Detroit Rock City (1999)

What makes it different from others?

Don't listen to the negative reviews

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

This movie was very funny and nostalgic.I would recommend to anybody who is a Kiss fan or grew in the 70s.

When a film is this centered around a specific "side" (as in disco vs rock, people who like the color blue vs people who like red...), it's difficult to ask from others to be mindful about it and just get into it somehow, but I would say this film is at least funny enough that if you're into this sort of raw, dirty American comedy, say, not the same but similar to a Dumb n Dumber, then surely you ought to watch it. It's not nearly as pointless as some would say, and those who call it that are all too obviously missing the message at the end, because it is loud - and - clear. This film is just about freedom, yes that false illusion of first world, middle-class kids' freedom but real freedom still in breaking away from the routine, the order established, not because yay rebels, but because it's so much fun and all kids want to do. The rush, the exhilaration, this movie transcribes those powerful emotions so contagiously, what with the exceptionally strong soundtrack, powerful scenes, the ultimate sacrifice... this film is just beautiful cinema, and honestly I wouldn't even begin to argue for it. If you didn't like it, there's no need to even start the topic. We're just too different, and that's okay, but it's far beyond constructive discussion at that point. Pure nostalgia, and it touched kids from much later generations than the KISS era, myself included. So much adrenaline, emotion and nostalgia. An ode to those kids who didn't care for being in the cool clique, and were 'real' - and made it.

This movie was what I expected of it, and that's really the only reason why it's at a lower rating. It's pretty typical and what you'd expect, at least if you watch the trailer first. There were a few things that were left unanswered, but it doesn't really affect the rest of the movie. One issue I had with this movie was in the beginning, since they didn't address the subject at any other time, was the fact that the main characters were concerned with the fact that rock music dominated other genres. It's not necessarily true, but when Christine (Natasha Lyonne's character) mentioned something along the lines of "It's just music... I find disco a lot easier to dance to..." I couldn't help but agree more. Again, it's typical for the archetypes of the main characters to be pretentious in that way, so good job on those details. Minus some of the more lewd scenes (and a really uncomfortable one), the movie was entertaining. I probably wouldn't watch it with parents, older folks, or alone, though. It'd be funner to watch with a group of your friends.

I first had the chance to watch this movie on Fox some years ago. I didn't watch it when it came out in theaters mainly because I didn't have a "Huge" concert culture. I was about to see Metallica and after that, my life changed and concerts have been since then a very important feature in my personal entertainment.The movie deals with a very fun and filled with adrenaline road trip that ends up in a blasting concert by KISS.The situations are very funny and best of all, accurate because if you've been in the same situation; you know it happens! Even the tragedies.The humor is 100% black and works perfectly for these kind of movies. This should be a cult classic in some years.