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Well, I took junior and the b/f to see Metallica "Some Kind of Monster" Hard to say how I liked it
It's an 'official' documentary of the tumultuous 2001-2003 period, before the release of "St Anger", and it's about of the biggest hard-rock metal band in the world, and the protracted and drama laden 2 years it took to put out a stinking album.
The overall premise is the band is crumbling and directionless. They bring in a sports/group therapist and the boys vent feelings and hash over old lingering crap, basic dirty laundry family stuff, only Metallica family The old band dynamics of Lars and James slap-dashing riffs and fills and hollers is getting stale, and so is James' liver apparently. Kirk is feeling like a tool, and Newsted has quit fucking Metallica, who the hell would do that?? Newsted was a total tool, and had no artistic outlet in the band In the documentary, Newsted's new band is Echobrain, and they have a hugely successful debut club show with Lars and the boys in attendance, and the restrained envy on their faces is pure documented magic In some ways I respect their growth as 'men' with their families and quiting drinking But they are soooooooo monstrously rich and insular and gaaaaaaay They showed the bass player tryouts after Newsted left That Trujillo guy hit the lottery They tossed him a million dollar check the day he joined, it was insane, Lars just tossed it to him across the table He can play though, he's a fucking maniac, I'd say he carries the band now, not kidding either Lars is a douche, a fucking leechy turd, a whiny pud all the way through He sold his art collection to 'move on with life' for like 10 mil, what a pud Spent half the film curled up in a ball and rocking etc, then bleh bleh bleh James was okay, but he was the one in re-hab for 6 months and the 1/2 way for 6 He kinda became this puddle of emo all the time and the Hammit guy - GAY as is Bob Rock, there is no question Haha "BOB ROCK" for jezzuzjones sake!!! Bob Rock is in love with James Hetfield, I swear it, Hammit is just confused Lars' kid is a doofus too, though James has a cute 8 yr old daughter who takes ballet. They both seem to have good marriages though, and yes, millions of dollars can keep anyone happy maybe, but the wives aren't hotties and Lars and James are kinda savant-morons that can channel heavy music. Somehow it's working it seems.
Metallica is such a preposterous lumbering snuffle-upagus of a band. They are at this point a neutered, helium filled balloon inhaling group of uninteresting FUCKING OBSCENELY LOADED hillbillies who lost their goals in life and never evolved.
