Alright, it’s time for another ascent to genre heaven with more ‘Another Day, Another Movie.’ For the uninitiated, ADAM is when I (in an awesome use of my time and energy) pick a theme, genre, etc., and then watch one movie in that category every day for at least a week, or as long as a month.
I’ve got three genres on their way before October’s Scary(ish) Moviefest 2011, and I was hoping for some suggestions from all of you out there in the internets. Here are the films I have planned for each upcoming genre so far, without much in the way of research.
Samurai Films:
I’ve already watched a bunch of samurai movies, first as part of the Western edition of Another Day, Another Movie, then because I fell in love with Kurosawa. It’s time to devote a few weeks of my life entirely to samurai films.
I’ve seen a bunch of these before. Obviously, there is a ton of Kurosawa. So far, I’ve got:
1. Seven Samurai
2. Yojimbo
3. Sanjuro
4. Ran
5. Throne of Blood
6. 47 Ronin
7. Harikari
8. Twilight Samurai
9. The Hidden Blade
10. The Last Samurai (Yes, I’m including The Last Samurai, sue me)
11. Samurai Rebellion
12. Love and Honor
13. Kill!
14. The Hidden Fortress
15. The Sword of Doom
16. Samurai Assassin
Kung Fu Films
I want to show China some love too, not just immerse myself in Japan. Thus, I also want to do a Kung Fu moviefest as well.
So far:
1. Enter The Dragon
2. Hero
3. Kung Fu Hustle
4. Kung Fu Panda
5. Shaolin Soccer
6. Game of Death
7. The Blade
8. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
9. Ip Man & Ip Man 2
10. The Prodigal Son
11. Drunken Master
12. Fist of Fury
13. Iron Monkey
14. Supercop
15. The Shaolin Temple
16. The Legend of Drunken Master
17. 36th Chamber of Wu-Tang
Post-Apocalypse Films
In an entirely unrelated sub-genre, I also want to do post-apocalypse cinema. So far:
1. Children of Men
2. Mad Max
3. The Road Warrior
4. Beyond Thunderdome
5. Quiet Earth
6. On the Beach
7. 9
8. Logan’s Run
9. I Am Legend
10. The Road
11. Wall*E
12. The Dark Hour
13. The Omega Man
14. La Jetée
15. A Boy and His Dog
16. Wizards
17. Escape from New York
18. Day of the Triffids
19. Idiocracy
20. Time of the Wolf
Help with even more titles, along with other thoughts, would be GREATLY appreciated!
Brian
can’t wait for them to start!
Jesse
Samurai flick: Shogun Assassin
Kung Fu flick: Fist of Legend (remake of Fist of Fury starring Jet Li)
Post-apocalyptic flick: Sunshine (this is more of an almost-apocalyptic one, but it seems like Earth has been through some shit and the mood is still pretty grim)
Scott
I’ll add those first two to the list for sure.
And I love Sunshine. Great movie! Although, for this I’m limiting it to just post-apocalypse and skipping actual apocalypse (and near-apocalypse) films. It’s about time to watch Sunshine again just for the hell of it though.