The Beginning

So I've thought about starting a blog for a while, but could never settle on what it would really be about. In the midst of the writer's strike (and at the suggestion of Entertainment Weekly) I decided to work my way through all of the American Film Institute's top 100 movies (the 10th anniversary list). I've always enjoyed writing about movies and the AFI list provides a solidified theme to the blog. I'll probably also include various entries about what I'm up to, what new clothes I've created, (I'm also tailoring friends clothes for good prices...keep that in mind) and other not-on-the-list-movies, but AFI is the thread that runs throughout.

I chose the AFI list as opposed to just the Best Picture winners because the AFI list was more inclusive, as Mike (the boyfriend, his name will probably come up often) pointed out more than one movie from a certain year can be on the list.

I downloaded the list, which you can do here: http://connect.afi.com/site/PageServer?JServSessionIdr004=pli90lk0c4.app46a&pagename=100yearslist (it's lame, they make you register to get the full list) and checked off the ones I'd already seen. Thanks to film school and a general desire to see older movies I've already seen 39 out of the 100 films on the list. This was a perfect time to start doing this because TCM is in the process of the 31 days of Oscar. I made a list of when AFI list movies would be on, got a bunch of old VHS tapes from my mom's, and have been taping films since the beginning of Feb. First review to come soon...