Kurt & Courtney

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Summary: 3 STARS??!!!
Review: this is about kurt cobain so cmon..it deserves more than 5 stars...but it's also about courtney which deserves....no stars so it balances out to 3 stars. well anyways this movie should have been about mainly kurt,dave, and krist it would have been a better movie

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Summary: all in for the money
Review: lies that courtney told nick he believed it and did what she wanted him to do ..

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Summary: Best documentary ever.. Period!
Review: I dont get the negative reviews that all of you are giving this film. It is GOOD. Its not the best, But I give it 5 stars, merely because I like the way he goes through Seattle, and quite frankly I love Seattle, the music, etc. Nick Broomfield's deficit in the directing/filmmaking department is made up by the hilarious and interesting interviews from Courtney's head shaking father, who quite frankly passed his strong willed demeanor onto Courtney, and the fact that 85% of the people interviewed in this film seem to be under the influence of, uh substances... I recommend this, sure its quite mediocre in the way its made, but if you want to get to know Kurt or Courtney, and see how she REALLY is, rent this at your local Blockbuster. Heck, I bought the film. The music from the bands Earth and Theatre of Sheep is amazing, just amazing. There was no album of Theatre of Sheep, but there certainly was of the music from Earth on this film. It was on Pentastar: In the style of demons. And its REAL music. People are recommending Heavier than Heaven, boooooooooooooooo! dont buy that. Its fabricated. I recommend Earth: Pentastar in the Style of Demons

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Summary: Remember Kurt Like He Would Want To Be Remembered
Review: This was a very well researched and complete documentary. I give it that much. It also could help a person further develop ideas about Kurt Cobian. The problem with "Kurt and Courtney" is that it is just another presentation of Kurt's Death and how it might have happened along with a brief history of his life. As I said in the title, Kurt Cobain needs to be remembered as he would like to be remembered. There is way too much out there where all people will talk about is his death and the whole mystery behind it. Others claim to be dedicated because they can show off that they have all four Nirvana albums and the two live albums and can shoot off facts about his history. What Kurt would have liked is to have been remembered as a person who had a lot on his mind that he could express and relate in his music, which was a great part in his life, not some legend of the grunge era or a sold out angsty druggie with a guitar. He wouldn't want people dedicating all they know about Nirvana to fact and ownership to display. Kurt Cobain was the greatest symbol of love and the heart of the teenage world there ever was, to my opinion. He was one of the few who wrote how he truly felt inside, and in that way he could reach out and relate to so many teens as one guy who understood. I think it's stupid that the main controversy surrounding him is his death. Sure, it was an issue, but there are more important and deep things out there that he was trying to say. The best way to truly be a fan of this amazing man is to try to see the world from his eyes and listen to what he has to say. In his song "In Bloom" he talks about this, which is another reason I feel this way. I love Kurt Cobain for what he has given to me and many others. I hope he is resting in peace now. It's what he deserves. He deserved better in life. Why does the worst always have to come to the best people?

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Summary: The Kids are Not Quite Alright
Review: This film is a cross between "The Day of the Locust" and the first 10 seconds of a "Just Say No to Drugs" commercial. There is a car wreck "appeal" of (still young) interviewees seemingly strung out. They seem sad, charming, childlike, lost. Cobain's suicide helps cast him as Prince of all these things. In myth-land, where Sid Vicious' anarchy crashed and burned, and some 60's rock icons sped to the edge (far out man), Cobain returns to the classic myth of over-sensitive, too good for this world poet. (No doubt in my mind that it was suicide. The film's foray into murder theories is pathetically far fetched). And Courtney Love is painted as a major league... rhymes with witch. But how many people rise from dirt to stardom without being "assertive"? Not many. When you grow up clawing (and with a self-proclaimed "tough love" dad), it's hard to stop fighting when you get the tiarra.

As Love's "Celebrity Skin" is the only music I like from this crowd, consider me biased. I don't think she's as bad as the film shows, nor is Cobain as good. The film leaves three messages: 1) Do not do drugs! 2) If stardom is as painful yet banal as the film shows, be careful what you wish for. 3) The awkward journalists in the film are (unintentionally) "mockumentary" captivating (The Coyote to Love's Road Runner). And mostly, the non-famous, unpolished Seattle scenesters are fascinating - more so than the title subjects. Would have liked to seen more of *their* lives.

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Summary: From the point of a MENTORS fan and Kurt and Courtney hater.
Review: I bought this because I am a big Mentors fan. I will state up front, I hate grunge and am definitely not a Nirvana fan.

In the documentary, El Duce, the Mentors singer is said to have been offered $50,000.00 to kill Kurt Cobain. He is given a short interview where El Duce breaks out laughing and offers to tell more in exchange for beer.

As some credentials, I promoted several Mentors concerts in the early 90s. I have met and have listened to many El Duce stories in person. El Duce loves to tell perverted stories, and disgusting pranks. He appreciated our location because the liquor stores sold 64 ouncers of beer and changed his song that from "40 Ouncer" to 64 ouncer. As far as being an actual dark dangerous person, the closest he came was telling story of tying dead cats by the tail to church doors before Mass.

In this documentary, El Duce is presented by another interviewee as a person with a reputation of someone who would be likely to accept a contract on someone and likely/capable of doing it.

I can not see anyone ever coming to El Duce to do a contract on someone. The Mentors are all about outrageousness and humor. I just can't see someone viewing El Duce as a killer to be hired.

In the documentary, the person that lead Nick Broomfield to El Duce was someone covering his face. At first look, I first thought this might be Dr. Heathen Scum (another member of the Mentors, for non-fans) disguising his voice. However, on second look, the voice seemed too different than Scum's and the body type was too thin.

The Mentor's website made by Dr. Scum often takes current events and humorously inserts the Mentors into currents events in fake stories.

To me, it really appears to me that the Mentors pulled a huge joke on Nick Broomfield and got some free promotion in the process.

Again, as a Mentors fan buying this for my interest in the Mentors, it was mildly enjoyable seeing the Mentors scam their way into a "serious" documentary like this.

Although El Duce is pictured on the back cover of the DVD as one of 5 main characters. The El Duce/Mentors segments maybe amount to 2 minutes of the 95 minute run time. Nick Broomfield basically takes it with a grain of salt and moves on. He didn't seem to have been convinced at all but I guess it was interesting to keep as part of the story.

On other areas, as a non-fan of Kurt Cobaine/Courtney Love, the documentary was somewhat interesting. Although I despised Kurt Cobaine and his music, the documentary does demonstrate him as a sincere person even being bothered by having to play the radio hits at every gig. This documentary took my respect for Cobaine up a notch. It now stands at notch #1.

Courtney Love was shown as a total rock star pop conformist. She stays at notch 0.

Overall, this documentary seemed to lack a specific story or aspect of Kurt and Courtney to propel it and Nick Broomfield makes statements to this effect in the middle.

I don't know how much I'd like this if I was a Kurt and/or Courtney fan but it seems to bounce around with no real purpose.

There were some interesting parts, like interviews with Courtney's psycho father, Nick Broomfield's bold questioning of Courtney being honored at an ACLU event, but overall this wasn't very impressive, despite the few high points.