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Jimi: All Is by My Side

Jimi: All Is by My Side (2014)

May. 31,2014
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5.7
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R
| Drama Music

A drama based on Jimi Hendrix's life as he left New York City for London, where his career took off.

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Pacionsbo
2014/05/31

Absolutely Fantastic

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Glatpoti
2014/06/01

It is so daring, it is so ambitious, it is so thrilling and weird and pointed and powerful. I never knew where it was going.

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InformationRap
2014/06/02

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

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Lollivan
2014/06/03

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

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blondebutclever
2014/06/04

I thought Andre's performance was mesmerising. I have to disagree with those who thought he came across as dull or idiotic. I saw him as a thoughtful, compassionate, free spirit with insightful observations on the world at the time and the attitudes of all he encountered. Totally believable - truly enjoyed it.

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TheFunkyBass
2014/06/05

The movie missed the opportunity to dive deeper into the music, but decided to focus on the uninteresting relationships.Editing is weird and slow paced. Dialogue was layered on top of alternate dialogue and 40% of the movie is complete silence (people smoking or just staring at things). The movie is 2 hours long, so there is a A LOT of fillers due to the dullness of the script.The script is bull. Hendrix was not aggressive and disrespectful to Kathy, and Clapton was not jealous of Hendrix.As much as I love Hendrix, this film was nothing but and insult to Jimi's legacy. Honestly, the only scene worth watching is the band's performance of Sgt. Pepper's.5/10

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gvlees
2014/06/06

I really don't care for absolute accuracy in a documentary drama, but to say this didn't capture some semi-divine essence of the man is preposterous. It tied in with the scant knowledge I think I have from purported observers. Jimi was 'discovered' in London even though he was hardly unknown in the musical world in the States ... did he become himself in 60s' London? Maybe. This is a brilliant film by a sensitive director. Did Jimi actually say those wonderful lines: "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace" ... but a good quote to steal from Gladstone. Shows his sensitivity. And the Michael X stuff is rubbish, Jimi is portrayed as seeing through it. That makes sense for someone from Seattle. It ain't Chicago. More nuanced in its racism. Jimi is just portrayed as a musician. Great film even if wrong, and I don't think it is entirely wrong. Jimi played guitar. The best ever. Watch it.

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philpriestley
2014/06/07

Jimi Hendrix without the soundtrack is just bizarre and it's never going to work, is it? The generic efforts that have been made to simulate the sounds of some of the epic blues rock generation are just too poor to convey the excitement or innovation of the time.Even if this was the greatest script in the world - with the best dialogue and characterisation - without the music you're never going to get over 5/10.Sadly this film is short of having the greatest script in the world - or the best characterisation.It's certain that the film makers have decided to take a darker slant on the great man - perhaps to grab a couple of headlines maybe - but the portrayal is inconsistent with just about every other contemporary source. Plenty have taken strong objection.Compare, if you will, the truth and the reality between the image of John Lennon. Lennon was a genuinely abusive, misogynistic, violent guy. Just about every biography (and more importantly auto-biography) I have read accounts for Lennon as being caustic and up his own arse. I mean you can relay the number of people who queue up to tell the truth about John Lennon - the man who spoke about peace but contributed funds to a terrorist group. When someone gets round to telling the real story about Lennon there will be no shortage of corroboration.Jimi Hendrix as a dark, violent, abuser just doesn't ring with any of the other sources out there. It's a deliberate mis-portrayal of a man who was genuinely a casualty of the scene.So this is - at best - factually economical. It is also full of continuity errors. He is supposedly asked if he is better than 'The Who' (ok) and er, 'Queen'. Queen were never contemporaries of Jimi Hendrix. Even the least informed rock music fan is going to double take on that.What can I say that is goo about the film? Well the lead portrayal of Hendrix is not bad - I'm talking about the acting, not the character as written. Andre 3000 has worked on his voice and tone quite successfully. He's worthy of a better Hendrix film. It's all that kept be on with it. To retain the criticism he sometimes slips into a snagglepuss type drawl sadly.'A Film about Jimi Hendrix' is the 'go to' take on the man and the time. It makes this film completely redundant. Watch this for curiosity factor purely.

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