this really isn't important at all, and is hardly even relevant, but i feel compelled to tell someone: i just realized that the star on the cover of the album looks like either a bunch of d batteries, or robot nipples..... that is all.
Just got my Super Deluxe Edition delivered and I am still tempted at the Uber... Nice packaging. Still don't know if it's worth $300 for some stickers and a pair of Bono glasses!!!
I somewhat agree with you. It's not something I can watch over and over again, because most of it was stuff that's already known by U2 fans. The interesting bits are mainly the things we HAVEN'T seen before, but the movie isn't exactly big on that.
The movie runs about an hour and twenty. Maybe even an hour and fifteen. I think if they added 45 minutes to explain a few more htings, it would've been loads better.
-Lady With The Spinning Head and how it spawned 3 or 4 songs out of it. They wouldn't have to go over every single song on the album, but just this song alone kick started a good chunk of the album. Or even gone over every song giving each one a minute or two of discussion. Almost like a mini classic albums. How are people supposed to understand how much the music changed if they don't even talk about it? They only show and play glimpses.
-ZooTV and the madness of it. Bono talked about it in the movie, or rather hinted at it "This is long before the madness of ZooTV" - I felt as though my mom was sitting there (Watched it with her once) thinking "What madness is he referring to?". How can they hint at their biggest and best tour, at that part and near the end, and not at least go over the main aspects of it? I know the argument here is "The movie was meant to show the transition between Rattle and Hum and Achtung Baby" - couldn't one argue that in order to get a FULL sense of that transition, it branches out to the entirety of ZooTV and Zooropa? I think if they focused less on U2 of the 80's and more on 90-93, it would've been more interesting, for casual and for hardcore fans.
The only parts I can say I really "enjoyed" were them rehearsing The Fly in the beginning (Bono was hilarious- "Was that played to people? Who gathered together? For the purpose of hearing music?"), and the discovery of "One", of course. Made my jaw drop. But nothing that revisiting on YouTube wouldn't cure.
Honestly just the style of it all was very, very droll and boring for me.
I think people are forgetting that it's a bloody documentary. If you want to see an action film, go watch Man On The Train. Oh wait...
But then again, I really love documentaries. I love hearing people tell their life stories in a narrative accompanied by diagrams. Naturally, I thought the documentary was brilliant.