Hey, everyone. ”Moriarty” here. I’ll have my review of this up tomorrow night. For now, here’s Mastidon, who has done such great work for us from Berlin this year:
BE KIND REWIND Written & Directed by: Michael Gondry Starring: Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow, and Sigourney Weaver Release Dates: UK & USA - Friday Rating: 4 1/2 Stars for Sweded movies, Rest of film 2 stars, Over-all 2 1/2 stars out of 5 Hey Guys, Mastidon here with a movie I know you all have heard everything about already so I just want to pipe in my 2 cents with a short review. BE KIND REWIND was the official closing film of the Berlin Film Festival. Quite a surprising honor considering Martin Scorsese opened it with SHINE A LIGHT. I must admit, I am absolutely not a fan of ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, having tried to watch it 3 times and never getting through it completely. I found it boring and pathetic. And to be honest, that is how I found most of BE KIND REWIND. Maybe it's just me. Several people in the audience were laughing hysterically at most parts of the film. Maybe Germans got the weird French humor better than I ever could. I don't know. Jack Black's character is on the edge of complete insanity and so annoying that it's just not funny. I did chuckle at a couple of scenes, the most when he was at the power plant with the signs but over-all it just seemed like a time filler until the real entertainment showed up - Sweded movies. This movie is worth seeing only for the Sweded films. You can walk out when they are over. GHOSTBUSTERS SWEDED has to be about the hardest I have ever laughed in my life. I have seen the question in the talkbacks and I can say yes, there are a few versions of the theme song in the movie - Jack Black's own and Ray Parker Juniors both make an appearance. The other Sweded films are also entertaining but nothing tops GHOSTBUSTERS. Wait until you see who gets the Sigourney Weaver role making it even that much funnier when Sigourney shows up herself as the representative from the MPAA. RUSH HOUR 2 and DRIVING MISS DAISY are also both good for laughs -- not to mention 2001! The closing credits mentioned that you can view all of the Sweded films on the BE KIND REWIND website. I wish that was the case as they are not currently up. Maybe after it opens on Friday. If they do appear, save your cash and watch them there. If not, this one is clearly a rental. Be kind, fast-forward to the good parts. Ciao for now, -Mastidon
