Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story, coming to Hulu

Ok, the written word can be misinterpreted sometimes. Peace

Probably it is some kind of hair splitting. But when I compare it to the Behind The Music doc from 2001, in my book this one really focused on the band. It was a well-balanced documentary about their history and their different milestones (getting a record deal, first years, breakthrough, hiatus, Alec, new era). There was no focus on any certain topic but the chronology of the band.
Whereas "Thank You, Goodnight" very much focuses on Jon and his vocal struggles with the band's history being told in between. Hence the back and forth jumping between 2022/2023 and the old stories. It isn't equally balanced, so that's why - as a response to your initial post, in which you point out that to you it isn't a Jon Bon Jovi documentary - I wanted to make clear, that in my book it is more of a JBJ documentary than it is not.

All good. Ok, fair enough. I guess I'm just used to everything focussing on Jon more, paticularly in the last 15 years or so.

I didn't see it that way. I think that 'happy ending' was clearly a setup for the latest interview at the very end when the director asked for an update, but all Jon could say was he's "progressing" without giving too much details or making any promises about future touring.

Finally got round to watcing the documentary and i enjoyed it.

We can throw many things at Jon but no one can doubt he cares for the band and the legacy.

As fans, we have been saying for years, surely he must know something is wrong with his voice, surely people are telling him etc. They were, he knew.

Of course you could argue that he has tarnished the groups legacy by refusing to acknowledge this earlier, but having watched that, it was obvious he was fully aware and trying everrthing to correct it, and now after all thats failed, he has opted for the operation.

Do I think he will get back to where he was? no! but to be honest I hope he gets to the stage where he is happy. He does not need to tour, the band dont, but if they did I would happily go and see them again.

Watched all 4 parts today and really enjoyed it. Didn’t expect anything less than a focus on Jon for the most part - the band had been just that since its inception. That’s not a criticism, I’ve always been a Jon guy.

I don’t keep up with all the news, rumours and clips so my two big takeaways were Richie apologising and Jon saying he’s still not over Richie leaving, and looking off camera until it panned away. That and his talk of he and Richie singing together on stage being so special. I do miss him - not just the songwriting and playing, but just his presence on stage and his chemistry with the band and fans.

It brought back lots of great memories of how much the band have meant to me over the years. I’ve even decided to give 2020 one more try, and that’s saying a lot!

Also, there has to be a big boxset coming, or that basement archive footage was just one big evil tease!

^^The only way I could give 2020 one more try is if I was given a "message" that if I could listen to 2020 Jon would have his voice back exactly like when he was young. That obviously and sadly isn't going to happen.