The Office of Pieter Pelgrims

2017

These are the 68 titles from the top250 that I hadn’t seen yet, on January 29^th, 2017.

• 28. Spirited Away (2001)
• 31. La La Land (2016)
• 35. City Lights (1931)
• 39. The Intouchables (2011)
• 40. Modern Times (1936)
• 55. The Great Dictator (1940)
• 59. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
• 65. Princess Mononoke (1997)
• 83. Like Stars on Earth (2007)
• 88. Amadeus (1984)
• 89. My Father and My Son (2005)
• 93. Dangal (2016)
• 94. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
• 95. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
• 97. The Kid (1921)
• 102. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
• 111. A Separation (2011)
• 112. Metropolis (1927)
• 124. Children of Heaven (1997)
• 131. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
• 133. Room (2015)
• 135. The Gold Rush (1925)
• 136. The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
• 139. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
• 141. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
• 143. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
• 145. The Bandit (1996)
• 146. Incendies (2010)
• 148. A Wednesday (2008)
• 150. The General (1926)
• 155. Arrival (2016)
• 156. Sunrise (1927)
• 157. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
• 158. Manchester by the Sea (2016)
• 160. Rang De Basanti (2006)
• 165. Tokyo Story (1953)
• 170. The Thing (1982)
• 172. Hera Pheri (2000)
• 175. Andaz Apna Apna (1994)
• 176. How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
• 177. Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003)
• 178. Sholay (1975)
• 184. Come and See (1985)
• 186. Life of Brian (1979)
• 187. Rush (2013)
• 191. Network (1976)
• 194. Wild Tales (2014)
• 196. Spotlight (2015)
• 198. The Nights of Cabiria (1957)
• 199. The 400 Blows (1959)
• 203. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
• 207. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
• 210. The Princess Bride (1987)
• 211. Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
• 213. Stalker (1979)
• 214. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
• 215. Drishyam (2015)
• 217. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
• 218. Before Sunrise (1995)
• 221. The Message (1976)
• 223. Gandhi (1982)
• 224. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
• 226. Diabolique (1955)
• 238. Barry Lyndon (1975)
• 242. Udaan (2010)
• 247. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
• 248. Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)
• 250. Song of the Sea (2014)

In the end I watched these:

1. Blade Runner 2049
2. 12 Dates of Christmas
3. The Last Stand
4. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
5. Murder on the Orient Express
6. Paddington 2
7. The Great Waldo Pepper
8. The Last Unicorn
9. Dries
10. Von Ryan’s Express
11. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
12. Seal Team Eight: Behind Enemy Lines
13. Ghost in the Shell
14. King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
15. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
16. The Fate of the Furious
17. Here Comes the Boom
18. Chinatown
19. S.W.A.T.: Firefight
20. Lion
21. Dunkirk
22. Road House
23. Red Dawn
24. The Brothers Grimm
25. The Sweeney
26. Super 8
27. Green Lantern
28. U-571
29. Priest
30. Loser
31. The Founder
32. Only God Forgives
33. The Purge: Election Year
34. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
35. The Legend of Hercules
36. The Family
37. Rango
38. The Watch
39. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
40. The Emperor’s New Groove
41. Logan
42. Dark Passage
43. Hector and the Search for Happiness
44. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
45. Gun Crazy
46. Silence
47. Only God Forgives
48. The 400 Blows
49. John Wick: Chapter 2
50. Shadow of a Doubt
51. 12 Years a Slave
52. Barry Lyndon
53. My Neighbor Totoro
54. The Bridge at Remagen
55. X-Men: Apocalypse
56. Kramer vs. Kramer
57. Kagemusha
58. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
59. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
60. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
61. Throne of Blood
62. The Suicide Shop
63. The Hidden Fortress
64. Harakiri
65. In a Lonely Place
66. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
67. Hacksaw Ridge
68. Ant-Man
69. The Longest Day
70. Hell or High Water
71. Justice League: Doom
72. The Pledge
73. Cross of Iron
74. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
75. Kelly’s Heroes
76. Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
77. The Theory of Everything
78. Magnus
79. A Brilliant Young Mind
80. Ichi the Killer
81. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
82. Inferno
83. Heartbreakers
84. Somers Town
85. The Raven
86. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
87. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
88. Gone Girl
89. His Girl Friday

