Review of SLC Punk!

SLC Punk! (1998)
OK movie, but why do movies make such blatant errors?
23 November 2001
I thought the movie was OK - I have no first-hand knowledge of the punk scene, but I have been to SLC. I rode my motorcycle from VA to CA and I went through SLC. Going to Wyoming involves driving over I-80 on a winding mountain road (which is a beautiful drive). It was the view from this mountain pass that inspired Brigham Young to say "This is the place!", when the Mormons went to Utah. The moment you leave SLC going west, the road is dead flat for 110 miles of desert salt flats to the state line. Except for a few gas stops (with outrageously priced gasoline!), the next town of any size is Elko, 100 miles past the state line in Nevada. I'm sure enough people have made this trip to see the error (it is in "Goofs"). Also, Anarchy does not in itself mean chaos or fighting. The dictionary defines it as "a state of society without government or law" and "a theory that regards the absence of all direct or coercive government as a political ideal and that proposes the cooperative and voluntary association of individuals and groups as the principal mode of organized society." Anarchy may lead to chaos and fighting, but that isn't the definition of it. (I am neither an Anarchist or a Mormon, BTW)
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