Are you ready to ROCK?!?! Both are musicals, both from 1984, and both are cult hits. (I swear I didn't plan this)
"This Is Spin̈al Tap" was the directorial debut for Rob Reiner, while "Top Secret!" would mark the 3rd time ZAZ would team up as tri-directors.
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"This Is Spin̈al Tap" was the first to use the term "mockumentary" and was so effective as a film that some people felt the story was true. In a ways, it was. Many musicians have come forward stating that events in the movie have happened to them such as on stage mishaps, getting lost in backstage corridors, and going on Japanese tours. This is a case of a project becoming bigger then it was intended to be when they actually formed the real band Spin̈al Tap and went on tour.
Why should it move on?: Few, if any other movie has had such an impact on music like this film has. Add on it's non-stop laughs, and documentary style of a band falling apart makes this one of the greats. The anniversary DVD has even more footage and extra's you wish were in the final product.
Why not?: I honestly can't find a reason. Please, give me something bad about this flick!!
DYK: I would play the song "Gimme Some Money" over the lotto graphics for newscast.
Favorite scene: This is not even part of the movie, but shows the influence it had.
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Top Secret! was the movie acting debut of Val Kilmer (who still is trying to get it down). The movie is just what you'd think it would be, stupid-funny.
Why should it move on?: A great war/spy spoof from the team that also made Airplane! The Naked Gun, and The Kentucky Fried Movie. So odds are, you know exactly what your getting. Goofball antics, nonsensical madness, and some of the guiltiest laughter ever belted out.
Why not?: It may be the least known of ZAZ's work. Not a classic or groundbreaking, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it!
DYK: Would you had guessed that Top Secret! has more songs then Spin̈al Tap, and made more money at the box office!
Favorite scene: This scene was acted out and filmed all 88 seconds in reverse!
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So, whats my choice? This Is Spin̈al Tap will live on long after we are all bones and dust. I love Top Secret!, but eons from now, and people will still know the phrase "Turning it to eleven"
Leave a feedback for a vote for either flick, and tell me what an asshat I am.
I love Rob Reiner, but Spinal Tap...seriously I don't get it. Seems more inane than funny. Top Secret on the other hand classic one liners from start to finish. This is the kind of jazz the late Leslie Nielson hung his hat on. Top Secret hands down. If for anything that weird moment when the train looks like it's moving but it's actually the station. Oh, and my cousin is an asshat...that is why we love him.
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