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Quint was at the BE KIND REWIND premiere at Sundance!

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here.

This was probably the biggest movie playing the fest. It’s a studio film, but it’s by an arts-friendly director and not exactly the most mainstream thing on the planet.

I actually get a little tired of people talking about how Sundance has sold out and it should only have black and white movies shot on hi-8 and Lithuanian documentaries. I go to a lot of film festivals and Sundance is one of the most dependably programmed festivals I’ve ever done.

Film festivals are about drowning yourself in movies, celebrating film as an art form. Sure, it’s about discovering new talent, too, and Sundance has plenty of those films. I’ve seen and loved a few first or second time filmmaker movies so far, but it really is all about programming good or at the very least interesting things.

BE KIND REWIND to me fits with the fest and was a nice pick to be a big premiere.



It was certainly a hot ticket. There were over 100 wait-list people there 4 hours before the show and I was there an hour early and still about 500 people back in the line.

I was warned in advance by another contributor to this very site that saw BE KIND REWIND and hated it with a passion. I’m sure he’ll his own review soon, but I think that warning lowered my expectations a bit.

BE KIND REWIND isn’t a great movie. It’s a good movie. I was going to say that it was a good movie, but my least favorite Michel Gondry movie until Rav reminded me that Gondry directed HUMAN NATURE. I really don’t like that movie. So, it’s my second least favorite Gondry movie.



Jack Black and Mos Def both work really well together and are funny in the movie, but when they’re not remaking films the movie slows down to a snail’s crawl. I especially didn’t like the sub-plot of Glover (who plays the owner of Be Kind Rewind, the video store where Def works) exploring the giant chain competition stores. It just slowed the movie down and didn’t really add anything to the story.



One other unfortunate thing about the flick is that about 85% of the actual remaking sequences are in the trailer. They’re still funny and we get a little more than what we’ve seen, but I honestly would have been happy to have the majority of the movie being Mos, Melanie Diaz, Jack and the gang “swedeing” movies.



The movie is flawed, but still fun and geeky cool at times. I think you spend the most time watching their first movie, GHOSTBUSTERS and that is great stuff. I definitely wanted more of the nitty-gritty of them figuring out how to remake certain scenes.

Alright, enough on this studio dreck! I’m going to review some indies now! Keep an eye out for them… I’ll be writing in-between my movies for today…. Full schedule. Be back soon.



-Quint
quint@aintitcool.com



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What's Lars Ulrich Doing...
by Aquatarkusman
Jan 22nd, 2008
09:29:02 AM
What I don't understand
by Moe Ron
Jan 22nd, 2008
09:34:06 AM
The trailer gives away the whole movie
by BrowncoatJedi
Jan 22nd, 2008
09:44:00 AM
School of Rock
by Thunderbolt Ross
Jan 22nd, 2008
09:48:56 AM
Gondry is going to turn out like Terry Gilliam
by gobofraggleuk
Jan 22nd, 2008
10:04:52 AM
What a shame.
by Boba Fat
Jan 22nd, 2008
10:05:32 AM
JB..Dude..what's up with the hair?
by Head In A Box
Jan 22nd, 2008
10:10:15 AM
That sucks, I was really looking forward to this
by Trazadone
Jan 22nd, 2008
10:13:19 AM
I'm with you, Thunderbolt Ross, Science of Sleep was awful
by Trazadone
Jan 22nd, 2008
10:15:30 AM
Even naked breasts . . .
by Nice Marmot
Jan 22nd, 2008
10:21:21 AM
science of sleep was awesome
by lex romero
Jan 22nd, 2008
10:27:05 AM
I know Jack Black is rather rotund...
by F69
Jan 22nd, 2008
10:38:32 AM
Worst Trailer Ever
by m_prevette
Jan 22nd, 2008
10:41:13 AM
You either "get" Gondry, or you don't...
by drwilliamweir
Jan 22nd, 2008
10:44:23 AM
Ahhh that's a shame :(
by henrydalton
Jan 22nd, 2008
10:51:07 AM
Man, if Quint ranks...
by JohnnyRicoHatesBugs
Jan 22nd, 2008
11:01:17 AM
Jack Black's talent
by Thunderbolt Ross
Jan 22nd, 2008
11:19:40 AM
drwilliamweir..
by soup74
Jan 22nd, 2008
11:32:34 AM
What an oddball movie
by Orionsangels
Jan 22nd, 2008
11:42:03 AM
Worst trailer ever??
by slone13
Jan 22nd, 2008
11:56:20 AM
Meet the Spartans
by F69
Jan 22nd, 2008
12:27:02 PM
i loved science of sleep
by viruswitshoes
Jan 22nd, 2008
12:50:06 PM
F69
by mr_macphisto
Jan 22nd, 2008
12:55:25 PM
"Getting" Gondry
by PotSmokinAlien
Jan 22nd, 2008
12:55:43 PM
On Sly Stallone's talkback part 542
by CobraKai
Jan 22nd, 2008
12:57:25 PM
viruswitshoes
by arctor
Jan 22nd, 2008
12:58:22 PM
the only place this movie will have lines is Sundance
by cookiepuss
Jan 22nd, 2008
01:15:21 PM
Slone13
by Trazadone
Jan 22nd, 2008
02:25:49 PM
mr_macphisto
by soup74
Jan 22nd, 2008
03:02:57 PM
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by BurgerTime
Jan 22nd, 2008
03:50:57 PM
Nothing to do with 'get', it's whether u 'like'
by quantize
Jan 22nd, 2008
03:57:19 PM
Holy Shit? Keith Ledger DEAD?
by Rando Calrisian
Jan 22nd, 2008
04:00:58 PM
Ledger's Joker the Next Crow?
by Redrockmullet
Jan 22nd, 2008
04:15:24 PM
Sundance...
by Tourist
Jan 22nd, 2008
07:39:08 PM
Didn't Crow bomb at theaters?
by skywalkerfamily
Jan 22nd, 2008
07:40:29 PM
am i the only person in the world
by stephen brown
Jan 22nd, 2008
10:01:43 PM
Stephen Brown
by Trazadone
Jan 23rd, 2008
06:23:29 AM
Andy Kaufman?
by joet88
Jan 23rd, 2008
06:48:33 PM
science of sleep was great
by Newmark
Jan 23rd, 2008
07:32:46 PM
mos def is most definitely
by worldofwarcraft
Jan 24th, 2008
01:13:35 AM

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