Jimi: All Is By My Side (2013)

Jimi: All Is By My Side: Directed by John Ridley. With André 3000, Hayley Atwell, Imogen Poots, Ruth Negga. A drama based on Jimi Hendrix’s life as he left New York City for London, where his career took off.

“And he does a great job of capturing the persona of the man.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s funny, I did not realize how much I knew about Hendrix. Than again, his impact in music was iconic, but his time on the scene was very short, so the info is consolidated. Everything I know about Hendrix comes from second hand accounts from those who knew, or to be more accurate, played with the man. This makes everything going on in the movie feel like Jimi is now telling his side of the story u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eComparing this movie to another movie about the guitar god called Hendrix which came out in 2000, which like this movie had no Hendrix music played in it, but All Is by My Side makes you feel like your not missing that. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAndre Benjaminn and the filmmakers really capture the man and make you feel like you hear the music (even though you never do). I been hearing about Andre wanting to play Jimi for 10 years now so he had plenty of time to research the role and it was everything I heard Hendrix to be. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAlso, unlike the other Hendrix film, this movie focuses on Hendrix before he became an icon. That year before he broke in America. When he was playing in New York than headed to London and formed the Experience.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt also focus on three woman who had a big influence on his life during this time, this was my favorite part of the film as I had no idea how much I actually knew about Jimiu0026#39;s personal life. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI read one review on this website in which the person who wrote it was upset about racist comments stated in other reviews. This is fitting for a Hendix movie and this part of his career is touched on nicely about how Jimi was not black enough for blacks and should be playing more music for black people, none of them realizing at the time that having a sea of white people worship the ground you walk on is just as good for the cause as James Brown singing a protest song. All Jimi cared about was the music he loved to play and the film was fair about this point. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn comparisons to Get on up, I like this movie way better, but Iu0026#39;m a huge fan of Hendrix. Hopefully one day, we will get a movie using Jimiu0026#39;s music, but itu0026#39;s weird that this movie truly works without it.”