http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809761737/video/3631941/



Jerry (Jack Black) is a junkyard worker who attempts to sabotage a power plant he suspects of causing his headaches. But he inadvertently causes his brain to become magnetized, leading to the unintentional destruction of all the movies in his friend's (Mos Def) store. In order to keep the store's one loyal customer, an elderly lady with a tenuous grasp on reality, the pair re-create a long line of films including The Lion King, Rush Hour, Ghostbusters, When We Were Kings, Back to the Future, Driving Miss Daisy, and Robocop , putting themselves and their townspeople into it. They become the biggest stars in their neighborhood.

Starring: Jack Black, Dante 'Mos Def' Smith, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow and Melonie Diaz.

looks like a movie that if gondry wasnt attactched, i'd wait til it hit the $1.50, but since its his, i'll probobly be there opening night

[Edited on August 9, 2007 at 6:03 PM. Reason : thats better]

8/9/2007 5:59:38 PM

looks dumb

8/9/2007 6:00:39 PM

damn, this makes me nervous, I hope Gondry's streak of genius hasn't come to a screeching halt with this monstrosity

8/9/2007 6:00:45 PM

Haha, looks great.

looks like it could be the plot of a simpsons episode or something.

8/9/2007 6:08:32 PM

i mean, not only has michel directed this, but he wrote the screen play. i think this is a first for him, unless he wrote science of sleep, and i doubt he did.

i dont think he'll be as good of a writer as charlie kaufman, but it should be interesting to see how he goes.

i'll see this at least once in theaters.

8/9/2007 7:01:47 PM

Apparently he was a one shot pony

8/9/2007 7:43:39 PM

apparently you know nothing about michel gondry

8/9/2007 7:48:16 PM

I like Mos Def as an actor.

is that wrong?

8/9/2007 8:02:30 PM

Not at all.

8/9/2007 8:18:59 PM

^
Most definitely not.

8/9/2007 8:19:59 PM

he was irritating as fuck in 16 Blocks. but that movie just sort of sucked in general.

but this movie, i'll see. even if gondry wasn't attached.

8/9/2007 8:21:18 PM

could be funny.. could be a train wreck.

i'm hopin for the former.

8/9/2007 8:40:15 PM

Gondry also wrote Science of Sleep by himself, and was a co-writer with Kaufman on Eternal Sunshine.

From what I hear, to my great disappointment, Back to the Future is not in the film as they couldn't get permission to use it.

8/9/2007 9:10:17 PM

Quote :

"i mean, not only has michel directed this, but he wrote the screen play. i think this is a first for him, unless he wrote science of sleep, and i doubt he did. i dont think he'll be as good of a writer as charlie kaufman, but it should be interesting to see how he goes. "

Uh, no, he did write Science of Sleep. So you have a good idea about his writing ability, which, honestly, is quite good. Even if that weren't the case, everything Kaufman does with him is not pure gold: Human Nature, despite being another Gondry-Kaufman collaboration, sorta sucked.

8/9/2007 9:13:42 PM

sorta?

He had one excellent movie... that's it.

8/9/2007 9:16:58 PM

Science of Sleep and Eternal Sunshine were both great.

8/9/2007 9:23:10 PM

i did enjoy eternal sunshine, but science of sleep just didnt work for me.

8/9/2007 9:27:27 PM

Quote :

"Science of Sleep and Eternal Sunshine were both great."

8/9/2007 9:34:25 PM

^

8/9/2007 11:10:34 PM

Quote :

"he was irritating as fuck in 16 Blocks"

omg yes he was. His voice and the way he spoke in that movie made me want to cut my ears off. He was great in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The Italian Job though.

8/10/2007 12:38:18 PM

he was fantastic in Something the Lord Made

8/10/2007 1:04:43 PM

Quote :

"i did enjoy eternal sunshine, but science of sleep just didnt work for me. "

I agree. The writing was good, I just wasn't a fan of the story.

8/10/2007 1:23:48 PM

I thought the movie was visually stunning but the story just didn't flow well. I think the focus was so heavy on visuals and set design that the editing suffered a little bit. I think in the extras he talks about it being a collection of dreams and ideas he's kept track of for many years. It's a nifty idea but I think the movie would have been better as a collection of short stories and not all woven together.

8/10/2007 2:49:50 PM

i concur.

8/10/2007 3:16:01 PM

I couldn't stand Gael Garcia Bernal's whiny bitch of a character in Science of Sleep. Thats why I don't like that movie.

But this looks promising.

8/10/2007 3:28:28 PM

ooooh Dec 21st...I know where I'll be! And with Jack Black?? yesssssssss

this is totally gonna be the family Christmas movie this year.

[Edited on August 10, 2007 at 4:53 PM. Reason : ]

8/10/2007 4:45:02 PM

Jack Black has ruined any movie he has been in since Orange County and there is even an argument that he did a shitty job in that.

The man just doesn't belong in movies.

8/11/2007 10:26:48 AM

School of Rock was well received by most people.

