I gave up after about 30 minutes. Who was I supposed to be rooting for? I know metal is supposed to be angry, but he lashed out at people that treated him well.
I couldn't figure out if he was that way because his dad drank or if his dad drank because he was that way.
None of them were likeable and it is hard to feel for him as an underdog when he can buy multi-thousand dollar drum sets with his daddy's card and drives an expensive car.
You can get away with a lot of things once your audience gets invested in the characters but you need good characters for that.
It is difficult to write a driven, self centered character that is also likeable but if you can't do that then don't write a movie with one in it.
And, what school has a battle of the bands without any signs up about it? School events aren't usually secrets.
I couldn't figure out if he was that way because his dad drank or if his dad drank because he was that way.
None of them were likeable and it is hard to feel for him as an underdog when he can buy multi-thousand dollar drum sets with his daddy's card and drives an expensive car.
You can get away with a lot of things once your audience gets invested in the characters but you need good characters for that.
It is difficult to write a driven, self centered character that is also likeable but if you can't do that then don't write a movie with one in it.
And, what school has a battle of the bands without any signs up about it? School events aren't usually secrets.