Becoming Led Zeppelinlin

Hadn't heard about it but yeah, hope it doesn't suck. The trailer looks great and the fact that it's an 'authorized' doc (no muzak soundtrack) holds promise.

 
I almost bought tickets for a February showing last week, but am trying to line up the schedule just right.   I'll definitely be going, preferably to the IMAX version...

 
ETA: NO SPOILERS!

Just got back from the theater - if you have even a passing interest in Led Zeppelin, GO SEE IT! It has a very 'feel good' vibe to it, the sound/mix is great (at the IMAX. The thunder in Bonham's foot..... :o ), and it covers a lot of ground up through Led Zeppelin II.

It is well paced and seems short for a 2 1/4 hour documentary. My wife, who is not really a huge fan or anything, said she could have watched for a couple more hours (that's really saying something!).

I hope they do a 'Part II', covering the rest of the catalog. I'd go in a heartbeat.

Go see it! 👍👍

 
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i have tickets for this coming Sunday afternoon. Bringing my 15 and 17 year olds. This will be a lesson for them.

 
The psychologist and I will be going to see this tomorrow as well. I was able to talk her into sitting through a Zep documentary in exchange for hitting a good Moroccan restaurant near the theater in Memphis. 

 
I thought it was really good. Better yet, the GF, who isn't a Zeppelin fan at all, really enjoyed it as well. I think that speaks well for it working even if you aren't a Zeppelin nut. Anyone who appreciates musicianship, a good story, and a good tune will dig it I think. She was still asking me questions about this and that this morning, which I thought was pretty cool. There wasn't anything about drugs or groupies really, and you could tell all three guys were genuinely emotional as they looked back on that period. The "Whole Lotta Love" sequence made it worth seeing in an IMAX. It was some very much needed escapism for a couple of hours and way better than a comic book movie. I love the time period they focused on because, by avoiding the later debauchery and tragedy, they could honestly focus on the story of four really talented kids who worked really hard on something they believed in and created something special. 

We also agreed that, as hot as Robert Plant was, Zeppelin I and II area Jimmy Page was an impressively dreamy guy. I also got a pretty passionate argument that I was completely underrating the chiseled jaw and full lips of a young John Paul Jones. The conversations you get into on the way home when the IMAX is 75 minutes away. You kind of have to laugh. All these years later, dudes want to be them, and chicks want to be with them, lol. At least 1969 them. 

 
Dammit all. It was playing this weekend and I snoozed so, I lose.  Guess I'll be waiting 'til it comes out on streaming /on demand.

 
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This movie does not need IMAX. It does however need a mean ass sound system. The room needs to be shaking from the music.

It is a really great movie. My kids loved it and the oldest went straight for my Zep vinyl collection when we got back home. We had 1st row tickets in a smallish movie theatre. It was loud and it was intense.

 
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