I was lead to believe that this was going to be some kind of hilarious and damning documentary exposing Metallica's general buffonery. No such luck. Given that it's paid for and presumably given the green light by the band it was never going to be that (for that kind of thing you should really see Dig).
The film follows Metallica for two years as they spend vast sums of money making quite an ordinary album (albeit a massively successful very ordinary album). The first half hour is positively boring (essentially a Metallica hagiography) but it picks up when the band hire an analyst to help them work through their issues, he hangs around in the background in a slightly sinister manner for the remainder of the film occasionally making himself appear necessary but generally just milking the band for $40,000 a month. So basically interesting but not great and certainly not what the press and publicity led me to believe it was going to be.
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I know what you mean - far too long, and not particularly revealing or entertaining. Although I did laugh at the therapist desperately trying to cling to his cushy deal after the band told him they wouldn't be needing him anymore...
I quite enjoyed Dave Mustaine whining about how Lars treated him 20 years ago, when they kicked him out the band 20 years ago. Seein metallers "address" their "issues" is pretty funny, I think. Lars does come across as a d-bag.
Sorry, repeating myself again above!
I think what I found most interesting about the film was the conflict between Metallica the corporation and Metallica the creative entity. So many people have a vested interest in the product and the way everything is organised is kind of industrial production line.
Actually, I also enjoyed the bit where Kirk Hammett got very upset when told to try something which didn't feature a monstrous guitar solo.
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