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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 03-31-2000, 04:28 AM:
YAWN!
Posted by Joshua Lott (Member # 240) on 03-31-2000, 05:51 AM:
Ditto.WAY to drawn out.
Nuff said.
Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 04-02-2000, 04:10 AM:
I'll bet the sound was good though, right?
Posted by Michael Barry (Member # 237) on 04-03-2000, 11:14 AM:
!!!! 
I can count on you, John!!!
Posted by Andrew D'Vrey (Member # 285) on 04-09-2000, 12:36 AM:
Y'know, I don't think there was one song played in the soundtrack that I even cared about. Good thing there are pleanty of big bright scenes I could read the newspaper to.------------------
"And the monkey flips the switch."
- Major Don West, "Lost In Space"
Andrew D'Vrey
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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 08-13-2000, 08:49 PM:
This one's finally arrived too this weekend. It did big business at the sneaks at my theatre.From what I saw of it...it doesn't look too bad, although I do think that for such a story 7 reels is a tad too long.
I like John Cusack and think he can even make a stinker half good.
(and no, the sound wasn't that impressive, Michael)
Posted by Steven Clode (Member # 560) on 08-16-2000, 12:42 PM:
Try reading the book it!!!!!!!Sorry i had to run and sort out some problems....... anyway to cut a short message shorter the book makes the film look so much better, if you read one book this century read this one.......
Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 08-18-2000, 02:29 AM:
I read where folks were pretty upset when Disney bought the rights to produce this. I think the results (including transferring the action to Chicago) worked just fine. Although, obviously that guy in the record store studied for the role by watching Michael Keaton in 'NightShift' a couple of hundred times. I liked the music too.
Posted by Sean M. Grimes (Member # 445) on 08-19-2000, 06:29 PM:
Brad -Not to be disrespectful - everyone has their own tastes in movies - but, yawn? I bet that you slept through Magnolia. I dont know even though the book was much better and the adaptations were a little bit "trite" It is still one of me favorite movies of late.
Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 08-20-2000, 01:48 AM:
It droned on and on. I was continually predicting the next scene. It had all been done before. Hence "yawn".
Posted by Sean M. Grimes (Member # 445) on 08-20-2000, 03:53 AM:
Well you are Right there Brad - I guess that it hit home because it hit soo many aspects of my own life- you gotta love movies like that.
Posted by Martin Frandsen (Member # 74) on 09-23-2000, 12:31 PM:
Yes this film sucks, but in Denmark people are crazy about getting to see the flick because it has the Danish actor Iben Hjejle as star. We are a very small nation, so when someone- does-big-time in Hollywood, people go crazy overhere. 
Posted by Dwayne Caldwell (Member # 417) on 10-17-2000, 12:57 AM:
I tried reading the book. As a rule a novel is better than its film adaptation as we all know. Keeping that in mind, I decided to forego the movie as the book was boring as all hell. Started out interesting, then it became whiny IMHO. And I was only on page fifteen when I decided to give it up.------------------
The man with the magic hands.
Posted by Dave Williams (Member # 299) on 11-03-2000, 10:48 PM:
Brad? Yawn?I loved the film. Mainly because John Cusacks character was so right on to my own life. I can see where if you didn't live this way, it doesn't make sense, It would be boring. But as I say, It was me in that film. Spooky. I am still a lot like that person. I still love it.
Dave
Posted by Tom Ferreira (Member # 70) on 11-04-2000, 06:48 AM:
My 2 cents.
I have it on DVD, and enjoyed it greatly. There is a wonderful deleted scene with Beverly D'Angelo trying to sell her husband's record collection to John Cusack.
I guess it hits home because I always made compilation music tapes for girls I was trying to impress. Like Cusack's character in the film, I could never decide on just five songs at a time.
Posted by Darren Crimmins (Member # 1116) on 09-14-2002, 07:31 PM:
This movie is aimed at specific types of people. There are going to be plenty of projectionists who screen this movie because it is their job and not care for it at all. It's not the type of movie for the mainstream moviewatcher, thus many negative reviews about it.
As for the fellow above who said that there was not one song in the movie that he cared about, that is because most of them are obscure songs and only really appeal to a small genre of people who enjoy that type of music. Those are the people the movie is for (I shouldn't leave out people who want to see John Cusak do superb performances, this one included). If they were songs that everybody loved and knew, the character Cusak plays would not be realistic, being that he owns an small, independant record (not CD) store lost in his own topsy-turvy world. Instead, he would be a 'happily' married guy, with his 2.5 kids and 2 door garage in the suburbs managing a mega music store.I really liked this movie because of the excellent cast, and the attitudes and lifestyles of the characters. Jack Black is hilarious and I really enjoyed the trip into understanding Cusaks loathing of his ex's and how his lifestyle as an 'alternative' music listener influences this and his life.
I realize that this is not everyones cup of tea, but I thought it was original and entertaining.
Posted by David Stambaugh (Member # 1102) on 09-15-2002, 08:17 PM:
I've only seen "High Fidelity" once, during its theatrical run, but it left a favorable impression on me. Memorable. And it rekindled my interest in vinyl records...