It Might Get Loud
Rarely can a film penetrate the glamorous surface of rock legends. It Might Get Loud tells the personal stories, in their own words, of three generations of electric guitar virtuosos—The Edge (U2), Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), and Jack White (The White Stripes). It reveals how each developed his unique sound and style of playing favorite instruments, guitars both found and invented. Concentrating on the artist's musical rebellion, traveling with him to influential locations, provoking rare discussion as to how and why he writes and plays, this film lets you witness intimate moments and hear new music from each artist. The movie revolves around a day when Jimmy Page, Jack White, and The Edge first met and sat down together to share their stories, teach and play.
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Needs more Jack White - movie_goer
A very good documentary about the electric guitar and the Legends love. 'It might Get Loud' has it's pacing issues, but the real blow against the film is the way in which it eliminates Jack White from a lot of the discussion and really rushed through his story. He was the most interesting of the three, yet they kept neglecting him in favor of more Edge and Jimmy Page.
Jimmy Page: Indulged my biggest expectations with teaching Edge & Page "Whole Lotta Love" while sharing with us his bricked estate and Personal growing Vinyl collection. The fact that he moved into a home with a Guitar proves he was Destined to be the greates player in Rock music.
Edge: could have been easily missed. He showed the world Technology advances, autotune and echoe techniques can make anyone famous... mainly himself.
White: Opened up about Meg White and the starts of his childhood candidly as the youngest of 10 kids and the boy with hand-me-downs that shaped his appreciation for his talents and the names he's made for himself in Music world.
It is fascinating to see those three rock guitar legends interacting and talking about the instrument, their personal stories and what inspires them - and even if it could have benefited from a more linear structure, this insightful documentary never stops being interesting.A Mixed Bag - rnhaas
I can't say that I find the idea all that fascinating: three guitarists from three generations of rock music. There are so many guitarists out there, selecting three seems arbitrary. The further arbitrariness is that two of these are blues based guitarists and one isn't. The Edge genuinely seems out of place, and not just because of his technical limitations. Individually, the stories are interesting, but they could all be part of separate movies. I can't say I didn't like it. I like much of it, but it still seems odd that it even exists and the "summit" never lives up to its potential - as these things rarely do (except for briefly during "As I Lay Dying").For musicians, more than for music lovers. - cathyottawa
But even though I'm the later myself, I still found this pretty interesting.
The producers say the goal was to make a documentary about the guitar; to somehow get across how this instrument has shaped music, and how guitarist come by their craft.
They tackled this ambitious goal by looking at three very different, famous guitarists, from three very different eras. Jimmy Page is of coarse the godfather of guitar rock, while The Edge was born from the 70s punk scene, and Jack White is the relative newbie, with a love of old blues.
Edge's approach is technical, while White likes to go back to basics. Page sits somewhere in between.
Seeing the three of them come together starts out rather uncomfortable - like watching a blind date. Are they fans of each other? Do Edge & Page even know who White is? You wonder...
The individual bits are better, though some may be annoyed by Jack White, who is always in character. Not unlike Lady Gaga, he's invented a persona (I think Benny & Joon must be his favourite movie, because he looks just like Johnny Depp in that film). You wonder when, if ever, he's being sincere. Example - he's still seen calling Meg White his "big sister", even though it's now common knowledge she's his ex wife. Makes you wonder about his stories of being the youngest of ten children.
And he does a bit here where he's teaching his "nine year old self" how to play. Some will find it cool, some artsy fartsy. I actually liked it better after I saw him explain it in the TIFF press conference, which is included on the disk.
The talent here is pretty undeniable, and I was actually blown away by White, and gained a new respect for Edge, who I never actually thought of as a great guitarist. And seeing Page's roots was surprising.
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Needs more Jack White - movie_goer
A very good documentary about the electric guitar and the Legends love. 'It might Get Loud' has it's pacing issues, but the real blow against the film is the way in which it eliminates Jack White from a lot of the discussion and really rushed through his story. ...A Mixed Bag - rnhaas
I can't say that I find the idea all that fascinating: three guitarists from three generations of rock music. There are so many guitarists out there, selecting three seems arbitrary. The further arbitrariness is that two of these are blues based guitarists ...For musicians, more than for music lovers. - cathyottawa
But even though I'm the later myself, I still found this pretty interesting.
The producers say the goal was to make a documentary about the guitar; to somehow get across how this instrument has shaped music, and how guitarist come by their craft.
They ...