[Rob Instigator]

Originally Posted by sarramkrop

It's one of the worst movies that I have ever seen in my entire life. Everything about both the book and the film is annoying. The story, the script, JohnfuckingCusack etc. Terrible. But, as you know gmku, I love you. You make my time worthwhile.

the book was set in britain right?
full of refernces to horrid brit bands right?

[Rob Instigator]

i like the movie
entertaining.
I love when the pussy twitchy fuck is playing belle and fucking sebastian.

[Everyneurotic]

what a horrid belle & sebastian song he plays!

i mean, i love me some twee metal (by which i mean i really love most of b&s), but that song in particular is awful! like barry says, it's "bland pap".

[luxinterior]

I just don't understand how people can still see John Cusack's character as a an individual who deserves any kind of sympathy.

When people say they can relate to him, I have to wonder why.

[gmku]

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

i like the movie
entertaining.
I love when the pussy twitchy fuck is playing belle and fucking sebastian.

Yah, and how he goes (with a slight twitch), "...Correct," when his flirt at the counter surprises him by interjecting, "The Clash!"

God, I've known people like him. But then how could I not? I lived in a pretentious little college town.

[gmku]

Overall, the movie is nostalgic for me--nostalgic for a place that may not even have existed except in my imagination. Championship Vinyl is the place I wanted every one of my favorite record stores to really be. Run by snobs for snobs, run as place where people really talked about music, and where relationships really did begin and end over music. A total music fan's wet dream, at least for a certain generation.

[gmku]

I also love Barry (Jack Black's) sarcastic minor rant about "Oh, I thought we wanted customers to come. I didn't know not having customers was a business strategy," or something like that. And Cusack can't say anything. Perfect.

[the ikara cult]

Originally Posted by luxinterior

I just don't understand how people can still see John Cusack's character as a an individual who deserves any kind of sympathy.

When people say they can relate to him, I have to wonder why.

I know what you mean, although people have told me that im like him, which by extension means i am deserving of no sympathy, which is troubling.
I hate Belle and Sebastien though which saves me somewhat from the fires.

[luxinterior]

Originally Posted by the ikara cult

I know what you mean, although people have told me that im like him, which by extension means i am deserving of no sympathy, which is troubling.
I hate Belle and Sebastien though which saves me somewhat from the fires.

I've had four different people, within the past week, tell me that they saw Juno and the main character reminded them of me. One actually phoned me for the sole purpose of telling me this.

I have not seen this movie, I was not planning on seeing it, and now I am going to actually try not to see it. I don't know if I could sit there and watch it.

[king_buzzo]

my favourite movie. come over and then we'll watch it and discuss it like hardcore fans.

[terminal pharmacy]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

o man i hate that movie, i have to confess

he TALKS TOO MUCH

while i enjoy talk-based movies (many european films come to mind), the cinematic device of having a character look at the camera and rant forever annoys me to no end. add spalding gray to the lot of it.

sure, zeta is in it, and that's a bonus, but by god, they did a horrid job of condensing a book for the screen with that one. compare with no country for old men. oh yes. the beastly glory of it.

cormac mcarthy is ina different league to hornby, i did like the movie though, it was pretty much like the record store i worked in for 6 years.

[gmku]

Originally Posted by king_buzzo

my favourite movie. come over and then we'll watch it and discuss it like hardcore fans.

Word.

[king_buzzo]

high five!

[king_buzzo]

Originally Posted by Everyneurotic

agreed, they kinda make up for it by displaying better records in the background.

haha yeah, i love the US Maple poster that they have up. I just keep spotting new records in the backgrounds.

I love Barry's little reccomendation of Psychocandy and Blonde on Blonde to that guy.

[gmku]

To the side, down low... Too slow!

[king_buzzo]

anyone ever wondered what sonic death monkey actually sounded like?

[gmku]

I got the impression Barry just made the name up to bug the Cusack character, and that all along the band was really what we see at the end.

[Crumb's Crunchy Delights]

Originally Posted by king_buzzo

anyone ever wondered what sonic death monkey actually sounded like?

They play Let's Get It On at the end.

[Everyneurotic]

Originally Posted by gmku

I got the impression Barry just made the name up to bug the Cusack character, and that all along the band was really what we see at the end.

actually, the guitar player dude who answers the ad tells him they are already called that.

before they play let's get it on, barry announces they will change the name to katherine turner overdrive.

[Crumb's Crunchy Delights]

Incidentally, if you don't hate Hornby after reading High Fidelity, give this a go:

 

you'll want to cut his fingers off so he never writes his sad old man garbage again.