Gigs

1. Oathbreaker, AB, Brussels
2. Oathbreaker, Stuk, Leuven
3. Oathbreaker, Het Bos, Antwerp
4. Deftones, 013, Tilburg, NL
5. Amenra, The Black Heart Rebellion, Vooruit, Ghent
6. The Dillinger Escape Plan, AB, Brussels
7. Ieperfest, Ypres
   • No Turning Back
   • Slapshot
   • Sheer Terror
   • Napalm Death
   • Hatebreed
   • Malevolence (I strongly dislike this)
   • Link
   • Billy Club Sandwich (I need a shirt like the frontman)
   • Arkangel
   • 88 Fingers Louie
   • Turnstile (holy shitballs, this was madness)
   • Defeater
   • Nasty (strongly disliked this one as well)
   • Crowbar
   • Die My Demon
   • Svetlanas
   • Bonecrusher
   • First Blood
   • Fallujah (last song only)
   • Terror
   • Madball
8. Converge, 013, Tilburg, NL
9. Wiegedood, Link, Het Bos, Antwerp
10. Stray From The Path, Obey The Brave, Capsize, Renounced, Kavka, Antwerp
11. Mogwai, AB, Brussels
12. Jagmonkx, Cfou, Antwerp
13. Amenra – Mass VI try out, De Kreun, Kortrijk
14. Amenra – Mass VI release show, AB, Brussels
15. Wiegedood, AB, Brussels

New albums

My favorites were Converge, AYS, and Amenra, in that order.

1. Wiegedood – De Doden Hebben Het Goed II
2. Brutality Will Prevail – In Dark Places
3. AYS – Worlds Unknown
4. Incendiary – Thousand Mile Stare
5. The Acacia Strain – Gravebloom
6. Hundredth - Rare
7. Poseidon – Prologue
8. Counterparts – You’re Not You Anymore
9. END – From the Unforgiving Arms of God
10. Forced Order – One Last Prayer
11. Kublai Khan – Nomad
12. Stick to your Guns – True View
13. Motorpsycho – The Tower
14. Stray From The Path – Only Death Is Real
15. The Bronx - V
16. August Burns Red
17. Amenra – Mass VI
18. Kid Koala – Music to Draw To: Satellite
19. Converge – The Dusk In Us
20. Lustre - Still Innocence
21. Lionheart – Welcome to the westcoast II
22. Adimiron – Et Liber Eris
23. The Black Dahlia Murder – Nightbringers
24. Toxic Shock – 20Lastcentury
25. Clearing Path – Watershed Between Firmament and the Realm of Hyperborea

Newly discovered albums

1. Amenra – Alive
2. The Black Heart Rebellion – People, when you see smoke do not think it is fields they’re burning
3. Vader – The Empire
4. Kamchatka – Kamchatka
5. Knocked Loose – Laugh Tracks
6. Oathbreaker – S/T
7. Casey – Love is not enough
8. August Burns Red – Messengers
9. Xibalba - Tierra y Libertad
10. The complete Turnstile discography
11. Primordial – The Gathering Wilderness
12. Animals As Leaders – The Madness Of Many
13. This is Hell – Bastards Still Remain
14. This is Hell – Black Mass
15. Cruel Hand – Lock & Key
16. Stoned Jesus – The Harvest

Year of the band shirt

Never really got into this but I bought way too many band shirts this year.

• Oathbreaker
• The Dillinger Escape Plan
• Converge: 2
• Amenra: 6

And I got one from MF Doom for my birthday! Hat tip to Malik.

Theater

1. Abattoir Fermé – Het Proces
2. Tg Stan – Alles Rustig
3. SKaGeN – Uw Rijk Kome
4. Tg Stan × Olympique Dramatique – Poquelin II
5. Jan Lauwers – Oorlog en Terpentijn
6. Wim Vandekeybus & Ultima Vez – Mockumentary of a Contemporary Saviour

Books

I’ve set my 2017 reading challenge to 18 books, I didn’t hit that mark.

1. The Clean Coder
2. Nick Cave: Mercy on me
3. The Gunslinger
4. How to create typefaces, from sketch to screen
5. Tender is the night
6. Swimming with sharks
7. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2
8. Atlas Shrugged
9. The Pearl
10. Stijlboek
11. Stoner
12. Over de Esthetiek
13. Tegen verkiezingen
14. The trial

What is in store for 2018?

Gigs

1. Wiegedood, De Klinker, Aarschot
2. Ieperfest, Ypres

Albums

1. I’d say a new Tool album, one can dream
2. Wiegedood – De Doden Hebben Het Goed III
3. Turnstile – Time & Space

02 January 2018