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Summary: Is it REALLY about punk rock? Who cares?
Review: It seems that most people who see this movie either love it because they see it as a perfect description of punk rock life or hate it because it is not "punk enough" or hardcore enough or just does not accurately describe punk rock enough. For those who say either, I say go get a documentary on punk rock and watch it. This movie is not intended to be a documentary on punk rock. It is about a young man at a crossroads in his life and must choose the events that will lead to the rest of his life. Oh yeah, this young man happens to be a punk. To say the character Steveo or the scene he is in does or does not sum up punk rock is absurd. Punks are as diverse as any other group of people. It would be like watching a movie that's lead character is a 40 year old white man and assuming that he represents EVERY SINGLE 40 year old white man alive. Anyways, our lead character Steveo has hit a point in his life where his beliefs, mainly his belief in anarchy, are not adding up as well as they once did. He sees his friends going in different directions(one is a bum, one is going off to study Botany, etc.) and he now has to choose his path. That is the bottom line in the movie. Along the way you meet Steveo's friends, hear him go off on hilarious speeches about anarchy and punk rock, heartbreak, drugs, drinking, and oh yeah, beating the hell out of rednecks. Does this movie wrap up punk rock in a neat little package and present it to you? No. Is that even possible to do? No. What the movie does is tells a great story, throws in a lot of great music, and features a lot of great performances. I recommend it highly. Very funny, very entertaining. Oh yeah, for all of you wondering what punk rock really is, it is in the heart and the soul and the mind, NOT in the clothes, the hair, or the lifestyle. Remember that as you watch.
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Summary: this movie was f**king brilliant!
Review: This movie has to be one of the best and most underrated movies of all time. This movie will make you think over and over and over again, and if you're ignorant, watching this movie will give you a true insight into the punk world (even though not all of us are stoners and drunks). Matthew Lillard has an awesome performance and all of the characters are great (especially Devon Sawa's character). Not only does this film have witty monologues and classic lines (think "dude, you ARE jesus!!), it delivers them with ease, EVERYBODY SHOULD BUY THIS MOVIE OR AT LEAST RENT IT
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Summary: The best movie depicting punks
Review: This movie is the only movie that I have ever seen that gets close to describing how true punk rockers feel. However there are still somethings that I do not agree with. Such as the whole issue with anarchy and the fact that you can not fall in love otherwise you are a poser. But the movie has many great qualities to it. The soundtrack is excellent and the storyboard is well written. I enjoyed the moshes and Stevo's (Mathew Lillard, Thirteen Ghosts) little soliloqies. They were very informative. I would ddefinetely recomend this to anyone who wants to understand the true punk life.
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Summary: A Punker's Paradise
Review: Well, I just have on word for this movie. Wow. I never knew that a punkers world could be so intracate! I have watched this movie numerous times, and from Stevo, to Herion Bob, there is no better movie to see, for amazing laughs, a tearful ending, and just a love for the undiscovere punk!
