High Fidelity: Classic Or Dud?

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I hate this film and all associated with it except John Cusack, who gets a bye because of being in Grosse Point Blank, the best film ever.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 29 April 2004 11:27 (nineteen years ago) link

Including the Beta Band, Nick?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 29 April 2004 11:54 (nineteen years ago) link

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion pisses all over Grosse Point Blank.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 29 April 2004 11:57 (nineteen years ago) link

Not quite, Matt.

I'll have to take your word for it, N.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 29 April 2004 11:59 (nineteen years ago) link

Film is 100 x better than the book. This is saying VERY VERY little.

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 29 April 2004 12:08 (nineteen years ago) link

Never read it or watched it. Too englishy looking...

you blithering moron it's set in chicago or somewhere and has an entirely american cast

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 29 April 2004 12:22 (nineteen years ago) link

Mmmm, I guess I'm thinking about that Nick Hornby prat. Is this a different High Fidelity?

― Rumpy Pumpkin (rumpypumpkin), Thursday, 29 April 2004 12:23 (nineteen years ago) link

no he wrote it, but the movie is v americanised. it's much better than the book. i like it, but i like john cusack so that's prob why.

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 29 April 2004 12:25 (nineteen years ago) link

just can't see how it's possible for something to look "englishy" when it's american.

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 29 April 2004 12:27 (nineteen years ago) link

Somebody enlighten me. Is Nick Fucking Hornby English or American - I clearly pointed out that I had not seen the movie, urk, film so I wouldn't know that it had been 'americanised'.

― Rumpy Pumpkin (rumpypumpkin), Thursday, 29 April 2004 12:29 (nineteen years ago) link

Nick Hornby is from North London. The book High Fidelity is set in North London. The film takes the story to Chicago.

Neither are much kop.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 29 April 2004 12:32 (nineteen years ago) link

Unless you read anything about it anywhere. Where are you from that you're dissing things for being too english?

xpost

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 29 April 2004 12:32 (nineteen years ago) link

I knew what you meant Rumpy, the book was very English and there was a lot of English style hype around it.

― smee (smee), Thursday, 29 April 2004 12:39 (nineteen years ago) link

i hate everything not english

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 29 April 2004 12:43 (nineteen years ago) link

No, I read nothing about the film anywhere, after reading the blurb and reviews of the book I had absolutely no reason to.

Do we know why the book had to be set in Chicago? Because it was too English?

― Rumpy Pumpkin (rumpypumpkin), Thursday, 29 April 2004 12:44 (nineteen years ago) link

the book was set in london the film was set in chicago

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 29 April 2004 12:46 (nineteen years ago) link

it was set in chicago because it was NOT FUCKING AMERICAN ENOUGH!!!

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 29 April 2004 12:47 (nineteen years ago) link

They should have set it in Kilmarnock.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 29 April 2004 12:49 (nineteen years ago) link

i couldn't care less where they set it, just that saying something is too english is like saying something is too american, too black, too jewish. plain fucking moronic.

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 29 April 2004 12:50 (nineteen years ago) link

I disagree. But that's possibly only because I love it when my Irish friend slags things off for being too English.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 29 April 2004 12:53 (nineteen years ago) link

N - Now THAT would have been entertaining....

Dave - get over it mate, we are Scots and for historical reasons are entitled to complain about things being too english, so ner.

― smee (smee), Thursday, 29 April 2004 12:53 (nineteen years ago) link

It was set in Chicago because the musical Chicago had just come to London and the whole fabric of society would have collapsed unless art evened itself out.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 29 April 2004 12:54 (nineteen years ago) link

yeah don't you know you're supposed to like all things equally? what's wroung with you?

xxxpost

― ooops, Thursday, 29 April 2004 12:54 (nineteen years ago) link

i'm half-scottish, half-irish.
to be honest i am glad i had the privilege of growing up in england, not scotland, otherwise i could have had a cultural life that consisted entirely of tennents super, sectarian football hooliganism and heroin.

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 29 April 2004 13:01 (nineteen years ago) link

Oh, Dave.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 29 April 2004 13:02 (nineteen years ago) link

No, making sweeping generilisations is moronic.

― Rumpy Pumpkin (rumpypumpkin), Thursday, 29 April 2004 13:02 (nineteen years ago) link

Dave, you have my sympathy.

― smee (smee), Thursday, 29 April 2004 13:03 (nineteen years ago) link

okay, okay - you gave the world golf, i could have had that if if was, like, real lucky.

