We finished it tonight and my main reaction (other than thinking it's marvelous) was frustration and sadness that they weren't able to overcome their differences (which seem minuscule here, but who knows what was going on when the cameras were off?) and continue creating together. I'm not thinking they should have been "The Beatles" uninterruptedly until 1980, but who knows what occasional reunions might have achieved?
And, yes, Yoko does seem like she's a one-trick pony, and that trick isn't very interesting. --Dave Sikula On Friday, December 3, 2021 at 8:57:42 PM UTC-8 PGage wrote: > I spent much of my TV-watching time this week binging “Get Back” (it’s > closer to 8 hours than 6), and it greatly exceeds my mildly optimistic > expectations. I have linked below my favorite review (which is to say, the > one I most agree with). > > It is a stunning achievement, often thrilling, sometimes heartbreaking. It > is not precious, and gives us plenty of warts for everyone (except maybe > Ringo). Despite the opening sentence of about 4 of the reviews I read, I > doubt anyone other than my ten-year old self really thought Yoko broke up > the Beatles in any simple way, so I don’t think absolving her of that blame > is a major accomplishment. What is a major accomplishment is that I came > away from this liking her a little (though still, not her screeching). > > One of the take homes from this is the possibilities afforded by > streaming. I think this was originally going to be a theatrical film, and > even a long one would have been little more than a third of what we have > here. Perhaps this could have played as a mini-series on HBO, but I doubt > it would have the same impact in 8 or even 4 weekly installments, and I > suspect most people who watch the whole thing now will see it in a week or > two at the most. > > > Sent from Gmail Mobile > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/f302a399-c57d-4bdc-b871-715cbb91df1bn%40googlegroups.com.
