U2 3D

March 5, 2008

Rated: G Runtime: 85 min Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

This is U2’s first concert film since the 1988 RATTLE AND HUM. It was filmed in 2006 during their Vertigo Tour, in Mexico and South America. The film has 14 songs. It requires 3-D glasses. There’s also an IMAX version.

I’m giving this 5 stars, and I’m not even that much of a U2 fan. It’s as good as a concert film of a rock concert can be. You get the experience of being in the audience, and you get the feel for what it would be like on-stage. That it’s in 3-D is just an added bonus.

There’s no backstage drama, no tour bus angst, no hotel room introspection, no rockumentary moments ready-made for the SPINAL TAP treatment. It’s all concert, the whole film, with a lot of energy.