Such a frustrating disappointment

Sorry, this movie sucks

Load of rubbish!!

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

So as a recording engineer that loves seeing gear and is obsessed with the magic of recording... I enjoyed it. I am a big fan of the book of work that comes out of Sound City and enjoyed a lot of the musicians in the movie. I did, however, feel that the movie lacked initiative at times. It was confused between being a Neve documentary, a group of musicians performing, a slam on digital recording, or a documentary about the history of Sound City. This could be part of its charm but it wasn't glued together as well as I would have liked.Now I do have an unpopular opinion about Dave Grohl in the recording realm. I think he is one of the best musicians and rock musicians to date. But his opinions on recording are ill informed. His rigid stance against digital recording is silly and if we all had millions of dollars to hire people to cut tape then I'm sure we would, too.Feel free to read more here http://digitalrecordingschool.com/sound-city-documentary/

I don't know. Color me bad but I just thought it was sort of OK. I guess it was sort of interesting to see how some of that old school stuff was made but Dave Grohl annoys the tar out of me always trying to mug for the camera and act like the big hero. Who is he anyway some b-grade so called musician. But it is sad I guess about how all of this Protools and computer stuff did take over music making which is really why there is so much garbage so called music out there anyway like kayne west and milly cyprus because none of them can are really pros or trained anymore on how to play instruments. Just soulless beat machines like tr808's and samplers. But as a movie basically even though we can see what it was done for its still supposed to be entertainment and I took my girlfriend to it on a Sat nite but we left because it wasn't funny or anything so really all that was left was to just go to iHop at that point but like I said I was a bit depressed about spending that money on it. I don't really care about Fleetwood or those guys anyway because all they really did was snort that coke and keep all that money and not really give anything back to the studio which made them famous which is why that studio went bankrupt anyway. But why is Grohl doing this you must ask yourself in the mirror and again just like with nirvana its just all about getting his mug out there wanting to be Mr. big speaker hero.

I've never been a huge fan of Nirvana or Foo Fighters (I do like a few things here and there but overall they're not my thing) but as a person I have a lot of respect for Dave Grohl. He seems like a great guy and it's really cool how he's dipping into film with his directorial debut Sound City, a documentary about the studio which is home to Nevermind, Rumours and all kinds of classics. I had no idea about these connections. I love a good Fleetwood Mac origin story, so although it was a few things I knew, it was still interesting. The first half works as a great chronological account of anecdotes, focusing on acts like Fleetwood Mac and Rick Springfield, and the highs and lows of the company. It really showed how Sound City was unique for its Neve soundboard and makes me want to seek them out. The documentary is shown in a very typically MTV way with its graphics and soundtrack but it makes it very entertaining (even if there's a very irritating use of flashing frames back and forth). However, the last half hour is devoted to the recording of the Sound City soundtrack that Grohl collaborates with artists formerly mentioned and as we only get snippets of each track, it feels like it's simply an endorsement to buy the soundtrack and it knocks the doc down a peg. Still a good start to 2013.7/10

If you're a fan of classic rock, rock or metal. This documentary will take you backstage and tell the stories about the making of some of the best records ever made. And they we're all made in Sound City.What makes this documentary so excellent is Dave Grohl himself. Dave manages to transfer his musical passion on to the viewer and made me as a fan feel part of it. Dave being Dave, I believe he got his fellow musicians to share in a way that no other director would have managed, because his one of them. They fought in the same trenches so to speak. That's a big part of what makes this a great documentary. The human aspect of it, the feelings and the memories. And the music, oh boy the music.I tip my hat to you Dave. See you on the next Foo tour.