I really wanted to like this movie because I love Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys. Their music is fantastic and will live forever. Unfortunately, I didn't like this movie and I recommend that people not see it.
I will admit that the acting was good, in all parts. The cinematography and costumes were very good, also. It's the story, direction and editing that, in my opinion, are terrible.
The constant back and forth in time is hard to follow. It's hard to tell the time line of events.
Wilson's mental illness is depicted with long, slow, boring, no action scenes, with discordant sound effects in the background.
And it's hard to believe they would try and sell a biopic about a musician and play virtually none of his music. What's the matter? The Beach Boys music wasn't good enough for Pohlad's artistic sentiments? Pohlad's background noise is the "real" music? So this movie is just an ego trip of Pohlad, shamed by the great achievement of Wilson compared to his own, and putting up any garbage as better? Pleeeeze!
And the 2001 homage at the end? Wasn't this movie too long already. We had to sit through that stupidity?
In conclusion, this movie sucked. Go see Mickey Mouse cartoons instead. Will do more for you.
I will admit that the acting was good, in all parts. The cinematography and costumes were very good, also. It's the story, direction and editing that, in my opinion, are terrible.
The constant back and forth in time is hard to follow. It's hard to tell the time line of events.
Wilson's mental illness is depicted with long, slow, boring, no action scenes, with discordant sound effects in the background.
And it's hard to believe they would try and sell a biopic about a musician and play virtually none of his music. What's the matter? The Beach Boys music wasn't good enough for Pohlad's artistic sentiments? Pohlad's background noise is the "real" music? So this movie is just an ego trip of Pohlad, shamed by the great achievement of Wilson compared to his own, and putting up any garbage as better? Pleeeeze!
And the 2001 homage at the end? Wasn't this movie too long already. We had to sit through that stupidity?
In conclusion, this movie sucked. Go see Mickey Mouse cartoons instead. Will do more for you.