Why The Beatles "Let It Be" 1970 Restored Film is a Must See!
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- Disney+ recently announced The Beatles 1970 film "Let It Be" has be restored and will be released on May 8th, 2024. In this video I'll explain why it shouldn't be missed and how it's different than Peter Jackson's "Get Back" #thebeatles #letitbe #vinylrewind
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The footage of John and Paul face-to-face playing Two of Us is the ultimate cathartic moment of the movie and worth the price of admission. Despite everything that came in between, it’s still Paul and John horsing around, playing some music, and having some laughs. Distilled to it’s simplest form, it’s why we love the Beatles and can’t get enough of them. It’s the greatest romance of the 20th century. ❤
I don’t think it was very cathartic for George Harrison.
he head his catharsis already when he walked out
George's mum fell ill and he had to be with her in Liverpool before she died, and his wife Patti was in a crisis with Clapton, and George overheard the blabbing Dick James that he wasn't getting a fair shake from Beatles record sales because he didn't have enough songs in them. The whole nine yards came crashing down down.
AMEN TO THAT
Yeah, #Lennon and #BillyShears.
The highlight of the original movie is the performance of the three songs "Let it Be", "Long and Winding Road" and "Two of Us", which we know now was edited to look like it took place before the roof top session, but was actually after.
I really want to see Two of Us again.
@@Turtledove2009 yes, I can't wait.
The version of two of us that they played is way, way better
Are all those performances on Anthology? I remember at least Let it be is on it. If that's the case, then I see no need for the new release of the film.
@@TheLenefau You might not see the need but a lot of us do. I hope someday you'll join us...and the world will be as one.
The film has the "Let it A, let it B, let it C, let it D" bit that was unused for the documentary.
I would really love if they released "The Compleat Beatles". That was a really good and concise documentary.
I love the way the rooftop concert is edited in the original. Honestly, the film is still entertaining and fun to watch
I can’t wait. I have a weird fascination with the 1970 movie, but that quality is just rough because of how they did it. For a full remastered edition, count me in!
Yeah I'm definitely gonna check it out. Only seen it on very poor VHS quality. Dub from a dub from a dub....
@@jxchamb On a VHS tape thirteen years since it was produced, I'd say it was...OVERDUBBED
When my brother and I went to go see this in 1970 there's a couple things that really stood out. The argument between Paul and George, and there's another short little seen that I think everyone forgot about it's when I think they're doing two of us and John is not close enough to the microphone and they start the song and all of a sudden the camera pans at Paul's face and he's pointing to the microphone and sternly says get on the mic! Then you hear John kind of go well ok, then Paul kind of backs off and says real low you know because I can't hear you. Then John comes back real low voice going well you don't have to bitch about it. Yeah I'm going to be really interested in watching this all cleaned up.
HA - I hear ya!
I really enjoyed Let It Be and thought it was probably closer to the way the band were feeling at the time. Also, unlike Get Back which paints Paul in a beautiful light, Let It Be shows him basically getting on everyone's nerves.
Remember, there was a reason why they all thought making the album was a miserable time and this film captures the tension perfectly.
There are two sides to every story. Peter Jackson showed us the most productive part of the Let It Be sessions and the original shows more of the darker moments. It makes perfect sense to offer a balance for the audience to see a more complete picture...Not a bad thing at all. The Beatles were. after all, just humans like us.
But because there was so much footage, editing can make many false connections as you go back and forth between scenes that may have occurred many days apart, but are now juxtaposed in the film. This creates concepts in our minds. For instance, Paul suggests they do the corny one for now [which is a line they're discussing in Don't Let Me Down] and then the film immediately cuts to them rehearsing Maxwell's Silver Hammer. Ha ha. Cute, but misleading. But of course, Peter Jackson's footage is edited as well.
They should just release the 50+ hours of film
I’d watch 😊
thats what I said last year. release the 50+ hours of film and let us see if a hardcore Beatles fan will stand watching that 50+ hours film without standing or going inside the bathroom.
A 25 disc set, 2 hours each.
