History Film / RockItsYourDecision

* CluelessAesop: The movie is supposed to have "Rock music will lead you down a life of sin if you don't reject it and accept Jesus Christ as your lord and savior" as an aesop. It might've done an adequate job... if the main character didn't instantly turn into a supreme Jerkass and a holier-than-thou religious zealot when he finally did, turning on his friends and even his own family (who were trying to steer him away from rock music in the first place) when he starts viewing his mother's soap operas as evil, too, and ending the special raving about the evils of rock music (and homosexuality while he's at it) in front of his church group. When he reviewed it for ''WebVideo/DVDRHell'', Creator/BradJones [[AlternateAesopInterpretation saw it more as the story of]] [[TearJerker fundamentalist Christianity destroying a young man's life and alienating him from everyone and everything he loved]].

* HitlerAteSugar: Some (repeat: ''some'') rock stars lived "immoral" lives, and there were even a few who sang about it. Therefore ''all'' rock music, or even all "secular" music, is automatically an endorsement of Satanism and the Occult, drugs, drunkenness and promiscuity. Even Captain and Tennille.

** It's also hypocritical; if the point of the film is to stop people from listening to rock music, then surely the film is trying to "control" people.

A Christian propaganda film about the evils of rock music. Jeff Sims is put under contract by a preacher to give up rock music for two weeks, and research whether or not it's good for him as a Christian. Jeff takes him up on it, and soon ends up alienating everyone in sight as he becomes increasingly fundamentalist.

A Christian propaganda film about the evils of rock music. Jeff is given a dare by a preacher to give up rock music for a week, and research why it's bad. He takes him up on it, and soon ends up alienating everyone in sight as he becomes increasingly fundamentalist.

* HitlerAteSugar: Some (repeat: ''some'') rock stars lived "immoral" lives, and there were even a few who sang about it. Therefore ''all'' rock music, or even all "secular" music, is automatically an endorsement of Satanism and the Occult, drugs, drunkenness and promiscuity. Even the Captain and Tennille.

* CluelessAesop: The movie is supposed to have "Rock music will lead you down a life of sin if you don't reject it and accept Jesus Christ as your lord and savior" as an aesop. It might've done an adequate job... if the main character didn't instantly turn into a supreme Jerkass and a holier-than-thou religious zealot when he finally did, turning on his friends and even his own family (who were trying to steer him away from rock music in the first place) when he starts viewing his mother's soap operas as evil, too, and ending the special raving about the evils of rock music (and homosexuality while he's at it) in front of his church group. When he reviewed it for ''WebVideo/DVDRHell'', Creator/BradJones [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation saw it more as the story of]] [[TearJerker fundamentalist Christianity destroying a young man's life and alienating him from everyone and everything he loved]].

* CluelessAesop: The movie is supposed to have "Rock music will lead you down a life of sin if you don't reject it and accept Jesus Christ as your lord and savior" as an aesop. It might've done an adequate job... if the main character didn't instantly turn into a supreme Jerkass and a holier-than-thou religious zealot when he finally did, turning on his friends and even his own family (who were trying to steer him away from rock music in the first place) when he starts viewing his mother's soap operas as evil, too, and ending the special raving about the evils of rock music (and homosexuality while he's at it) in front of his church group. When he reviewed it for ''WebVideo/DVDRHell'', Creator/BradJones saw it more as the story of fundamentalist Christianity destroying a young man's life and alienating him from everyone and everything he loved.

* ProofByExamples: Jeff lists quite a few examples of the "evils" contained within the lyrics of rock music. Of course, he's wrong about a good deal of them (see Critical Research Failure above) but even if he was right, the fact that he can name several examples does not at all prove the entire genre(s) of "rock music" is evil and degenerate.

* IsolationDespondency: The main character's parents essentially ruin his social life by brainwashing him against rock music. The scariest part? The film treats this as a good thing.

* ConfirmationBias: Jeff engages heavily in this, as does the film itself. It rarely lets the other side have a voice, and presents Jeff's arguments at the end in a format that doesn't allow for the other side to be explored. At no point is ChristianRock even discussed, nor does anyone ask Jeff if artists without overtly demonic, sexual or blasphemous lyrics are equally as wrong just for performing "rock music."

* PoesLaw: It's apparently meant to be taken straight, but is so ham-handed it comes off as a parody of fundamentalist moralizing. What's supposed to be Jeff's redemption comes off more like a StartOfDarkness as he discards his friends and family for petty reasons he clearly has no understanding of thanks to CriticalResearchFailure.

!This film contains examples of:

* ParentalHypocrisy: Pastor Owen tells Jeff's mother that while she may not approve of his listening to rock music, scripture can be interpreted just as easily against her hobby of watching soap operas. She ignores this. Later, when Jeff angrily calls her on condemning his behavior while watching "sex with commercials", she gets defensive and slaps him. Near the end, a line implies she is re-evaluating her lifestyle in the same way he did, and like him will begin preaching against something she once enjoyed harmlessly.

* TwoDecadesBehind: The film's use of TheNewRockAndRoll as being "evil" seems like a product of the 50s or early 60s, not the early ''80s''.

* PoesLaw: It's apparently meant to be taken straight, but is so ham-handed it comes off as a parody of fundamentalist moralizing. What's supposed to be Jeff's redemption comes off more like a StartOfDarkness as he discards his friends and family for petty reasons he clearly has no understanding of thanks to CriticalResearchFailure.

** Marty sees his father this way for pressuring him into attending church on Sundays, but being a Jerkass and using profanity the rest of the week.

* CluelessAesop: The movie is supposed to have "Rock music will lead you down a life of sin if you don't reject it and accept Jesus Christ as your lord and savior" as an aesop. It might've done an adequate job... if the main character didn't instantly turn into a supreme Jerkass and a holier-than-thou religious zealot when he finally did, turning on his friends and even his own family (who were trying to steer him away from rock music in the first place) when he starts viewing his mother's soap operas as evil, too, and ending the special raving about the evils of rock music (and homosexuality while he's at it) in front of his church group. When he reviewed it, [[Webvideo/TheCinemaSnob Brad Jones]] saw it more as the story of fundamentalist Christianity destroying a young man's life and alienating him from everyone and everything he loved.

** Marty sees his father this way for pressuring him into attending church on Sundays, but being a jerk ass and using profanity the rest of the week.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Jeff cites Santana's "Evil Ways" on a list of "Satanic" songs, even though the first lyric is "You've got to change your evil ways."

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Jeff cites Santana's "Evil Ways" on a list of "Satanic" songs, even though the first lyric is "You've got to change your evil ways."

* CluelessAesop: The movie is supposed to have "Rock music will lead you down a life of sin if you don't reject it and accept Jesus Christ as your lord and savior" as an aesop. It might've done an adequate job... if the main character didn't instantly turn into a supreme Jerkass and a holier-than-thou religious zealot when he finally did, turning on his friends and even his own family (who were trying to steer him away from rock music in the first place) when he starts viewing his mother's soap operas as evil, too, and ending the special raving about the evils of rock music (and homosexuality while he's at it) in front of his church group. When he reviewed it, Brad "The Cinema Snob" Jones saw it more as the story of fundamental Christianity destroying a young man's life and alienating him from everyone and everything he loved.