I am the only person in my family that liked this movie and thinks the subsequent exchange is funny. Don't quite know what to make of that. If you’ve never seen this movie, go down to your video store and rent it or set your TiVo to record it. To me, it is probably John Cusack’s last decent film and it is easily the best one he’s been in but not particularly because of him. The other characters make the movie, particularly the two lovable losers who work for Cusack at the record store played by Todd Louiso and Jack Black. There’s an exchange between Rob (Cusack) and one of them that goes like this:
Dick: “I guess it looks as if you’re reorganizing your records, um, what’s this? Chronological?”
Rob: “No.”
Dick: “Not alphabetical.”
Rob: “Nope.”
Dick: “What?”
Rob: “Autobiographical.”
Dick: “No f**king way!”
Rob: “Yep, I can tell you how I got from Deep Purple to Howling Wolf in just 25 moves.”
That still cracks me up.
A good movie, but a great book! I'm a big fan of Nick Hornby.
I thought that exchange was funny, too! Jack Black really shows his stuff in this movie.
I love that movie as well.
"What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?"