@@dan1216 yes. I love that. I will break my piggy bank just to buy that 25 disc set. No cuts. I want to see the John Lennon and George Harrison rumored boxing match.
That would be fantastic.
Senior citizen here who lived through these Beatle's events in real time.
I've had Let It Be on DVD for a long time, in fact I have 2 copies, one is from S Korea, complete with Korean subtitles if you wish.
I've loved this movie, and I was extremely excited to see the Peter Jackson version.
I waited until the price came down and after watching some of the movie, I was very disappointed. Waaaaay too much information and talk talk talk talk. Truthfully, to me it's like watching paint dry.
I've yet to watch the whole thing, and I doubt I ever will.
I know I'm probably in the minority with my opinion of Get Back, but I'm still a Beatle's fan at 77.
We have the Beatles Box set in mono on vinyl and it's our go to edition of listening. Also picked up the Giles Martin remixes(except Revolver).
Will probably pick this re-issued version, that is, if they didn't mess with it too much.
Thanks for the great post!
I had this downloaded and used to watch it a lot when wifi was down. Audio was relatively good and it was as good as a bad DVD transfer. Seeing this come to life and be publicly available for people to see is happy to see. Can't wait to see what new footage Jackson will be able to remaster, considering most footage (including concert footage) is very grainy.
If I remember right 'Let it be' showed the Beatles rehearsing songs that appeared on Abbey Road. 'Octopuses garden' 'Oh darling', and 'Maxwell's silver hammer' It will remain the only footage of the Beatles performing songs from their last ever album though I think Jackson's 'Get back' might have had additional songs from it.
I’m surprised they didn’t do this first then release Get Back as a more complete companion piece. A lot of casual or non-fans will have no idea what this is. They’ll say “I just saw an 8 hour version of this, why would I watch a 1.5 hr version?” But I’m excited to see it.
Yes. That would have made perfect sense. I'm looking forward to it.
The original plan was for Peter Jackson to make a 2-hour film, which would be released alongside the remastered version of the original film. When Disney bought distribution, it ballooned into an 8-hour series, and this remaster obviously got pushed aside for a few years.
I'm excited. I'm a Beatlemaniac, but I've never been much into tracking down bootlegs and never came across the original movie, so I just didn't see it even though I want to.
I always enjoyed the original film anyway. When it was released, it was magical to see supposedly fly-on-the-wall footage of our heroes in action, whether or not they were seen at their very best. It was much more than we had ever seen before, after all.
I'll definitely capture the new release.
I really don't get why so many people are bashing over this film.
You gotta understand this was put together in 1970, Lindsay-Hogg had 50+ hours of film to work with. Many say "he had something against The Beatles that's why he made this film depressing", I bet those people haven't seen the movie in years or probably never.
It does have its little fun moments, although the tense ones are more prominent. Get Back does have a lot of those tense and fun moments, but it's more "bearable" or less "noticeable" as it is a 9 hour documentary.
I agree. Also listening to the unreleased tapes that weren’t included in either documentary it could be argued the Peter Jackson also took liberties (maybe due to pressure from Paul and Yoko) in making it more rose tinted than it was.
Just considering all the information I’ve seen/heard neither documentary tells the whole story. And it was a difficult and fun time.
If you’re interested there are CZcams channels (I think pop goes the 60s is one) that show a lot of the more dramatic arguments that fill out why there was so much rumored tense feelings.
I had two standout moments from the film...ok, maybe 3.
1. Paul and Ringo playing on the piano at the beginning of the film.
2. John and Paul playing that faster version of Two Of Us.
3. George helping Ringo with Octopusses Garden.
I liked it. Saw a VHS copy years ago. It has some great moments, but it does pale in comparison to Get Back.
And it has more full songs than Get Back
‘Let it be’ is a remarkable film showing the Beatles’ songwriting process and giving fans the opportunity to see their last performance live after 3 years of stage absence. In 1970 the film left people sad ‘cause the group had just split up - it was a real tragedy then - and now they want to see it again with different eyes.
