THEATER
2 TV Series
8 At Home
NOVEMBER
11/5- You Are Here
11/6- BLADE RUNNER 2049
11/7- Dark Tower
11/7- The House
11/8- Tomorrow Never Dies
11/9- THOR RAGNAROK
11/16- Future Man
11/17- Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond
11/19- JUSTICE LEAGUE
11/23- The Sandlot
11/24- All Eyez on Me
11/24- Wind River
11/25- 3 BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI
11/26- Chips
The Deuce
4 THEATER
1 TV Series
10 At Home
DECEMBER
Shameless Season 1,2,3,4,5,6
Easy Season 2
Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 10
12/22- Bright
Creep 2
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Home Alone
12/25- Jingle All the Way
STAR WARS THE LAST JEDI
Wilson
I, TONYA
The Dinner
Black Mirror Season 4
2 THEATER
9 TV Series
7 At Home
2017 YEARLY TOTALS:
34 MOVIES IN THE THEATERS
40 TV Series
120 Movies watched at home
Here’s how my previous three years compare to 2017.
98 MOVIES IN THE THEATERS
23 TV Series
144 Movies watched at home
42 MOVIES IN THE THEATERS
16 TV Series
230 Movies watched at home
32 MOVIES IN THE THEATERS
41 TV Series
129 Movies watched at home
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