This Is Spinal Tap (Special Edition)
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Movie Reviews of This Is Spinal Tap (Special Edition)
Movie Review: The one that started it all.
Summary: 5 Stars
If you like this one, check out others by Christopher Guest. Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company, Waiting for Guffman, A Mighty Wind, Return of Spinal Tap. He didn't direct Spinal Tap or The Princess Bride - Buttercup Edition, but starred in both.Movie Review: There oughta be a law....
Summary: 5 Stars
I also love rock music, and all the associated trappings. There's not a genre of rock-n-roll that doesn't have SOMETHING that appeals to me.
I love satire. I love cleverly done satire. Satire generally requires more creativity than simple parody (Weird Al being the exception, of course). I realize that many people use the words "satire" and "parody" synonymously, but they are two different things.
Now, combine those two things I love (rock and satire), do it well, and you have one of the best-performed, dry-humored, and dead-on comedies ever made! And that's really the only way I can think of to describe this movie.
Why did I title my review "There oughta be a law...?" Because I've often said that there ought to be a law in place requiring that every rock group watch this movie...just so they can see how utterly self-important and ridiculous they sound when they take themselves too seriously. Maybe if they see this film, their sides will split open from laughter, and their oversized egos will deflate.
On Amazon's scale of 1 to 5, I give "This Is Spinal Tap" an 11.
Movie Review: Best version available for a classic
Summary: 5 Stars
Great idea, amazing writing and stellar acting. Christoper Guest should have gotten an academy award for the work he did. I just look at him in this movie and start laughing. This has all the extras that you could want.
Hard to believe that the Stonehenge segment was actually based on a Black Sabbath story where the set was supposed to be in feet and the builder thought the numbers were in meters so the set was three times as large as it should have been.
Highly recommended for baby boomer, rock fans. Others might not "get it".
Movie Review: classic with extras
Summary: 5 Stars
I really recommend this edition as it has the movie which is a classic but the extras which include never seen before scenes that didn't make it to the final movie are hilarious. There is heaps of extra footage. I have recommended this to all my friends who love Spinal Tap. So I recommend it to you too!Movie Review: Often Imitated, Classic Laugher
Summary: 5 Stars
If you're not a fan of British hard album rock from 20-30 years ago, you might not get the jokes. But if you love bands like Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple,Black Sabbath, Uriah Heap and so on, this "rockumentary" hits on so many unintentionally comical traits of that rock genre and fans.
The music is sometimes listenable, I am embarrassed to admit humming "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You" more than once.
If you've only seen it once or if it was a while back, check it out again- there are many little hidden gags (cold sores,spilling cocaine,Yoko influence) that I didn't catch at the late show where I first saw this gem...