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Summer Movie List Part 2 

Here’s an updated movie list! There’s 21 (I think) on this list.  I would like to point out that I watched some of these while babysitting an 11-year-old girl; so, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Princess Protection Program, and Cars weren’t my idea—I will however say that I did enjoy Cars, not going to lie.  And yes, this means that all the other animated, kiddie films on the list were my idea.  I could spin some BS for Over the Hedge about how I watched it for the social commentary, but I’d be lying through my teeth.  I watch it for the funny woodland creatures—especially Hammy (“I’m a crazy, rabid squirrel!” “But I like the cookie…”).  This would be a good time to end my rant.  There will be more posts after this about particular movies, especially The Unforgiven, which I don’t recommend anyone watch.  Ever.

• The Limey
• Sweet Home Alabama
• Up
• Men in Black
• Forrest Gump
• Catch Me if You Can
• Frisco Kid
• Beverly Hills Chihuahua 
• Rush Hour
• 101 Dalmatians (1996)
• Meet the Robinsons
• Out of Sight
• Criminal
• Over the Hedge
• Away from Her
• Princess Protection Program 
• Cars
• In the Army Now
• Cocoon
• The Unforgiven
• Three Kings

Could You Put All Of Soderbergh’s Work Into A Genre?

Apparently you can. 

Someone in my FMS 100 class posted the following to the discussion forum for our class:

«Is Steven Soderebergh’s work all crime drama? OR what would be the appropriate term for the genre. He clearly uses a repetitive thematic line (are the bad guys really so bad?) and consistent visual techniques that call out his films. They all seem to appeal to a similar target audience. How would we define the Soderbergh genre?»

To which everyone’s favourite blogger Eden Phoenix (who’s in my class too!) posted this: 

«Ok, I LOVE this question!!!! Mostly because I like to use this word: oeuvre ! When you try to categorize all of a director’s (or even, I think, screenwriter’s) work it is called that director’s oeuvre . So the appropriate classification of all of his work is the Soderbergh Oeuvre and it implies all of the common conventions and themes that you described so well.
P.S. oeuvre pronounced OO-vrah
Hope this helps.
» 

Is that not a cool word or what? Oeuvre. And, when you think about it, it really does encompass all of Soderbergh’s work.  I looked it up, and another interesting little tidbit is it comes from the Latin word “opus”.  I find that interesting anyway, but I’m a word nerd like that. 

So, that’s my random film factoid for the day.  The word “oeuvre” refers to an artist’s complete body of work. 

Summer Movie List

After changing my major, and signing up to take Film and Media Studies (FMS) 100: Intro to Film, I decided to keep a list of every movie I watch this summer.  Since this is my film blog, I’ll be posting the list here.  To date, I have seen 16 movies since the almost end of May:  

• (500) Days of Summer
  
• August Rush
  
• 10 Things I Hate About You
  
• Star Trek (2009)
• Hook
  
• The Cave of the Yellow Dog
  
• Chocolat
  
• Prince of Persia
• Lilo and Stitch
• Some Like it Hot
• Fatal Attraction
  
• Solitary Man 
• Jurassic Park
• The Sixth Sense
• Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
• Citizen Kane 

I will say, Prince of Persia was not as horrible as I thought it would be.  The choreography and special effects in the fight scenes were incredible.  And, I will also say, that there is no Michael Douglas movie where he can keep it in his pants (Fatal Attraction, Solitary Man). 

I’ll update this list once a week.  Because of my film class I’m taking this summer, I’m watching, like, a movie a day.  Sometimes two. 

God I love being a film major…