There was only one distinct new year's resolution I had last year; watch a 100 movies at the cinemas. I have failed miserably.

You know what though, I think I can live with myself. Every half-decent movie that has been released in Australia this year, I have seen, and equally, I have chosen not to watch quite a few movies, having heard horrendous things about them. My only regret is that I was hardly a film festival goer, and that is something I will rectify next year. Even if I have to go alone, damnit!

Anyways, you know the drill, ranked top to bottom, no justifications.

1. The Dark Knight
2. Wall-E
3. There Will Be Blood
4. I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime)
5. The Kite Runner
6. Frost/Nixon
7. Cloverfield
8. 2 Days In Paris
9. Lust, Caution (Se, jie)
   
10. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
11. Pineapple Express
12. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Scaphandre et le papillon, Le)
13. The Mist
14. Tropic Thunder
15. Hunger
16. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
17. Welcome to the Sticks (Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis)
18. Slumdog Millionaire
19. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
    
20. King of Kong
21. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
22. The Edge of Heaven (Auf der anderen Seite)
23. The Orphanage
24. Lars and the Real Girl
25. In Bruges
26. Gone Baby Gone
    
27. The Savages
28. Burn After Reading
29. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
30. Rambo
31. Iron Man
32. Son of Rambow
33. Waltz with Bashir
34. American Gangster
35. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
36. Juno
37. The Bank Job
38. Dan in Real Life
39. Don't Mess with the Zohan
40. Body of Lies
41. RockNRolla
42. Quantum of Solace
43. Rendition
44. 3:10 to Yuma
45. In the Valley of Elah
46. American Teen
47. Wanted
48. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
49. The Wackness
50. Batman: Gotham Knight
51. The Spiderwick Chronicles
52. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
53. Death Defying Acts
54. The Incredible Hulk
55. Be Kind Rewind
56. Twilight
57. Taken
58. Jumper
59. I'm Not There
60. Horton Hears a Who!
    
61. Hancock
62. Eagle Eye
63. I Am Legend
64. Kung Fu Panda
65. Mongol
    
66. The Happening
67. 21
68. We Own the Night
69. Get Smart
70. Death Proof
    
71. Charlie Wilson's War
72. 27 Dresses
73. Vantage Point
74. Max Payne
75. The X-Files: I Want to Believe
76. Run, Fat Boy, Run
77. The Day the Earth Stood Still
78. Street Kings
    
79. Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
80. Speed Racer
81. 10,000 B.C.
82. Babylon A.D.
83. Appleseed Ex Machina

And actually, looking through IMDB's list of movies released in Australia in '08 [it's got some older releases as well, but seems to do the job], there are a few that I should have seen >.<

How did I think it was going to end? Cradling that 700ml bottle of Bacardi throughout the boat ride, it pretty much HAD to end as it did.

I open my eyes for a second, then clutch my neck [it kills] and close them again. I open them again, and I see towels. Lots and lots of towels. Marvellous.

I stumble out of the room, make it to some kind of service elevator, press 'G', walk through a kitchen with some surprised looking chefs, see an emergency exit with a warning that the door is alarmed, proceed to open it, and walk out into The Rocks, with the sound of the alarm adding some ring to the already large amount of ring in my head. Then I turn around, look up, and see that I was in the Park Hyatt.

I then, ONLY then [stupid stupid] check to see whether I have my wallet, etc, and to my surprise, I find an additional credit card slotted in; Jen's [as in, our Partner]. *PSY HARD*. I think I tried calling Rita to see what the hell had happened, but the useless woman didn't pick up, so I wandered into Level 2, 225 George Street, got my bag, and got in a cab. Why did I just switch tenses in the middle of that? Hmmm. Oh, by the way, it's around 5am when I get into the cab.

Even as we stood on the dock/platform, everyone noticed the suitably rocky nature of the seas, especially Cerry [yay, she made it back], and then we were off and away, boating around Sydney Harbour. It took a little while to get used to, and I do remember Apurva's magical moment; soy sauce + rocky boat + 3 people wearing white = phail. And then, drink drink drink is all I remember, until a moment when there were lots of shocked faces with the very low level that the Bacardi bottle was at. I think it was confiscated, but the damage had well and truly been done, and I probably managed to sneak that last bit of it into me anyway.

One other highlight was the impromptu karaoke on the boat. There was a mic that the captain of the boat was using to deliver instructions, information, etc, and it was just lying there for a while, so during the time we docked halfway through the ride, I took it and started testing the volume, and possibly belted out a note or two, before I was rudely interrupted by said captain [I think will call him Captain Haddock], saying I can't sing when it's docked close to houses. I completely forgot about it after this point, but someone, maybe Alex, got it up and running when we did get moving again, and I reckon my voice sounded even better than usual, with the acoustics of the sea.

The boat ride ended, and so did my recollection of the night. For some reason, I went with Jen and Vishy to the Park Hyatt for drinks, instead of going to Cruise Bar with everyone else. We had a few drinks, even a shot found its way in I think, and then, yep, blank.

I still feel like I'm on that god damned boat, with this whole room rocking back and forth. Whoa, that rhymed!