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Movie Review of U2 3D (2008) [G] 85 minutes
WIP™ Scale: $13.75
Where Viewed: United Artists Colorado Center 9 & IMAX, Denver, CO
When Seen: 24 January 2008
Time: 5:00 pm
DVD Release Date: Unscheduled (please check back)
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Directed by: Catherine Owens (debut) and Mark Pellington (The Mothman Prophecies)
Featured Cast (Where You Might Remember Him/Her From):
Bono (Across the Universe) • Adam Clayton (debut) • Larry Mullen Jr. (debut) • The Edge (debut)
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Not since U2 Under a Blood Red Sky filmed at Red Rocks has a concert film made this much impact. Using more 3D cameras than ever used in the making of a 3D film before, U2 3D literally transports you within a U2 concert, not to a concert, not at a concert, not front row center, actually within the concert. You get to see every intimate detail as if you're capable of floating around and enjoying any particular perspective that moves you at the time.
…transcends the ordinary…transforming the film itself into a totally immersive experience…
From a technological point of view, the film transcends the ordinary illustrating that the technique can be used to do more than make arrows fly out of the screen at you. The 3D effects are used to create graphic layers transforming the film itself into a totally immersive experience akin to being able to interact with different information feeds on a web page, for example. The net result is a truly one-of-a-kind concert no one has ever seen, heard, or experienced before.
Musically, the film doesn't break much new ground. Moreover, while everything looks like a concert only better, it doesn't sound at all like a concert, and concert fans will find this almost unnerving. Concerts are loud, audiences are loud, there's an electric buzz that befalls the audience when a legendary band takes stage. All of these are gone, replaced by crystal clear soundtrack. The crowd, in other words, has been turned down so you can actually hear the real band singing the real songs. After a bit of getting used to, many way wonder how they ever got through a concert before without listening to the music before hand.
The band never looked so good or this close up…a high fidelity, aural treat like a rich Godiva® chocolate for the ears.
In any case, the film, when seen in IMAX with the best sound systems for reproducing a soundtrack ever built, yields a high fidelity, aural treat like a rich Godiva® chocolate for the ears. The band never looked so good or this close up. And Bono comes cross as one of the most basally fierce human beings alive. When it comes to the message in a bottle, this is Mega-Bono, in your face Coexist. If you are not into U2's more modern anti-war messages, you might want to steer clear. Even "Blood Sunday" takes on a whole new meaning in the context of the political landscape of 2008.
As for the overall experience, this is a marvelous creation that every great band should have made for archival purposes if nothing else. Imagine if we had IMAX 3D captures of a Beatles Concert or an Elvis Concert—there's nothing else like this.
…a synergistic tapestry of light, sound, color, pyrotechnics, computer graphics, video footage, and the band just being all out U2.
Don't be surprised if your audience stands up and sways together just like at the real thing. Directors Catherine Owens and Mark Pellington did an outstanding job of orchestrating this synergistic tapestry of light, sound, color, pyrotechnics, computer graphics, video footage, and the band just being all out U2.
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Cast Members: Adam Clayton • Larry Mullen Jr.
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Director
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U2 3D (2008) [max of 150 words]
U2 3D is a marvelous creation that every great band should have made. Directors Catherine Owens and Mark Pellington did an outstanding job of orchestrating this synergistic tapestry of light, sound, color, pyrotechnics, computer graphics, video footage, and the band just being all out U2. The band never looked so good or this close up. And Bono comes cross as one of the most basally fierce human beings alive. When it comes to the message in a bottle, this is Mega-Bono, in your face Coexist. If you are not into U2's more modern anti-war messages, you might want to steer clear. Even "Blood Sunday" takes on a whole new meaning in the context of the political landscape of 2008. Don't be surprised if your audience stands up and sways together just like at the real thing.
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