Paul Dano/John Cusack play Brian Wilson. The Cusack parts are a little heavy handed, with Giamatti and his dad portraying too blatantly "evil" characters, BUT: Other than that, so good that even my Beach Boys-hating wife enjoyed it.
It's a movie not as good as Amadeus, about a musician better than Mozart.
Three and a half (***1/2) stars.
[MINI-REVIEW] Love & Mercy
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Surely you're not saying that Brian Wilson is/was better than Mozart, right?pinback wrote:It's a movie not as good as Amadeus, about a musician better than Mozart.
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Yes, Guest. That is what I am saying.Anonymous wrote:Surely you're not saying that Brian Wilson is/was better than Mozart, right?pinback wrote:It's a movie not as good as Amadeus, about a musician better than Mozart.
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He is if you like that genre of music better than the genre Mozart worked on.Anonymous wrote:Surely you're not saying that Brian Wilson is/was better than Mozart, right?pinback wrote:It's a movie not as good as Amadeus, about a musician better than Mozart.
Also, when Mozart, Beethoven, etc. worked, there wasn't a lot of other entertainment out there. There was no means available to save performances for replay, not even the player piano. Every performance was live. And there wasn't that much out there as most works of art required a patron to sponsor the artist in order for it to be created. Creating music on spec was probably a direct rout to starvation.
In the 20th Century, there are a lot more distractions and more competition for the audience's attention. To be really successful, now, requires a lot more ability to catch the public's attention.
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Mozart took what was already going on and did it really, really well. Brian Wilson came up with shit nobody had thought of, and just happened to also make terribly catchy, poignant tunes at the same time.Tdarcos wrote:He is if you like that genre of music better than the genre Mozart worked on.Anonymous wrote:Surely you're not saying that Brian Wilson is/was better than Mozart, right?pinback wrote:It's a movie not as good as Amadeus, about a musician better than Mozart.
So regardless of which one you like more, certainly everyone can agree that Brian Wilson kicks Mozart's skinny white ass.
Okay that had nothing to do with anything, but that's fine.In the 20th Century, there are a lot more distractions and more competition for the audience's attention. To be really successful, now, requires a lot more ability to catch the public's attention.
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I'm saying it was easier to be successful in the time of Beethoven and Mozart. There was less material available. In the 1960s you had to be really good to get noticed because the competition is a lot stiffer.pinback wrote: So regardless of which one you like more, certainly everyone can agree that Brian Wilson kicks Mozart's skinny white ass.
I think that's what I said in the next paragraph.
Okay that had nothing to do with anything, but that's fine.Tdarcos wrote:In the 20th Century, there are a lot more distractions and more competition for the audience's attention. To be really successful, now, requires a lot more ability to catch the public's attention.
I just thought of something. The 1980s brings a new meaning to the first two verses of "All summer long."
"Sitting in my car outside your house /
Remember when you spilled Coke all over your blouse?"
"I really feel that I'm losin' my best friend
I can't believe this could be the end."
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I can't believe this could be the end."
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