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Title: Disappointing
Review: Great book, awesome topic, engaging interviews and cool live footage -- so, why was the movie so disappointing? Maybe it's because it was so disjointed and never put the various scenes in context (especially chronological context). Maybe it's because nearly every interviewee said the same thing -- all fans of hardcore punk were losers/outcasts (not true!), the scene was a reaction against the oppressive climate in the early '80s, including Fleetwood Mac, disco, "coke snorting Hollywood types" (these parts made me cringe -- so did the interviews with guys like Keith Morris, who reveal themselves in their old age to be inarticulate burnouts). I agree with the other posts as well -- no DKs? no Misfits? no Husker Du?. It's like Hardcore for Dummies, but since the movie never scratches below the surface and never presents the material in a coherent manner, even dummies won't be any smarter about the topic after watching it! Hopefully, someone will do it right one day.
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