Giants Of Rock And Roll (DVD)

I wasn't rocking out too much to this

Advantages: cool outfits, the actual band were in the film
Disadvantages: cheesy, ott, only really for Ramones fans

I got given this dvd for Christmas around 6 years ago. I recently found it in my dvd collection so I thought I would watch it again. Rock?n?Roll High School is a comedy/musical and is set in 1980 in a school in America. The main story is based around one of the pupils, Riff Randell. She is a very big rock?n?roll fan, especially music by The Ramones. Riff tries to bring music to the school and pupils by taking over the schools speaker system and playing Ramones music through it, and also by changing the music tapes in her gym class. The new head teacher of the school is convinced that rock?n?roll music is bad for the pupils and that it rots their brains. She has conducted her own experiments on a mouse which we see exploding due to the ?rockability? of The Ramones music. I found the performance of the head teacher really annoying, she ...

ivytoad 26.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Rock 'N' Roll High School (DVD)

Rock and roll for the masses

Advantages: Great actors and characters, enjoyable, great music
Disadvantages: It loses its way sometimes, a bit long

really isn't too graphic. Like most films, The Boat That Rocked does have its flaws. It is incredibly long, for a start, at 135 minutes. Watching it on DVD, that didn't bother me too much, but I think it could have definitely have been edited down a fair bit. I also felt that the film didn't really have an identity. There is so much going on and so many characters involved that it lost its way at times. The basic plot is that the government want to shut the radio station down, but at times, it was possible to forget about all that, because it really did seem to be in the background. And it was perhaps a mistake to have so many leading characters - it was hard to concentrate on any one person and their story because there were so many other stories going on at the same time. It is probably a film that will improve with watching, because ...

sunmeilan 14.10.2009 · Read full review
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The King of Rock 'N Roll?

Advantages: Great head banging action to be had!
Disadvantages: Some tracks a bit repetitive

Being a supporter of the band HIM - and back in the day a little bit of an obsessive fan, it must be said - I went to see them live as a late birthday present. Their guitarist, dread locked and extremely thin, Mikko Lindstrom, to me, stole the show; his edgy, passionate guitar riffs simply made the performance and kept the fans driven all night long. Upon my return from my live experience, I began to get more interested in the band, learning about their inspirations and stories from life on the road. Then, I heard about a HIM side project called 'Daniel Lioneye', the band's 'sleaze rock' record. Curious, I soon got the album. Lets just say I was shocked at what I was hearing... Track number one 'The King of Rock 'N Roll' I recognised as the opening theme tune to cult MTV show 'Viva La Bam'. The raunchy electric guitar ...

MizzMolko 30.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of King Of Rock 'n' Roll, The - Daniel Lioneye