Airheads
I’ve been wanting to see this cute but moronic rock and roll movie for years. Now I know I wasn’t missing a whole lot. It’s packed with comedy stars, like Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi, Michael Richards, and David Arquette, and the concept of struggling rock musicians resorting to the hijacking of a radio station to get airplay is funny; but the movie gets rope tied by goofy writing. Sure, there are some big laughs, like Michael Richards (aka Kramer) setting himself on fire and basically playing his character strengths, but it gets a tad bit overplayed; Chris Farley’s rookie cop spoof is silly, and the line “A bad demo tape can do a lot of damage...” is hilarious. In between these good moments are just too many lame scenes or gags. One very special highlight, however, is seeing the members of Galactic Cowboys making a cameo appearance as a band called The Sons of Thunder early in the movie. Their song byte, “Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful,” sounds like classic Cowboys wit. “Don’t hate me . .. . Your lips are full, your head is empty / This faded valentine is all you sent me...” The most memorable line of the movie, unfortunately, is probably the inane but ultimately blasphemous “trick question” about who’d win in a wrestling match — Lemmy or God? For all its attempts to win the laughs and hearts of rockers, it falls short where Wayne’s World succeeds by relying too much on the outlandish and not enough on real life bizarreness. I have to admit, though, that I enjoyed it. But I’m not sure what that says about my IQ... The DVD does come with extras, including a funny news reel-ish featurette, and videos by Motorhead and White Zombie. The only thing missing is the entire track of “Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful,” which didn’t even make it on the soundtrack album. Sigh. [ Twentieth Century Fox / Doug Van Pelt ]
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Ratings:
Obscenities : 77
Scenes of Violence : 00
Nude Scenes : .25
% spiritual relevancy : 25
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