Year 11: 1950

I pose a math question for anyone who is reading this. There are 78 years of movies we are selecting for this challenge. 1930-2007. We select our years randomly. We each have 10 years in which we can "pass", which means over the course of the challenge we will each select 68 movies. I have, as you already know, pre-selected which years I am going to pass. What are the odds that we would select 3 years in a row in which I would pass? If you are looking for further information, at the time of my "3 pass years in a row" we had already selected 8 years to watch (which means we had 70 years left) and I had already used 2 of my passes (I had 8 left). If you can figure that out, I would love to know. Now that I've ruined the surprise, let's move on to our next year, 1950...

Ahhh 1950. This was one of our early early movies we watched in our Best Picture challenge. The Best Picture that year was a fun little flick called All About Eve. It starred Bette Davis, who played a bitter, aging actress who didn't want to give up the spotlight, and Anne Baxter, who played a young, (deceitful!) aspiring actress who "idolized" Bette Davis' character. It was a very pleasant film to watch, and even though it started slowly, the plot really picked up and there were some good twists and turns. There is even a brief cameo of a young Marilyn Monroe before she hit the big time. I gave the film a 4.5 and Kim gave it a 4.35, giving it a solid 8.85 score. This was probably the first older movie we really enjoyed.

And then there were our 1950 selections...yes this is the fun part, but not really (Let me tell you, this is driving me nuts!!)....

Adam: PASS (5 used already! 5 left!)
Kim: Harvey

I'm sorry, but I remember looking through movies from 1950 and I just couldn't find any good ones I'd seen already, or any that I really wanted to watch. Call me uncultured, call me whatever. It is what it is. But I told you that not all my passes are from the 1930s!! As for Kim, she stuck to her usual guns, picked a movie she's seen already and loves, which I know is a big controversy in itself, but in reality I'm totally cool with. It's really part of the reason we started this second challenge. Anyway, she's a big James Stewart fan, and an even bigger fan of imaginary six foot rabbits, so this seemed to be the perfect fit. I have never seen this movie, so it should be good times.

We will post back shortly with our post-Harvey comments! In the meantime, which movie do you like the best, All About Eve or Harvey? What 1950 movie would you pick? We love all the responses, so tell your friends, family, neighbors and strangers to respond as well!