Word: bonham
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Probably the power rock band of the '70s, Led Zeppelin--singer/majority songwriter Jimmy Page, guitarist Robert Plant, bassist John Paul Jones and drummer John Bonham--has partially influenced almost all of modern rock. Now, in recognition of their 30th anniversary, founder Jimmy Page has seen fit to assemble a compilation of their "greatest moments." The first segment, entitled Early Days, features songs from Zep's first four albums and some multimedia frills...
...that feature Page's trademark banshee wail, not to mention Plant's scorching guitar riffs, all of which became synonymous with the band's earlier studio sessions. The visceral thrills in "Rock and Roll" and "Communication Breakdown" hurtle with the subtlety of a rhinoceros on amphetamines, impelled by Bonham's frenetic percussion...
...clear that the movie's a satire. It's supposed to be a biting mockery of yuppie angst. When Norton starts attending testicular cancer and TB support groups to release his anger and built-up anxiety, we laugh (albeit uncomfortably, but we laugh). When he meets Marla Singer (Helena Bonham Carter), a fellow support group squatter, and they divide group therapy sessions between them, we laugh. But when blood starts flying, Norton starts crying, and buildings start frying, we stop laughing. (It almost reminded me of Showgirls, the way the movie just loses its sense of tone halfway through...
...will the rights revert back? Maybe...The Backstreet Boys. Can you imagine the BSB releasing N'Sync's second album as their third album? Entirely possible...We've just secured an interview with controversial director Kevin Smith. Look for that in an upcoming issue...After Helena Bonham Carter and Brad Pitt have an acrobatic sex session in Fight Club, Carter's character breathes a heavy sigh of relief and says, "That's the best f--- I've had since grade school." Now word has leaked out that the original line that was eventually cut was: "I want...
...movie manages this smoothly enough--both actors are excellent--but there's something conventionally gimmicky about the way it plays its reality/unreality game--of a lazy piece with its failure to do anything interesting with the woman in the story, Helena Bonham Carter's neurotically gnarly representation of feminism's failures to create a more sympathetic female...