Hit So Hard (2012)
The rise to fame (and the near-fatal fall from it) of Patty Schemel, drummer for Courtney Love's seminal rock band, Hole. Given a Hi-8 video camera just before Hole's infamous Live Through This world tour, Patty captured stunningly intimate footage of the scene that has never been seen... until now. Not just an all-access backstage pass to the music that shaped a generation, Hit So Hard is a harrowing tale of overnight success, the cost of addiction, and ultimately, recovery and redemption.
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It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.
It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
I was expecting something pretty bad considering the bad reviews on it but I always like to make up my own mind. Good thing too because it's quite good. I heard about it listening to Patty's appearance on the I'd Hit That podcast (check it out) and she's quite interesting. I found her brother and mother to be touching, sad and honest too. Watch it.
where to start? I was really interested but it was almost impossible to watch. For a documentary relying on the anecdotes and insights of it's primary subject Patty Schemel, i found her and everyone around her incredibly confusing, annoying and vague to actually understand. this is where the director should have picked up the pieces and try to make something coherent of this mess. but he couldn't pull it off. Another thing that bothered me a lot was how little attention they put to Kristen Pfaff's life and death. You barely get to see her and it is definitely overshadowed by Cobain's death. And sadly at the end the only thing that kept me from turning this off was the rare clips of Kurt Cobain This is a missed opportunity into making a great documentary of a once great drummer.
A star-f**king movie about Courtney and Kurt disguised as a movie about Hole's lesbian drummer. I don't think the people who made this movie are actually very interested in Patty. I suspect they were very interested in Patty's old video. There's a good movie about Patty's life and a good movie about women drummers out there but this isn't it. Second hope--that it would have lots of good music. I love Hole, but there are only snippets of Hole songs where the lyrics can belabor whatever point the movie's making.If you're interested in video of Courtney and Kurt, go for it. Otherwise, it's icky watching a messed-up drummer with an interesting past get used.
This film, about a young woman finding her way in music and life, who just happened to be the drummer of the Epic Band HOLE during my younger years, made me see my own struggles, and had me cheering for her all the way. PATTY SCHEMEL ROCKS!!!Cobain, Love, and Schemel made the ultimate alternative family. there was love, through it all. And today, love is alive.Director P. David Ebersole takes a celebrity type story and paints a swirling life lived fully, yes roughly, and now admirably. Patty and her Alternative Family of Today are showing the world that young girls rock, need to rock, will rock, and should be supporting in their rocking. It's an important story. A big story. A personal story. A universal story.