School of Rock

[Pubrick]

by the way, how does one person link  an image like that to  here?

[bonanzataz]

i love jack black. i love richard linklater. i love mike white. i love joan cusack as well.

why did i hate this movie?

i turned it off after the first half hour. another minute and i would've died of boredom. there are no good laughs, they try to milk the "jack black character" as much as possible, and i hate kids. i chuckled once or twice, but it wasn't enough to keep me interested. i guess hate is a strong word. if it was on tv, maybe i'd give it another chance. but i am a little angry that i spent $5 at blockbuster for it since netflix had a long wait.

[Stefen]

I understand what your sayingf Taz. but I watched this the other night and I had alot of fun, maybe it was because I could really care less about the people in this movie, but regardless it was a very fun movie in my opinion.

[Ghostboy]

Were you in a bad mood? I didn't really like it the first time I saw it either, but I had a terrible caffeine-withdrawal-induced-headache at the time, and a second viewing turned me on to it charms.

[pete]

no big laughs?  the part where they finally got past the audition (not going to spoil it if you haven't seen it) was hilarious.  I just saw this on the airplane, and I dunno why, I always cry at in-flight movies (even the terrible deliverying milo).  this film made me teary, yes it did.

[bonanzataz]

i didn't get to that part, pete. i just thought the movie relied too heavily on jack black being able to carry the movie with his typical shtick and it didn't work. why exactly did linklater do this? all of his movies are appealing based on his dialogue. he was just being lazy here and it really shows.

[Slick Shoes]

I liked it accept for one part: when that kid gets chewed out by his dad in the parking lot and the Jack Black character is there to witness it all. I've seen that scene way too many times. This one brought nothing new to the table.

[Stefen]

SPOILER................








One thing that bothered me about this movie is at the end when they go to the battle of the bands they are up against Deweys old band, but I didnt even know it until the third time I watched it. They should have made it more evident. that would have been cooler. The end though, does indeed rock.

[NEON MERCURY]

i didn't get to that part, pete. i just thought the movie relied too heavily on jack black being able to carry the movie with his typical shtick and it didn't work..

it usually never does w/ black

[artfag]

Jack Black is the new Bill Murray.  He does a fantastic job playing himself with several different names, but never really strays from just being himself.

[dufresne]

Jack Black is the new Bill Murray.  He does a fantastic job playing himself with several different names, but never really strays from just being himself.

uhh...that could also be a bad thing.

e.g. Pauly Shore

[bluejaytwist]

this film should have been called:

'school of my cock'
and had jack black masturbating to a mirror for 1.5hrs
it would have been less subtle, but the same idea

i don't believe i laughed once (except for once or twice at the beginning due to current parallels between blacks band and my own)

golden globe nomition for black for *that* performance???

it cheapens the other worthy nominees of this year, like jamie lee curtis for freaky friday.

[grand theft sparrow]

I gather that not a lot of you are fans of Tenacious D.

[bonanzataz]

HUGE tenacious d fan. saw them in concert, bought the dvd, the cd. i give and i give and i give to mr. black and he repays me with school of fucking rock...

did kyle make a cameo in this movie?

[cine]

did kyle make a cameo in this movie?

Not that I can recall.