Bobby Darin - Mack Is Back
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Movie Reviews of Bobby Darin - Mack Is Back
Movie Review: Disappointing
Summary: 2 Stars
I've always been a Bobby Darin fan and remember his show from the 70's, so I was quite excited when I found this video. Unfortunately pretty much the whole thing is a disappointment. I don't know how they selected the songs presented here, but they seem to have managed to find some of the worst songs recorded in the 70's; ones that just have the same line sung over and over AND OVER. There's a lot of useless pandering with the audience which I think was mostly to give him a bit of a rest between songs as it is so obvious in this video that he was not well. He still gives it his all and you have to give him credit for that, but do yourself a favor and get "Bobby Darin Beyond the Song" instead. It's just clips, but oh so much better. I'll stick to that one and his CD's.Movie Review: It was good but not Darin's song's
Summary: 2 Stars
Bobby Darin was a talent but, when I think of Bobby Darin I think of "Mack the Knife" and "Splish Splash" not "Bridge Over Troubled Water' and "Midnight Special." He sings many songs in this film but only four are his songs. If it weren't for those it would be a one star Think of it as Elvis singing songs from Frank Sinatra (besides "My Way") it would sound terrible because Elvis sings a different type of music. I was very upset that I paid for this film.Movie Review: The Dark Side of Lounge Music
Summary: 1 Stars
I have always heard Bobby Darin, I have some of his live recordings, and always thought he was great. I bought this DVD, thinking he would swing like Frank did in his TV specials. Wow. It is sad to see him like this. Maybe it was the time (the 70's as opposed to Frank's 60's TV special) but if you ever wonder where Bill Murray got his inspiration for the lounge singer for his SNL skits, this is it. Painfully cheesy arrangements and embarrassingly cheesy audience pandering, make this painful to watch for anyone who had always loved the Darin sound. It seemed that he was trying to do too many things at once, cover too many genres, all the time trying to be current and hip. Unfortunately it was the 70's, and no one could be hip.
Do yourself a favor and buy "Bobby Darin Live at the Copa" CD and just listen. Use your imagination, don't see this and destroy the illusion.