Spinal Tap II - The End Continues review
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I’ve never watched the original.
I’ve always taken the concept to be an insult. Hard pass.
I’ve always taken the concept to be an insult. Hard pass.
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Sabrina Carpenter even paid tribute to Smell the Glove with her new album cover!
As soon as I saw that, I thought to myself "There's such a fine line between stupid and clever".
As soon as I saw that, I thought to myself "There's such a fine line between stupid and clever".
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Despise them for the same reason.
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I've been sort of dreading the new Tap, the trailer really did not impress me, so ijwhstd saying it's good gives me a little hope.
I've been kinda expecting Happy Gilmore 2, like depressingly bad.
I've been kinda expecting Happy Gilmore 2, like depressingly bad.
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I never liked the first one, it was boring … IMO.
I didn’t like it 100 years ago and I watched it again recently to see what I didn’t get when I was younger and I still didn’t like it.
I didn’t like it 100 years ago and I watched it again recently to see what I didn’t get when I was younger and I still didn’t like it.
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Did you ever play in or work for a band?Jason Jennifer Leigh wrote: ↑Thu Sep 11, 2025 8:14 am I never liked the first one, it was boring … IMO.
I didn’t like it 100 years ago and I watched it again recently to see what I didn’t get when I was younger and I still didn’t like it.
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Silliest take ever and could only be made by someone who never watched the film. There is a very good reason why it is loved by pretty much every musician out there. It is brilliant, hilarious and timeless. All-time classic. They 100% knew what they were talking about and got it all correct.
If you’ve ever been in a band, had a record deal, toured, recorded, dealt with labels management or anything else this movie only gets more and more funny as you experience that life.
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What's wrong with being sexy though?DonJuanDeMarco wrote: ↑Thu Sep 11, 2025 5:48 am Sabrina Carpenter even paid tribute to Smell the Glove with her new album cover!
As soon as I saw that, I thought to myself "There's such a fine line between stupid and clever".

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anyone who doesn’t like spinal tap has something wrong with them
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Looking forward to watch this.
I saw the original when I was around 10 or 11 and totally thought it was a real documentary about a real band.
I saw the original when I was around 10 or 11 and totally thought it was a real documentary about a real band.
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Everything promotional about this up until watching it today made me think I was going to hate it and shit on it. Nope, it was pretty good. Pleasantly surprised.
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I love the original too much to want to watch this because I couldn't imagine they could get it right again with the self-awareness aspect now. If you think it doesn't totally suck I may watch it after all.NineteenEightyFour wrote: ↑Fri Sep 12, 2025 12:58 pm Everything promotional about this up until watching it today made me think I was going to hate it and shit on it. Nope, it was pretty good. Pleasantly surprised.

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EVERY. SINGLE. BUS. that was out on tours in the eighties had a VHS tape of Spinal Tap.Wiseacre wrote: ↑Thu Sep 11, 2025 10:08 am
Silliest take ever and could only be made by someone who never watched the film. There is a very good reason why it is loved by pretty much every musician out there. It is brilliant, hilarious and timeless. All-time classic. They 100% knew what they were talking about and got it all correct.
If you’ve ever been in a band, had a record deal, toured, recorded, dealt with labels management or anything else this movie only gets more and more funny as you experience that life.
Regardless of it being a spoof, nothing else ever came as close to the real life on the road and experience of being in a band.
First time you watched it, it was a comedy...but over time you began to realize that it was a horror movie, as one-by-one the things in it became true

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I saw the movie Wednesday night. I’m very glad that I did. It was as good as it could’ve been.
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Yesterday I made plans to see it tonight. This morning I read a review in Rolling Stone that wasn’t so good and thought oh boy this just might be awful.
I thought it was pretty much all you can expect and hope for. I give it a solid B with an A for effort.
So far this sequel/reboot season, I was fine with Happy Gilmore 2 (I wanted more boneheaded stupidity, I got more boneheaded stupidity) and the new Spinal Tap. I thought the Naked Gun remake was an atrocity but others seem to love it.
Anyway this was good.
I thought it was pretty much all you can expect and hope for. I give it a solid B with an A for effort.
So far this sequel/reboot season, I was fine with Happy Gilmore 2 (I wanted more boneheaded stupidity, I got more boneheaded stupidity) and the new Spinal Tap. I thought the Naked Gun remake was an atrocity but others seem to love it.
Anyway this was good.
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my favorite part of the original is during jazz odyssey- the lone seated guy holding up a thumbs down