A little disappointing...

Rating: Null/10 (5 October 2001)

I saw the movie right away at the movies when it came out first. The story seemed very appealing, I knew the book had been a smash although I never read it. What I was expecting was a story of a thirtysomething who had not quite found his place in life and who is escaping into his music whenever possible. Some person that is somewhat awkward, but not too geeky. Actually, someone like me. When I saw it for the first time I thought: well that's okay but not too great. But I expected it to be better than my perception had been so I rented it from the local video store. But again: The music wasn't that great and it didn't seem to be very much in the middle of the film like one would expect. The ex-girlfriends-stories were kinda flat. It was not pointed out by the story why he was left by Laura, and it wasn't even clear why she came back (maybe because Tim Robbins was such a lame esoteric). I couldn't even laugh about most of the apparent jokes. The movie seemed short and empty to me. See, I didn't read the book, but I expect it to be a whole lot richer.
Hi Fidelity is nice but that's it.