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The Umbrella Academy (2019)
Underwhelmed
The Umbrella Academy has an interesting basic story, but unfortunately the delivery is really pretty boring at times. The reliance on fist fight scenes and music montages is so obnoxious I find myself having to skip past them. Is this a story, or just a series of music videos?
David Bowie: Five Years (2013)
Incomplete, like any abridged work, but a fine production
First of all I wanted to mention one thing -- during one scene, a sort of a cappella version of "Starman" is part of the soundtrack. If somebody knows where I can find a copy of that beautiful remix, I would be most grateful! Still I almost doubt it was ever done to completion.... I hope I'm wrong because it is truly sublime.
I enjoyed watching this mainly for the clips of David Bowie himself, as tends to be the case. I wasn't thrilled by the omission of certain eras, but the media tends to focus most heavily on the Ziggy Stardust stuff anyway. I thought the production quality was really fine, and I enjoyed the relatively quick summary of his career. Really a great thing for an introduction to him as an artist, but not a whole lot of new information for anyone who has seen video clips online, read about him, and pieced together the personal history from their own "research."