Saturday, January 23, 2010

Paul McCartney: In Performance Hits

This documentary centered on Paul McCartney during and post The Beatles. It mainly covered his song writing and musicality. He played quite a few instruments. Well, that was what it was supposed to be about anyway. It started off as a beautifully detailed docu-timeline working through the entire Beatles anthology, stopping at key McCartney penned gems accompanied by live performances of those songs. Then it stopped. Only 72 minutes. That wasn't enough time to finish Paul's career. After they got to Abbey Road, they showed the remainder of Paul's still strong career (he just got nominated for a Golden Globe for best original song) in the last five minutes. The Beatles broke up in 1970, so five minutes isn't sufficient enough time to fit in 30+ years of fantastic solo and side band work. It needed another hour. Very disappointing.

** stars simply for it being a McCartney docu (he's my favorite Beatle)

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