Category: Movie Marathon Links

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Cinemablend 24-hour movie marathons

I just discovered Gabe Toro over at Cinemablend has been writing up a whole series of 24-hour movie marathon ideas. Some sound great (Liam Neeson action marathon!) and some are just plain goofy (an entire movie marathon about bears? Really?).

Here they are, from best to goofiest:

Quick Links: Report from a Godzilla Movie Marathon

Remember how I said a while back that the Shōwa Godzilla series would make for an excellent 24-hour movie marathon? Well, the fellas over at Flickering Myth did it! It clocked in at a brutal 26 hours and 6 minutes, and it wasn’t just Tokyo that was devastated:

The other side of the coin is that, perhaps watching 15 movies in a row is just too much. Speaking to co-founder Jon yesterday he said that if we’d split this marathon into two, he may have enjoyed it a bit more than he did. I’m inclined to agree. I don’t think we’ll be doing one of this length again…Perhaps if my co-founders had seen each film individually this could have been a different story, but as it stands I didn’t convert them to the kaiju way of cinema.

These guys have had six other respectable 12+ hour movie marathons too. I’ll have to check out their other reports from the front lines.

Quick Links: Summer Movie Marathon 2013

A little over a year ago, I attended the Hollywood Nights 24 hour movie marathon at Celebration Cinema North in Grand Rapids. Crazy coincidence – this guy had a spontaneous in-theater movie marathon only a week after I did.

I thoroughly approve of his rationale of why he did it (“because it’s there!”). From his article:

It was interesting to see how people responded to the notion of seeing five movies in theatres in a single day. My initial instinct was that it was madness, an opinion shared by many others; others thought it wasn’t a big deal, remembering Oscar marathons or film festivals where they sat in theatres for just as long if not longer. What everyone could agree on, however, is that it’s decidedly abnormal, which is why I jumped on the chance to attempt it once I realized it was temporally possible.

I also enjoyed his observations on the practicalities of the marathon and his general observations on culture through the lens of 2013 movies.Give his article a read when you get a chance.

Image by Miles McNutt

Quick Links: Twilight Movie Marathon Survival Kit

I’ve previously outlined a proper movie marathon survival kit. However, I never considered the special needs of hysteric tweeners attending a Twilight movie marathon.

Thankfully, MTV has stepped in with the sage advice of bringing along throat lozenges and smelling salts to these events. Why? To manage the effects of prolonged screaming and fainting spells, you see.

Great idea. In fact, I have two more excellent suggestions to add to this list:

  • Fainting couch – We wouldn’t want to just land on the floor would we?
  • Twilight Wedding Dress – Since its every girl’s dream to be married to a creepy, 100-year-old, undead stalker.

Thanks MTV, for these deep insights into modern female behavior!