Movies I've Seen - Timeline and Don Jon

From IMDB:  A group of archaeological students become trapped in the past when they go there to retrieve their professor. The group must survive in 14th century France long enough to be rescued.

On a scale of 1 to 5, I give this movie a 2.10 because I like Time Travel.
I bet the book was better.
Honestly, I thought the dialogue was unimaginative and not well delivered in many cases.  The plot was cliche and was flimsy.  
One of the clunkiest scenes was when the group of archaeology students learn their professor is in the past and within five minutes they've all agreed to get into an unstable wormhole machine just so they can rescue the professor.  
Francois didn't want to go but the others manipulated him.  They said he's the only one who speaks fluent French so he must go.  He was very scared and was crying.
They arrived in 1357 France on the day of a battle between the English and the French.  When the group was captured by the English, Francois was the one that was killed outright for being a French spy.  
The movie didn't have any emotional beats - it was one thing after the other with each of the plot points being the exact same.  The death of Francois was dealt with exactly the same as a scene where the girl climbs out a window to help them escape.  

The group was in the past for 6 hours total.  Of the 8 who left, only 3 came back.  4 were killed and one fell in love and stayed behind.  
The book probably fleshed out the characters more...?  
The time travel aspect wasn't particularly interesting.  Even at the end, when they came back after changing the outcome of the battle, there wasn't any indication that anything had changed.  
I watched the whole movie so it can't have been too bad, I guess. 

I don't recommend it, though.

From IMDB: A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true love.

I really like Joseph Gordon-Levitt in 3rd Rock from the Sun.  I want the grown up Joseph Gordon-Levitt to be a version of a grown up Tommy.

I think JGL has interesting things to say.  He's done some creative things over the years.

Be warned:  it was profane and sexually explicit.  
But, I think it had something to say about love.  I liked it.

At one point, it seemed like an after-school special, though.  Julianne Moore was teaching him about what it means to make love and be in a relationship.

It wasn't subtle.  
Pornography is one-sided, romantic idealism is one-sided.
To have a real relationship it's a two-way street.

Was this a new version of Saturday Night Fever?  Could have been.