Highly Overrated But Still Good

Brilliant and touching

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

This movie is so absolutely amazing, because it doesn't hide anything from the people who watch it. It's so pure in a way, and it's amazing how everything comes together in the end. I would definitely recommend this movie to anyone who like guitars. This isn't just a documentary, it's stories that leave you so amazed. This is an amazing movie and definitely inspires you to play. Many of the songs feautured in this movie are some of my favorite. It's so cool how their attitudes change throughout it. They are learn a lot of things, and you can see how much respect they have for each other. They all look at each other in awe throughout it. It's absolutely amazing. PLEASE WATCH.

If you are a fan of loud rock and roll, as I am, you will find this documentary interesting. Jimmy Page, famous for his guitar work with Led Zeppelin, talks about leaving art school to play music instead. He was with the Yardbirds, as was Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck. Stairway to Heaven is his best known work. The Edge is the guitarist for the Irish band, U2. He talks about building the instrument with his brother and learning to play it. He explains how he creates the unique sound associated with U2.The third and least well known is Jack White of the White Stripes, a bluesy player from Detroit. He also formed The Raconteurs, who had the hit single Steady as She Goes. The three have very interesting life stories to go along with their guitar playing abilities. The final part has them in a studio discussing technique and playing each others songs. The final song has the trio performing The Band's, The Weight, acoustically. My only complaint is that the jam session should have been longer, but it it is still a good film.

What crap!. How painful it was to have to site there and watch Jimmy Page show off while it appears that The Edge is asking himself why he is even there. The Edge even says that he can not stand the 15 minute solos of the 70's guitarist. Yet there he is with one of the worst offenders! Then we drift into the same old story. Bleak childhood, the blues and escaping from what was being done at the time. Jeez. What is the point of this movie? In retrospect is seems that what Jimmy Page did was showcase himself against Edge's minimalism and Jack's elementary style to point out that he is still the master. Where was Eddie Van Halen?

My summary is about excessive volume leading to permanent hearing loss. When guitar icons like Pete Townshend and Ted Nugent tell the world their partial deafness came from not protecting themselves onstage with the right ear gear, it's not exactly funny stuff. This film is loud, albeit at a more appropriate level.When popular music is thought of, the electric guitar is the standard most base the last fifty years on. And three figures at the forefront of getting a sound out of an amplifier are part of this exploration of the instrument and it's private and public roles in musician's lives. How a riff originally recorded on a cassette can turn into a song millions try to learn on their axe is a long and winding highway.Jimmy Page, David "The Edge" Evans and Jack White are three different generations of players who have a love of music in common. Their places in the guitar's pantheon are firm, but you can just tell they will always be tinkering away in their homes, studios, sound checks and hotel rooms, looking and listening for a way to try established forms another day, another way. The true virtuoso never settles for the easy route when the side roads and dark alleys give them their most satisfying journey.The worlds of Led Zeppelin, U2 and The White Stripes are each crossing over one another in their orbits. How many primary fans of one group on that list are also into the others as well? Page had many influences and in turn influenced many with his style which took in the whole world of sounds around him and whipped them into the quintessential hard edged band model still popular today. The Edge proved less can be more with an approach that's earnest and rooted in the first wave of reaction to overblown supergroups. He uses guitar effects to enhance, not overwhelm his playing. And White gets bloody by harshly rearranging pretty (in other lesser pickers hands) melodies into aggressive, crazed eruptions from the three chord volcano rock is forever flowing from. It would be great to have a television series in this style, with axe wielders from all over the map meeting and playing together. Strip away fashion and the business of entertainment and you'll see most musicians are operating on the same basic principles of wanting less corporate interference and more freedom to just perform without too many strings attached.Can I hope for a film in this style about drummers or bassists too? That would mean so much more than yet another flick about robots or grown men in superhero costumes!