← Back to Reviews
in
Director: David Chase
I was very excited when I heard that David Chase was making a feature film. Even more excited when I heard Gandolfini was in it. The fact that it was not gonna be a gangster film did not worry me in the least. Not Fade Away was on the top of my must see list last year. So I finally sat down to watch it and I was massively disappointed. Not Fade Away tells you exactly what it is in the beginning of the movie, a story about a band that doesn't make it. The sad part is I would not be interested in any of these characters if the band did make it. I will not remember a single one of these characters. Even sitting here now less than 24 hours after seeing the film I can not think of a single character name.
The film is meant to be a slow burn, mostly centering around one character who after joining the band becomes its most talented member and then by default its leader. You have known many of the band members throughout your life. They are the guys that want to party and play music once in a while. Of course they feel like they should become famous by default not by hard work. There music is art after all and they should be paid for it and not expected to earn it. That's it, if you get more out of the story than that, more power to you. If all this is not bad enough, Not Fade Away has probably one of the worst endings in the history of main stream films. Just really bad.
There are two reasons to watch this movie. The music is really good and there is lots of it. Gandolfini is great as the father. He is the only actor doing good work and he kills every scene he is in. Unfortunately he is not in most of the film, so we don't get nearly enough of the energy he brings. Not Fade Away is just a bad film.
Director: David Chase
I was very excited when I heard that David Chase was making a feature film. Even more excited when I heard Gandolfini was in it. The fact that it was not gonna be a gangster film did not worry me in the least. Not Fade Away was on the top of my must see list last year. So I finally sat down to watch it and I was massively disappointed. Not Fade Away tells you exactly what it is in the beginning of the movie, a story about a band that doesn't make it. The sad part is I would not be interested in any of these characters if the band did make it. I will not remember a single one of these characters. Even sitting here now less than 24 hours after seeing the film I can not think of a single character name.
The film is meant to be a slow burn, mostly centering around one character who after joining the band becomes its most talented member and then by default its leader. You have known many of the band members throughout your life. They are the guys that want to party and play music once in a while. Of course they feel like they should become famous by default not by hard work. There music is art after all and they should be paid for it and not expected to earn it. That's it, if you get more out of the story than that, more power to you. If all this is not bad enough, Not Fade Away has probably one of the worst endings in the history of main stream films. Just really bad.
There are two reasons to watch this movie. The music is really good and there is lots of it. Gandolfini is great as the father. He is the only actor doing good work and he kills every scene he is in. Unfortunately he is not in most of the film, so we don't get nearly enough of the energy he brings. Not Fade Away is just a bad film.