Beatles ‘64

[Drunk Monk]

Beatles ‘64

This has its moments but felt underwhelming in the end. I didn’t learn anything impactful, just a lot of trivia around their US tour. It’s assembled well - some keen documentarian moments - although some of it felt like Scorsese was phoning it in. He’s the producer with Tedeshi in the director’s chair, but he’s the key interviewer, often off screen (the subtitles helped because the denoted when it was Scorsese talking even when he was off camera). Several of the talking heads felt irrelevant or of little consequence. There’s a bit about Paul going through a photo gallery exhibit of their US tour and I’d rather have just seen that uncut. The original footage is cool too because that Beatles banter is always satisfactory.

[Greg]

I was underwhelmed as well. It seemed like a lot of it was 12 days in a hotel room with the lads. I didn't need to hear about the one talking head and his bad dead, seemed a little far off the narrative. Watching people watch the Beatles didn't help. Interviewing the screaming girls didn't really go anywhere.

A lot of meh. Glad I wasn't the first to say it.

[Drunk Monk]

Yeah, after Get Back, underwhelming hits the nail on the head.