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Not worth your time as bassist or otherwise
A bass player recommended this to me as a way of introducing some of the better known bass players out there. Having just picked up this instrument, I decided to give it a shot believing it might give me some insight or inspiration.
Unfortunately, it gave me neither. This movie can't decide what it wants to be and it suffers because it can't commit to doing one thing well. The film is made under the premise of giving praise to the dead bassist of Gov't Mule via sessions of some of the better known and respected bassists in the music industry. But it doesn't really tell us about the man who died or even how he died. It tries to tell us what being a bassist is all about and its importance in music, but it never does that either.
It tries to be too many things and never succeeds in any one thing leaving the viewer to ask, why was this movie made? It didn't tell me enough about the man these bassists were coming together for (Allen Woody) and they didn't tell me enough about why they wanted to be bassists or why bass is important to music in general.
An interesting idea poorly realized and poorly executed.
Unfortunately, it gave me neither. This movie can't decide what it wants to be and it suffers because it can't commit to doing one thing well. The film is made under the premise of giving praise to the dead bassist of Gov't Mule via sessions of some of the better known and respected bassists in the music industry. But it doesn't really tell us about the man who died or even how he died. It tries to tell us what being a bassist is all about and its importance in music, but it never does that either.
It tries to be too many things and never succeeds in any one thing leaving the viewer to ask, why was this movie made? It didn't tell me enough about the man these bassists were coming together for (Allen Woody) and they didn't tell me enough about why they wanted to be bassists or why bass is important to music in general.
An interesting idea poorly realized and poorly executed.
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- tinspoons
- Nov 21, 2004
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