Robbie Williams on Netflix

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a huge Robbie Williams fan and I could not watch the whole thing either. Especially compared to some of the other recent celebrity documentaries (Arnold, Stallone, the Beckhams) his is just depressing. Clearly someone that hasn't gotten the reflection needed in life.

I had watched the Arnold and Beckham docs, and just watched Sly because of your post. It was good! Thanks.

DP. I really enjoyed Beckham. I liked the beginning of Arnold's then something felt off and I stopped. Will go back. Didn't realize there was one for Sly.

I watched all 3 of these. Learned new stuff about Sly and enjoyed his documentary (well except the end was kind of a cliffhanger ... where did he move to?)

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I know George Michael fancied him!

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Anonymous wrote:What do people make of this?

I watched the first ep (of 4) but got bored in the 2nd. I don't need to see him having addiction meltdowns repeatedly. Also a) he manages to completely avoid his rampant promiscuity during that time and b) he has zero substance or humility. It's like he's just vengeful and self absorbed. Which we all knew already.

Shame. I do love that song, Angels.

Just watched it. It's kind of meh. The problem I have with some of these documentaries is that the main subject controls the content, so the portrayal is whatever they want it to be and may not reflect reality so well.

I remember Paris Hilton had one not too long ago, same thing, it was way too much about portraying her favorably.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t think this documentary was very well done and I loved loved Robbie Williams back in the day. When I hear his songs, I am transported back to a very formative time of my life. It was disappointing to watch. I stopped after the second episode but they never even remotely touched on his growing up or life before Take That which I thought was strange. And I 100 percent believe Geri Halliwell called the paps on them every time they were out.

They probably bonded over the fact that he was the one who broke Take That, and she was the one who broke the Spice Girls.
Backstabbers.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t think this documentary was very well done and I loved loved Robbie Williams back in the day. When I hear his songs, I am transported back to a very formative time of my life. It was disappointing to watch. I stopped after the second episode but they never even remotely touched on his growing up or life before Take That which I thought was strange. And I 100 percent believe Geri Halliwell called the paps on them every time they were out.

Agreed!!! He was a much bigger star than her at the time. Also agreed that the story didn't have depth. Just a ton of anxiety, drugs, mental health, and insecurity. But honestly? I've heard so many celebrities, uncensored, are like that. Very insecure.

I think your assessment is spot on. The whole thing was just so meh. There was no depth or anything particularly touching about it. He just seemed so robotic to me.