History YMMV / RockItsYourDecision

** Alternately, since fundamentalist religion obliges people to be less tolerant of beliefs unlike their own (because how can you call yourself a proper believer if you're still prepared to admit that believers in other faiths might be right?) then Jeff, from a fundamentalist perspective, doesn't become a Jerkass at all, but a WideEyedIdealist, and his insistence on forcing his views on other people is not twisted or Jerkass behaviour but Jeff giving his loved ones plenty of WhatTheHellHero, because BeingGoodSucks.[[note]]If, in the story, the other characters don't listen to Jeff and his warnings go unheeded, then this is genuinely a CluelessAesop, since all it goes to show is just that Jeff is rubbish at bringing other people around to his faith. If it were effective fundamentalist propaganda, his conviction would be such that everyone he calls out would not reject him but mysteriously come to agree with him, because such is the power of God. But, like most fundamentalists, the filmmakers seem to be willing to forget about [[http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-21.htm Matthew 7:21]][[/note]]

* AlternateAesopInterpretation: Stay away from [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalist Christianity]], kiddos. It'll ruin your life!

* CriticalResearchFailure: It's quite clear the makers of this film only looked at song titles and didn't actually bother listening to them.
** Jeff cites Music/{{Santana}}'s "Evil Ways" on a list of "Satanic" songs, even though the ''first lyric'' is "You've got to ''change'' your evil ways." He also mentions "Soul Sacrifice", which is ''a fucking {{instrumental}}''!
** Other songs on the list include Music/JeffersonStarship's "Dance With The Dragon" (which is about the Year of the Dragon from the Chinese zodiac, not Satan as a metaphorical dragon) and Music/TheRollingStones' "Sympathy For The Devil" (which is [[UnreliableNarrator written from Satan's perspective]], and has him claiming responsibility for various atrocities throughout history) and "Dancing with Mr. D" (which is about death, not the Devil). And then there's Music/{{ACDC}} and "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be" (about a self-absorbed man tormented by the woman he hooks up with - it's a ''metaphor'', Jeff!).
* DesignatedHero: Jeff, although not at first. He starts out as a normal kid until he slowly transforms into a bigoted hateful religious fundamentalist {{Jerkass}} who disowns rock music and tries to force everyone around him to do the same and dumps his friends for listening to the genre. He even yells at his own mother for watching soap-operas thinking they are evil. And the movie wants you to root for this guy.

* IdiotPlot: It's a film about how one man's paranoid parents go to absurd lengths to keep him away from music they interpret as quote-unquote "evil", with the main character eventually giving into these paranoid delusions without raising a single legit question about what he's being told by his mentors or considering anything that would challenge the ideas he's being force-fed. The film then proceeds to present its wildly skewed and borderline bigoted "understanding" of the medium as evidence to the audience of why it should be avoided, all while painting its main character who goes so far as to make ''homophobic'' remarks in a positive light.

* TruthInTelevision: Sadly, there are many people like Jeff out there in the world, and many of them don't even use Christianity as a soapbox. Nowadays, their favorite targets tend to be anime and video games.

* ValuesDissonance: Oh so very much. What really seals the deal though is the main character citing rock musicians [[UpToEleven known to be homosexual]] as evidence of the alleged evils of an otherwise harmless music genre.

* IdiotPlot: It's a film about how one man's paranoid parents go to absurd lengths to keep him away from music they interpret as quote on quote "evil", with the main character eventually giving into these paranoid delusions without raising a single legit question about what he's being told by his mentors or considering anything that would challenge the ideas he's being force-fed. The film then proceeds to present its wildly skewed and borderline bigoted "understanding" of the medium as evidence to the audience of why it should be avoided, all while painting its main character who goes so far as to make ''homophobic'' remarks in a positive light.

** Jeff cites Music/{{Santana}}'s "Evil Ways" on a list of "Satanic" songs, even though the ''first lyric'' is "You've got to change your evil ways." He also mentions "Soul Sacrifice", which is ''a fucking {{instrumental}}''!

