My film week has been good so far, watched Cabin in the Woods and Dredd in the week, and tonight I'm off to see The Impossible followed by Gangster Squad.

 I'm expecting The Impossible to be good but devastate me as I'm a sucker for a sad story. I've heard mixed reviews about Gangster Squad but it has this delectable lady in it, and she's gotta be worth 3 stars alone.....

Personal Challenges

Here are my challenges for this year:

• Point Of Entry - films from the year of my birth (1975)
• From Book To Screen - film adaptations of books
• The Expendables - films containing any of the actors that appeared in the two Expendables films
• Real Crime - films relating to an actual crime/criminal
• Documentaries
• Me, Myself & I - films where an actor has taken on a role in the production of the film (writer/director/producer etc...)
• The One About Star Trek - films containing any actor that has appeared in one of the Star Trek films (non Star Trek films only)
• The One About Paris - films where Paris is a location

Follow my progress here: http://letterboxd.com/sjroyley/

Useful Web Sites for the Film Project 2013

This website could be useful for checking on any upcoming films on tv

http://www.tvguide.co.uk/default.asp?systemid=9&cTime=&thisTime=&thisDay=&catColor=

here's a list of Documentories about films and film making

http://www.refocusedmedia.com/2012/07/85-docs-movies-netflix-instant/

Personal Challenges

So I have my challenges for 2013. 15 films from each of the following categories, no crossovers - that's 120 different films!

• Europe - 15 films set in 15 different European countries
• The Final Countdown - 15 films featuring a race against time
• School Time - 15 films set in schools (High School or lower)
• The Long Haul - 15 films over 2 and a half hours in length
• The One About Weddings - 15 films with a wedding, or about being/getting married
• Point of Entry - 15 films released in the year I was born (1977)
• Are We Making a Film? - 15 films where there is a film within the film
• No Boundaries - 15 films with a disabled person as a prominent character

I'm psyched to get started, follow my progress on Letterboxd.com (Martin_C)

The Personal Challenges

The list of personal challenges has been submitted from the 4 of us, my daughter is joining in but I've let her cherry pick her challenges.
As for the rest of us we have the following challenges to pick from. We will pick 2 from each list randomly and then 2 from our own list to give us 8 personal challenges - a minimum of 120 films.

The list of challenges have been picked by each if us and listed below - my daughter is going to pick the actor or actress for the You Look Familiar challenge.

Martins

From Page to Screen     Films adapted from books or novellas.	SR
You look familiar   Films from the same actors CV. (Pick your own actor)	TK
Point of Entry  Films released in the year of your birth.	SR & MC
Moving On Up   Films with actors who made their name on TV.	TK
Batteries Not Included  Films set before the invention of electricity.	MS
The Long Haul  Films over 2hrs 30mins in length.	MS & MC

Steves

Me, Myself & I - Where 1 person takes on more than one role in the production of the film	TK & SR
Small Screen to Big Screen – films that are adaptations of tv shows	MS
Silence Is Golden – silent films	TK
Documentaries	MS & SR
Final Countdown – films involving some kind of race against time	MC
No Boundaries – films with a disabled character/actor in a leading role	MC

Mike

Real Crime  - films with a real life central villain or about a real crime	SR
School Time – films set in or around a school (a normal school - not hogwarts etc)	MC & MS
The Expendables – action films with 1 or more of the cast from either film in them (bruce willis - Last boy scout )	SR
Private Investigators – films with private investigators in.	TK & MS
Are we making a film – films within films. (eg Hooper)	MC
Sports Films -  films with sports as a central theme (eg Jerry Maguire)	TK

Tony

The one about Paris (be it the venue or mere mention in the title)	SR & TK
The one about Star Trek featuring any actor that's appeared in star trek (got to be a different actor per film and no star trek films)	SR
The one about Europe each in a different European country	MC
The one about disasters natural disaster movies	MS
The one about being righteous revenge seeking movies	MS & TK
The one about weddings movies related to weddings, getting married or being married.	MC

I'm ready !!!

2013 is a big film year for me. At the end of 2012 I signed on for an Unlimited Card at Cineworld so I could get back into watching films, a habit I broke after the birth of my son in 2007. I've missed a lot of films in the last few years and want to catch up on those I've missed, as well as stop that list getting bigger.

So I got my card on Nov. 25th and in a month had seen 10 films at the cinema, more than the rest of the year. As well as a few I knew I wanted to see (Hobbit) I also got to see some films I doubt I would have gone to see, and really enjoyed (End of Watch, Sightseers, Life of Pi)

Now we have set the Film Project 2013 up, this is designed not to force viewings, but encourage them, help us have an idea what to watch when we are sat there with nothing better to do (and avoid watching Serenity for the 30th time)

The idea is that we encourage each other to watch new films and new genres, and also keep going on the challenges and the lists. We have the monthly theme challenges, the quests (which we will do 2 each through the year) and of course our 12 degrees of film challenge (all detailed in the blog)

We will use Letterboxd to track our challenges, viewings and overall progress as well as all the films we view in 2013.

Whilst I will be aiming to view a huge and diverse selection of films over 2013, I still have some films that are top of my list for the year, and I have massive hopes for. Here's a few of them: