loudQUIETloud isn't exciting. But it is captivating in a quiet way that will appeal to diehard Pixies fans who have grown with them through all the mundane domestic stresses of ordinary middle age. Because, unlike most of us, they're still doin' it.I was charmed by fleeting moments, such as the Deal twins' mom saying the reunion tour will be good for Kim because it'll give her something to do besides sleeping all day. And by that touching moment in the dressing room when Kim exchanges "I love you's" with her twin. That gave me the same little tear of joy I feel whenever I see Kim's crinkly-eyed smile whenever she's onstage - she seems to love performing live for fans. The moments with the doggedly earnest fan - who gave Kim the book - were awkward yet endearing. While Charles felt the filmmakers took some liberties with the context in which drummer David Lovering muffed some performances while he was struggling with the death of his father and substance abuse, overall it seemed fair and frank but not unkind. If I had a gripe, it would be only that the film doesn't show some of my personal favorite Pixie songs. But that's a small quibble. It's a very enjoyable documentary for us middle aged fans.

I was fortunate in that the first song I heard from the Pixies was "Hey", it left a mark. I was alot younger then with alot less responsility, so music was life in those days.
The opening quote by Cobain says alot, there's a reason he was trying to rip the Pixies, they were that good and influencial.
It was great to actually see them actually destroy my stereotype I had pigeonholed them into, just a bunch of(for the most part) sober musicians hanging on to what they've got for as long as they can keep it.
Charles is as pretentious as I figured he'd be, but hey it IS his band.
Joey is that nerd musician type that you knew in high school that could pick up an instrument and be fluent at it in a couple days.
Kim just blew me away with her always smiling personality, I know she was probably wanting to add to alot of the set decisions but she sucked it up and dealt with it.
I dig Kim Deal.All in all great documentary, brought back a lot of fond memories.
Long live the Pixies!

This film really gives you an insight to the history of the band and the individual challenges all the members have faced, but seems to offer no proper insight as to the AMAZING quality of their live performance in the absolute present. I just saw them last night in Santa Cruz 11/21/11 and that show was absolutely AMAZING!!!!!!!! Yes, eight exclamation points worth. They have gotten WAY better, even from 90's show quality standards... the show was.... well there are no words to adequately convey how good it was... UTTERLY FANTASTIC!!!