2009年2月28日 星期六

Film review- School of Rock

Dewey Finn (Jack Black) loves rock and roll. He is consummate fan who knows every worthwhile group and song. He is a singer, songwriter, and guitartist in his own band called ''No Vacancy.'' But other members of the group have grown tired of his immature stage antics, such as 20-minute solos and stage-dives. They voted him out and hire someone to replace him for an upcoming Battle of the Bands contest.
Downcast and distraught, Dewey doesn't know what to do. Plus, his usually patient rockmate Ned (Mike White), a schoolteacher, is being pressured by his aggressive girlfriend(Sarah Silverman) to make Dewey pay the money he owed for rent or get out. When a call comes in to Ned asking him to serve as a substitute teacher at the prestigious Horace Green Elementary School, Dewey decides to assume his idenfity to take the job.
Of couse, faced wit h a class of fifth-graders all nicely clothed in their school uniforms, this rocker doesn't have a clue as to what to do. So he tells them to come out and enjoy some demonstration. This scheme works for a little while but then Dewey visits the orchestra class. Lights go off in his head and bingo!-- the new class projest is to form a rock band. He decides to teach then evrything he knows about rock with lectures on its history, the evils of '' The Man,'' and the essentials of playing rock songs.
Dewey's spirits are lifted when he realizes that there are some talented musicians in the class including Zack (Joey Gaydos, Jr), the lead guitarist; Katie (Rebecca Brown) on bass: the Lawrence ( Robert Tsai) on keyboards. Freddy ( Kevin Clark), the calss rebel, turns out to be an eager learner on drums, and Tomika ( Maryam Hussan) suprises hi mwith her unusual singing talent. The samrtest girl in the class Summer (Miranda Cosgrove), gets her chance to excel as band manager while others serve as back-up singers, special effects wizard, head of security, and the offical selectors of the band's name.The humor quotient of the film is heightened by the funny performance of Rosalie Mullins as the uptight and unlocked principal of Horace Green Elemtary School. When Dewey discovers that she is a secret fan of Fleetwood Mac, they are able to commlit as friends. The rock fan getass his wish whe nhe has the class entered int the local Battle of the Bands. By the end of this rollicking film, you'll happily be chanting, '' For those about to rock, we salut you!''

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