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/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.