This Is Spinal Tap (Special Edition)
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 11 Out of 10 This is a great movie. Not only is it a great mockumentary, but also a great movie too. It's perfect. It strikes perfectly with everything it's parodying. I heard a lot of music artists were upset because they didn't see the humor in oit. To me, that makes it even funnier, it's as a good as real life. The DVD is somewhat of an upgrade from the earlier Criterion edition. It includes a new commentary with McKean, Guest, and Shearer in character, a new interview with director Rob Reiner, over an hour of delted scenes/never-before=seen footage, 4 music videos, and plenty of other extras to love. This is a definitely recommended DVD.  Great subtle humor This documockery is a collection of extremely hilarious moments sparsely scattered throughout the long movie. After a coworker described several funny parts, I eagerly purchased the movie. However, while watching the movie it became apparent that my coworker is a better story teller than this movie. My recommendation: rent it first! This is Spinal Tap Brilliantly parodying the bloated excesses of the rock lifestyle, and gently poking fun at Martin Scorsese's "The Last Waltz," director Rob Reiner invented a new genre--the "mockumentary"--with this gut-busting 1984 spoof. Not enough can be said about the comedic talents of Guest, McKean, and Shearer, whose outrageous songwriting ("Big Bottom Girls," "Stonehenge") and improvisational dialogue ("Wot's wrong with being sexy?") are so convincing that many viewers thought Spinal Tap was a real act. Seen once or 30 times, "Spinal Tap" is relentlessly, ingeniously funny. Stretches a joke too far I tried to like this movie, but it's really a 5 minute joke stretched too far. In fact it's gone on now for nearly a quarter century. Isn't enough is enough? Apparently not. Yes, rock music can be silly sometimes, but basing careers out of a parody of it is surely stretching it. I smiled a bit for the first few minutes. After that it felt like being hit over the head with a club. "Hey it's funny, see? Did you see that joke we made? Funny! Oh and here's another one! It's funnier than the similar one we made an hour ago! Isn't this hilarious?!" I was never offended by it, if that's why you think I gave it a low rating. I was just bored at how tedious the film became. Should have been a 5 minute skit on Saturday Night Live or something. | |||||||||||||
