Jack White? Jimmy Page? The Edge? If it clicked at least once then It Might Get Loud should be the movie for you. SHOULD be. Because unfortunately Davis Guggenheim’s documentary isn’t as awesome as its main characters suggest.
Guggenheim got the three guitar legends together, Jack White from the White Stripes and The Raconteurs, Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin and The Edge from U2, to see what's going to happen and to create greatness. I mean, what else do you expect other than pure genius when all these musical masterminds are united?
The movie starts out pretty nicely with the three of them looking forward to meeting each other. We get a little bit of back story for each of the musicians, always accompanied by some of their great music. But what comes then? Not much, honestly. Although the three are portrayed as very different characters there is not much tension or excitement going on, they just get together, throw lots of phrases around, most of them empty and meaningless or just painfully cliched, and jam a little bit throughout and in the end. That's it. God, what could have been amazing is just forgettable. As a serious documentary this is just not enough, any TV documentary has more substance than this film. So if you are not an absolute fan boy of their music or total guitar geek you might just skip It Might Get Loud.
The only redeeming feature is that it made me listen to White Stripes, U2 and Led Zeppelin right afterwards because even if this movie is a big disappointment the music is still kick-ass.
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