It Might Get Loud
is a documentary piece about the
electric guitar and it features
three revolutionary players; The
Edge from U2, Jack White from The
White Stripes, and Jimmy Page from
Led Zeppelin. The movie goes through
lots of different elements of each
player’s style and has some great
footage from old TV shows, concerts,
and videos. It really is put
together nicely and although it’s
not really a documentary about the
electric guitar, it’s a great movie
about those three’s love for the
instrument.
It’s really interesting to hear the
background of the three different
musicians. Like how they got started
with music and how they started
playing. The biography aspect from
all three angles is great. You’re
getting enough to keep you satisfied
but not too much that you’re bored.
The movie has really two parts- the
part where you follow around the
guys and hear them talk about
themselves and their respective
bands, and then you get to see the
sit around where the three come
together for a session that can best
be described as epic.
The movie can really best be summed
up in one scene. There’s one part of
the movie during this sit in where
Jimmy Page starts playing and Jack
White and The Edge get this look on
their faces like a kid on Christmas…
it’s priceless and the ultimate shot
in the entire movie.
The bonus features on the Blu-Ray
aren’t that great. There’s video of
the press conference when they
announced the film and there’s also
a few deleted scenes and some online
features but really this disc isn’t
about the bonus features as much as
it’s about the movie itself. There
can’t be too much behind the scenes
because it would get a little
watered down having too many
documentaries on the making of a
documentary, (if that makes any
sense at all.)
It Might Get Loud
was a movie that I put off seeing. I
thought that I was going to be
disappointed by a historical look at
the electric guitar that featured
some quotes from Jack White, The
Edge, and Jimmy Page. I was
pleasantly surprised to see that it
was so much more than that… It was
more about the individuals
experience with the instrument than
it was about the instrument itself.
If you’re a fan of rock music of the
past 40 years this is a movie you’ll
want to see.
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