rock on!

man am i glad i decided to go to work yesterday. i had been battling a sore throat and i thought, hey good excuse not to go to work yeah? But that would mean my colleague would be on her own and i hate doing that to people.

So i turned up at work and in my inbox find a preview invite to School Of Rock, the movie I've been dying to see! I'd already missed the previous 2 screenings so I was doubly glad to see this email!

School Of Rock's the latest Jack Black movie. His name might not sound familiar to some but he did a great turn in High Fidelity as the foul-mouthed record store clerk, as Shallow Hal, as the wasted loser brother in Orange County. Well that's all i can think of for now...

He's a loser guitarist with a penchant for 20 minute solos and stage-diving. But his band wants him out and his roommate wants the rent.

So he pretends to be his roommate Ned (played by screenwriter Mike White) and takes on a substitute teaching job at an elite prep school running by the stiff principal (Joan Cusack)

he's in it for the money really but finds out that his students are some pretty darn good musicians. So he gives them a school project -- to form a rock band.

It's a great movie even for non-music fans. Just watching Black kick out the jams onstage is worth the $8.50!

and my first thought after watching the movie was - hmmm gotta go that soundtrack!!

first will see if i can get it off someone for free....ha

(this by the way is not my official review. i'm still cracking my brain over that one. how to write something that's not terribly gushy.... man i hate when i love a movie that i'm to review. it's so easy to slime something....)