xWRL
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I started watching because of Morris Chestnut, who is a delight to watch, and I've continued watching just to see what all the hate is coming from in the user reviews. I have yet to figure that out, since the reviews devote more words to spewing contempt than to explaining themselves. I'll just keep watching until I figure out what the problem is.
Yes, some of the dialog and acting is stiff. On the other hand, there are 100% professional production values, 100% unpredictable plot twists, and Morris Chestnut, who is a joy to see in a role that for nearly a century has for attracted some of the finest talent, even though here the role itself is twisted beyond recognition.
Yes, some of the dialog and acting is stiff. On the other hand, there are 100% professional production values, 100% unpredictable plot twists, and Morris Chestnut, who is a joy to see in a role that for nearly a century has for attracted some of the finest talent, even though here the role itself is twisted beyond recognition.
If you're tired of documentaries about John and Yoko, read no further. But if you enjoy seeing John and Yoko remembered in a positive light, this documentary offers an hour and a half of visuals--none that I recall seeing before.
Yoko is a hard sell, if you've followed the press on her, but here we see her at her best--as a person, as an artist, and through the transformative effect she has on John. How much of that is just spin? Decide for yourself, but one has to wonder about the impartiality of some who decried her as a foreigner.
One unintentionally revealing point is that the couple are said to have retreated to their mansion Tittenhurst Park for privacy. Who could blame them, yet the footage for this documentary comes almost exclusively from *hundreds of hours* recorded there in that two-year period!
Some of my favorite scenes are Lennon absent-mindedly riffing and Yoko gazing lovingly at John. They were lucky to have each other.
Yoko is a hard sell, if you've followed the press on her, but here we see her at her best--as a person, as an artist, and through the transformative effect she has on John. How much of that is just spin? Decide for yourself, but one has to wonder about the impartiality of some who decried her as a foreigner.
One unintentionally revealing point is that the couple are said to have retreated to their mansion Tittenhurst Park for privacy. Who could blame them, yet the footage for this documentary comes almost exclusively from *hundreds of hours* recorded there in that two-year period!
Some of my favorite scenes are Lennon absent-mindedly riffing and Yoko gazing lovingly at John. They were lucky to have each other.
Interviews with many of the people closest to Coleman, notably his ex-wife and his longtime former agent and manager, along with his closest and dearest friends, who state the case for why that first group was responsible for a life that Coleman him expressed as being full of misery.
The film is very well edited, especially given all the ground it covers and the huge differences among those interviewed about who's to blame for what. The film also shows a beautiful degree of compassion for all that Coleman went through in his life without covering up a few of the times when he exhibited questionable behavior.
The film is very well edited, especially given all the ground it covers and the huge differences among those interviewed about who's to blame for what. The film also shows a beautiful degree of compassion for all that Coleman went through in his life without covering up a few of the times when he exhibited questionable behavior.