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  1. Originally posted by Genaro92U2

    Hey did u go to the Bridge theatre?


    Yup, 9:30 show @ The Bridge. Traffic was awful yesterday b/c of the rain, and no one in LA knows how to drive unless the sun is shining.
  2. Originally posted by haytrain[..]

    Yup, 9:30 show @ The Bridge. Traffic was awful yesterday b/c of the rain, and no one in LA knows how to drive unless the sun is shining.


    I though that was all of America?
  3. Originally posted by haytrain[..]

    Yup, 9:30 show @ The Bridge. Traffic was awful yesterday b/c of the rain, and no one in LA knows how to drive unless the sun is shining.


    OMG!! YES!!! we got home at almost 10 and like the movie ended at 6:15 or w.e. it was horrible one of the freeways got closed or watever. It sucked cuz we still had homework 2 do
  4. but it was so worth it
  5. Originally posted by germcevoy[..]

    elaborate further if you can. I'm loving these reviews


    So, luckily the movie was actually playing at a local theater by my house in AZ. Usually we don't get any good movies but what do you know?....so I decided to skip class to go to the first showing b/c what fan would I be if I didn't. Outside the theater they were playing city of blinding lights to get the mood going. I was shocked to see that there was only about 50 people in the theater of 200 capacity. This is arizona though. I started getting goosebumps like I was at a U2 show all over again. The show was just amazing. blew everyone away. Really felt like you were next too bono adam larry and edge-man. You see everything, from what they ate for breakfast too designer shirts. Its unreal. The setlist was great. Really showed the diverse side of U2 that an average fan may really appreciate. I wish they picked more songs, b/c anyone going to see the show is prob. a really big fan anyway. My personal favs were Vertigo, Beautiful Day, The Fly, Bullet and Sunday Bloody Sunday. I actually am not a huge fan of Love and Peace but in this movie it was really great.

    I'm not really in the mood right now too post a lot right now...sorry..maybe tomorrow I will expand
  6. Awesome !!!
    I'll be in Tempe tomarow to see the 7:00 at Arizona Mills.
    I took a day off of work and i'll be driving 6 hours to get there!!!
    I feel like I'm actually going to a show!!!
  7. Originally posted by germcevoy[..]

    It's on Rattle and Hum and Slane so quite a few i'd imagine


    Yeah, but quite a few real "casual fans" wouldn't have those DVD's either. A lot of my friends that fit into this category wouldn't have a clue.
  9. Originally posted by roxriosAwesome !!!
    I'll be in Tempe tomarow to see the 7:00 at Arizona Mills.
    I took a day off of work and i'll be driving 6 hours to get there!!!
    I feel like I'm actually going to a show!!!


    hope u like it because the flick will pass by REALLY REALLY fast
  10. So...it's official...the Rattle & Hum "nightmare" is gone
  11. Originally posted by Genaro92U2[..]

    hope u like it because the flick will pass by REALLY REALLY fast


    Thank You!!! Me Too!!
    Kinda a like U2 concert anyway It's over before you know it..

    I just hope I don't end up saying "all of this, just for that"!!!!

    Should be a fun road trip though and at least I'm not at work!!!
  12. One word: stunning.

    (Another word: SPOILERS (below))

    I have never been in front row of U2 concert. The only concert I went to, back in December of 2005, I was literally in the nosebleed section. After seeing U2 3D, I don't want to be anywhere else in whatever arena they're playing in except on the floor.

    The opener, Vertigo, was a gutsy move to put first in my opinion, but my God, did it work. It was easily my favorite song of the show. You got sucked in--almost literally--immediately. It was akin to that feeling you get when you're sitting in a roller coaster seat just when the roller coaster lurches and starts to move. You're anticipating something exciting--and exciting is what you get.

    In terms of the concert, this was one of their best from the Vertigo Tour. I wish I could jet on over to Argentina or Brazil when U2 comes 'round again. The crowd was really into it--really into it--and on numbers like Streets, when you see a collective, massive crowd of people jumping all in sync, the energy and enthusiasm of the crowd matters.

    So what makes this any different from watching Vertigo Chicago on DVD? Simple. Hamish Hamilton didn't direct it. Catherine Owens seems to know what she's doing--the cuts from song to song don't jump back and forth erratically and allow you to see the mistakes they made. She uses fade-ins and outs to give the film a continuity that is exactly what you feel at a U2 concert--like there's a golden thread holding the entire set together. The high-angle shots from above that look down over the crowd make you think you're flying, and this is a really powerful feeling particularly during Beautiful Day.

    And like everyone else has said, the 3D effects are just simply amazing and unique. My only issue was how close Bono always got to the camera--and how little he actually looked directly into it! Cameras are usually his best friend during taped performances, so I was a bit disappointed he didn't come closer. But I can't complain--he was already closer to me than he had ever been. I found myself saying aloud, "I can touch him!" Embarassing? No. Everyone else was saying the same thing.

    The set list was fine--obviously I wanted it to be longer--and I REALLY thought 40 was going to close out everything after With or Without You was through. But an acoustic Yaweh was very pretty in its place over the credits, as was the artwork to go along with it.

    Really rocking--Love and Peace, Sunday Bloody Sunday, and The Fly--the beginning of which was odd, spontaneous, and awesome. "Where is The Fly?" Just another classic U2 moment in the making.

    Overall, the film was fantastic for two reasons--sight and sound. The 3D effect allows you to see every aspect of the band--every wrinkle around Bono's aging eyes, every string on Adam's base--and Adam! He was featured very prominently throughout the entire film. I've never sen more of Adam Clayton than I did tonight.

    But the most important aspect of the film is the sound. The boys are getting old--we don't want to sit in a theater wearing ridiculous glasses staring at middle-aged men prancing around a stage without a soundtrack. Is the music as good as is it is in a live concert? Better. Every note was crystal clear, clearer than I've heard it on their studio CDs. The band and the film should be about one thing--enhancing all other senses to give a heightened sense toward the music. This film did that. This band did that. The music wasn't lost; it was still, like with everything with U2, the center and focus.

    Stunning indeed.

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