Interesting article, and I have never seen Walk Hard. I will keep an eye out for it now. I’ve got to admit to having a massive soft spot for musician biopics, corny or not. Even ones about...
Interesting article, and I have never seen Walk Hard. I will keep an eye out for it now.
I’ve got to admit to having a massive soft spot for musician biopics, corny or not. Even ones about musicians whose music I don’t particularly care about can usually hook me.
Walk Hard is an amazing movie and I would highly recommend giving it a watch sometime! With you liking biopics so much, did you see the new Weird Al movie?
Walk Hard is an amazing movie and I would highly recommend giving it a watch sometime!
With you liking biopics so much, did you see the new Weird Al movie?
I don't think it came anywhere close to destroying the musical biopic. It was just an extremely well done parody. There were dozens of other musical biopics in the 2010s and they all had the same...
I don't think it came anywhere close to destroying the musical biopic. It was just an extremely well done parody. There were dozens of other musical biopics in the 2010s and they all had the same ridiculous formula the author mentions. Rocketman, The Runaways, Straight Outta Compton, Love and Mercy, Good Vibrations, The Buddy Holly Story, Jersey Boys, The Dirt, Miles Ahead.
Walk Hard is hilarious but I really think claiming it almost killed a genre is exaggeration. It was very well done and box office numbers do not translate to how funny a comedy is.
Walk Hard is hilarious but I really think claiming it almost killed a genre is exaggeration. It was very well done and box office numbers do not translate to how funny a comedy is.
This is such a great rewatchable satire and I hadnt really thought about the fact that the genre just disappeared for a bit because of it. Looks like thats changed though (Elvis comes to mind)
This is such a great rewatchable satire and I hadnt really thought about the fact that the genre just disappeared for a bit because of it. Looks like thats changed though (Elvis comes to mind)
Changed the link to the source, but in case anyone gets hit with a paywall here is the originally submitted Pocket mirror: https://getpocket.com/explore/item/revisiting-hours-how-walk-hard-almost-destroyed-the-musical-biopic
Interesting article, and I have never seen Walk Hard. I will keep an eye out for it now.
I’ve got to admit to having a massive soft spot for musician biopics, corny or not. Even ones about musicians whose music I don’t particularly care about can usually hook me.
Walk Hard is an amazing movie and I would highly recommend giving it a watch sometime!
With you liking biopics so much, did you see the new Weird Al movie?
I did, and I enjoyed it!
Thanks for reminding me about the Weird Al movie. I really need to get on that.
One of my favorite comedies ever made, fantastic movie.
I don't think it came anywhere close to destroying the musical biopic. It was just an extremely well done parody. There were dozens of other musical biopics in the 2010s and they all had the same ridiculous formula the author mentions. Rocketman, The Runaways, Straight Outta Compton, Love and Mercy, Good Vibrations, The Buddy Holly Story, Jersey Boys, The Dirt, Miles Ahead.
FYI:
It's on YouTube for free at the moment:
https://youtu.be/C9g1tQvCQwo
Walk Hard is hilarious but I really think claiming it almost killed a genre is exaggeration. It was very well done and box office numbers do not translate to how funny a comedy is.
This is such a great rewatchable satire and I hadnt really thought about the fact that the genre just disappeared for a bit because of it. Looks like thats changed though (Elvis comes to mind)