Man the drummer really makes this music work. Clearly the most sophisticated element of Radiohead can be found in its percussion. Sadly this film does not reveal much about the process of making music, but rather is focused on the banality of media and celebrity. I would hope that I could appear less hostile toward my own artistic success. The only interesting ‘insight’ comes from a tired band member. The only amusing part, visually speaking, is the behind the scenes shots of the “No Surprises” music video. Technically this a bleak and pompous exercise worthy of the band’s nihilistic pretensions rather than its talent.

Plastic poo on my OK computer.

I love Radiohead, and I think they were very ill-served by the film crew / directors who thought it would be a good idea to do a "behind the scenes" view of the band, with the idea that somehow touring and the attendent pressures are somehow revelatory. Hah! In this case, poor Radiohead was putty in the hands of a filmmaker who had a predetermined agenda. It's hard to tell what the filmmaker's agenda was - or, what the overall goal of the film was -- except to torture audiences and alienate the fans. They managed to make the members of Radiohead seem insipid, self-indulgent, and skinny-ugly. Not fair! It's a travesty in certain respects.

Though this documentary is well constructed in it's portrayal of Radiohead, York's consistent badgering of the media's portrayal of himself is monotonous. I have loved many of radiohead's albums and their music certainly speaks for itself. It's funny how York and the band pull away from such celebrity, when this documentary seems to show them as such. Perhaps this is the Radiohead they want people to see, unflattering celebrities, or this film is another ill representation of them. Either way, to see someone be so persistent in hiding from praise seems like a re-hashed rock star stereotype. This film pains to show the artist's inner struggle, and does a decent job, but it's subjects aren't too convincing. Their music obviously speaks better than they do.

couldn't get through the documentary. Maybe because I'm already too familiar with the old trappings here. AND it is very emotional and meandering and seems to have very little direction, at least in the first half which is as far as I got. I do love the band but have no sympathy for any alienation they feel towards their own fame or that of the media. The Doors had fun with it. Cobain... disappeared. Other huge bands deal with it in their own ways. I guess these guys are just being themselves, which is fine. Besides, this sort of thing doesn't last forever, and one always has the power to say no. No? Didn't think so.The Smashings Pumpkins cheapened the whole depression/alienation trend in music, but bands like Radiohead did it with style like Nirvana did it with sincerity, because it was something they were both really feeling and had the talent to pull it off. But I don't really need it tacked on in an aimless documentary about them either. That's what the music is for. If you understand the lyrics to "Stinkfist" by Tool then you know what I'm talking about.Of course if you're smart enough to not try and make things out to what you would like them to be, then you may safely watch this and possibly even still really like it. It's just that few things disgust me right now as much as blind raging fanfare. These are the sort of people bands like this want to stay far away from.