Review of Anvil

Anvil (2008)
7/10
really enjoyed it
22 December 2009
Warning: Spoilers
But the actual people in the band simply never came to grasp that what they had to offer to music was poorly done, meant little, was repetitious and boring, was meant for people much younger, and has no modern relevance. It's proved when their 'manager' wants to go into 'opera.' At least one of the family recognizes the futility of continuing the struggle for rock stardom. The scene in which they wander through Tokyo, the city of their minor 'triumph, showed their innocence, but also their lack of understanding. Some truly hilarious, yet revelatory scenes, including playing for about 5 people in Prague and all over Europe, not getting paid, missing the train, cement this as a classic documentary, but the extras show ex-band members happily living a real life with no awful dreams of metal god-dom, which portrays Lips and Robb as completely delusional in their pursuit. I admire their spirit, but their lack of insight and basic intelligence made the movie, and them, laughable. Poor sad sacks!
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