The Beatles fans are divided over Peter Jackson's 'long and boring' docuseries

The Beatles fans are divided over Peter Jackson's 'long and boring' docuseries
The Beatles fans are divided over Peter Jackson's 'long and boring' docuseries

Peter Jackson has defended the incredible running time of his new docuseries on The Beatles after drawing a mixed response from fans. 

The director collated more than 60 hours of footage from Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s 1970 film Let It Be, documenting the band's fractious recording sessions for what would be their final album. 

The end result is three episodes spanning 468 minutes - between two and three hours for each instalment - with some fans insisting it is too long. 

Speaking out: Peter Jackson has defended the incredible running time of his new docuseries on The Beatles after drawing a mixed response from fans

Speaking out: Peter Jackson has defended the incredible running time of his new docuseries on The Beatles after drawing a mixed response from fans

The astonishing length of Jackson's latest project has divided viewers of the Disney+ series, with one commenting: 'Watched all of Get Back!! For hxc Beatles fans I'm sure it wasn't long enough, but for me, in my twisted opinion, you could cut 2 hours out of it easily.'  

Another joked: 'I have watched The Beatles Get Back. I will have a review that is much shorter in the next couple of days.' 

While a third added: 'I love #TheBeatles but the #GetBack doc was long and boring. It was presented as if we were watching a painter paint a masterpiece...but in reality it was like watching the painter buying the paint before actually painting. The Beatles Anthology, it was not. I want my 8hrs back.'  

Iconic: The director collated more than 60 hours of footage from Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s 1970 film Let It Be, documenting the band's fractious recording sessions for what would be their final album

Iconic: The director collated more than 60 hours of footage from Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s 1970 film Let It Be, documenting the band's fractious recording sessions for what would be their final album

Bored: The end result is three episodes spanning 468 minutes - between two and three hours for each instalment - with some fans insisting it is too long

Bored: The end result is three episodes spanning 468 minutes - between two and three hours for each instalment - with some fans insisting it is too long

Others were more positive in their response to the series, with one tweeting: 'Peter Jackson's new documentary #GetBack, on the last days of the #Beatles is brilliant. It's an investment in time, but worth it. Especially when the Blue Meanies actually show up. (You'll have to watch).' 

But Jackson claims his liberal use of Lindsay-Hogg's footage was essential, otherwise it could potentially be lost for another 50-years. 

He told NME: 'I’d like to say that I didn’t really leave out anything that I thought was important. Which is why the duration has crept up to what it is today.

'I felt acutely – and this is the Beatles fan part of me kicking in – anything I don’t include in this movie might go back in the vault for another 50 years. 

'I was seeing and hearing these amazing moments. I thought: "God, people have got to see this. This is great. They have to see this."' 

He added:  'One of the legendary Beatles things is the full length Dig It. On the Let It Be album there’s only 40, 50 seconds of Dig It, which was like an improvised song that they do. The Beatles fans all know that the original has been on bootleg as well.

'We trimmed it to get it down to four minutes or something because the original is 12 or 13 minutes long… So you get a lot more than you do on the Let It Be album.' 

Delighted: However others praised the documentary series, with one fan calling Jackson a 'genius'

Delighted: However others praised the documentary series, with one fan calling Jackson a 'genius' 

Reaction: Meanwhile viewers have been left baffled by a 'woke' smoking warning displayed at the start of The Beatles: Get Back docuseries on Disney+ (John Lennon is pictured)

Reaction: Meanwhile viewers have been left baffled by a 'woke' smoking warning displayed at the start of The Beatles: Get Back docuseries on Disney+ (John Lennon is pictured)

Meanwhile viewers were been left baffled by a 'woke' smoking warning displayed at the start of The Beatles: Get Back docuseries on Disney+.  

All three episodes of the programme each open with a warning about 'explicit language, mature themes and smoking'. 

The three-part-series takes audiences back in time to the band's

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