adventureland

[akaJudge]

i will see anthing martin starr is in.  <3 haverchuck

[dave from knoxville]

i will see anthing martin starr is in.  <3 haverchuck

This is a set-up for a particularly unsavory Mike Show type joke, but I will restrain myself.

[courtney]

I just got back from seeing this movie. I really didn't expect much going in but I ended up really liking it almost right away. The soundtrack was great, maybe because I'm kind of a music snob (and started becoming one only a few years after the movie was supposed to take place) but I did say things like "She's not listening to Husker Du" or "They're not playing Crowded House at the amusement park on the 4th of July". But, really, I don't know about any of the terrible shit that plays in movies these days so it was nice to watch a movie about people in their teens/early 20s and hear music that was the soundtrack of that time for me and continues to be. My friend and I found ourselves lowly humming or singing along to some of the music or fist-pumping to The Replacements without realizing it (and I'm a fairly reserved individual). Maybe it's because she's just moved back after 4 years and it felt like we were watching the type of movie we used rent and have fun watching, but it was great. I'm a month from graduation and going nuts and seeing this movie tonight was just what I needed for a break.

And, yes, up with Haverchuck!

[Gilly]

Re: Martin Starr and liking everything he's in...

Party Down? I don't like it that much but I keep watching it.

[Spoony]

It made me miss Pittsburgh a bit. I will see any movie filmed there. Even Norm MacDonald's Screwed.

I'm kidding, I'll never finish Screwed.

This was the first character that Ryan Reynolds has played that I really liked. The character was a dick to be sure, but he wasn't treaded with enough care to keep him from being pushed into some campy villain.

I rarely blame actors and actresses for shitty performances. It's the Director's job to get good performances out of them, and a good one can get a decent movie out of anyone. I say this knowing full well there are huge exceptions.

[Denim Gremlin]

it's interesting that ryan reynolds character keeps being referred to as the villain. i guess in a way he's closest thing to a villain role that the movie has but he's not particularly antagonistic to the main character. in fact a lot of the time he came off rather self aware of his sleaziness and even supportive of the developing relationship between Em and James. in that way i found him to be quite a tragic and sympathetic character, not villainous at all.

but that's one of the things i found that made the film so charming, as people have stated before, there's no clear cut good guy or bad guy.  even the guy who punches him in the balls all time had some depth.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

believe it or not, my reluctance to see this movie wasnt ryan reynolds but kristen stewart.  i see ryan reynolds and i know what im getting.  jesse eisenberg was great in rodger dodger (i remember this movie being particularly good because i was homeless 'briefly' at the time and a friend let me crash on their couch.  this was the movie we watched that nite.), but i agree with hugman, i despised him in the squid and the whale. 

im very excited to see this movie and more excited that it caters to music snobs.  i admit all my faults. 

[Denim Gremlin]

believe it or not, my reluctance to see this movie wasnt ryan reynolds but kristen stewart.  i see ryan reynolds and i know what im getting.  jesse eisenberg was great in rodger dodger (i remember this movie being particularly good because i was homeless 'briefly' at the time and a friend let me crash on their couch.  this was the movie we watched that nite.), but i agree with hugman, i despised him in the squid and the whale. 

im very excited to see this movie and more excited that it caters to music snobs.  i admit all my faults. 

I believe it.

at first I was trying to figure out why that would be until I looked back at her list of film roles and realized I'm just another stupid guy blinded by a cute girl. 


........she is totally cute though.