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Summary: VERY FUNNY!
Review: What an EXCELLENT film! Excellent reminds me of Wayne's World reminds me of Dana Carvey, who makes his debut performance opposite Billy Crystal as mime waiters. BC went on to do more Rob Reiner films, like the Princess Bride, and When Harry Met Sally. I think this is as funny as both of thise, and I respect those very much. This was just great as a band on the run, and my personal favoreite scenes are the stonehenge (18 inches instead of 18 feet), and the baloney sandwich. Its one of those thhing you have to see. I didn't really want to see it, but I was recommended it, so I said, "What the heck." I'm very happy I did. Thank you for taking the time to read my review, and feel free to leave me a helpful/not helpful feed back. God Bless America!
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Summary: Pseudo-documentary about dimwit band
Review: Spinal Tap, directed by Rob Reiner, follows a dimwit band on their tour in America. The band has a series of episodes, that do not portray them in a positive light. They are silly, and even admit they are child like. Their popularity has diminished and they need to come up with new ideas to rejuvenate the band. The film follows a young director making a documentary about them. This DVD has good transfer and sound. The extras are good as well, with a commentary with the band, out takes and more. The film itself is an effective comedy/satire of rock n roll bands from the 60's folk to 80's hair metal. I found the jokes throughout the film set up well, and one joke comes up right after another, with no dull spots, although it is not bust out loud laughing kind of humor. Fans of metal with a sense of humor should enjoy this. 4 stars. Check it out.
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Summary: This Might Be The Funniest Movie Ever
Review: I have watched this DVD maybe 40-50 times. Once with a real square homemaker type- or so I thought- until I watched her nearly pee her pants laughing at this film. This movie is absolutely hysterical. It pokes fun at rock bands, especially heavy metal bands beyond their prime. But you can find a little bit of all of them in here. I might never be able to look at Led Zepplin, Blue Oyster Cult or Deep Purple the same way ever again. I don't want to ruin the film so here is one and only one example. While getting ready to play a concert in Cleveland The band members exit their dressing rooms and actually get lost trying to find the stage. Even after getting help from an old maintenance man they make a complete circle and still can't find it. Okay now I can't stop- or the bass player setting off a metal detector in the airport because he has a cucumber wrapped in aluminum foil in his pants to accentuate his "package"... or during their gothic anthem "Stonehendge" a 20 inch monolith descends upon the stage with dwarfs dancing around it (lead guitarist #1 doesn't know the difference between feet and inches and screws up the design request)... There are so many great lines in here, many of them from their manager (i.e. "Australian's Nightmare",etc.) and a ton of up and coming stars. Look carefully and you'll spot Paul Schaeffer, Billy Crystal, Howard Hesseman, Fran Drescher, the list goes on and on. This movie is one of the truly funny films that I can reccomend to anyone with a brain and guarantee you will absolutely love it and want to watch it again and again.
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Summary: I'm just as god made me, sir.
Review: This is the funniest movie ever made, without question. I mean, I can't imagine how to explain how funny it is, and how much I love it. Putting in little jokes and bits won't even do it justice. It is a massively popular cult classic for a reason. Brilliant writing, dead on acting. I've probably seen it more than 50 times, and it never gets less amusing to me.
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Summary: One of the best ever
Review: In a nutshell, this is one of the funniest films ever made. The acting is brilliant, the ad libbing clever, and the entire concept is a hoot. On my "Top 10 Comedies of All Time" list.
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Summary: Dated humor...
Review: It doesn't help that I've been watching Christopher Guest's films in reverse chronological order starting with Best in Show, then Waiting for Guffman, and now This is Spinal Tap. I would think this film broke new ground in the rockumentary/mockumentary genre *at* the time. It takes the audience through daily life with the rock group called Spinal Tap. The movie is shot like a featurette with a director interviewing the band members and following them around as they tour. It also shows the ups and downs of being a rock group. One minute they would be on top with stadiums packed with 5,000 audience members. The next minute, they could be barely foist their albums despite signings and appearances. This film employs very dry humor. It's funny because it attempts to be serious. The writers have made it a point to mock rockstars. They're airheads. David, the lead singer of the band, is constantly saying dumb things like every year countless people spontaneously combust. Nigel is obssessive with his guitar collection. The drummers seem to die and get replaced constantly. Band members stuff cucumbers down their crotch. It's entirely believable that these things happen with rockstars, but this film showcases a selection of stereotypes in one fell swoop. (I think this film was fun to watch. I could not believe the number of well-known celebrities that played a minor role in this film including Dana Carvey, Paul Schafer, Billy Crystal and Fran Drescher (she looked so young).) LEAP rating (each out of 5):
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L (Language) - 3 (stereotypes well captured for each character)
E (Erotica) - 0 (n/a)
A (Action) - 0 (n/a)
P (Plot) - 2 (the life of a rock group)
Rating:
Summary: Excellent
Review: Many good things have been written below about the movie and the soundtrack, and I agree with all of them. My wife bought me the CD after we both loved the movie and I listen to it all the time. It is one of those things that gets better every time you listen to it. The band is made up of very clever comics with the ability to mock various music genres. One of my best buys!
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Summary: Great sustain!
Review: Spinal tap is quite simply the finest rockumentary that you will ever see. Tons of quotable lines and scenes that will live long in the memory. Worth it just for the mini Stonehenge bit.
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Summary: Amazing Extra Footage
Review: I'm writing this review assuming you've already watched the movie itself, and are just shopping because of the "Special Edition". Well, it's worth it. If it costs more than the regular edition, fear not. It's worth every penny. The movie is already great.
What really struck me is the extra footage. They've arranged the extra footage in a fashion so that it very much resembles the original movie. It's like you get a whole extra movie! All the funny things are different, as most of them didn't even appear in the original, but it follows the pattern to the letter, and you feel like you're watching the original movie again, but everthing feels BRAND NEW. how awesome. I don't know how else they could have made the movie feel so fresh, but to do an expert job of arranging the footage that didn't make it the first time. Believe me that if the new footage is less funny than the original stuff, it's only VERY VERY slightly less so. It's hilarious.
If you like Spinal Tap, you'll be happy.
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Summary: Great mockumentary
Review: I don't think there has been a better parody of a rock band than this movie. The cucumber scene was priceless, and the mishap during "Stonehenge" was hilarious. This is totally a non-serious film, but it wasn't supposed to be serious at all, and Spinal Tap was actually a better band than most of the hair bands they seemed to be poking fun at. Big Bottom is one of the funiest songs I've ever heard.
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