Topic: Marathon brainstorming thread

[RossRoy]

Would anyone be interested in a collective James Bond marathon? I would say one movie per week chronologically.

That, I'd definitely join. I've been wanting to watch them since I got them and it would be the final incentive to do so.

[Tom]

Would anyone be interested in a collective James Bond marathon? I would say one movie per week chronologically.

That, I'd definitely join. I've been wanting to watch them since I got them and it would be the final incentive to do so.

I have a similar problem. I haven't seen most of them since I got some years ago. I wanted to start a marathon for quite a time, but I never had a real incentive to do so.

[Najemikon]

I'd join in for the ones I have (7). Can't say I envy you Moonraker or Die Another Day in any case!

[richierich]

Would anyone be interested in a collective James Bond marathon? I would say one movie per week chronologically.

I'd be interested in this, preferably to watch them in order?

[richierich]

For February, I am intending to 'celebrate' the oscars month by having a marathon watching previous best picture winners, initially the films that I own but have not watched, but also throwing a few in that I have seen before but really like.
Does anyone else have an interest in this or similar Oscar themed marathon?

At present my 'Oscars' stats are as follows...



TITLE                                         OWNED?                   VIEWED ON DVD?
1927/28 : Sunrise                             OWNED   
1928/29 : The Broadway Melody    OWNED   
1929/30 : All Quiet on the Western Front   OWNED   
1930/31 : Cimarron                    TO BE SOURCED   
1931/32 : Grand Hotel                OWNED   
1932/33 : Cavalcade   TO BE SOURCED   
1934 : It Happened One Night   OWNED   
1935 : Mutiny on the Bounty   OWNED   YES
1936 : The Great Ziegfeld   OWNED   
1937 : The Life of Emile Zola   OWNED   
1938 : You Can't Take It With You   OWNED   
1939 : Gone with the Wind    OWNED   YES
1940 : Rebecca    OWNED   
1941 : How Green Was My Valley   OWNED   
1942 : Mrs. Miniver    OWNED   
1943 : Casablanca   OWNED   YES
1944 : Going My Way   OWNED   
1945 : The Lost Weekend   OWNED   
1946 : The Best Years of Our Lives   OWNED   
1947 : Gentleman's Agreement   OWNED   
1948 : Hamlet   OWNED   
1949 : All the King's Men    OWNED   
1950 : All About Eve   OWNED   
1951 : An American in Paris   OWNED   
1952 : The Greatest Show on Earth   OWNED   
1953 : From Here to Eternity   OWNED   YES
1954 : On the Waterfront   OWNED   
1955 : Marty    OWNED   
1956 : Around the World in 80 Days    OWNED   YES
1957 : The Bridge on the River Kwai   OWNED   YES
1958 : Gigi   OWNED   
1959 : Ben-Hur   OWNED   
1960 : The Apartment    OWNED   
1961 : West Side Story   OWNED   YES
1962 : Lawrence of Arabia    OWNED   YES
1963 : Tom Jones   OWNED   
1964 : My Fair Lady   OWNED   
1965 : The Sound of Music    OWNED   YES
1966 : A Man for All Seasons    OWNED   
1967 : In the Heat of the Night    OWNED   
1968 : Oliver!   OWNED   YES
1969 : Midnight Cowboy    OWNED   YES
1970 : Patton   OWNED   YES
1971 : The French Connection    OWNED   YES
1972 : The Godfather    OWNED   YES
1973 : The Sting   OWNED   YES
1974 : "The Godfather, Part II   OWNED   YES
1975 : One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest    OWNED   YES
1976 : Rocky   OWNED   YES
1977 : Annie Hall   OWNED   
1978 : The Deer Hunter   OWNED   YES
1979 : Kramer vs. Kramer   OWNED   YES
1980 : Ordinary People   OWNED   
1981 : Chariots of Fire    OWNED   YES
1982 : Gandhi    OWNED   YES
1983 : Terms of Endearment   OWNED   YES
1984 : Amadeus   OWNED   YES
1985 : Out of Africa   OWNED   
1986 : Platoon    OWNED   YES
1987 : Last Emperor   OWNED   YES
1988 : Rain Man   OWNED   YES
1989 : Driving Miss Daisy    OWNED   YES
1990 : Dances with Wolves   OWNED   YES
1991 : The Silence of the Lambs   OWNED   YES
1992 : Unforgiven   OWNED   YES
1993 : Schindler's List   OWNED   YES
1994 : Forrest Gump   OWNED   YES
1995 : Braveheart   OWNED   YES
1996 : The English Patient   OWNED   YES
1997 : Titanic   OWNED   YES
1998 : Shakespeare in Love   OWNED   YES
1999 : American Beauty    OWNED   YES
2000 : Gladiator    OWNED   YES
2001 : A Beautiful Mind    OWNED   YES
2002 : Chicago   OWNED   
2003 : The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King    OWNED   YES
2004 : Million Dollar Baby    OWNED   YES
2005 : Crash    OWNED   
2006 : The Departed    OWNED   YES
2007 : No Country for Old Men   OWNED   YES

