Sorry for resurrecting this old thread, but a couple of days ago i saw the movie. And, yes, i was utterly disappointed - how can you imagine doing a Hendrix movie without Hendrix's music and hope it might go well? Just to wash away the disappointment, i watched the James Brown movie - Get all up right afterwards, which was a great story on a genius musician.
Except for some Hendrixy noodling (that was mighty fine on itself for sure) there were only a couple of famous Hendrix covers that he did over the years (as for those they could get the rights without our beloved Janie). Jimis lyrics are highly personal and it was another chance missed for a great perspective on the man, as many experiences found their way into his lyrics (again, copyright issues for sure).
Andre was a scary incarnation of Jimi - too bad that this opportunity was wasted on a really shallow story that revealed very little about Jimi or other characters in the movie and that lead into more or less nothing, abysmal montage and some lenghty dialogs that hold good bits, even based on sources, but that are in the end totally detached from the story.
Oh, and the most tragi-comic moment was that Jimi's white strat that Linda Keith gave him, wasn't even a real strat, as the headstock was changed - probably again due to some copyrights and what not - though that was a shocker - you have to pay something just to show a guy with a Fender guitar in the hands?
