Inspired by my friend PG, I have decided to make a list of movies I want to see. Her list was of movies she has already seen in the past year, but it reminded me that I have been meaning to list the movies I've yet to see, so I can either rent them or put them in my Netflix queue. If the writer's strike continues, I will not watch the Oscar broadcast, which takes some of the pressure off! Though, come to think of it, I haven't kept up with Oscar-nominated movies for many years. I used to be a zealot about it and I used to read movie magazines like crazy, so I knew about all the movies before they came out. I also used to go to the movies once or twice a week. Now, it's more like once or twice every few months.

Movies I Want to See that I Still Haven't Seen (from 2007, mostly)
1. Michael Clayton
2. No Country for Old Men
3. Juno
4. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
5. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
6. Sweeney Todd
7. In the Valley of Elah
8. Eastern Promises
9. Charlie Wilson's War
10. Away From Her
11. The Savages
12. American Gangster
13. Gone Baby Gone
14. Control
15. The Darjeeling Limited
16. Half Nelson
17. The Good German
18. Once

I love making lists...until they exhaust me. Around # 13 I started to feel fatigue setting in. How/when will I possibly watch all these movies? At least I saw "There Will Be Blood". It was so satisfying, I might not have to see another movie all year. Even its flaws were beautiful and bold.