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Summary: Mr. Lennon we salute you.
Review: John was the intelligence of it all, with the love of Paul..Combined: The Beatles... John shows us that, although he was famous, he was not embarrassed to show that he can love someone..Yoko...and though she was annoying at times...when you look at it, doesn't our spouses, boyfriends and girlfriends become annoying sometimes too? But, he showed us how strong he was and gentle and the same time..Yes, he was Mr. Perfect.
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Summary: Gen X Beatle Fan
Review: My parents were practically the biggest Beatle fans ever and I really wasn't at the beginning until I bought their #1 CD for my parents last Christmas, I became a fan ever since. Anyways this is a must have for all Lennon fans. I've heard from both my parents and seen through pictures that Yoko was ugly but through this documentary I realized that Yoko is not so bad looking at all, she even kinda cute and I realized how male dominated everything was and I'm glad that Yoko was trying to be involved in some ways even if she gets to be annoying at times. Yoko in that video was just like most women are today and I guess people at that time hated a strong woman like her. I bought that mainly to see John and Yoko together and I was pleased to see how in love the two were for each other. I also liked all the songs and the footage that goes along with it, and I was surprised to see a young Jack Nicholson around.
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Summary: self-indulgent; redeemed ONLY by the music
Review: Okay, I grew up with this guy; he was my favorite Beatle. But this "documentary" has very little merit beyond the music itself. For all the filming that they obviously did, there is not nearly enough of just cutting the basic tracks in the studio. Might that be because Lennon was so tempremental and hard to get along with? His ever-so-short temper and repeated use of the work f@#k gets old really fast.I am no longer young and impressionable. I still enjoy Lennon's music, particularly with the Beatles. I also still think that the Beatles were one of the true phenomenons of our lifetime. But I can tell you this: stripped of the Beatle mystique, this documentary has precious little merit. Let It Be may have been desultory, depressing and boring in stretches, but at least it was chronicling the demise of the most popular music group of all time. Gimmie Some Truth does show Lennon for what he probably was at the time: an egocentric, self-indulgent, rock star. Music aside, I was very disappointed with this documentary.
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Summary: IF YOU'RE A JOHN LENNON FAN, YOU GOTTA HAVE IT!!!!!
Review: One of the best documentary movies I've ever seen. You can't miss out on this. See it, it's AWESOME!
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Summary: Detached Feel Makes for Uncompelling Viewing
Review: The biggest problem I had with this documentary is that it had a somewhat detached, haphazard feel, that made it difficult to follow from start to finish. Yeah, its great to see Lennon at work, cursing at the sound guy, and the bit where Yoko sings off key while trying to show one of the band how the tune to "Oh Yoko" goes is hilarious, but overall I felt disconnected from the whole process. For example, I got the impression that Phil Specter had a very minimal role in the making of this record, but was this really the case ? Or was his style deliberately low-key ? Hence my problem with this; I didn't get a good feel for what was really going on. Still gets 4 stars; its a tantalizing glance into the work of one of the great artists of the 20th century, and the interview with John and Yoko is fantastic, and its worth the price for this alone. Here Lennon goes into the feelings and motivations behind some of his songs; for example, there's a brilliant and vulnerable description about the sentiments behind "Jealous Guy", and this is exactly the kind of thing that I was looking for in this documentary.
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Summary: An Artist at Work
Review: This is an excepectional piece of Lennon memorabilia. I was very impressed by what I saw. See and hear John at work putting the finishing touches on some of the songs that would be on the "Imagine" album. A special treat is John and George at work on "How Do You Sleep" and "Oh My Love" The respect between them as well as chemistry is still evident. Yoko did a superb remastering of this 'piece of history' that she was a part of. The soundtrack remixed in Dolby 5.1 surround sound is music to the ears, especially John singing "Gimme Some Truth" and "Jealous Guy" Enjoy. Turn it up.
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Summary: An Artist at Work
Review: This is an excepectional piece of Lennon memorabilia. I was very impressed by what I saw. See and hear John at work putting the finishing touches on some of the songs that would be on the "Imagine" album. A special treat is John and George at work on "How Do You Sleep" and "Oh My Love" The respect between them as well as chemistry is still evident. Yoko did a superb remastering of this 'piece of history' that she was a part of. The soundtrack remixed in Dolby 5.1 surround sound is music to the ears, especially John singing "Gimme Some Truth" and "Jealous Guy" Enjoy. Turn it up.
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Summary: Good video, but could be a bit better.
Review: This video is definitely a video every Beatle/John Lennon fan should own. I own a lot of material that Lennon has, and this video does have some new footage. However, there is also a bit of the old footage from other videos like (and I prefer this to Gimme Some Truth) Imagine, the 1988 documentary. This video has some great clips of John as funny as he is. Because anyone who knows anything about John Lennon will realize he is a really funny guy and many other videos choose to focus on his serious side. This one shows both. How he can be funny, yet also how he takes his music seriously, and knows what he wants with his music. I wish this video had a bit more new footage, as well as contained more studio takes. The video is the making of Imagine and I think that it is lacking in the sense that it doesn't show enough of the songs being made, what they do show leaves you begging for more. All in all, I definitely recommend getting this video, just for some of the unreleased stuff in it, and the footage they show of John in the studio, however, John and Yoko filmed the entire process of making the album, and a LOT more could have been included on this film.
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