Why is the documentary shown in Germany a week later?
The Metal Hammer podcast review said it was good overall, but I thought it raised a surprising number of criticisms.
According to the review, the Judas Priest documentary does a better job of explaining where the music and the band come from, and of sparking an interest in it even if you’re not already particularly into metal.
Another point of criticism was that the band members are never shown when they’re speaking. No problem for die-hard fans, but strange and confusing for other viewers.
The Metal Hammer editor-in-chief suspects that these interviews weren’t originally intended for the film at all, but were only done for the book.
Then – according to his theory – the original exclusive focus on the fans was changed, which is why these band member quotes were included.
The portrayal of the fans is in his opinion now too superficial and too brief.
An animation of Eddie shown at the beginning was also found to be very strange, even disturbing, and its meaning unclear (Eddie falling from space to Earth?)