Viddy Well

This is meant to be a site where I can keep an up-to-date catalog of the films I have seen and collected, and chronicle some thoughts about them, and other tangential minutia.
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Recommended Comics List for D

Having read:
Watchmen - Alan Moore

Scott Pilgrim - Bryan Lee O'Malley
Batman: Year One - Frank Miller
The Killing Joke - Alan Moore
The Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller


Y: The Last Man - Brian K. Vaughn - vol.1-10

By writer, with titles in recommended reading order:
T = I have at least the first volume to lend
I = I have it in individual issues
D = Don't own it


Alan Moore:
V For Vendetta - T
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - T √

Promethea - T

Grant Morrison:
We3 - T
Seaguy - T
The Mystery Play - T
Sebastian O - T
The Invisibles - I
The Filth - I

Brian K. Vaughn:
Pride of Baghdad - T √
Ex Machina - (political/superhero) - T √
Runaways - (young adult/teen superhero team) - T

Warren Ellis:
Global Frequency - I
Desolation Jones - I
Planetary - (2 large format "Absolute" vol.s coming soon) - D
Jack Cross - I
Ocean - T
Red - (film in development, haven't read yet) - D

Neil Gaiman:
Stardust - T √
Mr.Punch - T
Signal to Noise - T √
Violent Cases - T
The Sandman - TI
Death - I

Frank Miller:
Give Me Liberty - T
The Dark Knight Strikes Back - T √
Ronin - T
Sin City - T

Darwyn Cooke:
Parker: The Hunter - D √
New Frontier - 2 vol.s (The Justice League/WWII) - D √
The Spirit - I

Terry Moore:
Echo - (ongoing) - I

Mark Millar:
Marvel 1985 - T
Kick Ass - I

Alex Ross:
Justice (The Justice League) - I
Marvels (early history of the Marvel Universe) - T

Chris Ware:
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth - T

James O'Barr:
The Crow - T

Daniel Clowes:
Ghostworld - D
David Boring - T √

David Petersen:
Mouse Guard - I √

Robert Kirkman:
The Walking Dead: Compendium, vol.1
(popular ongoing zombies book, haven't read yet) - D



More suggested titles, if you are interested in these characters,
by character:


Batman :
Arkham Asylum - Grant Morrison - D √
The Long Halloween - Jeph Loeb - D
Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? - Neil Gaiman - I
Batman: Ego and Other Tails - Darwyn Cooke - D
Hush - Jeph Loeb - T
Batman: Year One Hundred - Paul Pope - D
Batman: The Black Glove - Grant Morrison - I
Joker - Brian Azzarello (recently released HC, haven't read yet) - D

Superman :
Superman For All Seasons - Jeph Loeb - T
All Star Superman - Grant Morrison - I

Iron Man :
Extremis - Warren Ellis - I

Doctor Strange :
The Oath - Brian K. Vaughn - T

Iron Fist :
Immortal Iron Fist,
Vol. 1-2 - Matt Fraction, Ed Brubaker - I

X-Men :
Astonishing X-men, Vol. 1-2 - Joss Whedon - T
Marvel Masterworks: Uncanny X-Men, Vol. 1 - Chris Claremont - D

Wolverine :

Wolverine - Frank Miller - D
Logan - Brian K. Vaughn - I


Books about comics:
Men of Tomorrow - Gerard Jones (nonfiction/history)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Michael Chabon (novel)


Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Best of the Decade: Film (Draft)

2000
High Fidelity
The Way of the Gun
Unbreakable
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Dancer in the Dark
Battle Royale
Traffic
Wonder Boys
You Can Count On Me

2001
Amelie
A.I.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Wet Hot American Summer
Spirited Away
Mulholland Drive
The Royal Tenenbaums
LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring

2002
The Bourne Identity
STAR WARS: Attack of the Clones
The Road to Perdition
The Transporter
Spider-Man
Adaptation
City of God
Y Tu Mama Tambien
The Pianist
Punch-Drunk Love
Ju-On
Bowling for Columbine
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Irreversible
25th Hour
LOTR: The Two Towers

2003
Melvin Goes to Dinner
In America
Old School
Pirates of the Caribbean
The Dreamers
Oldboy
All the Real Girls
X-Men 2
The Brown Bunny
Coffee and Cigarettes
28 Days Later
Dogville
Ong Bak
Lost in Translation
Shattered Glass
Kill Bill: vol.1
LOTR: The Return of the King

2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
District B13

Kill Bill: vol.2
Before Sunset
HP: The Prisoner of Azkaban
The Bourne Supremacy
Garden State
Shaun of the Dead
Pusher 2
Closer
The Aviator
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

2005
STAR WARS: The Revenge of the Sith
The Squid and the Whale
Batman Begins
Broken Flowers
Serenity
Funky Forest: First Contact
The Libertine
Good Night, and Good Luck
Match Point
Brokeback Mountain
Tideland
Munich
The New World

2006
Little Children
Mission Impossible III
An Inconvenient Truth
Superman Returns
Jesus Camp
Lady in the Water
The Host
Miami Vice
Brick
Fay Grim
Manufactured Landscapes
Casino Royale
Inland Empire
Children of Men
The Black Book
Apocalypto

2007
Zodiac
Bug
Broken English
GRINDHOUSE
There Will Be Blood
Eastern Promises
Control
Margot at the Wedding
The Darjeeling Limited
No Country For Old Men
[Rec•]
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Flashpoint
The King of Kong
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
I'm Not There

2008
Cloverfield
Iron Man
The Wrestler
Martyrs
The Fall
The Dark Knight
Not Quite Hollywood
Tokyo!
Wendy and Lucy
The Good, The Bad, and The Weird
Let the Right One In
The Rock-afire Explosion
WALL*E

2009
STAR TREK
Antichrist
Moon
Up
The Brothers Bloom
The Limits of Control
Best Worst Movie
Thirst
In the Loop
(500) Days of Summer
The Mystery Team
District 9
Inglourious Basterds
Zombieland
Bronson
House of the Devil
Where the Wild Things Are
Fantastic Mr.Fox
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Adrift in Tokyo
AVATAR
Sherlock Holmes
The Hurt Locker

Recently Viddied - Nov./Dec. 09

November

Theatrically:
New York, I Love You
Antichrist (again)
2012
Fantastic Mr.Fox (twice)
The Road
Devil's Express /aka Gang Wars (76)
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

At Home:
Whatever Works
Observe and Report
Wolfhound
The Tournament
Superfly
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 6
Putney Swope
The Limits of Control
Bleeder
Valley Girl
Franklyn
Funny People
Fear X

December

Theatrically:
Adrift in Tokyo
Herzog's The Bad Lieutenant (again)
AVATAR - in 3-D
An Education

At Home:
Pusher 2
The Boss of It All
A Christmas Tale
Pusher 3
Vicky Christina Barcelona
Chopper
Primer
Contraband