Topic: April 2008 Numerical Marathon

[richierich]

As per discussions in the marathon brainstorming thread, April will be 'NUMERICAL MARATHON' month

Watch as many titles with different numbers, either at the beginning or within the titles, concurrently as possible.
In addition, an episode number from a series can count for missing numbers, so keeps the marathon pretty fluid.
From Tom, it is also allowed to count the title's length for the numbers, example 'no country for old men' could be used to fill the 18 slot.

Volume of marathon dependent on user.

Example;

1 good cop
2 weeks notice
3 amigos
4 defcon4
5 children and it
6 hamlet (6 letters)
7 friends s1 episode 7
etc
etc

All marathon lists should follow in this thread, so book your place and start planning - it begins tomorrow 

[richierich]

My place at the April Marathon

NUMBER	TITLE	VIEWED	SCORE /10
1	one good cop	tba	/10
2	two for the money	tba	/10
3	3-way	tba	/10
4	40 days and 40 nights	tba	/10
5	5 children & it	tba	/10
6	six feet under - pilot episode	1st Apr
7	7 times lucky	tba	/10
8	eight legged freaks	tba	/10
9	9 songs	tba	/10
10	the ten	Apr 4th
11	11:14	Apr 6th
12	12 angry men	tba	/10
13	thirteen	tba	/10
14	southland tales (14)	Apr 3rd
15	Bill Engvall: 15° Off Cool	Apr 4th
16	sweet sixteen	tba	/10
17	all i want (try seventeen)	tba	/10
18	alvin & the chipmunks(18)	2nd Apr
19	1969	tba	/10
20	rise of the footsoldier (20)	1st Apr
21	21 grams	tba	/10
22	greatest game ever played (22)	Apr 4th
23	the number 23	tba	/10
24	24th day	tba	/10
25	reds - 25th anniversary collection	tba	/10
26	the return of a man called horse (26)	Apr 6th
27	raging planet when nature calls (27)	tba	/10
28	28 days later	Apr 5th
29	29 palms	Apr 7th
30	30 days of night	Apr 2nd

[Achim]

Number	Title	Date	Rating
1	Masters of Horror: The Damned Thing (Season 2, Episode 1)	4/1
2	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	4/2
3	Triangle	4/6
4	Saw IV	4/4
5	Dogma (5)	4/9
6	The Sixth Sense	4/12
7	Se7en	4/13
8	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension!	4/7
9	Salem's Lot (9)	4/9
10	Ten Brothers	4/19
11	Ocean's Eleven	4/14
12	Story of Ricky (12)	4/20	no rating
13	Jim Knopf und die Wilde 13	4/5	(mainly for nostalgic reasons...)
14	House of the Dead (14) [Audio Commentary]	4/12
15	Imaginationland (15)	4/15
16	Starship Troopers (16)	4/26
17	Formula 17	4/22
18	Auf der anderen Seite (18)	4/16
19	Dracula A.D. 1972	4/10	(mainly for nostalgic reasons...)
20	Twenty Something Taipei	4/18
21	E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (21)	4/20
22	Silent Night, Deadly Night (22)	4/23
23	The Spiderwick Chronicles (23) [cinema]	4/12
24	March of the Wooden Soldiers (24)	4/20
25	Shock Treatment (25th Anniversary Edition)	4/28
26	The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (26)	4/12
	Bonus: (since richie set the bar so high...)
27	Der SpongeBob Schwammkopf Film (27)	4/26
28	28 Days Later [Audio Commentary]	4/25
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Unwatched items are subject to change.

A marathon has 26 miles; but maybe I can manage more...

I am again adjusting my rating (following I-forgot-who's example) in order to have a few more choices available:
  = Excellent
  = now that was quite good
  = I enjoyed it
  = not really bad, but not good either
  = boring
  = bad or worse

[Touti]

Triangle

   aren't we stretching the rules a little here ?

 

[Achim]

Triangle

   aren't we stretching the rules a little here ?

 

Well, I could still switch it with "Three... Extremes 2", if you insist, but I figured a Triangle has 3 corners, so that should count for something, right?

Haha, there I was expecting to get called out for "Season 2, Episode 1"...

[Touti]

Triangle

   aren't we stretching the rules a little here ?

 

Well, I could still switch it with "Three... Extremes 2", if you insist, but I figured a Triangle has 3 corners, so that should count for something, right?

