High Fidelity

gmku · 01.11.2008, 07:30 AM

It's on at 9am Eastern, y'all, E! channel. I recommend y'all get up and showered and dressed and watch it with me. Hell, you're so familiar with it by now you can watch it while you work. Your bossman won't mind.

It'll be my background noise while I slave away this morning.

screamingskull · 01.11.2008, 07:31 AM

I can't think of High Fidelity without singing the chorus from this. "High Fidelity, HIGH, High High Fidelity!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V15u9...eature=related

I'm in love with John Cusack, he is just (in my opinion) the perfect height and perfect weight for a man, and he's got such a sweet face.

gmku · 01.11.2008, 07:33 AM

I think it's funny he stars with his real-life sister. They're great together.

01.11.2008, 07:34 AM

It's one of the worst movies that I have ever seen in my entire life. Everything about both the book and the film is annoying. The story, the script, JohnfuckingCusack etc. Terrible. But, as you know gmku, I love you. You make my time worthwhile.

gmku · 01.11.2008, 07:38 AM

I would never say I stake a claim on good taste in anything. I like a lot of trash, in fact. And you, Porkie, not only make my time worthwhile but you also make it special.

_slavo_ · 01.11.2008, 07:40 AM

I liked that book a lot. I read it like 4 times.

screamingskull · 01.11.2008, 07:41 AM

Never read the book, but i have the movie on video.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 01.11.2008, 07:57 AM

For a movie about a record store owner, the music he talks about it incredibly mundane.

gmku · 01.11.2008, 08:05 AM

I tried the book but I have to admit I like the movie better.

gmku · 01.11.2008, 08:07 AM

But honestly I can't think of any movie depiction that really gets the record store right. They're all off target.

01.11.2008, 08:12 AM

Oh, and Nick Hornby is one of the most annoying writers of the past 5000 years. I despise his writing and what he writes about with all my heart. Everything about this man is vile.

gmku · 01.11.2008, 08:22 AM

Yeah, I've never been able to get into any of his books. I've tried. I don't why people like him.

gmku · 01.11.2008, 08:23 AM

Okay, I have to get to work now. Stop distracting me.

!@#$%! · 01.11.2008, 08:42 AM

o man i hate that movie, i have to confess

he TALKS TOO MUCH

while i enjoy talk-based movies (many european films come to mind), the cinematic device of having a character look at the camera and rant forever annoys me to no end. add spalding gray to the lot of it.

sure, zeta is in it, and that's a bonus, but by god, they did a horrid job of condensing a book for the screen with that one. compare with no country for old men. oh yes. the beastly glory of it.

auto-aim · 01.11.2008, 08:48 AM

im indifferent... never read the book and doubt i will any time soon.

!@#$%! · 01.11.2008, 08:59 AM

oh i didn't read the book either. but it's so evident that they are cribbing monologues right out of a book-- i mean novels and screenplays are very different beasts and whoever adapted that for the screen must have thought that a "literary rant" would not bore people to tears. WRONG.

well-- me anyway. other people like it. they have their reasons.

01.11.2008, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

oh i didn't read the book either. but it's so evident that they are cribbing monologues right out of a book-- i mean novels and screenplays are very different beasts and whoever adapted that for the screen must have thought that a "literary rant" would not bore people to tears. WRONG.

well-- me anyway. other people like it. they have their reasons.

That's very true. Spot on.

atari 2600 · 01.11.2008, 09:22 AM

I have NFL Replay on, it's a show on NFL network that shows hour and a half trimmed-down versions of full games. I'm not really watching it that much (mostly listening), because I'm doing other things. Being reshown is the Pats at Jags game from last season.

High Fidelity a romantic comedy, albeit a good one. But hey, it's losing out to Dan Dierdorf haha (who is an announcer), and I can't stand Dan.

gmku · 01.11.2008, 09:55 AM

I think the movie's a lot of fun. I'm enjoying it right now. I'm not saying it's perfect or one of the all-time great pieces of cinema. It's just a fun movie.

