Post by Citroen on Nov 29, 2021 18:07:19 GMT 12
Any Beatles superfans must be wetting themselves. But although I really like their music, I'm not enough of a fan to sit through about 8 hours of back scene footage. I tried, but didn't make past half an hour. I'd watch if it was condensed to say an hour or so. Who else has watched this? 
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Post by cartridgeguyonline on Nov 29, 2021 20:13:10 GMT 12
Nope.
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Post by cooksferry on Nov 29, 2021 21:21:33 GMT 12
Not a Beatles fan so too much for me. Did the original film have a theatrical release here ? I feel sure I saw it in a cinema at some stage.
The new one may be par for the course for Jackson, never do it in five minutes when you can expand it out to half an hour.
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Post by michaelw on Nov 29, 2021 21:44:49 GMT 12
Typical Jackson bloat ! It shows how tight the original film was. The Guardian said it was eight hours of TV so aimless it threatens your sanity.  The footage looked bizarre - so much DNR was applied that all noise (noise) and film grain (bad) has been stripped from each frame. But what is worth watching is the last hour or so where the famous rooftop concert is shown in full, the original film only showed about 20 minutes. Jackson re-framed this with some Woodstock style multi-framing. It looks good  Sonically not bad either, in lossy Dolby Atmos. Don't know if Let It Be screened in NZ.
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Post by Citroen on Nov 29, 2021 23:09:42 GMT 12
But you're not so much a fan, let alone a superfan. Do I recall you're more like a hater? 
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Post by michaelw on Nov 30, 2021 10:26:26 GMT 12
I'm both fan and hater
cartridgeguyonline - please add a signature if you are still in trade
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Post by cooksferry on Nov 30, 2021 11:01:07 GMT 12
But you're not so much a fan, let alone a superfan. Do I recall you're more like a hater? That might be me. Well hate might be to strong but I dropped out when all the Yeah, Yeah was floating around and found the Little Red Rooster more interesting. However, among my 399 music related books it's probably a toss up between the Beatles and Dylan as to who has more shelf space. It's their cultural impact that interests me as part of the greatest decade for popular music. That's impossible to ignore even if their music leaves me disinterested. Wish I could remember where I saw the original movie, pretty sure it was on the big screen but just maybe tv in the UK???
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Post by michaelw on Nov 30, 2021 11:54:25 GMT 12
Let It Be did get a cinema release.
The Beatles won an Oscar and Grammy for the music.
I've only seen it via fuzzy VHS and LD rips.
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Post by Citroen on Nov 30, 2021 16:20:11 GMT 12
That rooftop concert IS worth watching!
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Post by bruise on Nov 30, 2021 20:44:14 GMT 12
Seen it all.
Doubt I'd qualify as a Beatles superfan, although I did shell out for the mono box.
I went in not having seen any of the footage before and not being terribly familiar with the general story
In the beginning I was struggling with the sheer length of Part 1 but the conclusion drew it all together and sets up the next two episodes.
Having had a day to reflect on it, and without dropping too many spoilers for anyone who hasn't seen it yet I'd make the following observations:
> Even though they know the camera is running the real personalities peek through.
> Interesting to observe the real-time evolution of a whole bunch of songs including many that didn't show up on the album
> Fascinating to observe the musicianship in action. These dudes can play.
> The "Yoko killed the Beatles" story doesn't stack up
> Nicky Hopkins is the unsung hero of the story
> The bloke who was supposed to be making the original movie is a tit.
> Mal Evans wrote most of the lyrics
> Given the material Peter Jackson had to work with the finished product is a technical tour-de-force.
> I have a feeling history will deem the Get Back trilogy the definitive statement .... and, a masterpiece.
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Post by michaelw on Dec 4, 2021 10:37:51 GMT 12
Kim Hill interviews Sir Tit on RNZ
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