want to see a movie - - - in the actual the-ater

[fflo]

Anybody up for Sideways? or Ocean's Twelve?

Not that I won't take myself. I find that I am a great movie date for myself. We have exactly the same taste in films, for one thing.

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[crankyasanoldma.livejournal.com]

What? There's a Nebraska angle?

I rarely go to the movies by myself, but it feels really great when I do. I feel like I'm playing hooky from something, like I'm being devious and really free. I am not sure why, exactly.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

It's the director---Alexander Payne. He's from Omaha. Writes his films, too, I think, or co-writes. He did Citizen Ruth and Election and About Schmidt. This one's supposed to quite good---well-written, observant about human nature, stuff like that. It's a guy bonding film, but they're, like, wine-tasting guys. Or guys on a wine-tasting tour, anyway.

I don't feel devious or particularly free when going to movies alone, but I feel indulged, in a way. Treated by myself. A little naughty for it, but not in a masturbatory kind of way. And long ago I found I sometimes can really enjoy the aesthetic experience by myself---esp. afterwards, walking out floating on a kind of cloud of post-movie high, enjoying strolling down the street or around the parking garage or across the lot or whatever. But deviously really free sounds good. Park the kid and go for it?