* IdiotPlot: It's a film about how one man's paranoid parents go to absurd lengths to keep him away from music they interpret as quote on quote "evil", with the main character eventually giving into these paranoid delusions without raising a single legit question about what he's being told by his mentors or considering anything that would challenge the ideas he's being force-fed. The film then proceeds to present its wildly skewed and borderline bigoted "understanding" of the medium as evidence to the audience of why it should be avoided, all while painting its main character who goes so far as to make ''homophobic'' remarks in a positive light.

* CriticalResearchFailure:

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

*** and Soul Sacrifice is a fucking instrumental!

* CriticalResearchFailure:
** Jeff cites Music/{{Santana}}'s "Evil Ways" on a list of "Satanic" songs, even though the ''first lyric'' is "You've got to change your evil ways."
** Other songs on the list include Music/JeffersonStarship's "Dance With The Dragon" (which is about the Year of the Dragon from the Chinese zodiac, not Satan as a metaphorical dragon) and Music/TheRollingStones' "Sympathy For The Devil" (which is [[UnreliableNarrator written from Satan's perspective]], and has him claiming responsibility for various atrocities throughout history) and "Dancing with Mr. D" (which is about death, not the Devil). And then there's Music/{{ACDC}} and "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be" (about a self-absorbed man tormented by the woman he hooks up with - it's a ''metaphor'', Jeff!).

* ColbertBump: Brad Jones' DVD-R Hell review of the film did much to elevate its visibility, making it a popular target for mockery on the web.

* ColbertBump: Brad Jones' review of the film lends itself to this, where he ''masterfully'' rips the film a new one about how backwards its intended message ended up being.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Due to the nature of the film many see Jeff's story as less of a movement against sin, and more the story of a boy twisted by his controlling, fundamentalist elders into a bigoted {{Jerkass}}. From that point one can see Jeff as a DesignatedHero who forces his opinions on others, or a tragic JerkassWoobie whose perceptions on life were heavily warped, and ultimately ends up driving away everyone who cared about him.

** Other songs on the list include Music/JeffersonStarship's "Dance With The Dragon" (which is about the Year of the Dragon from the Chinese zodiac, not Satan as a metaphorical dragon) and Music/TheRollingStones' "Sympathy For The Devil" (which is written from Satan's perspective, and has him claiming responsibility for various atrocities throughout history) and "Dancing with Mr. D" (which is about death, not the Devil). And then there's Music/{{ACDC}} and "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be" (about a self-absorbed man tormented by the woman he hooks up with - it's a ''metaphor'', Jeff!).

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Due to the nature of the film many see Jeff's story as less of a movement against sin, and more the story of a boy twisted by the controlling fundamentalists in his life into a bigoted {{Jerkass}}. From that point one can see Jeff as a DesignatedHero who forces his opinions on others, or a tragic JerkassWoobie whose perceptions on life were heavily warped, and ultimately ends up driving away everyone who cared about him.

* EsotericHappyEnding: Jeff has renounced rock music and purified his soul, yet he's become a alienated religious fanatic with paranoid delusions about an artistic medium he once enjoyed.

** Melissa seems pretty justified in being angry with Jeff for canceling his plans to go to a rock concert with her (plans made months in advance for her birthday) because of a deal with his youth pastor he made only recently. Threatening to take another guy to the concert may seem a bit harsh, but she does apologize for it later.

** 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."
** Other songs on the list include Jefferson Starship's "Dance With The Dragon" (which is about the Year of the Dragon from the Chinese zodiac, not Satan as a metaphorical dragon) and the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy For The Devil" (which is written from Satan's perspective, and has him claiming responsibility for various atrocities throughout history) and "Dancing with Mr. D" (which is about death, not the Devil). And then there's {{Music/ACDC}} and "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be" (about a self-absorbed man tormented by the woman he hooks up with - it's a ''metaphor'', Jeff!).

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Due to the nature of the film many see Jeff's story as less of a movement against sin, and more the story of a boy twisted by the controlling fundamentalists in his life into a bigoted {{Jerkass}}. From that point one can see Jeff as a DesignatedHero who forces his opinions on others, or a tragic JerkassWoobie who's perceptions on life were heavily warped, and he ends up driving away everyone who cared about him.

