This movie had great rare footage of Joe with and without the Clash, but has one unforgivable sin--or, rather, two. One: it does not identify any of the talking heads interviewed. Sure, okay, that's Johnny Depp, that's Matt Dillon, that's Martin Scorsese, but otherwise it's mostly old men who knew Joe in the early '70s, or his daughters, relatives, etc., and it would've personalized the movie immensely to've known who these folks were. Two: Joe's lyrics should have been featured prominently on-screen while he was singing them. Joe was widely recognized as a great songsmith, but not necessarily as an intelligible vocalist, and to leave out great lines like "All the power is in the hands of the people rich enough to buy it" distances the film from folks unfamiliar with his work. Julien Temple, what were you thinking?!
willerror1posted 218 days ago
