Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Taha Avalos The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Terrell Howell (KnightsofNi11) So before I get into this I need to point out that there was no way I wasn't going to like this film. It's freaking Jimmy Page, Jack White, and The Edge. Led Zeppelin and The White Stripes are two of my all time favorite bands, so a documentary centered around the guitarists from those bands is a dream come true. So let me just point out that there is a little bit of bias in this review.It Might Get Loud is a documentary from acclaimed director Davis Guggenheim, the Oscar winning director of An Inconvenient Truth. In the film Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, Jack White of The White Stripes, and The Edge of U2 get together and basically just have one of the most wicked jam sessions known to man. This is only about 25% of the film though. The other 75% is separate interviews with the three rockers conducted at their recording studios in London, Dublin and Seattle respectively. In these interviews the three talk about their love of music, their fascination with the capabilities of the electric guitar, and their inspiration to write certain songs that we all know and love from their bands. The things they have to say are incredible and watching them so fully and eloquently express their love for music is something absolutely magical to watch on screen.The film opens with Jack White making some odd little gizmo out of a glass coke bottle, a few blocks of wood, and a string, all attached to an amp. He starts nailing wood together, tying string around the nails, placing the coke bottle, etc. It's very unclear what exactly he is doing as there is no dialouge. Finally he finishes his contraption and starts to press down on the string and make a great little riff out of it as it rocks the amp next to him. He then follows up by saying, "See? Who said you need a guitar to play music?" From here the movie begins and we know we are in for quite the treat watching these three geniuses work. And that's what is so great about this film. It doesn't just bring together any old trio of guitarists to play together, it groups three of the most influential musicians of rock music there are. And the trio also span the wide time span of rock. You've got Jimmy Page who was at his peak in the 70's, playing some of the most memorable and incredible licks ever heard. The Edge who inspired a whole generation of contemporary modern rock through his innovation in U2. And then you've got Jack White, the youngest of the three whose highly experimental guitar techniques have created some of the greatest songs of the post modern rock era. These three guys know what they're talking about and they all share identical passions and are all three amazing guys.But putting aside everything I love about these three musicians, the film itself is just a really well made documentary. It flows excellently, it gives equal screen time to the three musicians and the film itself excellently portrays and illustrates their individual stories. There is a ton of great archival footage and pictures that take us through the old days of Zeppelin, U2, and the White Stripes (even though archival for them means something like 1999). The film also allows the guys to tell their own stories themselves. Davis Guggenheim doesn't impede on their stories at all. He is never on camera and you only hear his voice two or three times in the entire film. He makes the film about the guitarists and everything encompassing them and their passion for music. They all have profoundly interesting things to say, and Guggenheim knows and respects this by letting them do all the talking and then just providing a plethora of great visuals to go along with their stories.I've seen some cool stuff in movies, but I just don't know that anything could ever top seeing a jam session from these three rockers. It is seriously one of the most amazing things you'll ever see to watch three men with such talent and such love for what their doing collaborate together and engage each other in what they all three love to do, which is to rock on the electric guitar. Seeing these three play Led Zeppelin's "In My Time of Dying" together is so awesome it could only be compared to, let's say, the birth of baby Jesus himself. It is seriously that cool. As is the entire movie. This film is just incredible and you'll never see any documentary quite like this, at least not with this much talent collaborating together in the same room. This is quite possibly one of the greatest documentaries ever made.

photomanvince This is a very entertaining essay on the backgrounds of two rock legends and one aspiring rock legend. Thoughtfully woven together, the segments on each of the three were informative and maintained interest.My main criticism is that the mixing of the audio leaves something to be desired. I have a sound system that likes to play loud and I was looking forward to cranking the audio during playback. The problem is that when I cranked the volume to achieve the level I wanted, (I WANT music to get loud!) when the audio switched to dialogue it was way TOO loud. There were also a few scenes that seemed a bit long. The guitar pieces that were included seemed kind of chopped up into snippets instead of being played to conclusion. Yet on the other hand, I felt as though a couple of the deleted scenes could have been included.All in all, I suggest that anyone interested in rock-n-roll see this film. You won't regret it!

nixskits My summary is about excessive volume leading to permanent hearing loss. When guitar icons like Pete Townshend and Ted Nugent tell the world their partial deafness came from not protecting themselves onstage with the right ear gear, it's not exactly funny stuff. This film is loud, albeit at a more appropriate level.When popular music is thought of, the electric guitar is the standard most base the last fifty years on. And three figures at the forefront of getting a sound out of an amplifier are part of this exploration of the instrument and it's private and public roles in musician's lives. How a riff originally recorded on a cassette can turn into a song millions try to learn on their axe is a long and winding highway.Jimmy Page, David "The Edge" Evans and Jack White are three different generations of players who have a love of music in common. Their places in the guitar's pantheon are firm, but you can just tell they will always be tinkering away in their homes, studios, sound checks and hotel rooms, looking and listening for a way to try established forms another day, another way. The true virtuoso never settles for the easy route when the side roads and dark alleys give them their most satisfying journey.The worlds of Led Zeppelin, U2 and The White Stripes are each crossing over one another in their orbits. How many primary fans of one group on that list are also into the others as well? Page had many influences and in turn influenced many with his style which took in the whole world of sounds around him and whipped them into the quintessential hard edged band model still popular today. The Edge proved less can be more with an approach that's earnest and rooted in the first wave of reaction to overblown supergroups. He uses guitar effects to enhance, not overwhelm his playing. And White gets bloody by harshly rearranging pretty (in other lesser pickers hands) melodies into aggressive, crazed eruptions from the three chord volcano rock is forever flowing from. It would be great to have a television series in this style, with axe wielders from all over the map meeting and playing together. Strip away fashion and the business of entertainment and you'll see most musicians are operating on the same basic principles of wanting less corporate interference and more freedom to just perform without too many strings attached.Can I hope for a film in this style about drummers or bassists too? That would mean so much more than yet another flick about robots or grown men in superhero costumes!

eu514 nutty as it seems, with all the jumping around on stage, the horrendous volume levels and the often, outright banality of rock and roll, at some levels, depending on the artists and their creativity and convictions, there is a profound spirituality involved.of course, relatively few musicians reach this level. even in the ranks of world class talent it is normal to fall short or to be blissfully oblivious of the higher possibilities of the art. it takes a very rare gift, to be able to see further than the established limits of what is acceptable in pop music. it is relatively easy to detect when a poetic songwriter is working in a spiritual realm - maybe not so simple to understand when a guitarist has broken through to that place. but, some guitar players are capable of breaking the shackles, again and again, and if you resonate with them, you can feel something inside yourself soar. it was that, more than anything, which attracted me to this kind of music when i was a kid, and when James Page was an emerging star.all three of these men have that gift, in their own unique way, and share a vision that there is more to it all than just disposable, popular entertainment. this movie states that theme, rather eloquently.