Movies: New Ideas Welcome II Prequel Reboot

[Handyman]

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The first time I recall ever seeing Jack Black. He was awesome in this. And it's a good, stupid movie, lotta fun.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106233/...m_flmg_act_125

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T5HiXzMd6I

Mitchell: Chill, brah.
Augie: Did he just call you a piece of underwear?

That movie rules!

[rufus]

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The first time I recall ever seeing Jack Black. He was awesome in this. And it's a good, stupid movie, lotta fun.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106233/...m_flmg_act_125

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T5HiXzMd6I

Mitchell: Chill, brah.
Augie: Did he just call you a piece of underwear?

[SJHovey]

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School of Rock is great fun and the wife and I watch it until the end every time if we find it while surfing. Jack Black is ok in small dosesonly and I thought he was solid in Shallow Hal.

I enjoyed his part in High Fidelity.

[Handyman]

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Here's a short dose of Black in "The Jackal".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4trDzqKKFD4

Only reason to watch that horrid film

[SonofSouthie]

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School of Rock is great fun and the wife and I watch it until the end every time if we find it while surfing. Jack Black is ok in small dosesonly and I thought he was solid in Shallow Hal.

Here's a short dose of Black in "The Jackal".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4trDzqKKFD4

[Slap Shot]

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School of Rock is great fun and the wife and I watch it until the end every time if we find it while surfing. Jack Black is ok in small dosesonly and I thought he was solid in Shallow Hal.

[mookie1995]

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And School of Rock is one of the few Jack Black films I like. I love him as a secondary character but as the star I find him awful.

mookie likes the movie

[Handyman]

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All I know is Tom Cruise is in the movie...

And School of Rock is one of the few Jack Black films I like. I love him as a secondary character but as the star I find him awful.

[Kepler]

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Rock of Ages was adapted to film from the play, IIRC. It's like someone looked at what happened with Grease and got everything wrong, from what I'm told. I've never seen the play.

The play is definitely an attempt to transplant Grease to 80s hair bands. I think it is gloriously successful -- it is completely self-mocking. I don't know if that was lost in the film which I didn't even know had been made.

One of the best parts of the play was the cast were Disney types who typically have to slog around being The Handsome F-cking Prince or something. They're all hysterically over-the-top, every guy is spectacularly gay, so the love/sex scenes with the innocent-but-hot-but-good-but-naughty whatever lead girl are about as sincere as a televangelist. Also they tended to be very young silly / stupid actors, and a cruise ship aint exactly the Old Vic, so more often than not an air of deeply subversive anarchy prevailed, and a more or less delightful malice towards the fat old brood sow from Kansas in row G seat 12.

It was fun.

[St. Clown]

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You're right, I am. :-)

I don't think I've ever heard of Rock of Ages.

Edit: Oh, f-ck, yes I have! I even saw it performed -- on a cruise ship.

It's hysterically bad-stupid-good and I fully agree with the Road House comparison.

Rock of Ages was adapted to film from the play, IIRC. It's like someone looked at what happened with Grease and got everything wrong, from what I'm told. I've never seen the play.

Also, School of Rock was a huge hit. Most people seem to like it.

[Kepler]

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I believe you're confusing School of Rock with Rock of Ages.

You're right, I am. :-)

I don't think I've ever heard of Rock of Ages.

Edit: Oh, f-ck, yes I have! I even saw it performed -- on a cruise ship.

It's hysterically bad-stupid-good and I fully agree with the Road House comparison.

[St. Clown]

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It's one of those movies that's always on so I have checked in for about five minutes here and there. My reaction is always the same: "oh Jack Black, you are better than this (click)." I have yet to see a single entertaining scene.

I believe you're confusing School of Rock with Rock of Ages.

[Kepler]

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Rock of Ages. I had never seen it and now I wish I hadn't. Holy hell is it awful. If it was intended as satire I might give it a pass but as it stands oh em gee.

It's one of those movies that's always on so I have checked in for about five minutes here and there. My reaction is always the same: "oh Jack Black, you are better than this (click)." I have yet to see a single entertaining scene.

[The Rube]

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Rock of Ages. I had never seen it and now I wish I hadn't. Holy hell is it awful. If it was intended as satire I might give it a pass but as it stands oh em gee.

It gives Road House a run for its money in how awesomely horrible it is. I love it for that reason.

[Slap Shot]

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Rock of Ages. I had never seen it and now I wish I hadn't. Holy hell is it awful. If it was intended as satire I might give it a pass but as it stands oh em gee.