The Social Network

Just got back from the Aero Theater in Santa Monica, where we saw The Social Network for the second time.  David Fincher's film about Facebook is better upon re-watching, which came as a surprise.  The cast is great and the music by Trent Reznor adds a darker edge to the proceedings.  The film was followed by a Q&A with Aaron Sorkin, Alex Garfield, Armie Hammer, and Justin Timberlake.

We have been musing about the ease with which anyone in Los Angeles can attend these high-level events, whereas they'd be closed to the public anywhere else.  People come to LA to see movie stars and hang out in Hollywood or drive by the stars' homes to catch a glimpse, when anyone can see stars here by paying $5 at the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences, or $11 at the American Cinematheque (the Aero and the Egyptian, both Sid Grauman theaters).

A couple of weeks ago, we attended a screening of Return of the Jedi at Paramount Studios to benefit the California State Parks Foundation (the chase scenes and the ewoks were all filmed in the Redwood forests in Northern California).  For $10, we got to re-live a bit of our childhoods and listen to a Q&A with Mark Hamill, who, it turns out, is quite the thespian and a great mimic.  His imitation of Harrison Ford is spot on.  (Did anyone see Ford's interview with Conan?!?  A man of few words or just plain drunk??)

Saw Harry Potter Hallows Pt 1 yesterday and really liked it.  Not really kids films anymore.  Why did they have to split the films in two and why does the next one only come out in July??  We went to our local cinema at LA Live, where they were setting up for today's American Music Awards. Apparently there was a whole lot of Bieber fever going on Downtown today.

Why all the movies?  Well, when in Rome...  Plus we've both been busy at work and have both obtained new positions within a day of each other.  The weather in Los Angeles is veering towards the chilly now.  Autumn weather just in time for Thanksgiving.