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You rated this movie: 1.0
If it weren't for the brief glimpses at wonderful, rarely
seen vintage footage, this would be worse than useless. I don't mind
watching critics offer up their insights and telling stories about the
artists (and there are few bands with better, more outrageous stories to
be told about them than the Rolling Stones), but these little known
critics clearly know almost nothing about the band they're yapping
about, offering trite observations like "this song shows that Mick and
Keith were becoming more confident as songwriters" or "this song is very
dark and morbid, but I like it" OVER AND OVER AGAIN. And I haven't
mentioned the numerous facts they get wrong, like saying "The Last Time"
features one of those classic Keith Richards riffs and then cutting to
some video footage that clearly shows Brian Jones playing the riff. It
was like sitting in a bar full of self-important drunks trying to
impress you with their knowledge and only showing how pathetically
ignorant they are. A real waste of great footage.
You wrote this on Fri Jul 11 05:04:13 GMT 2014
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You rated this movie: 4.0
Worth it for the footage of bands you can't see anywhere
else and a nice time capsule of arty New York circa 1980. Now the
quibbles: SLOPPY archiving and researching, guys. Even putting aside the
Psychedelic Furs no-show, you have some ludicrous stuff like a second
Del Byzanteens song being credited to Magazine. Then there's the many
mistitled songs like Pylon's "Gravity" being called "You Cannot", The Au
Pairs' "Come Again" being called "Do It Again", and a fast instrumental
number by the Monochrome Set being mistaken for their debut single
"Alphaville". In the final credits, somebody actually got credited for
"research," so we know who to blame. Still worth watching.
You wrote this on Thu Aug 08 03:02:13 GMT 2013
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You rated this movie: 2.0
About ten minutes into this stinker I started thinking
"Where is Mystery Science Theater 3000 when we need them? The George
Harrison score is absolutely sublime (and a longtime favorite album for
decades), but the movie is mildly amusing psychedelic soft-porn kitsch
at best, only not nearly as good as that description makes it sound. The creepy
voyeur protagonist is apparently supposed to be funny and/or
sympathetic, but is just painful to watch. Pick up the soundtrack, avoid
the movie.
You wrote this on Wed Apr 11 03:52:14 GMT 2012
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