It originally started in the summer of 2008. As I approached my 29th Birthday I decided that I needed a challenge to complete before turning 30. And out of nothing Film Year was born. It started with the 08:50 showing of The Dark Knight at the local Vue cinema. Yes, that is 08:50 in the morning. Armed with a large cup of tea I took my seat in screen 1 along with another half a dozen people. Two and a half hours later, having witnessed the well deserved Oscar winning performance by Heath Ledger, I headed home to contine the challenge. Before the end of the day I had only 361 films remaining.
I continued at a good pace for the next couple of months, with a trip to Canada to visit the in-laws helping me along the way (making the most of two seven hour flights). At my best I was seven films ahead of schedule. There was even a mammoth five film day, the 7th October 2008. But eventually I started to slip and then found myself falling behind until the gap finally became too much to claw back and I had to admit defeat.
By the time of my 30th Birthday I did however manage 138 films in 365 days. Now I’m a little older, maybe a little bit wiser, but this time I’m definetly more organised, I have a plan and by documenting it here (and hoping that someone will read it) I should be able find the drive to do it.
Enter Adam Sandler or Rob Schneider shouting “YOU CAN DO IT!” in a bumpkin inspired style.
I continued at a good pace for the next couple of months, with a trip to Canada to visit the in-laws helping me along the way (making the most of two seven hour flights). At my best I was seven films ahead of schedule. There was even a mammoth five film day, the 7th October 2008. But eventually I started to slip and then found myself falling behind until the gap finally became too much to claw back and I had to admit defeat.
By the time of my 30th Birthday I did however manage 138 films in 365 days. Now I’m a little older, maybe a little bit wiser, but this time I’m definetly more organised, I have a plan and by documenting it here (and hoping that someone will read it) I should be able find the drive to do it.
Enter Adam Sandler or Rob Schneider shouting “YOU CAN DO IT!” in a bumpkin inspired style.
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