Just saw it on VH1... Better than TKAA?

I just watched it on VH1, too. (BTW, does anyone know if that was an edited version of the film on the DVD that's coming out) I'm not entirely sure how I feel about. I enjoyed watching it (Of course, I don't know how i could ever NOT enjoy something with the Who in it), but I was left feeling somewhat disappointed. It just fell a bit flat for me. I think I was mostly disappointed by the lack of new content. I already know the story of the Who, and the film didn't really expand on it, or give me any new insights. It seemed sort of terse, rushed, a little bit underdeveloped, maybe.

I love hearing the new interviews with Roger, Chris Stamp, Bill Curbishley, just because I love those people, but there wasn't really anything new or in-depth. I wasn't really expecting to find any new information, but I was expecting some more new footage. Like the 'new' interview with Pete, um...half of which came from an interview with Murray Lerner that was already released on the DVD of the Who: Live at the Isle of Wight. Also, everytime they started to play some new concert footage (well, old footage, but new to me)or vintage interview stuff they would immediately cut away to a voice over or other interview, which I found quite frustrating. THe movie kind of turned into a series of teasing glimspes into the footage we fans could see, if someone would just put them on a disc without cutting them all to pieces.

And I agree, there was definitely not enough John or Keith. There's tons of footage out there of interviews with both of them, and with their families...so why not include some of it? I feel like the only real time spent on the two of them was their deaths, which is too bad...you know, they lived first!

As for comparing it to TKAA, I think cinematically Amazing Journey (AJ) might be a better film, but TKAA is BY FAR a better film for fans, IMO. I like TKAA's message that the music speaks for its self. I love hearing interviews with the band members and people around them, but these have to be balanced with the songs -*the whole song* - not just glimspes of them. I think they would make good companion films, actually...one has all the talking, one has all the music.

Okay, I sound really negative...but I just had to rant. But, overall, I did enjoy AJ (I just won't be running out to buy it). I actually really liked the way they presented the album covers, in 3D. And I liked hearing Pete and Roger talk about their relationship, and Pete talking about his relationship with John, and how John really encouraged him in the early days.

So, overall, it was alright...but, for me, TKAA is still the ultimate Who film, made by a fan, for the fans of every generation, including the new one (of which I am a member). I have a feeling I maybe in the minority in my lack of enthusiasm for AJ though, so it'll be great to hear others opinions (maybe you'll convince me I'm wrong). Cheers.