Saw ‘Creation Stories’ in the cinema - my take is in OP, what’s yours?

Wandered along to see the Alan McGee biopic at the cinema, which might be an option for people in the coming months, depending on where you are. I’ve commented on a few threads about it espousing my very low expectations. Music biopics tend to be shit; all lookalike actors & no plot or genuine filmmaking.

I must say, my low expectations were unfortunately met. A roll-call of well-trodden Creation Records stories & faces, & nothing more. If you’re one of the recent Oasis-convert kids who populate the sub these days, definitely go along for a look, you might learn a thing or two & you’ll love the 80s & 90s nostalgia, & fair enough!
But if you’re a fan of the Creation stable & canon, have seen all the docos & read McGee’s book, & you have higher expectations than I did, I suggest you lower them.

There’s actually hardly any Oasis involvement, most of it’s pre-McGee signing them. The actor playing Liam is freakishly accurate, but the one playing Noel is atrocious, & they haven’t even tried for lookalikes with the rest of the band. The weirdest thing about it from an Oasis point of view is that it first uses a shot of Liam in about 2018 in the opening credits (which otherwise features stock footage of Creation bands at the time), & then that his character’s last line is, ‘As you were, Alan’ (a catchphrase from the solo career that began two decades after the events of the film). Having those things from well after the period of time is just so inaccurate, so on the nose; Warners must have partially funded it ir something.

Overall, my recommendation is to watch ‘Upside Down’, the Creation doco from 2010 instead.

I’d be interested in people’s takes though!