High Fidelity: Classic Or Dud?

"this show was a bad idea"

it's completely unnecessary but I watched the whole thing and it got better as it went on and reminded me less of the original book and movie. It's passable weekend binge subscription TV fare.

Rob's not enough of an asshole in the TV show, the writers didn't seem to recognize that the relationship was a McGuffin and it was about contronting in middle age that you're an enormous piece of shit.

really don't get the impression that the movie knows how much of a prick rob is.

like definitely it knows he's a bit of a fucking dolt and needs to grow up, but he's still our cool hero also

He’s definitely portrayed as sympathetic. Straw Dogs it is not

dolts can be heroes

eg, Bowie

I've watched the first two episode and it's still just as cringe-worthy as the movie. Maybe I'm too old for this kind of thing.

looks like the book and film maaaay have touched a nerve

i just watched the trailer for the movie and the tv show. The tv show looks must better. I haven't seen the movie since it first came out but I recall the only sympathetic thing about it was that they cast John Cusack in 2000.

Jake Lacy is really making a career out of playing "a guy you date(d)".

i finished the first episode. This is totally fine! it's weird that this is kind of the first thing zoe kravitz has really starred in?

Last two episodes were rushed and weird.

I just double checked how old Rob is supposed to be in the book. 35?

halfway through, this is so much better than the movie (or rather my memory of the movie).

low bar

i hope they pay homage to the ""i will now sell 5 copies of the 3 eps by the beta band" scene.

"I will now tweet about adding tracks to the store's Spotify playlist"

I think there were two homages to the Beta Band thing

!!!

Finished. This was totally good. The casting, the styling, the moments.

weird i heard this was terrible

Terrible is strong but it was not good.

considering the lack of acting prowess among the major players, it somehow elevated itself to adequacy.

at the moment I'd be happy if Peter Bradshaw was replaced by Aimless!

I just watched the Other Music documentary last weekend, don’t know if I can watch something like this.

there's an Other Music doc? how was it?

Did you shop at Other Music?

Yep

Then you should definitely watch it.
http://www.othermusicdocumentary.com/

Best thing about it is, most of it takes place inside the store. Other good thing is that any well-known people that are interviewed were all regular customers.

Finally saw this last night. I kinda avoided it as I too read the book and kinda tossed it down as I thought in the end the main character was a such dick. While I liked the music nods, I never checked out the movie.

The love story is still pretty much nerd fantasy land, but the scenes in the store and the nods to 90s Chicago was pretty fun. And the Cusacks are always fun to see act together.

Now that it 20 years on, I did think Tim Robbins character was really hilarious and kinda caught something in some hipsters of that era well. They should have somehow had a scene where it crawled across his shelves and you could see his CD collection. You know that dude would have some Rusted Root.

I haven’t seen this in several years, but seeing it as a teenager vs. seeing it mid 20’s vs. seeing it at 30 was an interesting evolution in perspective. It still remained good in my eyes but for different reasons along the course. I’m roughly the age of Cusack in the film now. Hesitant to revisit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZjIgH7E0_8

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