The world's greatest rock band received a meager attendance this Saturday at my local theater. My husband and I and four other couples had the place to ourselves when we donned our funky glasses for U23D. The hype promised me I'd feel like I was right there; I loved the film, but 3D didn't bring it for me.
Before anyone eggs my blog, let me state for the record I LOVE U2. I would enjoy their rockumentary in any D--my DVR is set to record all things U2 and Bono (which is how I caught Chastity Bono on Sell This House)--I'm just saying that the 3D effect didn't heighten my experience.
Settling into the beginning of the movie was the same as trying to see a 3D figure emerge from those weird prints in the 1990s. There weren't any affectations for the movie, which I was glad of; it was pure U2. I liked seeing common things, like Larry Mullen Jr.'s iced tea in a glass near his right elbow and a handwritten note taped to the top of Edge's keyboard. In fact, I would have liked to have seen more of this kind of detail. Who handed Bono his bandanna? Who kept refilling Larry's tea? What were they doing right before the show and where did they run to right after? Inquiring fans want to know!
The perspective from the stage was outstanding. Looking at the number of people in the audience and knowing that not one of them was a computer-generated being was overwhelming. Cell phones held in the air caused the arena to look like a perfect night filled with stars. (Sidenote: I once went to a concert where the couple in front of me had no cell phone or lighter. They lit paper matches and held them till the matches burned down to their fingers.)
Audience members' hands seemed to be right in front of me. I hate when anything obscures my vision--like those annoying girls who sit on guys' shoulders. You never see guys doing that. At least, that's what I thought until the film showed three bare-chested guys sitting on top of other guys' shoulders, swinging their shirts around, belting out the words. Wherever Bono went, hands stretched out to him, even from ten or fifteen people deep. At times, the people on the floor ebbed and flowed, like tides in the ocean. I can only imagine what it was like to have been there.
The show ended with Yahweh, a reflective, prayerful song. We stayed (and so did those eight other people) until all the credits rolled. No clips at the end. Just the feeling of wanting more.
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By: Danette Haworth,
on 2/24/2008
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By: Stephanie,
on 10/10/2007
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The Surgeon General, Fortune 500 CEO’s, Politicians and Bono - powerful people that seem to exist in a different world with different rules. So how do they include their faith in their sometimes cut-throat professional worlds? In the second podcast from our interview with Michael Lindsay, he shares his interviewee’s takes on subjects ranging from medical ethics to making underwear ads less promiscuous - and finally lets us in on the strategy that is making the Evangelicals so successful in their rise to positions of power. The transcript of the audio is after the jump.
By: Danette Haworth,
on 9/17/2007
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Word choice is so important. This post is not choppy--it's stream of consciousness. Here are the bits and pieces of my weekend:
I didn't feel like making an appointment at the salon, so I hacked my own hair. When I picked up my sister for church, she said, "Wow! Your hair looks really good today."
The new TV season starts soon! Parts of it have already started. I liked it better when I was a kid and all the new seasons started the exact same week. TV Guide would have a special edition introducing the new shows and making recommendations. It was exciting. Today's new season is so staggered, you really have no idea when you favorite show is going to start again.
Shows my HDR is set to record: Saturday Night Live (new episodes and old reruns), Desperate Housewives, and an open record for anything involving Bono and U2.
An alligator lives in a pond I pass every day. I know because I've seen him. But I did not see him today.
That's all folks. I start my new WIP this week.
I am easily impressed without the use of 3D... so, admittedly, 3D would probably blow my mind. & I would've had no idea there WAS a U23D without your blog. You are now my U2 news source. Keeps me on the up and up. ;)
Although I'm not a huge fan of U2, they have one of the certifiably greatest rock songs ever. "Bullet the Blue sky."
Oh, yes--Charles, you are correct!
Courtney, I saw they've remade Journey to the Center of the Earth in 3D, starring Brendan Fraser. That should have some totally cool 3D effects.
Sounds wonderful! My husband still wants to go. I'll have him read your description. :)
I didn't know this was out!!!
I will look for it when we're back home, thanks!!!
I heart U2.
I feel so out of it. I have friends who would froth at the mouth just knowing that U2 was anywhere within hearing distance of them. We've got a few CDs of theirs (we seem to have CDs of everything), but the only U2 song I can sing is the one they do by Ledbelly. Like I say, I feel so out of it...