Okay, I am one of those "they sucked after ...And Justice For All" fans, I really loved their music in the 80's, it was far above what anyone else was doing at the the time and actually are many of the songs are brilliant musical creations, in ANY genre.
Enter Bob Rock in the early 90's, who was brought in to make them money. That he did, but in the process I think they lost their purpose and their minds. I think what you are witnessing on film is a band that should have packed up years ago and gone out in their prime, like Zeppelin and Floyd did. As a live band they still kick anybody's ass (try playing Battery without losing a a kidney) but they should stop making albums.
There are a few fascinating moments in the documentary and I could relate to some of the problems they were having being in a band myself, but much of this movie is slow, dull and not that insightful. There are huge gaps and then things happen that should have been explored in the film. For instance, James suddenly goes into rehab. What? There is nothing up until that point to indicate that he has a drinking problem except maybe the bear hunting trip (btw, hunting bears just after hibernation seems pretty lame to me). A good film would have had some footage foreshadowing this momentous event.
Another thing is Lars Ulrich seems to be the fakest human being I have ever seen. He seems to be hamming it up for the camera all the time and him and James get upset about nothing and it all looks quite fake, obviously trying to create some "drama" for the movie, when in reality nothing is really happening, just a bunch of whiny guys discussing their feelings. Don't get me wrong, it's important to do this in a band, or in any relationship otherwise you get all kinds of passive aggressive head game bullsh*t happening and it eventually explodes, but do I really need to see this? Should I feel sorry for these multi-millionaires with unheard of musical contracts living ideal lifestyles?
Go find "Cliff 'em All" and watch that instead, it's far more real and much more entertaining than this film.
Enter Bob Rock in the early 90's, who was brought in to make them money. That he did, but in the process I think they lost their purpose and their minds. I think what you are witnessing on film is a band that should have packed up years ago and gone out in their prime, like Zeppelin and Floyd did. As a live band they still kick anybody's ass (try playing Battery without losing a a kidney) but they should stop making albums.
There are a few fascinating moments in the documentary and I could relate to some of the problems they were having being in a band myself, but much of this movie is slow, dull and not that insightful. There are huge gaps and then things happen that should have been explored in the film. For instance, James suddenly goes into rehab. What? There is nothing up until that point to indicate that he has a drinking problem except maybe the bear hunting trip (btw, hunting bears just after hibernation seems pretty lame to me). A good film would have had some footage foreshadowing this momentous event.
Another thing is Lars Ulrich seems to be the fakest human being I have ever seen. He seems to be hamming it up for the camera all the time and him and James get upset about nothing and it all looks quite fake, obviously trying to create some "drama" for the movie, when in reality nothing is really happening, just a bunch of whiny guys discussing their feelings. Don't get me wrong, it's important to do this in a band, or in any relationship otherwise you get all kinds of passive aggressive head game bullsh*t happening and it eventually explodes, but do I really need to see this? Should I feel sorry for these multi-millionaires with unheard of musical contracts living ideal lifestyles?
Go find "Cliff 'em All" and watch that instead, it's far more real and much more entertaining than this film.