Peter Jackson’s ‘Get back’ series, tough interesting for fans, I.m.o. looks more like a reality show which had mainly the purpose to mark the band’s joyful moments left out from the original film and for the reason previously said 🤔
@@tizianalancia7679 I agree with your assessment. With Get Back I could only watch a couple of days at a time instead of 3 separate segments. When Let it Be was on VHS I would watch it a lot, mostly for the music
I saw the original somewhere when I was younger but I have no idea where, it was like a false memory in my head til I saw the get back doco. Would be good to see this and let my brain complete the loop 😂
I’m super stoked this is coming out. Can’t wait!
If it was released to theaters, I'd go but f×*k Disney + streaming.
More Beatles content to watch. Count me in!
Great points made. Definitely looking forward seeing this again after many years. In addition with it all spruced up for other generations to experience
I could’ve sworn the scene that was used in Get Back when George was saying to Paul “I’ll play what you want me to play or I won’t play. Whatever pleases you I’ll do it” was the same scene from Let It Be?
It was one of the four theatrical features the Beatles made while they were together. Do we really need more of a reason than that to check it out?
I saw Let it Be during its first run in movie theatres. I don`t recall any negativity surrounding it at the time, we were all just very happy to see the Beatles working on their songs, and of course the rooftop concert was terrific.
The reason this movie went out of circualtion for so many years is that Paul found that it painted a negative image of him, in particular over his argument with George captured on camera. During the filming, George did quit for a few days. According to George Martin, Paul was very "bossy" with the other three. Paul has been trying to control - and in some cases rewrite - Beatles history for years.
".....George did quit for a few days. According to George Martin, Paul was very "bossy" with the other three. Paul has been trying to control - and in some cases rewrite - Beatles history for years." It needs to be remembered that G. Martin had the least involvement with the was-to-have-been 1969 "Get Back" studio album (many preliminary pressings of that album got sent out to some radio stations in England and North America, then were abruptly pulled away) that would be salvaged the next year in the studio by svengali music producer Phil Spector with some reshuffled order of the album track listing with the new name "Let It Be". After finishing the 1967 masterpiece "Sgt. Peppers......." album the unexpected death of their manager Brian Epstein from a (possibly suicidal) overdose caused Paul to perhaps try to fill some sort of missing directional void that was lost with their manager not with them any longer and it resulted in some disjointed productions like the final week in 1967 British-only TV special "Magical Mystery Tour" and then the next years double ("white") album set with its great songs and then average or weirder tracks like "Revolution No.9". By the middle of 1969 the Beatles went back to George Martin and said to him that they wanted to return with him into the studio, for what possibly could be one last time, to record a completely new album "the old way", referring to the style of the Beatles studio "unity" during 1966 and 1967, that end result was the album "Abbey Road". As for Paul being very bossy with the others, there was a American radio deejay that met the Beatles during their concert tour in 1964 (we're talking about the Paul of 1964 here, after all, not the late 60's Paul), this deejay said compared to the other three, Paul was the least aloof and most gregarious and pleasant of them all to talk and deal with. Just the one deejay's impression of Paul, after all.
@@gregpaspatis9425 Ringo has said on several occasions that it was always Paul who got them to "get back" to work. Glad he did.
😂😂 Ha ha "McCartney and Lennon" - risible.
Well said Sir!
I saw “Let It Be” about a million years ago when a buddy of mine and I rented it on laser disc. Yes, his parents had one of those laser disc players where you would shove this rectangular “cartridge” that had the disc inside it into the front of the player and you would watch the video from there. This “Let It Be” version that’s been re-mastered should be interesting, in part because I’m sure the quality is better, and the original vibe was so different from that of “Get Back”
That’s a CED not laserdisc
That would have been a CED disc, a similar but different format to laserdisc. Laserdiscs look like giant CDs and they don't stay in a cartridge, you play them in the same manner that you play a DVD except you need to change sides in the middle of the film (unless you have an autoflip player which has a 2nd laser). Let It Be had limited releases on VHS, laserdisc and CED, all of which are now collector's items so whoever ended up with that CED copy could have sold it for quite a decent amount of money if they held onto it.
