Did anyone else have a hard time watching this? After almost an hour into the movie, I just deleted it which I don't usually do to movies. It just dragged with uninteresting and annoying characters, especially the main character, Rob.
Lemme guess, you're a Transformers, Stupor Hero, Lord of the Rings Harry Potter dork
shareBlah I hate those movies. Paid money to see see the 2nd Rings and fell asleep ;).
Still haven't finished High Fidelity, but I would recommend it to everyone to see it. Great movie but is not clicking it for me. Great writing, great actors...but something always brings me down watching it.
Try again.
It took me three goes to get through it and in the end I really enjoyed it.
The characters are hard work but the pay off is worth the effort.
Sorry, kids, not every film is about gunfights, explosions & car chases. If you ever made a mix tape for a woman, then you would appreciate this film. Great writing, great humor, great insights, and of course lot's of fun for music lovers/nerds.
shareDid anyone else have a hard time watching this? After almost an hour into the movie, I just deleted it which I don't usually do to movies. It just dragged with uninteresting and annoying characters, especially the main character, Rob.
Are you kidding me?? Barry was the absolute best part of this movie. In fact, it'd probably be unwatchable without him. Every line and facial expression delivered by Jack Black is gold.
The two main characters, not so much. Rob is a mopey douche with an undeserved elitist ego, who deserves the self-pity that he loves to wallow in. He basically has nothing going for him, and I mean emotionally on top of professionally. He chooses to view everything negatively while having a high opinion of only himself. Maybe that's the point, that he's growing up and realizing his mistakes, but he's not a very relatable character.
Laura, as you said, is emotionally unstable, nitpicky, with an ego of her own. She's blaming him for their relationship not working out because HE was the one who DIDN'T change? I don't understand how she fell for him in the first place, but he's the same guy, for better or for worse. What if he did change, and turned into something that she hated? She could at least acknowledge that she's the one who changed and grew out of him, rather than blaming him for not doing whatever it is he was supposed to do in her eyes. Being with someone emotionally stunted and with the same level of maturity they had years ago would get tiring, but you can't fault someone for remaining true to themselves. At least try to HELP him grow, and work it out.
Anyways I like the music/record store culture of this movie, the writing and direction, and Jack Black. The two leads are intolerable but it's a solid movie.
Thanks for the insights; I agree.
Barry was the absolute best part of this movie. In fact, it'd probably be unwatchable without him. Every line and facial expression delivered by Jack Black is gold.
NOPE...ABSOLUTELY OPPOSITE REACTION...LOVED THE FILM AND CHARACTERS THE FIRST TIME I SAW IT...BOUGHT THE VHS...WHICH I LATER REPLACED WITH A DVD AND THEN A BLU-RAY...AT ONE TIME I EVEN HAD THE POSTER HANGING IN MY ROOM.
shareI really liked the novel in the '90s. Then when I checked out this movie on DVD, maybe I still had the novel in mind (which can sometimes ruin the experience) but I didn't find it bad, just...kind of "meh". I felt like it was shaping up to a 6/10 movie and given how much I loved the book, I bailed out after 20 minutes or so.
But I just finally watched the whole thing this week, and now I was all the way in. 9/10
Nor sure exactly what changed, maybe just getting further from the source material?