**** Pearl Jam Twenty Fanviews Here ****

[Of The Aggie]

I thought it was pretty good. Most of my thoughts have already been discussed including too much of the early years. Our server at The Alamo Drafthouse brought us the check and they were still in 1992!

I really, really wished they would have focused on each of the eras from a musical perspective. Talking about the idea of a concept album in Vitalogy, a new direction with No Code, a short poppy album with Backspacer, and also how the songwriting has changed with each album. I didn't expect it to be a "Behind The Music", but a little more on the personnel changes would have given more insight into the band, especially how Boom came to be in the band.

[vinibrown]

Well!!!!
Fuckin' good movie!!!!!!!!
Good warm up for the concerts here in Brazil!
If I was excited about it before, now I can't wait to see my favorite band live again!!!!!!
PJ20 Rules!!!!!!!!!!

[Gern Blansten]

Loved it...to me the best part was Stone and Eddie on the bus working on "Daughter"....just awesome stuff

Saw it in Indy at 7pm.....if you were the asshole behind me (the only asshole in the theater acting like a drunk moron) that kept making that piercing whistle you don't realize how close I was to kicking your teeth in

[justam]

I enjoyed the movie very much. I liked the way it looked and how it sounded.

I thought it was well made because it flowed very well and made the audience laugh heartily a few times. It wasn't ever boring!

[matt.watt]

Saw it at the 9:55PM showing at Tivoli KC.

Overall: 4/5
As mentioned before, it focused heavily on the early days. While I wish it covered more of the in-between and later years, covering the early years of the band makes a lot of sense. It's the creation story for the band and there's a LOT of story there. The film covered many of the highlights, and exposed some new treasures. I enjoyed the humor moments towards the last half of the film which got a lot more crowd response. The first half felt a bit stuffy and as the light-hearted moments rolled in more heavily in the last half it really loosened the film up, without being too much of a distraction. Example: Ed wiping his teeth with his finger as a response to "Is Grunge dead?" question. The music moments in the last half got a lot more audience cheers and teary eyes as well.

Overall I felt the film could have gone deeper, but the final product pretty much falls in line with what we've always come to expect from the band. They hold their privacy close to the chest. They keep themselves despite everyone trying to claw their way inside, even after 20 years, looking back. I'd like to have heard more about the bands evolution in attitude over the years. You heard the band almost broke up, or power dynamics were shifting, but never got a real sense of "why?" What personal struggles were they facing, what maturing/personal hurdle did they need to conquer to get through to the next years/album? I always felt this was a constantly evolving band, which has only strengthened my appreciation of the band. I've always felt I've evolved right along with them, and they've stayed relevant to my life. To really make the "Story of PJ" film, you'd need a movie probably twice as long as this. But in the end, these deep "whys" will likely always remain the private story of each band member. We've come to expect and appreciate that, because that's what makes them, them.

[Lizard]

Loved It!!!

As others have said, the bit where Ed sings into the security guard's head was pretty awesome! I had never seen footage of Eddie wrapped in a white blanket on stage with a creepy mask and seemingly being born like a caterpillar out of it??!!

I really enjoyed Jeff's interviews the best .

And I also haven't stayed til the very end of a movie for the credits in a long time. Probably the last time was Into the Wild!! Cool to see Jason Leung (sp??) in there!!!

[BB76531]

Saw it Yonkers, NY last night, great crowd! Ordered the Big Bad Blu Ray version as soon as I got home, can't wait!!! My favorite footage was the Eddie climbing like a maniac montage and the Singles movie party in LA with a hammered Pearl Jam. This documentary had it all laughs, sad moments, uplifting scenes...and an amazing desire to see what the future brings. Thank you guys for 20 years of musical bliss, and here's to 20 more!!!!!

[diamond_marmalade]

I really enjoyed it and it certainly wasn't a bad turn-out for my local cinema (well 2nd local) It was a good mix of ages and I spotted a few PJ shirts. It was so well observed. There were a couple of lump in the throat moments I must say.

If I am going to a bit critical I would say it was maybe a bit too fast-paced at times and they didn't concentrate much on the later years. Overall though a great experience. Looking forward to the DVD and my soundtrack arrived today!

