Directed By: Dan Cutforth & Jane Lipsitz
Starring: Katy Perry
Rating: PG for some suggestive content, language, thematic elements and brief smoking
Synopsis: Documenting Katy Perry's rise from young gospel singer Katheryn Hudson to one of the world's biggest music stars, Katy Perry: Part of Me uses home footage and behind-the-scenes footage of her "California Dreams Tour" to present both the public and private side of Perry's life.
REVIEW
Sarah:
Hello readers, Sarah here! We have come to one of those
rare times when I went and saw a movie without Andrew. Considering the movie, I
can't really fault him for it. So, a girlfriend and I went and saw Katy Perry: Part of Me all by our lonesome! I have to say that I really
enjoyed it! But for further details, Andrew and I are going to go the
question/answer route on this review. Bring on the questions Andrew!
Andrew: My first question: would you
consider this movie to be more of a concert film or a behind-the-scenes
documentary-type film?
S: That's a tough one. I would have to
say that it's more of a concert movie. She pretty much went through her entire
tour and the sets she played in them. Those were
then inter-spliced with behind-the-scenes footage. It was an
interesting progression of footage.
A: Can you explain what you mean by
"interesting progression of footage?" That intrigues me.
S: Well this was the documentation of a
yearlong tour, so when it started Katy was excited and very hands-on. That
actually never changed. But as it went on and she was trying to keep the energy
up for every show around the world AND keep a marriage together, we started to
see the toll it was taking on her. It was exhausting just to watch.
A: How far into her relationship with
Russell Brand did it get? Did it show much of the deterioration between them?
S: It did a little bit. It definitely
showed her in the positive light and him in the negative, which obviously made
sense. When she would have a day or two off, she would automatically jump on a
plane and fly to wherever he was - no matter if she was in Europe and he was in
L.A. He apparently never came to her. How exhausting would that be?!
It was actually pretty sad. There is
footage from when they did finally separate and divorce and they did a great
job at tugging at the audience's heartstrings.
A: Tugging at the heartstrings, that
brings me to my next question: in your opinion did this film come off more as a
true representation of what Perry's career and life is, or more of a
promotional movie that maybe shied away from putting Katy in any sort of
negative light? Basically, did the movie feel fake at all?
S: I definitely feel like this was a
promotional video but I don't think that it was fake. I actually find that when
Katy gives interviews, she sounds pretty fake. That was not the case in this
movie. But I will say that after the movie was over, we wanted to go to a Katy
Perry concert, and I think that was the point of the movie too. It’s quite
smart in my opinion.
A: Gotchya. Speaking of a concert, how
were the concert scenes? You saw this is 3D and from what I could tell from the
trailers, it looked like only the concert scenes were in 3D. Is that right?
S: No, everything was in 3D and it was
pretty good. We also saw it on a film projector so it was kind of lacking on
that point, but oh well. All in all, this was a fun movie to see in the
theatres. It gets you pumped up with Katy Perry music and is definitely a chick
flick.
It’s a fun movie to watch,
but based purely from the standpoint of grading it as a quality movie, I give
it a …
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Reading this review is the closest I will ever get to watching this movie.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you stayed at home Andrew, good call.
Hopefully with this movie's failure at the box office, the 3D concert movie can finally go and die peacefully.
I will say that it could have been a whole lot worse. But I'm with you, I don't quite get why someone in Hollywood was like, "Yes, 3D concert movie are a GOOD thing."
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