Robert Henderson

This documentary proves once and for all that The Beatles are the greatest band of all time. Not just as songwriters, or in record sales, or what have you. They seem like they're floundering and don't really have it completely together throughout the entire documentary and you're wondering how they're going to sound when they play live (course, they've already been playing live, just in the studio and not to a "crowd.") They're laying tracks, having fun, joking around, lots of beautiful stuff Peter Jackson and his cohorts brilliantly assembled to show us that these are just twenty-somethings kicking it around. Young dudes that happen to be in the best band of all time. There is some friction, but overall they're just doing their thing, but it seems kind of disjointed and you're not sure they have it together at all. Then they get on the roof and play, and several of the songs they play there make it onto the record, which is patently absurd by today's standards, and these cuts still sound transcendental and timeless. Some of the percussive hits they do when they're playing the songs on the roof of Abbey Road Studios are the most intense things I've ever heard a band do, hands down. They're so dialed in with each other it's insane."We're just doing some songs." Forget it. Best band ever. Tell me it's not true. I dare you. Pure Magic.

Barry is a good show, right? Worth watching. Similar in many ways to Mr Inbetween. But Mr Inbetween is a great show. There is a big difference between good and great. Makes me think I've been wasting my time with shows or films that are merely good. If there are blokes making shows like this out there, there must be a few more, right? Maybe not. They captured lightning in a bottle with this one. Never seen the like.