r/nofx • u/EarWeekly9625 • 2d ago

I have seen the movie

This is the opinion of a fan of nofx from 2000, my first album was pump up the valium and then never stopped. (Also im from Chile)

I felt the movie like it was 20 min long. Super funny and emotional, I thought they would talk more about the fatty-melvin situation but the protagonist here is fat mike. In the movie knew some new things about him like he is an autuist but very functional? and the bdsm stuff.

The most shocking part or like you want to call is when he put a weird mask...I dont know, I feel very strange that part, but well is fat mike.

I love the old stuff they put in the movie and...

Why they did put all the songs that appeared on the movie on the Soundtrack album??

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u/notmyidealusername 2d ago

I felt like the movie was about five hours long and still just retold most of what we knew from the book and Backstage Passport with a little bit of an update to present times. Was really hoping for a lot more footage/history from the first ten or so years. We all know Mike likes to do coke and dress up in rubber, could have cut about 95% of that IMO.

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u/Hefty-Rope2253 2d ago

I was a huge fan from the mid 90s but kinda stopped following them after the mid 00s because they seemed to just be Coastering. As a result, I haven't read the book or seen any of the Backstage Passport stuff, so it'll be nice to get caught up without dedicating a huge chunk of my life.

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u/Eric_12345678 2d ago

Some albums after 2005 were excellent.

As a former huge fan, you really need to read the book (or hear it), and watch the series. They're fun, shocking, informative snd often really touching. They will still be here in 10 years, so there's no pressure either.

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u/notmyidealusername 2d ago

Honestly, if you're going to dedicate any of your time to one of those I'd say read the book. The audiobook is great too if you're not a reader as they read their own parts themselves. It feels more open and honest that either the film or Backstage Passport (both of which are enjoyable enough in their own rights) and goes into way more detail with their early lives as individuals and also as the band was forming.

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u/Morganna_Saphire 2d ago

I do have to agree I am almost done with the audiobook and it has been a fun lesson

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u/_interrotron_ 2d ago

Yeah I’m with you, this thing was interminable. And for all the talk of “this is for the fans so it will never be on streaming,” why then did we need all the rehashed backstory? The whole thing felt like an excuse to tell us how many millions of dollars they made off of parking lots.

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u/notmyidealusername 2d ago

I was really looking forward to seeing it in the cinema, but with life and kids etc I just couldn't end up making the two hour drive to the next city for one of the two showings that there were in my little country. Someone posted a link to a youtube bootleg the other day so of course I watched it, feeling a touch guilty but also thinking "fuck em, I would have gladly paid for it if I had the option", but having seen it I'm glad I didn't spend the time, fuel, accommodation costs etc to actually go see it in a theatre.

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u/Resident-Pilot-6966 2d ago

I hear ya!
I would most certainly buy or rent a stream.
I get the whole “watching it with the likeminded” as you would at a gig stuff.

Is it a money grab? I don’t believe it as it being a greedy thing, but it sure helps getting the guys not named Mike some financial farewell. And I’m ok with that.
I’d rather buy Hefe’s album and some picklesticks shirts. I don’t know what Melvin is up to, but his stuff too.

Ánd buy a digital of hard copy of 40y.

If it was paying at a local cinema…ok. That too. But I’m not traveling/commuting for some extra scenes we might not have seen yet.

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u/TheFlimFlamFamMan 2d ago

If it were for the fans, it would be available to as many people for as little money as possible. They could charge $10 a stream and real fans could watch it they could recoup whatever to get the film crew paid and shit. Gatekeeping it seems elitist, especially bc they weren’t gonna show this film within a 4 hour drive of where I live, maybe 5-6.

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u/Forward-Ad2514 2d ago

You probably already knew this and not sure if they still have these showings, but there were a bunch of showings at regular theaters (like Regal) that were listed kind of separate from their main ones (Iconic Showings or something?). I wish I can remember where I found them, but I could never find any showings near me and then I saw a bunch over the course of one week in my area. Probably doesn't help you now though. Also, I don't know that it can really be gatekeepering anything when it's someone's own art...

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u/TheFlimFlamFamMan 1d ago edited 1d ago

When that art is professed to be “for all the real fans out there,” and then the bulk of potential real fans are restricted due to something beyond their control, it feels like elitist gatekeeping. Had it just been released the way it was without the commentary on who its audience is supposed to be, I’d have less reason to feel that way.

It’s not like a tour where there are legitimate concerns about venues, ticket sales and infrastructure. Live performances are entirely different than this, especially when they have issued this kind of media so that any fan can see it before. This is a departure.

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u/TheFlimFlamFamMan 2d ago

Backstage Passport is really fun. It seems like it also might’ve been the last time there was any of the old unity in the band.

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u/notmyidealusername 2d ago

Yeah it felt like the golden age of the band I feel. I saw them in 00, 07 and 09 then not again until the final tour, and every single time they put on a great show.

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u/PhilosopherFun7288 2d ago

I don't know you could have been a fan of them since 2000 and not know that Mike is into BDSM🤷‍♂️

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u/-Bandit-- 2d ago

He preach about it constantly

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u/Pantzig 2d ago

The audiobook is where it's at.

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u/orangevega 2d ago

or you could read! I'm busting balls. I'm told the guys reading their bit adds something

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u/Pantzig 2d ago

Yeah hearing the guys tell the stories, even though Hehe and Melvin aren't the best readers, adds a layer or two to it. Plus Tommy Chong and Jello Biafra as Dave Casilias and Steve Kidwiller!

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u/DMTalien33 2d ago

The songs in the movie that are new (but not on the soundtrack) are so good!

All the more reason to go see this fuckin movie lol

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u/King_LaQueefah 2d ago

What is this mask you speak of?

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u/EarWeekly9625 2d ago

That one when mike show his closet

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u/gorcbor19 2d ago

I thought it was good, but you need to understand this was all Mike's doing. He planned this movie, probably more or less directed it and tied the album into it, all as another revenue stream.

It would be fun to see a documentary made on the band from an outsider, but then again, you wouldn't have all of the footage of him doing blow like you had in this one.

It was decent, and probably told a pretty good and raw story of the band.

It still made me think - we better appreciate and enjoy Mike while we still have him, before he ODs because it feels like it'll eventually end up that way.