DVDCollectors third annual November Alphabet Marathon

[Rich]

Preparation time for the 2009 November alphabet marathon.

Please only use this thread to keep overall track of how well you are doing (If you want to use same table format as mine, click on quote then copy the data, and amend with your films etc). Reviews/discussion/queries to be posted in the 2nd thread.

Personally, I will be using the opportunity to use the marathon to eat into my unwatched pile.

As a reminder, the aim will be to watch a title beginning with each letter of the alphabet. TV, movies, musicals, whatever! If you don't have a title beginning with a certain letter, be creative ie Q could be aQuamarine, or X could be the fiXer. Also can be used to catch up on Hitchcock and 007 marathons (Marie   ), and to view tv episodes if time in the month is short  

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

Letter	Title	Date	Rating
symbol -	frost/nixon	(5/11)
No. -	17 again	(2/11)
A -	A life less ordinary	(12/11)
B -	Bobby	(3/11)
C -	psyCho	(23/11)
D -	Damned utd	(4/11)
E -	Ex, The	(11/11)
F -	Funny Face	(20/11)
G -	Ghosts of girlfriends past	(3/11)
H -	Hunting party	(18/11)
I -	Incendiary	(19/11)
J -	Jcvd	(6/11)
K -	star treK	(20/11)
L -	Living with the pride	(15/11)
M -	Milk	(23/11)
N -	New in town	(11/11)
O -	Other boleyn girl	(4/11)
P -	Proposal	(1/11)
Q -	Quicksand	(19/11)
R -	Role models	(2/11)
S -	State of play	(9/11)
T -	Taking chance	(10/11)
U -	sUnshine cleaning	(13/11)
V -	Vertigo	(1/11)
W -	What just happened	(23/11)
X -	Xx/xy	(24/11)
Y -	north bY northwest	(23/11)
Z -	frenZy	(23/11)

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
10 Things I Hate About You		Nov 01
Apt Pupil		Nov 04
Battle for Terra		Nov 14
Cats & Dogs		Nov 01
Day the Earth Stood Still, The		Nov 08
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance		Nov 06
Fight Club: Members Only		Nov 02
Gladiator		Nov 10
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People		Nov 03
Ichi		Nov 05
Josie and the Pussycats		Nov 01
Kakushi Toride no San-Akunin		Nov 22
Let the Right One In		Nov 08
Monsters vs. Aliens		Nov 07
North by Northwest		Nov 21
Office Space		Nov 11
Psycho		Nov 15
Queen of the Damned		Nov 08
Road Trip		Nov 02
Star Trek		Nov 21
Troy		Nov 13
Umrao Jaan		Nov 07
Vertigo		Nov 08
Waiting for Guffman		Nov 08
X-Men Origins: Wolverine		Nov 07
You've Got Mail		Nov 05
Zack and Miri Make a Porno		Nov 14

[Jimmy]

List completed, but it's always possible that I change it if I get some new movie in november. I've choose to watch only unwatched movie this year and I will open my own reviews thread as usual.

Letter	Title	Date	Rating	Review
#	800 Fantasy Lane	01		Here
A	Autobiography of a Flea	03		Here
B	Betrayed Teens	04		Here
C	China Cat	05		Here
D	Dirty Susan	05		Here
E	Every Inch a Lady	06		Here
F	F... and Lots Of It	08		Here
G	Gina, The Foxy Chick	08		Here
H	Hot Child In The City	09		Here
I	Insatiable	09		Here
J	Johnny Wadd	10		Here
K	Kate and the Indians	10		Here
L	Lickity Split	11		Here
M	Midnight Heat	11		Here
N	Naked Afternoon	11		Here
O	The Other Side of Julie	13		Here
P	Playgirls of Munich	14		Here
Q	LiQuid Lips	16		Here
R	Raw Talent	17		Here
S	South of the Border	17		Here
T	Tropic of Desire	20		Here
U	Ultra Flesh	22		Here
V	The Virgin and the Lover	22		Here
W	Wicked Schoolgirls	24		Here
X	SeX in the Comics	25		Here
Y	The Young Like It Hot	26		Here
Z	Diary of a SchiZo	26		Here

[RossRoy]

My track record for 2009 (click the smiley for the review):

