cptgaio

As always, a very personal review, so you either like it or you don’t; I prefer to refrain from judgment. Regarding the film, I think I’ll be a voice out of tune, as I recognize its validity but prefer all (ALL!) of his subsequent works (to the point that he is among my top 5 favorite directors), and I find this one truly questionable at many moments.

First of all, I thank everyone for the nice comments. I wanted to specify, since it has been brought up, that Robert Crumb is universally recognized as one of the most important representatives of the American artistic movement of the '68 (and not only) and that comics are quite different from film. In fact, while the former remains incredibly relevant in its own way, the latter suffers greatly from evident technical limitations and often feels overly pushed (and frequently vulgar). Hence my somewhat negative judgment (somewhat negative because, as mentioned, it undeniably has historical merits, enough to convince me to give it a passing grade, that is, a 3). Speaking of Bakshi, on the other hand, his trajectory has been inverse in the sense that after the flop of the still respectable "Lord of the Rings," he has not found any production house willing to take a risk on him. In a certain sense, he has been a victim of his own desire to be too "disruptive" (I've used that term too much; I swear I won't do it again!).

Hi happy! I don't see how the two definitions can't get along, in the reviews I've read about the comic (not the movie) the term pulp often comes up, so I think it fits. Hi ;-)

@alessioiride: I replied to you about the Nirvana review, but not to disappoint you, I think I know the facts much more clearly than you do... Haloa!

ih ih ih, how little it takes to make you angry, the numbers don’t matter much, it’s the attitude that counts, I repeat "Nevermind" is so carefully crafted that you can understand it years later, in a certain sense I agree with trickykid even if we evaluate it differently, you’re the classic fan you can’t talk to… (this usually happens with Dream Theater fans, it turns out that Nirvana fans have the same detrimental trait) so I’ll say goodbye and as my friend Happypippo says: "happy you, happy everybody!"... Haloa!
P.S.: Just one thing, when it’s convenient for you, you bring up objectivity, huh?

Thank you Editors for correcting my unforgivable mistake!

Ah, I anticipate the good AlessioIride, yes the Smashing Pumpkins (back then) were much more intellectually honest and less interested in filthy money than the Nirvana, my obscure comment but he knows what I'm talking about... obviously without any polemic and not talking about music but only about marketing, because in this case, when it comes to music, it often boils down to personal tastes.

the votes...

A record crafted very cleverly from the drawing board; unfortunately, for once, I don't agree with Donjunio: those who lived through those years (and I was deep in it) should realize how little musical phenomena Nirvana truly were and how much they were, in fact, a cultural phenomenon. From that melting pot of genres that was called "grunge" until the mid-'90s, I must admit I've drawn something as well, but fortunately, I never allowed myself to be fully convinced by Cobain and company. Certainly, the album is nice, but it reeks of inauthenticity from a thousand miles away. This opinion, of course, is strictly personal.

I like it very much.