August 6, 2004
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Last night, after a rain delay postponed it for a couple of weeks, I finally went to go see Metallica: Some Kind of Monster. It was quite excellent. The movie covers arguably the best metal band of all time as they struggle to come together after Jason Newsted left the group.
Filming took almost two years and during that period, Metallica recorded an album that eventually became St. Anger, went through group therapy, hired a new bass player, and had their lead singer go through alcohol rehab. It was a strange movie, in that you would never expect a group like Metallica to have a therapist, let alone document the whole process for a movie.
Nevertheless, it was very interesting. You could see the tension between Lars Ulrich (no longer the Dutchman some knew him as) and James Hetfield. There was also some insight into their personal lives and families. For his part, Lars has a very entertaining family - from his son to his father, a Gandalphian-like man.
I don't think you have to be a Metallica fan to appreciate the movie, because like Lars Ulrich said, "it's not a film about Metallica - it's a film about relationships."
Posted by tien mao in Movies at 7:36 AM
Gandalphian?
Posted by: matt at August 6, 2004 12:26 PM
yeah, his dad had some serious beard action going on. he even stroked the beard at one point. i actually didn't come up with it, katie did.
Posted by: tien at August 6, 2004 4:41 PM
I don't get it--how could a rain delay prevent you from watching a movie?
Posted by: Petezilla at August 7, 2004 1:46 AM
well, it rained the night we were going to see it, and then people were out of town. much like rain delay in baseball and then a game postponed.
Posted by: tien at August 7, 2004 11:19 AM
You can't go places in the rain?
I smell witch.
Posted by: Joe at August 7, 2004 3:17 PM
this movie rocked....i bought it the first day it went out in stores.cool that other people still like metallica after the napster shit!!
Posted by: Rick at February 24, 2005 6:47 PM
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