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I was never really a hardcore music fan. I obviously like music, yes. Everyone likes the music that they like, though there have been a few times where I really wanted to get into the heads of those who wrote some of my favorite compositions. Examples of this for me include Fleetwood Mac's "Emerald Eyes" and Carbon Based Lifeforms' "World of Sleepers" (the entire album and the lyrics for the eponymous single both). Yes, when it comes to music, we all have our drugs of choice. One song may do absolutely nothing for you, but another song could absolutely send you into a euphoric trance. It is, indeed, all happening.
When I'm watching this movie, I can't help but think of how authentic it feels. Like it's actually more of a documentary than a movie. And to begin with, this movie is about being a true fan. But even more than that, it's about the entertainment industry and also what it entails to work with others in a team in order to create something you all find beautiful or at least worthy of sharing. It's not just about crazy parties and the wild concerts, though it's very easy to get caught up in all that. There's also a darker side to such. One that, I think, never really gets talked about often enough. And this doesn't just apply to bands. This applies to filmmakers and game developers. Any team in the entertainment industry really.
It's about what happens when a team gets too high on their own success. As this happens, the soul of the team also goes away. They lose track of why they even got into making art in the first place. They forget how to love. In its place, the machine of success must keep turning. Ironically though, devoting too much attention to that machine makes it stop turning.
It's about what happens when a team doesn't deal with its internal problems and just tries to run away from them by getting lost in the art. But that only works for so long before reality starts knocking and asking for payment for the bill they've just run up. Either the team deals with these internal problems, or the floor will start to fall out from under them.
And finally, this movie is about entertainment journalism. When one is in such a field, one of the hardest struggles, especially when you're meeting with the team face to face, is to write honestly and without bias. You also have to know your subject matter. When someone asks you a basic question about the field of art you're investigating, you should at very least be able to keep a decent conversation going in such. You have to be professional in your writing.
This is quite a well-made movie and it's clear that someone or some people with actual experience in the music industry had a huge hand in making it, but there is... Something I really don't like about this film, but I also don't know how to really think about it either. In the film, there's a group of girls called the Band-Aids, and most, if not all of them are teenagers. Ok, but then the movie shows us that band members are not just involved with them, they're sleeping with them. That's fucking gross, mate. But... This DID happen in real life at least back in the day, and this movie is trying to have a conversation about the darker side of entertainment. Fair enough.
But it's still gross. I honestly don't really know how I'd handle this if I were making this movie. To hold it back from being put in the film would be to sacrifice some of its authenticity, but to show it as it is here grosses me out whenever I think about it. One could perhaps argue that it was just different times. Different attitudes back then. I don't know... I don't really have an answer about this one way or another. But damn it, there has to have been a better way to handle this subject matter in the movie.
In the end, I'll let the reader decide if they think it's worth penalizing this movie for. If the above doesn't bother you, absolutely see this film. If it does... Eh, I totally understand that too.
When I'm watching this movie, I can't help but think of how authentic it feels. Like it's actually more of a documentary than a movie. And to begin with, this movie is about being a true fan. But even more than that, it's about the entertainment industry and also what it entails to work with others in a team in order to create something you all find beautiful or at least worthy of sharing. It's not just about crazy parties and the wild concerts, though it's very easy to get caught up in all that. There's also a darker side to such. One that, I think, never really gets talked about often enough. And this doesn't just apply to bands. This applies to filmmakers and game developers. Any team in the entertainment industry really.
It's about what happens when a team gets too high on their own success. As this happens, the soul of the team also goes away. They lose track of why they even got into making art in the first place. They forget how to love. In its place, the machine of success must keep turning. Ironically though, devoting too much attention to that machine makes it stop turning.
Sapphire said:
It's about what happens when a team doesn't deal with its internal problems and just tries to run away from them by getting lost in the art. But that only works for so long before reality starts knocking and asking for payment for the bill they've just run up. Either the team deals with these internal problems, or the floor will start to fall out from under them.
And finally, this movie is about entertainment journalism. When one is in such a field, one of the hardest struggles, especially when you're meeting with the team face to face, is to write honestly and without bias. You also have to know your subject matter. When someone asks you a basic question about the field of art you're investigating, you should at very least be able to keep a decent conversation going in such. You have to be professional in your writing.
This is quite a well-made movie and it's clear that someone or some people with actual experience in the music industry had a huge hand in making it, but there is... Something I really don't like about this film, but I also don't know how to really think about it either. In the film, there's a group of girls called the Band-Aids, and most, if not all of them are teenagers. Ok, but then the movie shows us that band members are not just involved with them, they're sleeping with them. That's fucking gross, mate. But... This DID happen in real life at least back in the day, and this movie is trying to have a conversation about the darker side of entertainment. Fair enough.
But it's still gross. I honestly don't really know how I'd handle this if I were making this movie. To hold it back from being put in the film would be to sacrifice some of its authenticity, but to show it as it is here grosses me out whenever I think about it. One could perhaps argue that it was just different times. Different attitudes back then. I don't know... I don't really have an answer about this one way or another. But damn it, there has to have been a better way to handle this subject matter in the movie.
In the end, I'll let the reader decide if they think it's worth penalizing this movie for. If the above doesn't bother you, absolutely see this film. If it does... Eh, I totally understand that too.
