Martin - no reason to be sorry. I'm not holding you responsible.martin manning wrote:Well sorry you didn't like it Larry. I'm thinking that your standards are probably a bit higher than most. If you google around there are quite few reviews, ranging from 2-1/2 to 3-1/2 stars out of five, so most reviewers found it at least acceptable if not pretty decent. What about the PBS documentary (which you can watch on-line free)? I also thought that was very good.
I am a big Hendrix fan and have read and researched a lot over the decades. My expectations are probably hard to meet. My main issue is 'the book was better than the movie' syndrome. There is a lot of fiction in the movie.
I thoroughly enjoyed the PBS doc. I thought it was well done. I thought Andre portrayed Jimi well in several areas. His mannerisms and speaking voice were very well done. He was very awkward as a left-handed guitarist. Probably not easy to crack that in the 6 months or so leading up to the movie. Maybe that was too much to expect.