No Hollywood Ending for You
Dec. 30th, 2007 09:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
saavedra77On the night of Christmas day, April, her boyfriend Jim, and I went over to her mom's house again to more fully experience the custom theater that my brother-in-law Gil had built in their basement. The place actually bore a passing resemblance to Seattle's underground Big Picture--albeit much smaller and minus the bar, alas.
My brothers Victor and Abe showed up, as well, which was a pleasant surprise, as I hadn't seen them in a long while.
Victor in fact supplied the picture, a bootle--er, studio copy of No Country for Old Men. I'd seen the film at a Seattle premiere with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
marginalia several weeks earlier, but was definitely up for seeing it once more (even if it made rather dubious holiday fare ...). My brothers and brother-in-law were really into it, too. But I was a little worried about how the ending would sit with everyone, and not surprisingly, they hated that part. Bleak and nihilistic isn't for everyone.
But I felt bad for Gil didn't get to show off his new theater with a film that everyone enjoyed more.
My brothers Victor and Abe showed up, as well, which was a pleasant surprise, as I hadn't seen them in a long while.
Victor in fact supplied the picture, a bootle--er, studio copy of No Country for Old Men. I'd seen the film at a Seattle premiere with
marginalia several weeks earlier, but was definitely up for seeing it once more (even if it made rather dubious holiday fare ...). My brothers and brother-in-law were really into it, too. But I was a little worried about how the ending would sit with everyone, and not surprisingly, they hated that part. Bleak and nihilistic isn't for everyone.But I felt bad for Gil didn't get to show off his new theater with a film that everyone enjoyed more.
