Rock It's Your Decision - The Cinema Snob 

Hank Hill: Can't you see you're not making Christianity better, you're just making rock n' roll worse.

I love the unintentional irony of Jeff constantly going on about how rock and roll is controlling people when he’s been clearly brainwashed

"My point is, Jeff, that you're a terrible person." That's my new ringtone.

You can tell brother Owens is cooler than your average preacher man cos he wears jeans with a sports coat.

"They say rock and roll is the Devil's music. Well, let's say that it is - I've got news for ya - let's say that rock and roll is the Devil's music and we know it for a fact to be absolutely unequivocally true... boy, at least he fuckin' jams!" - Bill Hicks

Here's what I think happened to Jeff after the end: He screams "SINNERS!" as he keeps smashing records. Once he's done, he shouts "I AM SAVED!" then collapses. He wakes up in a hospital about two weeks later, surrounded by family and friends. The doctor tells him he suffered a simultaneous heart attack and stroke, and that it was a miracle he came out of his coma. He tells everyone that while in the coma, he talked to God. Among other things, God tells him that he was going too far, that rock and roll is the LEAST of society's probelms and that double whammy was the mother of all wakeup calls. Jeff starts making amends, apologizing about what an overbearing, preachy asshole he was, and that while he might not like their tastes in music, he can certainly give it another try.

This is one of the most unintentionally depressing films I've seen

Dude takes metaphors very literally... He's basically 90% of my Twitter pain.

"Illicit Sex, Drugs, Mocking God, and the Occult aren't these things often found in Rock Music" I thought he wanted the kid NOT to listen to Rock Music. That sounds more like a sales pitch to me than a warning.

I swear that Snob and that other guy he talks about are the same person. You never see them in the same room at the same time.

Is it just me or does Jeff come off as more holier-than-you than the actual pastor?

I’m actually starting to wonder if _Footloose_ was made as a response to this movie because it’s almost its antithesis.

"Hell ain't a bad place to be" - Not compared to spending time with Jeff, anyway~

Lloyd hopping on the back of your chair at the end of the original review is still the best Snob moment

Brad going "How DARE you enjoy something that you like!" from the original review is my go-to response to people complaining about being "cringey" in fandom.

Jeff seems like the kind of person who enjoys Alex jones unironically

"His mom gets a call from everyone's wood-paneled living room" ah yes my favourite character from the 80's so rarely seen now😂

I can't be the only one getting major 'Old Fashioned' vibes in the way this kid has become a total buzzkill. The scene were Jeff throws a fit at the party because they put on rock music is *exactly* like the scene where Clay throws a fit during the bachelor party.

This is a remake so its its gonna be terrible!

This is the Origin story of Jon Lithgows character in Footloose

Good Review. What gets me besides the fact that Jeff is a total jerk, is that he says that his Girlfriend, and Friends says are ashamed of him for being a Christian (which he is not acting like), despite that the fact that his Girlfriend & Friends are Christians.

Oh I remember the "DVR-Hell" of this movie. This should be considered the "Reefer Madness" of Christian movies. In that it completely misses the mark with its supposed message about the "evils of rock music", which there is no evil in rock music.

I would love it if the pastor gave him tapes of “ethnic” (because Jeff would totally call it that) music, like jazz, mariachi bands, Mongolian throat songs, and classic British Isles folk songs, or even sea shanties. That would’ve been hilarious!

and then Jeff grew up to be the second Estus Pirkle.

"Jeff doesn't listen to rock music, therefore no one is allowed to listen." As Bender would put it, "He just won't stop with the social commentary."

I'm having DVD R Hell flashbacks here

He's holding up Lyn Skyn's first album and says that the songs are all about sex or drugs. I wanted to test how far he had to stretch his mind to get there so here's the tracks: I Ain't the One - he's right here. This one's about the singer telling a pregnant woman he wasn't the one who did it and thus he's leaving before she puts "a hook in" him." Tuesday's Gone - no way is he right here. The title and the song are in no way dirty. It's just a breakup song. To stretch this one to being dirty you've just got to figure that the mention of women by men is suggestive. Gimme Three Steps - eh, kinda. It's just a guy flirting with a girl when her boyfriend comes and threatens the singer with a gun, so he asks for three steps towards the door. Again, only "bad" if the idea of people being in bars and owning guns is offensive to God. Simple Man - this is practically a christian song. Ronny Van Zant wrote this about his own mother's advice to him, which includes remembering "there's someone up above," and "be something you love and understand." To make this dirty, whew, I guess it does use the word lust when he says to "forget your lust for the rich man's gold." Things Goin' On - this is a political song saying that then current events are bad, such as "too many lives spent across the ocean, too much money they spent up on the moon." The song does mention getting high, in the sense that it says that politicians don't care about people, "they just sit up there and just get high." So I guess it does mention drugs. Kinda missing the point calling this song out as bad. Mississippi Kid - this is a 12 bar blues song about a kid from Mississippi going to Alabama to bring back "his woman" who ran there, threatening violence to anyone who gets in his way. Certainly this is a problematic song what with all of the violence it conjures up. I could see where this kid would call this a bad song, but it'd be interesting to hear this church's advice on whether the woman mentioned in this song should leave this clearly abusive relationship. Poison Whiskey - really more a PSA than a dirty song. It's about drinking sure, but it talks about how whiskey (alcoholism by extension), will inevitably kill. This song is just about the singer remembering how they took his dad to a doctor and were told that "20 years of rotgut whiskey done killed this poor man dead." The final advice is "don't drink that poison whiskey, don't you drink it boy." The only way this is a somehow offensive song is if the mention of death or alcohol is offensive. Oh, it does mention Satan, in that it equates alcoholism to the work of Satan to kill people really slow. I don't see where this kid would disagree with the song. Free Bird - man, you don't love this song you can stick your holiness right up your ass and fly out to purgatory where Saint Peter's gonna be rocking out to this song calling you a square.

