The 2016 Blindspot Series

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Blindspot 2016

The Blindspot  Series is something I was really intrigued by when I started blogging last year but couldn’t get involved in as I had missed the date for joining in. If you don’t know what the Blindspot Series is, the idea is simple. You make a list of twelve films you have meaning to see and write a review every month for one film till December of next year. For further details you can go to The Matinee or check out their post for the Blindspot Series here.

Here’s a my list for the 2016 Blindspot Series:

 

Five Easy Pieces (1970) 

five easy pieces

 

Weekend (1967)

weekend

Dark City (1998)
2 dark city
Ivan’s Childhood (1962)

3 ivans childhood

JFK (1991)

1 jfk

 Wings of Desire (1987)

5 wings_of_desire

Demolition Man (1993)

6 demolition man

Blow Out (1981)1981-blow-out-poster1
Drugstore Cowboy (1989)

8 drugstore cowboy

The Fly (1986)

9 the fly

The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

11 the bad sleep well

The Crying Game (1992)
10 the crying game

 

-Khalid

 

23 responses to “The 2016 Blindspot Series”

  1. I’ve only seen Dark City, Demolition Man, and The Fly. Loved them all. To be fair, I love DM as a goofy Stallone action/sci-fi that’s just fun while the others are legitimately excellent. Can’t wait to see your thoughts on them.

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    • Yeah that’s what I heard about DM but its quite influential and I’ve been interested in seeing it for some time.
      Thanks for the heads up, looking forward to seeing these and writing about them

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  2. Interesting idea for a series. I’ve seen all but 3 here. Really interested to read your reviews on a few – like Wim Wenders’ Wings of Desire, Kalifornia, and Dark City. I loved those 3 movies. Loving the variety in your picks too. Looks like 2016 will be a good year to get Blindsided 😉

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    • Thank you Dan. Appreciate the feedback and the heads up.
      Kalifornia is a movie that hasn’t aged well and I didnt knew it even existed which is a little surprising.
      But really looking forward to seeing that because I found the plot quite interesting and its one of Pitts early performances I havent seen
      As for Wings of Desire, it has been on my list for a long time, ever since I saw Wenders’s Paris,Texas.

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  3. Nice variety mate, I’ve only seen a couple of those. The Fly is just great. I dropped off with my blindspot picks this year but I’m planning to go around a second time, its good fun. I guess I’ll use whats left of my list from this year and add a couple

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  5. The Crying Game was great, I had that on my list this year. JFK is on my preliminary list that I’m still sorting out for 2016.

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    • That’s good to hear.
      JFK is a film I’ve been meaning to see for some time but have been putting off because it’s 3 and a half hours long. Hopefully I can finish it in 2 days and write something, Haha 😀

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  9. Nice choices. I’ve seen half of these. I would consider Five Easy Pieces, Dark City, and JFK masterpieces of their respective genres. JFK is easily one of my favorite movies of all-time. Can’t wait to read your reactions to these.

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  10. Nice mix of some action along with the more serious. I seen all but three.

    JFK is one of Stone’s better episodic films. Five Easy Pieces was for me an odd view, I liked it ultimately without really enjoying it. I have a bit of a soft spot for Blow Out, I saw part of it being filmed and because of that I’m in one of the crowd scenes. But aside from that it’s a good tense thriller with one of Travolta’s better performances. I’ll be interested to see what you think of all of these.

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