The New Yorker just came out with its top ten movies of 2009. Included among them were three that I saw, two of which I raved about on this here blog. Here’s what the magazine had to say about the two I liked:
Funny People: Judd Apatow’s intricately woven portrait of a lonely and miserable comic actor (Adam Sandler, playing a nasty version of himself) turns into an examination of the specialness of comics and a funny-mournful lament over their distance from ordinary life. The happy jeers aimed at the movie’s weak box-office performance were a perfect example of how bizarrely values have gone askew for the people who do nothing but count the change.
Adventureland: Greg Mottola’s lovely memory of a misspent summer at a tacky Pittsburgh amusement park in the early eighties. Kristen Stewart turns those eyes on Jesse Eisenberg, a toothless non-vampire, as he struggles toward manhood.
Given that I enjoyed these movies despite their lack of popular appeal, and considering that The New Yorker agreed with me, then it stands to reason that I am a master of the silver screen. This is good news for Eddyfication readers because you can now tell your friends that you know a movie expert.
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