Damn, now I want a remake of my favorite DVD-R Hell, Deception of a Generation

I love these films, because it 's those type of people I'd love to sit down and study. I'm a huge Metal head, wrestling fan, Horror fan, video games.. everything those folks call out being evil. They never talk about free will or loving everyone without judging others. You'll never hear, A kid talks to his Christian Mom, I saw Billy today he was listening to Heavy Metal, I thought it was scary, but he is a nice person. He doesn't do drugs. His Mom turns around with a joint in her Mom. Praise God, pass the Black Sabbath.

I’m pretty sure Jesus knew how to have a good time considering that he once went to a wedding were he turned water into wine.

Jeff: he'll ain't a bad place to be! Pastor: it's about a gold digger...

I love how Rock n’ Roll was deemed evil, but not rape, murder, drugs etc. No, it’s that evil rock music.

Oh, the title is Rock: It's Your Decision. The way Brad said it, I always thought it was Rockets: Your Decision.

This reminds me of when my parents and grandparents (who were hardcore Christians) had a talk with me about the music I listen to when I was a teenager. They were doing everything they can to put me off listening to metal, like saying they watched a documentary about cults and a bunch of other stuff, then my dad asked would I consider giving it up. Teenage me just scoffed and ignored it. A few months later my dad realised he was harsh on me apologized. This film would honestly be the sort of thing they would show me back then.

14:50 "Jeff doesn't listen to rock music, therefore NO ONE is allowed to listen." Cinema Snob accidentally summarized all of modern-day evangelical Christianity.

I'd be shocked if we somehow DIDN'T get jokes about Karen Richardson wanting demanding to see Snob's manager!

Ah yes, the movie that's a cautionary tale about how dedication to religion saps people of their individuality, makes them overly-moral assholes, and causes them to lose all their friends. At least that's what I got from it.

What I can’t have any Rock? But the pioneers rode them all the time!

"Hell ain't a bad place to be..." Well, the Hazbin Hotel fandom might agree with that...

I would love to see a version of this where, instead of turning into the most insufferable little pissant in human history, Jeff turns on a Megadeth song, and his mother's head just explodes.

This is literally still going on with all the people losing their shit over Lil Nas X and Cardi B.

Hell is watching Rock it's Your Decision on a continuous loop with directors commentary

The CBN logo was way more metal and awesome than the Pureflix logo!

A saying that used to, and likely still does, exist in many Christian institutions is "Dancing makes babies". I wonder if they got some of their ideas from the final speech of this movie.

I showed Brad's dvd r hell video to someone, they ended up agreeing with Jeff. Needless to say, I don't like to converse with this person anymore.

Ah, this takes me back. When I went to the cinema snob website every week for midnight screenings and state fair reviews and … uh… the one former member of brads team who at the time was a fan favorite but is not spoken of now… And 80s Dan

I once dated a guy who went all "no secular music" long enough to give away my Metallica tickets. He was back to his senses the very next day.

> Christian claims people have told him the lyrics aren't that important as long as the music has rhythm proceed > Then Christian proceeds to show how he doesn't even know or understand the lyrics, cause the _meaning isn't important?_ > ... > Jesus, Bro!

I wonder if there was an extended ending. In which Jeff climbs a bell tower and shoots anyone on the street who happens to have a rock 'n roll record in their hand.

This movie needs a sequel where Jeff inspires the formation of Stryper.

It's my decision? Well... I WANNA ROCK!!!

I can't believe I kept passing by this review. I kept thinking it was just the dvd-r hell episode reuploaded!

Moral of the story? Tell Jeff to wear headphones

If you say the title fast, it sounds like “Rockets: Your Decision”. As in, it’s my decision to shoot this movie with a rocket.

I wonder if the creator of Batman:Fortunate Son was a fan of this film.

When my dad became a Christian he destroyed all his Beatles and Rolling Stones records because he believed they were "evil." At least now he acknowledges that was pretty stupid, especially because original pressings of those records are worth a decent amount now.