It was about 40 years ago. Give me a break for not remembering it was a CED.
I would like to see, as an extra feature, the rooftop concert without the street audience interruptions.
It's been decades since I've seen LET IT BE. Roll on 8 May! ❤❤❤❤
I think I rented the VHS tape of Let It Be many, many years ago. I've only seen it once and would like to see it again.
I have a VHS copy from the 1980’s as well as the version I downloaded off video sharing site when it popped up a few years ago. I am looking forward to seeing this remastered version but it’s all about the performances.
I have seen the original film many years ago…. In fact, I still have the VHS version just before it was pulled off the market!
Hey, I agree with you on this. Since Peter Jackson avoided using any footage from "Let It Be," anything that we will see on the new "Let It Be" will be unique footage, which does not exist anywhere else. Hey, at least the 1970 film gives us more of the rooftop concert than we saw in 2021's "Get Back." Yes, it will be worth seeing again.
I agree with you about the three songs which Peter Jackson omitted from GET BACK when I first noticed the songs missing I bought an old copy of LET IT BE to compliment GET BACK
I think people always associated the film with The Beatles breaking up because The Beatles were actually breaking up around the time the movie first hit the theaters
Wrong. They were breaking up slowly since Hey Jude. Got worse in Jan 1969 when Paul stupidly brought up Hey Jude to George. George got so mad he quit the band which was captured on film. Then in September 1969 at a meeting John broke up the band. But they kept it quiet until the following year.
I’m very excited to see it. Especially the performances on the last day of filming and the raucous “Two of Us” performance at Twickenham. I’m also glad the sound is being cleaned up using MAL technology.
Also, are those Matt Williamson’s faux album covers behind you?
1:50 I think the word you're looking for is complementary..
Can't wait for the DVD or Blu Ray version. I saw this multiple times in 1970 and repeatedly since, including a couple of years ago, and I think it's an important historical document that also has entertainment value, though I acknowledge that the Beatles weren't exactly on fire through much of it. I'm glad we have Get Back, but Let It Be definitely had its place.
❤❤❤❤❤❤The Beatles bro, The Beatles....
Looking forward to it!
I'm looking forward to it.
now that this is finally coming out, lets hope we can finally see the 18 hour directors cut of get back
Will do! Thanks! :)
..thank you for letting us know..
It's _Let It Be,_ part of the canon. We've been asking for this for decades; why wouldn't it be a must see? I agree that _Get Back_ makes it easier to watch, knowing it's not the miseryfest it's been considered as for the last 50+ years. But it's part of the band's history; we can't just bury it and pretend it doesn't exist. I'm looking forward to the physical release as I'll never pay for Dizzy+.
😅😅😅😅I call it Dismal Pus
The film was OK. Problem was the re-editing. The group wanted less John and Yoko. Makes sense that Peter Jackson did not use much of the movie bits. That alone should have been a big clue that this film will be released. Will it be full frame or letterbox? Won't matter, fans will complain either way. Seeing the muddy/heavily cropped image of Let It Be kind of ruined it for me. Finally seeing it crystal clear as intended would make me happy. If there ever was a physical release (fingers crossed) that they should add the unseen extended bits from Get Back as a bonus feature.
I have a bootleg DVD of the “poor quality” Let It Be, and I think it is worth seeing a MUCH better quality version of the film on Disney+. I must have seen Get Back at least 5 times, and now having Let It Be FINALLY be shown in the best quality possible gives this chapter of the Beatles a more complete picture of what went on. I agree that Get Back steered away from showing Let It Be footage, but there were exceptions.
One that immediately comes to mind is the Paul and George “argument”. Let It Be has a more direct focus on the two Beatles communicating whereas Get Back showed a more all-around view of that moment. LIB cuts off the argument after George says to Paul, “whatever it is that will please you, I’ll do it,” going straight to John singing Across the Universe. Despite the fact LIB is only 90 minutes, you kind of see The Beatles in three different stages: the misery at Twickenham, the better atmosphere at Apple Studios and having Billy Preston, and the rooftop performance.