I was just kidding 

[Achim]

I was just kidding 

[Tom]

No	Title		Date		Rating
1	It Happened One Night		Apr 01
2	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps		Apr 03
3	Three O'Clock High		Apr 04
4	For Love or Money		Apr 05
5	Ikiru (5)		Apr 05
6	Becker: Season 1 (6)		Apr 18-20
7	Déjà Vu (7)		Apr 14
8	G.O.R.A. (8 )		Apr 27
9	Knocked Up (9)		Apr 19
10	Frasier: Season 10		Apr 06-11
11	Corpse Bride (11)		Apr 15
12	12 Angry Men		Apr 06
13	Evan Almighty (13)		Apr 12
14	Azumanga Daioh (14)		Apr 13-25
15	Run Ronnie Run! (15)		Apr 27
16	Princess Caraboo (16)		Apr 06

I will use the same rating system as Achim:
  = Excellent
  = now that was quite good
  = I enjoyed it
  = not really bad, but not good either
  = boring
  = bad or worse

[Tom]

FYI: I will also count the spaces in my titles. This way I can use the following filter in my CCViewer:

SELECT p.ProfileID, p.Title, p.ColNo, p.SortTitle, p.Originaltitle, p.OriginalSortTitle, p.Description FROM Profiles p WHERE len(p.Title) = $Length$ or len(p.OriginalTitle) = $Length$

[lyonsden5]

I'm in (and I'm stealing Achim's formatting as well as his rating scale  )

  = Excellent
  = now that was quite good
  = I enjoyed it
  = not really bad, but not good either
  = boring
  = bad or worse

Number	Title	Date	Rating
1	The Big Red One	4/1
2	Under Siege 2: Dark Territory	4/10	Is that Katherine Heigl as the niece?!? It is! But sooooo young
3	3:10 to Yuma	4/11
4	Fantastic 4	4/13
5	5ive days to Midnight	4/14
6	The 6th Day	4/14
7	The 7th Voyage of Sinbad	4/15
8	Eight Below	4/15
9	The Whole Nine Yards	4/15
10		4/
11		4/
12		4/
----------	-------------------------------------------------	-------	----------

[RossRoy]

I'll join in, though I don't know how many movies I'll be able to watch with the hockey playoffs starting on April 9, and the Canadiens taking part in them!

Nb	Title	Date	Rating
1	Ikki Tousen vol.1	4/2
2	Ikki Tousen vol.2	4/4
3	Ikki Tousen vol.3	4/5
4	Ikki Tousen vol.4	4/5
5	Bound	4/6
6	The 6th Day	4/7
7	Seven Samurai	4/
8	1408	4/
9	Plan 9 From Outer Space	4/9
10	C.R.A.Z.Y.	4/
11	Constantine	4/
12	House of Wax	4/12
13	Der Untergang	4/
14	Hotaru no Haka (Grave of the Fireflies)	4/20
15	Maurice Richard	4/10
16	A Scanner Darkly	4/28
17	National Treasure	4/22
18	Dead Poets Society	4/19
19	Memoirs of a Geisha	4/
20	Little Miss Sunshine	4/
21	Good Morning, Vietnam	4/19
22	The Mistress of Spices	4/7
23	The Number 23	4/13
24	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	4/14
25	Saints-Martyrs-Des-Damnés	4/
26	La cité des enfants perdus	4/
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I'll also use the same rating as the others (which looks suspiciously like my own (as derived from Jimmy's)  )
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  = Excellent
  = now that was quite good
  = I enjoyed it
  = not really bad, but not good either
  = boring
  = bad or worse
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Also, more detailed reviews will be posted in this thread

[Touti]

Can I make it a half marathon and "sign up" for 15 movies only ?  I know I won't be able to watch 30.

[Tom]

Can I make it a half marathon and "sign up" for 15 movies only ?  I know I won't be able to watch 30.

Watch as many titles with different numbers, either at the beginning or within the titles, concurrently as possible.

Therefore you can watch as many as you'd like

[Touti]

Count me in then.  I'll get started on my list now.

[Achim]

I'll also use the same rating as the others (which looks suspiciously like my own (as derived from Jimmy's)  )

Well, I guess that makes you "I-forgot-who", as mentioned in my explanation