Adventureland

Before I digress any further; I definitely recommend seeing this film.  It’s hard to imagine a demographic that won’t appreciate this movie (under 60 at least).

I was really excited to see this picture: love love love the cast, really like this type/style of film, and thought the plot sounded original(ish) and funny.  I had decided I would love this movie, but I didn’t – quite.

It was a little like watching a really good fireworks show that never quite reached the crescendo you were waiting for.  Every great movie has that moment at least once; and it isn’t necessarily at the very end.  Envision the kissing-in-garbage-bag-ponchos-in-the-rain scene in Garden State, or Peter Gabriel blaring from an outstretched boombox far below Ione Skye’s window   That’s the moment: the zenith, the pinnacle, the orgasm of the movie.  The rest is foreplay and cuddling.