SPOILERS. The bad reviews I'm reading on the website say that the movie appeals to Hot Topic kids and Avril fans, but I'd disagree. Mind you, I did first see the movie when I was a Hot Topic kid [Avril wasn't around yet], and I loved it. Things are different now, and I STILL love it. This movie is not trying to define punk, nor is it trying to make its characters the most punk they can be. Notice the quote from the end: "In the end, we're all posers." Stevo reforms his life after Heroin Bob dies and he sees how f***ed up things are and how pointless all of what he's doing is. It talks about how working the system from the inside does "a lot more damage", which is an incredibly good perspective that isn't seen too often in movies involving punks. Most kids walking around with a store-bought anarchy t-shirt would yell about how they want to stay outside the system, and unfortunately they fail to see the ending and ruin the credibility for other fans of this movie.
Review of SLC Punk!
SLC Punk!
(1998)
Not trying to be punk by any means, and a great movie.
23 November 2003
Warning: Spoilers