Also watch with the commentary if you can.
The commentary is why I bought the DVD.
So funny hearing the guys in character, commenting on the "documentary" about them.
"hatchet job"
He’s dead
The deleted scenes on the DVD are as funny as the movie too
The out-takes are amazing, so much good material didn’t make the movie!
There are two. One is in character, one is not. In different releases.
I’ve seen it at least 50 times and it seems to get funnier every time. One of those rare movies. I just hope the sequel is not a disaster.
I have a terrible anxiety about this sequel. Of course I'm gonna watch it, but it has some unreal expectations to live up to.
lol same. I’ll go into it knowing it can’t touch the original and hope to be surprised.
IMO, it’s already off to a bad start in spoiling a lot of the cameos. I don’t know why they took away the element of surprise.
There’s a sequel coming?! OMG.
It's not your job to be as confused as Nigel
First time I watched it I admit I didn't get it. Second time I watched it since my knowledge of rock and metal had expanded considerably I found it hilarious.
This was high school for me (graduated in 1985). My two best friends were into heavy metal. We laughed our asses off at this and have ever since. Comic geniuses. We quote it all the time. Here's one of my favs: "Our music says love your brother. We don't actually say it. We don't actually do it. But it's in there."
I love when their manager tells them the show in Boston is cancelled “Boston’s not a big college town anyway.”
Or referring to UNC as ‘some cracker University’. I have used this for years!
The same guys did a couple of other movies where the storyline is set beforehand but the dialog is improvised on the scene. "Best in Show," "A Mighty Wind," and "Waiting for Guffman." There may be others I haven't seen.
“For your consideration”, although that was probably the least funny.
Additionally, Fred Willard will forever live in my mind smiling and saying “HEY! Wha Happened?!”
I can't do my work!
I’m kidding, of course.
Your honor!
I say that all the time and hardly anyone ever gets it
Me too haha I sound crazy
Cookie? Is that you?!
Sorry, no.
Spinal Tap fans might enjoy seeing these same lads play folkies in A Mighty Wind
The music is seriously good
In ancient times, hundreds of years before the dawn of history Lived a strange race of people, the Druids
No one knows who they were, or what they were doing
But their legacy remains, hewn into the living rock
Of Stonehenge
I think that the problem may have been, that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf.
That 6 inch Stonehenge is one of the funniest things ever!
I watched this on VHS in the 90’s and we had to rewind that part several times, because we were all screaming with laughter.
They even "parked" a car in Carhenge!!
Nobody knew who they were .... or what they were doing
Where the banshees lived
And they did live well!
It's such a fine line between stupid and clever
11/10
7.9 of out 11
I love that they are keeping this easter egg for so many years.
(for the people that downvoted the previous post without understanding: imdb notes Spinal Tap on 11, not 10).
I’m just as God made me, sir.
Twisted old fruit.
I use that one pretty frequently and nobody gets it!
You should have seen the album cover they wanted to use. It wasn't a glove she was smelling, I can tell you that.
Still a classic.
What’s wrong with being sexy?
Just a few years ago I got the original 2 page ad from Variety. It has both album covers on it.
And yet you make this comment sans photos?
She should be made to smell it, but...but not, you know, over and over again.
I see that album cover and I think how much more black could that get and then I think, none, none more black.
I used to tour in the eighties, and EVERY bus had a VHS copy of this movie on it. I have probably seen this movie 50 or more times.
...the thing you don't realize until you watch it while touring tho, is that it is not a comedy, it is a horror movie, lol. There is no situation in this film that does not come up in real life (or did not back then). I STILL have nightmares about not being able to find my way to a stage in an arena.
I hear you. I went to see this movie with some former bandmates when it first came out. Like you, we could relate many of the events in the movie to things that had happened to us.
We never had a drummer explode though. Pity.
Not enough upvotes. IYKYK
Every time I see an olive::
Look! Whose in here? No one. And in here... theres a little guy! It's a complete disaster, but I'll rise above it. I'm a professional.
