I can't believe all the good reviews this piece of crap movie is getting. It was PAINFUL. The acting was uninspired, the plot boring, and the hippie-speak was straight up irritating and unrealistic. TWO THUMBS DOWN.
shareI loved it; Thought the acting was believable and low key; The plot made sense and kept me interested and the "hippie-speak" sounded authentic to the time and I was there in California no less. Two thumbs up! Different strokes for different folks I guess.
shareI loved it...
Allow myself to introduce...myself.
A lot of people were disappointed that it didn't focus much on the concert, but it didn't need to.
"Sometimes it's right to do the wrong thing, and right now is one of those times."
I agree with you here, just like many things in history there are other aspects of what made it happen than just the concert. I enjoyed it, not a great film but a good and entertaining film none the less.
shareA lot of people were disappointed that it didn't focus much on the concert, but it didn't need to.
I enjoyed it immensely.
It doesn't sound as if "aleciat" saw the "original" documentary. This movie is a WONDERFUL companion to the Michael Wadleigh film of 1970. I (like the screenwriter) was 10 yrs old in 1969... a bit young to attend the original concert... and probably wouldn't have enjoyed it if I had. But as an adult, I can now appreciate the times that were back then, and appreciate the effort the filmmakers put in to recreate the mood and the event. Well done!
Like rbwjazz, I found the movie mesmerizing and WONDERFUL. In 1969, I was also ten years old. Due to low parental supervision of my music choices, I was one of the first in my neighborhood to own the Woodstock three disk vinyl album. I came of age with the album. I believe Ang Lee's light touch with the subject was perfect. I found the "center of the universe" scene very moving. Kudos to Demitri for a noteworthy performance way out of his element as a stand up comic. The film was FAR OUT. It always makes me happy when I love films that others hate and vis a vis.
shareIf you think all the "hippie-speak" was unrealistic you haven't a clue about what you are talking about. For the true hippies it's very accurate. You'll note that not all of those attending spoke that way. Like others have said, it's a very good companion to the documentary, which I'd say quite apparently you have not seen. I have a number of times, I own it.
shareI just saw it yesterday and I loved it! I was a bit too young to go back then. I was only 14. This movie brought back some great memories and as for the "hippie-speak",
FAR OUT! GROOVY!
RIGHT ON!!!!!!!
Fasten your seatbelts.... It's going to be a bumpy night!
Isnt that a little too cynical?
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Ang Lee was absolutely the wrong guy to direct this. His slow, methodical pacing worked perfectly in "Brokeback Mountain" but in a film like this that requires a certain amount of energy, it was deadly.
Not that the screenplay was anything special either.
I'd loved to have seen what somebody like Richard Linklater could have done with the same material.
At first I thought this film seemed a little too much like a made for TV bio pic, but then it had some good scenes, but over all a bit cheesy. Like you turned around and there was Wavy Gravy walking up the hill, every scene had to remind you of characters from Woodstock, which got old quick and made the movie seem less believable to me.
And, was everybody that attended Woodstock gay? What gives?