Last Friday, Carolyn and I caught an opening day show of U2-3D in the IMAX theater. Since U2 is one of my favorite bands, I of course had no choice but to go watch it. And since Carolyn is my fiancee, she had no choice but to go to watch it as well:)

I went with the expectation of watching a documentary on the band itself. However, it isn't a documentary per se. It's simply an entire concert that was captured on IMAX3D film. There's no commentary, only music. There are 14 songs on their set-list through the entire film.

Let me say straight off the bat that the cinematography is superb. Not only do you get to see perspectives of concert that you would never get to see if you were just an audience member at the live concert. For example, when would you ever get a chance of a birds eye view from 10 feet above Larry Mullen as he busts out on the drums in "Sunday Bloody Sunday"? Not only that, since the IMAX screen itself is about 6 stories tall, you can imagine how much larger than life the band members seem performing some of their greatest hits.

Being a poor graduate student, I've never been to a U2 concert, and who knows if I will ever be given the opportunity to go to one. Though concert-goers will probably say it is a poor substitute, this is probably the closest I will ever come to seeing U2 live in concert. Although I do have to say that, watching the audience at the concert, kinda made me content with not ever going to a U2 concert. A lot of the concert-goers were going crazy at the sight of Bono, The Edge, Adam and Larry. Talking to my friend Oliver about it on Sunday, he pointed out to me that it's seriously a secular worship service. If you think about it, it's kinda true. People were closing their eyes, raising their hands, expressing their adoration to these people. I enjoy U2's music and can appreciate their talent, but that's about it.