Alopias61 Review of It Might Get Loud

It Might Get Loud (2008)

Worth watching for fans of these three artists.

[7/10 · 20 January 2010]

The opening scene, for me, was really one of the best parts (cinematically) where Jack White is shown making a rudimentary guitar. Nice touch. The photography was good throughout. There was too much attention on the bloody guitar. We noticed the blood when he was playing and that was enough. When they showed the lingering close-up of the blood later it just beat us over the head. We got it already. The concept was very good. There really seemed to be a mismatch with the players. With no disrespect to Jack White, it seemed like they needed a third artist with more technical ability and background. I really liked hearing his descriptions of what his art meant and where it came from but his playing seemed a little amateurish. I think they needed more of an open-channel guitarist like Dave Gilmore. Someone mentioned Yngwie Malmsteen, he is really in a very different class. No one can play at the speed he does. He is so technically talented there is no one near him. He doesn't, however, have as much a grasp on the feeling and emotion that is important in rock guitar playing (such as Robin Trower, the late Stevie Ray Vaughn, Eric Clapton, Brian May.....). The three subjects also didn't seem very comfortable with each other. It would have been nice to see the three play more of each others music instead of always playing Zepplin tunes. The retro film of U2 and Led Zepplin were priceless.