Hated: G.G. Allin and the Murder Junkies

"For every indulgence, there was something else he denied himself as a means to the end." Captures his aesthetic, finds real meaning in his nihilism, and balances the more revolting facts of his persona with the appeal his total rejection of everything has to anyone who's ever felt alienated. GG himself seems to be the only one in the film who can sum up what he was really about, and does it with disarming eloquence: "My mind's a machine gun, my body's the bullets, the audience is the target."

Thank God for the cinema because it's the best and safest way to get to know GG Allin, who has the be the most provocative, depraved, and downright hilarious rock-star of the century he lived fast in. We also get to take a look at his fellow band members, his fans (who were willing to kill themselves if Allin did so), his old school-buddies, his old school-teachers, and those who just didn't quite understand what a grotesque performance artist the man was.

If you want to understand Hangover 2, you need to see where it came from.

Phillips and I were born on exactly the same day, and I understand he had some trouble with shoplifting when he was younger. While he was making this documentary, I was writing my Honours thesis on Mauss, Bataille and the notions of gift and expenditure. I don’t really know what point I’m making, but I feel there is one. Allin doesn’t come across as someone it would be pleasant to hang around with, but I guess he’s as legitimate a representative of the “no future” mentality as any other punk.

What a horrible horrible human being. Not just GG Allin, but pretty much every one featured in this film.

A no-barriers documentary showing the last great rock and roll act of the Twentieth Century. It's disgusting, funny, honest, and shocking; everything GG Allin was when he was alive.

Where are you putting that hot dog, GG ? Where are you putting that - http://i.imgur.com/dzEOnjF.gif

Probably better than Allin deserves. Phillips-- who amazingly went on to direct frat comedy fave "Old School" 10 years later (the two could not be more different)-- deserves all the credit in the world for having the gumption to follow this attention-starved clown around while undertaking the sisyphusian task of trying to make sense of the incomprehensible. Why is GG like this? How did he get this way? Phillips does his best to fit together a bunch of pieces from several different puzzles.

How can I enjoy a movie with such a despicable subject? GG Allin was garbage. It's an honest movie depicting who was GG Allin and nothing else. Therefore, this movie is garbage.

Interesting subject but amatuer filmmaking

The audio commentary with Dino and Merle is essential.

Only two words can describe it: fucked up

Thought provoking subject matter, terrible filmmaking. All the more surprising, then, that Todd Philips would go on to develop some serious artistic skill with the Hangover trilogy.

It's GG.

It's very clear that this film was completed while GG was still alive, and the grim backdrop with Todd's monotonous V.O. in between clips showed that this was the version to be shown to the public. Todd Philips had to start somewhere, then he made Old School. People should come to terms with this being his masterpiece.

Would have been better if it had included more concert footage.

I feel it's somewhat vaguely important that G.G. Allin existed. Having said that, I don't really know what else there is to say about him, and neither does anyone in this movie.

Could of done with more gig footage.