| — | Manohla Dargis on women in film This statement I find incredibly true, and while it is not so promising for women, which is ultimately Dargis’s point, I can’t help but feel good about it. Not because a “women’s” genre is being done better by a man, but because a traditionally hokey, formulaic and cliche-ridden genre is being done better, period. I have been thinking about Superbad since I put it on my top of ’00s list, and I just watched Adventureland. What an incredible movie. Check out how awesome this is: Adventureland is written and directed by the same guy who did Superbad. It’s funny and it’s awkward. But it’s funny and awkward in a different way than Superbad is! AL is, in the end, a much darker film than SB. SB is sunny and leans toward darkness at times; AL is a dark film that strives for sunlight. I find it interesting that I am almost completely uninterested in big Hollywood “dramas,” the ones where “one man” will “change everything” and “nothing will be the same” etc. etc. etc. I find them tired and heavy. Traditionally we give awards to dramas over comedies because the dramas, presumably, give us something that comedy doesn’t, but for a while now I think we have had comedies that give us far more than 90% of you dramas out there. (Reblog that quote?) It’s possible that, one day, these films being made by Judd Apatow and Greg Mottola will become the new rom-com formula. So far they have mostly not repeated themselves, which is a good thing, but once others become familiarized with the style and language, how much longer can we expect to have? For now, let us just celebrate the fact that we have these movies. Also, since when did Kristen Stewart become the hottest thing ever? Um, probably around now.
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