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Title: Some Kind of Monster
Post by: MetalJunkie on February 28, 2017, 11:16:45 PM
I've never seen it before, but just noticed it's on Netflix. I'm about to dive in...
Title: Re: Some Kind of Monster
Post by: Adami on February 28, 2017, 11:22:46 PM
I loved it. You have to REALLY like Metallica, though, to put up with the massive amount of ego on screen.
Title: Re: Some Kind of Monster
Post by: MetalJunkie on February 28, 2017, 11:24:51 PM
I loved it. You have to REALLY like Metallica, though, to put up with the massive amount of ego on screen.
I like them enough to throw 200 bucks at a GA ticket.

I'm actually a huge fan. They're my favorite band and the reason I started playing guitar.
Title: Re: Some Kind of Monster
Post by: Adami on February 28, 2017, 11:26:39 PM
I loved it. You have to REALLY like Metallica, though, to put up with the massive amount of ego on screen.
I like them enough to throw 200 bucks at a GA ticket.

I'm actually a huge fan. They're my favorite band and the reason I started playing guitar.

Then get out the lube and regret tissues.
Title: Re: Some Kind of Monster
Post by: TioJorge on February 28, 2017, 11:44:08 PM
I liked it a lot when it first came out and I was just getting back into Metallica in a big way. Tried to rewatch it and couldn't get past the first twenty minutes or so. I suppose you really do have to be into them at the time, as I don't really listen to them all that much anymore save for a few classics once in a blue moon. But for the time it was great and despite me still really not liking a lot of St. Anger, I do quite like a few songs and the story behind it is tumultuous to say the least. I'm still kind of surprised it wasn't their last given how much shit it kicked up (and how shit the album was critically).
Title: Re: Some Kind of Monster
Post by: Phoenix87x on March 01, 2017, 03:11:20 AM
I love this movie. Growing up, I worshiped them, but literally knew nothing about them behind the scene. Then out of nowhere that movie dropped and now here they are bitching and whining to each other. It was incredible.

And kirk is classic going off about there being no solos. He was right.
Title: Re: Some Kind of Monster
Post by: Samsara on March 01, 2017, 03:12:39 PM
I saw it when it first came out. But isn't the Netflix version now updated with recent footage or something? I could have sworn that was the case when I was browsing through last weekend. Was I seeing things?

Title: Re: Some Kind of Monster
Post by: Kotowboy on March 01, 2017, 03:14:05 PM
I saw it when it first came out. But isn't the Netflix version now updated with recent footage or something? I could have sworn that was the case when I was browsing through last weekend. Was I seeing things?

You have to select the movie OR the new footage I think.
Title: Re: Some Kind of Monster
Post by: Adami on March 01, 2017, 03:19:07 PM
The new footage is just catching up with the band and film makers.
Title: Re: Some Kind of Monster
Post by: mikeyd23 on March 02, 2017, 07:04:35 AM
This was such a cool and scary thing for fans at the time it came out.

It was cool because it was such an intimate look at the band, it was scary because of what that actually looked like.
Title: Re: Some Kind of Monster
Post by: MetalJunkie on March 04, 2017, 01:05:21 AM
The new footage is just catching up with the band and film makers.
It's like 20% that and 80% repeating key elements of SKOM
Title: Re: Some Kind of Monster
Post by: Mosh on March 04, 2017, 04:01:12 PM
I'm not a big fan of Metallica by any means, but I loved Some Kind of Monster. I still watch it occasionally. The guys in Metallica are interesting characters and it's fascinating watching them operate during this time. I find "making of" docs interesting, but I almost prefer the ones that are made for bad albums. I like to see what went wrong. SKOM is good in particular because not only do you get what went wrong, but I kind of understand the album better after watching it. You can see what they were going for and why it didn't work.
Title: Re: Some Kind of Monster
Post by: TAC on March 06, 2017, 07:55:30 PM
The best part was Rob's audition when he suggests playing Battery and Lars has that "oh shit" look on his face.
Title: Re: Some Kind of Monster
Post by: Phoenix87x on March 07, 2017, 03:16:25 AM
The best part was Rob's audition when he suggests playing Battery and Lars has that "oh shit" look on his face.

I just watched that part again and he totally does react like that,  :lol. He even rubs his head like "oh no" . Totally forgot about that.
Title: Re: Some Kind of Monster
Post by: Cyclopssss on March 07, 2017, 03:26:05 AM
I found it pretty painful to watch, but was fascinated anyhow. It also gave me a lot more appreciation for the bandmembers and what it must mean to be in a band for such a long time.
Title: Re: Some Kind of Monster
Post by: Kotowboy on March 07, 2017, 01:28:43 PM
The best part was Rob's audition when he suggests playing Battery and Lars has that "oh shit" look on his face.

I just watched that part again and he totally does react like that,  :lol. He even rubs his head like "oh no" . Totally forgot about that.


Lars : you can play that fast with your fingers ??

Rob :  :D Yeahhh !!!
Title: Re: Some Kind of Monster
Post by: Adami on March 07, 2017, 03:00:17 PM
The best part was Rob's audition when he suggests playing Battery and Lars has that "oh shit" look on his face.

That was good, but not the best.

The best parts are any scene with Torben Ulrich.
Title: Re: Some Kind of Monster
Post by: Phoenix87x on March 07, 2017, 04:18:05 PM
"Delete that" :lol

(https://media3.giphy.com/media/26ybuHUfP2dWqBZiU/200.webp#0)
Title: Re: Some Kind of Monster
Post by: Adami on March 07, 2017, 04:19:33 PM
"Delete that" :lol

Yea, that pretty much takes the cake.

Though him doing stretches in the background of Lars being interviewed is also great.
Title: Re: Some Kind of Monster
Post by: Cyclopssss on March 08, 2017, 02:12:49 AM
I couldn't decide if the guy was a total nutcase or the most sane person in the movie....  :\