Adventureland (2009)

I thought Adventureland was going to be funny and entertaining - it was neither. This movie is over-dramatic and pessimistic. The only bright spots of this waste of time were the scenes with Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig - and there weren't nearly enough of those.

Adventureland does and does not surprise me. I expected a somewhat normal love story of a guy falling in love with a weird girl in an unusual setting. That was indeed delivered. There were however some genuine and interesting moments, but it felt overpowered by the repetitive and overused soundtrack (if one more 'edgy' Lou Reed song was played I would have taken another star off, I swear). The editing is completely off at points, something I very rarely notice within movies meaning it really was off. At so many points there were questions left unanswered because of sloppy editing, or perhaps they really were actually relying on the viewer to fill in the gaps? But that doesn't do it for me. Overall it's not a bad movie, it's interesting and even unusual in some ways, but it tries too hard and is lazy at times so runs a little thin if you are looking for good "teen" romance.

In the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world. What really shines in Adventureland is 100% Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart they have a great chemistry together but you also feel about the characters they have done mistakes and all that and they try to fix them that is why the ending also worked because of them finding what they were looking for not just love but their other half. What is also good in this film is easily the humor which is straight up hilarious when it wants to but also great on it's dramatic parts Eisenberg and Stewart worked together again in American Ultra last year and in Cafe Society this year.

Pretty funny and enjoyable movie in my opinion. If you don't like this movie, I won't argue with you. I can see why some people wouldn't like this movie. I do really like coming of age movies, so maybe that's why I can look past a lot of flaws, but hey. You like what you like and certain movies work for certain people for various reasons. I tend to relate to characters on these types of movies. It's about a guy named James Brennan, played by Jesse Eisenberg, who has to get a summer job in order to save money to either go to college or go to Europe (I can't remember). He ends working at an amusement park and there he meets some new friends. The movie follows what they do throughout the runtime. And for the most part, this works. The movie is funny and at the very least watchable. However, I do feel like there are several parts of this film where the humor is absent for longer than necessary, and it can get slightly boring and overly dramatic at some points. Ultimately, I think the good outweighs the bad however and I say you watch it. Though like I said, I can see why you wouldn't like it.