Here's my incredibly long yearly wrap-up post. I always like to do these just as a good way end the year on a reflective note. And since my life is so very entertainment oriented, I may as well shoot for those. I set quite a few goals for myself, most of them some form of media. So I wanted to read 12 books and watch 150 movies I'd never seen before. Did I actually manage? Apparently I did. I don't know how but I did.
Here are just a few of the books, video games, and movies I read/played/watched this year.
Video Games
Completed Games
For those curious, I consider a sports game (completed) when I've completed a season of the full career mode. I did at least 2 in the games I played this year, so I counted them. Otherwise, how else can you really judge a sports game?
- Telltale Batman S2
- South Park: The Fractured But Whole
- Far Cry 5
- Dying Light
- Super Mario Land 3D
- ABZU
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Spider-man
- UFC 3
- Madden '19
- MLB The Show
- Jurassic World Evolution
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Spider-man
- God of War
- South Park: The Fractured But Whole
- Batman: The Enemy Within
Books
- City of Thieves
- Paddle Your Own Canoe
- Stephen King ...On Writing
- The Art of War
- Like Brothers
- John Dies At The End
- Jurassic Park
- The Lost World
- The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
- Own the Day, Own Your Life
- Uncommon Type
- The Outsider
Movies
This could easily change in a years time, as is the nature with favorite film's list but dammit, I'm gonna try anyway.
Favorite Films
- Halloween
- Hereditary
- Mission Impossible: Fallout
- Avengers: Infinity War
- Eighth Grade
- A Quiet Place
- Isle of Dogs
- Ant Man and the Wasp
- I, Tonya
- The Incredibles 2
Here are the films, released in 2018 that I watched this year.
New 2018 Films:
- The Cloverfield Paradox
- Game Over, Man
- A Quiet Place
- Ready Player One
- Avengers: Infinity War
- Black Panther
- Baywatch
- The Clapper
- Game Night
- Deadpool 2
- Infinity Baby
- Kodachrome
- I, Tonya
- Maze Runner: The Death Cure
- Ant-Man and the Wasp
- The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer
- Super Troopers 2
- Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
- Rampage
- Pacific Rim: Uprising
- Tomb Raider
- The Hitman’s Bodyguard
- Red Sparrow
- Eighth Grade
- Permanent
- The Package
- Hereditary
- The Strangers: Prey at Night
- American Animals
- Mayhem
- Terrifier
- Uncle Drew
- Revenge
- Nappily Ever After
- Truth or Dare
- Apostle
- Malevolent
- Halloween ‘18
- Splice
- Summer of ‘84
- Incredibles 2
- Isle of Dogs
- Mandy
- Mission Impossible: Fallout
- Blockers
- Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse
- Hellraiser Judgment
- Venom
- Sorry To Bother You
- Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
And then these are the films from any other year that I just happened to finally watch this year. I've made sure to bold the films that really stood out to me. (It's funny how those numbers worked out, eh?)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man Tell No Tales
- Goon 2: Last of the Enforcers
- The Shape of Water
- Captain Underpants: Epic First Movie
- The Disaster Artist
- Blade Runner 2049
- Thor: Ragnorak
- Ladybugs
- Elysium
- Chappie
- Jeff, Who Lives At Home
- Lady Bird
- Coco
- Creep 2
- Deep Red
- Phenomena
- Just Buried
- Mystery Team
- It’s a Disaster
- Small Apartments
- Cherry
- Killing Gunther
- Fits and Starts
- A Bad Idea Gone Wrong
- Wish Upon
- Gamers
- 47 Meters Down
- Tragedy Girls
- The House
- Happy Death Day
- Hail, Caesar!
- Atomic Blonde
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle
- Frances Ha!
- Sicario
- Geostorm
- Me and Earl and The Dying Girl
- The Legend of Tarzan
- Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
- Free Fire
- Hell or High Water
- Three Billboards outside Ebing, Missouri
- Joy
- Dunkirk
- Battle of the Sexes
- Passengers
- Colossal
- Mother!
- The Darkest Hour
- The Love Witch
- The Mummy
- Ghost in the Shell
- American Made
- Friend Request
- Perks of Being a Wallflower
- Wanderlust
- Hostiles
- Stepfather
- Stepfather 2
- Stepfather 3
- The Way, Way Back
- Saturday the 14th
- Fist Fight
- Starry Eyes
- American Assassin
- Mom and Dad
- The Shallows
- Thoroughbreds
- Bone Tomahawk
- Please Stand By
- Murder on the Orient Express
- The Proposition
- Tourist Trap
- Deathgasm
- Murder Party
- Beyond the Gates
- Raw
- Train to Busan
- Society
- Even Lambs Have Teeth
- Magic
- Cannibal Holocaust
- The Void
- The Ritual
- The Devil’s Candy
- The Evil Within
- The Killing of a Sacred Deer
- Demons
- Humanoids from the Deep
- LEGO Ninjago
- The Peanuts Movie
- Phantasm: Ravager
- Prancer
- Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead
- Catwoman
- Christmas Evil
- Better Watch Out
- Phantasm Oblivion
- Annie Hall
- The Exorcist III
But that's all 2018 stuff. What about 2019?
150 new films and 12 new books were great goals for this year. However, I think those goals have come and gone. There were times where I just felt stressed trying to finish the goal. In the end it works out to nearly 13 movies a month. That's 1 film every 2 to 3 days. It wouldn’t be prudent to do it again. So I’m giving myself something more simple. All of these would be fresh first time experiences. (Examples that I have no intention of keeping to, just ones I came up with quickly to help formulate my goal)
- 10 Classic Films
(North by Northwest, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Snatch, Mean Streets, Gone With The Wind, LA Confidential, The Godfather 2, Spirited Away)
- 10 Video Games
(Bioshock, Resident Evil 2, Final Fantasy ??, Earthbound, Uncharted, God of War, Borderlands 2, Ori and the Blind Forest)
- 10 TV Shows
(The Sopranos, Deadwood, Ozarks, Fargo, American Horror Story, Bojack Horseman, The Expanse, House of Cards, Vikings, The Path,)
Those are just some fun things that I think will help me evolve as a person without being too confined. Notice, there’s no books this year. That’s mainly because I think I’ll do better without that number hanging over me. I found myself avoiding comic books because they wouldn’t count towards my goal and were therefore “wasting time.” Which is stupid. I love comic books.
So another big thing about this upcoming year, as well as this end of this past year, has been my Youtube channel. Now, don't get the wrong idea, it's not this massive phenomenon. In fact, I don't advertise it at all which isn't very good for those types of things. But I hate advertising and would rather have a nice creative outlet than something that I just whore out to squeeze out a couple more eyeballs. But the plan is to release a new video every Friday for the entire year. I have no idea what will come of it post-2019 but I've made that promise to myself at least.
So this should be a fun year, albeit a busy one. I plan on continuing to do what I do career-wise and just look for advancement where I see it. The entire goal of this upcoming year is to be a happier person.
I think I'm off to a good start in my weird kind of way.