His tiny part was hilarious in Anchorman.

He obviously couldn't fuck up Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny.

And he wasn't the reason King Kong was meh (though his line at the end did suck).

8/11/2007 10:48:42 AM

howd you forget Saving Silverman

8/11/2007 12:24:21 PM

Jack Black and KG RUINED Bio-Dome

8/11/2007 12:29:28 PM

^^ because that was before orange county?

8/11/2007 12:52:42 PM

was it? i have no idea of jack blacks filmography other than i hated him in mostly everything cept for saving silverman

8/11/2007 12:53:43 PM

School of Rock was great
Ditto on him being funny in Anchorman
And I'm one of the people who really enjoyed Nacho Libre, although I can see how people could think it sucked.
He was great in Orange County too.

I'm pretty sure sensi doesn't know what he's talking about.

8/11/2007 12:57:27 PM

well ya hov, i looked at imdb to determine which ones after OC werent bad.

8/11/2007 1:07:40 PM

^^
Bad:
School of Rock -- wasn't good at all, some liked it and that's fine

The Holiday -- he absolutely ruined because he isn't a serious actor (yes i saw it)

King Kong -- was meh, but coupled with him made it awful.

Shallow Hal -- he tried to do too much and came off looking dumb

Nacho Libre -- stupid premise, previews ruined it, same jokes over again

Envy -- i hope no one liked this movie

Good:

Orange County -- didn't overact and the main kid did a great job being upset by him/the family that it made it a good movie

Saving Silverman -- how can you not like this movie?

Ice Age -- doesn't really count but I will leave it here anyway

Anchorman -- he was great in this but was such a bit part it hardly outweighs some of his other shit

Neutral/Didn't see:

Tenacious D -- not going to judge because I dont care for their music, so im not going to hate on the movie because of that

Shark Tale



Based on this, I think he isn't a good actor. His bad movies outweigh his good ones by so much. I understand you may have a different opinion on some of these movies but I think he sucks.

[Edited on August 11, 2007 at 1:23 PM. Reason : anchorman]

8/11/2007 1:22:06 PM

JB didn't ruin The Holiday. The Holiday ruined The Holiday. There's exactly one good thing in that movie, and it's Eli Wallach.

8/11/2007 2:45:54 PM

um...

HIGH FIDELITY, anyone?!

8/11/2007 3:01:24 PM

school of rock rocks are you insane

8/11/2007 3:57:54 PM

^^ I was going to say the same thing, but then I re-read...he said post-Orange County.

Still, I think it's worth saying that if you don't like the D, I don't know why you'd like JB's style of comic acting at all, and therefore I don't know why you'd like the comedic films that are centered on his admittedly small (but hilarious) range.

From now on, I'll refer to this phenomenon as "the sensi bias."

8/11/2007 4:11:20 PM

all i know is he was awesome in airborne

augie for mayor

8/11/2007 4:53:37 PM

Quote :

"Even if that weren't the case, everything Kaufman does with him is not pure gold: Human Nature, despite being another Gondry-Kaufman collaboration, sorta sucked."

the bjork video? please don't tell me you're comparing a music video to a feature film, especially one so early in gondry's career.

i dont think you are though, and im going to bed now, or else i would look it up.

8/12/2007 6:27:40 AM

what's the song playing in the trailer?

[Edited on August 12, 2007 at 2:05 PM. Reason : the song is “Nothing From Nothing” by Billy Preston.]

8/12/2007 1:54:15 PM

^^ Human Nature is a film. Don't you know how to use IMDB? You should try it sometime.

[Edited on August 12, 2007 at 3:19 PM. Reason : Besides which, the name of Bjork's song is "Human Behaviour."]

8/12/2007 3:17:51 PM

listen silly bitch, i was tired...delirious. you were right. LIKE I SAID I THOUGHT YOU WERE.

8/12/2007 3:33:24 PM

I like Gondry and all but the preview doesn't really look that funny... at least not as funny as the premise sounded.

8/12/2007 8:48:14 PM

ttt

2/21/2008 9:36:43 AM

I'm still excited about this despite reviews and lack of a decent release. Hopefully I can catch it sometime this week.

2/21/2008 10:27:44 AM

^^muchos gracias for the bttt!

^same here...i've been tracking this thing since this thread was made. the release push backs have been driving me CRAZY! but, better late than never! really looking forward to it

2/21/2008 11:51:23 AM

it's funny how all the indie fan boys are total gondry fan boys as well. it's almost too predictable

I loved eternal like everyone else, but I can't see how everyone can suck this guys dick after making one great movie and one fairly mediocre one. Science Of Sleep was enjoyable, but hardly a great movie

2/21/2008 12:21:02 PM

What an unoriginal fuckstick. I guess this guy likes ripping off Nickelodeon shows!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5geC6TcKM7U

Thats The Amanda Show from 8 years ago!

[Edited on February 21, 2008 at 12:22 PM. Reason : ]

2/21/2008 12:22:35 PM