I'll just start by saying it.
I AM NOT a Guns N’ Roses fan. Now
before you start huffing and puffing around in front of whatever media device
you're using to read this, just hear me out. Guns N’ Roses as a band was a fantastic collaboration and I will admit that I was charmed initially when I heard the first spacey licks of “Welcome To The Jungle”. But the train took off too fast for me and I fell behind. The songs just didn’t stick for me. Guns N’ Roses, being Duff McKagan’s most rewarding musical venture is kind of like the co-star of It's So Easy and Other Lies. The real focus is Duff himself and his road to overcome his years of addiction that started even before his connecting with Guns N’ Roses.
What we get with It's So Easy and
Other Lies is a live performance interluded with Duff reading passages from
his book of the same title. We obviously
are only getting pieces of the book in the film and I will make it clear that I
am only addressing the film here and NOT the book. Duff’s charm and character beam right from
the stage as he tells story after story as we see old pictures, never seen
until this documentary of his professional and family life. Nothing like seeing a picture the bass player
of Guns N’ Roses, the baddest band in the land, at a barbeque with his
relatives. It's extremely grounding and
really gave It's So Easy and Other Lies a humble feel. Duff pulls no punches
on featuring his struggles from his book front and center for the audience
between songs.
I think that Duff McKagan and director
Christopher Duddy really wanted It's So
Easy and Other Lies to have a message for the viewer which while I think
the message is good, I have always found it funny to hear from aging rock stars
about the perils of addiction they faced as a warning to younger people to stay
away from it. That has no bearing on my
review of It's So Easy and Other Lies, it
is just an observation.
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| Dude. I hope that Aqua Net stock finally pays off. |
Welcome to the Jungle, baby. You're gonna share this reviewwwwwwwwww......
-Scott W. Lambert