Due to unforeseeable circumstances, I didn't plan a trip home last Thursday. My room-mates did and I was the only poor soul left alone in my room for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Thursday night. I returned home from office at around 8 PM and found my room-mates had already left for their hometown. The only companion during these times – my laptop – was brought to life and I connected my 1TB HDD full of movies and series. I decided to take the Movie Marathon.
I’d been a little busy at work these days, so I couldn't spend my usual times to watch movies in the recent times. Nevertheless, I never stopped downloading them, you know – you never know when you’ll get the time! 
So, I’d been personally making a list of films that I should be watching whenever I get free time. “Inglorious Basterds” was at the top of the list which I downloaded about 6 to 8 months back. I liked the director of that movie – Quentin Tarantino – (his name kinda rings a bell in your mouth [---tin ---tino], you know!), so decided to give it a shot on Thursday night. About a 2.5 hours movie, which I finished watching in about the same time, without any breaks. The movie didn't disappoint me – lived up to it’s expectation. A different Brad Pitt I saw there!
So, I’d been personally making a list of films that I should be watching whenever I get free time. “Inglorious Basterds” was at the top of the list which I downloaded about 6 to 8 months back. I liked the director of that movie – Quentin Tarantino – (his name kinda rings a bell in your mouth [---tin ---tino], you know!), so decided to give it a shot on Thursday night. About a 2.5 hours movie, which I finished watching in about the same time, without any breaks. The movie didn't disappoint me – lived up to it’s expectation. A different Brad Pitt I saw there!
Friday. After breakfast, I saw some songs and bit-by-bit movies in the TV and decided to continue from where I left the marathon. Before lunch, I watched “12 Angry Men” – another top on my list film which I downloaded almost a year back! The movie’s about 1.5 hours length and was taken inside a hall for almost 95% of the movie. I’m not a fan of old films – hell, I even hesitated to watch The God Father some years before for the same reason. This movie released at 1957, absolutely shattered my view about the old films – I ended up watching it twice on the same day. If you are reading this and haven't watched it or have the same view as mine, go watch it! I bet your views will be changed too!
After a lot of recommendation from my friends over the years, I decided to include “The Lord of the Rings” in the marathon. All I heard about this movie is positive, Good, extraordinary and so on and so forth. I gave a try on this movie earlier once on a sleepy day, and failed to watch more than 1/2 of the film. So, Friday night, with me not getting any sleep, I decided to give it another try. A whopping 3.5+ hours movie – “The Fellowship of the Ring” I managed to finish it off on the early morning of Saturday. I should say, I took a lot of breaks in between the movie, phone calls and water and what-not. After watching the movie, I somewhat felt a difference towards the opinion I had about the movie. So, I continued “The Two Towers” Saturday afternoon, after waking up late and skipping breakfast and having lunch directly. Another 3.5+ hours movie, changed my entire view about the series. It was late in the evening when I finished watching it – I had a quick tea and decided to skip dinner and continued “The Return of the King“. It was worth it and I ended up giving 10 out of 10 rating for all 3 movies in the series in IMDB.
It was pretty late in the Saturday night when I slept after watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I woke up late on the lazy Sunday almost-afternoon, impact from the movie I saw last night, intact. I was too lazy to go out and decided to cook Maggie As soon as I finished eating the awful Maggie that I cooked, I powered my lappy on. Infact, my lappy was the only thing which was active during this long weekend. One of the other movies which had been on the list for a very long time – “Scent of a Women“. When I finished watching this 2.5+ hours movie, I felt like why on earth I haven’t watched this movie earlier? Al Pacino, as usual, was outstanding in this movie.
My plan was to end my marathon right there – but, I got greedy and decided that whatever the movie I watch during this marathon, it’s going to be awesome! I wasn't wrong – I extended my marathon 1.5 hours more – watched “The Lion King“, the musical animation and now, “Hakuna Matata” is my motto (if you know what I mean [if you don't know, Google it]!) In the end, I quite enjoyed the lone long weekend. Hell, I could probably do the same this weekend too!
If you have watched all the movies that I listed above, you’ll know how good of a marathon that was!
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