One Direction - This Is Us - Review

If you have seen the Jonas Brothers, Katy Perry, or even Justin Bieber concert/documentary films, you can tell what this movie is going to be just revolving around the starred One Direction band.  The movie goes into their personal lives mainly as they show what each band member has done or is currently doing while they are in their home town.  I did enjoy seeing this as they give you a glimpse into their personal lives.  However, I didn't enjoy how some of the members especially Zayn and Liam appeared to be very arrogant and the most unappreciative of their fan base.  Liam even said how he appreciates his time off basically not to be bothered.  I respect this but just remember who made you the person you are today.  However, Liam brought up an interesting point of not being able to comprehend who true friends could be after living this lifestyle.  I also didn't enjoy how one of them stated that they don't plan on doing this for the rest of their lives, I would hope considering you are in the prime music industry, you would continue on your career in music with or without the fellow band members.  That is just my opinion though.  During the film, they also showed how the band gained popularity and formed from The X Factor television show, it was impressive to see how they became so successful across the world.  But when your working with a prime name in Simon Cowell, how can you not expect to advance successfully?  Look at Il Volo.  I felt they only spent their time showing the background of their lives and not focusing on much music.  I think they only played 5 songs the entire movie, the music I thought was a newer Beatles sound version which I liked.  I also enjoyed how the members also picked up instruments as Niall appeared to play guitar a lot which I appreciate.  I didn't enjoy how they deliberately tried to use special effects to pretend their throwing letters and animations at you from the screen.  I didn't even see it in 3D and I was feeling dazed out.  If you want to just listen to the bands' music, just listen on YouTube.

Rating - 2.5/5