Adventureland

**1/2 – Angst-ridden teenager (or, in this case, college-aged kid) melodrama has always been an annoyance of mine. The pomposity and self-centeredness of the characters in those types of movies is consistently staggering to me. People acting like their bad hair day or relationships are the most important things in the world. That’s the sort of crap that has been on the rise in this country, and I chalk it up to the fact that parents are beating the snot out of their kids less than they used to, and therefore instill them with no sense of discipline or humility. Or it could be the result of the tight pants and odd hairdos that are so popular with the kids these days. Anyways, this movie had a lot of that kind of rubbish in it, which would have certainly resulted in a lower rating had there not also been some genuinely funny parts in it. This film starred the guy who also starred in “Zombieland”, marking his second consecutive starring role in a movie called something-“land”. This is certainly the less entertaining of the pair, but it was kind of watchable if you can get around all the whinging and moping. The couple who owned the titular theme park was probably the highlight of the movie for me as they had most of the funny lines. The guy who went around punching people in the nuts was pretty funny, too.