Should not be called "Pistol" but by Jonesy's book- Lonely Boy because this is just his really one sided take on his time in the band. Most of it is dedicated to portraying Lydon as an idiot, McLaren as evil schemer and Jonesy as the lead man of the band, kind of immature take.
It has its moments when it is intelligent and interesting like showing how the punk sound spontaneously started by mixing over and experimenting with Reggae but is quickly lost in very disjointed and not clear cut directing.
Casting is also mostly bad. The best ones are some of female characters, actress playing Chrissie Hynde by far. I was surprised its one of her first roles, she seems like a pro among kids in school play. Vivien Westwood actress was also really good same as Maisie but its a minor role. Emma Appleton looks nothing like the character but still gives good dark portrayal. The rest are trying but either don't look like people they should play or just don't have it.
Then you have a bunch of very important people for music history who are put in there almost like extras and if you don't look in credits you would not know they were there. That's why origins of punk should not be set as one man perspective, especially this biased.
It has its moments when it is intelligent and interesting like showing how the punk sound spontaneously started by mixing over and experimenting with Reggae but is quickly lost in very disjointed and not clear cut directing.
Casting is also mostly bad. The best ones are some of female characters, actress playing Chrissie Hynde by far. I was surprised its one of her first roles, she seems like a pro among kids in school play. Vivien Westwood actress was also really good same as Maisie but its a minor role. Emma Appleton looks nothing like the character but still gives good dark portrayal. The rest are trying but either don't look like people they should play or just don't have it.
Then you have a bunch of very important people for music history who are put in there almost like extras and if you don't look in credits you would not know they were there. That's why origins of punk should not be set as one man perspective, especially this biased.