dissapointed.

I felt like i was watching the food network or a cooking channel except we get to drink what they create. i was glad to see mjk sharing his knowledge/experience about wine making. also seeing his famous visitor friends was fun like bob odenkirk from mr show...

i would love to watch this film and drink a glass of that particular regions wine.

exit through the gift shop.. graffiti art? i'll try to watch it but i am not a fan of vandalism. i'm not a stuckup-type either, i watch internet porn at work.

I was disappointed as well. It wasn't a very good documentary. The star cameos all seemed like gleaming endorsements. The Jovovich interview didn't serve a purpose other than MJK is really good friends with the beautiful Milla, buy his wine! The only one that seemed unobjective was the guy in San Francisco who made that terrible face whenever he had a sip of "Arizona" wine.

I was hoping for more insight. You have the guy from Tool who decided to make a wine (at least that's how the synopsis put it) so either just explore the wine and wine making (which it tried to do with the whole seasons bit), and leave his story out, or explore how a guy from one of the biggest bands in the world just decides to up and start a winery. It felt like they tried to go in both directions and failed. They didn't go into a lot of depth why he did it, what it was like moving to Arizona, picking this site, deciding to grow there, getting the permission to grow, etc. All we were told was that he went to Jericho in '95 and pictured grapes growing on the side of a mountain? Uh okay why did you go there? Why did you see grapes? What is your history with wine? What made you decide you wanted to run a winery? You've never been to Napa, so why would you think you could? And in Arizona? It sounded like he had a lot of money, he had "progressed" from screaming (ie he was bored with his job), and tah dah he's now a wine afficianado making wine.

For a documentary it lacked insight. Even the bits where we're shown the wine making (which was cool) weren't explored enough.

I haven't seen "Exit Through the Gift Shop" yet, I've been wanting to see it since it was released and it's in my queue so I'm definitely going to give it a go. Hopefully that documentary is a true documentary and explores Banksy a bit more and/or his art which in itself is highly interesting.

To the poster above, don't let the fact that it's "graffiti" stop you. There are some amazing works that are classified as "graffiti" that isn't your typical tagging. If you ever get a chance to do London walking tours it should definitely be seen. I think someone posted their trip of the Tate walking tour on Fliker and the art is really great stuff. If you can't make it to London definietly check that posters photos out.






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