My mission.

I own around 600 movies. 500 or so of those are DVDs and the rest are Blu Ray. Rarely have I ever bought a movie without watching it, but when it did happen I made it a point to watch it as soon as possible because for some reason I just found it downright embarrassing to let an unseen film I own go unwatched. I guess you could say it was part of my Code, as a man's got to have his own Code.

One thing I'm not proud of though, is that I haven't physically watched every DVD or Blu Ray that I own. I've seen them all at one point, but there are about 100 that I have never physically put into my DVD player.

That's something I desperately need to change.

I have actually already started the process a few weeks ago by having two day long marathons comprised entirely of Blu Ray discs that I have yet to watch. It had been quite a while since I had done nothing but watch movies all day long. I did it almost every weekend as a child, trying to stay up all night every Friday hoping to make it to the morning with little to no success. Thankfully though, now that I am a married, 24 year old adult, I have absolutely nothing but time to waste. So, for the next few months, I'm going to try and have these movie days as often as possible. Sometimes with just DVDs, sometimes with just Blu Rays, and sometimes with both. Also, I think every once in a while I'll throw in something that I haven't seen from Netflix instant so my brain can be fed new movie knowledge along with the old. Then, as each marathon comes and goes I'll come here and give you my thoughts and sexual feelings about the experience. Let us begin.

The first round I watched Saving Private Ryan, Rambo, Back to the Future, Escape from New York and Moon. The second round, which took place just yesterday, included A Clockwork Orange, Back to the Future Part II, Backdraft and The Fighter.

I had made a conscious decision to watch the Back to the Future trilogy for my first three marathons. However, I had unconsciously decided to watch multiple Kurt Russell in the first few marathons. I must have been having Russell withdrawal, because when I started Backdraft and Kurt appears as his own characters father I instantly became aroused in a way that only Kurt can make happen. This guy just exudes badass. It also doesn't hurt that Backdraft features one of the best hero shots of the 90s with Kurt running out of a room that had just become engulfed with flames, carrying a small black child that everyone feared dead. I mean, shit man, that's awesome.

Seriously though, Kurt aside, Backdraft was a nice surprise yesterday. I hadn't watched it in at least 10 years and I had forgotten how good it is. I think maybe that's one of the reason's I'm so excited to be doing this little mission, having the chance to rediscover so many great films that I haven't seen in forever.

I'm planning for the next marathon next week when the wife is out of town for three days. I also plan on burning our apartment to the ground, so stay tuned.