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MESS

I knew what I was headed into but curiosity got the better of me.

I remember when The Velvet Goldmine came out. It was universally panned and then sunk without a trace.

Glam Rock. Which lasted about as long as the film itself. Maybe longer in the UK.

Recently though, I had discovered that it is a cult item and has many YouTube out takes.

It is also an early career film for Ewan McGregor, Christian Bale, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. A trifecta. Also Toni Collette.

So I rented it.

How bad could it be?

Well, it is really bad. A mess.

It has time line problems. You never know where you are.

They commit their own spoilers throughout the film so you know what is going to happen because it already happened but when it happened you didn't know who was who so it really didn't have any impact.

That kind of time line problems.

Some of the performances are quite good though especially McGregor who plays a Curt Cobain/Iggy Stooge amalgam. He is quite riveting.

There is also a lot of homo and bi sex.

Interesting but not worth the in-between pain.

I still have not figured out how to work through a DVD in the same precise way that you can work a VCR.

The other thing is that everyone is quite glum all the time. They are taking themselves and their business and the film way too seriously.

I didn't.

I will give it a 2 out of Netflix5.

I could have just worked through the out takes on YouTube.

Labels: film