Viewing Log - January 2012

I decided to finally start keeping track of everything I watch in a given year. I'd give some sort of explanation as to why I decided to do this, but, alas, it just seemed like the thing to do. I AM SUCH A FOLLOWER!!! I will only post the log monthly as daily seems pointless and excessive.

Following is the list of TV shows and films that I watched in January of 2012.

The grades are meant to be strictly personal. It is merely a reflection of how much I enjoyed what I viewed as documented in the immediate moment that it ended. It lacks reflection on the work, discussion, and so on. These numbers could have been changed even a day later and will probably change upon subsequent viewings. If you even start to think this is some kind of gradation of "quality," I'll slap you. "How can you think this is better than that?" would be the wrong way to approach these grades. Why? BECAUSE THAT WASN'T MY INTENTION AND I AM NOT MAKING THAT STATEMENT. In fact, I never went back to compare grades between one and the next.

Here is the key to deciphering what those letters n' numbers within the () mean.
(S) - Short
(R) - Rewatch
(T) - Theater
(C) - Commentary Track
(TV) - TV Show
(12) - 2012 Release

2012 FILMS VIEWED IN 2011

THIS IS NOT A FILM - 5
THE TURIN HORSE - 4.75
OSLO, AUGUST 31 - 5
THE INNKEEPERS - 3.5
THE DAY HE ARRIVED - 3.25
JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI - 4
THE LONELIEST PLANET - 4.75

01/01
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (R) - 5
THE DESCENDANTS (T) - 3
LE QUATTRO VOLTE - 4
A DANGEROUS METHOD - 4.25
BAD TEACHER - 2

01/02
MILLENNIUM MAMBO - 2
CARNAGE (T) - 3.5
THE LAYOVER: Hong Kong (TV)
COLD WEATHER - 3.75
STATE AND MAIN - 4.25

01/03
L'AMOUR FOU - 4
EVEN THE RAIN - 4.75
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES - 2.75

01/04
HOW I ENDED THIS SUMMER - 4
POTICHE - 3.75
SLEEPING BEAUTY - 3.25

01/05
THE COLBERT REPORT: 01/03/12 (TV)
RAPT - 4.25
ROAD TO NOWHERE - 4.5
WIN WIN - 3
PAGE ONE: INSIDE THE NEW YORK TIMES - 3

01/06
THE ROBBER - 3.75
A SEPARATION (T) - 5
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON (T) - 3.25

01/07
BRIDESMAIDS - 2.5

01/08
MYSTERIES OF LISBON - 4.75

01/09
LOVE EXPOSURE - 5
MONEYBALL - 4

01/10
FILM SOCIALISME - 4.5(?)
LE HAVRE - 4.75
CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH - 4.25
THE COLBERT REPORT: 01/04/12 (TV)
THE COLBERT REPORT: 01/05/12 (TV)
THE COLBERT REPORT: 01/09/12 (TV)

01/11
THE DAILY SHOW: 01/03/12 (TV)
THE DAILY SHOW: 01/04/12 (TV)
THE DAILY SHOW: 01/05/12 (TV)
THE DAILY SHOW: 01/09/12 (TV)
THE COLBERT REPORT: 01/10/12 (TV)
THE DAILY SHOW: 01/10/12 (TV)
TOP CHEF: TEXAS S9E9 (TV)
THE INCREASINGLY POOR DECISIONS OF TODD MARGARET S2E1 (TV)
VIVE L'AMOUR - 4.5
CUL-DE-SAC - 4

01/12
CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING - 4.5
THE MODERNS - 3.25


01/13
PARKS AND RECREATION S4E11 (TV)
KLUTE - 4
HE WHO GETS SLAPPED - 4.5
JUSTIFIED S2E1 (TV) (R)
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER 01/13/12 (TV)
JUSTIFIED S2E2 (TV) (R)

01/14
JUSTIFIED S2E3 (TV) (R)
JUSTIFIED S2E4 (TV) (R)
JUSTIFIED S2E5 (TV) (R)
JUSTIFIED S2E6 (TV) (R)
JUSTIFIED S2E7 (TV) (R)

01/15
PARTY DOWN S1E1 (TV) (R)
PARTY DOWN S1E2 (TV) (R)
ARCHER S1E1 (TV) (R)
ARCHER S1E2 (TV) (R)
THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO - 4.5
SHERLOCK S1E1 (TV) (R)
SHERLOCK S1E2 (TV) (R)

01/16
PARTY DOWN S1E6 (TV) (R)
JUSTIFIED S2E8 (TV) (R)
JUSTIFIED S2E9 (TV) (R)
JUSTIFIED S2E10 (TV) (R)
JUSTIFIED S2E11 (TV) (R)
JUSTIFIED S2E12 (TV) (R)
JUSTIFIED S2E13 (TV) (R)
CALIFORNICATION S5E1 (TV)
CALIFORNICATION S5E2 (TV)
30 ROCK S6E1 (TV)
THE OFFICE S8E11 (TV)
THE INCREASINGLY POOR DECISIONS OF TODD MARGARET S2E2 (TV)
HOUSE OF LIES S1E1 (TV)
HOUSE OF LIES S1E2 (TV)

