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Movie Review: This Is Spinal Tap
I watched This Is Spinal Tap weekend. OK, it wasn’t the first time I saw it. But it’s been about 20 years since I’ve seen it so it was like watching it for the first time all over again. Plus, I watched it with my wife and she has never seen it. Although her looks at me as we watched it (and I cracked up) communicated something other than enjoyment. Disdain is a good word. It was as if she was saying with her beautiful brown eyes, “Why are we even watching this? It’s not even funny.”
This movie is quite hilarious, I assure you. If you have never seen it you are definitely missing out. It is a poke at the post-70’s to mid-80’s Glam Rock and Metal bands. It chronicles the fictional legendary band Spinal Tap as it struggles to hold on to its fame. And it is quite accurate in its humorous portrayal of these ailing washed-up rock stars. It was also way ahead of it’s time.
I love this movie.
Favorite quotes:
“Ours go to 11.”
“It’s in the key of D minor. I find that to be the most depressing of all keys. People literally start weeping when they hear it.”
“Dozens of people spontaneously combust each year. It’s just not really widely reported.”
Favorite album:
Toss up between Shark Sandwich and Smell the Glove
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some how I missed the previous artcle. what’s the link to your blogs archive?
I know I am a little late.. but i am with lisa on this one. i distinctly remember a few months ago the feeling of becoming dumber after watching animal house at the insistence of two men.
If you remind Mat of this movie, I will drive to Georgia and kill you. Poor, poor Lisa…….