Last week was a special week compared to prior SCOPE weeks, because it was Film Week. It was an entire week full of events devoted to films; we had movies, trivia shows with questions about 2010 films, and it all ended with the Oscar Party.
The week started off with a couple of movies. On Monday, Film committee showed the movie Burlesque, starring Cher and Christina Aguilera. It was about a neo-burlesque club owned by Cher, a former dancer that was going under. Aguilera’s character comes in and saves the day by becoming the clubs singing star. On Tuesday, Tangled was shown in Bartels. The Disney movie, starring Zachery Levi and Mandy Moore, was about the princess Rapunzel finally getting the chance to leave the tower and discovering that her life has been a lie. Of course, being a Disney movie, everything ends well; Rapunzel and the hero end up together, she goes home to be a princess, and everything ends happily ever after.
Wednesday is when the Film Week fun really began. Film had a Movie Trivia Game Show with questions all about 2010 movies. There were questions about famous quotes, DVD covers, and general questions about the movies. Lots of teams signed up and had a blast answering questions, while eating some delicious food. It was a great competition and all the teams did really well, but only the top three teams walked away with fantastic prizes; flat screen TVs, three month subscription to Netflix, and gift cards for the movies.
Instead of a night event on Thursday, Film cosponsored with Day Programming and had an event during the day. If you passed by the Programming Space in Bartels, you would have seen people getting their pictures taken, which were then placed in a movie clapper. A lot of people walked away with a great novelty to remember the week.
On Friday, we took a trip to the movie theaters, because what would a Film Week be without a Movie Trip. Film cosponsored with Weekend Programming to take students to see the new movie I Am Number Four. It was a fantastic movie involving aliens, both good and bad, girls, love interests, and new friendships. This movie pretty much had everything, including sad moments, funny moments, and of course action scenes. If you haven’t seen this new movie, I am definitely recommending you head to the movie theaters right now.
Saturday night, Film had a classic Double Feature of the two films Burlesque and Tangled. The room was packed with students that had missed the showings on Monday or Tuesday, and even with students that wanted to see them again.
Finally, to end the week, Film had an Oscar Party. They put the Academy Awards on the big screen in Bartels, served more awesome food, and gave away fantastic prizes like gift cards worth up to a hundred dollars, movies, and an iPad. Students showed up in their best attire, ate some food, and enjoyed the Oscars in style.
This week was full of great events and the whole week went really well. Just wait until SCOPE has their yearly Comedy Week and Rock-n-Roll Week, which are coming up.
Events coming up this week:
Thursday – March 3: 1,001 Black Inventions in the German Club at 8:00 p.m.
Friday March 4: Mardi Gras Party in the Bartels Moulton Lounge at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday March 5: Biggest Loser Speaker in Dodds Theatre at 9:00 p.m.
Tuesday March 8: Beanhouse in Bartels Programming Space at 9:00 p.m.
Movie for this Week– Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, March 1 and March 3 in Bartels at 9:00 p.m.
