Well I was (there)

Rating: 3/10 (5 August 2008)

Unfortunately for me as I might add. As I do not so much about Mr. Bob Dylan and wouldn't call myself a fan of his (neutral would be describing it best), I might have expected something else here. A sort of bio-pic, but not really. As many have stated, that does justice to the myth surrounding Mr. Dylan.
While this might be true, I would've preferred a more straight approach to the whole thing. How can you mythologize a myth? It just doesn't work (for me). It would've been better to go the other direction. But having said that, I also do admire the guts from the director for trying something completely different. But even so, the bits and parts seem to have a different quality. While I was mesmerized by Cate Blanchett's performance (if it were only her the whole time, I might have given the movie an 8 or 9 as a vote!), there were other pieces that left me cold. And while threads and themes did appear, almost none of them got resolved. I know this was on purpose, but it still didn't help the overall experience. I expect that quite a few will disagree with me and my point of view, but I can only write how I felt/feel about the movie.