Reiner's 'Spinal Tap' Preserved for All Time... Joy.

Associated Press ^ | December 17, 2002 | Carl Hartman

[Doctor Raoul]

I'm making a documentary on Reiner's life, "This Is Meathead".

[Lurker]

Say what you want about Rob Reiner, but Spinal Tap was one of the funniest movies ever made.

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[ProudGOP]

I hate Reiner.

But Spinal Tap is a classic and deserves to be recognized.

[MHGinTN]

... sci-fi groundbreaker "Alien," Actually, Predator would better fit the 'groundbreaker' characterization. That movie has the astonishing effect, whereas Alien is a tribute to S. Weaver rather than a groundbreaking theme.

[Mr. Buzzcut]

I am and always will be a metal head ... and Tap is just pure genius ...!

[Guillermo]

This guy CAN make a good movie, just like a lot of other Hollyweird wackjobs.

But I wonder why anyone cares what comes out of his fat piehole...

[Chemist_Geek]

Rock n' roll! Where's the stage?

[Mr. Buzzcut]

I have the same prob with Ed Asner ... I love the LOu Grant character but his politics ... eew!

[Paul Atreides]

Blade Runner should be included as well.

[InvisibleChurch]

Turn it up to 11.

[Revolting cat!]

I hate Spinal Tap, but Reiner is a genius!

Somebody has to provide the balance!

[discostu]

Spinal Tap is great, not just hilarious but it captures a moment in history the end of the 70s era of uber rock. I hope they put in the DVD which has a second movie (basically they put together cutting room stuff that was related to a few other plots plus some filler to put it together, about 90 minutes not as brilliant as the main movie but damn good, you get a lot of extra footage doing that improv stuff as you basically keep making a scene up through one (or more) 20 minute can of film). This really isn't a Rob Reiner move, Guest and McKean are much more important to the creation of the movie.

[Kowdawg]

There truely is a very thin line between clever and stupid.

[BunnySlippers]

Spinal Tap was hilarious ...

[Chi-townChief]

I have to agree on both counts; my favorite scene was where Paul Shafer messed up a booking and bends over telling the band members to kick him because "It won't just make you feel better. It will make me feel better!"
Cracks me up!

[Senator Pardek]

The VHS tape needs more Doubly.

[Mr. Buzzcut]

The first time I saw "Tap" (c. 1983) i was a budding young rocker ... honestly, I wasn't sure at first whether or not the band was real or not ... that's the sign of a good parody.

[dead]

The first time I watched Spinal Tap, I had to keep rewinding and trying to watch the scene where the dwarves almost trample on Stonehenge.

I was crying so hard, it took five rewinds to see and hear the whole scene and the backstage conversation afterwards.

[Revolting cat!]

Harry Shearer rules, man!