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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 14:41:19 GMT 10
I thought I should make a thread about my favourite musically related film or at least the film that best depicts my love for music. High Fidelity. Just to state first off i've never read the book which i've heard is excellent and I probably should give it a chance to compare and contrast, however the film I fell in love with on first viewing and have fallen in love with even more every time i've seen it. First saw it around 15-16 and related to the loneliness, pessimism, and frustration and over-analytical nature of the lead character Rob Gordon (as played outstandingly by John Cusack) whilst also recognising Rob as a hugely flawed character. Regardless of plenty of the awful things Rob does and the arc his character takes though, there is still a lot of wise things said out of his mouth. He's not as good a guy as Dick but he lacks his shyness and is therefore more eloquent and he's just an all around much more easier person to tolerate than Barry (Jack Black at the funniest he's ever been). Yet of course the thing that's best to examine with High Fidelity for this forum is the musical elements which dive deep into music nerd territory (though there are some mainstream references) and it's consistently really amusing. This a scene that always gave me the giggles, though definitely watch the whole film when you get the chance:
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Post by BluesyThug on Dec 19, 2016 15:11:31 GMT 10
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 15:12:32 GMT 10
Actually that scene is genius |
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Post by BluesyThug on Dec 19, 2016 15:15:03 GMT 10
Actually that scene is genius How does it compare to this: |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 15:15:51 GMT 10
You morbid little twat
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Post by BluesyThug on Dec 19, 2016 15:36:55 GMT 10
Okay, here's something that'll definitely get you moist. The most romantic scene in film history  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 15:38:33 GMT 10
Awkward
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Post by BluesyThug on Dec 19, 2016 15:42:58 GMT 10
Yeah, I suppose it's a little awkward for you afterwards....  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 15:44:00 GMT 10
Ew
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Post by BluesyThug on Dec 19, 2016 15:52:05 GMT 10
Ew? More like  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 22:40:02 GMT 10
What's a High Fidelity? How come I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't watch TV around here?
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Post by BluesyThug on Dec 19, 2016 23:00:45 GMT 10
What's a High Fidelity? How come I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't watch TV around here? It's a film that centres around a narcissistic music lover starring John Cusack, Jack Black and Tim Robbins, among others |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 23:06:24 GMT 10
What's a High Fidelity? How come I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't watch TV around here? It's a film that centres around a narcissistic music lover starring John Cusack, Jack Black and Tim Robbins, among others Sounds weird...Especially considering it has freaking Jack Black and John Cusack. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 23:07:12 GMT 10
It's a film that centres around a narcissistic music lover starring John Cusack, Jack Black and Tim Robbins, among others Sounds weird...Especially considering it has freaking Jack Black and John Cusack. How dare you? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 23:10:15 GMT 10
Sounds weird...Especially considering it has freaking Jack Black and John Cusack. How dare you? The only films I've seen with Cusack are 2012 and Being John Malkovitch. 2012 was just straight up bad, and Being John Malkovitch, while it was awesome, was undoutbley one of the more obscure movies. As for Jack Black, I've seen many of his movies only one of which I actually enjoyed. Maybe the Kung Fu Panda series as well, but those movies are still pretty dumb IMO. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 23:12:04 GMT 10
The only films I've seen with Cusack are 2012 and Being John Malkovitch. 2012 was just straight up bad, and Being John Malkovitch, while it was awesome, was undoutbley one of the more obscure movies. As for Jack Black, I've seen many of his movies only one of which I actually enjoyed. Maybe the Kung Fu Panda series as well, but those movies are still pretty dumb IMO. Neither of them have ever been better than in this film. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 23:13:24 GMT 10
The only films I've seen with Cusack are 2012 and Being John Malkovitch. 2012 was just straight up bad, and Being John Malkovitch, while it was awesome, was undoutbley one of the more obscure movies. As for Jack Black, I've seen many of his movies only one of which I actually enjoyed. Maybe the Kung Fu Panda series as well, but those movies are still pretty dumb IMO. Neither of them have ever been better than in this film. Have you seen John Malkovitch or School of Rock? Both very good films. I mean, I'm just not sure about the premise. It's not normal enough to bore me but it's not odd enough to entice me. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 23:15:19 GMT 10
