Not Fade Away (2012)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Simply Perfect

A Masterpiece!

Well made, well-acted, sporadically engrossing snapshot of a moment in time and some players in it that doesn't follow through (or even finish). It feels like a pilot for a TV series that didn't get picked up, with tons of loose ends dangling, but by the time we get there we don't much care anymore. Setup is solid, characters are decently developed, dialog is mostly believable (I just don't think people dropped the F-bomb back in the early 60s the way they do here). But the story makes huge leaps in time, feels choppy and over-edited, and by the cheap cop-out ending--a character basically wanders onto the middle of the screen, breaks the fourth wall and starts addressing the audience to tell us what the movie's about--I was ready to throw up my hands.Writer/Director David Chase is a genius, and you can see traces of it here, but this film feels unfinished. I didn't hate it, it's well made and the cast is appealing, but it's the epitome of a "meh" movie in the end.

This movie is basically simple with no real need for a wordy script. It is character driven and full of great mid-60's music. Douglas(John Magaro)is of slight build, shy, lacking a clear complexion...but has that same dream that most of his peers share...be a rock musician. Douglas and three of his New Jersey high-school friends form a band based on the music of The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan and The Beatles. Doug plays drums and sings background vocals and the band tries to tackle the major hit tunes of 1963-64. Just like the professional bands they admire...there is grumbling of who should be the front man and lead vocalist. James Gandolfini is flawless as the father that has no use for or belief in rock 'n' roll music. When Douglas takes over lead vocals, the nameless band starts to progress enough to land an audition for a recording deal. Not all members of the band feel they are ready yet. A very good soundtrack featuring music by The Rolling Stones, Bo Diddley, The Moody Blues, The Rascals, Bob Dylan and of course The Beatles. Magaro and other band member Jack Huston take some fine turns at the mike. Other cast members: Bella Heathcote, Will Brill, Gregory Peri, Christopher McDonald and Brad Garrett. If you have a fondness for the music of the period, the movie can take over a more relevant meaning,

Yes, I'm fully aware that America is currently infatuated with superheroes and apocalyptic fantasies right now at your local multiplex {right back atcha' Mr. Cruise, Mr. Damon & Mr. Smith (both of 'em)}. But can't a decent, well-acted, smaller period piece written and directed by the great David Chase find an audience? Anyone? I guess not, as this grossed less than $600,000 on a budget of twenty mil. Maybe this will catch new life down the road on cable, but that remains to be seen.I'm not saying this was the greatest thing ever, but I certainly enjoyed it. Awesome period sets (I loved the snippets of TV shots thrown in) along with cool music highlighted this great effort by Chase to bring back his days as a young suburban NYC drummer turned west-coast film school "refugee".It also really worked well to have a cast of unknowns, as they really helped make the story of many a 60's garage band like this looking for any kind of breakout believable. It took me several minutes to figure out the guitar wiz was Jack Huston from "Boardwalk Empire"…40 years, one eye and a great wig away from his chilling Richard Harrow character.And there surely was something comforting, and a great nod to nine years of quality work on "The Sopranos" with Chase letting James Gandolfini's one-dimensional 1960's "generation gap" father have a bowl of ice cream again on the couch, even though The History Channel wouldn't be invented for another 30 years! Do check this out if you somehow want to remember the mid-60's, as it's well worth the time spent.P.S.-best line for me was when our hero Douglas realizes he may have lost his babe at a Hollywood party to some "English Invader", but still asks the burning question: "Do you know where Rod Serling lives?"

just finished up watching this growing up in the sixties, and rock and roll movie. for the earliest of the Baby Boomers, this is the movie for you, and the music will rock your soul. A teenage band, with inspirations maybe a little too optimistic. With a top notch cast, and great story telling, this was indeed entertaining and very realistic, since I was in a little band back then too. James Gandolfini is great as a pretty typical sixties Father, coping with everyday problems and a pretty wacky Wife. The teenagers are very realistic, and you could tell it was written pretty much biographical. It works for me. Highly recommended especially to us Boomers.