The parts I found to be interesting were those little unscripted moments when he would be offering someone tickets or during the banter between band practice. The music was great, and the documenting of the planning process was great, it just felt like the kind of thing I’d have more attachment and emotion to if I was actually involved with it. It made me question whether I would have even gone if I had lived there, and the answer probably would have been no because being around that many enthusiastic people probably would have been irritating as hell if I wasn’t totally into the music.

It’s hard to see how this is the same director who did the handful of wacky Bjork videos. There is something very raw about the feel to it which I really liked, and the music was great, but it dragged with Chappelle at the forefront and the directing style which seemed to be in conflict. I would have found this to be really great had 1. The documentary been less forgiving with Chapelle and his dumb jokes and cut to more interactions with audience members and band members and their thoughts on the idea of a block party (something that could have been better extrapolated on by people other than Chappelle and would have given the movie some more depth), 2. The documentary had highlighted more of the smaller unscripted moments between Chappelle and the audience members, as mentioned above, and not Chappelle hamming it up.

I’m not saying Chappelle is completely unfunny, or that the movie was strictly about him, but I think the opportunity was there to display a side of him that wouldn’t otherwise be on display, and in doing so add some depth to the documentary. Either that, or lengthen the musical segments.