Mmmmmm, warm stale beer, the smell of mold and urine, the occasional pile of dog poop, and extremely rude clientele listening to punk rock! Sounds like a date night to me! If you like Country, Bluegrass and Blues, then you will love this bar. Here we have a great story of the legendary CBGB club/bar/music venue in New York. The infamous Hilly Krystal who was a failing father, husband, club owner, and all around looser decides to go all in, again and open a club. This time he decides that he will center it around live music but only from bands who play original songs only! Apart from his big heart getting the way most of the time he accidentally creates a musical movement that explodes the scene and lifts breakthrough bands to their stardom. This movie was awesome! It helped me remember so many bands that I had forgotten about getting their start at this run down club like Blondie, The Police, Iggy Pop, The Ramones, The Dead Boys, Talking Heads, Patti Smith, the list goes on! Crazy to think that all of these iconic musical acts all started in the same place. The best quote of the movie is Hilly being interviewed saying, "Look, these kids have something to say, and I think we should listen." Definite watch on Netflix!
FYI: Hilly was recognized by the Talking Heads during their acceptance into the Hall of Fame.
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Watched this last night and really enjoyed it. I was not familiar with a lot of the bands (Television & Dead Boys) and realized that I was familiar with some from their music but didn't know much about them (Patti Smith & Talking Heads). I had no idea the Police played at CBGB so that was cool. Professor Snape did a nice job as Hilly...Ashley Greene (his daughter in the movie) just yelled at him all the time so I don't know how hard of a role that was...would have liked the character better with a different actress (Kat Denning would have been a better choice). I thought the tall dorky guy from Avatar and Dodgeball was a good Joey Ramone and Malin Akerman was a good Debbie Harry. Overall it was an enjoyable movie with some nice performances. Good recommendation Mark.
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