Comments on: Crowe’s ‘Pearl Jam Twenty’ Goes for Gloss Instead of Truth https://www.scene-stealers.com/reviews/crowes-pearl-jam-twenty-goes-for-gloss-instead-of-truth/ Movie Reviews That Rock Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:27:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 By: Eric Melin https://www.scene-stealers.com/reviews/crowes-pearl-jam-twenty-goes-for-gloss-instead-of-truth/#comment-18331 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:27:10 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/?p=23945#comment-18331 Irraj – Thanks for your comment. Yes, it’s true, I am not much a fan of the band. But if that film is the perfect “encapsultion of what the band IS,” as you put it, I’m sorry. Crowe’s look at what the band stands for was too surface value. Being true to yourself and handling your band affairs with integrity is simply not enough to hang a feature-length movie on. And if they truly are authentic and open with their fans, why were entire sections of their past history completely glossed over?

]]> By: Irraj https://www.scene-stealers.com/reviews/crowes-pearl-jam-twenty-goes-for-gloss-instead-of-truth/#comment-18328 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:24:22 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/?p=23945#comment-18328 Pretty lame, really. You know you’re reading a poorly written review when all the writer can talk about is what the movie isn’t as opposed to what it is. It may not be a groundbreaking, but it’s a perfect encapsulation of what the band IS. Then again, someone who finds Pearl Jam’s music bland should find something better to do with his time than review their documentary.

]]> By: Jeff N https://www.scene-stealers.com/reviews/crowes-pearl-jam-twenty-goes-for-gloss-instead-of-truth/#comment-18241 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:41:59 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/?p=23945#comment-18241 Eric, You should check out the Lemmy doc. I thought it was very good and quite lengthy. I’m a fan of Motorhead and really enjoyed the flick…the doc does show Lemmy’s fascination with Nazi memorabilia among other interesting things about the man.

]]> By: Eric Melin https://www.scene-stealers.com/reviews/crowes-pearl-jam-twenty-goes-for-gloss-instead-of-truth/#comment-18237 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:58:13 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/?p=23945#comment-18237 Thanks for the comment, Jeff! Yeah, I am a huge Crowe fan as well and I was expecting something more, I guess. I need to see the ‘Lemmy’ doc–how did you like it?

]]> By: Jeff N https://www.scene-stealers.com/reviews/crowes-pearl-jam-twenty-goes-for-gloss-instead-of-truth/#comment-18234 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:20:30 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/?p=23945#comment-18234 I was disappointed in ‘Pearl Jam Twenty’ I was hoping for the doc to be more in-depth! I was wanting it to be in similar form to the Foo Fighters ‘Back And Forth’ or Rush ‘Beyond The Lighted Stage or even the Lemmy documentary ‘49% Motherf**ker, 51% Son Of A Bitch’. I’ve been a big fan of Cameron Crowe’s work and I knew he was a big fan of PJ and knew them well but it just didn’t live up to expectations.

I agree with your review Eric and had a similar reaction after viewing it. Not enough insight on the band but plenty of great archive footage. It almost came across as some sort of a collage film not enough substance for me.

]]> By: lintly https://www.scene-stealers.com/reviews/crowes-pearl-jam-twenty-goes-for-gloss-instead-of-truth/#comment-18225 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:02:22 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/?p=23945#comment-18225 Stone Temple Pilots is awesome. Much better than Pearl Jam.

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