Metallica: Some Kind of Monster vs The Road Forward

The Road Forward has the higher audience score (9/10 against 7.1/10 for Metallica: Some Kind of Monster). The Road Forward is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 2h 21m. Metallica: Some Kind of Monster is the older of the two (2004 against 2017). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Metallica: Some Kind of MonsterThe Road Forward
Audience score★ 7.1/10★ 9.0/10
Year20042017
Length2h 21m1h 41m
GenresDocumentary, MusicDocumentary, Music
Country–Canada
DirectorBruce Sinofsky, Joe BerlingerMarie Clements
Main castJames Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo, Jason NewstedStephen E. Miller, Bill Croft, Patti Allan, Evan Leslie Adams, Chief Leonard George

Synopsis

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

After bassist Jason Newsted quits the band in 2001, heavy metal superstars Metallica realize that they need an intervention. In this revealing documentary, filmmakers follow the three rock stars as they hire a group therapist and grapple with 20 years of repressed anger and aggression. Between searching for a replacement bass player, creating a new album and confronting their personal demons, the band learns to open up in ways they never…

The Road Forward

The Road Forward is an electrifying musical documentary that connects a pivotal moment in Canada’s civil rights history—the beginnings of Indian Nationalism in the 1930s—with the powerful momentum of First Nations activism today. Interviews and musical sequences describe how a tiny movement, the Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood, grew to become a successful voice for change across the country. Visually stunning, The Road Forward seamlessly…

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