Lots of dull parts - a bit too many 15-minute guitar solos for my taste, and I actually really love this era of music. Plus some of the directing choices baffled me. When Jefferson Airplane were performing, they kept doing close-ups of all of the band members EXCEPT Grace Slick. Still, it's worth it to be able to witness a defining event in music history.

One more reason why you shouldn't listen to baby boomers. My points are for Hendrix.

Interesting material, fascinating really. I'm not so into the music though, except for Santana and Janis.

we're going down to Yasgur's farm........

I remember falling asleep when I watched this as a teenager. A really boring concert film, even if it was cool to see Hendrix, The Who, and other legendary acts.

I liked the document part very much, but I am not a big fun of hippie music, so the long "concert parts" were fast forwarded. That helped me a lot to enjoy the movie. But some of the music was also great (Joe Cocker, Santana, Jimmy Hendrix).

Long, not so intresting documentary. J.Cocker and Santana were great and fantastic. I've seen J.Cocker a few years ago as a old man on TV but here I was really surprised with his long, wild hair and his strange gestures of arms, marvellous.

When an extended drum solo during "Soul Sacrifice" is the high point of a 3 hour-plus film, you've got problems. The good: Hendrix, The Who, Cocker, Sly Stone. The bad or fast-forward worthy? Nearly everything else. Hell, I'd put ShaNaNa's campy stylings way over Joplin or the CSN snoozefest. Best passages are the ones that focus on the lives of the attendees and the reactions of the locals to the onslaught of pot-smoking hippies. Hard to believe, but this would have been better w/out the music.

Historically relevant, but I don't see someone who doesn't give a damn about music and hippies spending three and a half hours watching it. As for me, I totally enjoyed it. Performances are simply great. Although interviews aren't very deep, they capture the feelings of those who experienced Woodstock pretty well.

Interesting document of an important event, but as a concert film or documentary it leaves something to be desired. It's much better at capturing an atmosphere than actual events and 4 hours is a long time for that unless you really enjoy the atmosphere. The multishot editing is kind of cool though.

An amazing musical journey, to a special time and place.

A seminal docu on any number of levels, musically, sociologically, and historically, Woodstock is a unique chronicle, at once summing up the zeitgeist and signaling the end of an era; for once Oscar voters were right.

Yeah, but it should be better, some great passages, super-great material to work with, but only good in the end

Janis was amazing. 10 years after were at their best. Joe cocker went down in history for kicking the holy Beatles' ass.

Woodstock, it might be fairly said, has been overidealized; many of the bands who played weren't too hot, the conditions were abysmal, and the world was not quite changed. But it's unlikely to lose its iconic status anytime soon, and this film captures it in all its rough glory. Even at 225 minutes, it moves by pretty well, while the photography and editing are perfectly adequate to the sizable task at hand. Fascinating vignettes throughout; Max Yasgur's address to the attendees is quite moving.

An excellent lineup the documentary obviously fails to capture the magnitude of what was actually going on but it's still a great time capsule.

Historical event or not, it's still just a concert film; it dosen't do much more than to film two hours of hippies and music. I'll give it some credit, it does show the event preety nicely, but so help me God, I just don't care for Woodstock, and I see no reason why I should be fed up with two hours of it. Then again, when I watched this I wasn't so into the music as I am now. With more knowledge now, maybe I should give this a second watch.

An interesting document that serves to humanize an event that's taken on an almost mythical status in our culture. And of course it's awesome to watch the bands and artists doing their stuff. There are some boring parts, though.

Rather boring hippy fest,but a nice capture of a historic event.

Absolutely classic musical. Great music, and a portrait of a time and place that the world will never again see

A time document and a concert film as no other. I was amazed how they mix a documentary and a concert film in one smooth element. And despite it's 220min long never make you feel bored. It's also supposed to be technically renewing. (Look out for the split screen scenes, they're sometimes just genius.) ... This is the film that captures the sixties as no other, GO WATCH IT