Adventureland

When Connell and James drive over to Connell's mother's house, Connell's car has a visible "You've Got a Friend in Pennsylvania" license plate.

However, the car that Connell parks behind has a newer Pennsylvania license plate that was issued after 2000, despite the movie being set in 1987.

In one scene there is a Ferris-Wheel in the background behind James.

In the next shot the Ferris-Wheel is mysteriously gone.

The man wearing the 'Jack Lambert (V)' (qv) jersey (Steelers #58) is wearing a style of jersey that wasn't introduced until 1997.

When James is calling the horse race for the second time, when the camera shows the horses the purple horse is in the race but when the camera closes up on James, the purple horse is still in the home/stationary position, but when the camera shows the horses returning to the home position the purple is moving back again.

In the club, Lisa P.

is briefly dancing the Macarena, a 1990s dance.

When Em and James are smoking pot outside, Em's breath is visible suggesting the air is freezing even though it's supposed to be the middle of summer.

Recent model cars are visible in the background when James is on the bus.

The man that throws the piece of trash at Bobby is wearing Zubaz.

Zubaz weren't invented until 1991.

When Em is watching the 'Poison (II)' (qv) video, "I Want Action", you can clearly see a man in the reflection on the television, but Em is the only person in the room.

When Frigo is seen shooting off fireworks, Brennan is wearing 2004 New Balance 574s.

President 'Ronald Reagan (I)' (qv) is seen on television delivering a speech.

This particular speech was given on August 12, 1987, but in the film it occurs before July 4th.

(at around 45 mins) When James and Frigo are driving to Connell's mothers house, you can see brand new Ford trucks and cars in a car lot.

When Bobby is calling the race at the horse game, all of the horses are still at the start and none of them are moving.

In the scene near the end where James, Joel and Frigo are sitting on the hill drinking, a stack of empty cans with the old-style pull tabs is seen next to James.

Pull tab cans had been discontinued in the U.

by 1987.

In the New York City scene near the end, the pedestrian signals clearly showed the hand and walking man symbol, which were not used in New York City until the early 2000s.

In 1987, the pedestrian signals in the city used text "Walk" and "Don't Walk" indications, rather than the symbols.

In the bus montage arriving in New York City, the modern (8th Ave.

) New York Times building is seen from a vantage point of 12th Ave.

The film takes place in 1987; the New York Times Building was built 2003-2007.

Near the end of the scene where James and Em are riding the bumper cars, the shot is reversed and the 'Games' text on James' shirt is backwards.

After James has a drink at the bar, he is driving past a car dealership, where you can clearly see new Ford Mustang models.

And also at the end in New York City when he steps off the bus, a modern model Lincoln Town Car is clearly visible.

Emily's PacerIn scenes while driving the car has dark diamond style cloth/vinyl seats, but in scenes where you see the whole car / it is parked, the seats are all light brown with no diamond like pattern.

When Em Lewin sits up from laying down in her bead (in the scene when 'I Want Action' is playing), she lifts her head straight up.

The camera angle switches and suddenly Em's head is tilted and resting on her shoulder.

Joel asserts that the famous aphorism "Fortune favors the bold' was written by the Roman poet Virgil ('Publius Vergilius Maro' (qv), 70-19 BC), but in fact, it was written by the Roman playwright Terence (Publius Terentius Afer, 185-159 BC) in his play Phormio.

The phrase is often associated with Virgil's epic poem, the Aeneid, appearing in book 10 line 284, in a slightly different form.

The overeducated Joel should know better.

Near the end of the movie after James finds out about Em & Connell, 'Wang Chung' (qv)'s "Dance Hall Days" can be heard playing over the park's loudspeakers.

If you have subtitles on, the subtitle states "Safety Dance" (by 'Men Without Hats' (qv)) as the song playing.

Near the end of the film when James punches Tommy in the groin he clearly misses him.

Jesse Eisenberg pulls his punch so as not to actually hurt Matt Bush.

When James bump into the tree, at first is front glasses is broken, but in the next scene when is mother wake him up the glass is in perfect shape.

When James and Joel are driving in New York, James smiles and looks out the car window.

If you look above the car, you can see an advertisement for 'Sonny with a Chance' - a Disney show which wasn't even made until 2009.

When James applies for a job at Adventureland, he is wearing both straps of his backpack during the first shot, but in the next shot he's wearing only one strap on his right shoulder.

This error repeats when he first speaks to Bobby.

During the movie, you can see a ride called "Wipeout".

The movie takes place in 1987, though the actual ride was opened in 1991.

This movie was really a waste of time. I feel like nothing happened in the entire movie.

My God, one of the classic "coming of age" movies! I'm 49, and long past the period when these types of movies should have any resonance, and I loved it.

Hated this bogus piece of pretentious crap. The average teens in this movie were completely unrealistic in terms of their musical and cultural knowledge and awareness.

Adventureland was a lot better film than I anticipated. The summary sounds incredibly boring, which it is.

The characters are not very developed..but this both works for the movie and go against it.

An enjoyable film although it did lack energy. Stewart and Reynolds were very subdued, Bill Hader was a highlight though.

This is a very good late teens/early 20s dramedy/romance. It focuses on a group of young people in 1987 who toil at a local amusement park in Pittsburgh, PA, one summer.

This movie just had a feel to it I think I think a lot of people can relate to you don't know what it is but it just puts a smile on your face. Through out this movie I was routing for James and Em to get together so when thy finally did at the end I found I had a genuine smile on face and that isn't something that happens often.

On the surface, 'Adventureland' may look like a nostalgia piece, but there's no love for the era apparent here. If anything it subtly condemns the 80s while using its zeitgeist to fuel what is ultimately a rather shallow, go nowhere dramedy that we've seen a thousand times before And often much better.