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The most enjoyable Biopic that I've watched in recent years is "Weird", the Weird Al biopic. It understands that it's a send up of the usual musician origin story, in the vein of Walk Hard, and is fun to watch.
It does THE MOST amazing job of skewering the way biopics re-write history in ways that aren’t harmless or trivial. The turn where Al’s music is “stolen” is genius.
I haven't seen that one yet, but I probably should. I heard that Weird Al decided that Radcliffe was sufficiently weird after seeing him do the elements song on the Graham Norton show. I can see why - Daniel Radcliffe is slightly mad, in a good way.
Al having that shredded 6 pack wasn't even for the movie. Radcliffe just had abs and Al thought it was funny. It's the greatest movie involving a small obscure accordion player.
Seeing the trailer for this movie at the cinema for a different film was so surreal. It had the energy of a student production putting on a production of Romeo and Juliet and changing something random to seem artsy and distinctive.
This is the best comment I've read tonight. I'm disappointed that you only had one like before mine. Damon Albarn is rad, Gorillaz are rad, and a fictional animated biopic about the formation of a cartoon band could in fact be one of the best movies to happen to music since Pink Floyd's _The Wall._ I applaud you, and may God have mercy on your soul.
@@notsyzagts7967 they're too corporate now. If Jamie and Damon were still at the heads and full control, then hell yeah, but most of it is controlled by studio execs who don't care.
I think the symbolism of the monkey is good for helping us understand how Robbie Williams might have felt about himself! Perhaps he viewed himself as different from everyone else (in a negative way). Less refined, maybe. More animalistic and impulsive. I have ADHD, and I can definitely relate to that feeling- the feeling that you're just not quite human-ing in the correct way. I'll often refer to myself as a "creature" as a joke. Idk, the metaphor spoke to me!
Animals in clothes will never not be entertaining! The monkey performing shirtless on stage like a shirtless boy band idol was my favorite so far; I'm sure it's a serious movie but at the very worst it will be funny to see the monkey.
I saw the trailer for this in the ads while waiting in the Cinema... I was very confused. Also the trailer was super long and basically showed you the *entire* plot before even watching the movie. The Monkey is kinda interesting - like in the trailer you see him in tons of different outfits and looks, emotions, but that's more a cgi thing. I don't care too much about biopics themselves though. *Wait* so it is about a real person? I thought it was a real person at first, then thought 'no way.' I do know who Robbie is, luckily. And the metaphor of being a monkey can be very interesting. I did feel like possibly seeing the film with mild curiosity. Like I can as easily buy into this as Paddington.
Yeah he's real, and he's telling his story in a very raw and honest way, which makes a nice change from the typical gloss. I think it's an incredible good music biopic... but also it is still a biopic, so if that's not your thing, it might not be the best
The director of Better Man is coming off of directing a Pink movie and producing Rocketman. I'm not sure what to make of that, kind of going from expected to unexpected, but thought I would share.
People want to have it both ways again. If it's another remake, prequel, reboot, or sequel, people lose their minds and criticize. Then when movies take swings, a big risk, or try to do something different or unique, people recoil and call it weird or a gimmick and don't support it. I know people kinda want something in between but I just hope more people would at least acknowledge the double standard more.
I won't necessarily criticise people for being put off by this film. It's very, very hard to market it in a way where it doesn't look like a cheap gimmick. But it's still a shame because it was a really great film
@@mylittlethoughttreeI honestly would've watched it if not for the monkey. It destroys any sense of immersion for me. That's me though, can't speak for everyone else.
Unrelated to the topic of the video but I was watching the background footage you put in, and I recognised it from when I went there while on holiday with my family. It was just cool to see a location I recognise in a video that I would never have guessed had that in it.