Everyneurotic · 01.11.2008, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead

For a movie about a record store owner, the music he talks about it incredibly mundane.

agreed, they kinda make up for it by displaying better records in the background.

i love that movie and like everything else, i don't care what you sad fucks think. it's also sort of a...let's say tha movie helps me understand some things better when i watch it.

01.11.2008, 07:30 AM	#1
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	It's on at 9am Eastern, y'all, E! channel. I recommend y'all get up and showered and dressed and watch it with me. Hell, you're so familiar with it by now you can watch it while you work. Your bossman won't mind. It'll be my background noise while I slave away this morning. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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01.11.2008, 07:31 AM	#2
screamingskull invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: england Posts: 5,580	I can't think of High Fidelity without singing the chorus from this. "High Fidelity, HIGH, High High Fidelity!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V15u9...eature=related I'm in love with John Cusack, he is just (in my opinion) the perfect height and perfect weight for a man, and he's got such a sweet face.
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01.11.2008, 07:33 AM	#3
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	I think it's funny he stars with his real-life sister. They're great together. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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01.11.2008, 07:34 AM	#4
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	It's one of the worst movies that I have ever seen in my entire life. Everything about both the book and the film is annoying. The story, the script, JohnfuckingCusack etc. Terrible. But, as you know gmku, I love you. You make my time worthwhile.
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01.11.2008, 07:38 AM	#5
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	I would never say I stake a claim on good taste in anything. I like a lot of trash, in fact. And you, Porkie, not only make my time worthwhile but you also make it special. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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01.11.2008, 07:40 AM	#6
_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,886	I liked that book a lot. I read it like 4 times. __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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01.11.2008, 07:41 AM	#7
screamingskull invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: england Posts: 5,580	Never read the book, but i have the movie on video.
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01.11.2008, 07:57 AM	#8
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	For a movie about a record store owner, the music he talks about it incredibly mundane.
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01.11.2008, 08:05 AM	#9
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	I tried the book but I have to admit I like the movie better. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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01.11.2008, 08:07 AM	#10
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	But honestly I can't think of any movie depiction that really gets the record store right. They're all off target. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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01.11.2008, 08:12 AM	#11
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	Oh, and Nick Hornby is one of the most annoying writers of the past 5000 years. I despise his writing and what he writes about with all my heart. Everything about this man is vile.
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01.11.2008, 08:22 AM	#12
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Yeah, I've never been able to get into any of his books. I've tried. I don't why people like him. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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01.11.2008, 08:23 AM	#13
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Okay, I have to get to work now. Stop distracting me. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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01.11.2008, 08:42 AM	#14
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,465	o man i hate that movie, i have to confess he TALKS TOO MUCH while i enjoy talk-based movies (many european films come to mind), the cinematic device of having a character look at the camera and rant forever annoys me to no end. add spalding gray to the lot of it. sure, zeta is in it, and that's a bonus, but by god, they did a horrid job of condensing a book for the screen with that one. compare with no country for old men. oh yes. the beastly glory of it.
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01.11.2008, 08:48 AM	#15
auto-aim the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Wales Posts: 650	im indifferent... never read the book and doubt i will any time soon. __________________ His Naked Torso
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01.11.2008, 08:59 AM	#16
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,465	oh i didn't read the book either. but it's so evident that they are cribbing monologues right out of a book-- i mean novels and screenplays are very different beasts and whoever adapted that for the screen must have thought that a "literary rant" would not bore people to tears. WRONG. well-- me anyway. other people like it. they have their reasons.
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01.11.2008, 09:22 AM	#18
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	I have NFL Replay on, it's a show on NFL network that shows hour and a half trimmed-down versions of full games. I'm not really watching it that much (mostly listening), because I'm doing other things. Being reshown is the Pats at Jags game from last season. High Fidelity a romantic comedy, albeit a good one. But hey, it's losing out to Dan Dierdorf haha (who is an announcer), and I can't stand Dan.
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01.11.2008, 09:55 AM	#19
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	I think the movie's a lot of fun. I'm enjoying it right now. I'm not saying it's perfect or one of the all-time great pieces of cinema. It's just a fun movie. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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