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What's up with all of these people?  I wanted to post this video, but I guess I won't be able to.  

Answer.

Yeah, so that was pretty easy.  I'm back to not liking Kristen Stewart.  

Put as many Walkmen and Wavves songs in there as you want, Nylon TV.  It won't help.

"She's entirely iconic in a way that is like,  cool and badass and meaningful in like...(closes eyes and plays with hair) she's just cool."

I mean, yeah, Kristen Stewart plays music, but only for herself.  For her ears only.  

Adventureland, Part Deux

I think it's appropriate to start this out with a youtube comment. This is Tizzy77's opinion:
"This movie is not funny at all. They make it seem like it's this great comedy from the trailer and instead there are barely any funny parts at all. Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader are barely in it. If you are in the mood for comedy I seriously suggest you watch something else. And don't get me started on how annoying the lead characters are....2 hours of my life gone forever."

Right. Okay. At least youtube user 36Navy gets it:
"Kennywood! I got caught smoking a blunt and drinking beer in the parking lot. The security guards took my weed but let me go into the park drunk and high. Those were the days."

So anyway. If we're all ready to get real (I am), Adventureland is the best movie I've seen in a really long time. Basically, you should see it if you've recently graduated from college, only to find yourself broke with no career opportunities or marketable skills, and are then forced to live with your parents for an embarrassing amount of time. Not that that's ever happened to anyone who writes this blog!!!!!! But if it has happened to you, then you will find the movie's portrayal of such an event to be remarkably astute.

Here are some bullet-ed thoughts I had:
-Greg Mottola captured the thing I remember most from a shitty summer job: the music. Except in my world it was a department store, not an amusement park, and the song was "I'm So Excited!" instead of "Rock Me Amadeus," and it played every 15 minutes.
-Ryan Reynolds. Where do you stand? I am firmly pro-Reynolds. I think the main thing holding him back from being a bigger star is that he's not good-looking enough or bad-looking enough. Although he did marry Scarlett Johannson (ugh, too lazy to look up the spelling, people), so maybe that disproves my "not good looking enough" theory.
-Because I'm not a 14 year old, I went into this movie hating Kristen Stewart. But she was so good! I don't know, man. What's her deal? Kristen Stewart, if you are reading this and would like to explain, once and for all, what your deal is, contact us. I'm pretty sure an interview here would just be great for your career.

The takeaway: this movie made me nostalgic for summer. And I wish there was a happier ending for Martin Starr's character. :(

Movie Review!

Adventureland was good.  However, don't go in expecting another Superbad.  This movie is lighter on the dick jokes, and heavier on the post-college angst.  

Just kidding guys.  I'm not a douche.  

Anyway, I seriously liked Adventureland.  However, it's another piece of the puzzle that is Kristen Stewart.  She is a mystery wrapped inside a puzzle wrapped inside an enigma.  I'm sure Kerry's review will be much more in depth, but I thoroughly enjoyed myself and I didn't look at my watch even once!  And it was late and it didn't even make me sleepy (unlike Firewalk With Me)!  I think Greg Mottola is a cool dude, and I hope the parts of this story that are autobiographical are the parts where he gets all the girls.  It would only get like, an 8 out of 10, but it had this song in it.  That bumps it up to a 9.  

In conclusion, I think that you should see this movie because:

1) It funny

2) It has nice music.

3) Don't expect another Superbad

4) Make you happy

That's how I end all of my movie reviews.  Just, weird, unclear statements.  

Make sure to leave your comments about Kristen Stewart, I mean Adventureland.

 

Just so you know...

This is a thing that exists. Just click. And to answer the question you will have immediately after seeing this, yes, there is a John McCain version.
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Welcome to my Friday night.

Hold up!

I tried to write a big explanation for this, and then I erased it.  Like, I literally erased it.  I generally write out all of my potential blog posts long hand.  Anyway, this is a re-edit of a trailer for the film Amelie (which, you know, whatever about your opinion on that one).  It would be completely unremarkable if it weren't for the description.  "I just made a better version of the Amelie trailer that goes to the song much better than others."  

You're right Moviemaker2.  This is much better than the trailer made by a professional.  These youtube people are getting out of controOoOl!  

PS

I didn't know that Chase was in the business of re-editing (re-imagining) movie trailers.

Bunnies!

In case you didn't know, Alex was home last week for spring break, which meant that the Winfreys convened at Winfrey Family HQ, good times were had, and everything was in its right place. There was no need for a blog because we could watch internet videos together.
But then he went back to school. So back to the blog! H. sent me this link last week because he knows me and he knows what I love: Martha Stewart, animals, Martha Stewart interacting with animals, and men who are a cross between Woody Allen and Rick Moranis. This is the second half of the clip, which maybe isn't as good as the first part, but it was the only part that I could find on youtube to embed here. And you pretty much get the point. That guy has a bird on his shoulder and that bunny is ignoring Martha Stewart. And even if you don't watch this all (which I know you won't), at least watch it starting at 4:15. Because you want to know what that guy's favorite books are. Try to guess his top three before you watch.