Dir. Davis Guggenheim
"What's going to happen? I'm predicting a fistfight."
It Might Get Loud is a film I've been meaning to see for awhile now, as it featured a get together of some of rock and roll's finest guitarists, James Page (Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds), Jack White (The White Stripes, The Raconteurs) and The Edge (U2), and promise of deep discussion on the guitar and its impact on them.
Color me all hues of disappointed when I find out that none of them really have anything too interesting to say and the film plays out like a mixtape of Behind the Music moments. There are the occasional highlights brought up, such as the forming of U2 and straining to create a new song and the thin line between failure and success, and Jimmy Page recollecting of his formative years. But nothing here really resonates. I'm sure there are several guitar and musical puns I could use at this point, but I'm going to restrain.
But that's right, once these three finally converge, nothing happens. There's no spark, no connections made...there's nothing. Hell, they don't even talk to each other for most of this documentary. About 80% of the stories are told to a camera man when the three are on their own and separated.
The films amounts to little more than an altogether disappointing, tedious and strenuous film to watch. Unless you have a vested interest in any of these bands (and even then be wary, because I'm a die-hard U2 fan, and pretty keen on Jack White's work), or are a guitar purist you're likely to enjoy the musical performances but get lost in the ultimate point of this film. If a genuine point in this film does exist, I was hard pressed to find it through the disjointed and broken story segments.
2 out of 5
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