On Movies & Movie-Watching: My (Tentative) TBW List for January 10-14, 2023

On My To-Be-Watched (TBW) List:

Even though I have an extensive movie collection on Blu-ray and DVD (105 4K UHD Blu-rays. 526 2K Blu-rays, and 248 DVDs), I don’t have a literal TBW stack. I do have lots of shelf space, so when I say I have a “TBW List,” it’s often a mental and highly aspirational selection of titles – regardless of the format – that I’m inclined to watch. That is, assuming that I am in the mood to watch something and that I choose an appropriate time to watch a feature film; starting a movie after 10 PM like I used to when I was younger just isn’t doing it for me anymore.

Movies I’ve Watched

Since the last time I posted a TBW List on A Certain Point of View, Too, I have watched three feature films from fade in to fade out.

They are:

• Mean Girls (2004)[1]
• The Searchers (1956)
• Don Jon (2013)

Movies I’ve Tried to Watch

I have also attempted to watch:

• Shane (1953)
• The War: A Film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick (2007)
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)[2]

I’m a bit tired after a restless night, so if I am smart, I’ll take a shower, shave, get dressed, and come back into my room to watch one of those three titles. We’ll see what happens, though.

And on this note, Dear Reader, I will let you go. Until next time, stay safe, stay healthy, and I’ll catch you on the sunny side of things.

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[1] I am reading, in dribs and drabs, Ian Doescher’s William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Mean Girls (2019. Quirk Books), and I recently bought the Blu-ray, so I had a good excuse to rewatch this comedy written by Tina Fey and directed by Mark Waters.

[2] I have Nicholas Meyer’s second Star Trek directing gig in four formats: DVD, Blu-ray, 4K UHD, and digital. The DVD version, which I’ve had since 2004, only has a Director’s Cut and doesn’t include the theatrical version. The 2009 Blu-ray, which Paramount did not do a good job with re the transfer, is the reverse: it has the theatrical release but not the Director’s Cut. The 2022 4K UHD and remastered Blu-ray present Star Trek VI as “one movie, two cuts.”