Or a tiny sandwich. I will say “I want large bread”
We dont want miniature breads.
It has to be folded
*foahwded
I mean, would you want to eat that?
This one goes to 11
It’s like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black.
Ian Faith: The Boston gig has been cancelled...
David St. Hubbins: What?
Ian Faith: Yeah. I wouldn't worry about it though, it's not a big college town.
I like to say that their appeal is getting more selective
Listen to the sustain on this baby.
It’s not playing
But you would though.
AaAaAaAaAaAaAaAaAaAaAa
Don’t touch it.
"I think that the problem may have been, that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf."
Can I raise a practical question at this point?
So are we doing Stonehenge tomorrow?
No, we're not going to fucking do Stonehenge!
“
“What is this piece called? It’s called Lick my love pump “
I heard that as “lick my left pump” which actually sounds funnier to me lol
It's in the key of D minor, which I find makes people weep instantly.
The saddest of all keys.
Definitely a film you need to see more than once.
I mutter “fuck the napkin!” more often than is called for.
Well it's not your job to be as confused as Nigel is it?!?
There are more great jokes during the closing credits than most comedies.
"Here lies David St Hubbins.. and why not?"
St. Hubbins was the patron saint of quality footwear.
🎵Sex farm woman, I'm gonna mow you down!🎵
Sex farm woman, I'll rake and hoe you down!
“Sex farm woman, can’t you see my silo rising high, high, high, hiiiiiiiiiiigh…” “Gettin’ out my pitchfork and poking your hay”
As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.
“When you’ve loved and lost like Frank…”
Fuckin' Lymeys...
Listen, we'd love to stay and chat, but we've got to go sit down in the lobby and wait for the limo.
And a sequel currently in production
It may be brilliant and it may be the worst thing ever committed to cellulite but you know I'm going to see it.
I think (hope) you meant 'celluloid'. :-)
I did but I use speech to text a lot and these fuck ups are becoming a little bit more frequent
Big bottom, big bottom, talk about mudflaps, u/heckhammer’s copy of the upcoming Spinal Tap sequel’s got ‘em!
He is Nigel
Will it be in dubly?
Masterpiece
What're the hours?....
One of the few movies that warrants an annual rewatch. Usually pick up on something new every time. Be it song lyrics or the way dialogue is delivered.
Yes, last time I picked up on some unfamiliar observations during sex farm ;-)
There was just a two-word review...Just said "Shit sandwich.".
You can't print that
That can't be real
And Metallica totally stole their album cover.
“None…more black.”
Isle of Lucy! So many subtle clever jokes that only become apparent after repeat viewings. All time classic and a top 5 film for me.
Saw this for the first time to see what the hype was. I prefer movies with a focused narrative so my attention was lapse at times. I can see why people like it. I was surpised how many actors I recognized like Billy Crystal and Fran Drescher. It took me about an hour to recognize Michael McKean, and I didnt know that was Harrry Shearer until I looked it up. I thought the humor was mostly okay, but the two jokes that got me good were the "Puppet Show and Spinal Tap" sign and mimes serving food which was so random.
Come on , guys, mime is money !
Watch it again in a few weeks. You’ll get so much more. Then watch with the DVD commentary. They are all in character watching it as if it’s a real documentary.
Don't forget Christopher Guest as Nigel Tufnel. He was the six-fingered man in The Princess Bride.
They were Saturday Night Live cast members who bonded in part over music, then came up with the idea for the band, then the movie. They all are actually singing and playing the instruments, not faking it.
Move the chicken. Mime is money
Dana carvey was in it too
So on stage you feel like a preserved moose ?
Yes.
Hoping the sequel is good.
Fans of the movie should watch interviews with Richie Blackmore, formerly of Richie Blackmore's Rainbow and Deep Purple. I'm sure the actors and writers of This Is Spinal Tap had.
“Moon child” by King Crimson is absolutely on par with Derek’s “free form jazz exploration.”
