Sympathy for the Devil
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Movie Reviews of Sympathy for the Devil
Movie Review: Sympathy for the New Wave
Summary: 3 Stars
Just to clarify: it's Godard, not Goddard. I know how snotty it sounds to bring that up, but it's gotta be pointed out.To get to the point, I bought my copy of Sympathy For the Devil cheap at a Futureshop display that also had a number of reissue CD's and that new 4 DVD set that's causing so much controversy. I actually laughed when I saw it there, because really, the film has little to do with the Stones and more to do with Godard's ideology. Hardcore fans will like the in studio footage of bored and/or doped up Stones wandering around figuring out how to arrange the number, but most of the rest of the film will seem pretentious and puzzling. Hell, Godard IS pretentious at times (and I'm a fan), but never less then interesting. It's weird as hell, but infinitely better then the 4 DVD set where they hit the stage like bobbing marionettes, recycling It's Only Rock n Roll etc for the umpteenth time. Particularly fun are the scenes of black revolutionaries hanging around wrecked cars, spitting out staccato rhetoric and throwing around guns. Fun!
Movie Review: LOVE the stones, but not so crazy bout the rest...
Summary: 3 Stars
Judging a DVD by its cover and title, you'd think that this film is a documentary following the construction of one of the Rolling Stones most famous songs "Sympathy for the Devil" (hence the title). However, alternating with footage from the stones recording this song in the studio, is some skits of some sort, something i wasn't so interested in seeing, because i mainly bought the dvd to see the stones and only the stones... i didn't have the patience to sit through some random skits. I'm sure these skits did have a deeper meaning, pose some importance, but for rolling stones fans, all we care about is the rock and roll, and the five (well, now four) guys behind it. I would've originally given this a 2 star, but the footage of the stones in the studio is so great, that it earned a star in itself. So, if you are one of these, i would say save your money for the Four Flicks dvd (just ordered, can't wait, but if you know the director and like his style, then yes, this would probably be a fit purchase.Movie Review: Some fun
Summary: 3 Stars
Doco of Rolling Stones, their music and some inclusions.
Not so bad.
Movie Review: Be Prepared To Use The Remote
Summary: 2 Stars
I'm a really big Stones fan. Im actually wearing a Stones shirt as I write this. I've glanced at this on and on, until a few nights ago I was given a Gift Card and decided to buy it.
Well I started watching it and the whole process of developing this great classic song was awesome. But the Director's crap with the incoherent babbling of some man, weird scenes with a bunch of Black Panthers was completely pointless in my opinion. I had to skip these segments quite a bit to get to the hidden jems in this movie.
Again, I loved seeing the band develope the song, it was phenomenal to get that Insider's perspective, but the rest was crap. I was expecting something similar to The Who's Kids Are Alright, where they show scenes of them in the recording studio, with unadulterated footage, but Sympathy was something much different. This is worth renting to see the band, but I wouldn't suggest owning it.
Movie Review: Scattered and Rambling; Of little interest to musicians
Summary: 2 Stars
This film is unfocused and of little interest to musicians who hope to get an inside look at the Stones' process of developing songs in the studio. I was looking for something along the lines of Let It Be, but this is all about one song only, and large sections are buried under seemingly random rambling by a male voice affecting a literary quality.
Then there are the completely unrelated sections taking place out on the street and in a junkyard and elsewhere.
If you're looking for absurdity mixed with psychedelia and 60s music, I'd recommend the Monkees' Head which is much more fun and also very interesting and thought-provoking.