Neither of them have ever been better than in this film. Have you seen John Malkovitch or School of Rock? Both very good films. I mean, I'm just not sure about the premise. It's not normal enough to bore me but it's not odd enough to entice me. There's a lot more to it than his character's music nerd status.It examines relationships better than most films. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 23:17:40 GMT 10
And ive seen School of Rock
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 23:18:20 GMT 10
Have you seen John Malkovitch or School of Rock? Both very good films. I mean, I'm just not sure about the premise. It's not normal enough to bore me but it's not odd enough to entice me. There's a lot more to it than his character's music nerd status.It examines relationships better than most films. Relationships as in love or human relationships? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 23:18:51 GMT 10
As in love
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 23:40:32 GMT 10
hm, not too sure how I feel about romance movies. They generally tend to make me feel more lonely. |
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Post by BluesyThug on Dec 19, 2016 23:44:41 GMT 10
Sounds weird...Especially considering it has freaking Jack Black and John Cusack. How dare you? I'm honestly surprised you didn't say that about me referring to Cusack's character as narcissistic haha |
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Post by BluesyThug on Dec 19, 2016 23:45:26 GMT 10
hm, not too sure how I feel about romance movies. They generally tend to make me feel more lonely. If it makes you feel any better you often get to use tissues.... for both purposes |
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Post by BluesyThug on Dec 19, 2016 23:47:24 GMT 10
The only films I've seen with Cusack are 2012 and Being John Malkovitch. 2012 was just straight up bad, and Being John Malkovitch, while it was awesome, was undoutbley one of the more obscure movies. As for Jack Black, I've seen many of his movies only one of which I actually enjoyed. Maybe the Kung Fu Panda series as well, but those movies are still pretty dumb IMO. I genuinely like 2012, although it's certainly far from perfect. Always an entertaining watch. I'm also surprised you don't like it considering the Russians are pretty prominent  |
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Post by BluesyThug on Dec 19, 2016 23:49:25 GMT 10
The only films I've seen with Cusack are 2012 and Being John Malkovitch. 2012 was just straight up bad, and Being John Malkovitch, while it was awesome, was undoutbley one of the more obscure movies. As for Jack Black, I've seen many of his movies only one of which I actually enjoyed. Maybe the Kung Fu Panda series as well, but those movies are still pretty dumb IMO. Neither of them have ever been better than in this film. "cough"Shallow Hal"cough" |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 23:52:46 GMT 10
hm, not too sure how I feel about romance movies. They generally tend to make me feel more lonely. If it makes you feel any better you often get to use tissues.... for both purposes I have never used tissues for "that purpose" in any romance movie lel. To be fair I only watched like 2 in my life. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 23:54:34 GMT 10
The only films I've seen with Cusack are 2012 and Being John Malkovitch. 2012 was just straight up bad, and Being John Malkovitch, while it was awesome, was undoutbley one of the more obscure movies. As for Jack Black, I've seen many of his movies only one of which I actually enjoyed. Maybe the Kung Fu Panda series as well, but those movies are still pretty dumb IMO. I genuinely like 2012, although it's certainly far from perfect. Always an entertaining watch. I'm also surprised you don't like it considering the Russians are pretty prominent That Russian guy was a classic representation of the worst type of people in Russia after the breakup of the USSR. Millionaire retards who know nothing but themselves. The movie for me was a bore, all that was entertaining was the amazing visual effects of blowing up San Francisco, which was pretty entertaining. But story wise it was filled with plot holes, deus ex machinas, and the entire story was less developed than Transformers 3. |
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Post by BluesyThug on Dec 20, 2016 0:07:13 GMT 10
If it makes you feel any better you often get to use tissues.... for both purposes I have never used tissues for "that purpose" in any romance movie lel. To be fair I only watched like 2 in my life. Well sometimes there's sexy scenes in these kind of movies.... Kelan can tell you all about it |
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Post by BluesyThug on Dec 20, 2016 0:07:54 GMT 10
I genuinely like 2012, although it's certainly far from perfect. Always an entertaining watch. I'm also surprised you don't like it considering the Russians are pretty prominent That Russian guy was a classic representation of the worst type of people in Russia after the breakup of the USSR. Millionaire retards who know nothing but themselves. The movie for me was a bore, all that was entertaining was the amazing visual effects of blowing up San Francisco, which was pretty entertaining. But story wise it was filled with plot holes, deus ex machinas, and the entire story was less developed than Transformers 3. So I take it you were glad that he fell to his death |
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