** 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."
** Other songs on the list include Jefferson Starship's "Dance With The Dragon" (which is about the Year of the Dragon from the Chinese zodiac, not Satan as a metaphorical dragon) and the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy For The Devil" (which is written from Satan's perspective, and has him claiming responsibility for various atrocities throughout history). And then there's {{Music/ACDC}} and "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be" (about a self-absorbed man tormented by the woman he hooks up with - it's a ''metaphor'', Jeff!).

** Alternately, since fundamentalist religion obliges people to be less tolerant of beliefs unlike their own (because how can you call yourself a proper believer if you're still prepared to admit that believers in other faiths might be right?) then Jeff, from a fundamentalist perspective, doesn't become a Jerkass at all, but a WideEyedIdealist, and his insistence on forcing his views on other people is not twisted or Jerkass behaviour but Jeff giving his loved ones plenty of WhatTheHellHero, because BeingGoodSucks.[[note]]If, in the story, the other characters don't listen to Jeff and his warnings go unheeded, then this is genuinely a CluelessAesop because if it were effective fundamentalist propaganda, everyone he calls out would not reject him but come to agree with him, because that's the power of God. But, like most fundamentalists, the filmmakers seem to be willing to forget about [[http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-21.htm Matthew 7:21]][[/note]]

** Alternately, since fundamentalist religion obliges people to be less tolerant of beliefs unlike their own (because how can you call yourself a proper believer if you're still prepared to admit that believers in other faiths might be right?) then Jeff, from a fundamentalist perspective, doesn't become a Jerkass at all, but a WideEyedIdealist, and his insistence on forcing his views on other people is not twisted or Jerkass behaviour but Jeff giving his loved ones plenty of WhatTheHellHero, because BeingGoodSucks.[[note]]If, in the story, the other characters don't listen to Jeff and his warnings go unheeded, then this is genuinely a CluelessAesop because the whole point should be that they would not reject him but come to agree with him. Which is what happens in Chick Tracts.[[/note]]

** Alternately, since fundamentalist religion obliges people to be less tolerant of beliefs unlike theirr own (because how can you call yourself a proper believer if you're still prepared to admit that believers in other faiths might be right?) then Jeff, from a fundamentalist perspective, doesn't become a Jerkass at all, but a WideEyedIdealist, and his insistence on forcing his views on other people is not twisted or Jerkass behaviour but Jeff giving his loved ones plenty of WhatTheHellHero, because BeingGoodSucks.[[note]]If, in the story, the other characters don't listen to Jeff and his warnings go unheeded, then this is genuinely a CluelessAesop because the whole point should be that they would not reject him but come to agree with him. Which is what happens in Chick Tracts.[[/note]]

* 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."

** Creator/BradJones [[WebVideo/DVDRHell had a lot of fun]] using his own albums.
-->"Dude-dude, I totally wanna get into this too! Okay, okay, oh..."[[Series/MiamiVice You Belong to the City]]"? Like how Sodom and Gomorrah was a city?! "More More More", the words spoken by a ''porn star?!'' "[[Music/BryanAdams Cuts Like a Knife]]"? Sure, let's advocate mass murder! "[[Music/ElectricLightOrchestra Evil Woman]]"? Need I say more? Fucking Jezebel. "[[Music/DuranDuran The Reflex]]"? Thank you, [[SomethingElseAlsoRises a song about an erection!]]"

* EsotericHappyEnding

* TearJerker: An unintentional example. The fact that after Jeff was challenged to give up rock music for 2 weeks, he slowly turned into a hateful preachy bigot who felt the need to shove his opinion of the evils of rock music down the throats of those around him, losing all of his friends and ruining his own life in the process.

** At the beginning of the movie he was a normal guy until he found out about all the dangers of rock music, and then he became a walking stereotype.
** He even turns against his own mother, who brought the youth pastor in to get him to quit rock music in the first place, when he decides that the soap operas she always watches are evil, too. A bit of a BrickJoke, since the pastor called it when she first asked him to step in.

* AlternateAesopInterpretation: Stay away from [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalist Christianity]] kiddos, it'll ruin your life!