SvdW | Movies I saw for the first time in 2020
- All the movies I've seen for the first time in 2020. So every movie I watch for the first time from Wednesday, January. 1, 2020 till Thursday, December. 31, 2020 counts.
- Please free to leave a comment.
- Last year's total was 352 movies.
- My ranking system:
- ✮✮✮✮½/✮✮✮✮✮
- ✮✮✮✮/✮✮✮✮✮
- ✮✮✮½/✮✮✮✮✮
- ✮✮✮/✮✮✮✮✮
- ✮✮½/✮✮✮✮✮
- ✮✮/✮✮✮✮✮
- ✮½/✮✮✮✮✮
- ✮/✮✮✮✮✮
- ½/✮✮✮✮✮
Movies I really liked (4 stars and above) will get this ♛ symbol.
- My favorite movies I saw for the first time in 2020 are:
2. Creepshow (1982)
3. Blue Thunder (1983)
4. Chicken Run (2000)
5. Thief (1981)
6. What Dreams May Come (1998)
7. Blind Fury (1989)
8. Dirty Dancing (1987)
9. Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
10. 1917 (2019)
- The best surprises / films that suprised me (films I thought I hate, but I didn't/films I had low hopes for):
- Films that disappointed me (films I thought I would like, but didn't):
- Movies I’ve Watched, but unavailable on IMDb:
Watched after finishing 3-Iron / Bin-Jip (2004).
More of a behind the scenes then an actual making of. Didn’t get too much out of it.
||| 2. Palace II (a.k.a. Golden Gate) | Thursday, January. 2, 2020
Watched after finishing Cidade de Deus: Oficina de Atores.
Wish there were subtitles on the dvd. Anyways, still a pretty solid 20 minute short.
||| 3. Animation about the no Oscars Nomination | Thursday, January. 2, 2020
Watched after finishing Batucada Remix.
Another short like the before mentioned (Palace II) short without subtitles. Some ugly animation with two characters of City of God (I believe?) keeping the Oscars statue hostage. Thankfully only one minute long.
||| 4. It's Going To Be A Wild Ride: Creative Visions | Monday, January. 6, 2020
Watched after finishing Minding the Gap. Solid making-of for Rocketman (2019).
||| 5. Music Reimagined: The Studio Sessions | Monday, January. 6, 2020
Watched after finishing It's Going To Be A Wild Ride: Creative Visions. Another solid making-of.
||| 6. Jarhead - Swoff's Fantasties: D.I. In A Dress | Friday, January. 10, 2020
Watched after finishing Jarhead (2005). Shows the fantasties of Swofford which were not a part of the final cut of the product. Funny to see once, but were cut for a reason.
||| 7. Jarhead - Swoff's Fantasties: Fantasy Interview | Friday, January. 10, 2020
Watched after finishing Jarhead - Swoff's Fantasties: D.I. In A Dress.
||| 8. Jarhead - Swoff's Fantasties: Exploding Major | Friday, January. 10, 2020
Watched after finishing Jarhead - Swoff's Fantasties: Fantasy Interview
||| 9. Jarhead - Swoff's Fantasties: The Deadly Shot By Swoff | Friday, January. 10, 2020
Watched after finishing Jarhead - Swoff's Fantasties: Exploding Major.
||| 10. La Face Cachée De Persepolis | Monday, January. 13, 2020
Watched after finishing Jojo Rabbit. Solid making-of about the production. I'm glad they included how the annoying (as hell) ''Eye of the Tiger'' montage came together.
||| 11. Bringing Child's Play Chucky to Life | Wednesday, January. 22, 2020
Watched after finshing The Making of Child's Play. Short, but informative making-of feature how Chucky was brought to life. Not a fan of the design Chucky has.
Suprised DutchFilmWorks actually gave the Dutch dvd release any extra features.
||| 12. Theme from Child's Play | Wednesday, January. 22, 2020
Watched after finshing Bringing Child's Play Chucky to Life.
This was fucking hilarious. Seeing the composer sing the vocals (straightfaced I might add) combined with the instruments.
||| 13. AI Nightmare | Wednesday, January. 22, 2020
Watched after finshing Theme from Child's Play.
Fun claymotion short with people getting killed by A.I.
Wish it was a bit longer.
||| 14. Toy Massacre | Wednesday, January. 22, 2020
Watched after finshing AI Nightmare.
Fun claymotion short with toys getting knived by Chucky. Once again I wish it was a bit longer.
||| 15. Parabellum: The Legacy of the High Table | Wednesday, February. 12, 2020
Watched in the morning after rewatching John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum.