If you think about it, having both Get Back and Let It Be on Disney+ is like having The Beatles Anthology, only it’s about one month of their lives. I, for one, can’t WAIT!!!
I guess once we get a blu ray we can edit the last three songs from Let It Be into the Get Back documentary!
I never saw this film before.
I'm looking forward to watching this in May! As much as I loved Get Back, one thing that was kind of disappointing about it was the fact that it only showed excerpts of certain performances. The original Let It Be film had full performances of Two Of Us, Take 19 of The Long and Winding Road, and Take 27B/28 of Let It Be featured in it. I was pretty disappointed when we only got 15 seconds worth of each song, and we've still yet to be able to see the full, stripped down performance of Take 27A of Let It Be that was used for the Let It Be single and album.
I hear they won't remove as much grain for this as they want to keep it closer to the orginal movie
People may think it is too depressing, but the original 'Let It Be' is real. It is not sugar coated, even though we do not see the bad arguments that the Beatles themselves say ruined those sessions for them. It is a part of history. For that reason we should have a much better version than the bootleg one I have on DVD.
I guess I wouldn't mind re watching it since it's been many years since I last saw it
Is it only on Disney plus? Is it playing anywhere else?
I've already owned this film on dvd and bluray for a very long time. Will NOT give Disney a penny. Will wait for the bootleg HD bluray to become available.
Oh, I'll DEFINITELY be watching, if for no other reason than to finally see it in pristine quality to make up for all the times over the last forty years I've seen it in crappy quality LOL
After this we must have the Redux version combining both movies: Get It Back
Saw the film in the summer of 1972.
I'm looking forward to it because it's actually the truth about how things were with The Beatles at the time. Interviews with John and George have told us that. Although I enjoyed Get Back, it was made to cover up the way things really were at that time and period with The Beatles.
So The Beatles were faking it in the footage for Get Back but were not in Let it Be. How did they know which footage would be used for Let it Be unless they personally edited it. People have been known to to be happy at times. George and John saw the Let it Be movie so that may be why they remembered it that way. Even Paul and Ringo remembered it as a downer because of the way the movie was edited. Than they saw the other footage and saw it wasn’t all bad.
That’s a simplistic take. How can 90 minutes of footage be a more representative documentary than an eight hour one? Yes the Twickenham sessions became a real drag, but there were lots of creative and happy moments too. If anything the original LIB was a false narrative as that suggests the entire thing was miserable.
It wasn’t a cover up. We saw many hours of footage. So while things were bad in some ways, they weren’t as all bad as we were made to believe-that is clear-the footage proves it.
Then why did John and George, and even Ringo say in interviews that it was worse than what was shown in the original movie. To be fair, John and George weren't here to comment or agree to Get Back.
@@BobE316 there probably is more negative film that we haven’t seen. Peter Jackson wanted to show that The Beatles also had fun while filming since the original movie showed so much tension between the band. One month together in a stressful situation is going to cause some friction. Micheal just happened to focus on the negative and Peter on the positive. Either way I’m glad to see both sides and it adds to their legacy. With age comes wisdom, I’m sure John and George would look fondly on their time as The Beatles as Paul and Ringo do now.
Didn't the Get Back include the later performances of "Let it Be", "Long and Winding Road" and "Two of Us" at the end of the documentary? I'm pretty sure they appear at the end somewhere near or after the credits...
Yes but they’re not complete.
But apart from the rooftop concert’s there are no complete songs on Get Back.
I'll check it out, as long as the video hasn't been AI'd into a waxy, soap opera-like sheen like "Get Back" was.
Viewed Let It Be on youtube a few years back. It appeared whoever cut the film (perhaps subconsciously) favored Paul heavily. It moved from one Paulcentric scene to another, as though with apparent and deliberate intent to feature him up front. As I say, maybe they didn't realize they were doing it.
Yes. Lennon made the same point in the Lennon Remembers interview with Rolling Stone.
He was the one upfront at this point in their career. It was Ringo who said if it hadn't been for Paul, the Beatles would've made about three albums.
