This is Spinal Tap

This was one of those inevitable films that I hadn't yet seen up until this weekend. As these films usually go, my expectations going into it are far greater than the movie could possibly deliver. The best movies in my mind are the ones that sneak up on me and, even with expectations, still manage to subvert what I thought I would be watching.

My point is, while watching this rockumentary/mockumentary, I was amused yet not blown away. Blame it on the 1AM screening or perhaps the sleep deprivation but all I could think about was the futures that these people would go on to have. Rob Reiner would go on to When Harry Met Sally and then other iconic rom-coms. Harry Shearer found a place with five other kunckle heads at this thing called The Simpsons. Michael McKean would go on to mediocre SNL status and finally, Christopher Guest would of course go on to legendary status in the cringe department through more mockumentaries.

As always happens in mockumentary style entertainment, I enjoyed the film but nothing was particularly laugh out loud funny. I find improv very intriguing and, since Robert Osbourne told me beforehand that most of the dialouge was improved, I was fascinated by the things that the guys were saying as well as their attempts to keep a straight face. Suffice to say, everything about the movie was well done but I'm not quite in Spinal Tap mania right now.

Grade: B