Has anyone here seen it yet? I was curious- not being a huge fan but I loved them in my early teens (didn’t everyone?). I read a rather lukewarm review in the Times today saying that it’s a ‘sanitized’ version leaving out Peter Grant’s gangsterish tendencies, black magic and all the groupies. (Which is all we want really isn’t it?) Oh, and apparently we have to sit through the full half-hour violin-bow-bollockness of ‘Dazed and Confused’ with no recourse to a fast forward button. On top of all that one has to leave the comfort of one’s own home and go to one of those nasty cinemas where people text, talk and crunch popcorn all the time… please tell me it’s worth it.
Zep film
Not yet but I will go. I suspect you probably shouldn’t by the sounds of things.
Sadly all cinemas have people crunching constantly. We went to see Macbeth on Wednesday night not realising it’s on the school syllabus and the place was rammed with school trips – hundreds of teenagers crunching through vast bags of popcorn. Horrendous.
Going to see Macbeth with huge groups of schoolchildren?
So foul and fair a day I have not seen…
It was David Tennant as the lead. He was awesome. Cush Jumbo as Lady Mc, also excellent. I’d recommend it. We also bumped into Drakeygirl who frequests the Theatre Live events too so i that was nice to.
I’ve booked for the Zep next Thursday. The nicest screen is only on Sunday when I can’t go
The trick with Macbeth is not to go and see it – wait until it comes to you
I have a ticket to see it in Olympic Studios next Tuesday. I’m just interested in hearing the music in the place it was recorded – so I expect I’ll enjoy it.
When the tickets for the first couple of days went on sale there was a warning on the website that buyers should expect the sound to be very loud. I’ve just seen that they’re now selling many more performances and the warning has been removed. I hope that those of us who bought those early tickets are not going to be disappointed.
I’ve since discovered that it only tells the story up to 1970 (I guess the clue was there all along in the title really for the more observant amongst us!). When reading biographies I tend to skip the childhood bits and pick things up around chapter six when things get interesting. If there’s ever a part two of the Zeppelin story then perhaps I’ll brave the local fleapit to see it.
I tend to go to the cinema in the morning or afternoon as it’s quieter. Yesterday there were only nine of us in the cinema.
Just checked for Monday and so far it has an audience of none, so I was tempted then I saw the price. I’m interested but not that interested.
I saw the film on Wednesday night at the Glasgow IMAX. I became interested when I found out that it was made with the full cooperation of the surviving band members and that the interviews with them were current and not from 40 years ago when they apparently did not particularly want to give interviews. I was also impressed with the lengths to which Bernard McMahon and Allison McGourty went to secure the involvement of those 3. The development of the individual journey of each of the 4 band members from childhood days interested me greatly. The inclusion of audio only comments from the notoriously shy John Bonham completed the circle nicely. There were a couple of complete tunes and the sound quality in the IMAX was excellent. I didn’t think there was too much of JP’s bowing. The film is called ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ and that is what we got. Peter Grant was mentioned a couple of times as were other people who were involved with the band but not part of the band. It was interesting to see Jimmy Page’s excitement watching a clip from a 70’s festival which he had never seen before. I plan to see the film again when it arrives here in our small movie theatre in Dumfries. This was Becoming Led Zeppelin which more or less takes us to Led Zeppelin II. I wonder if there will be a follow-up ‘Remaining Led Zeppelin’
I’m going tomorrow. Looking forward to it.
The filmmakers are the couple who made the brilliant “American Epic”. They have an interesting take on it – from the Sydney Morning Herald last week
https://archive.md/2025.02.02-234959/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/led-zeppelin-never-wanted-an-official-documentary-until-now-20250130-p5l8gc.html
I went see it last night. I agree that it’s a very sanitized version of events from a band (and manager) who are infamous for their exploits. I could also have done without the extended violin bow solo, although I really enjoyed finding out more about Page and Jones as session players. Overall, I found it interesting, but I didn’t find myself reaching for the albums when I got home.
Just saw it. It was a good watch.
A couple of things. I thought Bonham had a milk round and had to persuaded to quit a regular earner.
There was no reference to Plant and Page and their folk roots.
We don’t have rowdy popcorn munchers at our local cinema but unfortunately they are not showing the Zep film yet. They are however showing a screening of the Janis Joplin theatre show which I saw and which is brilliant
I clocked that one and it’s on the list. Is it a bio pic?
Allison McGourty will be talking about the movie on the BBC 6 Music Cerys Matthews show which has just started. Will be available on catchup.
Went to see it tonight. Really enjoyed it as did Mrs. T. Well worth seeing assuming you have any interest in the band, though nothing new emerges – a familiar story well told.