Favorite Scene Friday: A Fucking Conversation Stimulator

Happy Friday, guys and gals!  Today’s dose of Favorite Scene Friday invites you into the world of Rock Snobs.  Back when owning a record store was a viable way to make a living there lived a romantically depressed man who took us on a journey of his failed relationships.  Along the way we get to meet a couple of lovable confidents by his side, one in particular, Barry, won my heart a little less than 12 years ago.   Of course I’m talking about the awesome High Fidelity starring John Cusack and Jack Black. 

Today I bring you two, yes two, scenes from the movie.  I’m in a good mood today and when I’m in a good mood I rock out (scarily similar to Black’s dance moves) and so naturally I thought of the first scene Jack Black’s character, Barry, shows up in.  The entire scene is set up and executed so perfectly . . . I wonder how many retakes they did while filming? . . . I can’t help but to actually believe the performances we get from Black, Cusack, and Todd Louiso (Dick).  I won’t be so cliché as to ramble on about how I sometimes  wish I was part of certain movies, not in terms of production or acting, but in terms of reality, but honestly that’s what we have here.  Every time I watch this scene, I envision a job/environment that I would enjoy being a part of.  Not a stretch of the imagination regarding dream jobs, I know, but for some reason I know I could fit in there.  Yes, I am a Rock Snob. 

Philosophy and insight aside, what floors me the most out of this scene is Barry’s taste in music.  With the foul mouth, the wardrobe and the energy, you’d expect something along the lines of Black’s own music with Tenacious D, but instead we get Katrina and The Waves and The Righteous Brothers (I agree with him about the Bros. by the way), HahHahHah.  When Cusack delivers the closing line, I lose it.





Kind of a long one, I know, but it’s just so funny.  The entire movie is well worth a watch if you haven’t seen it, and if you have seen it, it’s well worth another watch.  The next scene is another from Barry in the record store (he’s got more in the movie), much shorter and a little violent at the end, but still stellar.  It’s difficult not to smile the whole way through.  Again, Happy Friday!



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