"300" (2007)
Zack Snyder gets criticized a lot for his visual style. His movies have a distinctive, slick, almost polished look to them even if the material is gritty (and it usually is.) I actually am a fan. So far he's three for three with me (I have not seen "Legend of the Guardians") and I can't wait for "Sucker Punch." In the meantime, there's "300", which I don't think I like as much as "Watchmen" but still find pretty engaging both visually and as a story. It's bloody, unique, well done, and pretty fun to watch.
Tonight I'm going to cheat and skip over "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" (because I just watched it last week) and move on to "8 Mile". After that will be two of my all-time favorite movies, "Almost Famous" and "American Beauty."
At any rate, here is the complete list (for now) for the 2010 Movie Marathon.
300 (1/1)
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (skipped, may add on at the end)
8 Mile (1/2)
Almost Famous (Untitled Director's Cut)
American Beauty
American Pie 2
Army of Darkness
BASEketball
Batman Begins
Beerfest
Being John Malkovich
The Big Lebowski
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Blow
The Blues Brothers
Borat
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (premiere viewing)
Catch Me If You Can
Chasing Amy
Clerks
Clerks II
The Dark Knight
Dazed & Confused
Death to Smoochy
The Deer Hunter
The Departed
Dodgeball
Dogma
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Empire Records
Enemy of the State
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Fight Club
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Get Him to the Greek
Go
Grosse Pointe Blank
The Hangover
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
High Fidelity
Hot Tub Time Machine
Inception
(Indiana Jones and the) Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Jackass: The Movie
Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back
Kick-Ass
Kingpin
Little Miss Sunshine
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Mallrats
Manos: The Hands of Fate (Mystery Science Theater 3000 version)
The Matrix
Moulin Rouge
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Not Another Teen Movie
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Office Space
Old School
Panic Room
Pi
Pulp Fiction
Requiem for a Dream
Reservoir Dogs
Road Trip
The Rules of Attraction
Run Lola Run
School of Rock
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Series 7: The Contenders
Seven
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
Spaceballs
Speed
Spider-Man
Spider-Man 2
Star Wars
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Super Troopers
Superbad
Swingers
Team America: World Police
There's Something About Mary
This is Spinal Tap
Trainspotting
The Transporter
Tropic Thunder
UHF
Vanilla Sky
Wedding Crashers
Wet Hot American Summer
What Lies Beneath
Zombieland
Zoolander
New acquisitions and borrowed items returned will be slotted in order or added to the end.
Happy 2011!
