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Another so-called-biopic movie with completely generic content about the beginning of the career of one of the biggest stars of the music scene of all time, Bob Dylan. From a director of the caliber of James Mangold, we would perhaps expect a somewhat more interesting approach, from possibly a different perspective, but it is what it is, we only got an uninspired, completely known story that music fans have long known themselves, or which can be read anywhere on the internet.

Hand on heart, we have to admit that the camera and colors are more than good, and the acting of the supporting actors is completely on point. However, as always, the question arises, who is this film intended for? Certainly not to fans of Bob Dylan, considering the lackluster acting of the vastly overrated Timothee Chalamet, along with the quite average interpretations of the songs performed by the actor himself. For acquaintancing of the younger audience with the phenomenon of this famous author, also not, because it is too static for modern times, and for the most part boring, including a few fictional scenes, which we know never happened. It remains that it was made only for fans of the popular actor, who anyway appears in everything and anything that is being filmed in recent years. So choose for yourselves.

It is recommended that if you are genuinely interested, you listen to the music in the original, and the much better documentary "Don't Look Back" from 1967 is now also available in a colorized and enhanced audio version on YouTube.

This achievement could possibly be interpreted as some kind of grotesque joke, if it had even a little spirit, coherence and meaning. It's obvious that the days when "The Godfather" I & II and "Apocalypse Now" were made have irretrievably passed. But, with a cast like this, and a director who undeniably knows his job, it's unforgivable to shoot something this pointless. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Indeed.

Adam Driver is a charismatic, talented and ultimately likable actor. I always believed that we would see him act in some good movie, sooner or later. Unfortunately, this is not that kind of movie. As for the other roles, as someone has already noted, it looks more like the actors were forced to play them.

In addition to the unimpressive acting, the story simply does not exist, the dialogues are nonsensical, the CGI effects are inappropriate even for the average Hollywood product, the music was such that I don't even remember it was at all. A several perfectly shot frames certainly cannot be an excuse for such a bizarre film. Of all the sins, shooting something this uninteresting is the greatest, when it comes to a director of this caliber.

Just as "The Godfather" used to be taught in directing studies how to make movies, this one should be included in the opposite category, how they really shouldn't be made.

A great start to the below-average spin-off TV series of the last installment of the Batman series, which didn't promise much, starring the amazing Colin Farrell. Unfortunately, after watching a few episodes, it slowly sinks into the rut of an average generic uninspired crime series, which only aims to stretch out a few ideas from the plot as long as possible. But a similar thing happened with the first part of the movie about "Joker" from 2019, which was ruined by this year's sequel.

There is nothing wrong with making films and/or series about bizarre supporting characters from classic achievements, which I guess by definition should serve to illuminate from a different angle, or give some new dimension to the existing characters, but in this case it is simply about pushing someone's scenario under the title that I do not see that has anything to do with the presented. It would have been more honest if the series had been called "Collin Farrell starring in the mask of an ugly and fat criminal", because it turns out to be the only thing left of the whole idea, if there was an idea at all.

Watch it, if you already like modern screened stories about so-called villains, without much sense, reality and motivation of the characters. You will not get anything more than that here.