Never thought you would talk about Better Man! Looking forward to watching this, as a big Robbie Williams fan :D The monkey is probably the least surprising thing about this movie I've seen so far ... knowing Robbie as an artist and as a person. And I'm very happy to hear that it's actually a good movie as well :)
Someone already made the comment about Robbie Williams not being famous in America and that was a bizarre thing to say to me, dude had a couple hits and had a major moment in America, it was in the 2000s, but some people know him and like him, he just didn’t stay relevant for whatever reasons, but he did try to break out, there’s so many people that are popular in Britain and Europe that no one knows in America, some US acts blew up first in Britain and Europe then crossed over
I can’t imagine who’d want to watch a biopic about Robbie Williams, never mind one where he’s a CGI monkey. I’ve seen the trailer a couple of times and it’s one of the most moronic things I’ve ever seen.
I certainly gained no interest from the trailers. It looks such a dumb idea and I'm no fan of Robbie Williams... however it was a very pleasant shock to discover it's actually really good. Can't blame anyone for not paying money to see something that hardly appears enticing, but I don't think it's fair to write something off as garbage that you haven't seen
Felt crazy as shit reading the comments lol. All I could think was God this awful, I would burn alive with embarrassment even suggesting it and I adore weird movie stuff. The "it's such a clever metaphor!" Comments are absolutely KILLING ME though. Not that my opinion matters, I'm glad they enjoy the movie and have something to enjoy talking about. But I feel a lot of the stuff people are saying are just them not being able to truly admit they just liked the gimmick, they just enjoyed a monkey rockstar, and feel the need to explain themselves by applying all that metaphor stuff on it. IMO it's no more creative or clever than just an animated biopic. I also tend to do that which why my bells are ringing so damn loud.
The best musician biopic is Amadeus. Simply because it doesn't just focus on Mozart but it focuses in Salieri being jelaous of Mozart's fame and glory. I wish more biopics of musicians, or anyone else, tried new ways to tell their stories from a narrative perspective and not just *M O N K E*
The funniest thing i heard about this movie is someone saying that there was soo little interest in a robbie documentary that they turned him into a monkey in order to get some attention. Which feels true, Yes he was big in europe, But being big is not interesting, Most music biopics feature artists with well-known backgrounds or an interesting background or a tragedy in their life. Robbie? I have never heard of anyone asking about his backstory
Pretty sure Take That didn’t get big in the US because they were pretty much a boy band that sucked ass. and in the 90s we had plenty of our own boy bands that sucked slightly less ass. But I’m pretty sure *NSYNC and Justin Timberlake did quite well in the UK and Europe comparatively so…I think it’s just that Take That and Williams are just ehh not great..not very good.
I dunno, it's quite a big leap to base it all on US having superior music. It takes a big marketing push for a popstar to crack a foreign market and there just wasn't that much push from Robbie Williams. Some suggest he didn't want to in order to maintain some semblance of privacy. Having seen the film and knowing where he was once he conquered the UK, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a need to slow down from an emotional position. I'm not a fan of his, nor do I know any Just Timberlake or NSYNC, but I can certainly appreciate there is a rawness and some level of depth to a lot of Robbie Williams music. As far as popstars go, I don't think he's a bad one at all. But I agree Take That suck, yeah
I immediately thought of the fantastic music video "You know you like it" by DJ Snake and Aluna George when I saw this. I had never heard of it until I clicked on your video. I reckon the music video is Robbie's timeline if he became a drug addict?
Wait tvis is an actual biopic? I thought it was just some werid very very werid like fictional monkey who becomes famous and it's like a mocumentary but with a biopic
This latest formula has been spit out since Jamie Foxx in Ray...and the Johnny Cash film..and paint by numbers since the 2pac and then the Biggie Biopics..which were moderately successful..spawning the Freddie Mercury and Elton John biopics. You were around 10 years old when this whole phenomenon started ..and unfortunately its not going anywhere.😂
definitely the best biopic musical ive seen a very long time. gimmick or not, it really worked for me. sorta made kingdom of the planet of the apes movie, that came out earlier, seem like childs play by comparison. give it a chance, yall might be surprised.❤
@@WhatsReallyGoingOn84 arguably the “then, the worst tragedy imaginable struck” point in the biopic formula actually occurs after he’s been dead for decades…
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The most enjoyable Biopic that I've watched in recent years is "Weird", the Weird Al biopic. It understands that it's a send up of the usual musician origin story, in the vein of Walk Hard, and is fun to watch.
