Resolution: 2016 Edition

Every year at the onset of the new year, we are all pressured to set a goal that we'd like to accomplish for the duration of that year. Some of them are realistic and doable, while others are so unrealistic we dream and hope of maybe doing it. For the past several years, I've said forget that because I know myself and after 2 weeks I'll forget to do whatever it is and say I'll start again next month and before you know it, it's New Year's Eve again. Well, my friends: NOT THIS YEAR. This year, I've set a goal, and I can totally do it! I've had this blog for nearly FIVE years now, and every month I tell myself that I need to devote more time to it, since I'll probably make a post every eight months or so. Yeah, such a great blogger I am.

In order to accomplish this goal, I decided to FINALLY watch the "100 Greatest Films" as picked by the American Film Institute (AFI). Now, if you look at the several lists on there, they have lists for the 100 Greatest Comedies, Romances and moments; stuff like that. Anyways...

I'm going to watch all 100 movies on their 100 Years...100 Movies list. It was updated in 2007 after initially being decided upon in 1998. I feel that they might be updating it again next year -- based on the pattern -- so I definitely want to get through it this year before they change it again. I've told my husband that we should try to work our way through it over the years, but he says "yes" but we never follow through with it. Or sometimes I'll point out a movie that is on the list that we can watch and he'll say "meh." Well, NO MORE. In order for me to do this, I'll have to watch about 2 movies a week in order to get through all 100 in 2016.

Here's exactly what I'm going to do:

• Watch every film on the list starting with #100 and finishing with #1
• Write a review on each film after viewing.
• Unless, I've seen one of the films within the last year, or it's one of those movies I've seen on loop, I will watch it. So there's going to be some I won't watch because I've seen it enough to be able to recite it -- I'll still write about it though.
• Since I don't own a lot of these, I will do my best to find them on Netflix, Hulu, OnDemand (for free) and YouTube (for the ones who's copyrights have expired and are now part of the public domain). Obviously some of these films won't be available on these platforms, so I'll search and see if they're being hosted anyway. Others, I'll hunt them down on VHS because they're cheap and I still own a VCR that I frequently use. 
• Last, I will enjoy myself!

Here's the list for anyone who wants to watch it along with me (link is also included above):

1	CITIZEN KANE	1941
2	THE GODFATHER	1972
3	CASABLANCA	1942
4	RAGING BULL	1980
5	SINGIN' IN THE RAIN	1952
6	GONE WITH THE WIND	1939
7	LAWRENCE OF ARABIA	1962
8	SCHINDLER'S LIST	1993
9	VERTIGO	1958
10	THE WIZARD OF OZ	1939
11	CITY LIGHTS	1931
12	THE SEARCHERS	1956
13	STAR WARS	1977
14	PSYCHO	1960
15	2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY	1968
16	SUNSET BLVD.	1950
17	THE GRADUATE	1967
18	THE GENERAL	1927
19	ON THE WATERFRONT	1954
20	IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE	1946
21	CHINATOWN	1974
22	SOME LIKE IT HOT	1959
23	THE GRAPES OF WRATH	1940
24	E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL	1982
25	TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD	1962
26	MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON	1939
27	HIGH NOON	1952
28	ALL ABOUT EVE	1950
29	DOUBLE INDEMNITY	1944
30	APOCALYPSE NOW	1979
31	THE MALTESE FALCON	1941
32	THE GODFATHER PART II	1974
33	ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST	1975
34	SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS	1937
35	ANNIE HALL	1977
36	THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI	1957
37	THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES	1946
38	THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE	1948
39	DR. STRANGELOVE	1964
40	THE SOUND OF MUSIC	1965
41	KING KONG	1933
42	BONNIE AND CLYDE	1967
43	MIDNIGHT COWBOY	1969
44	THE PHILADELPHIA STORY	1940
45	SHANE	1953
46	IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT	1934
47	A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE	1951
48	REAR WINDOW	1954
49	INTOLERANCE	1916
50	THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING	2001
51	WEST SIDE STORY	1961
52	TAXI DRIVER	1976
53	THE DEER HUNTER	1978
54	M*A*S*H	1970
55	NORTH BY NORTHWEST	1959
56	JAWS	1975
57	ROCKY	1976
58	THE GOLD RUSH	1925
59	NASHVILLE	1975
60	DUCK SOUP	1933
61	SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS	1941
62	AMERICAN GRAFFITI	1973
63	CABARET	1972
64	NETWORK	1976
65	THE AFRICAN QUEEN	1951
66	RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK	1981
67	WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?	1966
68	UNFORGIVEN	1992
69	TOOTSIE	1982
70	A CLOCKWORK ORANGE	1971
71	SAVING PRIVATE RYAN	1998
72	THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION	1994
73	BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID	1969
74	THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS	1991
75	IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT	1967
76	FORREST GUMP	1994
77	ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN	1976
78	MODERN TIMES	1936
79	THE WILD BUNCH	1969
80	THE APARTMENT	1960
81	SPARTACUS	1960
82	SUNRISE	1927
83	TITANIC	1997
84	EASY RIDER	1969
85	A NIGHT AT THE OPERA	1935
86	PLATOON	1986
87	12 ANGRY MEN	1957
88	BRINGING UP BABY	1938
89	THE SIXTH SENSE	1999
90	SWING TIME	1936
91	SOPHIE'S CHOICE	1982
92	GOODFELLAS	1990
93	THE FRENCH CONNECTION	1971
94	PULP FICTION	1994
95	THE LAST PICTURE SHOW	1971
96	DO THE RIGHT THING	1989
97	BLADE RUNNER	1982
98	YANKEE DOODLE DANDY	1942
99	TOY STORY	1995
100	BEN-HUR	1959