Boring, long, and too preachy.

An Exercise In Nonsense

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

1/15/18. I love electric guitar music but this rockumentary comes off being uneven in its approach. I loved when they played their guitars, but the narratives were not that enlightening. Oh well.

This was a good idea for a film, but I found the editing poor; it lacks continuity, the film jumps around incoherently. I would have preferred three separate complete interviews with each of the guitarists, punctuated by their meeting and jamming together at the end of the film. I found it annoying that there was not a single song played through to the end, just snippets and riffs. I found it annoying that not single thought during the interview sections was pursued-- again, just bits and pieces chopped apart and juxtaposed between bits and snippets from the other interviewees. There are some wonderful moments though; for example, the opening sequence in which Jack White constructs a functional e-guitar from bits of wire and a soda pop bottle. The final jam session is great--I wish it were longer than a mere three minutes. The overall impression of the film is that of a confused jumble of tantalizing adumbrations, with nothing done thoroughly. The Edge looks like the odd man out in this trio; a strange choice of musicians--one can't even call it a tribute to guitar heroes ("Jack who??"). Page- Beck-Clapton would have made more sense. Or just Page alone-- he is certainly an interesting enough person, and a creative and innovative enough musician, to have deserved a documentary to himself, if done thoroughly.

I hate when people get defensive over their heroes. Jimmy (the outgoing person he is) conscious of this clearly tried to take it down a notch but The Edge was truly interested in picking his brain for the most part and that's great. I saw some edited scenes and for the life of me cannot understand why they were cut. As documentaries go it is too short. It is not supposed to be entertaining (for me it was anyway because I am a guitar fan) but educational. It scored high on every aspect and like I said, my only complaint was it was too short. They definitely could have gotten into Jimmy and the Edge more only because they have done so much in so long a time that while allotted time was perfect for Jack White, it barely scrapes the surface of JP & TE.Davis really needs to think about putting out an unedited version. Marty Scorsese's documentary on Dillan ran 2x as long for one man with a limited body of all be it groundbreaking work, but still, here we had 3 and 2 out of the 3 each deserved close to an hour. It was sad to see the Kashmir bit completely on the cutting room floor. It was the best bit. the Whole Lotta Love, while a nice sight was clearly pandering to the public. Lastly, The Edge played a terrific lead over In My time of Dying and showed how much of a guitarist he truly is.

Three world renowned guitarists from three different Rock eras bear witness to their unique quest for absolute virtuosity and mastery of the electric guitar. Jack White, of WHITE STRIPES and THE RACONTEURS, displays an almost pathological distaste for any type of innovative technology, while The Edge, of U2, embraces all that is 'Hi Tech'. And, Jimmy Page, English session player, and member of THE YARDBIRDS and LED ZEPPELIN, seems to pick and choose from all available sources. IT MIGHT GET LOUD might have been an undistinguished film about three 'guitar heroes' who 'duke it out' for the crown of 'Undisputed King Of The Six String', but the director, Davis Guggenheim, allows each man to fully explore his individual artistic perspective, and reveal how it differs from the other two. Guggenheim shows the viewer the technique, experience, and craft of the player, and then, goes on to depict the soul of the artist. IT MIGHT GET LOUD is a first rate film which documents a kind of summit meeting between super-stars, and allows the interaction to unfold with a natural spontaneity that is a joy to behold. A Must See for fans of Rock.