High Fidelity [DVD]

I had decided to read the book Hi-Fidelity written by Nick Hornby before watching the film, and other than a few scenes that they had missed including the ex husbands record collection and the wine tasting at Laura's parents house, everything else I could have thought of was in the film!I loved how most of the lines are very similar if not identically copied from the transcript of the book into the film as lines read by the characters and it was so exiting seeing them act out the scenes and flashbacks from the beginning as well.Highly recommended from a book to screen adaptation and one of the best I've seen so far.

One of the greatest films since the turn of the Millenium. Hornby's book comes to life fantastically with John Cusack taking the lead roll with great humour and timing as main character Rob. Rob is a character with whom the audience are meant to relate to and Hornby's writing about life, music and realtionships accomplishes this.This was the Jack Black's breakthrough performance in terms of being really known in the comedy world, and he fully took that opportunity, as sarcastic but likeable Barry. Cusack's one-on-one conversations with the audience, breaking the '4th Wall' element of film, gave the film a chance to stay close to the ideas and details within the book. Superb ending with Barry singing Marvin Gaye's 'Let's Get It On' was just one of the great musical moments you'd expect from the soundtrack of a film involving three men working in a music store discussing music all day. 5 out of 5, and in my opinion the sort of film you can watch time and time again but never tire of.

This definitely makes the Top 5 John Cusack films and here's why:It's very much a dark comedy, as it features tragedy used for comedy at the expense of Rob, played by Cusack.Rob has been dumped by his girlfriends and in true emo-style he blames himself and looks back at his top 5 break ups, along with other top 5's in-between, as he tries to come to terms with it.He is a very likeable-loser but you can't fault him for all the relationship faults in his life and as he looks back he has been very much a victim of circumstance and having the wrong girlfriends. Here lies the tragedy.The comedy is shown through his anal ways of organising things, such as the genre cataloguing of his LPs etc, and his 'chalk and cheese' shop assistants.I liked this film because on the surface it's a conventional trashy one-dimensional American comedy like so many others...but, thankfully, Cusack delivers enough depth in his geeky character to make up for this and all in all a film that should be in everyone's collection, even if it's just for a one time viewing.Language aid:Dark Comedy - comedy characterized by grim or satiric humour, the satire lies in Rob's way of looking at his break-upsTragedy - character(s) are subject to dramatic treatment of misfortunes (such as Rob's break-ups) because of the character(s) flaws.Emo - abbreviation of an: emotionally driven hardcore punk, or one who over uses their emotions as an instable source of stability. Rob is emotionally unstable as he focuses on the emotional events of his break-ups to try and stable himself and accept the break ups but in doing so becomes unstable.Likeable-Loser - a loser (someone who is a failure largely to the fault of his own doings) who in being a loser evokes empathic or sympathetic feelings.Trashy - something (in terms of a film) offering no more entertainment value than to endure the audience to it's cheap and inferior quality and lacking substance.One-Dimensional - something lacking and sort of death depth or any real, meaningful, development.Geeky - A geek is a person who is fascinated, perhaps obsessively, with an object of compulsion, (typically technology) in regards to the film - records.

Love this film, revisited after many years, still love it. The best thing about it, oddly, is the fact that John Cusack narrates to the camera, at intervals with great effect, he is a brilliant underestimated actor and is well complimented by the two assistants in the record shop - one being Jack Black with his usual comedic presence, but also by the quirky third wheel. Of course the soundtrack is great too, even if you don't like individual songs they slot so well into the narrative that you can forgive the cheesiness. My 13 year old daughter has just discovered vinyl, this is why I decided to introduce her to this film, she loved it too and has declared that she is now a collector!

I always avoided watching this film as something told me I would hate it. When I saw that Zoe Kravitz did a remake of this film and I noticed Lisa Bonet was in it (nepotism is real), I thought okay let me give this a go before I watch Zoe's version. I have to say I absolutely enjoyed this film, this is my type of film, a sort of Romcom with some depth with that 80's vibe.

Great film about the obsession with vinyl records. The Nick Hornby book is probably better but most books are generally better than their films. I bought this DVD in used condition and was not expecting too much however I was pleasantly surprised. The DVD was in great condition along with the case and arrived very quickly. The DVD was super cheap. I suppose with streaming ,DVDs are on the way out but as with High Fidelty the desire to collect things never ends , at least for me. I will grab a bottle of wine and watch the film which is practically autobiographical in my case " highly recommended ".

Preferred the TV series this wasn’t the easiest watch. Very much dragged on with little entertainment value.

An excellent, well thought out film. I've seen this before and already have it on VHS but I thought that this was one film I'd also like to have a copy of in a different format. The casting of the record store employees was excellent (reminded me of many years ago when I knew everything there was to know about bands). I must admit - I wasn't too set up with the young lady he ended up with, someone else could've acted that role out better.