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Summary: SLC Punk is so funny because it is/was so real
Review: Been there, done that, seen that. If you grew up in SLC during the 1980s you have no excuse not to watch this film and verify that everything Stevo says really happened, if not to you, then to someone you personally know. I loved this film because it was told with a perspective of someone who is so intimately threaded into the fabric of this strange SLC culture as an outsider (non-Mormon transplant). SLC of the 1980s is more like this movie than the Mormon stereotype the rest of the world thinks exists for 100% of us SLC-ites. LOL! SLC does a LOT to TRY to shed it's stereotypical image of Mormonism to the rest of the world. These guys help take that job to the nth degree. WHY? Mostly because SLC can be SO BORING! I've tried to get others to watch this movie because it is so worthwhile to explore an aspect of American culture that isn't often seen in film -- covered in such an intelligent manner. Those I've asked to watch the film look at the cover, see the young punks and title and refuse to even consider the time to watch it. Believe me, the cover of the box has nothing to do with the depth and quality of introspection you will gain by immersing yourself into this quality guided tour of the SLC underground culture in such a way that ONLY SLC can do it. (The movie is right, we are NOT normal here. You can't duplicate this kind of perspective anywhere else, you couldn't change the title to any other city name.) What would I like to see? Another film by the same director looking at the equally juxtaposed strangeness of the Goth scene that the SLC Punk scene evolved into during the early to mid-90s. What would I like to see after that? Another film by the same director looking at equally juxtaposted strangeness of the Metal scene that preceded the SLC Punk scene which evolved during very late 1970's and crossed over a bit with the SLC Punk scene. Don't believe SLC could possibly have such anarchist attitudes, in such a conservative environment? Just how many times have you seen SLC anarchists on national news in the past 10 years? Straight Edgers, Animal Liberation Front, Skinheads, for example. It's just too bad it has evolved into some violence that seems to be growing. It didn't used to be that way at all in the '80s, well, except beating the crap out of "the cowboys". My "most true" highlights from the film: 1. The fact that not all Punks LOOK like punks (the geek guy). 2. The fact that the surrounding states north of Utah are more like what the rest of the world thinks of Mormons than is SLC (Evanston, WY trip). 3. Posers in the malls (you know they only dress like that to go to the mall -- they wouldn't be caught dead looking or acting like a Punk at home or in school). Like I said, "Been there, done that, seen that" (including being a student at the U, intimately involved 1978-1984, encouraged others along the anarchy line until mid-1990s, now I miss it all -- thanks for the movie to bring back the memories). Roobah
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Summary: Best Movie Ever!
Review: Okay, if you are a real punk who appreciates anarchistic views you'll like this movie, if you don't you'll hate it. I think there is a good message in this movie if you really listen. Also if you don't even know what anarchy is you might want to look it up before you see this. I recommend, however, to try to rent this movie first. I don't think this movie is for everybody.
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Summary: Lunk-headed look at punk
Review: Horrible movie. This movie's representation of 80's punk rock is really a film about jocks-in-punks clothing masquerading as the real thing. This totally [disappoints] in my punk-since-1980 opinion - but I'm sure all the empty-headed trendy "punks" of today that shop at Hot Topic will adore this movie - it feeds the punk stereotype for stupidity and violence that sadly ruined the early punk rock scene in the first place.
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Summary: No story
Review: I rented this film thinking it would be great. I love Matthew Lillard and it sounded interesting. About an hour into the movie I realized that so far, it had no story, no plot, no anything. I didn't know where the movie was going. All I truly knew was that this group of punks hated rednecks. I don't suggest this film unless you like storyless movies.
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Summary: Eek!
Review: This is officially my favorite movie. Personally, I believe everyone should see it, whether you love punk, despise it, or couldn't care less. If you are, in fact, into punk rock, more power to ya, because it'll give you an extra kick. But whatever the case, this movie's a great pick (unless you're sensitive to language, sex, drugs, and mild-ish violence...). I'll put it this way: SLC Punk has EVERYTHING. Comedy (Matthew Lillard's monologues really had me going - they'd be good forensics readings if not for the language, which I guess some people are sensitive to), romance (I guess you could call it that), insight, and action. Well, comedic action. You know the deal. When I first read the blurb on the back of the box, which includes such misleading phrases as "nutty rollercoaster ride" and "what's a guy with blue hair to do?", I thought it was going to be just that: a whiz-bang trip through the punk scene in Salt Lake City, 1985. And it is. But it's so much more than that. Buy it, rent it, borrow it, dig an underground tunnel to your video store so you can steal it. SEE IT.
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Summary: Very Very Good
Review: To anyone who has questioned society, this movie is for you. It asks interesting questions about the way society functions and how everyone is living a life of hypocracy, wheather you're punk or conformist. It shows a question that has been long asked from a new angle. The proformances are great, the characters are funny and interesting, and the plot, well, there isn't much of that, but the script itself is good. Another succesful recomendation from the Sundance Film Festival.
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