From the title I was lost, trying to figure out what it means or if it makes any sense and soon to get a clearer picture that it was actually referring to a video rental store in a movie. It really is either you thought of a tape player or a video tape player, of course both of them work on a similar concept through the use of magnetic tapes to store data.
Jack Black is one of my favorite comedian actors, he always does or act in funny movies and “Be kind, rewind” is just one them. Among others, I am sure you are familiar with “School of Rock”, “The Pick of Destiny” or the remake of “Kong” for a more serious acting. Not intending to spoil the movie for you but as a rather brief synopsis, the movie “Be kind, rewind” is about this guy who got magnetized and erased the contents of the entire video tapes by accident. He and his friend ended up making their own videos to replace the contents, somewhat like short parodies. This movie is categorized under the comedy and drama genre.
Speaking of video tapes or video cassettes, do you remember what movie and when was the last time you watch any movies on them? I can’t really remember mine. Taking a wild guess, I think that would at least be in the mid or late nineties when VCDs or Video Compact Discs were first introduced. As for the movie, perhaps it was more like a music video of Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert or Yngwie Malmsteen performing in a rock concert. They’re musicians (guitarists) if you’re wondering. Coming along subsequently at that time was the mpeg one format. I recalled having to use software called Xing Mpeg Player to view movies in VCD format.
Back then the movie industry globally, were beginning to face a threat on piracies and copyright infringements as original video tapes can be copied and duplicated with ease. Same goes to the VCD era as well as DVD era which came in much later. Oh hang on; there were also Laser Discs or LDs which was not as popular as the rest. The size of one LD itself is like a vinyl record, weights heavier and shinier. Now this reminds me of storage mediums during my computing studies.
I forgot one other thing; the movie is also about a famous Jazz Pianist by the name of Fats Wallace. I have zero knowledge on Jazz History so I had to Google and search for some information. There is a Jazz Pianist known as Fats Waller but not Wallace. Besides funny in a silly way, the movie is also nostalgic. I kind of like the concept because it’s different from what I have seen before. Not entirely a new movie as it was released in 2008 but it was worth watching in my opinion. About 3.5 over 5 from me.
No comments:
Post a Comment