A poorly executed rendition of Take a Load Off Annie ends this thing? Seriously? Contrast it with the only good part of this movie, the beginning wherein Jack White puts together a nail string “guitar,” plugs it in and wails with insane amounts of distortion with a slide. In between, we see a lot of boring imagery pretending to be artsy and textured, find out The Edge is a talentless and self-conscious hack who covers all that up with millions of effects costing millions of dollars, that Jimmy Page is now about as nimble around the fretboard as Bonzo the Chimp, and that Jack White likes pretending that he is way cooler than he is. I mean, this thing is a mess. Nothing about songwriting at more than a superficial level, stock film footage of shows I’ve already seen dozens of clips from, and staged “jamming” that I could see better performed at an open mic night anywhere in the Saint Louis area. If you idolize Page, The Edge, or White, by all means waste your time with this. If you are a musician, forget this – it’ll make you mad that they are adored, famous, and rich. If you are neither, you certainly won’t get this film. What a disappointment.
It Might Get Loud (2009)
Directed by Davis Guggenheim
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