Hi-Fi

I'm currently watching High Fidelity starring John Cusack and Jack Black and (don't forget) Lisa Bonet. Damn, I forgot how good this film is! It's like a fine wine--it gets better with age.

At first I didn't get it. I thought it was just one big sob story (get over yourself Cusack!). I couldn't wrap my head around it because I hadn't suffered that kind of heartbreak yet (It came out in 2000). I'd been hurt but it was on some high school "I can't date you becuase you're black" or "I'm not looking for a serious relationship" type bullshit. Even though I'm a hopeless romantic, those scars heal.

I was never and still am not the "date around" type. As my former roommate put it, "Jamaal, you're a serial monogamist". I couldn't have said it any better. I am what I am. I is what I is. Hate it or love it.

Anyways, High Fidelity makes sense now. It makes perfect sense to me now. Not because I'm jaded (I'm very much in love thank you). I guess I just grew up. I still laugh at fart jokes but I can also wrap my head around more than pre-processed, watered down satirical wit, you feel me?

And they break down the 4th wall. Damn I love it when they break down the 4th wall!

Enough banter, on with the list:

Fave Lines from "High Fidelity":

-"Look at you, you're wearing a Cosby sweater. A Cosssssby Sweater!"

-"We were going to be called Kathleen Turner Overdrive..."

-"I wanna live with a musician. I wanna have a picture of myself in the liner notes"

-"It wasn't spectacular either. It was just...good. But, really good."

-"It was a sneaky lawyer's trick, and I fell for it...because she's much smarter than me."