Bomb It (2007)

Date: 12/18/07
DVD Screener (AFI)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1002535/

Bomb It.

Pros.
Interesting subject matter.
Good variety of styles and cultures.

Cons.
Lack of structure.
No real transitions, at all.

     Bomb It is pretty sweet. I was definitely into this look into the graffiti subculture that dominates much of the underground and urban scenes. The films strongest point is how varied its subject matters are: we see bombers who make art on walls to express themselves, to fight political injustice, to make the world more beautiful for their children to one day live in, to "fuck shit up", to claim turf, and so on and on. Hell, the film even interviews those opposed to the graffiti movement, one of which fights fire with fire by tagging over popular graffiti spots with messages like, "get a day job."
     Luckily, the subject matter and the music selection carry this film strongly enough, because the film has little-to-no structure. Interviews are grouped by region of the world (which is shockingly expansive, we move from NY to Tokyo to Spain etc...). With no narrator tying things together, it at some points feels slightly disjointed as all we're seeing is a fade to black and then a title card naming the next region we'll be in. While this bothers me, I still find the subject interesting enough to hold my attention.