For Teeny Boppers Only
Film: One Direction: This Is Us (documentary feature)
Cast: Niall Horan, Zayn Mallik, Liam Payne
Directed by: Morgon Spurlock
Duration: 1 hr 32
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Rating: * 1 / 2
I must confess that I had never heard any song by One
Direction before watching this documentary. I also learnt that like most boy
bands, their following is primarily among teenage girls and since I’m neither a
teenager nor a girl, the fame of this British boy band had escaped me.
Directed by Morgan Spurlock (of Super Size Me fame), it
traces the origins of the band (The X factor) and they were mentored by Simon
Cowell, who is also a co-producer of the documentary.
For a band that doesn’t write or compose their own songs,
you have to give it to them for being so popular. But then you wouldn’t expect
teenage boys who don’t know how far Japan
is from Australia
to really write songs. As for their fame (they are also compared to the
Beatles) as Cowell himself says “I don’t know why they are so popular!” Well,
the Beatles become popular because they wrote and sang songs which are still
going strong half a century later. One Direction recreates love songs that
appeal only to certain sections. A doctor also explains why girls like boy
bands, it all got to do with chemicals released by the brain.
Sure, fans of the band (read adolescent
girls) will enjoy seeing them on the big screen. Men will have to wait longer
till Metallica’s Through The Never releases
in India. Meanwhile, thanks but no thank you for the
music here.
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