Adventureland (2009)

Jesse Eisenberg before 'The Social Network'.
Sad and sweet, reminded me of Michael Winterbottom - lovely music by Yo La Tengo.
Excellent soundtrack - the best (and worst) of the mid 80's
"They don't like people like me where I'm from"

A senior moment

Meant to queue "Rachel Gets Married" and instead selected "Margo at the Wedding."

But we liked it! I have a weakness for Jack Black movies, no matter what the genre (except animated stuff). I've pretty much seen everything he's been in for the past 10 years. Even the tepid movies (Nacho Libre) are watchable with him in them. And Hans always digs Jennifer Jason Leigh.

Other movies with confusingly similiar names:
Towelhead and Baghead
Revolutionary Road and Reservation Road

September movies

(reposted from another blog)

Since Jack goes to sleep earlier, we're getting a chance to watch some movies these days. Netflix tells me we watched only 3 movies from July to late August, but we've already watched 4 in September.

We loved:
This is England -- British movie about 1983 England, skinheads, and the aftermath of the Falkland war
You're Gonna Miss Me -- documentary about Roky Erickson -- be sure to watch the update in the extras all the way to the end, which is nothing short of shocking
Into the Wild -- I didn't expect this from Sean Penn -- really loved the acting and the way he captured the spirit of the book

Not so much:
Stormy Monday -- director Mike Figgis's first movie. It's a long way from this stinker to Leaving Las Vegas
Eastern Promises -- loved Viggo, but I thought the movie was emotionally flat
Tristram Shandy -- a mess of a movie, but I had one good laugh at the chestnut scene.
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford -- thought Brad Pitt was miscast and it was waaaaay too long. Nicely shot though.