Introit

Welcome to my realm of reviewing: a place where I review anything I feel like...but it will probably be 99% movie reviews. Depending on how lazy I am at the time, the reviews will range between a sentence or two and the length of a master's thesis. Realistically though, the lengths will be somewhere in the middle.

Every time I see a new movie, I run over to Facebook to make a 1-sentence review of it on Flixter, so I figure this will let me go more in-depth on what I thought of it. I certainly will try to write out a new review every time I see a new movie, so my frequency of new postings will range anywhere from multiple times in one day to one in a week.

I will NEVER have movie spoilers, so don't worry.

By the way, I don't discriminate on movie genres...you will see reviews of ALL kinds of movies ranging from horror exploitation films to Saturday night chick flicks...but don't expect me to look at them from the same angle :D
Expect to see a lot of reviews of obscure movies though, particularly independent horror films.

I also take requests, so if there is a movie anyone wants me to review, feel free to ask.

Well, so far it does feel like I am typing to a brick wall, but at least this gives me something to do for the time being. If anyone is reading this, thanks in advance!!

Saturday, June 5, 2010

"Adventureland"

Today's (other) Movie: Adventureland

Genre: Comedy/Drama

Starring: Jesse Eisenberg
Kristen Stewart

Director: Greg Mottola

To put it simply, the movie is about a guy working at an amusement park to make money for grad school. He meets a girl there, and much drama ensues.

The two leads are both awesome. I've only seen Jesse Eisenberg in Zombieland before this (his two characters have very similar personalities) but he did pretty good in both. I also have an extreme soft spot for Kristen Stewart (since LONG before Twilight came out, mind you) so the movie gets some auto points for that.

The plot, while not bad, is pretty cliched. Boy meets girl. Boy thinks he loves girl but there is a lot of drama and obstacles between them. Social fallout occurs. Many people get hurt and boy & girl get separated. They eventually reconcile. I called it almost the instant the movie started.

It has a pretty sweet soundtrack, but since the movie brags about it on the cover (which is pretty rare) I would expect it to be.

Overall "Adventureland" is alright, but it's nothing special. Again, the plot is pretty cliched, and for a 'comedy' it isn't very funny.

Final Score - 6.5/10
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