Adventureland has a pretty simple plot. A recent college grad named James, played by Jessee Eisenberg, plans to go on a trip to Europe before moving to New York for graduate school. He finds out that his parents are broke and have no way to financially assist him, so he ends up taking a job at a local theme park called Adventureland. There he meets Em, played by Kristen Stewart, whom he falls for, but she happens to be in a relationship with a married man named Mike Connell, played by Ryan Reynolds. Then, the rom-com love triangle story proceeds from there.
While the movie does fall into the category of a romantic comedy, it is not a cookie-cutter story by any means. The relationships are more complicated than falling for each other, splitting up, and getting back together. The backdrop of working in a crappy job that everyone hates makes the story pretty relatable. The story is well-written and very well acted. Stewart, who was also doing the Twilight series at the same time this was made really showed that she had acting chops far beyond what she was able to display in Twilight. And Eisenberg did a good job playing a guy who was a combination of a sensitive "loser" and an arrogant ass. The movie was set in 1987, so the movie has a pretty good 80s "alternative" soundtrack.
For those who get the Blu-Ray, the movie looks good in HD. Even without any big CGI sequences, the cinematography looks very good in HD. The extras include feature commentary that includes the director and Eisenberg. There are a couple of minutes worth of deleted scenes, a seventeen-minute making-of documentary, six minutes worth of fake promos for the amusement park, and a couple of features centered around the supporting characters. A decent amount for people who like watching the bonus material.
Overall, the movie is very good. It is well written and acted. Not only do Eisenberg and Stewart do a great job in the lead roles, but it also has a strong supporting cast including Kristen Wig, Bill Hader, Marin Starr, and Wendie Malick. As I said above, it is not a cookie-cutter romantic comedy and we really are kind of left to guess at the fate of James and Em's relationship at the end of the movie. It is a good movie that is definitely worth checking out.
While the movie does fall into the category of a romantic comedy, it is not a cookie-cutter story by any means. The relationships are more complicated than falling for each other, splitting up, and getting back together. The backdrop of working in a crappy job that everyone hates makes the story pretty relatable. The story is well-written and very well acted. Stewart, who was also doing the Twilight series at the same time this was made really showed that she had acting chops far beyond what she was able to display in Twilight. And Eisenberg did a good job playing a guy who was a combination of a sensitive "loser" and an arrogant ass. The movie was set in 1987, so the movie has a pretty good 80s "alternative" soundtrack.
For those who get the Blu-Ray, the movie looks good in HD. Even without any big CGI sequences, the cinematography looks very good in HD. The extras include feature commentary that includes the director and Eisenberg. There are a couple of minutes worth of deleted scenes, a seventeen-minute making-of documentary, six minutes worth of fake promos for the amusement park, and a couple of features centered around the supporting characters. A decent amount for people who like watching the bonus material.
Overall, the movie is very good. It is well written and acted. Not only do Eisenberg and Stewart do a great job in the lead roles, but it also has a strong supporting cast including Kristen Wig, Bill Hader, Marin Starr, and Wendie Malick. As I said above, it is not a cookie-cutter romantic comedy and we really are kind of left to guess at the fate of James and Em's relationship at the end of the movie. It is a good movie that is definitely worth checking out.
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