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Well that proved rather popular. 18 reps!!! That makes it the most repped review already, after just a couple of days. I need to track down a couple of people who haven't repped it yet so I can hit 20! 
I've just realised something. If I had only posted my Seven Samurai review 79 minutes earlier I would actually have accomplished a unique feat completely by accident. I posted my 100th review on November 19th 2012. My 200th was posted on November 20th 2013 at 1.18 am. Almost an astonishing bit of symmetry there.
Also how about this from the first ever post of this thread -
Well I think we know which way that went!
Anyway thanks for all the congratulations and kind words everyone. Onward to the next milestone, which will either my 250th review or page 100.
Why do I get the feeling that won't be as nice as it sounds? 
I'm picturing a Whoopi Goldberg season dedicated to honeykid for example
Thanks GS. And you're very welcome. You've earned it for all the time you've spent reading my reviews and for sticking with the Wyld Stallions pic even when people were begging for you to ditch it.
I really need to get back to watching more Kurosawa. I've only seen 5 or 6 of his films so far I think but have really liked/loved them all. Seven Samurai obviously, Throne of Blood and Rashomon (both of which I've reviewed), Yojimbo, Sanjuro and I'm sure there's another but I'm blanking on it just now
Thanks HK. 
And yes I have seen 13 Assassins. Not up to the standards of Seven Samurai but a very good film in its own right I felt. I'll need to actually give it another watch and perhaps attempt a review sometime. It's been a couple of years since I saw it so don't remember a whole lot of it, except for one scene which was amongst the most startling I've seen in quite a while (I'm guessing those that have seen it can guess which scene I'm talking about)
Excellent review as always, JayDee.
Reading over your reviews it occurs to me that I will never have a reviews thread like this. I don't know how you manage to come up with so much to say about each film. I can almost never manage more than a two or three sentences. Even when I did my top100 and wrote a few words about why I love each movie I struggled to come up with something other than "it doesn't suck."
Thanks Vicky.
Really? See I had actually been going to ask you if you had ever thought of writing reviews. You obviously have a passion and skill for writing (I've read some of your story, will need to get back to it) and going by the thoughts you expressed on Quills you can identify and discuss the deeper elements at play in films. And I can't always come up with much to write. Even films that feel like they should inspire a whole review can sometimes only pull from me a Micro Musing or nothing at all. Or for whatever reason I can sometimes struggle with huge favourites of mine that I really love and have seen loads of time, but breeze through something like Behind the Candelabra which was a bit of a middling experience. All just depends on the film and my mood at the time as to what it inspires.
And I think I've certainly improved and grown over time, as have my reviews. Those at the start where substantially shorter than they are now. I've just learned as I've gone along. Unlike a lot of people on here I've never taken any film classes or courses so my appreciation for elements and themes in films has grown (hopefully) the more films I've watched and the more reviews I've written. And I'm sure I still miss out on a lot of subtler touches and allusions in films but I'll keep working on it
I've just realised something. If I had only posted my Seven Samurai review 79 minutes earlier I would actually have accomplished a unique feat completely by accident. I posted my 100th review on November 19th 2012. My 200th was posted on November 20th 2013 at 1.18 am. Almost an astonishing bit of symmetry there.
Also how about this from the first ever post of this thread -
Originally Posted by JayDee
I'm the kind of person where I'll perhaps either become obsessed and do reviews all the time, or I'll do one and then never get round to it again
Anyway thanks for all the congratulations and kind words everyone. Onward to the next milestone, which will either my 250th review or page 100.
Dedicating reviews to MoFos. That's something I should start doing.
Why do I get the feeling that won't be as nice as it sounds? I'm picturing a Whoopi Goldberg season dedicated to honeykid for exampleCongratulations on 200 reviews, and thank you so much not only for choosing to dedicate the 200th review to me, but for reviewing one of my top 10 favorite movies!
I love Kurosawa as a director, and Seven Samurai is in my opinion his crowning masterpiece. And for such a celebrated and accomplished director that says something about this film.
I love Kurosawa as a director, and Seven Samurai is in my opinion his crowning masterpiece. And for such a celebrated and accomplished director that says something about this film.
I really need to get back to watching more Kurosawa. I've only seen 5 or 6 of his films so far I think but have really liked/loved them all. Seven Samurai obviously, Throne of Blood and Rashomon (both of which I've reviewed), Yojimbo, Sanjuro and I'm sure there's another but I'm blanking on it just now
Congratulations on reaching 200, JD, and that's a fantastic review to mark the occasion. 
Have you seen 13 Assassins?
Have you seen 13 Assassins?
And yes I have seen 13 Assassins. Not up to the standards of Seven Samurai but a very good film in its own right I felt. I'll need to actually give it another watch and perhaps attempt a review sometime. It's been a couple of years since I saw it so don't remember a whole lot of it, except for one scene which was amongst the most startling I've seen in quite a while (I'm guessing those that have seen it can guess which scene I'm talking about)Excellent review as always, JayDee.
Reading over your reviews it occurs to me that I will never have a reviews thread like this. I don't know how you manage to come up with so much to say about each film. I can almost never manage more than a two or three sentences. Even when I did my top100 and wrote a few words about why I love each movie I struggled to come up with something other than "it doesn't suck."
Really? See I had actually been going to ask you if you had ever thought of writing reviews. You obviously have a passion and skill for writing (I've read some of your story, will need to get back to it) and going by the thoughts you expressed on Quills you can identify and discuss the deeper elements at play in films. And I can't always come up with much to write. Even films that feel like they should inspire a whole review can sometimes only pull from me a Micro Musing or nothing at all. Or for whatever reason I can sometimes struggle with huge favourites of mine that I really love and have seen loads of time, but breeze through something like Behind the Candelabra which was a bit of a middling experience. All just depends on the film and my mood at the time as to what it inspires.
And I think I've certainly improved and grown over time, as have my reviews. Those at the start where substantially shorter than they are now. I've just learned as I've gone along. Unlike a lot of people on here I've never taken any film classes or courses so my appreciation for elements and themes in films has grown (hopefully) the more films I've watched and the more reviews I've written. And I'm sure I still miss out on a lot of subtler touches and allusions in films but I'll keep working on it
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That's the kind of way you'd describe a tax return, not one of my dynamic reviews! 
