New film project

If you know me, you probably know that I see a lot of movies... In the past two or three years, I've seen every widely-released movie in the theater (except three).  In the past couple of months, this has become extra stressful and tiring, so in 2011, I've decided to go to the theater a little less...

A friend suggested I start blogging and gave me a project—watch the top ten movies from every year of my life (where "top" movies are the ones that earned the most at the Domestic Box Office).  It would probably be a lot of repeats (I had to go all the way back to #10 on the 2004 list-The Polar Express-before I found something that I hadn't already seen), but there are several films from these lists that I haven't seen, and it would be fun to revisit Ghostbusters and Aladdin.

However, her plan would mean 300 movies and I think that's just a little too ambitious, so I'm going to cut it down to the top two of every year instead—that's still 60 films which is hopefully something I can complete this year.  The watching of films is quite easy, but it's the blogging part that I'm going to have trouble committing to... We'll see how it goes.

Here's what I hope to watch and write about this year:
Bold means I've never seen it before and Asterisked (*) means I own it

1981

• Raiders of the Lost Ark * (reviewed Jan 1)
• On Golden Pond

1982

• E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
• Tootsie (reviewed Mar 8)

1983

• Return of the Jedi *
• Terms of Endearment

1984

• Beverly Hills Cop * (reviewed Apr 5)
• Ghostbusters * (reviewed Mar 17)

1985

• Back to the Future *
• Rambo: First Blood Part II (reviewed Sep 20)
  

1986

• Top Gun
• Crocodile Dundee (reviewed May 3)

1987

• Three Men and a Baby
• Fatal Attraction (reviewed Nov 1)

1988

• Rain Man *
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit

1989

• Batman * (reviewed Mar 1)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade * (reviewed Jan 28)

1990

• Home Alone
• Ghost

1991

• Terminator 2: Judgment Day *
• Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (reviewed Sep 27)

1992

• Aladdin * (reviewed Jan 9)
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

1993

• Jurassic Park * (reviewed Jan 14)
• Mrs. Doubtfire (reviewed Aug 15)

1994

• Forrest Gump * (reviewed Sep 15)
• The Lion King * (reviewed Apr 26)

1995

• Toy Story *
• Batman Forever * (reviewed Aug 23)

1996

• Independence Day
• Twister * (reviewed Mar 22)

1997

• Titanic *
• Men in Black (reviewed May 6)

1998

• Saving Private Ryan *
• Armageddon

1999

• Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
• The Sixth Sense * (reviewed May 10)

2000

• How the Grinch Stole Christmas
• Cast Away (reviewed Mar 30)

2001

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone * (reviewed Jan 21)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition *

2002

• Spider-Man * (reviewed May 31)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Extended Edition *

2003

• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Extended Edition *
• Finding Nemo *

2004

• Shrek 2
• Spider-Man 2 * (reviewed July 12)

2005

• Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

2006

• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest *
• Night at the Museum

2007

• Spider-Man 3 (reviewed July 26)
• Shrek the Third

2008

• The Dark Knight * (reviewed Feb 8)
• Iron Man * (reviewed Apr 20)

2009

• Avatar
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

2010

• Toy Story 3 (reviewed Aug 30)
• Alice in Wonderland (reviewed on Sept 6)
  

So, who wants to place bets on how long I'll keep this up before completely giving up?  Do you think I'll even make it through January?