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Great stuff. Is that the way you judge every film and musical album?
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I think being pretentious is a great thing, but only when it results in greatness.
This film suffers from mediocrity and severe underachievement, IMO.
It's just plain wrong and is trying to be clever, without ever being intelligent.
Coltrane was extremely ambitious and bordering on pretension. I remember reading in a biography that he wanted to play the saxophone "so fast that it sounded like chords". The result? Greatness. Not because he played fast, but because of the fire that was inside of him because of his failures, his desires and his life.
This film quite frankly has nothing and by contrast to Coltrane is dragonforce at best.
I seriously cant get over how incorrect the film is. If you want to hear music, go out and listen to it. If you dont like the music being made, make your own music. If you dont like new music, listen to old music.
Music has existed for a long long time and isnt about to fade out just because of capitalism.
Music will live as long as man lives, and as long as many other life forms exist.
Pressed CDs arent suddenly going to vanish because this film thinks music will die. People arent going to stop ENJOYING listening to or playing music just because the film says so. I know I most certainly will not stop until I die.
Tangential pseudo-intellectualism has its place, and it doesn't belong in "eye-opening films". Pop music isnt the only artform. Music is a medium for enjoyment, so long as people are enjoying music on the grounds of listening and playing i honestly dont give a **** what critics with "golden ears" think.