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Old 12-17-2024, 05:12 PM   #10241
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Outside of Be Kind Rewind and Nacho Libre I'm hard pressed to think of a Jack Black vehicle that doesn't make me actively contemplate suicide
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I liked Shallow Hal, but was like 10 and haven’t seen it in 20+ years lol.
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I liked Shallow Hal, but was like 10 and haven’t seen it in 20+ years lol.
No, that one I'll admit sucked. I love Jables and all but that film was borderline un-watchable.
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Highly underrated film. That one was really good!
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"How Did This Get Made" covered the 2019 Cats movie and I had to get a look at this abomination. I usually power through almost everything, even if I have to multitask, etc. I only made it 20 mins into this, firmly on my worst movies of all time list. I love it when something is far worse than you expected.
I hope Dame Judi Dench and Sir Ian McKellen were paid well for their roles, because lol..

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"How Did This Get Made" covered the 2019 Cats movie and I had to get a look at this abomination. I usually power through almost everything, even if I have to multitask, etc. I only made it 20 mins into this, firmly on my worst movies of all time list. I love it when something is far worse than you expected.
Lol! You made it 20 minutes? My daughter is huge into music and LOVES cats, both the animals and the opera and I think we made it 6 minutes?

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Outside of Be Kind Rewind and Nacho Libre I'm hard pressed to think of a Jack Black vehicle that doesn't make me actively contemplate suicide

King Kong.
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He's in a supporting role but The Holiday was a pretty good film too IIRC.
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He's in a supporting role but The Holiday was a pretty good film too IIRC.
The Holiday has a scene where they go to Blockbuster so it's a perfect movie in my books.
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It's not on any lists of the greats, but I thought Year One was criminally underrated.

Although, to be honest, it was the surrounding cameo/cast that had the funniest parts. Hank Azaria as Abraham is a scene stealer.



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Started watching some Jake Gyllenhaal show yesterday. Presumed Innocent or something.

Anyway, does this guy even know he's supposed to act and develop a character? He just wanders in as himself and says lines. He's just Jake the whole time versus being the character he's supposed to be portraying. It's beyond distracting. The whole time I'm just like, jake gyllenhall jake gyllenhall jake gyllenhall jake gyllenhall jake gyllenhall jake gyllenhall jake gyllenhall jake gyllenhall jake gyllenhall jake gyllenhall. Like, act, guy. Who hires this monkey? Is anybody an actual fan of this Saltine mother ####er?
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As a Jack Black fan, I'd put Year One on the bad side. But honestly, I think this thread shows that the bad side is a way shorter list. And even if the movies themselves aren't great, he's usually a a bright spot.

Good:
Nacho Libre
Tropic Thunder
Kung Fu Panda
School of Rock
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
High Fidelity
Holiday
Tenacious D
King Kong
Bernie
Mario
Orange County
Saving Silverman
Be Kind Rewind

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Year One
Gullivers Travels
Shallow Hal (although I do remember liking this one when I was younger, probably hasn't aged well)
Envy



Also TONS of small parts in various movies where I would say his inclusion is generally a plus. Can't give everything a ranking because I haven't seen all his stuff, but tough to argue with his success and it's pretty much just being his charismatic self, which is okay.
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Is Shallow Hal the one where he talks about some woman weighing 'a good deuce/deuce and a half'? I still use that line hah.

Also liked him in Cable Guy, but that's partly because Cable Guy rules.
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Is Shallow Hal the one where he talks about some woman weighing 'a good deuce/deuce and a half'? I still use that line hah.

Also liked him in Cable Guy, but that's partly because Cable Guy rules.
Yeah I couldn't remember how big his part was in that, but one of his staples is the small, one or two scene characters that kill and get out.
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Old 12-18-2024, 11:41 AM   #10257
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I thought saying Jack Black Vehicle made it clear this was movies he played the lead or major starring role in. For an example of him in a supporting role I'd say he was great in the 1997 Bruce Willis vehicle "The Jackal". lol I had no idea he was so beloved by the unwashed masses. Shame he's such a cowardly weasel of a person.
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Is Shallow Hal the one where he talks about some woman weighing 'a good deuce/deuce and a half'? I still use that line hah.

Also liked him in Cable Guy, but that's partly because Cable Guy rules.
Haha, no that was Something About Mary.

She's a deuce, deuce and a half. Not bad really.

I thought you said she was a spark plug?

Uh uh, butt plug. She's heinous.
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I thought saying Jack Black Vehicle made it clear this was movies he played the lead or major starring role in. For an example of him in a supporting role I'd say he was great in the 1997 Bruce Willis vehicle "The Jackal". lol I had no idea he was so beloved by the unwashed masses. Shame he's such a cowardly weasel of a person.
Spill the beans.
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Spill the beans.
Jack Black cancelled a Tenancious D tour after Kyle Gass said:

"Don't miss Trump next time."

during a show in July.

https://variety.com/2024/music/news/...mp-1236098171/

Gass has apologized and Black says he'll tour again with Tenacious D in he future once the political stuff has calmed down.
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