As music fans, we get excited when a trailer surfaces for a music film or documentary, hell we even made a shortlist of some killer features to look out for this year, but far out, it’s really disappointing when something as cringeworthy as the following appears.
Introducing y’all to a music-based film directed by Max Joseph that’s set to hit cinemas this winter, We Are Your Friends, a story about a DJ played by Zac Efron who’s trying to make it big in the cruel, cruel world of EDM.
The film is centred around Cole Carter (Zac Efron) who, alongside his party promoting pals, is trying to break his way into the LA dance scene, following all the unoriginal plot-line path of being taken under the wing of a seasoned DJ (Wes Bentley) and then naturally, falling in love with Bentley’s girlfriend, Emily Ratajkowski, the model (and now actress?) that starred in Robin Thicke’s now banished tune, ‘Blurred Lines’.
Yep, the synopsis sounds pretty awful, however the trailer amps this film up to be so, so much worse, leaving us with the idea that it could almost be the biggest piss-take of 2015.
Efron narrates the 3-minute teaser, profoundly informing viewers, “if you’re a DJ, all you need is a laptop, some talent, and one track – that track is your ticket to everything” which gets the cringe-ball rolling, which has some painful quotes about trying to be like the guy who “sold Instagram for $400 million” to a totally necessary emotional shower scene depicting a frustrated Efron on the verge of a breakdown.
The worst part that had us almost prematurely closing our browser is when Efron’s character talks about revving the crowd up, saying “I like to start ’em off at about 125 beats per minute, once you’ve locked onto their heart rate, you start bringing them up, song by song” before revealing “128 beats per minute, that’s the magic number” as he drops a massive banger.
Although we wish we shared the same inspiring sentiment as We Are You Friends who suggest you “get your head out of your laptop and listen to what the real world is trying to tell you”, we want you to watch this trailer, because we can’t believe this is actually a serious movie:
