Kicking off the screening series of 2008 movies, we have "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" (runtime: 90 minutes)

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Good menu screen, evokes the aching authenticity of aughts-era emo, as well as blu-ray connectivity #NandN21

Opening screen: Columbia logo with a heartful guitar strumming #NandN21

Everybody loved vinyl in 2008. #NandN21

We have established that we're in a world of vinyl, midwestern houses, and zines #NandN21

iTunes playlist-to-cd-ripping-pipeline established #NandN21

This is already so 2008 #NandN21

We have Cera's ex disrespecting the art of the playlist, I don't think this will work out well for Trish #NandN21

"He makes the best mixes in the world. Look at this cover art." /swoon #NandN21

"Gotta put this in my iPod" #NandN21

There are so many steps to import to iPod, it's so annoying #NandN21

"Somewhere in the five boroughs" ... this is NYC? Wouldn't have guessed #NandN21

Taking multiple cars into the city. Terrible idea. #NandN21

Norah is suffering from the burden of having a famous dad #famousdad #burden #NandN21

We're still in the credits sequence? How is this possible? This movie is only 90 minutes long. We're gonna need to speed this up. #NandN21

The credits will be going for a full 90 minutes #NandN21

Cera (Nick) driving a Yugo is incredibly hack for 2008; this was a tired cliche by the mid-90s #NandN21

Bishop Allen! Wowwwwwwwww. Big get. #NandN21

I've never heard of Bishop Allen #NandN21

"You're practical blowing him with your eyes ... he's a complete Moe" #ClassicMovieQuotes #NandN21

The floaty camera drunk feeling is pretty well-executed, but the lighting in here is way too bright. #NandN21

I'm confused by the Fluffy mythos... there's a band called "Where's Fluffy", but this random guy "will help us find Fluffy"? Don't know what this means #NandN21

I believe you have to #FollowTheWhiteRabbit to get to the #SecretClub. #FollowFluffy #NandN21

I like Gary's semi-jacket. Good look. #NandN21

2008 was ostensibly the prime of my youth, but I don't relate to anything I see here at all; this is so alien #NandN21

This is just what people in 2008 wanted 2008 to be like. #NandN21

Norah has strong Beetlejuice vibes. #NandN21

Trisha pales in comparison to YGM's Patricia Eden (a compelling shrewish gf/ex); she's just too obviously unpleasant/villainish #NandN21

Carolyn's drunk #NandN21

Hey look, it's actually Bishop Allen! #ActuallyBishopAllen #NandN21

Who are they #NandN21

They're a band. #BishopAllenIsABand #NandN21

"It's not a cab, my friend, I promise you." #ClassicMovieLines #NandN21

Nick and Norah's meet-cute was confusing, and I don't really buy anything here

This is so desperately quirky, and the people in it so largely a bummer to be around

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I'm having such a bad time right now; I feel like this is the only era in history I don't understand #NandN21

The dreamy nonsensical nature of what's happening right now actually rings fairly true to me. #NandN21

When is this playlist going to start? I thought it was supposed to be infinite. #NandN21

"You know fluffy's not going on until super late, though." #ClassicMovieLines #NandN21

Kat Dennings (Norah) is really charismatic here, and I kind of like the sloppiness, MIDI-backed world they've created... but I generally find it claustrophic and inhuman, it's a weird tension #NandN21

"All your friends are gay, right" #ClassicMovieLines #NandN21

Was a Seth Meyers appearance in 2008 a "cameo", or was it too early for his existence to matter? #NandN21

Kat Dennings (Norah) is making many sorts of guttural noises in conversation #NandN21

Why is Michael Cera (Nick) attempting to drive around at night in New York City? This is not the way to get around at night in New York City. #NandN21

They have not yet implemented congestion pricing, it's fine #NandN21

Nick (Cera) apparently recorded his own voice for a final track of his playlist... this is ambitious, I don't know of anybody who had a mic that wasn't extremely lo-fi during this era #NandN21

The surreal wandering randomness of being drunk in a city at night is pretty good. #NandN21

Neither Nick nor Norah are drunk, this is established #NandN21

They're drunk on life. #NandN21

Nick establishes his alphaness with an epic (ridiculous) u-turn

Norah assaults him #NandN21

Is "Finding Fluffy" a band that only does scavenger-hunt-type shows? I'm lost #NandN21

How is Norah's friend still drunk? It's been at least hours. #NandN21

Carolyn was very drunk

...Everybody in this movie is triggering extremely specific annoyances with me; even the scene about purchasing transit options was very upsetting to watch #NandN21

I believe the band is just called "Fluffy". #NandN21

There is now a man with a chef's hat with the logos of many sorts of wines/liqueurs printed on it, I'm not sure how we're supposed to interpret it; Carolyn wants his sandwich #NandN21

How does she know it's a turkey sandwich? Turkey is relatively hard to recognize. #NandN21

Carolyn is about to steal his sandwich, but almost pukes, this is really unpleasant #NandN21

She pukes #NandN21

Jesus #NandN21

The whole saga of Carolyn has gotten very unpleasant. Deeply, deeply unpleasant. #NandN21

If there's one thing to be nostalgic about 2008-era, it's the power-use of dumbphones, but I don't even get the dumbphone vibe #NandN21

This movie should give an explainer of cross-borough bridge tolls, I need to understand the consequences here #NandN21

Parking near a popular club should not have been that easy to find. #NandN21

Good YouTube mention. Cool obscure reference. #NandN21

They both own this song #NandN21

This is almost mumblecore screenwriting. I'm kinda into it. #NandN21

No it isn't #NandN21

Jay Baruchel (alpha male) has been introduced, we now have stakes #NandN21

Seeing bands is not generally a scavenger hunt in precisely this way (they expected to locate Fluffy, but instead got the poor stylings of Randy); confusing logistics

I don't see how anybody gets paid here #NandN21

That band sounded pretty good. It's a shame everyone walked out just because they're not Fluffy. #NandN21

Eric? I thought it was Gary. Is it Jerry? Will we ever know? #NandN21

Names (as well as relationships) were more fluid back then #NandN21

I'm really enjoying this movie. #NandN21

I'm not having a *great* time #NandN21

I forgot how much 2008 was an era in which explicit grossness was considered a funny quirk that you can use to color a story #NandN21

"I wanna hold your hand. It's their first single. It's brilliant, right?" Some deep Beatles analysis happening here. #NandN21

There's something pleasant about meandering conversations coupled with drony lo-fi backing... but it's foregrounded with high-stakes chaces, I just want the opportunity to relax #NandN21

Caroline can't possibly still be this drunk. It's been *hours*. #NandN21

Caroline (Carolyn) was very, very drunk #NandN21

There is really very little opportunity to relax, but otherwise this movie is quite pleasant. Other than the grossness. #NandN21

Lot of wipe cuts #NandN21

Big SNL presence in this film. #NandN21

Samberg introduces us to his houseless compatriot "Switzerland", with the right balance of threat and quirkiness #NandN21

This movie reminds me how homophobic the aughts were (although it's ostensibly sympathetic, I could not create a more homophobic movie if I tried) #NandN21

Finally, someone has used a type of transportation other than a personal vehicle to get around NYC. Trish must be the hero of this film. #NandN21

Yes, this movie exemplifies the difference between presence and representation. #NandN21

Every time Nick's friends are discussed in any way, it is framed in context of their gay-ness. #NandN21

This works less as a movie, and more as a visual accompaniment to a playlist: if viewed as the sort of murky video that occurs in the background of a karaoke screen, it's pretty okay #NandN21

"Switzerland" may be the only Black character so far in the film #NandN21

Norah boyfriend was right about the 45 minutes thing. Absolute vindication. A happy ending after all. #NandN21

Is everyone in this movie a stereotype? Is that the point? Maybe that's the point. #NandN21

This may be the defining trait of the aughts #NandN21

The song that Trisha owns is less quirky and less special #NandN21

It's fun to spend 90 minutes watching Michael Cera experience multiple women attempting to seduce him. I assume that was the core of the original pitch for this movie. #NandN21

The lesson is that he needs to reject them all in the search for authenticity #authenticity #NandN21

Good payphone usage. This scene will soon be inscrutable to modern audiences. #NandN21

We were never asked #NandN21

It's novel screenwriting. #NovelScreenwriting #NandN21

I was a gum fan in 2008, and people did not care this much about gum back then #gum #NandN21

We have not seen anywhere near enough of this infinite playlist. #ShowUsThePlaylist #NandN21

"You are, like, my musical soulmate" #ClassicMovieLines #NandN21

Cool to finally get more info on her famous dad. #FamousDad #NandN21

Norah's dad knows the "Crows" #FamousDad #NandN21

The "Finding Fluffy" scavenger hunt is still going on at 4am? Is there a show yet to happen? Still confused #NandN21

Fluffy is as elusive as ever, but I think they have a good lead now, from the late night radio DJ. #NandN21

Having a bad time #NandN21

This is Wish Fulfillment: The Movie. #NandN21

"I love your mixes, by the way" #ClassicMovieLines #NandN21

This whole thing is like a Cassavetes movie as filtered through a credit card commercial #NandN21

What a crazy night this has been. #NandN21

Some good ASMR action going on now. The movie has turned entirely to whispers. #NandN21

The plot of this movie is about the first time that ASMR was recorded (her first orgasm) #NandN21

We're so close to reaching catharsis, what a journey #NandN21

Gary is the hero of this flim. #StanGary #GaryIsLife #NandN21

Gary is living an authentic life #GaryLife #NandN21

We Found Fluffy #NandN21

FLUFFY!!! Could Fluffy be a reference to 'Fluffhead', the famous Phish song? #NandN21

"I love you, New York!" #ClassicMovieLines #NandN21

FINALLY they are going to ride a train. It took Nick's car getting destroyed to make it happen, but we got there. #NandN21

Bad things happen when you ride cars #NandN21

Not a good time #NandN21

Vampire Weekend over the credits. #UltimatePlaylist #NandN21

It had its merits. #NandN21

Devendra Banhart in a cameo? OMG so epic #NandN21

I remain disappointed by the lack of significant engagement with the infinite playlist. I mean, I knew it would be a metaphor, but I didn't realize it would be *entirely* a metaphor. #NandN21

I really desired and expected more about playlist management; we got an iTunes playlist sighting in the first three minutes, but the rest of the film underdelivered #NandN21

©2008 Playlist, LLC. All rights reserved. #NandN21