black the large!

Rating: Null/10 (7 August 2004)

OK, here it goes: I just been on a one month vacation in Thailand and saw many movies sitting in small cafes/ bar where they show different movies all nigh long using a DVD machine. One of those movies was 'school of rocks' starring Jack Black. I really enjoyed the movie being a rock fan myself and thought that Mr. Black done a great job taking a whole movie on his brilliant comic shoulders. Then as it happens in Thailand I saw this movie again a couple of days after the first time and then it struck me: Jack Black is or his character for that matter is actually Malcolm McDowell or his character from Kubrick's 'clock work orange' Alexander de large. Everything from shooting angles of black face to his voice up to a very distinctive walk in the class of school of rocks is a tribute to McDowell unforgettable roll. When I mention it to a guy sitting next to me he smiled and probably thought that I had too many Banana shakes (very popular in Thailand) and I thought that maby it's probably it's just in my mind. Well it's not. Now I'm back home (alive and well) I turned to 'google' to see if there is any connection between the two and to my surprise I found that yes there is since Black played in a movie called Orange county which had the following Tag line :being the adventures of a young man whose interests are rape Ultra violence and getting in to Stanfordwell the pic that came along is here: well I guess that I was right after all..Black has decided, as a private joke, to relive the ultimate evil character of all times in a non rated film for children. He managed with great talent to combine the energy of Alexander de large into a grown up Angus Young fan and for that my hat goes down for him. I'm sure that if you look at that movie once more with that in mind yours will too.