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Summary: So-So Spectacle From An Already Overfilmed Tour
Comment: Believe me, I am a dyed-in-the-wool, "Take your choirboy Beatles and stick'em", eternal Stones fan, but Shine A Light just left me shrugging my shoulders and hoping the boys would vanish for a bit to make the next tour that much more thrilling.
No, it wasn't just that I attended the second show at the Beacon (which comprised the concert footage in the movie) and all my attempts to get on camera were cut out. It was just this sense of fatigue in the movie - perfunctory backstage-before-the-show shots, figuring out the set list, etc. (stuff already shown to greater effect in the Stones "Four Flicks" and "Bigger Bang" DVD sets). And the nauseating establishment hobnobbing with the Clintons made you long for the day in '67 when Keith, on trial, proclaimed from the bench, "We don't care about your petty morals."
Only interesting bit: When Keith's harmonizing on the opening of "Far Away Eyes" starts to get a little too eccentric even for Mick's taste, and Jagger gives a look like he might signal a sniper if the racket persists.
A big disappointment from Scorcese considering the magic he pulled off in "The Last Waltz," and the last DVD I'll consider for a trip into Stones
excitement.
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Summary: Stones as boomer nostalgia....
Comment: ...with no visible baby boomers in the audience!
Not bad, but there are problems with this film:
1. Not a single song more recent than 1983, in spite of the fact that the Stones have released 5 albums since then. As someone who became a fan of the band while in high school in the 80s, I've always seen them as a still-working band and creative entity, not as a nostalgia act. How many live versions of "Satisfaction" do we need?
2. Fooling with mix levels; so that if I'm looking at Keith Richards his guitar suddenly jumps out of the mix and becomes louder, then fades back into the band when the camera cuts away. Lame. As if to tell viewers, "see, this guy plays the sound you're hearing now!" The height of this lameness is when you see someone in the audience hold up a camera (probably a digital camera) and the filmmakers have actually OVERDUBBED the sound of a vintage camera shutter being clicked...as if you could hear that over the band at full volume.
3. Audience seems to be stocked with young model-types, not real fans.
4. Offers nothing new that other recent Stones concert videos have not already provided. 4 Flicks is better than this in every way...and more honest.
5. Not enough long, lingering close-ups of the lovely Lisa Fischer.
Overall the Rolling Stones sell themselves short and Martin Scorsese seems to be stuck in the 70s
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Summary: Yeah Babeeee!
Comment: What's not to love. Rock and roll at its finest with Martin S. at the visual helm. I love the juxtaposition of the historical clips interposed with the present conversations and performance. The Stones have lost nothing with time but sure as hell have made experience enhance their performances. Great fun to watch Keith perform a solo and act amazed that everyone loved it. This is a get out your credit card and don't ask questions kind of DVD.
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Summary: A Powerhouse Performance
Comment: This is such a beautiful and intimate film of the Stones in concert. It's by far the best Stones film I've seen. This movie showcases a band that has stood the test of time, doing what they do best - making great music.
I like the fact that lesser performed songs are featured. I found this to be a riveting look at the Stones, almost like being on the stage with them.
Bravo!
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Summary: DOESN'T PLAY ON SONY BLU RAY PLAYERS
Comment: I was really looking forward to watching this Stones concert on Blu Ray only to be disappointed when I found it wouldn't play on my Sony Blu Ray Player. I purchased two copies of this blu ray disc and rented it three times. None of the copies of purchased or rented worked on my Sony Blu Ray player. What gives? Anyone else have this problem? I'll have to take the word of the other reviewers because I still haven't been able to watch it. I'll just have to rent the regular, sub-par DVD version. What a disappointment.
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