tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post5499555571893278010..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Adventurelandmybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-51268077884690840542009-09-21T12:15:32.953-05:002009-09-21T12:15:32.953-05:00This movie wasnt at all what I expected. I though...This movie wasnt at all what I expected. I thought it was going to be a comedy like the last movie the director had made, Superbad. I was very pleasantly surprised and impressed with this coming of age story.poker rakebackhttp://www.rakebackleader.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-52589073213757861522009-09-21T10:16:46.969-05:002009-09-21T10:16:46.969-05:00I think it was so good because it was so real. Unl...I think it was so good because it was so real. Unlike most teen comedies, you could actually imagine this happening in almost this exact way... which is why, as Bill says, it's not a teen comedy, but something deeper. I liked the fact that while it could have milked the 80s setting for cheap laughs, it simply used details to keep things true to the time. You can laugh at high-waisted acid wash jeans, but it wasn't played as such.John Kenyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14423133191609310449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-37204325896944724492009-09-21T09:11:02.283-05:002009-09-21T09:11:02.283-05:00I really liked it too. Such naturalistic performan...I really liked it too. Such naturalistic performances and Max is right, it does seem like Wigg and Hader were in another movie. Made a nice contrast. Yes, real stories don't do well in the USA. This was a charmer. Maybe it needed more marketing.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-51579998246630486592009-09-21T08:50:47.608-05:002009-09-21T08:50:47.608-05:00Maybe people thought it was just a standard teen c...Maybe people thought it was just a standard teen comedy. I hope a lot of folks discover it on DVD.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-13657409547609106672009-09-21T08:47:17.270-05:002009-09-21T08:47:17.270-05:00This is an excellent little movie. Funny but, as ...This is an excellent little movie. Funny but, as Bill says, a drama as well, without going over the top. My favorite moments have to do with park co-managers Bill Hader and Kristen Wigg, who are in a wacked out movie of their own on the periphery, and when, on the hero's eventual journey to NYC, the colors and lightings of the street scene invoke those of Adventureland.<br /><br />Why this didn't do better at the box office is a mystery, except of course that real stories don't seem to do that well any more.Max Allan Collinshttp://www.maxallancollins.comnoreply@blogger.com