@@lynnturman8157 Yes, cause Paul was the task master, all the others were lazy and wanted to just rest on their laurels
@@tombeyerlein3813 Yeah, I just watched Let It Be again for the first time in decades and I was like, no wonder John was so mad! But if the goal was to favour Paul, it really backfired in light of the break-up, because he was not shown in the best light and thus the film was used as evidence that he was the villain. every scene of Paul in Let It Be is pretty negative.
Example: Paul is filmed from the back of the head in a snippet from a much longer discussion about the nature of the project. We are seeing John's face, but the scene is cut without any replies from John. It is also completely out of context. From this scene, the viewer will infer that Paul wants to return to live performance and John is having none of it, because he looks bored. John is in fact listening intently, but he already agrees with Paul about this point and he's wondering where this conversation is going, b/c Paul is meandering around a lot in the original discussion. Paul's tone is also rather preachy, but we can't see his face, so there's no way to read his intent. It comes across like Paul is trying to convince John to help him corral George into doing something he doesn't want to do. Is that what's going on? Maybe... maybe not, but our interpretation is being decided for us through editing.
Can't wait to ignore this release.
I can't wait for some madman to splice the footage from _Let It Be_ into the _Get Back_ series.
You also said the new Red and Blue albums were disappointing, I'm taking what you say with a grain of salt.
Does the film have the full version of The Beatles performance of two of us
Yes👍
Why are we getting Let it Be on Disney+ and not Help or Yellow Submarine or Magical Mystery Tour? None of them are currently available on any streaming service or video rental platform outside of Apple TV.
Hard Days Night is on Max. Has been for a long time.
@@jasongress8764 I know. That’s why I didn’t mention that one.
The word you're looking for is "complementary" films.
Get Back shows the Let It Be context not seen in that edit.
The only reason to see the depressing film is to see and hear the 3 songs
Im still very confused
Isn’t Let It Be available on Internet Archives for anyone who wants to watch it
I am a Beatles fan and say no more releases ( they have given us enough )
There's also that silly version of "The Long And Winding Road" 😊
Saw it back in early 70s. I would rather not see it again. I will just listen to Beatles albums when I need a fix.
Elvis really took a shine to GET BACK. Too bad Mc paul didn't do a duet with him.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I have a “not too bad” bootleg dvd.
I'd prefer a physical release
get back didn't have the 3 best songs in that album after my opinion: Let it be, the long and wining road and two of us. amazing those 3 songs are in in this movie
Please, the fact that they shot 56 hours and the original director only used 81 min is a crime in itself. Someone should put him in jail for holding on to all that footage 😂
Get Back is the extended version of Let it Be so it will interesting if Peter jackson will just give us a better quality film or add more bits in there
Jackson is not involved in this one....
Get Back is a documentary about making another documentary
This movie is a drag. It’s worthwhile to watch once for historical reasons, but it really is a drag to get through.
ok bozo
@@barrymorgenstein201 well that’s a reasoned and informed argument isn’t it.
You probably saw it back then, saddened by the Beatles’ split up
@@tizianalancia7679 I literally watched it two months ago. Not sure what your point is.
@@thefonzkiss I watched it last week and I agree, it's a drag. I also understand why John was so angry; he really was cut out of it. His ire was misplaced though, since it is clear that if Paul had conspired with Michael to feature himself more prominently, I don't think he would gone so far out of his way to portray himself as the villain. The Beatles did not have final edit of this film.
However, the rooftop concert is edited in a more dramatic way, which is better for a theatrical movie. It's nice in get Back to finally hear the dialogue with the constables though.
The poor quality of this video will not prevent me from watching the fourth and final film from the greatest musical aggregation in the history of the world. The last time I saw it was 52 years ago. I cannot wait.
This civilisation must have come to an end, The Beatles at DisneyPlus.
Vinyl rewind 😂
We can whine and moan until the cows come home about “Let it Be”, but we simply cannot change the story. Just like JFK getting into that convertible in Dallas, we cannot wish the fact that John & Paul were simply getting the itch to move on in 1969 away. The Beatles’ story is what it is, it’s history. Let the film out once and for all.
