Ok, this movie is bullshit. It's been a few years since I've seen it and, though I'm shaky on remembering the details, it still sticks in my craw how much of a pain in the ass watching this movie was.
It's about the guy (Hilly Kristal) who ran CBGB and it stars Alan Rickman being sad and put out as the captain in a parade of bad wigs and worse lip syncing. Malin Akerman plays Debbie Harry and her shitty wig looks like they bought it at Party City. It glistens. It's got the blond surfer dude from Foo Fighters playing Iggy Pop for some reason. They really wanted to include some stuff about Punk magazine in it, so they just shoehorn in these clumsy comic book narration parts. There's all kinds of actors impersonating a bunch of bands really uncomfortably. There's a lot going on here.
When we saw it, it was at a special screening with a q&a with the director (Randall Miller) afterwards. I was seated in the front row, holding my boyfriend's hand and I about crushed his fingers trying not to laugh when ol Randall came out with a huge grin on his face, saying something along the lines of "GUYS! Didn't Malin look great?? Just like Debby Harry, right?! Can you believe that's not her real hair? It's a wig! Amazing right?" Pause for applause. People aren't sure whether to laugh or not. He continues "Yeah, yeah! See, I got a lot of crap before on Bottle Shock, a bad wig kind of undid that movie, hah! So we really had to nail it on this one and I think we did it."
I might actually have died. I might be a ghost typing this. The wigs are so bad, guys.
