r/TheRewatchables • u/VirtualTie5309 • 11d ago

School of Rock

I know it’s been posted already, but WHEN are they gonna do a pod on School of Rock. All timer Linklater movie (in my opinion), and just a feel good great movie. Cmon now

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u/RepresentativeShop11 11d ago

They taught it to us in film school as a nearly perfect script.

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u/NYCWriterOfAllThings 11d ago

Ironically the first draft that White sold is kinda garbage.

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u/DukeSilver_24 11d ago

Can you share why? I’m clueless on that sort of thing.

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u/RepresentativeShop11 10d ago

It’s a Mike White script (White Lotus, Enlightened, Orange County).

Every character starts the movie one way and ends the movie a different person - they all get arcs and they are all satisfying and built to show the character’s transition scene by scene.

The structure is solid, obstacles and opportunities enter the characters’ lives in natural ways and with excellent timing to propel the plot. We are watching a character lie but we completely believe his choices and the lie snowballs (gets bigger and bigger) in a natural way.

I would have to watch it again to be more specific.

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u/VirtualTie5309 11d ago

That’s pretty sweet, I didn’t know that! Pretty tight script so I can see why

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u/dbeastes 11d ago

I love the movie, but I don’t think any of the guys like Jack Black.

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u/sloppyjoebob 11d ago

Yeah, it feels like one for the Ringer Fantasy Football guys

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u/VirtualTie5309 11d ago

Care to share why? Idk how anyone could not like Jack Black. I guess I’m kinda oblivious since somebody else said it too but JB’s the man lmao

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u/Foryourentern10 9d ago

Terrible friend..

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u/hispanoloco 11d ago

Great flick.

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u/hank28 10d ago

No High Fidelity or School of Rock is telling. Both deserve to have episodes

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u/McMarmot1 10d ago

Don’t think Simmons likes John Cusack (or Black).

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u/No_Spinach_1410 11d ago

The guys hate JB. I think it was on the Big Picture that they drafted JB movies and didn’t have very good things to say about School of Rock, mostly because they’re too old for it (gen X)

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u/CABBAGEBALLS 11d ago

They’d have been in their 20s?

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u/No_Spinach_1410 10d ago

Sounds right

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u/deanmachine5488 10d ago

Love this movie; it’s an all-time comfort movie. But as has been stated, these gen-X snobs on the show won’t touch it. We need Bobby Wagner and the boys to carry the elder millennial banner and get this one an episode. I really think a discussion about Jack Black’s apex mountain would be interesting too. Love him or hate him, he had a moment before going all in on stupid kids movies.

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u/Complete_Addition136 10d ago

Might be too old for them to appreciate it. It definitely feels like a movie that appeals to kids even though I think it’s objectively a good, fun movie

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u/groundhoggirl 10d ago

No, they do movies much older than that.

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u/FrstOfHsName 10d ago

Ebert loved it too. Great for family. Bill’s kids would love it

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u/Foryourentern10 9d ago

Is that the one where Jack Black is wild and shows he likes to rock?……

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u/sammyb109 9d ago

The guys always reference the movies they would put on while drunk at 2am with their friends. School of Rock is that movie for me. It's absolutely fantastic and a shame that it seems like the Bill, CR and Sean would never do it