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In My Top 5 movies about music of all time
OK, forget about all that pseudo left-wing crap "I thought the book was better" and variations on that theme.

So the book was a little better, but a book covers more time, so more debth and more musical references.

But the movie is funny. The settings are all perfect, even though it's now in Chicago and not London. Cusack is just like Rob in the book and I'm afraid like many more guys (like me).

It's partly about music, but the other part about his breakup with Laura covers pretty much what 95% of songs are about. "People worry about guns and violence, no one seems to worry about teens listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, and loss".

The Top 5's are hilarious, and I'm sure many of you have made them before.

One thing that I loved about this book is the monologue styleof Cusack. He doesn't settle on some kind of voiceover but actually talks to you the viewer, right into the camera. This gives it the effect of a play.

And of course the music is great. It covers everything from the 50's to 90's.

I've never seen a bad movie from a Hornby book (Fever Pitch (the English one) was great, About a Boy not bad either) but this is by far my favorite.

- Among my Top 5 alltime movies about music -

Hi-Fi

A great book by Nick Hornby and a surprisingly good movie by Stephen Frears, who also directed the brilliant `Dirty Pretty Things' but I digress. John Cusack wonderfully brings to life the character of Rob Fleming, a typical male who likes music and girls (wonder why he is not into sports?) and the wonderful cast convincingly portrays the intricate human relationships among themselves.

Rob is the owner of a music store, Championship Vinyl and a loser who knows a thing or two about music and girls. He employs two musically inclined but moronic helpers, played by Todd Louiso and Jack Black. The scenes involving the trio are the highlight of the movie. The main plot of the movie is the re-evaluation of Rob's life by making a top 5 list of break-ups when his live-in girlfriend Laura leaves him. In the process, he meets his ex-flames on the list and the teenager-living-in-a-30-odd-year-old-body of Rob comes of age. Finally, he reunites with Laura and as they say all's well that ends well.

Jack Black is brilliant and his rendition of Marvin Gaye's `Let's Get It On' can be played over and over again. A must watch movie with a superb soundtrack.


One of my Favorites
Warning - If you don't like the main character looking straight at the camera and going on rants, you won't like this movie.

The plot couldn't be better, or more interesting. Cusack is at his best in a "lovable loser" role he's played before, but never this good. All the accesory characters also pull great performances. Everything came together. Great for guys and girls to watch, spoken from the guy's perspective but about relationships.

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