Frugal Theater: "High Fidelity"

"Put on some old sad bastard music, see if I care."

Ya know, I saw this when it first opened and I was 13, and it made no damn sense to me? I was just digging on Jack Black and his "wacky" scenes.

Black's still hysterical.

But my goodness, does this movie keep getting better and better as I get older, and have had the misfortune of fucking up my own relationships and using pop culture to save myself. "High Fidelity" is probably my all-time (at the moment) movie about relationships. I have enough shite break-ups to constitute a (flimsy) 'top-five worst break-ups' list. My affinity for films as a way of life and solace? Well, let's not get too deep into it. It's "sentimental tacky crap" to feel like you relate to characters like DJ Rob, but, uh, I feel for the guy. I kinda feel like the guy sometimes... We'll talk later. For now, watch this brilliant film.

Bonus! Cusack works that Chicago mojo again to great effect here, and the soundtrack, obviously, is killer. Funniest use of Beta Band in a movie ever? Funniest sex scene with Tim Robbins around? Some of Jack Black and John Cusack's best work? You tell me.

Plus, lines like this are even funnier to me now: "Marie de Salle's playing. You remember I told you about her. I like her. She's kind of Sheryl Crow-ish crossed with a post-Partridge Family pre-L.A. Law Susan Dey kind of thing, but, you know, uh, black."

They just put it up on the Hulu and, well, I'm already a coupla minutes in, looking forward to watching the whole thing again.

Watch the movie already, here: http://www.hulu.com/watch/155868/high-fidelity