This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Simply Perfect

A Masterpiece!

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

The way Jack White opens up this rockumentary by demonstrating how to create your own guitar out of household objects is perfect. One of the many things why I love this rockumentary is how musicians with such a different influences and styles get together to discuss their love for the guitar. For example, Jack White and The Edge are so different. Jack prefers a raw sound for his guitar like the Big Muff pedal, and The Edge prefer a more technical approach of the guitar using audio settings and pedal pedals. Curiosly, they were both influenced by punk rock, but in different directions. U2's sound was post-rock and The White Stripes' was more of a garage punk and punk blues sound. This is were they realized they both shared an admiration for The Jam, also known as "The Godfathers of Punk".The bad thing about the movie is that it didn't show enough footage of them playing together, which was pretty much the best parts of the rockumentary.8/10

This was a good idea for a film, but I found the editing poor; it lacks continuity, the film jumps around incoherently. I would have preferred three separate complete interviews with each of the guitarists, punctuated by their meeting and jamming together at the end of the film. I found it annoying that there was not a single song played through to the end, just snippets and riffs. I found it annoying that not single thought during the interview sections was pursued-- again, just bits and pieces chopped apart and juxtaposed between bits and snippets from the other interviewees. There are some wonderful moments though; for example, the opening sequence in which Jack White constructs a functional e-guitar from bits of wire and a soda pop bottle. The final jam session is great--I wish it were longer than a mere three minutes. The overall impression of the film is that of a confused jumble of tantalizing adumbrations, with nothing done thoroughly. The Edge looks like the odd man out in this trio; a strange choice of musicians--one can't even call it a tribute to guitar heroes ("Jack who??"). Page- Beck-Clapton would have made more sense. Or just Page alone-- he is certainly an interesting enough person, and a creative and innovative enough musician, to have deserved a documentary to himself, if done thoroughly.

If you're a guitar player, you'll absolutely love this movie. I'm not a guitar player, and I liked it very much. The three players, The Edge, Jack White, and Jimmy Paige, are all equally as intriguing as the three potentially greatest guitarists of their own generations.It's nice to see where and how each of them lives their life and hear some of the stories about their work and how they work. The Edge and Jimmy Paige have the most interesting back stories, the Edge dealing with the Irish violence of the 60s and 70s and Paige's background in early rock and roll, but Jack White's utter talent and creativity still manages to make him as interesting as the other two.If you don't already love these three guys, you will when it's over. If you love them already, it'll only be increased that much more. Personally, I'm a huge fan of them all.

Three world renowned guitarists from three different Rock eras bear witness to their unique quest for absolute virtuosity and mastery of the electric guitar. Jack White, of WHITE STRIPES and THE RACONTEURS, displays an almost pathological distaste for any type of innovative technology, while The Edge, of U2, embraces all that is 'Hi Tech'. And, Jimmy Page, English session player, and member of THE YARDBIRDS and LED ZEPPELIN, seems to pick and choose from all available sources. IT MIGHT GET LOUD might have been an undistinguished film about three 'guitar heroes' who 'duke it out' for the crown of 'Undisputed King Of The Six String', but the director, Davis Guggenheim, allows each man to fully explore his individual artistic perspective, and reveal how it differs from the other two. Guggenheim shows the viewer the technique, experience, and craft of the player, and then, goes on to depict the soul of the artist. IT MIGHT GET LOUD is a first rate film which documents a kind of summit meeting between super-stars, and allows the interaction to unfold with a natural spontaneity that is a joy to behold. A Must See for fans of Rock.