So this week’s screening was of Dazed and Confused, which I ended up liking because of how funny and interesting the film was. When I read the plot of the film on IMDB, it reminded me of another film that came out a few years ago and was also set on the last day of school and the beginning of summer. I will speak of that movie later on, but I want to mention how much I loved the soundtrack of this film. It was great, I don’t think it was the best soundtrack, but it is in my top ten list for favorite film soundtracks. 

So I want to first talk about the reading that stuck out to me the most and that was “Cultivating the Cult Experience at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema” and that is because it is a movie theater that I have always wanted to go to. I have heard so many things about the Drafthouse and how it is different from cinemas. When I was traveling out west last summer, I drove past a few Drafthouses and wanted to stop and just watch a movie and say that I have been to a Alamo Drafthouse. But sadly I couldn’t because I had to make it to my destination by a certain date. I have looked for an Alamo Drafthouse near me, but the nearest one is 5 hours and 34 minutes away from me. I would love to even go to one of their events that they put on. 

Now let me talk about the film that Dazed and Confused reminds me of. The film that I am talking about is the 2013 film Grown Ups 2. The major way that I see that the two films are similar is that both films take place on the last day of school and at the beginning of summer vacation. Both films take place within one day, while Grown Ups 2 doesn’t go into the next day. Both films feature party at the end of the film and also characters doing stupid stuff during the course of the film. Also both films have high schoolers becoming seniors and also features middle schoolers entering high school. I kind of knew how Dazed and Confused was going to end because of the way Grown Ups 2 ended, even though the endings aren’t similar, they both feature the characters ending up happy by the end of a crazy day. I also knew that Mike was going to get beaten up by the one guy because Grown Ups 2 features a fight and an almost fight as well. There are a few more similarities that I cannot think of at the top of my head right now between these two films, and that is because I haven’t watched Grown Ups 2 in a few years.

So to end this, I want to mention a few things that wouldn’t have made sense anywhere else. The actor that played Mike, Adam Goldberg, was in a few episodes of Friends where he was Chandler’s crazy roommate, Eddie, who moved in after Joey moved out. Next I want to mention how many great memes emerged out of this film just from Matthew McConaughey alone. Now finally, I was curious as to if Matthew McConaughey says “alright” in every one of his films and I found a great video that tallies it all up and I was surprised by the final total. I now think that it is in his contract that he has to say “alright” in every film that he is in.