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Our first review of Michel Gondry's BE KIND, REWIND starring Jack Black and Mos Def!!!

First, who gives a shit.... by dead000	Feb 22nd, 2007 08:52:35 AM
Knew it would be good.
Can't wait, looks good by Andy Dufresne	Feb 22nd, 2007 08:54:16 AM
Eternal Sunshine rules the roost.
GONDRY!! by Scenester_Intern55	Feb 22nd, 2007 08:57:40 AM
Awesome...I've been a fan of Gondry's since the White Stripes video days...can't wait to see this flick
Straight to dumpster release by Baron Karza	Feb 22nd, 2007 09:02:06 AM
The premise sounds like shit, Jack Black is not funny, and I'm sure Gondry is doing this as a throwaway experiment for $.
It would HAVE to be a period piece... by Abin Sur	Feb 22nd, 2007 09:07:27 AM
Yackbacker, I agree. Funny is funny, but suspending THAT much disbelief as to the reason behind "re-filming" these movies is going to be tough.
YackBacker by aicmb	Feb 22nd, 2007 09:13:16 AM
Settle down. It's a movie.
VHS Tapes by Semprini98	Feb 22nd, 2007 09:18:41 AM
This is a really nit-picky argument. But if you want an answer, why don't you consider that they already HAVE the tapes. The old ones are erased, not destroyed. They can just record over the old ones, no?
That's been my problem with this premise from jump... by Childe Roland	Feb 22nd, 2007 09:20:01 AM
...Yack. Although there's a certain childlike absurdist logic at work, unless this is a period piece I won't be able to maintain the necessary level of acceptance to sit through all of this.
Maybe... by Randall Flagg	Feb 22nd, 2007 09:24:23 AM
Maybe it's set in the future where VHS are as scarce as 8 tracks, but they live in such a backwards town that DVD hasn't found its way there yet. (hmm.. 11 posts and 3 King icons have already posted in here... weird...)
Perhaps the title of this movie and Bacon's by just pillow talk	Feb 22nd, 2007 09:28:07 AM
got switched? This should be called "Death Sentence". Bacon's could be called "Be Kind, Rewind" cause he wants his life back the way it was. But nooo, he's gotta fight the system the only way he knows how...with violence and guns!
Guys, why can't the characters just be IDIOTS? by FluffyUnbound	Feb 22nd, 2007 09:30:04 AM
Maybe they're just dumb, and this strikes them as the best way to solve their predicament. Hell, most situation comedy relies on the stupidity of the characters for its basis.
ANOTHER FINE MESS by ImJustSaying	Feb 22nd, 2007 09:31:50 AM
Ok, this "review" was way too short, but yeah, I'm so up for this film. And hooray for Laurel and Hardy. They seriously should make more of those. Get Ricky Gervais and McKenzie Cook, and there you go! Oh shit... they seriously need to do that. Anyone in the business reading this? I just pitched something amazing! Make it so!
God you people suck by knowledge1027	Feb 22nd, 2007 09:33:12 AM
can't you just go to a movie to enjoy it anymore, unless your getting paid to review the movie..just go to see it to have fun..movies are about escaping reality sometimes.. so stop hating, get the stick out of your ass.. and have some fun..dammit
yackbaker by knowledge1027	Feb 22nd, 2007 09:39:50 AM
Ok cool point there..with that said i must admit jack black isn't that funny to me and if they ever let him near a GL film i'll jump of a bridge
I like this Mos Def... by Franklin T Marmoset	Feb 22nd, 2007 09:43:37 AM
...and I hope he does not at some point change his name to Harold Arbogast III aka Mos Def (real name imagined) like LL Cool J. You let me down there, LL. I have it on good authority that the ladies still love cool James, so I think you should reconsider this moniker malarkey. Also, this film sounds funny. Stupid as hell, but funny.
just wondering.. by knowledge1027	Feb 22nd, 2007 09:45:40 AM
did anybody read civil war #7 and if so what did you think of it
Wow, what a thrilling title... "Be Kind, Rewind" by Daddylonghead	Feb 22nd, 2007 09:51:47 AM
THRILLING! If that's not a title that promises enormous entertainment, I've never heard one! Big ups to the Marketing Wizards who concoted such an irresistible movie monicker!!! Perhaps it will play in a double feature with "Keep Our City Clean, Don't Litter," or "If Safety Seal Is Broken, Do Not Purchase" or "This Vehicle Makes Wide Right Turns." Those would be great movie titles too. Really, you can't go wrong with ANY title that is as also an out-of-date and annoying admonishment.
