Directed by Davis Guggenheim
Just the first of over ten documentaries I'll be watching over the next week, It Might Get Loud brings three renowned electric guitarists together for a closed-door jam session -- Jimmy Page of Led Zepplin fame who came onto the scene in the late 60s/early 70s, The Edge from U2 who popped up in the 80s, and Jack White of the White Stripes and The Raconteurs who came onto the scene in the late 90s/the aughts -- so they can tell their stories of how they came to love their six-stringed instruments.
I'm certainly not the music buff, but I thoroughly enjoyed this flick. I knew a little about each of the guys featured here, but it was interesting to see how they each started out, got their first guitars, joined their first bands, etc. That being said, learning each of those things about each of these guys was also the flick's problem. The movie ran on for about 20 minutes too long and it's partly because we learn about Page's first guitar, The Edge's first guitar, and then White's first guitar, and then we learn about Page's first band, The Edge's first band (which contained the core group of U2, so he really was only in one band, if I remember correctly), and White's first band. Then we move onto the same thing again and again. Granted, it's interesting to learn about each guy's story, but it grew to be slightly repetitive.
Nevertheless, I certainly enjoyed this flick, appreciated the way it was shot, and it absolutely makes me want to go out and listen to the music of each of these guys' bands.
I'm certainly not the music buff, but I thoroughly enjoyed this flick. I knew a little about each of the guys featured here, but it was interesting to see how they each started out, got their first guitars, joined their first bands, etc. That being said, learning each of those things about each of these guys was also the flick's problem. The movie ran on for about 20 minutes too long and it's partly because we learn about Page's first guitar, The Edge's first guitar, and then White's first guitar, and then we learn about Page's first band, The Edge's first band (which contained the core group of U2, so he really was only in one band, if I remember correctly), and White's first band. Then we move onto the same thing again and again. Granted, it's interesting to learn about each guy's story, but it grew to be slightly repetitive.
Nevertheless, I certainly enjoyed this flick, appreciated the way it was shot, and it absolutely makes me want to go out and listen to the music of each of these guys' bands.
The RyMickey Rating: B
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