# -	10,000 B.C.	()
A -	Anger Management	(Nov 16)
B -	the Big Bang Theory: Season 2: Disc 1	(Nov 20)
C -	Chantal	()
D -	The Departed	()
E -	Edward Scissorhands	()
F -	The Forbidden Kingdom	(Nov 13)
G -	the Big Bang Theory: Season 2: Disc 2	(Nov 21)
H -	Hitman	()
I -	I Am Legend	()
J -	Journey to the Center of the Earth	(Nov 10)
K -	Star TreK	(Nov 20)
L -	Little Black Book	()
M -	Masters of the Universe	(Nov 23)
N -	the Big Bang Theory: Season 2: Disc 3	(Nov 22)
O -	The Other Boleyn Girl	()
P -	The Prestige	()
Q -	Quills	()
R -	Ratatouille	(Nov 01)
S -	Starship Troopers	(Nov 06)
T -	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	(Nov 13)
U -	Unbreakable	()
V -	Les voleurs d'enfance	()
W -	Wall-E	(Nov 01)
X -	Alexander	()
Y -	the Big Bang Theory: Season 2: Disc 4	(Nov 22)
Z -	Zodiac	()

[Dragonfire]

I'll figure out which ones to watch later...and yes Rich, I know I am still horribly behind on the Hitchcock and Bond marathons.  :lol  I may make some fit for this.  I'll see.

Anyway, here's my table thingy.

Letter	Title	Date	Rating
# -	Plan 9 From Outer Space	(11/10)
A -		()
B -	Bone Collector	(11/09)
C -	Clueless	(11/12)
D -		()
E -		()
F -	V: The Final Battle	(11/03)
G -		()
H -		()
I -	Ice Pirates	(11/17)
J -		()
K -		()
L -		()
M -		()
N -		()
O -		()
P -		()
Q -		()
R -		()
S -		()
T -		()
U -	Up	(11/11)
V -	V	(11/02)
W -		()
X -		()
Y -		()
Z -	Hot Fuzz	(11/13)

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

[Achim]

My spot, with listing copied from Rich:

Letter	Title	Date	Rating
# -	2012 [cinema]	(11/19)
A -	An American Werewolf in London	(11/22)
B -	Bad Lieutenant	(11/07)
C -	The Cincinnati Kid	(11/14)
D -	Le Dernier Combat (a.k.a. The Last Battle)	(11/08)
E -	Edward Scissorhands	(11/13)
F -	Flesh for Frankenstein	(11/06)
G -	The Gate	(11/02)
H -	Hardware	(11/01)
I -	Inferno	(11/10)
J -	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	(11/05)
K -	King of the Ants	(11/25)
L -	Das Leben der Anderen (a.k.a. The Life of Others)	(11/15)
M -	Mother of Tears	(11/12)
N -	North by Northwest	(11/23)
O -	Open Water	(11/15)
P -	The Professionals	(11/17)
Q -	Quel maledetto treno blindato (a.k.a. Inglorious Bastards)	(11/09)
R -	Raumpatrouille Orion - Rücksturz ins Kino	(11/16)
S -	Fear Itself: Season 1: Spooked	(11/20)
T -	Two-Lane Blacktop	(11/28)
U -	Ultimate Versus	(11/27)
V -	Die Vorstadtkrokodile	(11/03)
W -	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	(11/01)
X -	Xun cheng ma (a.k.a. Postman Fights Back)	(11/08)
Y -	Yojimbo	(11/21)
Z -	Brazil [cinema]	(11/11)

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

[Emma]

Quite excited about getting to watch some of those DVDs i haven't got around to yet. (will update films as I go)

Name                                                                  Date              
0 - 28 Days Later                                       Nov 2nd
A - Annie Hall                                            Nov 2nd
B - Bowfinger                                            Nov 2nd
C - Cheeper by The Dozen
D - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
E - (Eight)8 Simple Rules
F - The Foot Fist Way
G -
H - Heartbreak Kid
I -  Ironman
J -
K -  Kiss Kiss Bang Bang                                  Nov 9th
L -  Lost Boys
M - Mickey, Donald and Goofy The Three Musketeers
N -  National Lampoons:Animal House                 Nov 7th
O - Fargo
P -
Q - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
R - Bottle Rocket                                           Nov 8th
S - Sixty Six
T - The Thin Red Line                                     Nov 1st
U -
V -  Vantage Point
W - American Werewolf in London
X - X Files Movie
Y - Young Frankenstein                                  Nov 3rd
Z - Citizen Kane

[Rick]

I really wanted to join this marathon but I don't think I have successfully completed a marathon yet.    I know I will not be able to do 26+ movies/TV shows in a month.  

So, on that note I am going to join but I'm going to cheat (if that's OK). I am currently working for a contractor in Hawaii, which gave me an idea. My Alphabet Marathon will be based on the Hawaiian alphabet, which consists of only 12 letters.  

