As I mentioned in my main blog last week, I was facing a bit of a dilemma...watching the Oscar's or finding out what the surprise screening of the film club would be. Well...it turned out that the Oscar show had been moved to a channel I dont recieve, so the choice was no longer a choice. I ended up at the movie theater. -And I have never been happier about missing a TV show in my life! I sat down in the dark without any expectations what-so-ever, and I was excited to find out, after about 2 minutes, that the film I was about to watch had not only Jack Black (one of the funniest people on the planet) but also Mos Def in it.
Normally I dont like comedies...mostly because I find the humor a bit forced. I do have a sense of humor and I love to laugh, but American comedies tend to be more slapstic than actually funny. This film is an exception. Yikes!
There were times when I had to look away due to severe lack of air in my lungs (one such incident was the fantastic camouflage outfits in one of the earlier scenes...). I cannot remember the last time I laughed this hard and long during a movie. The jokes came when you least expected it and they were at times so odd that you had to laugh. Laugh hard. I know I had my jaw resting on my chest more than once...in total befuddlement and complete joy.
The synopsis is as weird as the movie itself; Mos def working in a VHS video store, Jack Black getting magnetized (dont ask and it takes too long to explain), VHS tapes erased, Mos and Jack making their own versions of various blockbusters in order to save video store from complete ruination. They call their verisions "sweeded" as they are special editions coming all the way from Sweden...
It may have been the fact that I had absolutely no expectations of what I was about to watch, or it may just be that this movie rocks. Either way, I loved it and I tend to watch it again when it premieres here in Norway April 18th.
I suggest you do it too...if you like to laugh.
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