REACTION AND RESPONSE WHILE AND AFTER WATCHING HIGH FIDELITY
"What came first? Music or the misery?
“Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable, or was I miserable because I listened to pop music? “
This is a movie where you get inside a guy’s head and see what makes the other half tick. Well, it’s a chance to see what makes a hot guy tick anyway. This is a comedy about Rob Gordon (John Cusack) who is in his thirties and is still afraid to fully commit to a serious relationship. It’s a story of an unambitious music lover who is constantly reflecting and wondering how past screw-ups could have been prevented. His girlfriend, Laura (Iben Hjejle), leaves him because he cannot grow. He has become stagnant. So, Rob goes through a painful rehashing of his five worst breakups, since he is constantly making Top Five Lists of everything. He goes all the way back to when he was fourteen to the present and he comes to conclusions that are both eye-opening and very funny. As he goes through this process, his fantasies take over and these scenes are simply hysterical. He has a penchant for the dramatic and he loves to wallow in misery. He owns a record store called "Championship Vinyl" and he has in his employ two of the oddest people you could ever meet. Both are geniuses as far as music is concerned, but one is meek, retiring and overly sensitive (Dick played by Todd Louiso) and the other is outrageous, rude and flamboyant (Barry played by Jack Black).
To me, the movie is well-written, witty and has strong acting sensation. On the other hand, its ‘sturdy’ language and some violent scene may be a no-no for certain people. I couldn’t keep my feet steadily on the ground, as the movie is hilarious and at some level, it relates to a real life situation. The cast shown in this movie have very different characteristic. For example, Mr. Cusack has rumpled hair; his mouth is slightly open at all times, and he looks, well, vaguely unhealthy. Todd played role as a geeky music store-worker, all neat and nice and the total opposite of him is his colleagues; Jack Black. The movie, somehow teach us that no matter how lousy others think of us or how screwed up things might be in the end, there is no harm trying. It gives a different dimension to crisis of loneliness, and the meaning of relationships. Courtship doesn’t mean all roses and chocolates, and this movie portrays the exact. It shows the differences of all character and how they each react towards circumstances. It also describes how creative can an imagination be. It is clever and contemporary and offers hope that differences can be resolved and love will win, in the end. It is about one guy struggling with self doubt, and his successful purging of the mistakes of his past...
