2h 17mins
4/10
First time watch in the cinema
Documentary – Rock Band – Archive Footage
A documentary exploring the early stages of Led Zeppelins music career.
This film is exactly what the title says, a documentary about how the band was formed and how they got themselves recognised. It stops at that and doesn’t go on to their continued success. It felt like the introduction film where maybe there is a part 2 (and possibly even a part 3 with the pacing of this film) to follow the rest of their music career.
I went into this film knowing I enjoy a handful of their songs and I came away from the film still feeling that I do not know that much about the band. This was pretty frustrating to have spent over 2 hours watching something, to feel I was left with the same information I had before watching it. I was introduced to more of their earlier music and discovered most of it wasn’t for me.
This feels like a film for true Led Zeppelin fans or serious music fans who enjoy learning about the technical parts of how music is made.
I found it odd that the band members were interviewed separately for the whole film. Where I do not know much about the band, I don’t know if they have all fallen out so didn’t want to meet up. It created a very divided feeling in the film rather than a unity of being in a band.
Would not watch again
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