Went and saw Knives Out again with mom. Rewarding second viewing, even missing the first 20ish minutes - we got to the theater a little late and then they couldn't make change when my mom bought her ticket so we had to wait for cash to get moved around, but we were early enough for what we did see to make sense.

Also a test run of my shiny new Regal Unlimited pass. That was pretty easy. Probably 90% of the movies I see are at this theater, it's the only one less than 20 miles from my house, so I think this pass thing will work out. It'll be nice not to always be trying to get to a matinee or figure out which Tuesdaynight showings are cut-rate.

So, my family watch all three Lord of the Rings movies on the day after Christmas.

I would like to institute a similar tradition at my household, but it will likely need to be with different movies.

I've gotten suggestions from local friends, but they all seem to be missing the idea that while, yes, these are big Hollywood movies, they also have a sense of mythicness, that it feels reasonable to have them be the closing of the holiday rush. So, like, Die Hard isn't going to cut it.

Any ideas for 8-12 hours of movie that might fill that? Like, were I just choosing for me, Hogfather might well be my cornerstone, but I don't think I can get buy-in, especially not with my in-laws here this year.

The first two Godfathers? That's almost 8 hours, and no one needs to see the third.

Any ideas for 8-12 hours of movie that might fill that?

Harry Potter? I associate those with LotR and xmas since I spent those holiday breaks with Emmett watching both HP and LotR movies.

Also, there's a big cozy factor with the Harry Potter movies.

Matilda and I are working our way through Miyazaki movies right now and those would also qualify, I think.

We just watched Howl's Moving Castle last week and it was just as splendid and beautiful as always.

Both mythic and cozy.

I second the Miyazaki movies. We just watched Porco Rosso last week. This week we're bingeing Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit, which is not Ghibli, but is as beautiful, and has a woman protagonist.

The first season of Avatar, maybe?

Being in a callous and strange frame of mind, I would binge Cowboy Bebop over the holidays. Suits my quirk. I seem incapable of investing in live action or anything new, at the moment.

The original Star Wars trilogy was always mine. Harry Potter would be excellent.

To continue with the Miyazaki, I got a new Blu-Ray of Castle in the Sky and it was so gorgeous and transporting. The steampunk fantasy of your dreams.

But watching Avatar would also be a good marathon. It holds up incredibly well.

That's a lot of Harry Potter, though.

That's a lot of Harry Potter, though.

I think you can break it up into a series of double features, maybe.