I read this on a random Amazon review so it can be taken with a grain of salt, but according to it, the actor who played Jeff thought this movie was the stupidest thing he'd ever heard of and only did it because it was a good paycheck

Imagine if Jeff got ahold of something like Slayer or Amon Amarth. He'd shit his damn pants

That wasn’t a speech, it was a public mental breakdown.

The mall that the music store scene was shot in was located in Huntsville and just called "The Mall". It was dying even then and torn down about 15-20 years ago. Perfect metaphor for this film.

Ironically this movie is produced in the Deep South, the birthplace of Rock and Roll.

And then he becomes head of a lynch mob and kills his own mother for liking soap operas, thus completing the Frankenstein analogy with the mother being killed by the monster she had created. No need to worry, Jeff was later killed by the protagonist of Far Cry 5.

That Elvis joke was perfectly written and executed. You got a genuine snort out of me. So glad that you’re back!

I commend you for being able to review something twice and still keep the jokes and old as fuck references fresh. Props.

“And who could forget ‘Take My Hand’ by Dewey Cox?” - Jeff

Yet, about a decade later, The Rolling Stones' Start Me Up would be used to promote Windows 95...

6:17 “Illicit sex, drugs, mocking God, the occult, all things often found in rock music.” Yes, of course, the song “God Gave Rock And Roll To You” is really about the occult and drugs. It’s quite obvious.

Does Rock: It's Your Decision still hold up to Salò and a Serbian Film, Herr Jones?

I flat out broke at the Barry Manilow GG Allin comparison.

Tobe Fair, "I dont like this so no one else should like it" is the motto of the internet these days so Jeff was really just ahead of the curve.

Grew up as a Jehovahs Witness and this is giving me flashbacks, ugh.

"Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be..." Well, as long as Hell has Queen's songs in it, I think I'd agree. Also, that song is comparing a bad girl to a demon and their relationship to be Hell on Earth, not literal Hell. You also had "Let there be Rock" by the same artist. What's wrong with that title?

I would love to see Jeff react to WAP and Montero.

I was a teen-ager when this came out, though I didn't see it back then. Also had various attempts at becoming a Christian around that time, so, in a way, this reminds me of that time, and that interpretation of Christianity, which is really is an American form of Protestantism, that was around at the time, along with Christian comic books, including Jack T. Chick's little ones, and other media like that. Fortunately, I never got into it as deeply as Jeff does here, and have been a secularist for a few decades now. This could be used to show, even if entirely counter to its producers' purposes, how and why one can become a fanatic, because that's what Jeff turns into here.

Good to see you again Cinema Snob. Hope things are going well for you.

He should just listen to Stryper. It would solve the whole plot.

It's ironic that the ad break in this video for me contained an ad for *Lucifer* I think the universe is trying to tell me something

I love how the most replayed part of this is that charming going-to-commercial jingle. I guess they work!

This was my youth. Seriously both my parents thought all music was evil

I just like that they name dropped a great Jefferson Starship deep cut, Devil's Den. Devil's Den lyrics have nothing to do with Satanism, they're about politicians, royalty and money worship.

Does this mean we'll get a snob episode of Too Smart for Strangers in the future?

jeff is so far in the closet that he probably has a bed in there AND uses his shoe as a toilet. please jeff, its starting to smell!

I had to watch this in school. In the 90s.

0:34 *adjusts glasses* I'm sorry. I believe that is "Olives Film Productions IS Presents".

I wish someone had produced some tickets that said "The Rock Concert".

"a real good get-down beat" I'm hep with the young people's lingo!

Well, at least we finally got an orgin story for Clay Walsh from Old Fashioned. 😅

Jeff is like a christian version of these people we have today that thinks everything is ”problematic”.

That was always my "go to" response when someone criticised me for listening to secular rock music--"when you give up watching your secular movies and TV shows with foul language and violence---I'll give up my secular rock music!"

In my memory, the first video is a Cinema Snob episode. So I guess this is reality conforming to my faulty memory.

For anybody interested, the "devils and demons" song is called Lady of Lies, and is from a movie called the Devil's Men, which is about Donald Pleasence taking down a Satanic cult.

“Hell ain’t a bad place to be.” I agree. Just ask Vivziepop.

I like the original version better and particularly love how you tackle his surface level examples. Also, once again you miss the opportunity to point out one of his choices is an instrumental (“Soul Sacrifice”).

You know you gotta watch Test of Faith now, do you. Can't wait for all the comparisons with Kevin Sorbo.

Funny enough my dad's a practicing Catholic his entire life and is a big rock and roll fan. He definitely never saw this movie and if he had he would have called out Jeff and have been like does the man actually listen to the actual lyrics.

Snob is always at his best when he reviews Christian panic "movies". Also, what if this *is* about coming out of the closet?

Finally! I would sometimes hear you talk about it during Midnight Screenings, but never actually saw it covered

I LOVE how Jeff's voice breaks when he yells out "Do You Think I'm Sexy". Still not over puberty, Jeff?

I loved your original upload of the video. It was great seeing this revisited.

"The bible says everything we do should glorify christ" I'll keep that in mind the next time I take a dump