A good movie that I couldn't really enjoy

Rating: 7/10 (11 July 2004)

"High Fidelity" is a movie that a lot of my friends liked and that had a high rating on most movie reviewing websites I've been to. It was also a comedy, and since I love comedies, I decided to rent it. I'm not sure if I can judge that movie properly for many reasons. First, I haven't read the book. Also, I'm not the age of the characters. I'm much younger and I haven't gone through high school in the early 80's like they have. And most of all, I don't know half of the music they talk about in the movie, which is one of the most important aspects to it.
This movie is very realistic and even though the characters are much older than my surroundings, they reminded me of people I've known before. I suppose this is because it tried to portray the "alternative" crowd, I guess. A lot of people would find humor in the realism of the movie and of the main character. The way modern love is shown in this movie is also very realistic, maybe too realistic for my own tastes... This is my problem with this movie, I guess. It's not that I expect typical fluffy movie romance with roses all over the place, but.. This doesn't exactly match with my ideals.
Like I said earlier, the main character is very realistic. Sometimes, that made me feel like I could relate to him. I also felt sympathy for him and laughed at times. But sometimes, this realism had the complete opposite effect on me. I don't know if anyone else felt this way, but I guess it's a good thing. It means it was well-made.
There is a few very funny scenes involving the main character in my opinion, but the funniest part of the movie involves his co-workers. Jack Black is very funny.
I think this is a great movie for many reasons. I can tell that some people are going to relate to the main characters and to his experience with women as well as his love for music. I know people are going to relate to the whole universe of "high fidelity". I just couldn't personally relate to it.