Kurt Cobain - About a Son
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Movie Reviews of Kurt Cobain - About a Son
Movie Review: Not Very Entertained
Summary: 2 Stars
This DVD was so bad. I got it thinking it was Kurt talking about his life and Nirvana, and it kind of was that. This DVD was so bad because they never showed any live Cobain or Nirvana music, and they never even showed Kurt's face when we was talking. It was just a bunch of dumb clips from where Kurt has been in the past. This is seriously a boring DVD, and no one should buy it.
I do think it's cool how much Kurt talks about his life, but theres only his voice. Curt, Dave, and Christ aren't in this movie for a second.
Movie Review: Major Let Down!
Summary: 2 Stars
I am a hardcore Nirvana and Cobain fan. This movie was such a major let down. It seems like the company that produced this just grabbed some audio clips from Cobain interviews and shot some random footage of what I guess is supposed to be his hometown, but it could be any town they are just random clips. Nothing in this film fits together. It all just seems to be thrown in there. I am still a Nirvana fan. I gave this movie 2 stars just because it was about Cobain and nothing else.Movie Review: I must have missed something...
Summary: 2 Stars
I have been a Nirvana fan form the start but this dvd is nothing more than interviews that I have read before with boaring video of locations in Washington. The few stills of Nirvana and Kurt are pics that we have all seen before. If it was released as a cd, it might have been better. I was dissapointed.Movie Review: A Little Disappointed
Summary: 2 Stars
I had very high hopes for this DVD, but it turned out to be a little boring. I lost interest very quickly.Movie Review: Kurt would have been ashamed...
Summary: 1 Stars
Let me first state that I am a huge fan of Kurt Cobain and have been since the late `80s when Bleach was first released. I was a huge fan of the music coming out of the Pacific Northwest at that time: Mudhoney, Mother Love Bone, the Melvins, Soundgarden, etc. I still love the music even as I'm approaching my 40s.
This documentary should have been released as an audio CD. If it had to be released as a film, at least it should have been subtitled against a black screen. That would have been more palatable than the highbrow visual pap, which the visuals are comprised of. The interviews were highly insightful, but the images were terribly disconnected and removed from the zeitgeist that was the alternative scene of the late `80s and early `90s. Grunge was against social conventions, somewhat nilhlistic, and rebelled against the prevailing conditions and fashions of the time. It brought about the demise of hair metal, fortunately. As such, the visual imagery of this film was anathema to that spirit. I felt like I was watching an overwrought, pretentious piece of "artsy fartsy" filming akin to a perfume commercial. I should have just closed my eyes and listened. It left a very bad taste in me, only redeemed by Kurt's spoken words, which were captivating . Kurt stated in the film numerous times how he identified with Punk Rock. A true punk rocker would be appalled at the blatant commercialism of the imagery. I was repulsed by it. The only saving grace is the interviews themselves, which I highly recommend listening to. If you buy this film, do yourself a favor and close your eyes while listening to it.