Cranky. Old. Man?

One of the best things about being mostly grown up? Being invited to charity dinner things. I'm serious. Not being dragged to them, or going with the parents, but being invited. I feel so posh. Or something. Though this whole thing my bosses keep doing with mentioning who I am to people and said people coming up and knowing my name before I meet them does sort of prickle my inner paranoia. XD I know, they're being nice, but seriously. Random people knowing my name has ALWAYS freaked me out a little.

I went out and bought some sewing supplies for my costume, but since I was lazy and had that charity thing in the evening, I basically took the weekend off. There was also renting of movies, and my finally seeing The Maltese Falcon (sacrilege my having not seen it considering what a HUGE noir fan I am). I made my parents watch Brick afterwards to compare. Seeing Maltese made me love Brick even more, because there's some similarities and homages (I mean, both were based on the writings of the same author) and basically awesomeness. The fun thing is how in the neo-Noir, the main character isn't nearly so much an anti-hero as a basically good guy who makes questionable choices when pushed. Whereas the Sam Spades of the world couldn't give a rat's ass what you want. I happen to rather adore both types, if done well (they can be done pretty awfully in the wrong hands), so it was basically fun times. My mom also made hilarious comments about what a huge Humphrey Bogart fangirl my great-grandmother was and how she was going to hunt down Ingrid Bergman and let her know Bogie was hers. I'm starting to wonder about my genetics now.

My dad almost fell asleep in both. He doesn't read books either, though, so this was cause for my mom and I to call him a plebe.

The other movie was Notes on a Scandal, but that was mainly because Dame Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett were in it and it involved creepyness. I won't hide the fact I like strange psychological movies. I mean, come on, I love Mulholland Drive, clearly I've got a soft spot for the crazy. The movie did however make me think a lot, and I found myself equally appalled and rather liking the main character, which is something I look for in stories. I like it when they toy with my emotions and loyalties. XD

I also own The Brave One now, because screw you critics, but I loved that movie. Anything that'll actually reflect on a basic revenge fantasy and/or give Jodi Foster a gun and I'm all over it. Because Jodi Foster is my favorite actress besides Audrey Hepburn. It reminded me a little of Taxi Driver (coincidentally ANOTHER movie Jodi was in), which is another awesome movie. Well, if you get into that kind of thing. A lot of people don't. XD I like challenging my perceptions every once in a while. That or the years working at a movie theater have really REALLY turned me into one of those art movie nerds. Not that I don't like fun movies or action movies (hell, I like two out of the five Rocky movies)... I just crave something interesting for interesting's sake once in a while. If it has Jodi Foster with a gun then it gets bonus points.

Heh, if someone's bookshelf can say a lot about them, my slowly growing movie collection says a FREAKING lot about me. XD Maybe I should post the list sometime.

~Cendri