Metal: A Headbangers Journey
This DVD was easily the best 24 bucks I've ever dropped. A Victoria kid goes the respectable route and masters in Anthropology. Still a 'banger at heart, he decides that there were really no honest examples of cinema that treat "heavy metal" with respect. All prior examples are satires or 'mockumentaries'. (Spinal Tap, FUBAR, The Comic Strip Presents- More Bad News, etc.) Thus, he procures some investment shekels, and proceeds to fly around the world interviewing some legendary names in metal. He stitches all his footage together, and the end result is an over-too-soon beginners guide to what has been my culture for roughly 23 years.
Alice Cooper comes across as desperate to maintain relevance.
Dio seems to have some kind of beef with Gene Simmons.
Bruce Dickenson is frighteningly intelligent.
Lemmy is just awe-inspiring; insightful and wise, he's the ultimate metal icon.
The section involving the Norwegian Black Metal church burnings is interesting. Not anywhere near as in-depth as it could be, even with the additional mini-documentary re-shot for the DVD bonus disc. I initially had some sympathy for one of the Pastors who lost a 200+ year old church. then he opened his face and started mocking the old Gods, proclaiming Odin-belief as weak. You want to know why your fucking church burned down? Look no further than that, you short-sighted idiot.
Black Metal = extremist rebellion. Christian religion = conformity and control.
Rebel against the largest institution of control? Sure, what other extreme is there? I can even see a certain validity in the argument that the monotheist church was forced on a nation that had no interest in conversion, thus they shouldn't be surprised in the least that a backlash might arise in the form of extremely angry musicians.
Norwegian chicks are hot.
Alice Cooper comes across as desperate to maintain relevance.
Dio seems to have some kind of beef with Gene Simmons.
Bruce Dickenson is frighteningly intelligent.
Lemmy is just awe-inspiring; insightful and wise, he's the ultimate metal icon.
The section involving the Norwegian Black Metal church burnings is interesting. Not anywhere near as in-depth as it could be, even with the additional mini-documentary re-shot for the DVD bonus disc. I initially had some sympathy for one of the Pastors who lost a 200+ year old church. then he opened his face and started mocking the old Gods, proclaiming Odin-belief as weak. You want to know why your fucking church burned down? Look no further than that, you short-sighted idiot.
Black Metal = extremist rebellion. Christian religion = conformity and control.
Rebel against the largest institution of control? Sure, what other extreme is there? I can even see a certain validity in the argument that the monotheist church was forced on a nation that had no interest in conversion, thus they shouldn't be surprised in the least that a backlash might arise in the form of extremely angry musicians.
Norwegian chicks are hot.