Anvil Movie Reaction
After reviewing the movie “Anvil The Story Anvil” I was personally overtaken by an array of conflicting views and opinions. One side of sub conscious was grossly disgusted by the illusions of grandeur that these individuals had to consistently live under. While I thought on the other hand, these guys are really on to something. Everyday a new band, relationship and or partnership is formed and everyday another one breaks up. For Lips and Freddy Gibs the notion that they’ve been able to co-exist this long as a unit deserves respect period. That aside the movie was flooded with both positive negative points that I feel may help anyone looking to avoid finding themselves in a similar position.
Despite the current condition of the band and the direr striates that their core members still live under, the proof of their once dominance is evident and for that they are eternally immortalized. For me the 1st thing I took from was the film was “Set The Bar High”. Numerous artist throughout the video gave continued praise to the band based on the success of their first three, most notably “Metal On Metal”. It was do to the quality of these contributions to heavy metal that the band was able help solidify an entire genre and establish a fan base.
Anther point interest for me was listening to Lips describe his view on success. In one of the closing interviews he explained his take on success as saying its about the experience “…enjoy the process”. While the collective never really reached the upper tier monetarily, I feel as though their lives in some form or fashion has thoroughly been enriched by the experience. I personally speak with associates and elders all the time, that inject conversations with massive list of regrets. They consistently tell me about the possibilities that passed on or what they would do if they were given an other opportunity. However, Anvil decided to forgo I life filled with regrets and ‘what if’s’ and continue to pursue their dreams.
One glaring issue I did observe was their lack of embracing technology. When Lips finally came to what he considered an epiphany, and decided to get in contact with CT. Despite the tremendous advancements in technology, he chose to do so by stamping and mailing a cassette tape. Understandably, it is inevitable that at a certain point many individuals become stuck in their ways. However, if these artist were truly looking to compete in what many consider a young mans game they should at the bare minimum speak the same language. While I am far removed from the tape era of my early the I do identify with the reluctance's to transition mediums. After purchasing a great deal of cd’s and pressing up a number of my own despise the notion of downgrading audio to compressed mp3 files.
The most important single piece of information I extracted from the film was the necessity of a strong wing man. Although, Lips and Gibbs were continuously arguing and fighting over the most menial issues. The strong bond they had with one another exuded far beyond the music. I feel the reason for this was attributed directly to the amount of sacrifice they were both willing to endure. Throughout the years, I have had various individuals hold my wing man position. More time then not their situation were always a little more intense then mine it not until now carrying a family of my own, while working and attending school that I can truly appreciate the efforts they were actually putting in. Now looking back I would have definitely tried a lot harder to help maintain those relationships.
