6.6???? Are you kidding me??

I'm not personally a fan, but that doesn't mean you have to totally discount their style. I've also never seen the movie, but I'm posting right now as a licensed "Music Guru."
True, The Ramones were nowhere near the best punk band of all time...not even their era, for that matter (screw all you Clash and Sex Pistol disciples, the honors have to go to The Stooges and Stiff Little Fingers), but they were definetly a huge influence on American music culture. Unfortunately, America, and especially NYC, don't produce awesome bands anymore. But these guys definetly got it done, and they helped lead the way for all the punk we have now. Even though it's not my favorite style of music, it's what happened.

Okay. You're wrong; i'm guessing (from the way you phrased this) that you are too young to remember the time when this film came out.

Punk/New Wave etc were VERY popular in their day.

And the Ramones, far from being just another punk band, essentially created the genre -- it was their 1977 tour in the UK that stimulated the movement.

Of the Velvet Underground's first album, it was said "Only 5000 people bought it -- but all of them started bands". The Ramones occupy a similar position.

<<<'Music is amazing'? Oh my gosh. I'm starting to realize why this movie has such a high rating...not because of it's cinematic value, but because a bunch of Ramones fans come on here and defaultly give it a 10. >>>>>>

*** Uh, dude, it's a cult film. It was made for Ramones fans and for people who understand and enjoy high camp (Corman fans). You obviously didn't get it, and that's cool, but there's no need to be so insulting to those people who did. But you obviously cared enough about it to take the time to come here to start a discussion.

I remember when this film came out, and I wasn't a Ramones fan at the time, but this film made me one because it was so much fun, and funny (loved the exploding white rats) and cool. Now, it's a killer piece of nostalgia with a cast that includes Clint Howard, PJ Soles and Vince Van Patten. If you weren't a teenager in the 70's, those names probably don't mean anything to you, which is another reason you don't get it. But I will say that my own teenage kids LOVE this film and have become second generation Ramones fans.

Long Live Riff Randall. Togar Sucks!

The Ramones kick some serious butt and who cares if their lyrics arent "intellectual"? Is your favorite band fronted by Isaac Newton? I have yet to see Rock n Roll High School, but assume it is awesome because it would be a very difficult to make a bad movie with The Ramones as the subject.

And in your first post are you refering to Street Fighter with Sonny Chiba or Van Damn? I your not dissing the 70s martial arts classic, and the van damn flick has a good bad quality about it like you said. Mortal Kombat is way better.

We are all entitled to our opinions... so it doesn't bother me at all that you don't like the movie. The movie wasn't made for the Academy, it was made for a certain fanbase. And it did what it set out to do... I personally love it. The first time I saw the flick was on Showtime when I was 12 (I'm 36 now.) I have the DVD and have watched it hundreds of times. It makes me smile every time.

Where I will counterpoint with you is regarding the Ramones. I dig that you don't like their music, and that's cool. But the Ramones did nothing short of change the music scene in the 70's. They helped give birth the the entire punk scene and influenced many bands of the time including The Sex Pistols, Blondie, and The Kinks. Their influence can still be heard today in bands like U2, The Donna's, Green Day, Blink 182, and way more than I can name here. I hope you can appreciate their accomplishments even if you're not a fan.

~ Julie

Long Live CBGB's

Your grammar is *beep* If you must post, post intelligently, and choose your words and spelling.

I think you're missing the point of the ramones and punk rock in general. They didn't write intellectual lyrics. Neither did Johnny Cash or Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry or a thousand other fantastic artists. They had little musical ability, but made up for it with fantastic songwriting. They were, in essence a sped up version of 60's pop and surf bands. Sometimes music should just be fun. There's no need to prove to everyone how deep or intellectual you are as a writer. Sometimes I don't want to sit around getting stoned and talking about the lyrical meaning of a song. Sometimes I wanna dance.

And there really wasn't a punk scene when the Ramones began playing. There were bands like Television, but they wouldn't really fall into the same catergory. The Sex Pistols didn't get going until '76. AS much as you don't want to believe it, they were highly original. If you don't believe me, look up articles from the era. Every critic was shaking their head, saying "what the f--- was THAT?

As for punk not being popular at the time... Well, in '77 the Pistols had a #1 hit, and the Clash had a few commercial hits as well. Somebody must've liked punk rock. And then there were those self absorbed people who only like a song if it had the complexity of a classical piece, and some faux intellectual lyrics. Lighten up.

Nobody ever said the Ramones were intellectual, idiot. Woe be to all of us who have not discovered true music like you have.