{"id":3537,"date":"2010-05-26T16:32:01","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T23:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/?page_id=3537"},"modified":"2014-09-19T00:20:10","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T07:20:10","slug":"best-of-this-year","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/best-of-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"This Year&#8217;s Favorites"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Films<\/h3>\n<p>First-time watches only listed here.<\/p>\n<p><em>Full Metal Jacket<\/em> (1987, Stanley Kubrick)<br \/>\n<em>Sanjuro<\/em> (1962, Akira Kurosawa)<br \/>\n<em>Captain America: The Winter Soldier<\/em> (2014, Russo Brothers)<br \/>\n<em>Frozen<\/em> (2013, Jennifer Lee &#038; Chris Buck)<br \/>\n<em>Guardians of the Galaxy<\/em> (2013, James Gunn)<br \/>\n<em>Gimme Shelter<\/em> (1970, Maysles)<br \/>\n<em>Days of Heaven<\/em> (1978, Terrence Malick)<br \/>\n<em>The Strangers Return<\/em> (1933, King Vidor)<br \/>\n<em>Wayne&#8217;s World 2<\/em> (1993, Stephen Surjik)<br \/>\n<em>Edge of Tomorrow<\/em> (2014, Doug Liman)<\/p>\n<h3>Overall Stats<\/h3>\n<p>Numbers do not include shorts.<\/p>\n<p>Total films seen in 2014 (first-time watches): 34<br \/>\nTotal rewatches in 2014: 12<br \/>\nTotal films seen in theatres in 2014: 3<br \/>\nTotal 2014 films seen in 2014: 4<br \/>\nTotal 2010s films seen in 2014 (not including 2014): 7<br \/>\nTotal 2000s films seen in 2014: 1<br \/>\nTotal 1990s films seen in 2014: 6 + 2 rewatches<br \/>\nTotal 1980s films seen in 2014: 5<br \/>\nTotal 1970s films seen in 2014: 2<br \/>\nTotal 1960s films seen in 2014: 1<br \/>\nTotal 1950s films seen in 2014: 1 + 6 rewatches<br \/>\nTotal 1940s films seen in 2014: 1 + 3 rewatches<br \/>\nTotal 1930s films seen in 2014: 6 + 1 rewatch<br \/>\nTotal 1920s films seen in 2014: 0<br \/>\nTotal American films seen in 2014: 28 + 11 rewatches<br \/>\nTotal British films seen in 2014: 2 + 1 rewatch<br \/>\nTotal Indonesian films seen in 2014: 1<br \/>\nTotal French films seen in 2014: 1<br \/>\nTotal Japanese films seen in 2014: 2<br \/>\nTotal films directed by men seen in 2014: 33.5<br \/>\nTotal films directed by women seen in 2014: .5<\/p>\n<h3>Books<\/h3>\n<p><em>The Long Goodbye<\/em> by Raymond Chandler<br \/>\n<em>From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler<\/em> by E.L. Konigsburg<br \/>\n<em>Matilda<\/em> by Roald Dahl<br \/>\n<em>Shades of Grey<\/em> by Jasper Fforde<br \/>\n<em>Redwall<\/em> by Brian Jacques<br \/>\n<em>Divergent<\/em> by Veronica Ross<\/p>\n<h3>Overall Stats<\/h3>\n<p>Total books read in 2014: 6<br \/>\nTotal 2000-2014 books read in 2014: 2<br \/>\nTotal 1960-1999 books read in 2014: 3<br \/>\nTotal 1900-1959 books read in 2014: 1<br \/>\nTotal 1800-1899 books read in 2014:<br \/>\nTotal 1700-1799 books read in 2014:<br \/>\nTotal 1600-1699 books read in 2014:<br \/>\nTotal pre-1600 books read in 2014:<br \/>\nTotal American books read in 2014: ?<br \/>\nTotal British books read in 2014: ?<br \/>\nTotal books by men read in 2014: 4<br \/>\nTotal books by women read in 2014: 2<br \/>\nFiction books read in 2014: 6<br \/>\nScience fiction books read in 2014: 1<br \/>\nFantasy books read in 2014: 1<br \/>\nMiddle-school books read in 2014: 3<br \/>\nYA books read in 2014: 1<br \/>\nNon-fiction books read in 2014: 0<\/p>\n<h3>Video Games<\/h3>\n<p>Video games are the only category where I may not have finished the game to count it here. If I played enough of it to get the general feeling of it, I&#8217;m counting it. Dates are when I last played it.<\/p>\n<h3>Overall Stats<\/h3>\n<p>Total FPSes played in 2014:<br \/>\nTotal RPGs played in 2014:<br \/>\nTotal action games played in 2014:<br \/>\nTotal platformers played in 2014:<br \/>\nTotal AAA games played in 2014:<br \/>\nTotal indie games played in 2014:<br \/>\nTotal XBOne games played in 2014:<br \/>\nTotal Xbox360 games played in 2014:<br \/>\nTotal PS3 games played in 2014:<br \/>\nTotal PC games played in 2014:<br \/>\nTotal iOS games played in 2014:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Films First-time watches only listed here. Full Metal Jacket (1987, Stanley Kubrick) Sanjuro (1962, Akira Kurosawa) Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014, Russo Brothers) Frozen (2013, Jennifer Lee &#038; Chris Buck) Guardians of the Galaxy (2013, James Gunn) Gimme Shelter (1970, Maysles) Days of Heaven (1978, Terrence Malick) The Strangers Return (1933, King Vidor) Wayne&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32458,"url":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/best-of-this-year\/2012-favorites\/","url_meta":{"origin":3537,"position":0},"title":"2012 Favorites","author":"Jandy","date":"January 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"2012 Films What I Loved What I Liked What I Thought Was Okay What I Didn't Like Overall Stats Total films seen ever: 2942 Total films seen in 2012 (first-time watches): 102 Total rewatches in 2012: 40 Total films seen in theatres in 2012: 72 (plus 14 rewatches) Total 2012\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":30062,"url":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/best-of-this-year\/2011-favorites\/","url_meta":{"origin":3537,"position":1},"title":"2011 Favorites","author":"Jandy","date":"January 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The numbers in parentheses are my Flickchart ratings for each film. 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