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Re: Detroit Rock City (1999)
« on: April 02, 2013, 12:17:24 am »
Well for me (and you could probably ask any KISS fan this) the premise is golden. It's what we all went through at one time or another, be it in the 70's, 80's, 90's, etc...Had the writer and the director taken the premise more seriously, it could have worked. By serious, I mean to really capture what it was like in the 70's and what it meant to be a KISS fan at the time. In this one they pretty much turned everything into a joke with the scenario's they came up with. Making it a broad "comedy" in my eyes, cheapened it right out of the gate. Also, as I mention in the first post, having 4 different actors playing the parts would have helped immensely. Had they gone more toward drama, it would have dictated different actors anyway.

Now when I say 'drama', I don't mean it to be heavy and / or deep. But just take the subject matter more serious. I've always thought Freaks and Geeks is the prime example of how they could and should have done Detroit Rock City. There's drama, with lighter moments for the comedy that isn't going for cheap laughs if you will.
« Last Edit: April 02, 2013, 12:19:45 am by Chiprocks1 »
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