School of Rock review Oct19 '03
I saw "School of Rock" this weekend, and I was very impressed. Front man Jack Black was very entertaining. The combination of his humor and the innocence of the children made for a hilarious, yet symbolic two hours.
The innocence of children is always something you can play off of in stories. That’s nothing new. Older people have certain views of the world, and younger people have certain views of the world. Younger people are typically innocent and pure, where as older people are clotted with the sorrows of every day life. If you combine the two appropriately, you can come up with some amazing substance.
In "School of Rock," Jack Black (named Dewey in the movie) uses his love of music (typically 70’s rock) and the children’s musical talent to compete in a "battle of the bands" contest – all the while helping the children to surface out of their rigid and disciplined lifestyles – and through music, teaches them to become the true person they are inside. The combination worked brilliantly.
Various twists to the story include:
- Fraud. Dewey posed as his roomate Ned for a subsitute teaching position.
- Booted and broke. Dewey takes the teaching position in order to get money to pay his rent, after getting kicked out of his rock band.
- Possessive and push–over. Dewey’s roomate Ned has a very possessive girlfriend who is always over at the apartment and despises Dewey for never paying his rent to Ned, who is considered a total push–over.
- Oblivious. An over–stressed school principal (Joan Cusack), who never notices Dewey’s failure to stay on school cirriculum, and instead teach his students how to rock.
The movie is enjoyable for all ages.
When Jack Black first hit major motion pictures, I thought he was just another chubby, wise–cracking actor. I thought he would be the fat guy that made everybody laugh.
The truth is, he is a very good actor. He is entertaining, but not obnoxious. He is smart, and he works well with kids, as we see in this movie. I highly recommend it.
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