Un-Amusement Park

The TV Guide
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

Last night I met up with Darion and Loy for a quick bite to eat in Century City before we made our way to the movies. It was cool and rainy so we were really looking forward to a fun night at the movies … unfortch, Adventureland was not quite what we had in mind:


To be fair, the movie totally had its heart in the right place … it tried really hard to be good but, sadly, I didn’t find a thing about it that I liked. The story dragged way too long and the acting performances were not impressive at all. The main guy wants to be Michael Cera so bad … it was kinda sad. Ryan Reynolds, it pains me to say, was so boring in this film … it almost diminished my lurve for him. His character was desperate to be the character that Matthew McConaughey played in Dazed & Confused but it fell waaaaaaaaaaaaaay short. In fact, Adventureland the movie was a really sad attempt to be Dazed & Confused … it’s really bad. None of us were really impressed with the movie at all. I really cannot recommend this film at all … it’s not that funny, it’s not at all deep and it drags the entire time. I’m curious to hear if anyone else liked it … and why. As I said, the movie really tried but, IMHO, does not deliver.

No plans for tonight just yet … I have to finish some chores here and then pack my shizz for my weekend trip back East. While I am not looking forward to all the flying, I am looking forward to seeing David and his family. For them, I’d fly anywhere.

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‘Adventureland’ Premieres

Step right up
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Apparently, actress Kristen Stewart is interested in more than just lurvin’ up on hot vampires these days … as is evident from her new movie, Adventureland, she’s also into hangin’ out with interesting folks at local amusement parks. Here are a few photos from last night’s LA premiere at Mann’s Chinese 6 Theater here in Hollywood, CA of K. Stew, Ryan Reynolds, SNL’s Bill Hader and the very pale pallored Kat Dennings on the red carpet:


I *just* saw the trailer for this film for the first time this week and really had zero interest in seeing it … until I found out that Kristen Stewart is in it. Honestly, it’s not so much that I think her acting skills will make the film but I’m really interested in seeing her in a comedy. As you may also know, I’m also interested in seeing Robert Pattinson’s new film Little Ashes (mainly for the man-on-man nekkidness) to compare his performance in that film to his performance in Twilight. I’m not really sure why but I am really intrigued by seeing these young actors in other movies. It’s a good thing that Ryan Reynolds is in the film cuz now they can count on my $12 at the box office for sure. Does this film hold any fascination for any of y’all?

[Photo credit: Bauer-Griffin]

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