It does THE MOST amazing job of skewering the way biopics re-write history in ways that aren’t harmless or trivial. The turn where Al’s music is “stolen” is genius.
The end is so hilarious too.
I haven't seen that one yet, but I probably should. I heard that Weird Al decided that Radcliffe was sufficiently weird after seeing him do the elements song on the Graham Norton show. I can see why - Daniel Radcliffe is slightly mad, in a good way.
Al having that shredded 6 pack wasn't even for the movie. Radcliffe just had abs and Al thought it was funny. It's the greatest movie involving a small obscure accordion player.
Man I gotta see that. Walk hard is top tier.
Seeing the trailer for this movie at the cinema for a different film was so surreal. It had the energy of a student production putting on a production of Romeo and Juliet and changing something random to seem artsy and distinctive.
I'm glad they made the Dewey Cox biopic early on. He truly was a pioneer in pop music. Such an inspiration
THE WRONG KID DIED
He never once paid for drugs.
Not. Once.
He was such a pioneer in music. He walked hard so others could run hard.
Get outta here Dewey! You don’t want no part of this shit!!
You're gonna fail. Bye
Ok this is just making me want a gorillaz biopic
This is the best comment I've read tonight. I'm disappointed that you only had one like before mine. Damon Albarn is rad, Gorillaz are rad, and a fictional animated biopic about the formation of a cartoon band could in fact be one of the best movies to happen to music since Pink Floyd's _The Wall._ I applaud you, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Their discography with clips is their biopic.
@@jip5889 Nope; we need an official separate project.
@@notsyzagts7967 they're too corporate now. If Jamie and Damon were still at the heads and full control, then hell yeah, but most of it is controlled by studio execs who don't care.
It would have to be full kayfabe,
Treating the characters as if they are real
I think the symbolism of the monkey is good for helping us understand how Robbie Williams might have felt about himself! Perhaps he viewed himself as different from everyone else (in a negative way). Less refined, maybe. More animalistic and impulsive. I have ADHD, and I can definitely relate to that feeling- the feeling that you're just not quite human-ing in the correct way. I'll often refer to myself as a "creature" as a joke. Idk, the metaphor spoke to me!
The movie is unhinged. This monkey goes places.
My mans thinking he’s the main character over here
@@BarronVonSchnoot nice one bro. major points. now try saying something beautiful and true
@@gothiiirafiii he already did
Okay so the character is actually a monkey. I thought I was the only person seeing a monkey performing on stage.
Animals in clothes will never not be entertaining! The monkey performing shirtless on stage like a shirtless boy band idol was my favorite so far; I'm sure it's a serious movie but at the very worst it will be funny to see the monkey.
These biopics start to go too early into these artists lives. Im not certain if our monkey ancestry is this relevant to the plot
Things got real interesting after Weird Al's biopic dropped
The bar was set high after Weird
To be fair, that's kind of what I expected from a biopic on Weird Al Yankovic.
I'd argue and say Rocketman walked so Weird Al's could run
In America, Robbie Williams is a very lightly memorable relic of the Y2K era with the songs Angels and Millennium. We haven’t heard from him since lol
I saw the trailer for this in the ads while waiting in the Cinema... I was very confused.
Also the trailer was super long and basically showed you the *entire* plot before even watching the movie.
The Monkey is kinda interesting - like in the trailer you see him in tons of different outfits and looks, emotions, but that's more a cgi thing.
I don't care too much about biopics themselves though.
*Wait* so it is about a real person? I thought it was a real person at first, then thought 'no way.'
I do know who Robbie is, luckily.
And the metaphor of being a monkey can be very interesting. I did feel like possibly seeing the film with mild curiosity. Like I can as easily buy into this as Paddington.
Yeah he's real, and he's telling his story in a very raw and honest way, which makes a nice change from the typical gloss. I think it's an incredible good music biopic... but also it is still a biopic, so if that's not your thing, it might not be the best
The director of Better Man is coming off of directing a Pink movie and producing Rocketman. I'm not sure what to make of that, kind of going from expected to unexpected, but thought I would share.
