Zombieland (2010)

Survival rule#4: Don't be a hero.

Delightful start! Very good script, smart funny, scary at times. Cool use of over image titles, and voice over, surprisingly. Performances by the two male leads in particular are excellent.

There is also a substantial sub-text that works very well, about alienation, loneliness, suspicion of others, but desire for love and friends and family and belonging.

• Rating: Full price
• When seen: 21 Dec 2010
• Where seen: Home
• More information: IMDB | RottenTomatoes | Wikipedia

Amendments: Removed link to Wikipedia-sourced image. Added ranking image.

Posted using Blogo from my MacBook Pro

Adventureland (2009)

Long hours. Low pay. High times.

Very nice romantic comedy drama, with realistic coming-of-age story. Excellent script. Quite low-key, but all the better for it.

Eisenberg very good as a sympathetic, sensitive geeky intellectual, thrown into a shitty work environment by his parents' financial straits. Stewart also good with her minimal poker-face style. Supporting cast excellent.

• Rating: Full price
• When seen: 07 Jan 2011
• Where seen: Home
• More information: IMDB | RottenTomatoes | Wikipedia

Posted using Blogo from my MacBook Pro

Amendments: added actor tags: "Ryan Reynolds, Martin Starr, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig". Removed link to Wikipedia-sourced image. Added ranking image.