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Summary: Great documentary, but pointless.
Review: If you're going to make such an excellent documentary, why make it about about a band that nobody has ever heard of? Getting similar behind-the-scenes footage on the Who, The Stones, or Genesis would have been a monumental achievment in documentary cinema. But Spinal Pap?
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Summary: It's kinda stupid and predictable...
Review: This really wasn't that funny, because all the jokes are old, and it's just plain silly. Did I like it, no not really, would I watch it again, yes, would I recommend it to you, yes. 1 star is a bad rating in my book, but so many others liked it, so if fact I can't say whether or not you like it. You may or may not, it's totally up to you, and I suggest you see it, because who knows, maybe you'll like it. I thought it was bad. Go ahead and see it and form your own oppinion. After all this is a movie that you honestly can't go and see based on others oppinions, because this may or may not entertain you. I didn't like, but see it anyway. JUST KIDDING, this movie rules, it's so funny. Believe me. It's a spoof documentary. A must See!
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Summary: Timeless!
Review: This movie is hilarious. Like the Blair Witch Project (except good), it is filmed as a documentary which follows a legendary British rock band on their comeback tour. Unfortunately for them their popularity is waning and everything is going wrong. Their on-stage mishaps are extremely funny, probably more so than usual because it is easy to forget it is just a movie. Besides their concert mistakes, the characters themselves are extremely entertaining and convincing. Not only are the actors convincing, but they are talented. They have good voices and although I am not a fan of that type of music it is still kind of catchy. If you like to laugh you have to watch this movie.
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Summary: The Funniest Movie Ever Made
Review: Spinal Tap is one of the very funniest movies that I have ever seen. Certainly, it is the funniest one that I can think of off the top of my head. If you have not seen Spinal Tap you absolutely MUST watch it at least once. The movie is an comedy classic. If you have seen the movie before, and are wondering if the DVD extras are worth the price, wonder no more. This is a definite must have. Most DVDs don't give you much in the way of extras, maybe a documentary and a trailer, if you're lucky. The Spinal Tap DVD has an interview with Marti DeBergi, a bundle of ads, interviews with the band on television, and tons of deleted scenes. Also, the DVD has a hysterical running comentary of the three leading band members. The best part of the DVD is the commentary given by Guest, Shearer, and McKean in character--it's the band Spinal Tap watching the movie Spinal Tap, and giving their opinions of what you are seeing. It's like getting twice the jokes in one movie. To sum it up; I put off buying the DVD because it was a little more expensive than your average DVD, but when I finally caved I found that it was totally worth the extra cost. Movies like this one are what make DVDs so great.
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Summary: There is a fine line between stupid and clever
Review: In 1984, Rob Reiner helped craft this hilarious masterpiece that would become an instant classic with comedy fans and heavy metal headbangers alike. Reiner directs and co-writes with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer (all three of whom also play the main three Spinal Tap members) and we get to see the misadventures on the road and a few live performances of the fictional band on the road. So much could have gone wrong with this mockumentary, but thankfully Reiner and co. hit the satirical aspect dead on, and many bands from the era that this film was made are rightfully spoofed and no matter who you are you will not be able not to laugh. All in all, fans of comedies or fans of heavy metal music with a sense of humor should more than give this a look.
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Summary: Great in Three Ways
Review: The movie itself is great. It's a biting satire on the rock and roll industry, circa 1984 at which point it was pretty lifeless and brain dead. It features three gifted comic actors who are, in understated and clever ways, as funny as anyone on the planet. The second great thing about this DVD is the extra footage. Clearly Reiner could have assembled a very funny 120-minute cut using some of this footage and also more footage from the four videos which are included on this DVD and are also very funny. He went with a lean 83-minute cut instead, which maintained focus on the storyline, but any fan of the movie will want to see some of the unused stuff - more of every character. The third way in which this is great is in providing an extra audio track in which the three principal members of Tap speak, in character (as always) about their memories of the film and the ways in which their ex-manager and director Marty DeBergi screwed them. Three funny people, fully in character, improvising and bouncing off each other's ideas on the spot. That's what they did in making this film, and to hear them doing it again years later on a seperate audio track is a joy.
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Summary: Now Performing: Puppet Show, Spinal Tap
Review: This has to be one of the funniest films ever made. Could there be a better spoof of a cheesy 80's metal band than Spinal Tap? I don't think so. Obviously, the music is the funniest element of the film. Some of the best moments of this film (in my opinion) are: ~the "free-form jazz exploration" or "Jazz Odyssey" at the festival park. "On bass, Derek Smalls! He wrote this!"
~Nigel's guitar solo (you know...with the violin)
~Sex Farm! "gettin' out my pitchfork, pokin' your hay!"
~"no, The GIG is cancelled"
~Stonehenge
~"37 different people have been in this band over the years"
~Nigel's sustained guitar note "aaaaaaaaahhh!"
~Big Bottom "The looser the waistband, the deeper the quick-sand, or so I have read!" ...I could go on and on If you haven't seen this film and you love rock music and good comedy, buy this DVD. If you don't think it's hilarious, then I'm sorry for you.
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Summary: EVEN THE COMMENTARY IS FUNNY
Review: Hey, we all know this movie is one of the best, but with the DVD you are blessed with commentary from the "band" (all the players in character). Check out Best in Show & Waiting for Guffman for more of Christopher Guest's work....Monday is indeed Bunday!!!
Enjoy.
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Summary: Who knew rock music could be so funny?
Review: Rob Reiner, who started out on "All in the Family," came into his directorial own with this hilariously scathing look at the rock music industry. Reiner plays a documentary filmmaker chronicling the American tour of a loud and sexist heavy-metal band who gives new meaning to the term "washed up." In the midst of the tour, he presents inside dirt on the fictional group, from the dimwitted guitarist whose pride and joy is a guitar he never even points at, to the only slightly smarter lead singer whose girlfriend destroys the group a la Yoko Ono. The band lurches from catastrophe to catastrophe, from malfunctioning props to cancelled concerts. Two of the funniest bits involve the band getting lost under the stage and a horrendously undersized Stonehenge. Not to mention an album signing at which no one shows up and a disastrous attempt at branching out into jazz. Future-star cameos are in abundance, including Billy Crystal, Fran Drescher, Paul Shaffer and Dana Carvey. So turn your amps to 11, watch for the exploding drummer, and enjoy the movie.
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Summary: You should be able to give negative numbers to this movie!
Review: This is truely the WORST movie I have ever seen. It is about a bogus British band that's losing popularity (I wonder why). It seems like they just made a movie to go around bad jokes (ex: "They foung the cover to your album offensive.""What about it?""The fact that you had a naked woman on all fours on a leash" Ha, ha, ha. Then he hides a cucumber down his pants to
try to make people think he has a huge penis. Ha, ha, ha. BOOOORING!!! Don't waist you time on the movie!!
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