Topic: November Alphabet Marathon

[richierich]

About time I got my finger out and stopped working so hard 

I'm going back over a year (how time flies) to the original Alphabet Marathon. Only difference this time will be reviews for each title watched, and new marking system.

As a reminder, the aim will be to watch a previously 'unviewed' title beginning with each letter of the alphabet. TV, movies, musicals, whatever!

No prizes for completion, if anyone wishes to join me on this marathon please feel free. 

Letter	Title	Date	Rating
* -	*batteries not included	(28/11)
- -	wall-e	(24/11)
... -	...and justice for all	(28/11)
No. -	20 years after	(2/11)
A -	air i breathe	(16/11)
B -	bringing out the dead	(16/11)
C -	casino royale BR	(25/11)
D -	deception	(12/11)
E -	elektra	(22/11)
F -	felon	(10/11)
G -	get smart 2008	(7/11)
H -	he was a quiet man	(11/11)
I -	dark knIght	(27/11)
J -	journey to the centre of the earth	(1/11)
K -	kiss of the dragon	(23/11)
L -	lost mission	(13/11)
M -	meet dave	(25/11)
N -	new world	(5/11)
O -	only the lonely	(14/11)
P -	paddy mcguinness live	(22/11)
Q -	queen of the damned	(23/11)
R -	rocky balboa	(12/11)
S -	slacker uprising	(3/11)
T -	tiptoes	(29/11)
U -	underworld - evolution	(8/11)
V -	victoria cross heroes	(9/11)
W -	wanted	(1/11)
X -	x-files - i want to believe	(30/11)
Y -	young frankenstein	(20/11)
Z -	zulu dawn	(24/11)

Marking for reviews using the now infamous 'DCO' review marking system...
   = Excellent
   = now that was quite good
   = I enjoyed it
   = not really bad, but not good either
   = boring
   = bad or worse
 

[Tom]

Title		Date		Rating
#
Antitrust		Nov 02
Bowfinger		Oct 31
Chase, The		Nov 15
Dachimawa Lee		Nov 01
Eulogy		Nov 02
Fido
Go		Nov 14
HANA-BI		Nov 04
Ice Age		Nov 15
Johnny English		Nov 02
Kill Bill Vol. 2		Nov 29
Lissi und der wilde Kaiser		Nov 08
Malá morská víla
Notting Hill		Nov 06
Orange County
Paris When It Sizzles
Quantum of Solace		Nov 25
Rote Punkt, Der		Nov 09
School of Rock		Nov 16
Tenacious D. in The Pick of Destiny		Nov 10
Unleashed
Vikaren		Nov 15
Waiting For Guffman
X2
You Only Live Twice
Z

[RossRoy]

Great initiative Rich! 

Here's my selection for this marathon
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#	Title	Date	Rating
#	1408	11/
A	Aurore	11/05
B	Blood Diamond	11/
C	CQ2	11/
D	D.E.B.S.	11/23
E	El Laberinto del Fauno*	11/23
F	Flightplan	11/
G	Ghost Rider	11/
H	Hulk	11/21
I	Iron Man	11/20
J	Jersey Girl	11/
K	K-PAX	11/10
L	Lord of War	11/02
M	Ma vie en cinémascope	11/
N	Nos Voisins Dhantsu	11/04
O	Ocean's 11	11/01
P	Pride and Prejudice	11/
Q	Quills	11/
R	Remember the Titans	11/03
S	Something's Gotta Give	11/
T	Tideland	11/
U	Un long dimanche de fiançailles	11/
V	Veronica Guerin	11/
W	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	11/
X	Alexander	11/
Y	You Kill Me	11/
Z	Zodiac	11/

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I tried to choose not watched movies I've had for the longest for each letter, where appropriate.

For X, since I have nothing that starts with X that I haven't watched yet, so I chose a movie that has an X in its title.

[DJ Doena]

Sorry, no can do. I will continue my DS9 marathons on weekends though.

