Limited Series – Pistol

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David O 01/02/2025 Enjoyed the first three episodes, seen it before after that . Didn’t think the lead role guy who played Steve Jones was very well suited . Still worth a watch for music fans See more Andrew H 10/13/2024 When I was 20ish the Sex Pistols came to be known in Canada. With shock and awe (and some fear) I watched and listened- what was this? The angst was unfamiliar, yet somehow it made sense when you thought about where it was coming from, the social fuel for Punk. It was like an angry Pride Day, everyday. I never fully understood that the songs - “Bodies” being a great example - might represent real events, and I thought they were random words from angry, frustrated guys of my age. Pistols pulled back the curtain, and it was fascinating to meet the people who led this surge - their stories, tragedies and fears. The show is an awesome snap shot of the times, and it was exciting to see the links with Chrissie Hynde, Siouxsie (of the Banshees), Mick Jones of the Clash and more. To me the acting performances here are impressive across the board. The story told with a platform built from the personal and private stories of the band members was unexpected, riveting and enamouring. If you lived this period this is a can’t miss show - easy 5 stars. See more K I 09/12/2024 transcendent. captures the ugly and the beautiful, the energy and mythology of the times/fashion/music/politics. universal to all. best moment: the ultra slo mo pogoing to ambient music as the band starts to get momentum. poetic, not direct documentary. watched some episodes 3X (and I'm not even a huge pistols fan) See more Gareth v @geewah 06/14/2023 Entertaining enough but it does play it rather safe, unlike the band and it's music. See more Mauro L @Mauro_Lanari 04/20/2023 Forget the grotesque irony of "Trainspotting" (1996) and its sequel (2017). Although Lydon appears for the first time on set with the "I Hate Pink Floyd" t-shirt (true fact), Boyle probes the dark side of the moon, of music, of existence, yet another generational, epochal, historical catastrophe. Lydon himself has harshly criticized the miniseries, but sooner or later reality comes out: "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle". By losing the lawsuit against his former bandmates, the director was able to make use of their songs thus shooting the most similar thing to Stone's "The Doors" ('91). The biopic suffers from the narrative lengths of an episodic fiction and could have lasted 1/3, perhaps Chrissie Hynde is right when she tells of having had a single sexual relationship with Steve Jones, perhaps Siouxsie Sioux and Billy Idol were there or not: details. It matters that there is the irrepressible power of a group of guys who, precisely because they are unable to play and sing, have recorded only one album with which rock has been reset by bringing it back to its primitive and primordial chords and its lyrics as battle slogans. Stunning to hear the compositional quality they reached, impossible to calculate how many bands were born thanks to their influence, and unthinkable that they could be an exception to "Kill Your Idols". (Mauro Lanari) See more Smc 10/12/2022 Are any of the actors actually working class? They sound like a load of posh boys to me- no real soul. I could not get into the show. See more Read all reviews

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