Solid making-of, but it is too short and doesn't offer that much in terms of information.
||| 16. Excommunicado | Friday, February. 14, 2020
Watched after the final episode (''The Very Last Day of the Rest of Their Lives'') of Good Omens.
A little bit better as Parabellum: The Legacy of the High Table, but not by much. Fun to hear about how Mark Dacascos was cast. Too short.
||| 17. The Horrors of War - Creation | Saturday, February. 22, 2020
Watched in the morning after finishing Jochem Myjer: Adem in, adem uit.
Great making of for a underrated film (Overlord 2018).
||| 17. The Horrors of War - Death No More | Saturday, February. 22, 2020
Watched after finishing The Horrors of War - Creation
Great making of. Good to hear The Thing (1982) was a inspiration.
||| 18. Beneath Crawl | Monday, March. 9, 2020
Watched after Young Guns. Excellent making of. Sad this was on Letterboxd, yet on IMDb it's nowhere to be found.
||| 19. How to Fix Broken Headphones | Thursday, March. 12, 2020
Decided to watch some short films made by the people of Letterboxd community. This 14-15 seconds long short was funny, but made for the meme community.
||| 20. Wanted (2019) | Thursday, March. 12, 2020
Watched after finishing How to Fix Broken Headphones. Another film made by the people of Letterboxd community. I like the ideas more than the excuction. The female romance feels a bit off.
||| 21. Rising Nature | Thursday, March. 12, 2020
Watched after finishing Scens from my Life. Another film made by the people of Letterboxd community. Pretty solid student film.
||| 22. The Making of Sonny Boy | Sunday, March. 15, 2020
Watched after playing some Enslaved: Odyssey to the West. Solid making-of, but who in the right mindset added those constant commercial break interruptions. It seems to happen every 1,5-2 minutes.
||| 23. An Interview by Yorgos Lanthimos | Sunday, March. 15, 2020
Watched after finishing Dogtooth. This is a interview included on the dvd I watched it on. Maybe I would've got more out of this if I was a fan of the film. It's clearly filmed in Rotterdam, which was distracting, but it was also kind of funny because I recognized some of the buildings in the background.
||| 24. Bunker 611 | Sunday, April. 12, 2020
Watched after watching De Kijk van Koolhoven - Tijdreizen (found on my ''TV Shows I've watched in 2020'' list). A short 6 minute film I watched for a lesson in low budget cinematography. Also watched the making of after finishing right after finishing the short.
||| 25. Paulien Cornelisse - Om mij moverende redenen | Monday, April. 13, 2020
Watched after finishing Jouw mooie rubberbrein (2019). Another run of the middle stand-up comedy. The only fun part was ''the serial killer on vacation'' sketch.
||| 26. Making of Kerk [Patser] | Saturday, May. 9, 2020
First thing watched on May 9. Short making-of on the church they used in Patser. Too short, but informative none the least.
||| 27. Making of Design Pizzeria [Patser] | Saturday, May. 9, 2020
Watched after finishing Making of Kerk. Short making-of on the pizzeria they build for Patser. Too short, but informative none the least.
||| 28. Making of Explosie Garage [Patser] | Saturday, May. 9, 2020
Watched after finishing Making of Design Pizzeria. Short making-of on the Garage Explosion scene in Patser. Too short, but informative none the least.
||| 29. Making of Costume [Patser] | Saturday, May. 9, 2020
Watched after finishing Making of Explosie Garage. Short making-of on the costumes made and worn in Patser. Too short, but informative none the least. They should've just made one documetary with the four making-of's combined.
||| 30. Mike Pro Making of [Patser] | Saturday, May. 9, 2020
Watched after finishing Making of Costume. Awful Making of without much substance. Apparently the blu-raydisc didn't feature the full Mike Pro Making of and I have to look it up on youtube? Come on.
||| 31. Fame Field Trip | Saturday, May. 9, 2020
Watched after finishing On Location With: Fame. It has nothing to do with Fame. Why include it on the dvd?
||| 32. Fantasy Comes To Life - Happy Working Song [Enchaned] | Saturday, May. 9, 2020
Watched after finishing Fame Field Trip. Okay at best making of the ''Happy Working Song''.
||| 33. Fantasy Comes To Life - That's How You Know [Enchaned] | Saturday, May. 9, 2020
Watched after finishing Fantasy Comes To Life - Happy Working Song. Okay at best making of the New York musical song.
