14 Jun – Puan Chia Kian won the Movie Marathon Challenge as he sacrificed his World Cup weekend to spend 20 hours in Queensbay Mall, Penang watching 10 movies back-to-back during Movie BlockBusta 2010. The 26-year-old engineer emerged victor out of 48 contestants, taking home the grand prize of a 42" Plasma TV.
He said: "I feel like a champion! I knew I could stay on for 20 hours but I never expected to win in the end. In order to stay awake, I just kept motivating myself to try and concentrate on the movie. My favourite film was 'Iron Man' and the worst was 'Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen' as it's not as good as the first. I would definitely do this all over again - make it 50 hours next time!"
The event, which kicked off at 4.15pm on 12 June, ended at 12pm the next day with only nine contestants out of the competition. Among the movies that screened were "Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen", "Fast And Furious", "Iron Man", "Toy Story 2", "Monster Vs Aliens", "Madagascar 2", "Shrek The Third", "Kung Fu Panda", "G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra", and "Hulk 2".