01/17
TOP CHEF: TEXAS S9E10 (TV)
THE LAYOVER: LONDON (TV)
THE COLBERT REPORT: 01/11/12 (TV)
THE COLBERT REPORT: 01/12/12 (TV)
THE COLBERT REPORT: 01/16/12 (TV)
JUSTIFIED S3E1 (TV)
THE DAILY SHOW: 01/11/12 (TV)
THE DAILY SHOW: 01/12/12 (TV)
THE DAILY SHOW: 01/16/12 (TV)

01/18
THEY LIVE BY NIGHT - 3.75
THE COLBERT REPORT: 01/17/12 (TV)
THE DAILY SHOW: 01/17/12 (TV)
IN THE CITY OF SYLVIA - 4.5

01/19
THE COLBERT REPORT: 01/18/12 (TV)
THE DAILY SHOW: 01/18/12 (TV)
FILM BUFF - 4.5
THE LIMEY (C) - 4.5

01/20
HAYWIRE (12) (T) - 4.5
ARCHER S3E1 (TV)
PARKS & REC S4E12 (TV)
VANISHING POINT (UK) - 4.25

01/21
THE OFFICE S8E12 (TV)
30 ROCK S6E2 (TV)
THE INCREASINGLY POOR DECISIONS OF TODD MARGARET S2E3 (TV)
THE COLBERT REPORT: 01/19/12 (TV)
THE DAILY SHOW: 01/19/12 (TV)
ALTERNATE PROJECTIONS: EXPERIMENTAL FILM IN LOS ANGELES, 1945-1980 (T)
- MUSCLE BEACH (S)
- CITY CITY (S)
- BUNKER HILL (S)
- OLIVIA'S PLACE (S)
- SHOPPERS MARKET (S)
- FILM EXERCISE NUMBER ONE (S)
- VENICE PIER (S)

01/22
WARRIOR (R) - 4.5
BEGINNERS (R) - 4.5
TOP CHEF: TEXAS S9E11 (TV)
TALKING FUNNY (TV)

01/23
LEWIS BLACK: BLACK ON BROADWAY (TV) (R)
AFTER THE THIN MAN (R) - 4.5
ANOTHER THIN MAN (R) - 4.5

01/24
SHADOW OF THE THIN MAN (R) - 4.25
THE THIN MAN GOES HOME - 4.25
THE COLBERT REPORT: 01/23/12 (TV)
JUSTIFIED S3E2 (TV)
THE MOMENT OF TRUTH - 4.75

01/25
SONG OF THE THIN MAN - 4
LE RAYON VERT (T) - 4.75
4 ADVENTURES OF REINETTE AND MIRABELLE (T) - 4.5
THE DAILY SHOW: 01/23/12 (TV)

01/26
TETRO - 4.25
CALIFORNICATION S5E3 (TV)

01/27
MISS BALA (12) (T) - 4.75
DECLARATION OF WAR (12) (T) - 4.25
JUSTIFIED S1E1 (TV)

01/28
JUSTIFIED S1E2 (TV)
JUSTIFIED S1E3 (TV)
JUSTIFIED S1E4 (TV)
ARCHER S3E2 (TV)
PARKS & REC S4E13 (TV)
THE COLBERT REPORT: 01/24/12 (TV)
THE COLBERT REPORT: 01/25/12 (TV)
THE COLBERT REPORT: 01/26/12 (TV)
THE DAILY SHOW: 01/24/12 (TV)
THE DAILY SHOW: 01/25/12 (TV)
REAL TIME (TV)

01/29
THE LAYOVER: LOS ANGELES (TV)
THE LAYOVER: SAN FRANCISCO (TV)
THE LAYOVER: MONTREAL (TV)
THE LAYOVER: AMSTERDAM (TV)
THE DAILY SHOW: 01/26/12 (TV)
30 ROCK S6E3 (TV)
THE GREY (12) (T) - 4.75
MARGARET (R) (T) - 4.75

01/30
TOP CHEF: TEXAS S9E12
30 ROCK S6E3 (TV)
CALIFORNICATION S5E4 (TV)
BLACK BOOKS S1E1 (TV)
THE GUARD (R) - 4.5

01/31
THE INCREASINGLY POOR DECISIONS OF TODD MARGARET S2E4 (TV)
MARRIED TO THE MOB - 4.5
DRIVE (R) - 5
JUSTIFIED S3E3 (TV)
THE COLBERT REPORT: 01/30/12 (TV)