[RossRoy]

I could join, but it'd be a very short marathon for me since I only have these:

1959   Ben-Hur
1961   West Side Story
1972   The Godfather
1974   The Godfather: Part II
1975   One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1976   Rocky
1984   Amadeus
1991   The Silence of the Lambs
1993   Schindler's List
1994   Forrest Gump
1995   Braveheart
1996   The English Patient
1997   Titanic
1999   American Beauty
2000   Gladiator
2001   A Beautiful Mind
2002   Chicago
2003   The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004   Million Dollar Baby
2005   Crash
2006   The Departed
2007   No Country for Old Men

[Najemikon]

I'd also be up for it because although it would also be a short-ish run for me, it's a great excuse to catch-up on some classics. I've seen almost all of them, but what's the point in a DVD collection if you don't find an excuse to rewind?

1934 : It Happened One Night   
1938 : You Can't Take It With You      
1940 : Rebecca    
1943 : Casablanca   
1950 : All About Eve   
1954 : On the Waterfront      
1957 : The Bridge on the River Kwai
1959 : Ben-Hur   
1960 : The Apartment    
1962 : Lawrence of Arabia    
1967 : In the Heat of the Night    
1971 : The French Connection    
1972 : The Godfather    
1974 : "The Godfather, Part II
1975 : One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1978 : The Deer Hunter   
1986 : Platoon    
1990 : Dances with Wolves   
1991 : The Silence of the Lambs
1992 : Unforgiven
1993 : Schindler's List
1994 : Forrest Gump
1995 : Braveheart
1997 : Titanic
1999 : American Beauty
2000 : Gladiator
2003 : The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King
2004 : Million Dollar Baby
2005 : Crash       
2006 : The Departed

There's a few I wouldn't bother with as I've only watched them recently (Lambs, Godfather), but loads I've been trying to fit in. To be honest that would still be 23, so it would be a case of simply trying to keep up anyway!

[Tom]

Would anyone be interested in a collective James Bond marathon? I would say one movie per week chronologically.

I'd be interested in this, preferably to watch them in order?

This is what I meant with chronologically.

[Tom]

My list is short:

1934 : It Happened One Night   
1943 : Casablanca
1958 : Gigi     
1959 : Ben-Hur   
1964 : My Fair Lady     
1965 : The Sound of Music 
1986 : Platoon 
1988 : Rain Man
1994 : Forrest Gump
1995 : Braveheart
1997 : Titanic
1999 : American Beauty 
2000 : Gladiator
2001 : A Beautiful Mind
2004 : Million Dollar Baby
2006 : The Departed


Maybe I will take part with a few of them. Some of them I have watched fairly recently. But there are a few I haven't watched for years. And one I haven't even finished watching at all.

[Jimmy]

My list is probably the shorter since my genre of film aren't Oscar materials (not a bad thing, usually oscarized movies are boring  )

1972 - The Godfather
1974 - The Godfather: Part II
1978 - The Deer Hunter
1986 - Platoon
1991 - The Silence of the Lambs
2001 - A Beautiful Mind

Not enough material for a marathon here 

[Dragonfire]

My list is probably the shorter since my genre of film aren't Oscar materials (not a bad thing, usually oscarized movies are boring  )

1972 - The Godfather
1974 - The Godfather: Part II
1978 - The Deer Hunter
1986 - Platoon
1991 - The Silence of the Lambs
2001 - A Beautiful Mind

Not enough material for a marathon here 

Nope..mine is shorter   

1991 Silence of the Lambs
2002 Chicago
2003 The Lord of the the Rings: Return of the King

And I could get my hands on my mom's copy of Gone With the Wind..but I only own 3.  I own others that have been nominated for other things or won for other things, but only those for best picture.

[Dragonfire]

Would anyone be interested in a collective James Bond marathon? I would say one movie per week chronologically.

I have them all, though I have gotten though the first ..umm...5 I think.  The next one I need to watch is On Her Majesty's Secret Service.  I could join in from that point on.  It would get me motivated to finish watching and reviewing them.

[DJ Doena]

Cool, I've got 10 Oscaer movies. But I have no real intention to watch the first three anytime soon again.

1972 : The Godfather
1974 : "The Godfather, Part II
1975 : One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1976 : Rocky
1982 : Gandhi
1994 : Forrest Gump
1995 : Braveheart
1999 : American Beauty
2000 : Gladiator
2003 : The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King

[richierich]

Would anyone be interested in a collective James Bond marathon? I would say one movie per week chronologically.

I'd be interested in this, preferably to watch them in order?

This is what I meant with chronologically.

Don't use such big words!!! 

[Tom]

I have opened the James Bond Marathon. Start is on Monday.