Letter	Title	Date	Rating
A -	Action in the North Atlantic	(11/14)
E -	Ed Wood	(not going to get to watch or review)
H -	Home from the Hill	(11/11)
I -	In a Lonely Place	(not going to get watch or review)
K -	Key Largo	(11/18)
L -	Leave Her to Heaven	(11/22)
M -	Mogambo	(11/27)
N -	Night and Day
N -	The New World	(11/27)
O -	The Ox-Bow Incident	(11/22)
P -	Pat and Mike	(11/22)
U -	The Undefeated	(11/06)
W -	The Wreck of the Mary Deare	(11/10)

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

[Rogmeister]

My list template, copied from Achim who copied it from Rich...

Letter   Title     Date      Rating
symbol -       (01/11)    
No. -       100 Rifles                  Nov. 1                        
A -       Angel and the Badman  Nov. 4                        
B -       The Black Swan          Nov. 5                         
C -       Captain Blood             Nov. 5                         
D -       The Deadly Companions  Nov. 10                      
E -       Earth vs. the Flying Saucerrs  Nov. 28                 
F -       Fargo                       Nov. 21                          
G -       Gunman From Bodie     Nov. 29                           
H -       Haunted Gold             Nov. 28                              
I -       I Shot Jesse James     Nov. 21                            
J -       Jesse James              Nov. 22                              
K -       King of the Pecos       Nov. 28                            
L -       The Long Riders         Nov. 25                              
M -       McLintock!                 Nov. 22                           
N -       No Name On The Bullet  Nov. 29                        
O -       O Brother Where Art Thou?  Nov. 21                  
P -       ()    
Q -       Quigley Down Under   Nov. 28                 
R -       The Return of Frank James  Nov. 22                    
S -       The Shootist                      Nov. 22                    
T -       True Grit                  Nov. 29                            
U -       ()    
V -       Suzanne Westenhoefer: Live at the Village   Nov. 29      
W -       ()    
X -       ()    
Y -       You've Got Mail          Nov. 29                           
Z -       Zorro's Black Whip   Nov. 28        

[Jon]

Thanks for the template, Richie!  Not sure if I'll do 'em all, but I want to concentrate on never watched, at least on DVD.

Letter	Title	Date	Rating
# - 3:10 to Yuma (2007)		(01/11)	***
A - Adam's Rib		(02/11)	****
B - Brick		(03/11)	****
C - The China Syndrome		(04/11)	****
D - Drunken Angel		(05/11)	****
E - Genevieve		(06/11)	**
F - The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer		(06/11)	***
G - Get Smart		(07/11)	****
H - The Hunter		(07/11)	****
I - In the Mood for Love (Dut yeung nin wa)		(08/11)	*****
J - Jason and The Argonauts		(08/11)	****
K - King Arthur		(09/11)	**
L - Late Night Shopping		(10/11)	***
M - M.A.S.H.		(11/11)	****
N - The New World		(14/11)	****
O - Bolt		(14/11)	***
P - Cinema Paradiso		(21/11)	*****
Q - Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl		(22/11)	*****
R - Ride the High Country		(15/11)	****
S - St. Trinian's		(16/11)	***
T - Tigerland		(18/11)	****
U - Lust, Caution (Se, jie)		(20/11)	****
V - Anvil: The Story of Anvil		(19/11)	*****
W - The Wrestler		(23/11)	*****
X - Three ...Extremes		(25/11)	****
Y - Young Master (Shi di chu ma)		(22/11)	**
Z - Hot Fuzz		(24/11)	*****

[Rich]

With 10 days left the majority of runners and riders in this years November marathon look set to go the course, a few wheezers at the back needing a second wind? 

Jon - 9
Rog - 23
Rick - 7
Emma - 12
Achim - 7
Maria - 20
Seb - 20
Jimmy - 7
Tom - 3
Rich - 7

[Jon]

I can even claim to be one of the "7's"! I'm two reviews behind. I have never kept up a pace like this! I think the trick is the amount of variety I've found amongst my unwatched stuff...

[Rich]

I can even claim to be one of the "7's"! I'm two reviews behind. I have never kept up a pace like this! I think the trick is the amount of variety I've found amongst my unwatched stuff...

Yes its the variety of the alphabet marathon which makes it easier and more enjoyable to accomplish. And for me seeing my unwatched pile take a further dent

[Jimmy]

I think the trick is the amount of variety I've found amongst my unwatched stuff...

I'm at seven and yes the variety help. Of course for some all my movies look the same genre, but it isn't the case since I've watched detective story, comedy, biography, drama, roughie and crap.

[Achim]

After Rich's post I already watched another one and am therefore down to 6 now. But I must be, because I will not be in Taiwan on the last two days of the month and therefore must finish quicker..

My unwatched pile provided for almost all letters and yes, also for me the variety was helpful. I just felt like I have more movies on that pile that have a runtime above 120min. My gaming time took a serious cut