Saturday, December 26, 2009
ROLLING ROCK
Today's movie was the documentary
This is the story of a heavy metal band that has been going for thirty years. Well not the whole band. Two of them. The other two slots needed refills over the years.
And maybe not really "going". After a successful first album and tour it has all been downhill. I guess "going" in the sense that they are still rolling like a stone that has fallen off a mountain.
The best thing about this documentary is that it focuses on the people. Two guys who met and started playing together when they were 14. You don't have to listen to much of the music and, because of the structure of the doc, they play one main number in different phases of their career. It is a good number.
They guys are great. The rock's roll down the mountain has not been continuous. There are some high times and we see them during one.
The film is a true ode to the human spirit.
I liked it a lot. I liked them a lot. Some of it is quite surprisingly emotional. The end is wonderful. Of course it is not the end really, they are going to keep on going on.
I will give it a 3 out of Netflix5.
