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post #1 of 14
6/15/02 at 3:53am
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Picked it up at Target a few days ago nearly a week before the street date.

Seen it twice so far.

Fuckin' love it.

First Jack Black performance I can stand.

Anyone?
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post #2 of 14
6/15/02 at 5:05am
I'm with Django, solid little flick. Nothing I would watch twice in a row or anything but a great movie to take your mind off of shit.

It's no Zero Effect, but the young Kasdan could be in for some big things. Pacing was awkard though.

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post #3 of 14
6/15/02 at 6:38am
Hmm. Well, Django and Tony liked it, then, man, I'm gonna rush to Target today. I just hope that my Target have it in advance as well. Oh, who am I kidding, I like everything that Jack Black does. I haven't seen him in the MTV Video Awards yet, but I heard that it blew donkey's dong.
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post #4 of 14
6/15/02 at 9:01am
Well, the movie awards did blow, but his skits and stuff made it watchable. He was REALLY good.
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post #5 of 14
6/15/02 at 2:58pm
I didn't like the ending, but I think it's as original and funny as most comedies shoud be.
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post #6 of 14
6/16/02 at 3:59pm
I had the misfortune of paying to see this in the theatre - Black steals pretty well every scene he's in, but I found even his presence to be less enjoyable than in other films (High Fidelity or Shallow Hal, or even the lunacy that was Saving Silverman); Hanks and Fisk are OK, but nothing really gave me any empathy for anything the characters were going through.

Overall, a mediocre, inoffensive, trifling little film that did nothing for me - I was merciless on it at first blush, but it's pretty much insubstantial, and there are far better ways to spend 90 minutes.
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post #7 of 14
6/16/02 at 8:46pm
Yeah, I thought it was only ok. It did have some chuckles, and I liked Black and O'Hara quite a bit. Django, what did you think of "Zero Effect"? That was Kasdan's first movie, which he also wrote. Much better in my opinion.
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post #8 of 14
6/18/02 at 12:09pm
I liked this flick a lot. Zero Effect was a good flick as well.
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post #9 of 14
6/18/02 at 12:11pm
I liked this flick a lot. Zero Effect was a good flick as well.
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post #10 of 14
6/19/02 at 10:28am
Saw this last night thanks to my local Blockbuster. Cute film, nothing spectacular. During the whole thing I kept saying, "Thank God for Jack Black". Some of the jokes fell flat, some worked pretty well. Not a classic of comedy, but, as has been said, it wasn't painful.

On the DVD there are a few deleted scenes and I do wish they'd kept a few of them - especially the one where Jack Black and Harold Ramis share a scene that was quite funny.

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post #11 of 14
6/19/02 at 10:56am
I like Jack Black quite a bit, and found him pretty funny in this one. I had fun with the movie. It was entertaining, but as many of you say, not the greatest.
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post #12 of 14
7/8/02 at 2:07am
I really enjoyed this movie, it had HEART unlike a lot of other teen movies. A lot of the jokes were funny, except the scene with Chevy Chase as the principal, that was pointless and went nowhere. I must say though, Hanks english teacher was hilarious.
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post #13 of 14
7/8/02 at 12:06pm
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I really liked Zero Effect, even with the presence of Stacey Edwards who I'm not a fan of.

Sorry it took so long to reply, Match...
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post #14 of 14
7/9/02 at 1:00am
I liked the movie. First saw it on DVD.

A harmless film. I like the characters even though they quickly change.
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