Adventureland

[Smallpotatoes]

I really enjoyed this movie. It wasn't really, really funny, but it had its moments. Mostly, it was just a good story that had my attention throughout the film.

 

[bostonbred]

I've heard GREAT things about this movie. While most everybody else is seeing Fast and Furious (sigh), I'll be checking this out tonight.

 

[Elliotte Friedman]

Saw this because I refused to see 'Fast and Furious'.

I liked it, but my three friends HATED it.

 

[BYH]

Is Fast and Furious a sequel, or a remake featuring THE EXACT SAME CAST? I ask b/c it's the same title, and b/c I figure rock bottom for Hollywood is remaking a movie that was made this decade.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

Is Fast and Furious a sequel, or a remake featuring THE EXACT SAME CAST? I ask b/c it's the same title, and b/c I figure rock bottom for Hollywood is remaking a movie that was made this decade.

It's not a remake. Just a fourth installment in the series, which should have died after the first movie.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

I've heard GREAT things about this movie. While most everybody else is seeing Fast and Furious (sigh), I'll be checking this out tonight.

I've heard great things about the soundtrack but the cast list (specifically the female lead) suggests that the movie itself might be a rental for me.

 

[fossywriter8]

"The Fast and the Furious" came out in 2001.
The newest installment is named "Fast and Furious" and, according to Wikipedia (I know, I know), is actually an interquel (hey, I learned a new word) and is supposed to take place between F&F 2 and 3, though some think it should be No. 2 in a chronological list.

 

[mike311gd]

I'm looking forward to watching this when it hits Starz. I doubt I'll pay the money to sit alone in a theater for this one, like I did with Zack and Miri.

 

[pallister]

So the next installment in the douchebag street racing series will be named "Fast, Furious"? Then "FaFu" after that, right?

 

[ArnoldBabar]

Did you see the numbers the FF interquel did this weekend? Unbelievable -- $72.5 million in three days.

In the first truly shocking box office result of the year, "Fast & Furious" sped away from expectations to gross a humongous $72.5 million, according to early estimates from Media by Numbers.

That result is effectively double what most industry observers had predicted for the debut of the fourth feature in Vin Diesel's car franchise, and it left in the dust a number of notable records:

- Best April opening ever, beating "Anger Management's" $42.2 million.

- Best Universal Pictures opening ever (three-day), beating "The Lost World: Jurassic Park's" $72.1 million.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/05/boxoffice.ew/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

Wow. I think a key factor is that there's just nothing worth seeing out there right now. I was going to go to a movie the other day and literally couldn't find anything worth the effort in the big theaters.

 

[Smallpotatoes]

One of my co-workers who's always giving me a hard time about my taste in movies pointed out Adventureland's low box office numbers as a sign that the movie is not very good.
Of course this guy also thinks Repo Man was a piece of **** so what does he know.

 

[Double J]

Did you see the numbers the FF interquel did this weekend? Unbelievable -- $72.5 million in three days.

In the first truly shocking box office result of the year, "Fast & Furious" sped away from expectations to gross a humongous $72.5 million, according to early estimates from Media by Numbers.

That result is effectively double what most industry observers had predicted for the debut of the fourth feature in Vin Diesel's car franchise, and it left in the dust a number of notable records:

- Best April opening ever, beating "Anger Management's" $42.2 million.

- Best Universal Pictures opening ever (three-day), beating "The Lost World: Jurassic Park's" $72.1 million.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/05/boxoffice.ew/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

Wow. I think a key factor is that there's just nothing worth seeing out there right now. I was going to go to a movie the other day and literally couldn't find anything worth the effort in the big theaters.

The worst thing about this is it's going to revive the former Mark Vincent's delusions about being a believable action film star.

 

[Beef03]

Saw Adventure land tonight. Not what I thought it was going to be, but I think one of the better all-round movies Ive seen this year. Solid story. Great soundtrack. And I thought well acted. And has a few laughs to boot.
Don't go in thinking Superbad II, despite it being done by the same guys, because it certainly is not.

 

[bagelchick]

Adventureland is set in Pittsburgh's (really West Mifflin's) famous Kennywood Park for those of you who might be interested in that.

 

[93Devil]

Adventureland is set in Pittsburgh's (really West Mifflin's) famous Kennywood Park for those of you who might be interested in that.

Sold.

 

[Ace]

I won't see Fast and Furious out of support for the words "the" and "and" that were left at the curb this time.

It's not just newspaper people being laid off these days. It's whole words, dammit!

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

I won't see Fast and Furious out of support for the words "the" and "and" that were left at the curb this time.

It's not just newspaper people being laid off these days. It's whole words, dammit!

You sure are definite about your articles.

 

[fossywriter8]

Adventureland is set in Pittsburgh's (really West Mifflin's) famous Kennywood Park for those of you who might be interested in that.

I was wondering where it was set because there is an actual amusement park outside Des Moines, Iowa, named Adventureland.