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DVD : Garage Days

  
: Garage Days
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starring: Kick Gurry, Maya Stange, Pia Miranda, Russell Dykstra, Brett Stiller
directed by: Alex Proyas

Amazon.com's Price: $9.98
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Amazon.com Details:
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543098768
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 03, 2004
Running Time: 105 minutes
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
Sales Rank: 45213
MPN: FOXD2009876D



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Editorial Review:

Description:
From the director of the ground-breaking film I, Robot comes this hip, sexy comedy about a garage band with everything it takes to make it to the top?except talent. Waiting for their big break, a group of young rockers and their clueless manager can't keep their heads on straight -- or their hands off each other. Loaded with sex, drugs and rock-n-roll, GARAGE DAYS proves you don?t have to be a rock star to party like one!

Amazon.com:
Alex Proyas, director of sci-fi dramas Dark City and I, Robot, took a detour toward a modified retro-'60s, upbeat rock & roll comedy with 2002's lightly engaging Garage Days. Set in a Sydney, Australia suburb, the film is a quirky variation on the story of a misfit band trying to get a break with successful managers, clubs, recording studios, lovers, etc. Singer-guitarist Freddy (Kick Gurry) desperately maneuvers his group toward stardom, but his bandmates' internal struggles and the capriciousness of a powerful record executive (Marton Csokas) prove major stumbling blocks. So, too, is Freddy's deepening attraction to Kate (Maya Stange), girlfriend of his lead guitarist Joe (Brett Stiller), who in turn may be having a nervous breakdown via a dangerous side romance with a suicidal beauty (Yvette Duncan). Proyas enjoys his patches of darkness in Garage Days, but for the most part he's making his own, devil-may-care A Hard Day's Night. --Tom Keogh



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - I wanted to like this a great deal more...
Garage Days (Alex Proyas, 2002)

There is something deeply, desperately wrong with a movie's marketing when the very tag line seen on posters around the world gives away the film's major plot twist. That doesn't stop this from being an amusing little film, however. It involves an Australian garage rock band fronted by Freddy (Spartan's Kick Gurry) who are trying to find a place to play. Freddy's girlfriend Tanya (Queen of the Damned's Pia Miranda) plays bass. Guitarist Joe (Brett Stiller) is predictably moody, and is in tenuous ground with girlfriend Kate (XX/XY's Maya Stange). Manager Bruno (Russell Dykstra, from the BlackJack franchise) is something of a lovable foulup who seems congenitally incapable of getting the band gigs, but a chance encounter at a bar between Freddy and the manager of Sprimp, Australia's hottest act, gives the band hope. Meanwhile, with the various relationships on the rocks, Freddy finds himself more and more attracted to Kate; will internal pressures kill the band off before they can even make it to their first gig?

As much as I hate to say it, the weak link in this chain is director Alex Proyas. When Proyas is in his element, I have endless respect for the man; The Crow and Dark City are well on their way to becoming bona fide classics, and he even managed to make something halfway watchable out of I, Robot. The common thread, of course, is that all of these films are dark, moody pieces punctuated with frenetic action scenes. Garage Days, on the other hand, is a light comedy piece. Not the kind of thing one would expect from a guy who normally does dark fantasy action pictures, and it shows. Imagine if David Fincher tried to do a remake of, say, Sunday in the Park with George. The general raucousness of the film feels forced at times, artificially subdued at others. The upside to it, though, is that the comedy tends to be more understated than one would expect from a movie of this type, which leads to some subtle (and some disturbing) gags that might have otherwise come off as silly and/or tasteless.

It could have been a better film, to be sure, but it's not a bad one as it stands. Worth checking out, at least. ** ½


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Requiem for a Garage
If you liked TRAINSPOTTING and SLC PUNK you'll like GARAGE DAYS. Also has elements of REQUIEM FOR A DREAM and SALTON SEA. "You don't have to be a rock star to feel like one" is the saying for this group who have the drive but is Australia ready for them? With the growing trend of pretty boy djs live music has become the sign of the past.

There are valuable lessons to be learned:

FUN WITH DRUGS PART 1
The visual and physical effects of taking drugs. Create a world of your own if the world around you sucks!

FUN WITH DRUGS PART 2
Here's to bleeding your parents dry. Drug taking at its best when you invite your parents over for dinner. Heads will burn! Then ask them for money.

Then there's the sexual interaction among the 4 group members. Freddy and Tanya are an item but Freddy loves Kate who's involved with Joe Papa who's not faithful to her. But when Joe Papa realizes his loyality towards Kate he creates a fruity baby by the name of Millie Melon (an actual melon) caring for it as if a real baby. Is this confusing yet? Well, Tanya never was satisfied with Freddy to begin with and ends up with Lucy who has the most bizzare sexual habits to tickle her fancy. The group gets a real break when Freddy finds the wallet of a successful band promotor. Do they have what it takes? Watch GARAGE DAYS and find out for yourself.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - When it all turns out just right...
You know the story of the band that has everything against it, but manages - through determination, luck, camradery and musical skill - to break into the big time and then lives happily ever after?

This is that story except the band has no musical skill.

Garage Days is the story of five friends who come to learn that their love of music transcends making a living as a band or even being very good at playing. What they do succeed at is finding out what it means to have friends and lovers and that relationships that will last a lifetime can come upon you at the most strange times and circumstances...and often with the person you least suspect.

The film has the humorous rough edge found in many Australian productions, an earthy good-humour driven as much by the culture as the screenplay. The cast of relative newcomers are convincing in their roles, even if the characterizations are a bit thin.

Sit back and enjoy the humour and joyfullness of this well-made film.



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - DRUGS SEX & ROCK & ROLL!!! an australian point of view.?
Plot: A not so talented band struggles with drugs sex and rock and roll. Yup that sums it up!! The acting and character development is very well done. You have the singer/guitar writer who dreams of being a star who has a girlfriend, the bass player, who is into someone else. The lead guitarist is having strange fantasies of sex and adopts a melon as a child meanwhile abandoning his girl who the singer digs, the drummer experiments with too many drugs while the manager is just plain crazy!!! Sound Interesting? Pacing of the movie reminds me a lot like Trainspotting. Better than i expected!!


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Sex, drugs, and rock &roll
This movie falls in as one of the top in the sex, drugs, and rock and roll genre. In the tradition of movies such as Velvet Goldmine or Go, this movie is a fun and often times hilarious ride perfect for those drunken get-togethers with friends. The characters are very likeable. The lead singer is hopelessly in love with a girl pregnant with his schizophrenic friend's baby. The bassist is a strong female in search of a good orgasm. The drummer is a pharmacy-robbing druggy in search of a perfect high, and the guitarist is the schizophrenic. All in all, these are all people I'd want to hang out with on a Saturday night. This movie is beautifully acted, well directed, and well written. It's a shame that it didn't get the attention it deserved when out in theatres. I'd highly recommend this movie in every regard.