Doug Van Pelt

Air Guitar Nation

This was a most excellent and hilarious film that documented the origin of the US Air Guitar contests as an entry into the already established World Air Guitar contests annually held in Oulu, Finland. The first ever East Coast regional contest was held in New York, where C Diddy won, soundly "defeating" Bjorn Turoque (via judges scores). The winner (and an aggressive and never-say-die Bjorn Turoque, who finds a way out West) compete in Los Angeles for the US finals. One wheelchair bound contestant in LA has a custom shirt that says, "GOD ROCKS." He says, "God's got me this far in the competition, we'll see how far God takes me." During his routine he falls out of the wheelchair, while shredding away at his invisible axe, spins around and stands up to his feined utter amazement. He raises his hands in the air as though he's just been healed and then does a flip. So crazy. This whole movement is a real hoot. The players in this event (take Turoque, for instance) are serious about the competition. Chants of "USA! USA!" encourage C Diddy, as he is chosen to represent the US in the World Air Guitar Championships. C Diddy wins for the US in its first entry into this competition. If you laughed with Wayne's World, you're likely to bust a gut with this movie.