It Might Get Loud (2009)

Wow! Such a good movie.

That was an excellent one.

A Masterpiece!

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

1/15/18. I love electric guitar music but this rockumentary comes off being uneven in its approach. I loved when they played their guitars, but the narratives were not that enlightening. Oh well.

It Might Get Loud is just awesome. If you're looking for some candid behind the scenes expose, epic procedural dissection or handbook of how these guys do it, or a intricate timeline of rock history - you're barking up the wrong tree. There's the nice arc of seeing the old innovator Page and his journey from Brit radio pop and orchestra backup guitar on Bond's Goldfinger who, in the end, only wanted to play the blues. You learn Edge running off with that sense of innovation in the decades following to absolute madness tuning his synth. And you learn the pendulum swings back to where it came with Jack and his drive to just play his favorite blues song over and over while dressing up in red clothes so he wouldn't be "just another white boy" blues band. Interesting stuff without a forced narrative or script, you don't even need to watch. Just pop the movie in and go about your house chores with the sound all the way up. The movie really is just about the music. It's worth it beyond all words and recommendation - and then some - for one scene in particular. There's a laugh out loud joy to see Jack and Edge star struck like a couple of four-year-olds seeing Santa Claus for the first time when Jimmy rips off Whole Lotta Love. It's OK guys, we are all doing it too sitting on the couch. It's Jimmy F*****G page playing Whole Lotta Love!Just priceless.

I hate when people get defensive over their heroes. Jimmy (the outgoing person he is) conscious of this clearly tried to take it down a notch but The Edge was truly interested in picking his brain for the most part and that's great. I saw some edited scenes and for the life of me cannot understand why they were cut. As documentaries go it is too short. It is not supposed to be entertaining (for me it was anyway because I am a guitar fan) but educational. It scored high on every aspect and like I said, my only complaint was it was too short. They definitely could have gotten into Jimmy and the Edge more only because they have done so much in so long a time that while allotted time was perfect for Jack White, it barely scrapes the surface of JP & TE.Davis really needs to think about putting out an unedited version. Marty Scorsese's documentary on Dillan ran 2x as long for one man with a limited body of all be it groundbreaking work, but still, here we had 3 and 2 out of the 3 each deserved close to an hour. It was sad to see the Kashmir bit completely on the cutting room floor. It was the best bit. the Whole Lotta Love, while a nice sight was clearly pandering to the public. Lastly, The Edge played a terrific lead over In My time of Dying and showed how much of a guitarist he truly is.

If you're a guitar player, you'll absolutely love this movie. I'm not a guitar player, and I liked it very much. The three players, The Edge, Jack White, and Jimmy Paige, are all equally as intriguing as the three potentially greatest guitarists of their own generations.It's nice to see where and how each of them lives their life and hear some of the stories about their work and how they work. The Edge and Jimmy Paige have the most interesting back stories, the Edge dealing with the Irish violence of the 60s and 70s and Paige's background in early rock and roll, but Jack White's utter talent and creativity still manages to make him as interesting as the other two.If you don't already love these three guys, you will when it's over. If you love them already, it'll only be increased that much more. Personally, I'm a huge fan of them all.