ludurigan Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 (edited) Fuck, that review makes the movie look bad! Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan deserves a better documentary than It’s So Easy By Alex McCown@alexm247 Jun 1, 2016 12:00 AM (Photo: William Anthony) (Photo: William Anthony) ShareTweet C- It's So Easy And Other Lies Director: Christopher Duddy Runtime: 84 minutes Rating: Not Rated Cast: Documentary Availability: Select theaters June 3 Community Grade ? Your Grade ? It’s all too fitting that It’s So Easy And Other Lies, the new documentary detailing the tumultuous life of Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan, opens on an image of McKagan’s book, an autobiography of the same name. The entire thing is basically an hour and a half advertisement for the written version, done as a sort of live audiobook of excerpts from his story—and it’s exactly as appealing as that description sounds. The biggest mistake this “musical documentary” makes is assuming watching McKagan read his memoir from a stage works as a framing device. McKagan is a charming and immensely likable presence, but he’s no Spalding Grey, and narrating excerpts of his memoir, with mellow musical accompaniment from his current band Loaded, carries little gravitas and even less cinematic heft. Large chunks of the film are given over to McKagan delivering isolated snippets of his life story, occasionally paired with photos, or brief animated segments à la HBO’s recent Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck. Mostly, the camera just returns to the musician onstage, ably lit, recounting his life in the present day. It may have been reasonably entertaining live, but it‘s ill-fitting as a big-screen tactic. Much of the blame can be laid at the feet of first-time documentary filmmaker Christopher Duddy, a longtime camera operator... (read the rest here = http://www.avclub.com/review/guns-n-roses-duff-mckagan-deserves-better-document-237107) Edited June 1, 2016 by ludurigan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carne_asaDA Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 I saw it tonight. A little underwhelming. It was obvious from the get-go that Axl did not sign off on it. There were literally 4 people in the theatre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proud10 Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 I agree with the sentiment that Duff deserved a better documentary. He could've had someone tell the story and ask questions instead of just a video of Duff reading his own book. Plus Axl would probably agree to be in it. Duff's books on the other hand are great. I wish there would be a definitive GNR documentary now, with everyone from the band commenting on the history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby845 Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 1 hour ago, KiernanProud said: I agree with the sentiment that Duff deserved a better documentary. He could've had someone tell the story and ask questions instead of just a video of Duff reading his own book. Plus Axl would probably agree to be in it. Duff's books on the other hand are great. I wish there would be a definitive GNR documentary now, with everyone from the band commenting on the history. BBC 2 in January released quite a good GnR documentary... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proud10 Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 46 minutes ago, scooby845 said: BBC 2 in January released quite a good GnR documentary... Yes, but I want one where Axl and Slash participate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inglorious Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Is this project what the Welcome To The Jungle trailer was advertising in December? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proud10 Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 1 hour ago, Inglorious said: Is this project what the Welcome To The Jungle trailer was advertising in December? No that was for the regrouping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inglorious Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 13 minutes ago, KiernanProud said: No that was for the regrouping Interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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