Saw it 54 years ago give or take some months don’t want to see it again since get back came out
Let it Be YES!!! Disney+ NO!!!
Waiiiiinalllll Rewaiiiiiii!
It's pretty depressing restored or unrestored. Peter Jackson's version far more fun.
Peter Jackson made them look like clowns
@@tizianalancia7679 oh pahleeze there has to be a kill joy on every video Jackson's movie was superb!!!
@@tizianalancia7679 Let It Be made them look like jag offs. At least if you understand they're clowning around, you can be more forgiving of their goofy execrable performances. Let It Be spends a lot of time on them "rehearsing" those old songs. It captures complete performances with no context. Sure, you can infer they're jamming or "warming up", but it takes up so much screen time, that you're left with the impression that they were just wasting time and money.
no need to watch it after the Peter Jackson masterpiece
As much of an annoying weirdo as MLH is, it’s very respectful to give his version a full release. We wouldn’t have this whole piece of history without his annoying charms 😂
I own the movie on Betamax. Poorly shot and edited.
Hohum a bit too much #McCartney adulation. Or should I say #BILLYSHEARS the great impostor? Or #FAUL as we call him. When is the #GeorgeHarrision documentary coming out???
I wish I could get excited about this but Peter Jackson is the one who restored it - and that dude HATES film grain. The Get Back series documentary looked absolutely atrocious because of all the unnecessary grain removal that Jackson used with his AI-based restoration method - he went overboard with to the point where at points it looked like we were watching some weird watercolor painting come to life in spots. The result is that it looked like weird video footage from the early 2000's instead of a film-shot documentary from 1970. Those sessions were shot on 16mm film which produces some pretty chunky grain - visible enough to be seen on regular DVD. And while any film restoration should tame that grain to a point - removing it completely is blasphemy. At that point, you're not even watching the original film anymore - you're watching an AI rendering of it instead.
KEEP PETER JACKSON AWAY FROM ANY MORE BEATLES FOOTAGE.
He took the incredibly important wealth of material that was used for “Get Back,” and scrubbed the f*ck out of it until all of our lads appeared like wax sculptures, not to mention the “modernized” color grading which was just bizarre looking.
Let me say, first of all that I am a huge Beatles fan but the original "Let It Be" film was one of the most BORING films I've ever seen! The music was great, all of it, but the film sucked!
Its a terribly film. Really it is. Peter Jackson Get Back is a very well done doc but unfortunately irritating with all the noise reduction that makes the boys look like rubber faces.
Sorry dude, all the remastering in the universe can't change the energy, and lack thereof, of Let it Be. I saw it. It was terrible then, a movie with a bad vibe and a bored, indifferent, and disgruntled cast of characters and since it's not wine I don't see it getting better with age. I was kind of interested when Peter Jackson got involved in touching it up because Ringo said they were going to lose a bunch of the bitchy and dull moments and show those moments that got left on the cutting room floor, the ones where they had fun. But then disney did what disney does best, they got involved and contaminated it by demanding a F-N tele-series for their their crap network instead of the two-hour theater release Jackson originally talked about making. That meant bringing in all the old garbage and then adding some more to fill space. Jackson could have said no but he took the money, just like he did with The Hobbit. Oh well, a guy has to make a living. I guess.
I have no interest in Let it Be but that's just me. I'd almost rather watch Magical Mystery Tour. Paul is a great musician and he was a great songwriter once upon a time but he was always a sh*tty movie maker, and Let it Be and Magical Mystery both prove that point. As the critic wrote about Magical Mystery Tour: "The Beatles grabbed a bunch of their friends, put them on a bus, and filmed what happened. The problem is nothing did." Same with this movie. Watch it if you want, but be honest with yourself as you are, and find a good reason for spending any money on it. I bet you will have to fish for one. But like I say, that's me. I'm a Beatlemaniac of the highest order but this...sorry, I'll take a hard pass, fool me once kind of thing.
"Let It Be" 1970 Restored Film is a Must See! "- No, it isn't.
It's rubbish!! Such a depressing film.
It's not depressing lol. The context around it was.