I'm not a folk music super-fan, but I really do like the genre. Of course though, my affinity for the music is largely lacking: I have never listened to Pet Sounds or an entire album by the Beetles, but I like modern manifestations of Folk like Fleet Foxes and Good Old War.
With that being said, a lot of this felt nostalgic and lost on me because the movie didn't resonate on that deep of a level.
And like some have said before, the modern adaptive performances of the music just felt largely inferior to the originals. That's not a fair standard to judge by, but when the point of the movie is to give a modern-day echo of the original. you'd expect their to be much more life and energy injected into the spirit of the songs.
It fell flat to me. Maybe I just wanted a documentary about Pet Sounds after all, though, so I was bound to be disappointed.
With that being said, a lot of this felt nostalgic and lost on me because the movie didn't resonate on that deep of a level.
And like some have said before, the modern adaptive performances of the music just felt largely inferior to the originals. That's not a fair standard to judge by, but when the point of the movie is to give a modern-day echo of the original. you'd expect their to be much more life and energy injected into the spirit of the songs.
It fell flat to me. Maybe I just wanted a documentary about Pet Sounds after all, though, so I was bound to be disappointed.