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Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

The 1969 Woodstock concert might very well be the most legendary concert of all time. Not just only because who all performed but even more so the stuff and atmosphere surrounding the entire event. It was held at the height of the flower power craze and the entire event became much bigger and longer than eventually anticipated, resulting in some crazy events, as can be seen in this documentary.Yes, it is a documentary but it doesn't really feel like one. This sounds like a bad thing but it really isn't. It isn't a documentary that gives you any insightful information about the planning and execution of the whole event, with lots of backstage footage but it more is one that simply shows all of the stuff, as it happened. This gives you more the sort of feeling of what it must had been like, on and around the farm fields, the concert was being held on. Nothing about this documentary feels planned, as if they were just simply shooting away as much material as possible, which later got put together in the editing room by none other than Martin Scorsese, among many others.But the main emphasis is really put on its music and artist, with occasionally some footage of the festival attendees and the people living in the area, responding to all of the events. I liked it that it showed all of the events from many different perspectives and wasn't only just focusing on the beautiful and positive things that went on.But really, when the music plays, there are absolutely no distractions from it. The camera is filming the artist from the front only and doesn't ever cuts or swirls away from them. I liked this approach, which is quite different from normal other concert movies that often tend to focus on the audience as well. And there truly is some great music in this movie, played by some big name stars. I was actually surprised how I was able to recognize pretty much all of the artist that were on stage, even though all of them and their biggest hits were far before my time. It should tell you something about how legendary some of the persons that perform at Woodstock were. Janis Joplin, The Who, Santana, Joe Cocker and of course Jimi Hendrix, just to name a few, all make their appearances.The documentary is also really a testament of its time. It shows the atmosphere and the whole state of minds and mentality of youngsters, around that time. Searching for love and peace, with the help of some music..and lots of illegal substances! I can imaging how this bothered some 'older' people and different people around that time but now days, it's actually quite fun to watch all. It putted many of the festival goers into a certain mood, which also made them do some crazy things. One of the craziest things I saw in this documentary was a naked man dancing with a real sheep in his arms, in the middle of a big crowed. Why? Because he could of course! No one that looked surprised or bothered by it, just because it fitted in with the whole ideology and mentality of certain youngsters around that time. Everybody was allowed to do what he wanted and whatever made him or her happy, as long as it didn't involved any aggression.It's a really long and extensive portrayal of the Woodstock events. Depending on which version you are watching, the running time is close to 4 hours. And not only that, it often is using split-screens, so basically there is about 6 or 7 hours of footage to be seen in this documentary. It probably also helps to make it good and suitable for repeated viewings.Simply a must-see for the movie lovers and for those who enjoy a good concert registration, or are curious to find out what all that buzz about that 'old' Woodstock concert event was all about.8/10 http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

I was born fifteen years after the iconic festival that brought together a half million people in Bethel, New York. As such, this is the closest I'll ever get to experiencing the magic that was three days of peace and music. In 1969, Michael Lang and his associates put together a music festival with some of the hottest acts the 60s had to offer, including the Who, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, and Santana. Director Michael Wadleigh did an amazing job capturing the vibe of the whole event. We're there as the stage is first erected and everything begins coming together, and then we watch as thousands of people begin swarming Max Yasgur's farm to attend.The film is loaded with interviews that cover gives us multiple perspectives of the festival. Multiple attendees fill us in on their experiences, what brought them to the festival, and what it means to them. Rather than just promoting the festival for all of its benefits, the filmmakers were sure to get opposing viewpoints as we see a local couple preach of the troubles having nearly a half million hippies swarm their small town. The interviews and candid footage of the attendees were probably the best part of the film for me. It's a chance to glance back in time to an counter-culture I will never get to experience.You can't comment on Woodstock without commenting about the music, and this movie has plenty. The live performances were amazing and I can't say how awesome it was to see some of my favorite artists performing in the flesh. Joe Cocker's rendition of the Beatles' "With a Little Help From My Friends" is probably my favorite performance of the whole film, but there's so much more. The Who's killer performance ending with Pete Townshend smashing his guitar, Country Joe's crowd-rearing cheer, and Ritchie Havens' improvised "Freedom" were just some of the highlights. And of course, Jimi Hendrix blew my mind with his awesome closing performance. With the director's cut coming in close to four hours, it can be rough to watch in one sitting but it's totally worth it. My only regret is that some performances weren't included in the film because the artists didn't believe their performance was strong enough to be used, including one of my all-time favorites: Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Michael Wadleigh's Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace And Music to me, is more then just an ordinary run of the mill music documentary, it was a record of the hippie culture of 1969, the youth of America trying to make a difference, a spectacular experience of one of America's greatest rock festivals before the days of the original MTV (Music Television) & VH1 before they became sleezy reality TV networks. It was more about the kids, It marked the turning point careers of the future Academy Award Winning team of Director Martin Scorsese (Raging Bull, The Departed) & Editor Thelma Schoonmaker. It was definitely a challenge filming into a feature length film, real provocative documenting from beginning to end, with outstanding performances from Joan Baez, Janis Joplin, The Who, Joe Cocker & The Grease Band, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Sly And The Family Stone, Ten Years After, Sha Na Na, Canned Heat, Richie Havens, Jimi Hendrix, Country Joe McDonald & The Fish, John Sebastian, Arlo Guthrie, Jefferson Airplane, Santana and many others as well as interviews with Producer & Woodstock Founder Michael Lang, many of the locals in & out of the festival. The only music documentary of it's kind to win the 1971 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. There will never be a Woodstock like this again, Woodstock 1999 destroyed that tradition & to finally see this film on the 40th Anniversary Director's Cut DVD in all it's widescreen glory is a special treat. If you are into Classic Music or Music Documentaries, this is one of them, along with No Direction Home: Bob Dylan & Gimme Shelter.Woodstock: 3 Days Of Peace And Music is Rated R for Drug Content, Nudity & Language.

Except for a couple of artists, I wasn't much into the music at Woodstock. What defined the mecca were the attendees. Woodstock was one of the largest counter-cultural event in the midst of rapidly changing attitudes towards nudity, drugs, ethnic tolerance, etc. Full of fun-loving hippies and VWs, this was an unforgettable event for hundreds of thousands. About half of the film was dedicated to musical performances and to the interviews & scenes of the attendees.Coincidently at least three of the musicians (Morrison , Hendrix, and Joplin) passed away the same year or the year after the documentary was produced.