||| 34. Fantasy Comes To Life - A Blast At The Ball [Enchaned] | Saturday, May. 9, 2020
Watched after finishing Fantasy Comes To Life - That's How You Know. Okay at best making of the ballroom scene.
||| 35. ¿Con Qué Sueñan Los Faunos… (Mientras Les Maquillan)? [Pan's Labyrinth] | Friday, June. 12, 2020
Watched after viewing Charcuterie fine: Clin d'oeil au long métrage de Jeunet et Caro 'Delicatessen' (rewatch). Fun documentary showcasing the make-up/transformation of the Faun (played by Doug Jones).
||| 36. El Hombre Que Tenía Ojos En Las Manos [Pan's Labyrinth] | Friday, June. 12, 2020
Watched after viewing ¿Con Qué Sueñan Los Faunos… (Mientras Les Maquillan)?. Documentary on how the Pale Man (also played by Doug Jones) was created.
||| 37. De Mandrágonras, Hadas Y Otras Criaturas… Fantásticas [Pan's Labyrinth] | Friday, June. 12, 2020
Watched after viewing El Hombre Que Tenía Ojos En Las Manos. Documentary on the creation of the mandrake, elves and the being mystical beings.
||| 38. Vidal: El Mal [Pan's Labyrinth] | Friday, June. 12, 2020
Watched after viewing De Mandrágonras, Hadas Y Otras Criaturas… Fantásticas. Documentary on Captain Vidal, the ruthless antagonist of the picture.
||| 39. Ofelia En El País De Las Maravillas [Pan's Labyrinth] | Friday, June. 12, 2020
Watched after viewing Vidal: El Mal. Documentary on Ofelia, the protagonist of the picture.
||| 40. The Train [Pan's Labyrinth] | Monday, June. 15, 2020
Documentary on the crashed train scene.
||| 41. The Tree [Pan's Labyrinth] | Monday, June. 15, 2020
Watched after viewing The Train. Documentary on the giant tree in the woods.
||| 42. The Labyrinth [Pan's Labyrinth] | Monday, June. 15, 2020
Watched after viewing The Tree. Documentary on the Labyrinth made for the picture.
||| 43. The Mack-Up [Pan's Labyrinth] | Monday, June. 15, 2020
Watched after viewing The Labyrinth. Documentary on the models made for the picture.
||| 44. Outside Locations [Pan's Labyrinth] | Monday, June. 15, 2020
Watched after viewing The Mack-Up. Documentary on the Outside Locations.
||| 45. Inside Sets [Pan's Labyrinth] | Monday, June. 15, 2020
Watched after viewing Outside Locations. Documentary on the Inside Locations.
||| 46. Así Se Hizo El Laberinto Del Fauno Monstruos [Pan's Labyrinth] | Monday, June. 15, 2020
Watched after viewing Inside Sets. Short video on the different monsters in the picture.
||| 47. Guillermo del Toro Imaginando El Laberinto [Pan's Labyrinth] | Monday, June. 15, 2020
Watched after viewing Así Se Hizo El Laberinto Del Fauno Monstruos. Documentary on the director.
||| 48. Guillermo Navarro El Ojo Que Todo Lo Ve [Pan's Labyrinth] | Tuesday, June. 16, 2020
Watched after viewing Guillermo del Toro Imaginando El Laberinto. Documentary on the cinematographer.
||| 49. Diario De Un Director De Arte [Pan's Labyrinth] | Tuesday, June. 16, 2020
Watched after viewing Guillermo Navarro El Ojo Que Todo Lo Ve. Documentary on the art director.
||| 50. Mario Klemens [Pan's Labyrinth] | Tuesday, June. 16, 2020
Watched after viewing Diario De Un Director De Arte. Short video on the conductor (I believe) of the music.
||| 51. Canción De Cuna Para Un Fauno [Pan's Labyrinth] | Sunday, June. 21, 2020
Watched after viewing Spirited Away. Short video on the music.
||| 52. Alternate Opening (w/ Intro to Alternate Opening) [Crawl] | Wednesday, July. 1, 2020
Watched after viewing Beneath Crawl. A motion comic showing a different opening sequence. Not a fan of this opening, but it's well animated.
||| 53. Category 5 Gators: The VFX of Crawl [Crawl] | Wednesday, July. 1, 2020
Watched after viewing Alternate Opening (w/ Intro to Alternate Opening). Fun documentary on the CGI on the Alligators.
||| 54. Alligator Attacks [Crawl] | Wednesday, July. 1, 2020
Watched after viewing Category 5 Gators: The VFX of Crawl. Showreel of every Alligator attack scene in the film.
