I celebrated my 40th Birthday this past weekend by doing my 10th movie marathon in 11 years. Everytime one ends I swear I will never do another but, eventually, the temptation to force my friends into watching movies I like gets too great. The weekend was divided into movies I picked and movies I had never seen that others picked for me.
1) Coffeetown- My mother, John and Aubrey, Adam and Kirby all made it for at least part of this one. I think it went over well. I wasn't embarrassed by it. We started at noon.
2) Roller Town- This one is my sense of humor personified but I am afraid the others didn't get it as much. Ellen, a friend of mine who never shows up to parties, shows up for this and the next one. Neither are the strongest movies I have shown. Mark shows up during this one. So I have my largest group for...
3) Stretch- Not as good as I remembered it with Ed Helms chewing the scenery and Chris Pine giving a ballsy but brief performance. Everything happened so mechanically, I was very embarrassed showing this. Ellen will never trust me again. Mark says it was his favorite.
4)Heist- Probably my favorite of the movies I showed. Adam and Ellen left before it. We ordered food. I still like the movie very much but others didn't care for Mamet's writing.
5) Bone Tomahawk- There was a dinner break with John and Aubrey leaving to feed their dogs. That left me with Mark and Kirby (my mother rejoined us after sitting out Heist). I was going to show a moving about gambling addiction called Mississippi Grind but I called an audible and switched it to Bone Tomahawk to get some horror in the mix. John and Aubrey come back in time for the end.
6) Calvary- I know Kirby left but I think Mark and the Ferrers stayed all the way through this one. The first night ended pretty well but I was super tired.
Day two started at 1pm with...
7) Akira- Adam, Shawn, John and Aubrey made it for this one. Lots of fun.
8) Two for the Road- The same crew for this one. At the end, Adam and Shawn left and Max came in.
9) What's Up, Doc- Just me and Max (and my mom for part) for this one. John and Aubrey went home for the dogs but came back.
10) Rope- Hitchcock with Max, John and Aubrey.
11) Friends of Eddie Coyle- Max left and we were joined by Amanda and Stephen for the second half of the last movie.
That night, I had a cockroach run across me as I tried to sleep. It made it very hard for me to rest (I slept with the lights on). Ever since the party, I have been a little down and out of it. I like being surrounded by friends and watching movies but it goes too quickly. I'm always left with a hollow feeling. This time was no different. Maybe I can explain more tomorrow.
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