My Viewing in 2017

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I can declare that this was a record year for me in terms of cinema attendance.  I paid and attended the cinema sixty times in 2017.  Second place is now 2013 with 47 views.  Now, unless I make a concerted effort, 2018 will most likely drop because it is difficult to maintain an average of five cinema visits per month here in China.

Here is my cinema viewing history:



1992 - 1
1993 - 5
1994 - 3
1995 - 4
1996 - 3
1997 - 13
1998 - 11
1999 - 9
2000 - 17
2001 - 22
2002 - 13
2003 - 22
2004 - 21
2005 - 28
2003 - 20
2007 - 8
2008 - 5
2009 - 21
2010 - 21
2011 - 13
2012 - 31
2013 - 47
2014 - 43
2015 - 32
2016 - 45
2017 - 60 *NEW RECORD*

The films I saw last year were:

Arrival
La La Land
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (3D)
Passengers (3D)
Kubo and the Two Strings (3D)
西游伏妖篇 Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (3D)
Kung Fu Yoga
xXx: Return of Xander Cage (3D)
La La Land
Sing (3D)
La La Land
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (3D)
Assassin's Creed (3D)
Logan
Patriots Day
John Wick: Chapter Two
Logan
The LEGO Batman Movie (3D)
A Dog's Purpose
Genius
Beauty and the Beast (3D)
Kong: Skull Island (3D)
非凡任务 Extraordinary Mission
Ghost in the Shell (3D)
Fast and Furious 8 (3D)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (3D)
Dangal
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (3D)
Life
A Monster Calls
Power Rangers (3D)
Wonder Woman (3D)
The Lost City of Z
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (3D)
The Mummy (3D)
Alien: Covenant
Lion
Transformers: The Last Knight (3D)
War for The Planet of the Apes
Dunkirk
Spider-Man: Homecoming
战狼2 Wolf Warriors 2 (3D)
The Hitman's Bodyguard
The Foreigner (3D)
Good Time
American Made
It: Chapter One
Blade Runner 2049
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (3D)
Geostorm (3D)
Thor: Ragnarok (3D)
Murder on the Orient Express
Manhunt
Justice League
Darkest Hour
Bus 657
Only the Brave
Paddington 2
Loving Vincent
Bleeding Steel (3D)

Most of those were watched in China, but the first two of the year, Arrival and La La Land, were in the USA.  Plenty more throughout the year were watched in Hong Kong too, such as Good Time, American Made, It: Chapter One, and Blade Runner 2049, which were watched all in one day.  That was a great day!

So that was at the cinema, which is great and certainly my first choice to see films.  But I watched a lot of films at home last year too ... 180 to be exact.  I do not have quite as much viewing data as cinema visits, but I know it is not a record year, though I am still mightily impressed with the count and in beating last year.  Here are the last few years:

2013 - 201
2014 - 212
2015 - 140
2016 - 105
2017 - 180

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