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MASSAWYRM invokes the mighty name of John Hughes while swooning and fawning over ADVENTURELAND!!

FIRST by Tell_Your_Mom_I_Said_Hi	Mar 16th, 2009 08:15:19 AM
AAAAH! ANOTHER WIN!
Deutch by Himbo	Mar 16th, 2009 08:21:36 AM
Also directed "Some Kind of Wonderful" written by Hughes.
SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL by BlackJesus	Mar 16th, 2009 08:24:28 AM
I'm all In
Who are the ad wizards... by wampa 1	Mar 16th, 2009 08:29:00 AM
...that came up with this one?
Sounds cool by Uncle_Bryn	Mar 16th, 2009 08:29:41 AM
Gotta wait till mid July to see it in the UK though.
Sounds like something I can take the missus to by Happyfat73	Mar 16th, 2009 08:31:16 AM
16 Candles, Pretty in Pink and The Breakfast Club are her favourite movies of all time. She hates anything with aliens, swordfighting, giant robots, monsters or dinosuars. Like, all the best shit!!!
I Knew Kristen Stewart was a star when... by zinc_chameleon	Mar 16th, 2009 08:57:45 AM
I saw her in "Into the Wild". She transformed a so-so adventure story into something truly heartbreaking. The hero didn't want to get with her, and he wasn't gay? God, what a loser! I was glad to see him go...
I'm sorry by Tell_Your_Mom_I_Said_Hi	Mar 16th, 2009 08:59:19 AM
Your life/wife sounds like crap. Get a new one and move on. Life is too short to hate aliens, swordfighting, giant robots, monsters or dinosuars movies.
The thing about Kristen Stewart... by tailhook	Mar 16th, 2009 09:15:06 AM
Lesbian. No way that girl is straight. She's got that ultra-Tomboy vibe that only a true rugmuncher has.
Seriously Happy... by Crow3711	Mar 16th, 2009 09:16:20 AM
You need to let her go...It's time. Re-claim your manhood.
That Unused Minutes Kid from the AT&T commercials by slone13	Mar 16th, 2009 09:44:07 AM
is frickin' hilarious
"a college graduate who is somehow still a virgin"? by tonagan	Mar 16th, 2009 09:48:02 AM
Hey, it's pretty damn easy to graduate college and remain a virgin. Take it from me :(
ARE YOU SERIOUS? by adolfwolfli	Mar 16th, 2009 10:02:00 AM
Really, comparing this guy to John Hughes is just an outrage. This just proves how badly geeks want to live in denial that the current American film scene is in the toilet. "Superbad" is the most perfectly named movie of all time. One thing you're forgetting: John Hughes' movies were SINCERE. They were heartfelt. Superbad was an angry fat kid being mean and screaming at people for 2 hours. Anything with Apatow's name attached to it has an undercurrent of misogyny, misanthropy and bad taste. Hughe's movies never trafficked in meanness for a laugh.
Does this review mean we should look forward to his Home Alone? by Royston Lodge	Mar 16th, 2009 10:05:34 AM
'nuff said.
Another glowing review on the day a banner ad appears by Garbageman33	Mar 16th, 2009 10:16:36 AM
What are the odds? Sorry, but I'll wait to read a review in which Kristin Wiig isn't looking at me the whole time.
Mostly just causing trouble... by BizarroJerry	Mar 16th, 2009 10:25:13 AM
John Hughes teenager movies? Overrated.
adolfwolfli, you don't know what you're talking about by slone13	Mar 16th, 2009 10:34:06 AM
"Hughe's movies never trafficked in meanness for a laugh." Have you ever seen the Breakfast Club? Most of the stuff said by the kids to each other in that movie is just plain cruel. What about Plains, Trains, and Automobiles? Martin's character is a complete asshole to John Candy (and everyone else) for the entire movie. I can go on...
Kristen Stewart sexy? by rainbowtrout1265	Mar 16th, 2009 10:45:24 AM
No way. She's close to anorexic and is a pothead. Not to mention, she LOOKS like pothead with the vacant expression,etc.
Breakfast Club, 16 Candles and Weird Science by future help	Mar 16th, 2009 11:02:15 AM
was the high school trilogy in my eyes.
That's what I was hoping for! by The Reluctant Austinite	Mar 16th, 2009 11:09:52 AM
Thanks Massawyrm. Your review hits on exactly what I thought I was seeing in this project despite the usual negative chorus in TalkBack. I've been looking forward to this for some time. This generation needs more John Hughes inspired films and less "Porkys" inspired films. What happened to sincere coming-of-age dramas with bits of comedy? Like "My Bodyguard." Or "Over the Edge." Or the mostly comedic John Hughes films you mentioned that had hearts rooted in the real issues of growing up. Maybe this won't end up as a classic of that genre (or maybe it eventually will), but it's a start.
"...a college graduate who is somehow still a virgin" by Nasty In The Pasty	Mar 16th, 2009 11:13:58 AM
Why does everyone think that everyone gets laid by age 16? I'd argue a lot of people don't lose their virginity until their early 20s.
Kristen Stewert by KevinMuller	Mar 16th, 2009 11:14:36 AM
I think there is something really attractive about her. I think she has that "cute girl you have a chance with/really chill" thing going on.
Nasty in the Pasty = by LesterGroans	Mar 16th, 2009 11:51:56 AM
Virgin until 32
Not a fan of Pretty in Pink. by Tin Snoman	Mar 16th, 2009 12:02:20 PM
