Friday, March 1, 2024

The Man Behind The Curtain: February

We are now in the third month of 2024 and time is flying much faster than is normally does for me. I think with how busy I have been in the last several months I thought that February would give me some sort of a break. Seeing that it's March 1st and I only just now got caught up on the movies that I wanted to watch for the month, I think time is already slipping away from me. I am thankful that this coming weekend I have no plans. I am very hopeful that I can get some stuff that I have been avoiding done, and also maybe get a head start on some stuff. 

So, I have found kind of a flaw in my Authentic themed project this year. Usually, I am very to the point on what I want to talk about and what I want to match with. I feel like both of my plans are somewhat half baked. The reason that neither one of them is super extensive this year is because I knew going in I was going to be overwhelmed. The problem with this one, in particular, is a huge part of it is a surprise for my friends at the end of the year. So I am kind of at a loss for what I want to go in depth with what make certain parts of me authentic. Why I love certain things. So, I think it's going to be a lot of last minute question here you guys. However, I have been thinking about one thing this month in particular. 

However, we need to talk about Jack Black and The School of Rock first. 


 
Dewey Finn and an aspiring Rock and Roller whose biggest dream is to win the Battle of the Bands. Winning the competition gives you a huge chance to be able to have any and all of you rock star dreams coming true. Dewey's ego, and inability to be able to work well with other gets him kicked out is his band before he has a chance to go after that dream. This, and the fact that he is falling way behind in rent, puts Dewey in a bind to have to get some sort of job. In a moment of desperation, and pure luck, he is home when a school principal calls looking for his roommate to sub a class long term. Dewey gets the idea that he can sub, without much work, and get a paycheck that will give him a chance to get a new band together and get back on track. 

Everything is going to plan until the kids that he wanted nothing to do with, show that they have some musical talent that he knows he can exploit to get back into the competition. With some more lying, and a bit of acting on the part of the kids, his plan works and they start working together to become the best band that they can be. However, Dewey realizes that not only does he love being with the kids and teaching them about music, that he loves being a with the other teachers as well. He starts to make friends with kids and teachers alike, while also helping these private school kids find that they are more than just a grade. Music really let them come out of their shells and is helping them to explore different kids of music, and other things that they are interested in. 

This is a movie that I have seen just a few times in my life, and never all the way through at once. It's way different than what I thought it was for some reason. However, this film is just the best way to show Jack Black just being Jack Black in a movie. I mean I really hope he is not that much of jerk in real life like he is at the beginning of the movie, but the rest of it seems like what you see of them on the red carpets. 

What I really loved about this film is that Jack Black really loves music in real life, and it very much shows in this movie. He loves playing, dancing, and teaching about it. He uses all different kinds of music to help the kids to connect with what their strengths are and how so many different type of people are in the music business. Also, all the ways you can be apart without having to sing or play an instrument. Jack Black talking about music like it's connected to his soul, and that a part of him would cease to exists if music was no longer a part of his life. 

That is how I feel about movies. That should not be a surprise if you are here reading this. I think just about every single blog I have written has mentioned a movie of some type on there. If you remember my post from last year that I went to see a movie in the theatre where my parents met, you know that movies seem to be part of my DNA. My first movie was Aladdin. I went to see that when I wasn't even on yet and my dad had to put the film together. Mom took me to the theater and I got to watch it before anyone else did walking around in my walker in the theater. 

My mom has even told me that I learned how to "read" when I was very small from the VHS tapes of Disney movie I had. I knew what tape when in what box. Really I think I just matched the patterns of the writing of the title to the same writing on the box. I have always had some sort of movie memorabilia up on my walls. However, it wasn't until I saw The Wizard of Oz when I was 16 that my loves of movies got to the level that is has. Half my lifetime ago I fell in love with movies in a significant way. 

Why? 

I think it's because movie are a way to speak to people without having to over complicate the world. I have been to many movies in my life and I don't always go when I am happy. I have been when I was in love, scared, heartbroken, mourning, angry, confused. The movies are designed to tell you a story and in doing so they have to be allowed to control you emotions to a degree. They are made to get you to think about more than yourself, and to consider and question you. They are a way to interact with the world and discuss things that don't normally happen to you. 

They tell real stories, fake stories, love stories, and even the most vile and heart wrenching things you can possibly imagine. They have to do this in a matter of hours and cover so much ground. Stores that you would have never heart of before are unfolded in front of your eyes. The past, present, and future all exist in 28 seconds per frame. I constant movie snapshot of life being played out before your life. Just like telling a story with your friends you can have the same story told but in a different way and perspective and have it be a totally different feeling story while still getting all of the fact right. 

I love movies because I love good stories. While there are a lot of the technical aspects of movies that I love too, I love that you can tell all different kids of stories to all different kids of people all over the world. No matter how real, or outrageous, that story can be. 

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