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Post by B.E. on Jun 17, 2021 0:24:03 GMT
No, I'm not going to do this with every new review, but this is the first from a fellow BBs message boarder:
DC310 at SSMB
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Post by Kapitan on Jun 17, 2021 0:50:50 GMT
I'd love for that to be the case. The Wilson-Fine relationship had been described before as good, too, so it's not unbelievable.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Jun 18, 2021 11:33:42 GMT
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Post by Kapitan on Jun 22, 2021 13:16:07 GMT
Decided to look for more reviews after B.E. posted a few last week. I don't see anything new, but there are several others from that same time frame of about a week ago. (Spoiler alerts, I guess...not that any of these spoilers are unpredictable.)
Variety's says in part, "So yes, maybe we don’t need another documentary about Brian Wilson, but even if you think you know it all, “Long Promised Road” is an affectionate and satisfying movie, sentimental at times but often stirringly insightful, a collection of pinpoint testimonials to Wilson’s artistry by such authoritative fans as Springsteen and Elton John, and a movie that lets the enchanting qualities of Wilson’s music cascade over you."
Though it also says this, "He also continues to record simply because the songs won’t stop coming to him," which I think is contradicted to some degree by Mr. Wilson himself perennially saying the opposite, that he's got (yet another) case of writer's block. (He has said as much repeatedly over the decades, usually with apparently brief periods of writing.)
The Wrap has a less positive review, saying "it effectively makes the case for the startling musical genius of Brian Wilson, using celebrity testimony and musical examples to paint a clear portrait of the troubled songwriter, producer and singer as a protean pop creator. And the frustrating thing about “Long Promised Road” is that it makes that case and then keeps making it for an hour and a half, to the point where the film is apt to become wearying to all but the most diehard fans of Wilson and the Beach Boys."
It also concludes with "That question – “How did Brian do that is?” – is at the heart of “Long Promised Road.” And while it’s never really answered, because Brian himself probably doesn’t even know and couldn’t articulate it if he did, it is the grand and glorious reason that the film exists."
The Hollywood Reporter says "Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road could be considered the third piece in an accidental trilogy, after Don Was’ concise and soulful 1995 doc, Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times, and Bill Pohlad’s exquisitely nuanced 2014 biopic, Love & Mercy. Both those films push deeper than the new one and are more emotionally satisfying."
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Post by Kapitan on Jun 22, 2021 18:39:54 GMT
By the way, I wish they'd release the new song "Right Where I Belong" sooner than later, just as a digital single. I suppose they're holding it to coordinate timing with the theatrical release, but I'm really curious about it. (So yes, my logic for an immediate release is primarily impatience.)
Will we hear Al on it? Blondie? I'm assuming it's another big ballad a la "One Kind of Love," an intended epic kind of dramatic thing, but I'd love to hear and know more.
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Post by Kapitan on Jul 9, 2021 18:42:17 GMT
It just occurred to me that festivals such as the Tribeca Film Festival where this doc premiered often have awards, so I checked their website to see whether Long Promised Road was honored.
Also just did a little googling in case there had been anything about when it might see theatrical or streaming release, but no such luck yet.
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Post by Kapitan on Aug 20, 2021 14:02:15 GMT
Guessing many of you got this same email from BW website, but here is a link to an interview with Brent Wilson about the LPR doc. I find this statement from the interviewer a bit hard to believe, but I haven't seen the doc yet, so maybe?
"It may very well be the definitive statement on Brian." If so, nobody else has seemed to think so: no review, including favorable ones, have hinted at any such thing.
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Post by Kapitan on Aug 20, 2021 15:03:41 GMT
Here are parts of the interview that appeal to me. And my first thoughts are, please hurry.
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Post by The Cincinnati Kid on Aug 20, 2021 15:51:02 GMT
Emphasis on the please hurry. The first post in this thread was about 2 1/2 years ago. Can't remember if I've said it here, but they probably wanted to push it back to coincide with 60th anniversary stuff once covid delayed everything.
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Post by The Cincinnati Kid on Sept 27, 2021 22:51:56 GMT
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Sept 27, 2021 22:56:38 GMT
Just in time for the release of At My Piano. Feel Flows? What Feel Flows?
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Post by Kapitan on Sept 27, 2021 22:56:43 GMT
Fantastic! Only a couple months to go.
I know we've had our share of griping and moaning about what the doc won't be, how we think it will fall short, and so on, but I for one am really excited anyway. I have enjoyed something about virtually every Beach Boys related doc, and have no doubt this one will have its moments. Plus that new song is exciting: we haven't had a new BW song in a while. (I'm not the biggest Jim James/My Morning Jacket fan, but I enjoy enough to be interested in the results.)
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Post by B.E. on Sept 27, 2021 23:24:23 GMT
Stoked!
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Post by kds on Sept 28, 2021 12:57:24 GMT
Cool. Despite my noted reservations, I'm still looking forward to watching it.
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Post by Kapitan on Sept 28, 2021 18:07:06 GMT
Honestly more than any grand revelations, my hope is for some funny Brianisms. Based on reviews, it seems safe to say we're not going to be blown over with some new detailed insights into [X Topic]. That's just not coming.
But I was feeling somewhat unenthused when the second autobiography came out, and I ended up really loving that. And the reason was those funny little Brianisms. Not revelatory, but funny. Like "if I could, I'd spend 100% of my time in that chair," or things like that. Those sorts of comments in passing are honestly some of what I look forward to the most, along with any new music.
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