baconballs1969
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Loved this documentary, and the extras were fantastic too.
The DVD provides an excellent insight into what it was really like to be in The Smiths as seen through the eyes and in the experience of Andy Rourke (bass player) and Mike Joyce (drummer).
Filmed over a period of two years, following the two guys on a trip across the States, this "movie" is a must-see for all dedicated Smith's fans and others simply curious about the greatest ever band of all time.
I have been a Smith's fan since they emerged in the 80's but this DVD taught me a lot that even I didn't know.
Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke are great guys and it was obvious throughout this movie that the happiest days of their lives were spent during their time in the greatest band there ever was (and ever will be).
If you are expecting to see any performances or music from The Smiths in this DVD then you will be disappointed - it simply is not that. Morrissey and Marr would be suing for even more royalties if anything like that appeared on the DVD I am quite sure of that.
Very funny in places too, but be warned, quite a bit of bad language, especially from Andy Rourke (but that's how we all know and love him anyway).
Great input also from other well-established rock/pop stars like Peter Hook (New Order), Buzzcocks, Mat Osman (Suede), Mark E Smith (The Fall), Kaiser Chiefs, Preston (Ordinary Boys) and many others.........
EXCELLENT!!
The DVD provides an excellent insight into what it was really like to be in The Smiths as seen through the eyes and in the experience of Andy Rourke (bass player) and Mike Joyce (drummer).
Filmed over a period of two years, following the two guys on a trip across the States, this "movie" is a must-see for all dedicated Smith's fans and others simply curious about the greatest ever band of all time.
I have been a Smith's fan since they emerged in the 80's but this DVD taught me a lot that even I didn't know.
Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke are great guys and it was obvious throughout this movie that the happiest days of their lives were spent during their time in the greatest band there ever was (and ever will be).
If you are expecting to see any performances or music from The Smiths in this DVD then you will be disappointed - it simply is not that. Morrissey and Marr would be suing for even more royalties if anything like that appeared on the DVD I am quite sure of that.
Very funny in places too, but be warned, quite a bit of bad language, especially from Andy Rourke (but that's how we all know and love him anyway).
Great input also from other well-established rock/pop stars like Peter Hook (New Order), Buzzcocks, Mat Osman (Suede), Mark E Smith (The Fall), Kaiser Chiefs, Preston (Ordinary Boys) and many others.........
EXCELLENT!!
I grew up with this film and have seen it many times. It will be shown again later this evening and this has prompted me to write this review.
If anything this film goes to demonstrate the moral wrongs of capital punishment. Timothy Evans was hanged for a murder he didn't commit, while Christie stood back and let it happen. Yet another example of an innocent man executed in the name of "justice". Evans was pardoned after his execution - but what kind of consolation was that to the poor man? Attenborough creates a sinister and disturbing portrayal of the behaviour and mind of a very sick and twisted man. It would appear in the film that the sex life he had with his wife died a death many years ago so he took to preying on innocent women - those that had the misfortune of renting a room in his seedy, dark and creepy house.
Through the film it is clear that Christie's wife had at least a good idea as to what her sick and twisted husband was up to and this is why she went to stay with her family in Sheffield - she simply couldn't face up to the horrific truth of what her husband really was while at the same time she couldn't bring herself to bringing it to the attention of the Police through loyalty to her husband, no matter how sick he was.
Nothing gave me greater joy to see Christie captured by the Thames and then to go on to suffer the same fate as the innocent Evans, even though I am against capital punishment.
It goes to demonstrate that, back in those dark days it was quite easy to con the Police if you had a decent intelligence and let an innocent take the flack for your terrible crimes.
The film is deeply disturbing, upsetting and tragic. I have been against the death penalty all my life and this film is one of the best examples I have ever seen as to why this terrible punishment should never be re-instated in a civilised society. Even if there is no doubt whatsoever to the guilt of a murderer, even on his own admittance, it should not in any way justify the murder of a human being. The Ten Commandments clearly state it is wrong to kill, no matter what the circumstances - two wrongs definitely don't make a right.
I am pleased this barbaric punishment is now outlawed here in the UK and only hope and pray that other countries will follow suit.
Christie was a very evil man and this film put this fact across excellently - but at the end of the day you have to ask why a man should feel he has to take such dramatic action against fellow human beings - surely it must be a result of sickness - and who can be blamed for being ill? I will stay up and watch this film again tonight content in the fact that the evils and inhumanity of capital punishment have never more been better portrayed in film history.
Excellent.
If anything this film goes to demonstrate the moral wrongs of capital punishment. Timothy Evans was hanged for a murder he didn't commit, while Christie stood back and let it happen. Yet another example of an innocent man executed in the name of "justice". Evans was pardoned after his execution - but what kind of consolation was that to the poor man? Attenborough creates a sinister and disturbing portrayal of the behaviour and mind of a very sick and twisted man. It would appear in the film that the sex life he had with his wife died a death many years ago so he took to preying on innocent women - those that had the misfortune of renting a room in his seedy, dark and creepy house.
Through the film it is clear that Christie's wife had at least a good idea as to what her sick and twisted husband was up to and this is why she went to stay with her family in Sheffield - she simply couldn't face up to the horrific truth of what her husband really was while at the same time she couldn't bring herself to bringing it to the attention of the Police through loyalty to her husband, no matter how sick he was.
Nothing gave me greater joy to see Christie captured by the Thames and then to go on to suffer the same fate as the innocent Evans, even though I am against capital punishment.
It goes to demonstrate that, back in those dark days it was quite easy to con the Police if you had a decent intelligence and let an innocent take the flack for your terrible crimes.
The film is deeply disturbing, upsetting and tragic. I have been against the death penalty all my life and this film is one of the best examples I have ever seen as to why this terrible punishment should never be re-instated in a civilised society. Even if there is no doubt whatsoever to the guilt of a murderer, even on his own admittance, it should not in any way justify the murder of a human being. The Ten Commandments clearly state it is wrong to kill, no matter what the circumstances - two wrongs definitely don't make a right.
I am pleased this barbaric punishment is now outlawed here in the UK and only hope and pray that other countries will follow suit.
Christie was a very evil man and this film put this fact across excellently - but at the end of the day you have to ask why a man should feel he has to take such dramatic action against fellow human beings - surely it must be a result of sickness - and who can be blamed for being ill? I will stay up and watch this film again tonight content in the fact that the evils and inhumanity of capital punishment have never more been better portrayed in film history.
Excellent.