There is nothing like going to a concert and seeing your favorite band
play live. It is a feeling that not many forms of entertainment can match.
Music after all plays such an important part in our lives and our memories.
Some artist have tried to show you how that magic is made with concert
/documentaries films, where the artist will show you what their life is like on
the road and you also get to see footage of them performing. Well Metallica
decided to do it a little different, and they got it right.
What is
the perfect concert film you ask? Great music, maybe a little story that goes
with the music, and to show it on a IMAX screen. If you are a fan of Metallica
you will love this movie, but if you are not, you may become a fan of theirs
quickly. You feel every note of their music and marvel at the band’s elaborate
stage prop pieces. The film also has a little story that takes place during the
concert. A young roadie named Trip (Dane DeHaan) is sent on an urgent mission
for the band. While on the way his van is struck by another vehicle and it
turns his simple mission to a survival match. Trip must retrieve what he has
been sent for and survive a death dealing horseman.
Now you
may say to yourself, why would I want to try and follow a story when I just
want to hear Metallica play “Master of Puppets”? Well I will tell you this, the
point is not to try and follow the story, what you do is just sit back and live
the movie. I have never seen a Metallica show before, live or at home, but I
have enjoyed some of their music. After watching this movie, I really want to
see a Metallica concert live, but I know I just saw the next best thing,
because this movie is almost like being there. The movie is released twenty
seven years after former bassist Cliff Burton’s death and gets its title for the
song “Through the Never” from the Black album.
They used to be called albums in the 90s. Not downloads. I won’t say
anything like go and see this and “rock out” to it (even though I just did).
Instead I will say go and live this movie, and see how one of the great bands
of the last 30 years puts on a show.
Brian Taylor
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