I love this movie so much

One of my all time favorites.

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Well executed film. While the physical history of Mr Baker is presented, in the end it is his artistic history we learn. The film highlights Baker's many desertions in life. And indeed, eyewitness accounts describe the pain this man has engendered to family, and fellow musicians. Some of the major musicians of our time have one or two line observations, edited around a long, many day, interview with Ginger Baker at his ranch in South Africa. And of course the music. Seven years his junior, I witnessed much of his rock music as it happened. However, had I read that this review must have a minimum of ten lines, l would not have started it. One of the "insights" is Baker's life-long, always changing, relationship to rhythm and drums. Insightful too, is the volatile relationships in many of his bands.

"This Feature Doc is Technically speaking a Wonderful Film to watch." With 3D Animation and Stills, great Colorist Styling and a really great sound design. Its not a surprise that this Film has won several major awards so far. That's the good news. Now as far as being a true Biographical Film on the life so far of Ginger Baker, then we have to talk about a whole new ball game. There is mocking of the man here.. as in mockumentary so beware of that. Mr. Baker hosts his own narrative which is not always a good idea. But in this case, he himself qualifies his own life as a disastrous mess even without help from the Filmmaker. But the mess part needed to be broken down in a different way. This Doc in a awkward way makes fun of the man who's spiritual demons have controlled most of his life on and off the stage. I kept saying to myself, he is a man first then a drummer and the Filmmaker decided to turn that around on the audience. He said he would not talk about his x-wife so the Filmmaker did it anyway by interviewing her. He talked about things regarding other Musical Artist's in his life that he I'm speculating did not want in the Film.. the Filmmaker ignored him. So therefore, if you I suppose were afraid of Ginger Baker before, you are terrified of him now. Hence the title after the Filmmaker is clobbered in the nose by the cane of this once Rock icon. The shock value syndrome is high on the threshold of this being a real Documentary Film but becomes a terrible exploitation of a Drummer gone completely mad. I don't know which Ginger Baker, the madman, the drummer, the polo pony owner and everything else he tried really is and disappointment set in as the credits complete with outrageous outtakes role. 7stars mostly for the technical effort.

Ginger Baker, that fire-haired, heroin-addicted, mentally unstable drummer of Cream and Blind Faith fame, is given a much deserved documentary here at the hands of Rolling Stone journalist Jay Bulger. For all his notorious genius - the guy single-handedly invented the drum solo and heavy metal owes a significant debt - the man is repulsively anti-social and, well, mad. We learn this from the opening scene, as Baker yells at Bulger, who is off-camera, that he doesn't want his friends and colleagues interviewed for the film, while Bulger protests. Cue a pause, then Baker stabs at Bulger with his cane, leaving the film- maker with a bloodied nose.For the rest of the film, Baker is somewhat subdued, slumped in his reclining chair, never without a cigarette and his sunglasses, giving a reluctant commentary on his life and his career. It is Baker's discomfort at being an interviewee that slightly damages the film, as we never really get beneath those red locks and mad eyes of his to the soul (or lack of) beneath. So, Beware of Mr. Baker (the title comes from a warning sign outside Baker's South African ranch), becomes a mere birth- to-present biography of his career. It's still fascinating stuff, and Bulger has unearthed some excellent archive footage and photographs.His colleague and family provide the more personal information on Baker, such as his estranged son, who recollects that he was briefly happy with his father, even drumming alongside him on-stage, before Baker verbally attacked him and sent him on his way. Baker, in simple terms, is a horrible man, but (as the annoying sell-out Johnny Rotten tells us), he is the type of man that true genius often produces. His affection for polo and heroin are not explored enough, and the real focus here is the music. The footage shown is outstanding, ranging from his superstar- creating time with Cream through to some mind-bending footage of drumming 'battles' with his peers and heroes. Yet Baker himself still remains a mystery, and perhaps it should stay that way.www.the-wrath-of-blog.blogspot.com

This doc is about and features the somewhat eccentric but amazing drummer Ginger Baker, of Cream and Blind Faith fame. The film goes through his life chronologically, with some interesting commentary from his family (3 of his wives), a few of his kids, but especially artists from the time, like Clapton, Jack Bruce and a host of admiring drummers who give their insights on his legacy. Throughout the film, the chain smoking Baker appears sometimes to be put off by having to recollect various times in his life, but that would be true of just about anyone. Just watching some of the great clips over the times you realize that he just had the profound ability to play. If you're a fan of his work, this is essential. Otherwise, this is a worthy rock doc from a unique talent who has survived long enough to be able to tell it as he saw it. Very watchable.