Liam Gallagher: As It Was

This sorry mess of a documentary throws everything but the kitchen sink at attempting to portray Liam Gallagher as a tortured artist who lost everything due to his evil brother Noel splitting up the band and ruining his life.

Admittedly it is not without a sense of self reflection and regret but this is a disingenuously one-sided propaganda flick for die hard Liam fans.

It started off well with the announcement at the Paris gig. Some really gritty insight that I was interested in as I hadn't seen it before.

But then it lost pace and was a pure attempt to prove that Liam wasn't the old idiot everyone loved/hated. I'm a diehard oasis fan but this felt like a feeble attempt to get Noel to talk to him again. Liam has great musical talent but he needs to stop trying to do oasis without Noel. I really wanted to see insight into the split and the aftermath. But this was just his manager/girlfriend chatting propaganda

This movie pretty much starts off at the end. oasis is done, new paths begin for Liam. it covers the highs and lows of post oasis life and then kicks into gear with the triumphant comeback.

I found this to be a great follow up to supersonic, where that film relied on animation and archive footage, this has more personal interviews. Liam. feels honest and vunrable at times with certian subjects.

fans will enjoy it. Noel will hate it.

as you were...

If you're a fan of Liam you're going to see this documentary regardless of what anyone says. I ignored any reviews before watching it and I honestly didn't expect it to be so candid and personal. I knew that Charlie Lightening had been filming Liam for a long time but I was unaware of the amount of footage there was. This film documents Liams journey from rock bottom at the end of Oasis to his journey with the under appreciated Beady Eye and straight back to the top where he rightly belongs with his solo career. The majority of this film is new footage and is worth watching for any fan.

This film is purely made to make Liam look good and Noel look bad. They both have there faults but being an oasis fan from the start I remember all the incidents that would of made Noel feel like he wouldn't want to work with Liam any longer. Liams new fan base seem to be teenagers or early 20s and don't seem to know or care about the problems he caused in oasis that split the band up, they just dislike Noel for not wanting to work with Liam. He seems to have cleaned he's act up and is more professional now saying and doing all the right things as he's doing it for himself so can't behave the way he once did with the might of noels songs behind him.