||| 55. Siren Snubbed | Wednesday, July. 1, 2020
Watched after viewing Bumperkleef. Another film made by the people of Letterboxd community. By the director of Wanted (2019) (see no. 20). In many ways superior to Wanted (2019). There wasn't a obvious LGBT theme here and I like the story more.
||| 56. The Genesis of Gemini Man | Thursday, July. 2, 2020
Watched after viewing Gemini Man. Short making of on the origin/genesis of Gemini Man. Wish they made the Clint Eastwood version though.
||| 57. Facing Your Younger Self | Thursday, July. 2, 2020
Watched after viewing The Genesis of Gemini Man. Short making of on the deaging effects.
||| 58. The Future is Now | Thursday, July. 2, 2020
Watched after viewing Facing Your Younger Self. 17 minute making of on the various filmmaking aspects.
||| 59. Next Level Detail | Thursday, July. 2, 2020
Watched after viewing The Future is Now. Anther short making of on the effects. Budget doesn't really show in the final product though.
||| 60. Adapt (2020) | Saturday, July. 11, 2020
Watched after viewing The Brainwave Demon Beast Gondroma (Devilman E9). Another film by people of the Letterboxd community. The third film I've seen of Margot Gordon and this was my least favourite of her so far. Not bad, but not great either. The story was lacking due to the running time.
||| 61. Polygoon-Profilti - Waternoodsramp (can't remember the real title) | Tuesday, August. 11, 2020
Decent enough documentary from 1953 about the infamous North Sea flood of 1953. Watched at het Watersnoodmuseum (Flood Museum).
||| 62. Klaartje | Tuesday, August. 11, 2020
Annoying (fake) doucmentary about Klaartje, a fictional (?) survivor of the North Sea flood of 1953. It does feature some impressive costume/set design, but also some bad looking front projection. The scenes shot for the documentary look way out of place with the cinematography being way too modern and stylish (and I'll notice it and it takes you out of the experience). Watched at het Watersnoodmuseum (Flood Museum).
||| 63. Het Kracht van Water | Tuesday, August. 11, 2020
Short documentary piece about the dangers of water. The film isn't anything worth much, but I like the screen it was projected on. The screen was curved, almost like Omniversum. Because of the screen, some scenes look terrible in the format. Watched at het Watersnoodmuseum (Flood Museum).
||| 64. Finale Delta | Thursday, August. 13, 2020
Great 25 minute long documentary about The Oosterscheldekering (Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier). Watched at Neeltje Jans.
||| 65. Bad Things That Could Happen | Tuesday, October. 6, 2020
Great concept, great execution.
||| 66. Bryan Ferry: Don't Stop the Music | Saturday, October. 9, 2020
Solid documentary on the career of Bryan Ferry. Wish it was longer though.
||| 67. To The Stars [Ad Astra] | Tuesday, October. 13, 2020
One part of the making-of for Ad Astra.
||| 68. A Man Named Roy [Ad Astra] | Tuesday, October. 13, 2020
One part of the making-of for Ad Astra.
||| 69. The Crew of the Cepheus [Ad Astra] | Tuesday, October. 13, 2020
One part of the making-of for Ad Astra. Not sure Kimberly Elise’s character Lorraine Deavers has high functioning autism, because it is never addressed like they said. Roy McBride (played by Brad Pitt) has autistic trades.
||| 70. The Art Of Ad Astra [Ad Astra] | Tuesday, October. 13, 2020
One part of the making-of for Ad Astra.
||| 71. Reach for the Stars [Ad Astra] | Tuesday, October. 13, 2020
One part of the making-of for Ad Astra. Wish all the parts were one full documentary.
||| 72. Joker: Vision & Fury [Joker] | Friday, November. 13, 2020
Fun 20 minutes documentary on one of my faorite films of 2019.
||| 73. Please Welcome... Joker! [Joker] | Friday, November. 13, 2020
Short documentary about the several (unused) different takes of Joker entering the Murray Franklin Show.
||| 74. Joker: A Chronicle of Chaos [Joker] | Friday, November. 13, 2020
Another documentary on the film Joker. Wish all the parts were one full documentary.
||| 75. The making of ''Eén hagedis teveel'' [Eén hagedis teveel] | | Wednesday, December. 9, 2020
Short documentary about the creation and release of Eén hagedis teveel.
||| 76. De zoen (1959) | Wednesday, December. 9, 2020
Short (3-minute long) film directed by Paul Verhoeven.
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