Posts Tagged ‘2009’

Hello SMExy people,

Like all these posts I will start with Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a great time over the holidays and are ready to go for another year of films, fun and adventure! But enough about twenty-ten, its only just begun, I’m here to talk about 2009!

We started the year nice and easy with Yes Man but from there we were unstoppable, the year quickly raced through the summer blockbusters all the way to the fantastic Avatar. Our Presidents aim was to make it to the 100th SMEx some time in the year, and early on this was looking achievable.

But disaster, an average lineup from Film Fra Sør combined with people being away and shows being moved, put a dampener on our spirits. Towards the end of the year, it was looking near impossible to reach our target. Luckily an amazing line up from the Oslo International Film Festival came to our rescue. Prompting the most gruelling schedule we’ve ever had; 8 films over 5 days, including 3 double events By the time we saw the hilarious The Men Who Stare at Goats we had reached our 100th event.

We had our first Ticket Failure with one of the board buying tickets for the wrong day. We had our first official pub crawl. We welcomed a new person to the board. And yes, the President has still attended every single one of the 105 events we’ve had so far!

Here are some facts and statistics about 2009:

• In 2009 we watched a total of 48 movies.
• We ended the year on event 105, with 58 different people having attended a SMEx event.
• Biggest Disappointment: Paranormal Activity
• Biggest Surprise: District 9
• Worst Film: Couples Retreat
• Best Film: Taken
• Superhero movies seen: 3 (The Spirit, The Watchmen, X Men Origins: Wolverine)
• 3D movies seen: 5 (Avatar, Up, My Bloody Valentine 3D, Ice Age 3, Monsters vs Aliens)
• Worst Sidekick: The Russian Chick in Transporter 3
• Best Boobage: BitchSlap! (though i was tempted to give this to My Bloody Valentines’ 3D running boobage)
• Most one-liners: Black “you can bet yo sweet ass and half a titty” Dynamite
• Most Swearing: In the Loop
• Least Politically Correct: Gran Torino
• Most Laughs: Hangover

That about wraps the year up, I hope everyone is looking forward to 2010 and remember rule #4: Always double tap!