The Smiths are my most favorite band of all time, and even though I don't like Morissey, I thought hey, this should at least be just ok (it wasn't).
I was half paying attention and kept rewinding because it felt as though I was watching the same scene over and over and over again. Morrissey feels left out. He's sad. He's a poet. He hates his job. He has like two friends who he also lowkey hates. He wants to make music, but everyone hates him because he's a sad poet. I kept having this feeling like I was missing something by not completely paying attention, but everytime I saw what was on screen, it was just him sulking for what seemed like the whole time.
With that, I still don't think they captured his essence accurately. In real life, he was MUCH more pretentious with a bigger personality, even though it got worse later on. In the movie, the actor played him so... pathetically. Like, how am I supposed to believe this is the same guy who would bark and swing flowers around on stage and would ragebait the press?? The two also not having any resemblance whatsoever didn't help, and don't even get me started on the guy they got to play Johnny Marr.
Even the scene where they met was wrong, and it seriously caused me to wonder who this movie was even made for. It's too inaccurate for die hard smiths fans, but too lame for anyone else. Morrissey liked it, but thats only because he'll like anything that doesn't call out how problematic he is.
This truly was a nothing burger of a movie, and while the actor did a good job of singing like him, I cant even tell you what I thought of everything else. The other characters were bland and forgettable af, the story itself was slow without much drive, and it just wasn't believable that Morrissey in the movie and Johnny Marr would have anything to do with each other. Sure the soundtrack was nice, but that's really the only thing that made me look up and try to care about what I was watching.
Despite the cheeky smiths references, I seriously doubt that the creators of this movie even cared about what came after the imagined events of the story. They really wanted the audience to know that this is the depressed guy who likes poetry and sings about your fav depressing poetic songs. Wow... what a groundbreaking take on a notably intense figure.
Not to mention, they totally ignored most if not all of his gay/bisexual/asexual tendencies which also made this movie even more unbelievable than it already was. Like, cmon now, hand in glove and handsome devil didn't stem from nowhere.....
Again, even though I hate Morrissey, I still think this movie was stupid af and could've been much better had they not been so concerned about getting his approval on it. Also his actor was WAYYYY too hot, and Johnny's actor wasn't hot enough. #madashell
The Smiths are my most favorite band of all time, and even though I don't like Morissey, I thought hey, this should at least be just ok (it wasn't).
I was half paying attention and kept rewinding because it felt as though I was watching the same scene over and over and over again. Morrissey feels left out. He's sad. He's a poet. He hates his job. He has like two friends who he also lowkey hates. He wants to make music, but everyone hates him because he's a sad poet. I kept having this feeling like I was missing something by not completely paying attention, but everytime I saw what was on screen, it was just him sulking for what seemed like the whole time.
With that, I still don't think they captured his essence accurately. In real life, he was MUCH more pretentious with a bigger personality, even though it got worse later on. In the movie, the actor played him so... pathetically. Like, how am I supposed to believe this is the same guy who would bark and swing flowers around on stage and would ragebait the press?? The two also not having any resemblance whatsoever didn't help, and don't even get me started on the guy they got to play Johnny Marr.
Even the scene where they met was wrong, and it seriously caused me to wonder who this movie was even made for. It's too inaccurate for die hard smiths fans, but too lame for anyone else. Morrissey liked it, but thats only because he'll like anything that doesn't call out how problematic he is.
This truly was a nothing burger of a movie, and while the actor did a good job of singing like him, I cant even tell you what I thought of everything else. The other characters were bland and forgettable af, the story itself was slow without much drive, and it just wasn't believable that Morrissey in the movie and Johnny Marr would have anything to do with each other. Sure the soundtrack was nice, but that's really the only thing that made me look up and try to care about what I was watching.
Despite the cheeky smiths references, I seriously doubt that the creators of this movie even cared about what came after the imagined events of the story. They really wanted the audience to know that this is the depressed guy who likes poetry and sings about your fav depressing poetic songs. Wow... what a groundbreaking take on a notably intense figure.
Not to mention, they totally ignored most if not all of his gay/bisexual/asexual tendencies which also made this movie even more unbelievable than it already was. Like, cmon now, hand in glove and handsome devil didn't stem from nowhere.....
Again, even though I hate Morrissey, I still think this movie was stupid af and could've been much better had they not been so concerned about getting his approval on it. Also his actor was WAYYYY too hot, and Johnny's actor wasn't hot enough. #madashell