I think it's a great movie until the inexplicable, tacked-on Hollywood ending where Duckie gets shafted completely. Sure, they throw him Kristy Swanson (not a bad deal), but it's so obviously last-minute and unrealistic. Test audiences are retarded.
Kennywood!!!! by ChildlkEmpress	Mar 16th, 2009 01:12:22 PM
I will probably see this movie, if for nothing else than to see Kennywood. I lived in Pittsburgh for 10 years. As soon as I saw the promos I knew what I was looking at. Oddly the park really does look like it is from the 80s. And besides, my tattoo artist is an extra. I just hope the movie is as good as everyone is saying.
Did Kristen Stewart finally bare all? by StarBlitzer	Mar 16th, 2009 02:16:13 PM
I sat all the way through Twilight based on a scoop I read on the Internets, but no dice.
Adolfwolfli Makes A Good Point... by Rebeck2	Mar 16th, 2009 02:25:14 PM
As much as I laugh at the Apatow comedy universe it ends up leaving a bad taste in my mouth. It's just so unrelentingly angry and foul-mouthed and misanthropic. Even with some "heartwarming" moments, the overall impression is dark and cynical. It's what keeps those films from being ones I want to own. I get the humor, some of it's very very funny, but ultimately I don't want to go back and spend time with these fucking awful people, lol. Jonah Hill in real life would have you homicidal within minutes. Seth Green would be a fun for a while and then you would get really tired of him. This film looks like more of the same, and it's not always an accurate guide, but the trailer really put me off. I also agree with Tin Snoman that the ending of PRETTY IN PINK was a complete cop-out and ended up reinforcing every negative cliche about a girl going with the good-looking asshole in the end and not the decent loyal average guy. That the girls who saw that movie ASKED FOR that ending says pretty much everything you need to know about teenage girls.
And Interesting... by Rebeck2	Mar 16th, 2009 02:29:05 PM
That in SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL - a much more entertaining film in my eyes - the guy DOES choose the tomboy best friend girl and not the "hottie". Hmmm.
Anybody remember the "Brat Pack" films that went wrong? by The Reluctant Austinite	Mar 16th, 2009 02:45:09 PM
"Tuff Turf" is my favorite Brat Pack movie gone wrong with James Spader and Robert Downey Jr. Another is "Blue City" with Ally Sheedy and Judd Nelson. And who could forget (who remembers?) Anthony Michael Hall's "Out of Bounds"?
Massawyrm is my favourite AICN writer... why? by Ray Gamma	Mar 16th, 2009 03:03:06 PM
Because he doesn't give a fuck about what other people tell him to feel.
Breakfast Club by Ray Gamma	Mar 16th, 2009 03:09:31 PM
Breakfast Club, you have to admit, if you turn the TV on at 10pm on a Wednesday night while you're making a peanut butter sandwich, and "The Breakfast Club" is on, you know you're in there til the end credits.
The 2 faces of Anthony Michael Hall.... by Darth Macchio	Mar 16th, 2009 03:56:01 PM
Was I the only one shocked into dumbassery when AMH first popped on 'Edward Scissorhands'? All "jock asshole"-ed out? Coming from the 'skinny, somewhat bug eyed nerdy kid' international grand champion master Dork in all the better Hughes movies (except Ferris) and then, a mere few years later, he turned into the no-neck jock douchebag character who usually gave our beloved dork such a hard time (think those beer drinking dudes with the beeramid and an uknown John Cussack standing next to Hall as he knocks the beeramid over and the jocks standing up and grunting while Hall blames Cussack!) I swear the Anthony Michael Hall from Weird Science is not the same guy in Scissorhands or even The Dark Knight. He never tossed off to anything. Ever. Even if the water was running all day. Never tossed off to anything.
Fake Anthony Michael Hall replaced the real one-- by The Reluctant Austinite	Mar 16th, 2009 04:16:17 PM
--in "Johnny Be Good" in 1998 as a jock football player with Robert Downey Jr. That's only two years after the real Anthony Michael Hall's last performance in "Out of Bounds." I believe Hall's car licence plate in "Johhny Be Good" read "20IF," as in "Anthony Michael Hall would be 20 years old IF he were still alive."
John Hughes was the Howard Hughes of his time by timothyarcher	Mar 16th, 2009 06:19:22 PM

Pretty in Pink?!? by StevenScorsese	Mar 16th, 2009 07:51:05 PM
I don't consider that a John Hughes movie, although he produced. Even it was, it would be one of his worst. I have high hopes for Adventureland and pray that it's nothing like Pretty in Pink.
stop moaning about ads by The_Exterminator	Mar 16th, 2009 08:01:03 PM
adblock plus = no ads so stfu please
Royston Lodge by Tokyo_Drifter	Mar 16th, 2009 08:18:03 PM
Not unless Mottola sells his soul to Satan.
Who gives a shit? by Buzz_Aldrin	Mar 16th, 2009 09:02:43 PM
Seriously. Pretty in Pink was drivel, and so will this.
LesterGroans by Nasty In The Pasty	Mar 16th, 2009 10:02:23 PM
Try 34, motherfucker.
Nice Parallel by BeyondStatic	Mar 17th, 2009 09:20:17 AM
You bring up a very intriguing point. I can't wait for the new 'Breakfast Club'.

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