Saw
Adventureland on Saturday starring
Jesse Eisenberg and
Kristin Stewart. Fun movie, captures that indecisive angst about what to do when you grow up when you're just finishing college. Do you go to grad school? Do you try to get a job in corporate America? Do you get a crappy job in your hometown and work until the next step starts. Jesse Eisenberg's character, James, just happens to do the in-between thing and gets a "Games" job at the local amusement park, presumably Kennywood but there are Adventurelands all around the country so really could have been anywhere. I really like the character played by
Martin Starr, Joel- the Russian literature fan who embraces his geekiness with gusto but is probably the coolest person in the movie. I've liked that kid since he was Bill Haverchuck in
Freaks and Geeks as a friend of the little brother.
The
soundtrack to this movie was EXCELLENT...
Yo La Tengo did the music and did a nice job with it. I'm really looking forward to seeing them at
Pitchfork this summer.
As a sidenote, I'm personally partial to
Knoebel's Grove... if you're ever caught in Central PA in the summer... it comes highly recommended.
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