The concept for comedy does not have to be logical by Bobo_Vision	Feb 22nd, 2007 10:10:04 AM
Some of my favourite comedies have retarded premises like 'Billy Madison' and 'Half Baked'. Going through grades 1 to 12 to inherit your Dad's company, or selling weed to bail your friend out of jail are idiotic premises, but great comedy came out of them. This premise is idiotic, so it depends mostly on how its carried out...and its in capable hands...so I will give it the benefit of the doubt until its reviewed after its release.
Wow you guys are cynical. by Lovecraftfan	Feb 22nd, 2007 10:11:28 AM
I really like this director so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.
or are some too optimistic? by just pillow talk	Feb 22nd, 2007 10:14:36 AM
If it's anything like Billy Madison or Half Baked (which did have a couple of funny scenes), this ain't gonna be funny.
Something the lord made by Garbageman33	Feb 22nd, 2007 10:24:53 AM
Watch that and then tell me how many actors, rappers or anyone else could have done that role. Mos Def has a ton of potential as an actor. And he's a great, politically conscious MC to boot.
How do Billy Madison and Half-Baked... by Garbageman33	Feb 22nd, 2007 10:45:28 AM
...even get mentioned in a talkback about a Michel Gondry movie?
Go look up Michel Gondry on youtube by Garbageman33	Feb 22nd, 2007 10:47:51 AM
He has three-minute videos that are deeper and more insightful than most feature films. This review does no justice to his brand of genius by simply labeling it a "comedy". Everything he does is so much more than that.
You people are the crabbiest, most ignorant by Teh Suk	Feb 22nd, 2007 11:05:21 AM
mother fuckers in the universe. STFU if you think you are funnier than Jack Black, or more talented than Mos....if you were you'd be doing something with your life. STFU for reals. You are all a bunch of freckled, spotty, specky, four eyed, weedy little creeps.
Most cynical Talkback EVAH by Teamwak	Feb 22nd, 2007 11:28:23 AM
Seriously guys, I think this is a record even for you lot, lol.
Wait, are you doing something with your life? by TheRevengeOfBayouWilly	Feb 22nd, 2007 11:29:57 AM
Because over in the "OC" thread that sounds like a big no. Come on, folks, Gondry is about 1000% more talented than anyone here. The idea of Jack Black and Mos Def doing bootleg Robocop is funny. Lighten up.
Nah. by TheRevengeOfBayouWilly	Feb 22nd, 2007 11:38:17 AM
My girlfriend has bigger cans.
Anac? by The Dum Guy	Feb 22nd, 2007 11:41:26 AM
Do you remember back when you'd get charged and extra fifty cents to a dollar if you didn't rewind your rentals, or you'd have to pay full rental price for everyday late (back when you had one day rentals)? I have nothing to add other than saying renting used to be really fucking expensive.
Teh Suck is right by just pillow talk	Feb 22nd, 2007 11:43:59 AM
Let's all make a pact and try and become actors and/or comedians. I just know we can do it! Then, and only then, will our miserable lives be worth something!
Not really luck. by TheRevengeOfBayouWilly	Feb 22nd, 2007 11:49:23 AM
For some unknown reason, more women nowadays are open to either turning a blind eye to nerdish proclivities, or to be into them as well. How many cute chicks do you see nowadays watching anime or reading manga, or attending conventions? I tell you, any decent looking guy that's somewhat H/W proportionate can get a cute chick to lay him. We are living in an unheralded time. I thank the OC, comic book movies, and the rise of hipsters.
is that how you get all the chicks Yack? by just pillow talk	Feb 22nd, 2007 11:57:42 AM
Whipping our your statements and showing your "zero balances" owed? You chick magnet!
should you be called Rico Suave then? by just pillow talk	Feb 22nd, 2007 12:14:11 PM
No need since I have been married for a while and have a daughter. Careful when you shave down there...they do not grow back! (we've got a bleeder)
Gondry? Hasn't made a movie like this before? Romance? by Mike the Wicker of Ears	Feb 22nd, 2007 12:23:49 PM
I am excited to see this film because he has made films like Human Nature and Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind. But you are right "Plant, Plant" those are just your run of the mill studio romance flicks...ya tool. He is the perfect director for a movie like this and what a coincedence he wrote it too! Hmm how about that. Dudes like you shouldn't be lucky enough to go to screenings.
