I have run into some troubles in the last week or so. One I had some technical difficulties and two my back went out. So I had to take a couple days off. So in the last 9 days I have only seen 4.5 movies.
My plan was to go on an animated movie run. My favorite YouTube Movie show, AMC Movie Talk, is running a march madness tournament for the all-time greatest animated movie. There are so many great animated movies and there were some of the 32 that I had never seen.
My animated movie run started with the classic Ghost in the Shell. You can see how this 90s classic influenced many sci-fi movies that came after it. I am pretty excited to see the live action remake of this classic! (read a little here)
Next up was my favorite animated movie of all time, Wall-E. I love Pixar, and many of their movies, but this one is my favorite. I remember when I first saw it, it was the best romantic movie I had seen in a long time. The relationship between Eve and Wall-E is beautiful. Throw in some "take care of the Earth" or else morality and this movie is perfect. All of my feelings about this movie were confirmed on re-watch. A gorgeous movie.
Next was the classic Princess Mononoke. Here is where I ran into some issues. We own the DVD and I tried to use my external DVD player with my MacBook. It didn't work. It kept skipping around and claiming the DVD was damaged. I am not sure what was going on, but it didn't work. Around the same time, my back went out. A bunch of stuff ended up out of place and I couldn't walk on the treadmill. After a couple trips to the chiropractor everything was good though.
This haulted my animated movie run. So next up was the coming of age story Copenhagen. This movie came with good reviews and high recommnendations. It was terrible. This is where the half movie comes in. I couldn't finish it. I slogged through 45 minutes but couldn't make myself watch anymore.
After this movie I was desperate for some palette cleansing. So I called upon the 80s Jean Claude Van Damme action flick Bloodsport. I loved this movie as a 12 year old and my inner 12 year old still loves this movie. The acting, writing, editing and directing of course are terrible. However, it is still quite enjoyable.
I picked up a cheap portable DVD player so I could then watch Princess Mononoke. This was an amazing movie. I little more gory than I was expecting, but still amazing.
I believe the scale still goes up to 294. I have been afraid to weight myself with the time off. I did start up my fitness plan app again to track my calories. Hopefully that will help.
Overall
Ghost in the Shell 250
Wall-E 294
Copenhagen 0
Bloodsport 175
Princess Mononoke 270
Days: 62
Movies: 53
Minutes: 5068
Miles: 280.7
Pounds: 11 (hopefully)
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