Comments on: Strangely Romantic In A Way

By: schmicky

schmicky — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:43:26 +0000

Love the site! Keep up the good work! And High Fidelity rocks! Definitely in my top 5 all time

By: Shawna

Shawna — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:11:38 +0000

OK, I must admit that I only watch half the movies that I watch because Joe suggested them. I am not a movie connesiour by any means. I tend to gravitate more towards the “chick-flick” genre’…I am the ultimate “chick”….so when he suggested a movie called High Fidelity I was a little skeptical. The only reason I rented it was because it had John Cusack in it (HUGE FAN)…needless to say I fell in love with it. The movie was so true to how I know guys to be (it kind of reminded me of ‘A guy thing’…haha) I laughed so hard when Jack Black stumbles in Monday afternoon and plays Katrina and the Waves ‘Walking on Sunshine’ and does that obsurd little “dance” of his….almost peed my pants…Why I ever doubt you my friend is beyond me…

By: J.D.

J.D. — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:03:50 +0000

Nayana Anthony:

Could there ever be a movie like this about movie geeks? Or would that be too self-serving?

Check out FREE ENTERPRISE, which does for movies what HIGH FIDELITY does for music. It is a great film.

By: Joe Valdez

Joe Valdez — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:19:41 +0000

Nayana: I'm a big believer in following characters off into their obsessions, no matter how niche they might be. Kevin Smith did this with extensive Star Wars related dialogue in Clerks and Chasing Amy, but to have an entire movie where guys are yik yakking about movies would get really old really quick. On a minor note, it's my experience that guys are the ones who have these discussions. Women talk shoes and gossip, men talk about their opinions on pop culture. Why is that? Daniel: Sometimes when a cast is this good, it's because Bruckheimer was paying lots of money. Other times, the material is that good. Obviously, this was not a film that Bruckheimer was involved in. Thanks for commenting. Jeremy: Great insight about Hornby. It's pretty amazing that his books can be Americanized without losing any of their wit or insight. When you try that with French comedies, you typically end up with unwatchable shit. Hornby has had remarkable success in Hollywood.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:32:13 +0000

Hornby is one of my favorite writers and this is one of my favorite of his books. I think the film did a great job adapting it and Cusack was just perfect for the role. I actually really like ABOUT A BOY and FEVER PITCH as well too marking Hornby as one of the succesful writers brought to the screen in the last couple of decades to my eyes.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:25:45 +0000

Great one here, Joe. I forget how star-studded the cast was, even if some of them became stars after the fact.

Haha, I agree with you about the gender-specific conversations, too.

By: Nayana Anthony

Nayana Anthony — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:32:09 +0000

One of the reasons I enjoy this movie so much is because it makes geekdom seem normal, even cool. Granted, I’m not a music geek like these guys, but I do have similar conversations/thoughts/lists about film. So, yay, High Fidelity.

Could there ever be a movie like this about movie geeks? Or would that be too self-serving?