Adventureland

I knocked off work early today and slipped off to a festival movie.

Every year for a long long time I've picked up the festival brochure and circled the films I want to see. I know the times I want to go and I make plans.

But until this afternoon I remained a film festival virgin.

I went and saw Adventureland at the Civic. It was good - possibly not as great as other films I clump with it (Garden State, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Superbad, Empire Records), but I still enjoyed it.

I'm glad I went. I'm glad it's the first film I saw in a film fest. A Wednesday afternoon with Ryan Reynolds is awfully difficult to regret.