Not Now I’m Drinking a Beer and Watching a Movie is having Jack Black week and kindly asked me to do a guest review. I chose Be Kind Rewind with Black and Mos Def so check out my thoughts and check out his site! It’s really cool AND there’s a contest going on right now! Ooohhh….contest!! 🙂 I’ll also be reviewing another classic movie this afternoon so stay tuned!
I remember being so excited when I heard Jack Black and Mos Def were doing a comedy together, being a big fan of both men. Misty from the phenomenal Cinema Schminema (killer blog name) takes a look at the results.
Be Kind Rewind (2008) features Jack Black doing what Jack Black does best – running around all crazy like in a feel good flick. The unfortunate part is that the feel good part wears off relatively quickly and the movie goes the way of tedium.
So Jerry (Black) hangs out with his friend Mike (Mos Def) in the video store where Mike works. Jerry’s kind of klutzy and kind of paranoid. After attempting to sabotage a nearby electrical substation, believing its energy to be melting his brain, Jerry becomes magnetized, and when he enters the store the next day, he inadvertently erases all the VHS tapes in the store. Uh-oh! …
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Posted on 2013.16.January, in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
Cinema Schminema 
I’d never heard of this movie — wow interesting pairing! I love Jack Black and I’m always rooting for Mos Def in movies — it’s like I want him to do well, but I dunno. Jack Black is a crazy man — I love him.
It’s worth one viewing like on a rainy day but it could’ve been done SO much better. Although Black and Def do play well off each other. 🙂