Should you watch Metallica: Some Kind of Monster?
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Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Documentary · 2004
After bassist Jason Newsted quits the band in 2001, heavy metal superstars Metallica realize that they need an intervention. In this revealing documentary, filmmakers follow the three rock stars as they hire a group therapist and grapple with 20 years of repressed anger and aggression. Between searching for a replacement bass player, creating a new album and confronting their personal demons, the band learns to open up in ways they never thought possible.
The sides of Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
- Metallica in group therapy
- A band searching for a new bassist
- James Hetfield leaving for rehab
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster is good for you if…
- you like watching an album take shape through fights in the studio.
- you like rock stars arguing about their feelings with a therapist.
- you like a real band almost falling apart on camera.
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster is bad for you if…
- two hours and twenty minutes is too much for you.
- you can't sit through addiction and years of anger laid bare.
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