Movie 5

School of Rock

I watched a movie, School of Rock. This was my first time to watch it. I didn’t know the movie. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures in 2003 and directed by Richard Linklater.

A main character’s name is Dewey Finn. He does love rock. He is a member of a rock band, NO VACANCY as rock singer and guitarist. He is fired from the band by his free performances. He lives with his friend, Ned and Ned’s girlfriend. Ned is a former rock musician. Now he is a schoolteacher. Dewey has no money. He is falling behind with the rent. He needs money. One day, he picks up the phone from Horace Green School. They want Ned. Dewey accepts that, and works at Horace Green School as Ned.

Dewey is not teacher. He only wants money. He doesn’t teach anything. He sees students at music class. He discovers that students have talents of music. Then he decided to teach rock music to students. He tries to win the Battle of the Bands. His students learned about playing rock and rock history every day. They listen to rock music as their homework. They are bitten by a special fascination of rock little by little.

Finally they play at the Battle of the Bands as a rock band, “School of Rock”! They make a great success. They can’t win the battle, but they became popular.

It comes out that Dewey is not a teacher. Student’s parents try to develop their children’s talents of music. Ned knows Dewey’s act. Ned forgives Dewey and teaches rock music to children. Dewey enjoys rock with children!

Jack Black plays Dewey. He is a singer as well as an actor. He excellently plays a rock teacher.

It was a school comedy movie. It was excited for me. Dewey was a cheerful person. He was full of passion. I became a fan of Dewey. I was really surprised at children’s skills of playing. They were so cool. I didn’t know rock very much, but I understood what rock is. I thought a power of music can change everything.