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  1. 28-Mar-2006 #1
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    "School Of Rock" - What a very average film...

    ...made excellent by "Jack Black"! This was the perfect vehicle for this man! Great fun watch!
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    Actually, I was rather let down by it.

    I don't know, It just seemed too "Adam Sandlerish" for me. Something about it just didn't rub me the right way. I guess it could've been the fact that I only laughed out loud maybe three times through the entire film....

    I'm hoping Tenacius D's "Pick of Destiny" and Jack Black's "Nacho Libre" will be alittle better.
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    I really liked this movie. I'm kind of piturbed you compared it to an Adam Sandler film, Bassman. I think his movies are god awful and Jack Black acts nothing like him.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MikePizzoff
    I really liked this movie. I'm kind of piturbed you compared it to an Adam Sandler film, Bassman. I think his movies are god awful and Jack Black acts nothing like him.
    I think I get what bassman is saying. I like Jack Black too, but in this flick he seemed to be "acting" like Jack Black instead of being himself. Sorta like how a director thinks Jack Black should act around a bunch of kids.
    Black is too wild to be tamed by a director; which is what happened to Sandler, he became a cookie cutter of himslef.
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    Ohhh I got it now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MikePizzoff
    I really liked this movie. I'm kind of piturbed you compared it to an Adam Sandler film, Bassman. I think his movies are god awful and Jack Black acts nothing like him.
    That was the point. I didn't like "School of Rock" all that much. In my opinion it's decent, but nothing special. That's why I compared it to Sandler's films, it reminded me of them and was about as basic as them. Although, I do like "Billy Madison" and "Happy Gilmore". But the rest of Sandler's films suck and for some reason, "School of Rock" seemed like one of those... I just thought it was over-rated.

    I think the real turning point for me was when Black is teaching the girl to play bass guitar and he teaches her to basically play one note Sadly, that's the way most people look at bass...
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    Jack's Stevie Nicks impression was worth the admission price. Most people either love Jack or hate him. I think he is extremely talented.
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