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shmokes:
I have been trying to decide what type of law to practice . . . and there appears to be an opening . . .
BTW, if School of Rock sucked it's more likely because of Jack Black than in spite of him. The guy can be really funny, but the majority of his movies are horrible. And I get the impression that a lot of the problem is that directors have a hard time reigning him in -- kind of like Jim Carrey in a lot of his early work. Whatever you have to say about School of Rock in general, it stacks up VERY well against the majority of Jack Black movies.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: shmokes on September 30, 2008, 09:39:49 am ---I have been trying to decide what type of law to practice . . . and there appears to be an opening . . .
BTW, if School of Rock sucked it's more likely because of Jack Black than in spite of him. The guy can be really funny, but the majority of his movies are horrible. And I get the impression that a lot of the problem is that directors have a hard time reigning him in -- kind of like Jim Carrey in a lot of his early work. Whatever you have to say about School of Rock in general, it stacks up VERY well against the majority of Jack Black movies.
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I think that has to do more with the "work for a check" syndrome vs working for quality. Can't blame him for doing it - gotta make it while it's there to be made.
Ginsu Victim:
School of Rock was written by Mike White for Jack Black. He wrote the role with him in mind the whole time. Richard Linklater came in as director BECAUSE he wanted to direct a White script starring Black.
AtomSmasher:
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rottentomatoes loses all credibility with me when crap like School of Rock gets a 90+ rating.
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90% thought it was above average. What's wrong with that?
Richard Linklater, Mike White, Jack Black, and a rockin' soundtrack....what's the problem?
I love that movie.
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There are actually two scores on RottenTomatoes that you should look at when seeing how good a movie is. The first obviously is the tomatometer, but the second is the "Average Rating." The average rating works exactly the same as Metacritic and averages the scores of the reviewers. The tomatometer is nice as it quickly tells you how many people found the movie to be worth seeing, but the average rating tells you exactly what they thought of the movie.
The average rating of School of Rock is 7.7/10, which I think is a little high, but not by much. It was an enjoyable movie, but completely unoriginal.
Malenko:
--- Quote from: shmokes on September 30, 2008, 09:39:49 am ----- kind of like Jim Carrey in a lot of his early work.
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Ace Ventura was awesome and is still one of my all time fave flicks, the sequel was just as good; however the Mask was SCHMOKIN HORRIBLE
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