Man, Jack Black's character kept all of his gear inside of a raggedy old van.
He's so super lucky that nobody ever broke into there.
I mean my God talk about a major Target.
Okay you're teaching at an Ivy League school or whatever.
That doesn't really deter robbers. If anything it might make you a bigger Target.
Think about all the smashed in cars and stolen CD players.
I guess now people have these weird Bluetooth devices they put their car? I'm not entirely sure about all that.
I'm a simpleton when it comes to cars. If it's got an AM radio it'll probably be decent enough for me.
The school of Rock is the story of a deadbeat looking to get money any way he can.
He's been formally kicked out of his band because he's too much of a show-off and he just wants to rock out all the time.
And I can't decide whose side I'm on with this conflict. On the one hand he most likely has his place in the band and it keeps breaking it so we can dance around like a fool jump into a theoretical mosh pit or even steal the lead guitarist vocals.
But on the other hand they're just sitting there playing a song with no up-tempo beats or alternating Rhythm.
You're just giving the guy an opportunity to put his own lyrics in. If you're not going to put the work in; than you shouldn't be-little your bandmate who's going to pick up the slack.
Anyways he's kicked out of the band looking for work and gets the opportunity in the form of identity theft. His roommate has a substitute teacher and Jack Black decides to impersonate him just to get the money for the next month's rent.
While he's pretending to be a worthless teacher at the school.
He discovers that the class he's teaching has musical Talent. So he uses his own brains and cunning manipulation to transform a group of seemingly decent upper class children into the punk band Sensation who just might be able to win a rock and roll competition; Given the right direction.
The rest of the film is just a combination of rock and roll montages, minor student engagements, comedic antics and a situational comedy which is supposed to involve the antagonistic character played by Joan Cusack.
But my God if she doesn't just come off as the most passive and indifferent person to all of this.
She's supposed to be the strict principle that runs the school. The big stick in the mud that our protagonist has to work around.
But she's really not. Not only does she put up with Jack Black's ridiculous personality and clear lack of Education. But she's fairly nice to everybody about what's going on.
And it's kind of weird because Jane Cusack and Jack Black are two actors that you wouldn't think would have all that great chemistry but they just work out so well here.
They're both playing awkward oddball but they just seem to have the right connection.
Like they're both in this topseeterbiy World Of Confusion, insanity and they're just kind of going along with it.
One just dose nothing with his life and take the easy road while the other one tries to make sense of it and deal with the punches.
This leads me to Sarah Silverman's character. Or as I like to refer to her; ''The only character from our world who somehow got trapped within this Bizarro place of indifference and rock and roll Fame''. She's the only one that seems to look at the situation and goes; ''Wait. What the hell are any of you doing? This is kind of insane, you can't do any of this. I'm going to try and get the authorities involved.'' But nothing works out for her because she lives in Crazy land.
Overall it's an okay film. It's not something I'd want to watch any time soon again but it was enjoyable re-watching it after 15 years.
And it's a hell of a lot better than a lot of these other 'Dimwits involved in situation or occupation that is far out of their league.'
I'm looking at you Daddy Day Care movie.
I tell you, that Harry Potter kid got a raw deal. Wasting his time going to wizard school, If he just got transferred to America he could have been singing in a rock and roll band or working on pyrotechnics.
That's a heck of a lot more enjoyable and safer than Magic School. No dead Wizards and you get to listen to AC/DC all day. Sounds like a win-win to me.
Or you can listen to Blondie.
You know whatever you like.
I don't judge.
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