[DVDsRGreat]

I'll try to join in. Will try and put in a couple of lines abt each movie as I watch. Will be my first marathon here 

Letter	Title	Watched On	Rating	Reviews
A	Art of War	11/16/2008
B	The Brothers Grimm	11/01/2008		Review
C	Catch Me If You Can	11/17/2008
D	The Day After Tomorrow	11/01/2008		Review
E	Elektra	11/04/2008		Review
F	The Fifth Element
G	Gone in 60 seconds	11/06/2008		Review
H	Hellboy
I	Ice Age	11/02/2008		Review
J	Johnny English	11/09/2008
K	Kiss of the Dragon	11/10/2008
L	League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	11/02/2008		Review
M	The Mask	11/16/2008
N	The Namesake
O	Out of Time
P	Pulp Fiction
Q	Torque	11/08/2008
R	The Rock
S	The Saint
T	Taxi Driver
U	Unbreakable	11/02/2008		Review
V	Van Helsing	11/15/2008
W	Waterworld
X	X-Men
Y	Sleepy Hollow
Z	Zoolander

OK. Have my movies selected. Most of them I've watched before but Profiler shows them as unwatched as they were before I started recording the watched stats.
A couple I've never seen before like Taxi Driver and the League of....
Whew!!! That's a big list to complete in a month!!!

Edit: Added Torque to Q and Sleepy Hollow to Y
Edit: Changed Jurassic Park to Johnny English (keeping JP for a future date with Lost world and JP 3).

[Jimmy]

I'll go with this one too. I've open another thread where I will place my review, but I don't garantee that all the movie will be reviewed.

the title written in red are previously unwatched

Letter	Title	Date	Rating	Review
Sign	... Love You to Death	11/01		Yes
#	2LDK	11/01		Yes
A	Abigail Leslie is back in town	11/03		Yes
B	Baron Blood	11/03		No
C	Confessions of a Young American Housewife	11/04		Yes
D	Drop-Out Wife	11/05		Yes
E	Emanuelle in America	11/05		Yes
F	Fantasm	11/06		Yes
G	Gymkata	11/08		Yes
H	Horrors of Spider Island	11/09		Yes
I	Italian Stallion (The)	11/10		Yes
J	Joys of Jezebel (The)	11/09		Yes
K	Kim Comes Home	11/10		Yes
L	Last Summer	11/11		Yes
M	Maid In Sweden	11/11		Yes
N	Nighthawks	11/12		Yes
O	Olga's film serie	11/13		Yes
P	Perversion Story	11/17		No
Q	Quante volte... quella notte1	11/17		Yes
R	Country Love	11/17		Yes
S	Sexual Secrets of Marijuana	11/22		Yes
T	Toys Are Not for Children	11/23		Yes
U	Ultima orgia del III Reich2	11/24		Yes
V	Vixen	11/24		Yes
W	Wilbur and the Baby Factory	11/24		No
X	The Sexploiters	11/25		No
Y	Tanya	11/26		No
Z	Zombie Lake	11/26		No

I use the original title for those one since it gives me more choices
1. Four Times That Night
2. Gestapo's Last Orgy

[Achim]

My space...

Letter	Title	Date	Rating
# -	300	11/3
A -	After the Wedding	11/11
B -	Bananas	11/5
C -	Carlito's Way	11/10
D -	Double Indemnity (1973)	11/12
E -	The Enforcer	11/8
F -	Feast	11/13
G -	Ghosts of Mars (John Carpenter's)	11/14
H -	Heat	11/15
I -	In the Heat of the Night	11/20
J -	Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer	11/17
K -	The Killing	11/21
L -	Love and Death	11/9
M -	Magnum Force	11/6
N -
O -	Once a Thief (John Woo's) (1996)	11/22
P -	Paprika	11/22
Q -
R -
S -	South Park: The Complete Eleventh Season: Disc Three	11/2
T -	Tropic Thunder [cinema]	11/1	(barely, though)
U -
V -
W -	Werewolf of London	11/16
X -
Y -
Z -

Marking for reviews using the now infamous 'DCO' review marking system...
   = Excellent
   = now that was quite good
   = I enjoyed it
   = not really bad, but not good either
   = boring
   = bad or worse

[Dragonfire]

I might be able to find movies in my collection for this one, though I think I might have a problem with a few letters.  Like for X, all I have are the X-Men movies and I've watched all of those more than once..same for Young Frankenstein for Y.  I don't even have a movie that starts with Q, though I do plan to see the new Bond movie so I could use that one as long as movies in theaters count too.

