I thought this didn't quite work, he got a bit carried away with it all, the footage never quite lived to his imaginings. Yes the soundtrack is marvellous but then Mahler's 2nd Symphony is of course great but I'm not keen on it being regurgitated for some musings on Liverpool ?
I know what you mean, a critique of it could be that it is too enthusiastic, too blunt, too much of an excess - I thought that gave it a wonderful character of abandon. I thought on the contrary that the music added to the emotionality of the piece, and juxtaposing pop with grandiose classical pieces I thought was a very nice device. His narration was never ashamed which I loved...too many filmmakers don't want to commit themselves - he commited himself in full. Also, I didn't think it was 'about' Liverpool per se, so much as about adolescence, post-war boom times, poverty, piety, architecture, sex...Like the best in art, looking at the particular and gaining knowledge of the universal. However, yours are valid criticisms.