8) Adventureland - Dir. Greg Mottola (Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds)In some ways this film so closely mirrors my own experience that it is hard for me to judge it objectively. It doesn't really matter though, because like a light beer on a hot day, this one goes down so easily. The film is set during the summer of 1987 primarily at a lame Pittsburg amusement park (I spent that same summer making snow cones at a lame Cleveland amusement park for $3 an hour). The story focuses on the always lovable Jesse Eisenberg who was supposed to have been traveling around Europe using his college graduation money, which he never got because his father lost his job, and instead mans a game booth with the same insufferable music blaring all summer long.
Unlike the endless films of its kind, where a geek falls for a beautiful girl who is in love with the wrong guy, this film feels more like swan song from the late John Hughes. The film's hugely appealing cast stretches the thin plot into something nostalgic and authentic, with the pitch perfect soundtrack and the kind of nerdy naiveté from the 80's now seen from a distance. Perhaps this isn't a masterwork like 'Sixteen Candles' or 'The Breakfast Club' but there haven't been many since then that capture a moment in time so carefully.
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