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Calamity

Tuesday, November 04, 2003 - 3:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Did someone else post about this and I just missed it?

Anyway, saw this several weeks ago and had a great time although it wasn't quite as funny as I was expecting. If you don't like Jack Black (I think he's funny) you'll probably hate this movie but even so the kids are all very winning and talented.

I'm also a music fan (although not nearly so devoted as in my younger days) and did a couple internships at record labels during college so there were lots of things in this film that I found amusing and clever that other, possibly more normal, people might not.

The school band jams through the credits so most people actually stayed for them (I think the bass player didn't get a solo though!). The trailers were mostly for kids movies which kinda surprised me at first but I guess it makes sense. They showed previews for The Cat in the Hat (I loved the cartoon so much, I'm not sure about making it into a live action film), The Haunted Mansion (looked a little busy with all the effects - couldn't get a feel for the story), Elf (liked it), and finally Honey (reminded me of a rip off of Flashdance and I've never even seen FD! You never know though - might be okay.).

Donut

Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 10:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i just finally saw it, and liked it. and i usually don't really like jack black, but he was great in this. Joan Cusack was really great..Hubby really liked this movie, cuz like you it is very personal to him too...i actually was surprised at how much of the main stream really loved this movie, cuz a lot of the humor was really geared to a narrow audience who really get the rock references.. like the first couple songs that he used to start teaching them..it cracked us up.. my nephew just started doing 'smoke on the water' last week...
My only problem with the movie was that i am not great at suspending disbelief, and i had waited too long to see it and built up too much expectation. Elf, on the other hand, made me laugh more, cuz I didnt even expect to like it at all and loved it.. I don't even find Will Ferrell annoying any more..By the way, Haunted Mansion could be good, cuz its the same writer as Elf.

Donut

Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 10:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
btw, Calamity what is that unbearably adorable thing in your pic?

Calamity

Saturday, December 27, 2003 - 11:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hi Donut: That's a calendar picture of a California Sea Otter. They are adorable, aren't they? I've never been to the Pacific Coast but am determined to get there one day if only to see the giant Redwood trees and sea otters, lol. We have River Otters where I live (although sadly not that many). They're smaller and not as cute as sea otters but are more playful - nature documentaries always show them sliding down snowbanks and splashing in the water.

School of Rock didn't quite live up to my expectations either but I still liked it a lot. I think High Fidelity was better although obviously a very different kind of film. Btw, there's a hilarious photo spread of Jack Black and Will Ferrell in the latest Entertainment Weekly.

Hope I see you around the boards more often. I really enjoyed your posts!

Donut

Saturday, January 03, 2004 - 12:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
thanks Calamity!
I will have to check out those pics..
I want to see a movie starring Jack Black and Rupert Boneham.. like a Meatballs type thing where they flash back to scenes where they are fat little boys at camp and then they become rich rock stars and buy the camp and come back to revenge the counselors that tortured and picked on them... Wheres a producer when you need to make a good pitch...

Ketchuplover
Member

08-30-2000

Saturday, March 13, 2004 - 8:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I loved it.

Rslover
Member

11-19-2002

Saturday, March 13, 2004 - 8:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Me too!

Happymom
Member

01-20-2003

Sunday, March 14, 2004 - 12:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I had no expectations for this movie at all. I'd never heard of Jack Black either.

I really enjoyed it!

I've seen it twice (most movies, I've never even seen once!)...once in the theatre, once on dvd with our kids. (I am very particular about what they see in the movies and on tv. Pirates of the Carib. and this are the only pg13 movies the two younger ones have seen. The kids really liked it too. I couldn't remember what scenes I wouldn't want them to see, but a friend of my oldest daughter controlled the volume and muted it during one or two scenes for me.) There was some swearing, I really hate that for the kids...in the movie and watching the movie. But, there is always swearing in the pg movies too and even a lot on Survivor (which I regret letting them watch because of the swearing...it does give me a chance to reinforce some lessons though).

Anyway, I'm very particular about what the kids see and this is mostly fine for them.

Tashakinz
Member

11-13-2002

Monday, March 15, 2004 - 8:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
We caught this on video over the weekend and it was very cute.

Kaili
Member

08-31-2000

Monday, March 15, 2004 - 9:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It wasn't what I was expecting (exactly)- it was actually better than I had hopes for. Cute kids- annoying girlfriend (Ned's).

Lycanthrope
Member

09-19-2002

Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 7:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I saw this last night. Enjoyed it. I'm a fan of classic rock, and found that aspect of the film truly engaging. The kids were outstanding, Jack Black was really funny, and Joan Cusack was very appealing in this role.

BTW, aren't Jack Black and Sarah Silverman a real life couple...if so, then they must have had a blast with their scenes is this movie.

Arm22
Member

09-26-2003

Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 11:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think Jack Black is with Laura Kightlinger(sp?)
She is an actress also

Meemo
Member

08-22-2002

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 - 11:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
just saw this and loved it! jack black cracks me up, especially that song he made up! and i loved his "stick it to the man" speech.

btw sarah silverman is with jimmy kimmel
wasn't she annoying?! that can't be acting.

Kaili
Member

08-31-2000

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 - 11:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It was a cute movie- I liked it when the little boy tells the principal that she's the man. And I liked the song too :-)