50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year

[GibbonBlack]

01 01 18	Paterson
01 01 18	The Meyerowitz Stories: New and Selected
01 01 18	The Killing of a Sacred Deer
01 01 18	Good Time
01 01 18	Deep Water
01 01 18	Freaks
04 01 18	Lucky
05 01 18	Alan Partridge: Why When Where How
05 01 18	AlphaGo
06 01 18	From Here to Eternity
06 01 18	Canada's Original Vigilante Pedophile Hunter
06 01 18	City of Ghosts
06 01 18	Casting JonBenet
08 01 18	Oklahoma City
09 01 18	Best of Enemies
10 01 18	The Cats of Mirikitani
12 01 18	The Shape of Water
12 01 18	Ingrid Goes West
13 01 18	9 11
13 01 18	LA 92
20 01 18	Wings of Desire
20 01 18	Molly's Game
21 01 18	Thor: Ragnorak
26 01 18	Darkest Hour
26 01 18	The Post
27 01 18	Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
27 01 18	Mom and Dad
06 02 18	Suburbicon
08 02 18	Coco
10 02 18	Fifty Shades Freed
16 02 18	On The Waterfront
17 02 18	First They Killed My Father
19 02 18	The Snowman
19 02 18	The Death of Stalin
22 02 18	Phantom Thread
22 02 18	Roman J. Israel ESQ.
23 02 18	Justice League
02 03 18	Murder on the Orient Express
02 03 18	Mute
02 03 18	Strong Island
03 03 18	Marty
03 03 18	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
11 03 18	Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
17 03 18	Annihilation
17 03 18	Downsizing
18 03 18	Denial

^That's copied from my spreadsheet. Sorry I'm breaking the format

There's a couple of shorts on there, I never know if it's fair to include them in the list. But whatever, it's my list

[Mantra]

01 01 18	paterson
01 01 18	the meyerowitz stories: New and selected

Hey, cool, what a weird coincidence. I also watched both Paterson and The Meyerowitz Stories back to back, and I thought that, even though they were both very different, they sort of complimented each other. They were both really interesting explorations of what it means to devote your life to being an artist, even when that doesn't mean becoming famous.

There's a certain dignity to the way that Paterson just writes his poetry and keeps it to himself. I think he does it to feel connected to things and for the sincere joy of expression. There's something kind of pure about that, and it's interesting to contrast him with the Dustin Hoffman character in The Meyerowitz Stories, because he's like the exact opposite. He's consumed by own insecurity and bitterness about not being more famous for his art and it warps him and turns him into an emotionally abusive narcissist. His devotion to art is selfish and corrupting, but for Paterson, it's like a tonic, something to help him cope with the monotony of his life.

I don't know if any of that makes sense, but I just thought it was interesting how there was a bit of thematic overlap between those two movies that I hadn't expected to find.

[GibbonBlack]

Hey, cool, what a weird coincidence. I also watched both Paterson and The Meyerowitz Stories back to back, and I thought that, even though they were both very different, they sort of complimented each other. They were both really interesting explorations of what it means to devote your life to being an artist, even when that doesn't mean becoming famous.

There's a certain dignity to the way that Paterson just writes his poetry and keeps it to himself. I think he does it to feel connected to things and for the sincere joy of expression. There's something kind of pure about that, and it's interesting to contrast him with the Dustin Hoffman character in The Meyerowitz Stories, because he's like the exact opposite. He's consumed by own insecurity and bitterness about not being more famous for his art and it warps him and turns him into an emotionally abusive narcissist. His devotion to art is selfish and corrupting, but for Paterson, it's like a tonic, something to help him cope with the monotony of his life.

I don't know if any of that makes sense, but I just thought it was interesting how there was a bit of thematic overlap between those two movies that I hadn't expected to find.

I didn't really like Paterson whilst I was watching it, but I kept thinking about it for days and days and it really grew on me.

I'd never thought about the connection between the two but you're right, there are some slight similarities.




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