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 29 April 2004 13:05 (nineteen years ago) link

Where I pointed out that a book was too english and had to be made more 'american' for a wider audience, I wasn't being a narrow minded racist buffoon. Unlike your goodself to whom insulting people who are not being offensive seems to come frighteningly easily.

― Rumpy Pumpkin (rumpypumpkin), Thursday, 29 April 2004 13:05 (nineteen years ago) link

Yeah, well I'm from Essex and I used to be a goth. You can't get more marginalised than that.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 29 April 2004 13:06 (nineteen years ago) link

exactly - it was a really stupid thing for me to say and that wasn't what you were saying at all. it was a flippant classic kneekjerk bit of english-hating. i KNOW when i'm being an idiot.

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 29 April 2004 13:07 (nineteen years ago) link

This thread is not English enough. I demand some stiff upper lip.

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 29 April 2004 13:08 (nineteen years ago) link

But you're alright now, right Mikey?

― smee (smee), Thursday, 29 April 2004 13:08 (nineteen years ago) link

Um, are you sure Dave?

― smee (smee), Thursday, 29 April 2004 13:09 (nineteen years ago) link

sure about what?

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 29 April 2004 13:11 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm fine thanks. Although after Chris & Vicky's wedding, my girlfriend asked what music we would have if we got married. I said Bauhaus.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 29 April 2004 13:13 (nineteen years ago) link

Why on earth would you say it's english-hating? Again, generalisation. Do all Scots hate the English? Even ones like myself with English relatives? How the hell can you possibly categorise me? Someone you know nothing about other than the personality you appear to have attributed to me? You foolish foolish man.

― Rumpy Pumpkin (rumpypumpkin), Thursday, 29 April 2004 13:14 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm fine thanks. Although after Chris & Vicky's wedding, my girlfriend asked what music we would have if we got married. I said Bauhaus.

the proclaimers

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 29 April 2004 13:15 (nineteen years ago) link

x-post - well you said "too englishy" (whatever the fuck that is) as perjorative. i'm just calling it as i see it.

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 29 April 2004 13:16 (nineteen years ago) link

Madness.

― Rumpy Pumpkin (rumpypumpkin), Thursday, 29 April 2004 13:16 (nineteen years ago) link

So wait, you're from _Scotland_, and you're complaining it's too English? Well, fair enough I suppose, it is a book.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 29 April 2004 13:17 (nineteen years ago) link

Eh, look at Smees post regarding the setting and culture-speak in the book and you'll know what I meant.

― Rumpy Pumpkin (rumpypumpkin), Thursday, 29 April 2004 13:17 (nineteen years ago) link

Too uplifting.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 29 April 2004 13:18 (nineteen years ago) link

The Proclaimers that is. Not this silly argument.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 29 April 2004 13:20 (nineteen years ago) link

In chimes Andrew with a racist comment against Scots. Here we go. Sigh.

― Rumpy Pumpkin (rumpypumpkin), Thursday, 29 April 2004 13:20 (nineteen years ago) link

that i might benefit from the many delights scotland has bestowed on us poor philistine folks south of the border, i will listen to deacon blue and runrig for the rest of the day.

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 29 April 2004 13:21 (nineteen years ago) link

Well, when someone takes something out of context, gets their hackles up and starts retaliating with pish about drug addicts I feel compelled to defend myself. This is the first disagreement I have ever had on this board, as a mixed race person living in Scotland I do not have any strong patriotic ties so I would have absolutely no reason to chant racist pish to anyone. And I don't.

― Rumpy Pumpkin (rumpypumpkin), Thursday, 29 April 2004 13:24 (nineteen years ago) link

"In chimes Andrew with a racist comment against Scots. Here we go. Sigh."

Am I reading a different thread? Is what Andrew said racist?

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 29 April 2004 13:24 (nineteen years ago) link

It clearly implied that 'scots don't read books'. Or am I misconstruing this? Please explain if I am.

― Rumpy Pumpkin (rumpypumpkin), Thursday, 29 April 2004 13:25 (nineteen years ago) link

It didn't come across that way to me. Only Andrew will know of course. I think you're a little wound up and reading between the lines.

I say we all take our clothes off.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 29 April 2004 13:27 (nineteen years ago) link

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― Apollo and the Aqueducts (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 20 May 2022 22:00 (one year ago) link

John Cusack was extremely well cast in this film. He is the most believable character by a long way.

― everything, Saturday, 21 May 2022 01:24 (one year ago) link

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