[the tiki bomb]

It was very, very good...it was a million times better than Rattle and Hum, but not quite as good as The Kids Are Alright. When you see it again on TV, it may seem like a VH1 Behind the Music without MOST of the insipid narration.

Release still rules, and the footage of that song is stunning. The Singles Party really made me laugh and one million records the first week of vs., that still blows my mind.

My 945pm showing in AFI Silver in Silver Spring MD (nice movie theater) could have had the volume at least 2 ticks LOUDER.

[vLeXaM]

that's a remainder who tell me why i love this band....

and what has been up in the last 20 years of my life

simply amazing

[mariella.docet]

It was awesome!!! But...i think the director just collected unseen footage (great by the way ) not adding his touch or giving a particular perspective of their incredible story!

LOVE IT now waiting for the extras

[Time_Bomb]

Had a great time at the Arclight last night. The movie was beautiful. Enjoyed every second of it. Really makes me wanna go see them live again.

[NumberTenOx]

Cinerama might be one of, if not the, best places in the US to see a movie.

Went to the late show last night at the Cinerama in Seattle. It is truly a beautiful and comfortable place to see a movie. So ironic, though, to be sitting in a movie theatre owned (saved from the wrecking ball, actually) by billionare Paul Allen, watching a movie hating on Ticketmaster, whose majority owner is billionare Paul Allen...

Even though I loved Ten and lived in Seattle, I didn't become a rabid fan until much later. Regret is too strong a word, but in retrospect I wish I had been more into the local music scene. It was great to be taken on an intimate tour of those days by the band and friends.

Jeff, Stone, Mike, and Matt, all feel so genuine and open. Driven, talented, inner demons, yes yes and yes, but understandable and somehow at peace with the swirl and chaos. Eddie, not so much. The movie really drove home to me how difficult this is for him, how it appears he feels like he's carrying a giant boulder around on his shoulders, can never take the off the mask, how he's driven to fame and adulation and yet has a keen (and apparently earned) distrust and fear of the outside world. Mucho kudos to the band and his inner circle (and uncle Neil) who make him feel loved and supported and secure enough to keep getting on stage to sing to us.

So fun to hear my son and wife and the whole theatre laugh through the whole movie. Darker spots, sure. Some idiot yelled "we love you Chris" while he was talking about Andy Wood, fine to be enthusiastic but find a lighter spot for that.

At the end, I just wanted more. I think Crowe should put out a series of concert videos, one for each song in the PJ repertoire, with the band talking about who wrote it and why and the best video. I'd hit that.

Going to see it again tonight with KEXP. Will sit further back in the theatre so I don't get that queasy car-sick feeling (I want to start a charity to buy steady-cams for everyone in the world).

[chimpat]

Saw it last night in Yonkers, NY. As someone previously mentioned, the crowd was very good, nice to be able to hear everything without phones going off, people talking, etc. You could hear a pin drop during the quieter parts of the movie.

So much to love about the film, the highs, the lows and everything in between. The Cobain clips were really intense, real heavy (and sad) stuff. Some of my favorite scenes:

- The acoustic show (pre Unplugged)
- Rehearsing Baba O'Reilly in the dressing room
- Eddie going through the framed photos (from what I assume was his house)
- The Singles party
- Eddie going OFF on that security guard
- The real early footage of Jeff, Stone, Chris Cornell, Layne, etc. hanging in Seattle at various venues

One hilarious part of the movie that hasn't been mentioned a ton was Neil Young laughing hysterically at Eddie's ticketmaster comments during the HOF induction. That killed me.

Crowe did a great job, I appreciate the time spent on the members of the band (instead of just an ode to Eddie). So many scenes took me back to shows that I've attended (and different times of my life that I associate with the release of the albums). Just tremendous stuff and I'm truly grateful that I've been able to ride the wave with this band.

[SoonForgotten2]

This was my take on it http://wp.me/p1LZHn-5H

I really wish I could have enjoyed it more. It just felt so direction-less as a film and even at times pointless. I'm debating the box. Only $10 for blu-ray isn't bad (though perhaps only the feature disc would be a blu-ray) but the starting price for the DVD set is incredibly high to begin with. I'm definitely more interested in whatelse they've put together than what actually made the theatrical cut. Worst of all, I think if this was about any band other than Pearl Jam constructed in the exact same way, I probably wouldn't have even liked it at all.

Ah well.