Cool Movie
Added 7/6/2009
I totally bought this movie just because Chris Sadrinna was so hot as a punk rocker!
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HIGHTLY ENTERTAINING, BUT A BIT UNEVEN!
Added 5/25/2009
Having been in many bands I could easily identify with the group this film centers around. The film is quickly paced and pretty engaging, but I did find it a little uneven in tone at times. I don't want to give anything away, but I am rarely surprised when watching a film and this film does drop a bomb or two that I wasn't expecting.
It's a fun film with some insight on the rough road of "Rock'N'Roll". It's no joke and even though I have had moderate success in the business, it's not easy being in a band no matter how successful you are! An interesting soundtrack and an honest look at band life even if it is pretty light at times, it does have it's dark moments.
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I wanted to like this a great deal more...
Added 1/3/2008
Garage Days (Alex Proyas, 2002)
There is something deeply, desperately wrong with a movie's marketing when the very tag line seen on posters around the world gives away the film's major plot twist. That doesn't stop this from being an amusing little film, however. It involves an Australian garage rock band fronted by Freddy (Spartan's Kick Gurry) who are trying to find a place to play. Freddy's girlfriend Tanya (Queen of the Damned's Pia Miranda) plays bass. Guitarist Joe (Brett Stiller) is predictably moody, and is in tenuous ground with girlfriend Kate (XX/XY's Maya Stange). Manager Bruno (Russell Dykstra, from the BlackJack franchise) is something of a lovable foulup who seems congenitally incapable of getting the band gigs, but a chance encounter at a bar between Freddy and the manager of Sprimp, Australia's hottest act, gives the band hope. Meanwhile, with the various relationships on the rocks, Freddy finds himself more and more attracted to Kate; will internal pressures kill the band off before they can even make it to their first gig?
As much as I hate to say it, the weak link in this chain is director Alex Proyas. When Proyas is in his element, I have endless respect for the man; The Crow and Dark City are well on their way to becoming bona fide classics, and he even managed to make something halfway watchable out of I, Robot. The common thread, of course, is that all of these films are dark, moody pieces punctuated with frenetic action scenes. Garage Days, on the other hand, is a light comedy piece. Not the kind of thing one would expect from a guy who normally does dark fantasy action pictures, and it shows. Imagine if David Fincher tried to do a remake of, say, Sunday in the Park with George. The general raucousness of the film feels forced at times, artificially subdued at others. The upside to it, though, is that the comedy tends to be more understated than one would expect from a movie of this type, which leads to some subtle (and some disturbing) gags that might have otherwise come off as silly and/or tasteless.
It could have been a better film, to be sure, but it's not a bad one as it stands. Worth checking out, at least. ** ½
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Requiem for a Garage
Added 7/19/2007
If you liked TRAINSPOTTING and SLC PUNK you'll like GARAGE DAYS. Also has elements of REQUIEM FOR A DREAM and SALTON SEA. "You don't have to be a rock star to feel like one" is the saying for this group who have the drive but is Australia ready for them? With the growing trend of pretty boy djs live music has become the sign of the past.
There are valuable lessons to be learned:
FUN WITH DRUGS PART 1
The visual and physical effects of taking drugs. Create a world of your own if the world around you sucks!
FUN WITH DRUGS PART 2
Here's to bleeding your parents dry. Drug taking at its best when you invite your parents over for dinner. Heads will burn! Then ask them for money.
Then there's the sexual interaction among the 4 group members. Freddy and Tanya are an item but Freddy loves Kate who's involved with Joe Papa who's not faithful to her. But when Joe Papa realizes his loyality towards Kate he creates a fruity baby by the name of Millie Melon (an actual melon) caring for it as if a real baby. Is this confusing yet? Well, Tanya never was satisfied with Freddy to begin with and ends up with Lucy who has the most bizzare sexual habits to tickle her fancy. The group gets a real break when Freddy finds the wallet of a successful band promotor. Do they have what it takes? Watch GARAGE DAYS and find out for yourself.
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When it all turns out just right...
Added 5/2/2007
You know the story of the band that has everything against it, but manages - through determination, luck, camradery and musical skill - to break into the big time and then lives happily ever after?
This is that story except the band has no musical skill.
Garage Days is the story of five friends who come to learn that their love of music transcends making a living as a band or even being very good at playing. What they do succeed at is finding out what it means to have friends and lovers and that relationships that will last a lifetime can come upon you at the most strange times and circumstances...and often with the person you least suspect.
The film has the humorous rough edge found in many Australian productions, an earthy good-humour driven as much by the culture as the screenplay. The cast of relative newcomers are convincing in their roles, even if the characterizations are a bit thin.
Sit back and enjoy the humour and joyfullness of this well-made film.
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Cool Movie
Added 7/6/2009
I totally bought this movie just because Chris Sadrinna was so hot as a punk rocker!
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HIGHTLY ENTERTAINING, BUT A BIT UNEVEN!
Added 5/25/2009
Having been in many bands I could easily identify with the group this film centers around. The film is quickly paced and pretty engaging, but I did find it a little uneven in tone at times. I don't want to give anything away, but I am rarely surprised when watching a film and this film does drop a bomb or two that I wasn't expecting.
It's a fun film with some insight on the rough road of "Rock'N'Roll". It's no joke and even though I have had moderate success in the business, it's not easy being in a band no matter how successful you are! An interesting soundtrack and an honest look at band life even if it is pretty light at times, it does have it's dark moments.
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I wanted to like this a great deal more...
Added 1/3/2008
Garage Days (Alex Proyas, 2002)
There is something deeply, desperately wrong with a movie's marketing when the very tag line seen on posters around the world gives away the film's major plot twist. That doesn't stop this from being an amusing little film, however. It involves an Australian garage rock band fronted by Freddy (Spartan's Kick Gurry) who are trying to find a place to play. Freddy's girlfriend Tanya (Queen of the Damned's Pia Miranda) plays bass. Guitarist Joe (Brett Stiller) is predictably moody, and is in tenuous ground with girlfriend Kate (XX/XY's Maya Stange). Manager Bruno (Russell Dykstra, from the BlackJack franchise) is something of a lovable foulup who seems congenitally incapable of getting the band gigs, but a chance encounter at a bar between Freddy and the manager of Sprimp, Australia's hottest act, gives the band hope. Meanwhile, with the various relationships on the rocks, Freddy finds himself more and more attracted to Kate; will internal pressures kill the band off before they can even make it to their first gig?
As much as I hate to say it, the weak link in this chain is director Alex Proyas. When Proyas is in his element, I have endless respect for the man; The Crow and Dark City are well on their way to becoming bona fide classics, and he even managed to make something halfway watchable out of I, Robot. The common thread, of course, is that all of these films are dark, moody pieces punctuated with frenetic action scenes. Garage Days, on the other hand, is a light comedy piece. Not the kind of thing one would expect from a guy who normally does dark fantasy action pictures, and it shows. Imagine if David Fincher tried to do a remake of, say, Sunday in the Park with George. The general raucousness of the film feels forced at times, artificially subdued at others. The upside to it, though, is that the comedy tends to be more understated than one would expect from a movie of this type, which leads to some subtle (and some disturbing) gags that might have otherwise come off as silly and/or tasteless.
It could have been a better film, to be sure, but it's not a bad one as it stands. Worth checking out, at least. ** ½
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