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!@#$%! · 07.04.2019, 05:00 PM

cbgb (2013)

the subject matter was great but the movie *as a movie* was just meh, so it adds up to okay. alan rickman was great as he usually was, but his presence marred by presentism and dumb concessions to the mainstream, like a character saying (in 1973 or 78 or whatever) that kristal should be drawn “on a pile of CDs” (im sure this didn’t refer to certificates of deposit) or patti smith singing the tune she wrote with springsteen in 1977 in her cbgb debut in 1975. time machines abound here for dramatic effect i suppose. the comic book “highlights” were a bit hammy. still, a joyful subject matter so why not.

followed by

the decline of western civilization (penelope spheeris, 1981)

no alan rickman unfortunately, but a lot better than the above movie. great little documentary really. on criterion.

07.04.2019, 05:00 PM	#24169
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,457	cbgb (2013) the subject matter was great but the movie as a movie was just meh, so it adds up to okay. alan rickman was great as he usually was, but his presence marred by presentism and dumb concessions to the mainstream, like a character saying (in 1973 or 78 or whatever) that kristal should be drawn “on a pile of CDs” (im sure this didn’t refer to certificates of deposit) or patti smith singing the tune she wrote with springsteen in 1977 in her cbgb debut in 1975. time machines abound here for dramatic effect i suppose. the comic book “highlights” were a bit hammy. still, a joyful subject matter so why not. followed by the decline of western civilization (penelope spheeris, 1981) no alan rickman unfortunately, but a lot better than the above movie. great little documentary really. on criterion.
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