December 2012 Marathon Overview



It’s the time of year when everyone is busy with their holiday festivities.  It’s December.  Chanukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and all of that fun stuff.  People get to see their families again.  There’s joy and music and lots of fun things.  There’s also a lot of shopping.

In honour of the extensive shopping that people will be doing in order to buy gifts for other people, the marathon theme for December 2012 will be movies set primarily in malls or stores.  Do you know what that means?  I get to watch Paul Blart: Mall Cop again!  Woohoo!

There’s not much explanation that is needed for the theme.  Let’s get right to the movies.  This is going to be in no specific order.  There will be twelve movies, each set primarily in a store or a mall.  Here they are:

Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)
Mallrats (1995)
Observe and Report (2009)
Career Opportunities (1991)
Chopping Mall (1986)
Scenes From a Mall (1991)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Mannequin (1987)
Empire Records (1995)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
You’ve Got Mail (1998)

There are two sets of remakes in this marathon.  I’ve never done an original/remake in the same marathon.  It’s going to make things interesting.

Like I said, these are not in any specific order.  I’m going to watch all twelve throughout December.  If some of them aren’t primarily set in stores, woops.  I’ve made that mistake before in other marathons.  This one looks fun.  Horror, comedy, romantic comedy...Woody Allen.  I’m intrigued, to say the least.  Welcome December.  Welcome Marathon of Shops.

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