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Old 11-24-2006, 11:23 AM
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Well if you guys saw School of Rock or Orange County, you can see where his appeal is. Orange County as a whole sucked, but Jack Black was hilarious in that movie. And School of Rock- 'Nuff Said. Even if you hate Jack Black you'll like that movie. GREAT FOR ALL AGES.

I think Jack Black kind of has a Sandler-like effect going for him right nhow. Put out a few good movies to start with, and then you expect everything after that to be good. And nothing has come close since those first few that made him big. I mean as far as Sandler goes- Beyond Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, and Big Daddy, can you say anything he has come out with since has been even remotely as funny or good?

So I think Jack Black is kinda in that same role. So Randall, did you actually see the Tenacious D movie, or are you commenting without seeing it? Their first album- ****in dirty but ****in hilarious. I'm gonna wait for it to come out on DVD, but I look forward to seeing it.
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Old 11-24-2006, 01:39 PM
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I think Jack Black kind of has a Sandler-like effect going for him right nhow. Put out a few good movies to start with, and then you expect everything after that to be good. And nothing has come close since those first few that made him big. I mean as far as Sandler goes- Beyond Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, and Big Daddy, can you say anything he has come out with since has been even remotely as funny or good?
Dude! Spanglish is conspicuously missing off of your list of his finest movies

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Old 11-24-2006, 01:48 PM
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Well if you guys saw School of Rock or Orange County, you can see where his appeal is. Orange County as a whole sucked, but Jack Black was hilarious in that movie. And School of Rock- 'Nuff Said. Even if you hate Jack Black you'll like that movie. GREAT FOR ALL AGES.

I think Jack Black kind of has a Sandler-like effect going for him right nhow. Put out a few good movies to start with, and then you expect everything after that to be good. And nothing has come close since those first few that made him big. I mean as far as Sandler goes- Beyond Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, and Big Daddy, can you say anything he has come out with since has been even remotely as funny or good?

So I think Jack Black is kinda in that same role. So Randall, did you actually see the Tenacious D movie, or are you commenting without seeing it? Their first album- ****in dirty but ****in hilarious. I'm gonna wait for it to come out on DVD, but I look forward to seeing it.
I saw parts School of Rock and Orange County and I thought both stunk. So that's good enough for me.
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Old 11-25-2006, 01:00 AM
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Im somewhere in the middle.
He is a funny guy, but his act can not carry a movie and the films where he is the main character are very shallow.

the best performance I can think of for Jack Black is The Jackal.
thats the type of role that is perfect for him.
15 minute part that really provided some comic relief from a very serious film and he played that part as only he could.

when he is asked to play a more important role, he is going to fall on his face.



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