[richierich]

I might be able to find movies in my collection for this one, though I think I might have a problem with a few letters.  Like for X, all I have are the X-Men movies and I've watched all of those more than once..same for Young Frankenstein for Y.  I don't even have a movie that starts with Q, though I do plan to see the new Bond movie so I could use that one as long as movies in theaters count too.

The way we did it before if we didn't have a certain letter was to use a title that included the letter ie happY gilmore or siX days etc

[Dragonfire]

Ahh..ok.  I'll see what I can come up with then.  I should be good for most of the letters.

[addicted2dvd]

OK... will give this a try... but I will decide on which movies I will watch for each letter when the time comes. Since I like to use half points in lots of my ratings I will be using number ratings 0-5.

Letter	Title	Date	Rating
#	13 Going on 30	11/9	4
A	Army of Darkness	11/22	4
B	Borderland	11/21	1.5
C	Cutthroat Island	11/21	3.5
D	Death of the Incredible Hulk	11/23	3.5
E
F	Full Eclipse	11/29	3.5
G
H	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	11/29	4
I
J
K
L	Little Girl who Lives Down the Lane	11/6	3.5
M
N
O
P	Panic Room	11/7	4.5
Q
R	Rescue from Gilligan's Island	11/8	3
S	Shredderman Rules!	11/8	4
T	Tooth and Nail	11/28	3
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

[Najemikon]

I don't even have a movie that starts with Q, though I do plan to see the new Bond movie so I could use that one as long as movies in theaters count too.

The only rule is, there are no rules!  These marathons are fun because they help you interpret your own collection and blow the dust of some titles you might have left for much longer. I've always included cinema and TV if they happen to fit the bill (like the last day of my Horror marathon was all on TV), so Q=Quantum is perfect.

[Dragonfire]

Ok, I'll try this.  I'll figure the titles I'll use as I go along. I probably won't watch them in alphabetical order either.

Thank you to Jimmy for sending me a message with the coding for getting my table to line up. I really appreciate it.     Now hopefully I'll be able to get my next title added in right. 

Letter	Title	Date	Rating
# -		11/
No. -	101 Dalmatians (1996)	11/01
A -	Austin Powers the Spy who Shagged Me	11/02
B -	The Birds	11/06
C -	Changeling	11/11
D -	Live Free or Die Hard	11/28
E -	Wall-E	11/27
F -	Futurama: Bender's Game	11/05
G -	Get Smart (2008)	11/07
H -	Hellboy II: The Golden Army	11/12
I -	It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie	11/25
J -	Jumanji	11/15
K -	Kung Fu Panda	11/14
L -	Flash Goron	11/09
M -	Mars Attacks!	11/03
N -	Needful Things	11/09
O -	Bolt	11/25
P -	Planes, Trains, and Automobiles	11/23
Q -	Quantum of Solace	11/18
R -	Roxanne	11/03
S -
T -	Tropic Thunder	11/21
U -	The Incredible Hulk	11/27
V -	Vertigo	11/23
W -	Wargames	11/08
X -	X-Men	11/29
Y -	Pretty in Pink	11/30
Z -	Hot Fuzz	11/26

Marking for reviews using the now infamous 'DCO' review marking system...
   = Excellent
   = now that was quite good
   = I enjoyed it
   = not really bad, but not good either
   = boring
   = bad or worse

[richierich]

Glad to see most runners are on track, I've got 7 more titles with 6 days to go, but with a busy weekend I will probably fall short by a few.

Starting to think of December Xmas marathon now 

[addicted2dvd]

Glad to see most runners are on track, I've got 7 more titles with 6 days to go, but with a busy weekend I will probably fall short by a few.

Starting to think of December Xmas marathon now 

I am doing terrible this month... but I think that may be because I am still pretty burnt out on movies after watching 100 movies in October alone.