I'm sort of a fan but was expecting much more. Most of the anecdotes are very well known (at least if you'd read about the Beatles) and when McCartney tells them he's not adding much to them. It all feels like a monologue with Rubin been sort of a prop, repeating (quite annoyingly) "yeah"... "fantastic"... "beautiful"... etc. Nodding all the time after every McCartney comment. Rubin is not really an interviewer, which is a shame, and his remarks do not contribute to lift the conversation beyond the obvious.
If you're a newbie to the Beatles history, there might be some revelations, but for the initiated there is nothing quite new included. Sometimes it's a lot better when artists don't speak about their art. To understand the creative process of any artist is always interesting, but if not told in an interesting way, it harms the value of the work. I realize that so much has been already said and written about the Beatles that it could be difficult to come up with more information, but we're talking about one of the two remaining main sources here, and it disappoints.
If you're a newbie to the Beatles history, there might be some revelations, but for the initiated there is nothing quite new included. Sometimes it's a lot better when artists don't speak about their art. To understand the creative process of any artist is always interesting, but if not told in an interesting way, it harms the value of the work. I realize that so much has been already said and written about the Beatles that it could be difficult to come up with more information, but we're talking about one of the two remaining main sources here, and it disappoints.