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This film should have been amazing, and in some ways, it absolutely is. The plot is inane and the characters beyond idiotic, but the quirkiness is escalated by the sheer absurdity of the events. Chaz, Rex, and Pip LOVE rock and roll. They love rock and roll enough to hold a radio station hostage until their music is played. And chaos ensues. The film’s plot is as flimsy as a combover, but it does introduce us to some almost iconic archetypes. Adam Sandler and Steve Buscemi play wildly retarded (apologies but that’s basically their characters) individuals, and the plot becomes even more outrageous as time goes on. but for music fans, and fans of terribly ill-conceived humour, Airheads might be for you.

Reason to Watch

Grunge rock was once the shit, and this is a nice little reminder of that

Context

Airheads is essentially a less funny more painfully obnoxious version of This is Spinal Tap, and yet, you feel compelled and drawn into its 90’s aesthetics and terrible sweater shirts.

Most Memorable Quote(s)

• Chazz: Yvonne, get your shit and go. You’ll be home in time for The Simpsons. 
• Chazz: We got to send one person out. 
  Pip: I’ll go. 
  Rex: One of the hostages, doof. 

What You Need to Get Through This Movie

A suspension of disbelief. These guys someone, in some way, manage to succeed (arguably). Knowing their terribly garage band made it off the ground and your awful post-jam collective failed may infuriate.

Trivia

Lead singer of famed metal band Motorhead, Lemmy, makes an appearance in the film

The character Rex is a representation of Rex Brown from metal band, Pantera

Educational Content

• By being a criminal you can, in fact, get your career known. though dj’s and record label executives have known that for years
• Adam Sandler has been playing the same role long before Little Nicky and The Waterboy

Justification for Rating

Airheads isn’t particularly a BAD film, but it does introduce too many presumptions for the viewer. For a dumb 90’s popcorn film that focuses more on grunge rock and less on quality, like a Soundgarden album or Brendan Fraser’s career, this one is for you.

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Before 2003, baby Snakes was not an easy film to get a hold of. Frank Zappa had over 3 hours of film, some from backstage concerts, others short animation scenes, some interview segments, and some just pure absurd mayhem. The film Baby Snakes was long, meandering, and lacked a definitive plot. These all are typical attributes of a great cult film, which Baby Snakes has remained since its inception in 1979. Though Frank Zappa is dead, this wild film is a testament to his legacy as one of the wildest weirdest icons in music history. Part documentary, part concert film, part cartoon, Baby Snakes is a spectacle of film-making that is polarizing and odd beyond comprehension.

Reason to Watch

If you want to know anything about Frank Zappa, or are already a fan of Frank Zappa, that is enough of a reason to watch. To a greater extent, if you are in need of a film that you don’t have to get up and replay manually ever hour during extended hallucinogenic mushroom sessions, this one will do just fine.

Context

Baby Snakes is a film capstone to Frank Zappa’s prime. If that does not intrigue you, move along please, nothing to see here.

Most Memorable Quote(s)

• Frank Zappa: Hey, this is Halloween, we don’t fuck around!
• Frank Zappa: God make three mistakes. First was the man, second was the wo-man. third was the poodle. He meant to make a German Shepard but he fucked up.

What You Need to Get Through This Movie

Hallucinogens. otherwise, this film is total dreck.

Trivia

The film took years to find any sort of dsitribution, constantly being rejected. Zappa thought he would cut the film from 3 1/2 hours to 90 minutes, but still no distribution. he eventually distributed the film himself and screened it in New York, where it earned a modest profit and went on to obtain a cult status.

The film founds its first release 25 years after its debut in 2003.

Educational Content

With Frank Zappa, anything is possible. Literally. No, literally, anything- the guy’s a God

Go figure- over 3 hours of Frank Zappa content and you get high just by watching

John Spartan, the name, induces immediate fear

Justification for Rating

It’s not a good film for anyone who isn’t a diehard Frank Zappa fan, and for that, it will always remain a cult film. The rating is a reflection of its length, proving that anything, yes, even dancing monkeys, can be boring after 3 hours

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Documentaries can be boring. I mean let’s be honest. if you managed to stay awake during the entirety of Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth you have a sleeping disorder. The environment is just brutally boring. But not all documentaries fall into the trap of too much info, not enough explosions. Hated  is primarily about GG Allin and his group, The Murder Junkies. The documentary chronicles GG through his punk rock days where he defecated on stage, bashed his head against walls, and did drugs almost to the point of self-satire. The film is also entirely engrossing through every moment, and the cult status of the group, as well as the film, is sustained splendidly.

Reason to Watch

Lots of male genitalia is probably NOT a reason to watch, but the unrestrained insanity of the group is enthralling. It’s also worth watching for a glimpse into the ideologies of punk rock through the lens of a man who is absolutely out of his bloody mind.

Context

The Murder Junkies made terrible music, and their fans were probably all retarded (no offense, it is what it is). But Hated really does chronicle something special. A small relatively known insane man can, with enough craziness, ascend his own meaning. We’re not quite sure what amount of GG Allin was show and what was literal belief, but the event is so encapsulating it’s worth viewing for that view into something so bizarre and foreign.

Most Memorable Quote(s)

• Allin: I’ve had women who move to the towns I’m living in, just pack up and move there, never even met ’em before, ’cause they heard I lived there.
• Allin: Rock’n’roll has to be destroyed and rebuilt in my name if it’s ever gonna accomplish anything

What You Need to Get Through This Movie

A case of beer. Two cases. a high tolerance of chubby man penis and feces. A love of punk rock doesn’t hurt, or at least a love for watching crazy people get crazier.

Trivia

• GG Allin showed up at the initial screening of the film, but threw a bottle and was kicked out
• The film contains a quick shot of his corpse, and filming was done at his funeral, included in the final picture

Educational Content

If the Sex Pistols didn’t teach you that you can fail miserably in music and succeed in some fashion, GG Allin won’t either. If you are going to kill yourself, and you tell everyone you are, and you don’t, you will come across as a pansy regardless even though the idea is stupid.

Also, drugs are bad, mmkay, but South Park should have already taught you that.

Justification for Rating

Hated may be interesting and intriguing, but it really doesn’t have any substance. It’s like the documentary/punk rock version of a summer blockbuster- there are lots of things are happening and being said, but it’s still inherently dumb and always will be.

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