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So i saw the flick Be Kind Rewind today, and then i watched the oscars, so all in all, it's been a pretty good day for movies.

I gotta say I really Liked Be Kind Rewind. I mean I reeeeeaally liked it. It was kinda funny, it was cute, it was charming, it was endearing. It tugged on my heart strings a little bit. The film is about two guys (Jack Black and Mos Def), who when all of their video tapes get erased from their rental store, decide to remake all the movies in hopes to keep their business open. what makes the movie sooo good is that these guys really care about movies. They understand the power of a movie (it's cliche, i know), and the importance of their community. It's their love for the movies that they are recreating that separates this movie from other films that parody other movies.

It's not to say that the movie doesn't have it's flaws, It seemed kinda rough as a whole, my compatriots thought it was cheesy (i didn't), There were times when it felt like there were scenes cut out that held pieces of information that would help us get jokes, or make the plot move more smoothly, and etc. So i'm thinking about what it was about the movie that allowed it to overcome all these flaws, and i knew that it was the films message about movies that really resonated with me, but i couldn't find the right words that would properly convey the message with out sounding overly cliche. luckily Jack Nicholson did it for me.

I was watching the oscars and Jackie-Boy came out and gave a speech about why he loved movies right before they showed a clipshow featuring all the best picture winners of the last 80 years. In his speech he said that "despite all of our differences, movies touch the humanity in all of us." and i like that. Movies allow us to escape, they can give us hope, they can help us build a sense of community, they give us something in common. Movies can move us in profound ways, and what i liked best about Be Kind Rewind, is that it understood that, and it paid tribute to it.

So go see it. Gimme a call, and i'll come along...