School of Rock – Altered Trailer

We’re all back to school today (after nearly three weeks away due to snow, then vacation), so this seems appropriate.

My kids and I love School of Rock and really like watching Jack Black in movies.  This altered trailer is funny – in a creepy way:

Enjoy!

Be Kind Rewind

I “discovered” the film, Be Kind Rewind, on our flight to Hawaii.  I say discovered, because although I had seen a trailer, my assumption was that, typical of Jack Black’s recent work, the trailer would be the best parts of the film – so no need to see the rest.  In fact, when the person next to my son and I asked us about the film I made some kind of disparaging comment before admitting I had not seen the film.

At any rate, with five hours to kill and not in the mood to read, my son and I decided to watch the film.  It was a joy.  Jack Black was actually funny, Mos Def carried the film, Danny Glover was excellent, Mia Farrow helped tie the concept together, and a cameo by Sigourney Weaver was perfect.

I don’t want to spoil the movie for anyone who might choose to watch, but the basic concept of the film is charming – a young man (Mos Def) trying to live up to the trust placed in him by Danny Glover’s character, while trying to tame Jack Black and keep the neighborhood happy, all woven together by the necessity of a spirit of independence and harmony, leading to an independent film retrospective of a larger than life character who’s contribution to the neighborhood is fictionalized by the neighbors into legend (whoa, one sentence).

I think I received as much joy by watching my twelve-year-old son enjoy the film (out of the corner of my eye) as I did by watching the film itself – which was part of the charm for me.  It is highly unlikely that we would have ever gone to see the film or watched it on video, and it is possible that the only thing that made this film enjoyable (and now, memorable) is that I was with my son on a five-hour flight with not much else to do, but I found it entertaining, charming, well done, and clever. 

Give it a chance, if you haven’t already seen it.