Be Kind, Rewind... The Joy of Movies

By now most people probably understand the simpler concept behind Be Kind, Rewind and some have probably seen the controversy behind it too. But frankly I don't think that people get what the movie is really trying to say and obviously the trailer isn't going to give that to you otherwise you wouldn't see the movie.

For starters this movie doesn't take place during the VHS' hay days it takes place now in the DVD age. You should know the premise of the picture already so I'm not going to regurgitate the marketing for you that's the studio's job. I will say that this movie is more about making movies and taking chances making movies then anything else. The Hollywood that I and most people fell in love with no longer exists. There will never be another George Lucas who owns all his characters and the license for those character's because the studio's now know how much money that can make off of it. Be Kind, Rewind to me is more about making good movies, rather than expensive movies. Quality rather than quantity, which is severely lacking in movies today. People for some reason feel ripped off it there not sitting down for two hours eating candy and nachos.

In the movie the video store has all their movies they've made destroyed by studio lawyer's played by Sigourney Weaver and Paul Dinello (Jellyneck from Strangers with Candy). This inspires our video bootleggers to make their own movie. After all isn't that something a lot of people do as kids? First you want to make your favorite movie, then when it's not good enough you make your own. Really that's what I took from this film, yes it was funny as hell to watch them remake movies like Robocop and Ghostbusters and Rush Hour 2, but more importantly I took away a greater joy from this movie then I have in a long time. I didn't leave the theater feeling like they just wanted my money, I left feeling like they just wanted me to enjoy myself and it felt like when I would watch movies as a kid.

That's all I'll ruin of the movie for you since really I'm not even touching the surface of the subtext or other things like sense of community that's also going on in the film. When it opens nation wide I would recommend seeing it and making an opinion for yourself, you may hate it, you may feel like it just wanted your money, or you may leave the theater wondering when's the next time you'll leave the movies feeling so good about the money you spent?