Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
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One thing they did in the movie before was how loudly they implied these guys are lousy at being musicians, following trends since the 1960's and trying to make it big playing whatever was popular at the time. It'd be hilarious if they kept that gag going, these middle aged men trying to play Grunge, seniors playing Nu Metal, House/EDM, boy-band pop, and absolute geezers trying to play whatever works today. The reunion would just be another ploy to try and get money off of what they were infamously remembered for in the first film.
Laspector
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I just hope this was shot in the same format as the original. Literally hundreds of hours of almost pure improv with just a thread of a script. That's what made the original seem so real. If this is purely scripted, I don't think it will fly.
But, God I hope this is good!! I remember my first viewing of this almost as much as I remember my first viewing of Star Wars. It was '1980 something' and that summer I was running sound and lights for my brother's band. They were fairly popular for a local band and we spent every weekend that summer on the road doing gigs. We knew all about road life and band mishaps.
We had just finished a gig, tore everything down, loaded up, and drove about two hours back to our hometown where we all gathered at the drummer's house to party. This is Spinal Tap came on HBO about 4am and none of us knew anything about it or ever heard of it. We didn't know if it was real or not. But, I knew I recognized Meathead from Archie Bunker and I thought David looked a lot like Lenny from Laverne and Shirley, but maybe he was just in a band before that show? At first we just weren't sure what was really going on.
But, WOW we were laughing our butts off!! Not only because it was genuinely funny, but because we could relate to it. Every time there was a gag, somebody there had a similar story. Our second guitar player even had Nigel's exact haircut and we ended up referring to him as Nigel from then on.
This movie means so much more if you have ever been in band or hung out with musicians. Everyone has a 'Spinal Tap' moment!
But, God I hope this is good!! I remember my first viewing of this almost as much as I remember my first viewing of Star Wars. It was '1980 something' and that summer I was running sound and lights for my brother's band. They were fairly popular for a local band and we spent every weekend that summer on the road doing gigs. We knew all about road life and band mishaps.
We had just finished a gig, tore everything down, loaded up, and drove about two hours back to our hometown where we all gathered at the drummer's house to party. This is Spinal Tap came on HBO about 4am and none of us knew anything about it or ever heard of it. We didn't know if it was real or not. But, I knew I recognized Meathead from Archie Bunker and I thought David looked a lot like Lenny from Laverne and Shirley, but maybe he was just in a band before that show? At first we just weren't sure what was really going on.
But, WOW we were laughing our butts off!! Not only because it was genuinely funny, but because we could relate to it. Every time there was a gag, somebody there had a similar story. Our second guitar player even had Nigel's exact haircut and we ended up referring to him as Nigel from then on.
This movie means so much more if you have ever been in band or hung out with musicians. Everyone has a 'Spinal Tap' moment!
