January 1st in a mere 2 days away, the start of another new year and another...30 Films in 31 Days movie challenge!
What started with a handful of movie nerds looking for an excuse to hibernate eight years ago has become a multi-social platform review frenzy, with friends, strangers, and wellwishers alike getting together to generate some buzz about the movies they love, the movies they hate, the movies they love to hate...and everything in between.. As always, tell everyone you know who like movies about us and invite them to participate. Winter is cold and makes you want to stay inside, and no matter how many movies you try to watch through the year, there are still tons that you need to catch up on. So why not give 30 films in 31 days a shot?
Here are the ground rules, same as last year:
The concept is simple, it is to watch 30 movies within 31 days (during the month of January).
Films must be feature length or equivalent (so you could technically watch a collection of shorts and it would count as one), can be on disc, digital, 35mm (whatever that is), in theatres, at home, on a plane, etc. You can re-watch movies you’ve seen before, but not watch the same movie twice.
Participants don’t have to watch the same films (though you might enjoy the social aspect of watching movies together, your call)
For each film, pls share the title and some thoughts on your viewing experience (as much or as little as you wish. Please indicate in advance if there will be spoilers) and give it a rating out of 5. The following are merely suggestions on how to share your mini-reviews:
- Tweet and include the hashtag: #30films31days
- Join our Facebook Group, go to the "Files" tab, select "+Create Doc" and start a document that groups all your reviews together. (This was our preferred method until Facebook made it so gosh darn complicated)
- Join our Facebook Group, then create a gallery on your own profile, fill it with images of the movies you've watched and include your reviews in the descriptions, then include the album link in the Group's page.
- If you have your own blog, post reviews there and then provide links to them on Facebook/Twitter/both
So film lovers unite! This is a great way to keep yourself occupied during one of the crummiest months of the year, be able to catch up on all those movies you keep meaning to see, learn about new titles from others, and have a chance to get acquainted with and discuss your favourite movies with fellow film enthusiasts!
Even if you’re not participating, please check back often for movie reviews!
Along with many different ways to share your reviews, there are also lots of different ways to work 30 films into your schedule. Some plan out their month, pre-select titles, and assign a film a day. Others have a movie marathon over a weekend around a particular theme, others just wing it. My goal this year is to get through the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit (not in one day, not even in one weekend lol), as well The Event Screen at Cineplex Yonge & Dundas is programming a different Tarantino film each week in January, so you may find me there pretty frequently since it's only $6/movie
30 films is a challenging number to some, a breeze to others. Over the years we've developed some friendly competition amongst the major players... who will get to 30 first? who will log the most movies? (don't presume you should stop after 30!) and who will watch the most interesting/unusual films? These are some serious bragging rights amongst film geeks!
Hopefully in your own way, as an active participant, curious observer, or mildly amused well-wisher, you will find a way to join in the fun!
