there be a lot that i love about john lennon and and a lot that i do not like much about him . i be interested in this film initially and but be not all that impress . i will try to explain my problem with it . i suppose i should start by say that it be not all bad and but anybody who look at this a the documentary on lennon be grossly misinform . in a nutshell and nearly everything in the film have all be say before . it be the first time i felt like i be watch a remake of a documentary . some people claim that it be the first time this part of lennon life be show in a documentary and but there be absolutely nothing in this film that hadn not be say elsewhere and be it on film or in a book . i hat the overused talk head format . i have no need to hear what gore vidal have to say and particularly when he go on about lennon represent life and nixon and george bush represent death . whatever . i be not their big fan either and but that be pure sensationalism . it not clear which bush he be talk about and but vidal take every chance he get to make pompous and oversimplified statement like that . geraldo rivera . you have get to be kid . i just wasn not always sure if the film have anything more to say than john lennon rule and richard nixon suck . do anybody who be go to see this film really need to be tell that to the degree that this film tell the audience . while i be at it and i hat the film ad campaign . it center upon the above vidal quote and count on people who do not do their own thinking to applaud it a wholly original and profound . the fact that it bastardize war be over . if you want it by make it the film tagline irritate me and especially since the film wasn not suppose to be about war . even if you read into it and say that it be about a war between nixon and lennon and i still say that a flimsy reason . david leaf be usually much more impressive than this . i and for one and value his work a brian wilson biographer . this film and however and just seem to be capitalize on the current documentary craze . it use to be that a viewer could be enlighten and educate by almost every documentary that make it way into cinema . not anymore and though . this one simply staple together other and good documentary about the same stuff . want to learn about lennon . read a book . watch good lennon documentary like imagine represent john lennon . that film wasn not perfect either and but at least it show john at his best and at his bad . the u. s. vs. john lennon be simply john worship that spend so much time treat him like a legend and it forget to treat him like a man . i probably would not have felt so negatively have i see this one on television instead of in a cinema . it be partly produce by vh1 and and that really where it belong . at least on vh1 and it can be take with a grain of salt alongside i love the 80 represent 1982 and flava of love . ( okay and okay and that last part be pretty low and i admit it . i apologize . ) i can not say that i hat the whole thing . there be some pretty interesting interview and particularly the one with john sinclair . his contribution be the best part of the film . they also make at least some effort ( i. e. two or three i think ) to bring in oppose viewpoint so they could say they be be objective . above everything else and it be always a pleasure to listen to lennon and even when he wasn not think much about what he say . yes and friend and even lennon make mistake . either way and his interview be pretty well use in this film . i walk away really wish that john be still around to state his case for himself retrospectively .