World Championship of....Movie Watching?

I was just reading an article and Netflix is apparently hosting the Movie Watching World Championship in Times Square. The rules for the contest are that contestants are required to to watch films non-stop without averting their eyes from the screen for as long as possible. You can sit, stand or stretch during the movie but your eyes cannot be taken off the screen. The contestants are given 10 minute breaks to do what they have to, but for the most part they are simply sitting in front of the screen, watching movies. The winner receives $10,000, and a lifetime subscription to Netflix. To make the victory even sweeter, the Guinness Book of World Records will be on hand to see if the world record for movie watching (currently standing at 120 hours and 23 minutes) can be beaten.

I thought I have seen it all, but I think this may top the cake. A world championship for watching movies? This will make every film buffs dream come true. I almost feel like people may think this would be the easiest $ 10 grand you would make. Yet, I think that this would be a lot harder that one would think. I mean I love watching movies, I could watch movies all day, but to watch movies for 120 straight hours? Even I think that would be quite challenging, and the fact that you can avert your eyes from the screen makes everything even more difficult.

Being an aficionado of movies, you need to be at the top of your movie-watching game in order to even come close to breaking that record. Obviously I would assume that person who lasts the longest would be considered the winner but still if you are in a contest with a world record, almost every one's initial goal is to beat that record. It will be interesting to see how this contest pans out.


"Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Most men just want to watch the world burn."
~Alfred Pennyworth