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So disappointed....don't bother

posted 11 years ago by malkin-3
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We love watching movies especially any related to music making but this film must count as one of the worst we've had the misfortune of seeing....well, we only managed about half of it and had to give up.
The script was unbelievable....did people really use F words so frequently as they do today?...I can't remember that being the case when I was growing up.
The character of Joe Meek was downright unlikeable....all he seemed to do was shout at the musicians he was recording! How can you get the best out of someone if you scream at them? The script was mediocre to say the least and the acting was poor.

[–] vauxhall19 11 years ago

You didn't know that the F word only became popular in the 80s? And characters that murder their land ladies tend to be 'unlikeable'. Maybe a Disney film would be less upsetting to you?

[–] MovieMinx67 8 years ago

Vauxhall19, crack on!

[–] Goatlips 10 years ago

Idiot/s. You only watched half an hour and had to switch off due to profanity - you have no right to judge the film.
The acting was outstanding, especially from Con O'Neil.
Joe Meek's descent into madness is only portrayed after the point you stopped watching, so you missed the most important part of his story.
Go back to Facebook - imdb is not for you.

[–] mccarthystuart 10 years ago

Yeah, Malkin-I couldn't agree more. I was hoping that somebody would give the obnoxious little tw-t a damned good clobbering!

So this is how liberty dies-with thunderous applause?

[–] Veltaine 9 years ago

Agreed. It was awful, I couldn't sit through it all.

[–] mcfaddensflats 9 years ago

Meek could be a ghastly character at times. A real drama queen, as it were.

[–] MovieMinx67 8 years ago

Truth? When I first fired up this film, I thought -- too British, too Monty Python-esque. But I gave it another chance, and I was blown away! Spacey's performance was brilliant! I don't know Con O'Neill's other work, but he was made for this film. Really, if you're a music history lover, you need to see this film.

[–] csos 7 years ago

MovieMinx67 Too British eh? Very British I'd say and that's what makes it brilliant, which you found out on a second viewing. Britain can be good you know. It's not all bad on this side of the pond.