80s period piece? by Spandau Belly	Feb 22nd, 2007 12:25:42 PM
Okay, that explains why they'd be renting VHS, something I haven't seen for at least 5 years now. But there's still one problem: the economy was just as good in the 80s as it is now. There are more slacker McJobs than there are slackers to fill them. Who cares if these guys get canned. Just apply to the place across the street, they'll take you. Even with a crimminal form longer than your arm you can get a job as a cashier as long as you say you're "a team player". And do these guys think nobody will notice that they're watching a version of 'The Exorcist' starring the bloke from the their local video store instead of Linda Blair? This movie sounds stoo-pid.
Thanks Yackbacker! by Spandau Belly	Feb 22nd, 2007 12:48:53 PM
I always wondered when somebody would cross 'The Notebook' with 'Goodbye, Lenin' and put Jack Black in the lead. I'm surprised Hollywood took so long. BTW have you heard about the sequel where Steven Segal is on the verge of suicide and Jack Black and Flava Flave have to act out new Segal movies to show the world still cares about him? It looks pretty good. I hope they find a role for Jordana Brewster.
Yackbacker by Fabulous Freak	Feb 22nd, 2007 12:55:03 PM
I just checked out Ass Pennies. Jesus christ, that was the greatest most glorious thing I have ever seen. It "changed" my life, man.
never saw it dude, what made you want to watch it by just pillow talk	Feb 22nd, 2007 01:00:25 PM
in the first place? And how much dyking up occurred? I'm assuming not enough to warrant a glance at that movie...
Fab Freak - you can say you have a lot of by just pillow talk	Feb 22nd, 2007 01:01:56 PM
"financial backing" now...
it's a sad day indeed by just pillow talk	Feb 22nd, 2007 01:11:34 PM
when ass pennies gets more play than two hot chicks making out...(sigh)
anything more to it than that? by just pillow talk	Feb 22nd, 2007 01:17:59 PM
any tongue? rubbing? I probably am expecting too much...ass pennies it is then.
ass pennies was pretty damn funny by just pillow talk	Feb 22nd, 2007 01:21:23 PM
especially when the dude loses it at the end...you've all had my ass pennies! Still doesn't make up for some hot girl on girl action....
plant! plant! gotta! eat! by billy_hitchcock	Feb 22nd, 2007 01:29:28 PM
apparently
Yackbacker... by Abin Sur	Feb 22nd, 2007 01:33:26 PM
I guess you haven't seen the European version that was released; it was a bit "steamier" and (trying to be classy) showed more of the nethers and more contact between the nethers, if that makes sense. STILL not long enough, though. ;)
Yackbacker, film history will be made... by Abin Sur	Feb 22nd, 2007 01:42:16 PM
When they remake this movie again with Scarlett Johannsen and Jessica Biel. Until then, I'm only watching PBS.
Be Nice, Pass a Slice by Spandau Belly	Feb 22nd, 2007 01:48:30 PM
Jack Black and Ja Rule accidently flush all the toppings down the toilet at the pizzeria where they work for Mel Gibson. In an effort to save the business they run around murdering rubbies and tourists and chopping them up into toppings and putting them on the pizzas. Screenplay by Bret Easton Ellis. Directed by that chick who did that freaky 'Titus'.
ha-ha Spandau by just pillow talk	Feb 22nd, 2007 01:55:03 PM
I just soiled myself from laughing...man, gotta pick up all my pennies now...
