Thursday, August 27, 2009
Taking Woodstock
Director Ang Lee transports audiences back 40 years to relive those hippie days of peace, love, and rock 'n' roll. See how local boy Elliot brings a music and arts festival known as Woodstock to White Lake, New York. You’ll get to see the behind the scenes happenings from start to finish of this 3 days of peace and music. You’ll meet some colorful people including the owners of the dilapidated El Monaco Motel, a Viet Nam vet, and a tranny ex-marine. Ang Lee totally captures this era of flower children and will bring back vivid memories of those times. While Alien found this film extremely fascinating to watch, I can’t say that I was thoroughly entertained. Most surprising was the nonexistence of any re-creation of actual concert scenes or performers. Don’t be naïve to think that an 'R' rated film about Woodstock would not include full frontal nudity, drug use, and frequent F-bomb explosions.
Alien gives it 2 ½ "those damn naked hippies" stars out of 4.
Director Ang Lee transports audiences back 40 years to relive those hippie days of peace, love, and rock 'n' roll. See how local boy Elliot brings a music and arts festival known as Woodstock to White Lake, New York. You’ll get to see the behind the scenes happenings from start to finish of this 3 days of peace and music. You’ll meet some colorful people including the owners of the dilapidated El Monaco Motel, a Viet Nam vet, and a tranny ex-marine. Ang Lee totally captures this era of flower children and will bring back vivid memories of those times. While Alien found this film extremely fascinating to watch, I can’t say that I was thoroughly entertained. Most surprising was the nonexistence of any re-creation of actual concert scenes or performers. Don’t be naïve to think that an 'R' rated film about Woodstock would not include full frontal nudity, drug use, and frequent F-bomb explosions.
Alien gives it 2 ½ "those damn naked hippies" stars out of 4.
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