I didn't know that, thanks!
Oh interesting. I personally thought Rocketman was great!
Rocketman was fantastic
I think that means the movie was in good hands ÷>
Your intro always makes me feel calm, such a wonderful way to start a video especially when your topic is a little more serious
So now what are they supposed to call the inevitable biopic about Eddie Vedder?
Vedder Man
People want to have it both ways again. If it's another remake, prequel, reboot, or sequel, people lose their minds and criticize. Then when movies take swings, a big risk, or try to do something different or unique, people recoil and call it weird or a gimmick and don't support it. I know people kinda want something in between but I just hope more people would at least acknowledge the double standard more.
I won't necessarily criticise people for being put off by this film. It's very, very hard to market it in a way where it doesn't look like a cheap gimmick. But it's still a shame because it was a really great film
@@mylittlethoughttreeI honestly would've watched it if not for the monkey. It destroys any sense of immersion for me. That's me though, can't speak for everyone else.
This is like saying because people don't like to being served just salad all the time they need to accept being served uncooked rice because is new .
Unrelated to the topic of the video but
I was watching the background footage you put in, and I recognised it from when I went there while on holiday with my family.
It was just cool to see a location I recognise in a video that I would never have guessed had that in it.
Is it that they're getting weird or they've been outta ideas for years now so they're just throwing shit at a wall?
Never thought you would talk about Better Man! Looking forward to watching this, as a big Robbie Williams fan :D The monkey is probably the least surprising thing about this movie I've seen so far ... knowing Robbie as an artist and as a person. And I'm very happy to hear that it's actually a good movie as well :)
I saw an ad for this during last nights new years celebrations
Someone already made the comment about Robbie Williams not being famous in America and that was a bizarre thing to say to me, dude had a couple hits and had a major moment in America, it was in the 2000s, but some people know him and like him, he just didn’t stay relevant for whatever reasons, but he did try to break out, there’s so many people that are popular in Britain and Europe that no one knows in America, some US acts blew up first in Britain and Europe then crossed over
I can’t imagine who’d want to watch a biopic about Robbie Williams, never mind one where he’s a CGI monkey. I’ve seen the trailer a couple of times and it’s one of the most moronic things I’ve ever seen.
Thank you! I see these comments like "oh I'll give it a chance" it's like no! Don't give them validation to produce garbage like this!
I certainly gained no interest from the trailers. It looks such a dumb idea and I'm no fan of Robbie Williams... however it was a very pleasant shock to discover it's actually really good. Can't blame anyone for not paying money to see something that hardly appears enticing, but I don't think it's fair to write something off as garbage that you haven't seen
Felt crazy as shit reading the comments lol. All I could think was God this awful, I would burn alive with embarrassment even suggesting it and I adore weird movie stuff. The "it's such a clever metaphor!" Comments are absolutely KILLING ME though.
Not that my opinion matters, I'm glad they enjoy the movie and have something to enjoy talking about. But I feel a lot of the stuff people are saying are just them not being able to truly admit they just liked the gimmick, they just enjoyed a monkey rockstar, and feel the need to explain themselves by applying all that metaphor stuff on it. IMO it's no more creative or clever than just an animated biopic. I also tend to do that which why my bells are ringing so damn loud.
Anybody else remember watching the uncensored version of Rock DJ late nights on whatever channel they could find as a teen?
Robbie Williams followed me on bluesky for some reason, the marketing for this movie was wild
Wow, I had no idea this existed...! It sounds super interesting, I have to go see it once it hits cinemas here.
The best musician biopic is Amadeus. Simply because it doesn't just focus on Mozart but it focuses in Salieri being jelaous of Mozart's fame and glory. I wish more biopics of musicians, or anyone else, tried new ways to tell their stories from a narrative perspective and not just *M O N K E*
I forgot about Amadeus. Masterpiece of a movie, Better Man can't possibly compare to that BUT it is still a very good biopic that I'd recommend
The Bob Dylan 'I'm not there' movie from 2007 was good. I think much like this movie, it's not played straight.