I mean it's good, but Bad News and More Bad News are better.
Yesss!! Bad News is elite 🤘
No script. Given scenes to improve. Fucking genius.
PUPPET SHOW
AND SPINAL TAP
I recall ( think I got it right ….) the part where they’re lost under the stage was a nod to Aerosmith , as it happened to them in reality .
One of the funniest movies ever made.
Nigel Tufnel : And in here, there's a little guy, look! So, it's a complete catastrophe!
It's such a fine line between stupid, and uh..clever.
"Choked on vomit."
"Someone else's vomit."
"Police said this one was probably better left unsolved."
Saw a 12$ blu ray last week. Snatched it up immediately. Pure gold.
"You can't really dust for vomit."
Hubbins: He died in a bizarre gardening accident, some years back…
Tufnel: Authorities said, you know… best leave it unsolved really
Stonehenge😫😝
"So when you're playing you feel like a preserved moose on stage?"
I have several musician friends who have toured with their bands in local areas and occasionally on the road to festivals or fairs. They tell me that more often than not, someone fires up a laptop or DVD player for the movie and quote/sing along. They also tell me it is depressingly real for the depiction of touring.
Essential viewing!
I was about 15 when I saw it, I was already playing metal in a garage band.
I don't know how to explain my view of it, like they were ridiculous people doing legitimately cool things.
They were making jokes about a serious subject?
My final verdict? Shit Sandwich.
It’s a timeless gem whose influences echo through generations.
“People should be envying us!” “I envy us!”
Partner and I have been doing this regularly for like a decade.
Also, "don't even look at it"
Ha! I forgot about that!
Are we playing Stonehenge tomorrow?
"There are solutions to our problems."
Who’s on first? The Credibility Gap
"He died from choking on his own vomit?"
"No, it was someone else's vomit"
You can’t really dust the vomit
I saw this in the theaters with aboutvtwn others on a Saturday afternoon. I walked out with my head spinning. Easily one of the funniest movies ever made.
Bad News, rockumentery was produced the very same year coincidently.
These go to 11.
Have a good time all the time.
Bobbi Flekman: “Listen…money talks and bullshit walks…” Ian: (WTF/confused look)
Smell The Glove… greatest album ever created
The official cause of death was 'choked on vomit.'
Not his vomit, someone else's vomit.
They don't know whose. You can't really dust for vomit...
The bands’ drummer baths a lot because his predecessors were prone to spontaneous combustion.
Spinal Tap is awash in a sea of retarded sexuality and bad poetry.
That’s just nit-picking.
Is this not streaming anywhere right now?
Billy Crystal played a mime
Dana Carvey was the other one.
They all get really bad herpes at one point
On a scale of 1-10, that goes to 11. :)
It goes up to 11
You have to watch it in Dubly.
First time I saw this movie, I knew nothing about it. They play it so straight that It took me a good 15 minutes before I realised it's a spoof. It will always make me laugh. The air force base scene is just hilarious, from everyone.
I’ve watched this soooo many times and I still get new jokes. So much of it was ad libbed and I’m in awe. . One of the true really clever funny American comedies.
“As long as there’s sex and drugs, I can do without the rock n’ roll.”
They're all dead now.
It's supposed to be sexy
Love 80s aesthetic
Amazing movie
One of my favorite parts is when DiBergi is reading their album reviews and he says “shit sandwich.” It’s funny, because you can totally tell that Christopher Guest is doing his best not to break character, but it doesn’t work. He laughs anyway and makes it even funnier.
Don't forget that Nigel also spent time as the guitarist for Lenny and the Squigtones.
F#@× the napkin
Like with the Big Lebowski, I was both disappointed and bored by this movie. SO MANY PEOPLE told me to watch either and I did one weekend.
I’m not saying either are trash but they weren’t worth the time. I think Lebowski is why I hate the Coens as filmmakers
If you're up for it, it gets funnier on a re-watch. Lots of quick little jokes that go under the radar that you'll only notice the 2nd or 3rd time around.