4 1/2 years ago I hit 1500 movies blogged on this site, and I recently doubled that to over 3000 now. Quite a lot of movies seen in the 10+ years I’ve been keeping track of this. As I did in early 2023, it’s time for me to take a bit of a break again. My movie watching has definitely come down a bit from my peak of close-to or over 400 movies a year from 2019-2022, to 241 in 2023 and 321 in 2024. I was on pace for around 275 movies this year, but with this break, I expect it will be far less than that. Part of that is my grandkids (I’m blessed to be able to have them over every week all year long, and several nights a week often), so whereas I used to watch 6-8 movies a week, I’m often now watching half that and playing “catch up” on the weekends. Part of my lower totals is also my new love of jogging; I get out and run anytime I have some free time, and recently completed my first half marathon. I’d love to work up towards a marathon in the next year, and after that, who knows? I always thought I’ve have more free time as I got older, but the opposite seems to be the case!
As I said on my last little break, I’ll still chime in with some movies here and there, so please subscribe here, follow me on Letterboxd, etc, and let me know if there’s ever anything that I should really check out.
Jons Movie Takes 