The trailer was so bizarre it actually got me to google it, which is more than I can say for any other recent movie trailers I’ve seen.
The Weird Al biopic was ::chefs kisses::
The uncanny valley vibes are beyond creepy on this one for me. I literally couldn't watch the trailer without feeling nauseous
Shit… I thought I was the only one.
The funniest thing i heard about this movie is someone saying that there was soo little interest in a robbie documentary that they turned him into a monkey in order to get some attention.
Which feels true,
Yes he was big in europe,
But being big is not interesting,
Most music biopics feature artists with well-known backgrounds or an interesting background or a tragedy in their life.
Robbie? I have never heard of anyone asking about his backstory
Pretty sure Take That didn’t get big in the US because they were pretty much a boy band that sucked ass. and in the 90s we had plenty of our own boy bands that sucked slightly less ass. But I’m pretty sure *NSYNC and Justin Timberlake did quite well in the UK and Europe comparatively so…I think it’s just that Take That and Williams are just ehh not great..not very good.
I dunno, it's quite a big leap to base it all on US having superior music. It takes a big marketing push for a popstar to crack a foreign market and there just wasn't that much push from Robbie Williams. Some suggest he didn't want to in order to maintain some semblance of privacy. Having seen the film and knowing where he was once he conquered the UK, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a need to slow down from an emotional position. I'm not a fan of his, nor do I know any Just Timberlake or NSYNC, but I can certainly appreciate there is a rawness and some level of depth to a lot of Robbie Williams music. As far as popstars go, I don't think he's a bad one at all.
But I agree Take That suck, yeah
I didn’t know music biographies were like the overused genres Gigguk mentioned (isekai for anime and FPS for video games)
When I saw the trailer I thought it was a Coldplay thing because of that one video lol
honest to god, i saw the trailer and thought it was a spin off of planet of the apes
Wait, now i’m interested.
Ken Russell and Todd Hayes were the OG weird music biopic directors.
I'm waiting for a biopic of Harambe
Aren't we all?
Maybe this is a prequel of sing
I immediately thought of the fantastic music video "You know you like it" by DJ Snake and Aluna George when I saw this. I had never heard of it until I clicked on your video. I reckon the music video is Robbie's timeline if he became a drug addict?
Dance monkey, dance!
Actually quite interesting. I barely know who this singer is and the monkey thing makes me cringe but you argued this well
Wait tvis is an actual biopic? I thought it was just some werid very very werid like fictional monkey who becomes famous and it's like a mocumentary but with a biopic
i never heard of robbie williams
Have you seen Rocketman? That film was phenomenal.
Watched this last night with my girlfriend and we both loved it, I would say it is in the top two biopics with Rocket man
Thank you for confirming how much i dislike biopics
My first question is why does the chimp look so much worse than Ceasar over a decade ago? Wont make it more interesting smh
This latest formula has been spit out since Jamie Foxx in Ray...and the Johnny Cash film..and paint by numbers since the 2pac and then the Biggie Biopics..which were moderately successful..spawning the Freddie Mercury and Elton John biopics. You were around 10 years old when this whole phenomenon started ..and unfortunately its not going anywhere.😂
Guess he really didn't mind doing it for the kids (Kids is the only song with him in it that I know)
definitely the best biopic musical ive seen a very long time. gimmick or not, it really worked for me. sorta made kingdom of the planet of the apes movie, that came out earlier, seem like childs play by comparison. give it a chance, yall might be surprised.❤
Anybody questioning the monkey thing is just playing dumb for the sake of argument. That's the most translucent metaphor he could've used.
Straight outta Compton and James Brown biopics were the only good ones
Gorillaz extended universe when?
The best musician biopic ever made is dewey cox
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Sorry but who is Robbi Williams?
Bro fell on
I wanna see one of Wagner.
Only if it's as long as his opera
@@WhatsReallyGoingOn84 arguably the “then, the worst tragedy imaginable struck” point in the biopic formula actually occurs after he’s been dead for decades…