So, as you know I work at Blockbuster as one of my jobs. So the above movies I’m about to talk about have already came out in theatres, but just come out on DVD now or will be out soon.
Let’s look at the plot of these two movies.
Adventureland (from Wikipedia):
It is the summer of 1987 and James Brennan ( has just graduated with a comparative literature major from Oberlin College. He is looking forward to touring Europe for the summer and going to Columbia University for graduate school in journalism when his parents announce they won’t be able help him financially. James looks for summer jobs, but can only find one, at Adventureland, a local amusement park in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Oh hey, why does that sound familiar? Hmm.
Well, anyway, the real Adventureland is on Long Island. It was changed because the amusement park has changed a lot since the 80’s.
Post Grad (from Fox Searchlight):
Ryden Malby had a plan. Do well in high school, thereby receiving a great college scholarship. Now that she’s finally graduated, it’s time for her to find a gorgeous loft apartment and land her dream job at the city’s best publishing house. But when Jessica Bard, Ryden’s college nemesis steals her perfect job, Ryden is forced to move back to her childhood home. Stuck with her eccentric family – a stubborn do-it-yourself dad, an overly thrifty mom, a politically incorrect grandma, a very odd little brother – and a growing stack of rejected job applications, Ryden starts to feel like she’s going nowhere. The only upside is spending time with her best friend, Adam – and running into her hot next-door neighbor, David. But if Ryden’s going to survive life as a post grad, it may be time to come up with a new plan.
Oh hey, this is my life (along with many others)! Alexis Bledel, anything we had during my time as a viewer of Gilmore Girls is over.
Seriously, filmmakers and Hollywood, don’t you think you’re milking the recession thing a bit much? And why us English majors?
Now, if you excuse me, I’m going to cry myself to sleep before I have wake up early to work my two retail jobs.
as opposed to “what do you do with a B.A. in English”, a song which begins a thoughtful and funny examination of post-grad life. These films just seem like cash ins, although adventureland was pretty funny… why did he need to be an english major?