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Oliver Stone may have loved this film. Not only Backbeat story of “his” era, in the early sixties, but it has more than a passing resemblance to one of his own photographs, The Doors (although it should be noted that Backbeat is moving much faster). If anything, however, stone, as a rule, gets his characters right, but also the inability to establish a convincing hero of the movie is the biggest drawback.

Back before anyone heard of the Beatles, they are a group of five - John Lennon (Ian Hart), Paul McCartney (Gary Bakewell), George Harrison (Chris O’Neill), Pete Best (Scot Williams), and Stuart Sutcliffe (Stephen Dorff) - playing clubs in Hamburg. Lennon and Sutcliffe were best friends, and every time McCartney tried to drive out less talented bands from Sutcliffe, Lennon threatened to leave as well. While in Hamburg, the team met Astrid Kirchherr (Sheryl Lee), a photographer who became especially fond of Sutcliffe. The love between these two threatens the stability of staff, and led to one of the most difficult decisions that Sutcliffe something done.

I would be happy Backbeat more if I began to feel something for any of the men or women who inhabit this story. However, as director Iain Softley seems more interested in creating a tone and atmosphere than in the creation of vital personalities, he could not use the full power of his story. In fact, the script itself is not strictly targeted, although the absence of strong character may result partly responsible.

On the one hand, Backbeat wants to tell the story of how the Beatles as a result of the game filled with seeds German nightclubs, where they were tottering on the brink of stardom. At the same time, he is trying to chronicle the development of a novel compound between Stu Sutcliffe and Astrid Kirchherr, and how that romance affected in recent years Stewart lives. While Backbeat same, to some extent, to perform both these tasks, it does not result in full. When the film works because the two goals complement each other when it is unable to, because they at odds.

Softly uses almost documentary style movie, complete with unusual camera angles and dark settings to bring home its proximity effect in the picture. That success more often than not, but it can be argued that this method helps in the further distancing of characters from the floor.

Music - rock ‘n’ roll in particular - Backbeat hydrocarbons. It is the most thunderous soundtrack so that of the commitments and, if the law of the market, will sell tons of CDs and cassettes. Nevertheless, all audio and visual flare, and the tremendous energy that comes with them, could not quite make up those elements in which the film is not available.

What makes it even more surprising that these characters have little magnetism is that for most of the actors portraying them to do an excellent job. Other than a few variables accent, Stephen Dorff well as Stu Sutcliffe, and, except for one more-on-top scene, Twin Peaks’ Sheryl Lee plays Astrid confidence. Ian Hart gives a surprisingly powerful and energetic delivery of John Lennon.

Backbeat X, I see boats used in making the film, I admire the intentions, and I like music. The problem is, the characters do not grab me, and the story meanders too much. Many, no doubt, will feel differently, especially those who have a special interest in the early days at the Fab Four. Regardless of how Backbeat received, but some things about the Beatles are unchanged, including their history and their music. This is a very bad this movie does not do a good job, taking with the other elements around the group, as they did those two aspects.

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