Bob Dylan bio "A Complete Unknown"

[valet]

Anybody going to see. I will either this week or next.

 

[boogers]

probably the most overrated artist in musical history (after the beach boys)

i dont see why we need to make films about artists that arent even dead yet

 

[ShaDynasty]

I saw this and it wasn't bad. Dylan has some important songs and I get why he was important but its just not for me. I can't think of many really great music biopics, all the ones I like were fake ones with composites / fictional lead characters - 8 Mile, Nashville, Vox Lux, The 5 Heartbeats, Spinal Tap etc. That being said the upcoming Beatles Quadrilogy has potential.

Its hard for me to get that excited about music biopics because they all follow the same tropes and formulas. Every music biopic is basically Walk Hard : The Dewey Cox Story and so is this one.

Its well made though, Chalamet does a great job and Ed Norton is excellent as a character actor rather than doing lead roles.

 

[Lootpack]

Enjoyed it as a non-Dylan head. Timothée will be in the Oscar convo simply for just checking those Academy boxes, really. He was good here, but he’s had way better performances in other stuff.

Norton was a pleasant surprise. Holbrook looked unrecognizable as Cash. Thought Mangold had something really cookin’ when that 1965 title card hit, but then the film falls back into its safe, sugarcoated biopic ways.

‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ - a story with a fictional lead who doesn’t have his shyt together while trying to make it as a folk singer is just more interesting to me. Plus, the Coens. Plus, Isaac’s performance. Plus, just a way better script.

It’s hard for me to get that excited about music biopics because they all follow the same tropes and formulas. Every music biopic is basically Walk Hard : The Dewey Cox Story and so is this one.

There were times where it felt like the film paused itself when introducing someone new. The usual biopic behavior, and even the MCU is guilty of this. To someone who isn’t well versed with Bob Dylan’s history, I’m essentially playing “who’s that Pokémon?”. When it’s Johnny Cash, I get it.

But the guy who played the organ on ‘Like a Rolling Stone’?

Al Kooper looked like Jonny Greenwood in this, straight up. Lol.

 

[valet]

^^^^^^

I agree he will be in the Oscar convo for those reasons pointed our and he has had better performances. This was a hard watch musically. All those folk songs sound the same. I was so happy when he "progressed". I mean that "Walk" song was cool but that's about it.

I loved Norton in this because his character wasn't a straight villian. It's a debate whether he was good or bad. Hopefully he wins for supporting actor.

I went blind as well on Dylan. My problem was that I knew the real Dylan had to have some vices (besides cigarettes) dealing with this fame. And the movie left that out. And when I read up on him he did deal with substance abuse.

Joan killed it with the vocals. I looked forward to her the most when she sang any song.

Sylvie non-verbal acting was on point. If she get nominated I won't mind it either. Same with Woody Guthrie. Killed with the acting.

But alot of these characters were mid. Lastly, I get New York is liberal. But I did wonder if Blacks and Whites got along at that time like the movie portrayed.

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

Pretty good movie

Bob Dylan was moving messy as hell with the women as a young buck I'm sure it was twice as worse in real life.

Timothée sounded way better than Bob Dylan, imo