With the release of The Beach Boys and Jim Henson Idea Man, Disney continues its baffling trend of taking prime documentary subjects and wasting their potential
Over the past few weeks, Disney has released two new documentaries, both on high-profile, crowd-pleasing subjects. For The Beach Boys, directors Frank Marshall and Thom Zimny interviewed and reunited all the remaining members of the groundbreaking ‘60s surf band, which is no easy feat considering the past few decades for the band have been marked by infighting and lawsuits.
But then, why hire Ron Howard to direct it? Why premiere it at Cannes? Why get Henson’s whole family on board? Why take an Oscar-worthy subject, get an unprecedented level of access, and pump out a perfectly fine but not particularly revelatory nostalgia piece? Similarly, it’s not hard to imagine an incisive documentary about the Beach Boys in the style of Amy or Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck.
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