{"id":321,"date":"2021-07-30T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/?p=321"},"modified":"2021-05-16T11:06:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T11:06:20","slug":"singer-to-actor-jack-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/07\/30\/singer-to-actor-jack-black\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer to Actor: Jack Black"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WARNING:<\/span> <\/strong>This Article May Contain Spoilers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Now, I\u2019m not going to pretend that writing this article was easy because unlike others that have been discussed, Jack Black seems to stick to one specific genre of film \u2013 comedy. I have to admit, this also features a lot in his music with his band Tenacious D. I don\u2019t want to say he\u2019s one dimensional but I think what is about to follow may speaks for itself. I have a little confession to make, it was actually quite hard to find films where he doesn\u2019t sing but honestly in the end the aim of this article is more to prove myself wrong and that he can do more than comedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goosebumps<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                For what many would possibly consider as a children\u2019s film, owing to the fact the Goosebumps <\/em>books were horror stories for children \u2013 I\u2019m not going to pretend I wasn\u2019t a little creeped out by Slappy the ventriloquist doll. Moving on, I think I owe Jack Black a little bit of an apology because for a dark comedy \u2013 he actually plays his role surprisingly straight. The only thing that bothers me, is the really strange accent he decides to put on as R.L Stein. Truthfully, you can\u2019t tell if it\u2019s right or wrong from the tiny cameo Stein actually has in the film but it\u2019s weird nonetheless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High Fidelity<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                First of all, if you aren\u2019t a fan of films breaking the 4th<\/sup> wall, then this really is not the film for you. I\u2019ll be honest, Jack\u2019s role in this film is not massive but he does seem to be able to play an arsehole really well \u2013 which makes you wonder if that\u2019s actually a reflection of his character. Now, as those of you reading this will know (if you\u2019ve read Chick-Flick Free Valentine\u2019s Day<\/em> that is), I am not a fan of romantic comedies but this one actually isn\u2019t that bad. It might be because this is more of what can be considered as a \u2018black\u2019 comedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Holiday<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Again, this really is not my type of film. However, I\u2019ll admit that this wasn\u2019t exactly what I expected because it doesn\u2019t completely focus on what I consider the soppiness of love. It focuses a lot more on the development of the two female characters and what they discover about themselves when they switch homes for two weeks. What\u2019s actually intriguing about this film is that the love interest for Iris could have been someone just as flawlessly good looking as Jude Law but they chose an actor of quite average looks in Jack Black. By the way, that is not a criticism \u2013 I actually think it was a good decision but genuinely it\u2019s not a role I would ever have considered him taking on. I\u2019ll admit that his role isn\u2019t massive (even for a 2hr film) but I think this is because we focus a lot more on Amanda and Graham\u2019s story than Iris\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorary Mentions<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Some may say that I\u2019ve been a little harsh on Black with this article \u2013 especially as he does feature as a leading role in Peter Jackson\u2019s King Kong. <\/em>However, this is the only truly straight role I have known him to play. Yes, the role I\u2019ve discussed above in High Fidelity <\/em>comes close but it isn\u2019t a 100% straight role. OK, he has what comes across as a bit part in An Unexpected Race <\/em>in 2018. I say this because when someone is just credited as \u2018Sheriff\u2019 on IMDb, it doesn\u2019t say starring role. Most of the time his lead roles are in comedies like Tropic Thunder <\/em>and Shallow Hal. <\/em>It\u2019s a shame to say that even though I love some of his music, I\u2019m not a massive fan of his acting. To the important question; have I proved to myself that Jack Black can do more than comedy? I\u2019m still not sure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers                 Now, I\u2019m not going to pretend that writing this article was easy because unlike others that have been discussed, Jack Black seems to stick to one specific genre of film \u2013 comedy. I have to admit, this also features a lot in his music with his band Tenacious … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-if-music-be-the-food-of-love-act-on","latest_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321\/revisions\/323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}