Be Kind, Rewind

Hmm...

Its technically still friday.

11:59 bitches.


Anyways, tonight was the release of Be Kind, Rewind. A movie that Ash, Chiodo, and I have been wanting to see since last fucking summer. Who wouldn't after watching the trailer?
(link to trailer: http://youtube.com/watch?v=62CZL9Rhz8Y)

Jack Black was...well, the same Jack Black as ever which is a formula used countless times beforehand. Why change it? It is, however, Mos Def who steals the show in this one. His comedic delivery after one of Black's crazy antics is what this flick runs on.

So, check it out. It's pretty damn funny but not in the bust a gut laughing sort of way...kinda like Seinfield. Ash, Chiodo, and I certainly weren't disappointed and consider it Michael Gondry's (Director) best film yet.





SIDENOTE: We kept fucking running into people we knew. Whether it be a crazy couple we tried to avoid, one of Chiodo's possible future love interests, or a group of people from their school- they were fucking everywhere.

The one altercation I cannot go without mentioning is Chiodo's encounter with the love interest. We're getting our tickets and Chiodo recognizes her. She's with five or six or her friends, one of which was a dude. She says hi, Chido says hi. She happens to be watching the same movie as us, which would seem like a pretty good opener right? Well, it was...she seemed glad to see him and would like for them to chill. (Not verbatim.) He agrees, and then proceeds to introduce us to her and vice versa. After that there was a split second awkward-as-hell pause, that I think only me and Ash ended up noticing. Chiodo, being the unique individual that he is, says "Alright then, I guess I'll see you inside. Later," and fucking walks away. Ash and I follow, but were both wondering what the fuck that was about...he didn't even wait for a damn reply.

Naturally, we think he fucked up BUT may have an opportunity to mend the situation. Chiodo frantically thinks of possible ways, coming up with this: Maybe if I just say that I really needed to take a piss, it would seem less fucked up that I left?"

...

I won't even comment on that one.




20 minutes later, we're sitting at the theater with time to spare until show time. We contemplate better options, cause he damn sure needed them. We decide to save seats for the girl and her friends. We agree on a clever ploy where Chiodo will end up sitting next to the girl during the movie. Plan works to perfection with...one little flaw.

Remember that dude that was with her and her friends? Motherfucker sits on the other side of her. Confusion arises. Was this supposed to be a date? Was what happened earlier just talk? Will the previews be any good? Alright, the last one may not be completely related, but important nonetheless.

Our questions never got a definite answer (besides the third. The trailers were pretty good.) Anyway, the prior fuck up seemed to be mended in the end. There was a good amount of conversation between Chiodo and her, no explanation was needed to be given. Mission accomplished.

(Be Kind, Rewind gets 3.5 out of 5 stars)



-The King