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The Colossus of Destiny: A Melvins Tale

  • 2016
  • Unrated
  • 2h 5m
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7.2/10
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The Colossus of Destiny: A Melvins Tale (2016)
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Documentary covering the 33 year journey of the highly influential rock band The Melvins.Documentary covering the 33 year journey of the highly influential rock band The Melvins.Documentary covering the 33 year journey of the highly influential rock band The Melvins.

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    • Bob Hannam
  • Writer
    • Bob Hannam
  • Stars
    • Jello Biafra
    • Chris Cornell
    • Dale Crover
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  • IMDb RATING
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    • Director
      • Bob Hannam
    • Writer
      • Bob Hannam
    • Stars
      • Jello Biafra
      • Chris Cornell
      • Dale Crover
    • 2User reviews
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    Jello Biafra
    Jello Biafra
    Chris Cornell
    Chris Cornell
    Dale Crover
    Dale Crover
    Mike Dillard
    Trevor Dunn
    Trevor Dunn
    Shepard Fairey
    Shepard Fairey
    Tom Hazelmyer
    Tom Hazelmyer
    Tom Hazelmyer
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    Krist Novoselic
    Krist Novoselic
    Buzz Osborne
    Buzz Osborne
    Mike Patton
    Mike Patton
    Kevin Rutmanis
    Gene Simmons
    Gene Simmons
    David Yow
    David Yow
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    6josechr

    Good idea, poorly executed

    Colossus of destiny is the chronicle of the mighty Melvins.

    A pretty significant band in the underground of metal, and in the underground they thrive.

    It's pretty standard in the story telling. The beginnings, the "big break" but fortunately not the downfall. Showing the resilience of talent, business sensibility and knowing enough to never have to compromise, and still make a living of what you love.

    It is a text book example of how to survive int the modern age without having to sell your soul and either go out with a bang or a whimper. Plenty of cool interviews of their peers, like the remainders of Nirvana, the late Chris Cornell, members of Sunn 0))), L7, High on fire etc.

    Unfortunately, the people who filmed this did not have a clue of how to operate their equipment. The sound is atrocious to say the least. Would have thought people interested in music would have known about external microphones to their cameras, but nooo... Some shots are out of focus, there's horrible reverb and on and on. It's not really punk rock, just pure lack of skills. You'll want to watch this as a Melvins fan, but all others would most probably just be annoyed most of the time.
    4daftcity

    Great content, atrocious film audio and editing

    This documentary would be good if the interviews were audible. The sound recordings of every interview are so bad that it seems like someone had to try to make them so terrible. This film was made with a lot of great info and commentary; content that is unintelligible without straining to hear through the bad audio quality or just turning on subtitles. I would never expect to need subtitles to hear what people are saying in a doc about music...

    Buzz, Dale, and all of the other people being interviewed for this film, deserve a higher quality film to be made about them, their work, and the incredible impact their work has had on so many other talented musicians.

    If you can tolerate the abysmal production quality of this doc, it's worth watching. Or do what I wish I did: mute it, put on subtitles, and blast some Melvins through your stereo!

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      • July 18, 2016 (United States)
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