Premise actually works in the context of the movie. by basil78	Feb 22nd, 2007 03:20:27 PM
For the guy claiming the premise is just too implausible - I had the same worry and it is actually handled in a completely plausible way in the movie. They initially are forced to reshoot just ONE movie for a demanding, slightly crazy woman who gives them only three hours to deliver it to her, or else she'll tell the owner of the store they lost it and Mos Def will lose his job. So they have just a few hours to replace it, and there's nowhere local that still carries VHS. That one-off spoof becomes a smash hit with the local kids, and they start a business doing more re-enactments. They don't re-purchase the tapes because the movies themselves aren't what's in demand - the people want to see the hilarious re-enactments. Script was brilliant and so is Gondry. I am psyched.
Wow that sounds very gay and homo-ish by hatespeech	Feb 22nd, 2007 04:09:31 PM
can't wait to gay out
This was a recurring skit on "The Amanda Show" by BannedOnTheRun	Feb 22nd, 2007 04:59:04 PM
on Nickelodeon. Theme song by your favorite drummer and mine, Stewart Copeland.
"Is better." "Much better!" by Darkman	Feb 22nd, 2007 05:28:48 PM
I know that skit, too, Banned. I'm still seeing this, though.
Live action "Home Movies" with Black and 'Def by Space oddity	Feb 22nd, 2007 06:47:05 PM
... actually not too bad a premise to be honest. Just tell me they 'remake' at least one rock opera
Seriously, Jack Black as Tommy... by Space oddity	Feb 22nd, 2007 06:47:08 PM
think about it
good idea for the trailer by zooch	Feb 22nd, 2007 06:52:43 PM
have the guys in the movie played by jack black and mos def do a homemade trailer for the movie
Actually why not just lose the premise... by Space oddity	Feb 22nd, 2007 07:02:53 PM
Since Gondry wants so badly to be viewed as an experimental filmmaker and not an MTV survivor, then why not actually just run a series of improv remakes of classic and contemp films featuring various actors including Black and Def. I would kill to see Steven Colbert do the Baldwin monologue from "Glengarry..." even if it were on DV
" i was suprised to find how much it is about now." by Daddylonghead	Feb 22nd, 2007 09:38:40 PM
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! If I ever start talking like that I'll fucking kill myself.
gotta dance! by occula	Feb 22nd, 2007 11:02:14 PM
yack, there's nothing you can do about 'newsies.' it's out there. it will never go away. it will always haunt you.
Give Yack a break - by half vader	Feb 23rd, 2007 03:05:09 AM
at least he was down to earth about his reasons and was straight up about not having seen it yet and all. It's not like he was that guy in the Grindhouse tb having a haemorrhage about the internal logic behind how the chick with the machinegun leg can actually fire it. Sheesh! To me it sounds like this is the kind of movie where the premise doesn't actually matter at all compared to the main thrust of the film. drturing, you may have worked on it but you may want to re-read your stuff before you post it. Just sayin' you're not doing the film any favours. It's not like we should have to decode YOUR stuff/grammar considering your name! If you're (hey look an apostrophe) going to call people asshats spell "you're" correctly and then don't expect any of them to go to the movie, because you just insulted them. As for Mos Def, I don't know about him. The mumbling thing he does in a couple of his films drives me insane (it's not like he's Brando and I couldn't find any character reason for him to be that way) but he's been pretty good in other stuff so... What was the movie he was in where he's a cop keeping an eye on a paedophile?
drturing - stick some pennies up your ass by just pillow talk	Feb 23rd, 2007 06:19:54 AM
you'll feel better about yourself.
drturing, you are cockfaced shitlicker by Spandau Belly	Feb 23rd, 2007 12:16:43 PM
now will you please come to my poetry reading this weekend?
half vader... by Darkman	Feb 23rd, 2007 09:36:12 PM
"The Woodsman" with...Kevin Bacon.
Darkman by half vader	Feb 23rd, 2007 09:43:27 PM
Thanks so much dude.
I'll see it because... by Jaka	Feb 24th, 2007 01:23:09 PM
Gondry is genius, Jack Black used to be genius, and Mos Def is on his way there. He's highly underrated as an actor. And hey, Eternal Sunshine sound retarded when somebody tried to explain it to me. But when I saw it, genius!

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