The Replacements - Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements

I will tell you the one problem I had with the film at the end of this review. I will start by saying that this has become my favorite documentary ever!! Now, unlike everyone who appeared in this film and unlike most viewers or fans, I wasn't alive when The Replacements were in their prime. I'm only in my early 20s and I discovered the band back in 2008 from a friend of mine. They have become my favorite band, to the point of obsession.I won't go on about how there is no music or interviews from the band in the film. I will just say that this was the best way to tell the band's story. The Replacements were sort of that band that you herd about, you knew the name but you didn't know who they were completely. They seemed to be this legend that people had told. It was something that a lot of people had talked about but somewhere in the place of rock history, they were left out when The Beatles, The Velvet Underground or R.E.M. are mentioned. You just knew from what you had heard that they were an important band and you were either curious to listen to their songs or just simply not interested. But my point is, you knew or heard something about them and that is their legacy. The band that no one knows of was simply the greatest band of the 80s or the pioneers of Alternatvie rock.Was the band that great? I am here to say that yes, they were!! Maybe the only important band to come out of the 80s underground. This film is amazing!! So much insight, humor and heart are in these interviews and it shows what it means to have passion for anything. You don't have to be a fan, even if you're not a Mats fan, you know what it means to have something touch you, make an impact and shape you into the person that you are today. That you're not alone and there is something out there for anyone. Gorman Bechard did a great job with these interviews and got the best out of these fans, fellow musicians or collaborators with The Replacements. This is storytelling and it completely covers a legend that has been told before but never at this scale. This was a little band from Minneapolis that with no record sales, no commercial success has become an important part of rock music and what it is today.I will end this review by saying the one thing that I didn't like about this film. It's that there is very little praise for the Tim record that The Mats did. Everyone talks about how great Let It Be or Pleased To Meet Me is but hardly any love for Tim. I know it's a difference of opinion but I consider this the best record the band ever did and also, the greatest rock album in history. Still, this is a great film. One that I hope will lead others to discover these songs. Believe me, once you've herd "Left Of The Dial", you will never be the same.

As a Replacements fan who has read and seen so much about this band, I really didn't know what to expect when I read that there was a fan documentary being made about the band. When I first heard this movie was being made, I thought it could be interesting, but mostly thought it was unnecessary.After watching the movie in Madison, I must say I was wrong. I will say if you're unfamiliar with the band, this movie probably isn't for you. There is a lot of history told in the movie, but I'm not sure if all the details are given, and if you don't get what the Replacements were about, you won't get this movie. This movie didn't so much tell the story of the band, but the story of the fans, every last one of us. Watching the interviews was an experience, you knew the stories, you knew the history, but you saw yourself in each and every one of the interviewees.The story of the band is told fairly linearly, from their birth to their demise. The interviewing and the story telling through the interview clips was fantastic. It wasn't watching a bunch of long interviews, but bits and pieces from everyone intermixed. Just long enough to get you interested, and make you relate to the interviewees, but not so long that you wanted things to move on. Then when they later switched back to someone who you saw on the screen earlier, it seemed natural, like they hadn't left. It allowed them to tell a story in order, without losing the personal feel for the different interviewees.In many ways, this documentary told a story that so many of us have felt. The replacements are definitely not an "average" anything, and their fans fall all over the place as well. In so many ways, I could perfectly relate to everything said in the movie. It's rare I see a documentary about a topic I know so well that still keeps me interested. Normally I think "I know all of this, what's the point". In this case, the movie pulls on your emotional strings, and makes you remember where you were when you heard a particular song for the first time, or remember some time in your life that for whatever reason a Replacements' song seems to depict.The most interest aspect about the movie is that there was so little usage of images of the band, and absolutely no music from the band. At first I thought this would be odd, but for the fans, it really wasn't. When someone was talking about a song, everyone of us had it playing in our head. Things were so well described and played out that having the band in it would have detracted from the movie. Besides, this movie isn't about the band, its about us... every one of us who loves this band.

It's great that this is (FINALLY) available to purchase and not just see if you happen to live in a city big enough and hip enough to get a viewing. I have to say that although I realized that this was going to be a project on a shoestring budget, I wish they would have done a better job. They could've interviewed so many other musicians and fans (famous and unfamous.), they could've went deeper into the bands history, albums and stories (they barely touched ASD). I would've liked to hear a more well rounded view of several of the topics. It's just disappointing knowing so many of the stories out there (and that so many more are out there) and getting a doc that covers mostly retread. It's not bad, but it could have been SO MUCH BETTER. Either way. I'm grateful that it's finally out and that hopefully more will spread the word on this UNDENIABLY AMAZING BAND. Take it upon yourself to get there music into the hands of other peoples (and younger peoples) hands. Burn a compilation disc of buy them one of their albums or the "All for Nothing/Nothing for All" comp. It's your duty!

Let me first say I love the replacements and was happy to see a doc on these guys . I found this doc to be painful to watch ,the fish tales told are so embarrassingly stretched from reality it's no wonder Westerberg does not appear. I had to turn it off after about 45 min, the doc has no direction and just seems like the people being interviewed want to remember their hey days as something greater than they were. We learn nothing new about the band that has not been said before, you're better off searching for bootleg live stuff, let the music do the talking.

This could be four stars but there is no music at all. Kind of hard to watch, even if you know the replacements catalog, without hearing and seeing the subject being discussed.

Un truño. Para empezar no está subtitulado ni en inglés. Después que en un documental de un grupo no salgan en ningún momento, me parece incomprensible.Hablan fans que vivieron su momento, que bueno, al que le interese bien, pero vamos, a mi su opinión me importa menos que la reproducción del lagarto Juancho.Fue devuelto en menos de 24 horas. No Le hagais ni caso.

Like many reviews of this DVD have already said, to really appreciate the interviews of this documentary, you have to be a true fan of the band and their music. Even if you are moderate fan with a huge appreciation of this bands music and their place in rock history, as am I, this DVD can seem sightly drawn out, with out, (as stated in other reviews) interviews from any band members or any sound track of the bands music.This band does deserve a documentary about their place in modern music, and I did enjoy finding out about their beginnings and their antics, however, as the title states, "obsessed" about this band is what you need to be to really "get into it" from start to finish. As a rock music lover in general, I liked it, and will watch it again.

Leider nicht das was ich erwartet habe. Dachte es wären auch Liveausschnitte oder Videos der Replacements auf der Doppel DvD nenthalten. Sind aber leider nur Interviews und das noch nicht mal mit der Band. Hätte mich vorher besser informieren sollen.

The words this doc ends with perfectly sum up The Replacements. Don't be put off by the fact there's no Replacements music in this, or that none of the band feature. For fans of the band, it's two hours spent in the company of some like-minded people (including Norm from Cheers!) shooting the breeze about what "The Mats" meant to them. It'll reinforce your belief that this was possibly the best band ever. If only the rest of the world wasn't so cloth-eared. And the lack of music throughout just means you'll be itching to get the records on. If you're not already a fan, watch it anyway - this is what bands used to mean to people. Then buy "Let it be".

Well received gift.