Is it even humanly possible to overstate the legacy of the
Beatles? I mean, when it comes to famous musical groups, they are pretty much
the golden standard by which virtually everything else is measured. Aside from
setting the blueprint for every single boy band that would come after them,
whether they qualified as an actual band or not, their live shows gave the
world its first real taste of what Lisztomania can do to people, re:
hospitalising many unfortunate teenage female fans. Outside of surface
reactions, their song catalogue contains heavy volumes of songs that have
permanently ingrained themselves in the public consciousness along with albums
that are instantly pointed whenever the subject of "greatest albums ever" is
brought up.
With a band this ubiquitous and a pedigree this immense, one would be likely to think that doing a documentary on these guys after all this time would be a tad redundant. However, considering new and interesting titbits are being uncovered as recently as 2011, when fan documentary Beatles Stories uncovered that John Lennon may not be as liberal as his demeanour and discography may have led people to believe, maybe there’s still some water left in the well. Since this particular feature was made by Ron Howard, who later on in the year will give another example of historical ignorance with the latest and hopefully last of the Dan Brown adaptations, this film has pretty much gathered all of the expectations, conflicting and all. So, how does it measure up?
With a band this ubiquitous and a pedigree this immense, one would be likely to think that doing a documentary on these guys after all this time would be a tad redundant. However, considering new and interesting titbits are being uncovered as recently as 2011, when fan documentary Beatles Stories uncovered that John Lennon may not be as liberal as his demeanour and discography may have led people to believe, maybe there’s still some water left in the well. Since this particular feature was made by Ron Howard, who later on in the year will give another example of historical ignorance with the latest and hopefully last of the Dan Brown adaptations, this film has pretty much gathered all of the expectations, conflicting and all. So, how does it measure up?
