A simple review: The Beatles: Get Back is worth the eight hours of your time (not in a row! Take some breaks!).
The Peter Jackson-directed documentary takes the hours and hours of footage from what would ultimately turn into Let It Be and focuses day by day on the band coming up with songs to perform at a concert and, eventually, record on an album. It leads up to — SPOILER ALERT, I guess? — the now-famous concert of the roof of Apple Corps’ office building in the middle of London.
I’m not just saying this as a die-hard Beatles fan — even if you casually like the band, this is absolutely worth watching, mostly because you get a rare look inside their creative process, friendship and the sheer joy of playing together. Even through some of the tougher moments — some of which you can see below — you can see how the making of this documentary and playing together at the same time brings them together while also showing they were ready to part ways and do their own thing.
That said, let’s run through some of the most notable moments, some jokes and tweets about it: