Iron Maiden: Flight 666
|
List Price: Our Price: $13.69 You Save: $6.30 (32%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Used: from $6.97 (click here) Category: DVD See more DVD releases |
|---|
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
Movie Reviews of Iron Maiden: Flight 666
Movie Review: Awesome!
Summary: 5 Stars
The film itself is motivating and lifting, watching these six guys flying around in an airplane doing what they love.
The concert footage includes three of my four all-time favorite Iron Maiden songs, all of which are rarely performed anymore (Aces High, Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Moonchild -- the song not included is The Evil That Men Do, but they almost always play that). Additionally there are some other songs that you don't get to see live too often, like Powerslave, The Clairvoyant, Can I Play With Madness, Wasted Years, Heaven Can Wait, and Revelations. They also play some of the more common songs like 2 Minutes to Midnight, The Trooper, Hallowed Be Thy Name, The Number of the Beast, Fear of the Dark and Run to the Hills.
Overall the track selection in my opinion couldn't be much better and I strongly believe that this is possibly their best live performance recorded to date -- it's definitely on the same par as as Live After Death -- I would have to say a little better. They sound really good!
Movie Review: Performances worth it - Documentary is fans only
Summary: 5 Stars
If you buy this and play it once it would be worth the money.
The performances are outstanding. Bruce in fine voice, the playing excellent, the sound really not stadium affected, the band is VERY tight, the crowd shots and involvement just amazing. A way to attend a Maiden concert without having to mingle. I have most of their concert videos and this one is WAY better than the others. I will play it over and over (my favorite Maiden stuff really well done and filmed.)
I thought the documentary stuff was pretty much standard rockumentary stuff. (the part where members say only nice things about members of the family, the part about how hard the crew works, the drummer who is a good hearted goof,etc...) Suspect Maiden is another one of those bands where the members have grown into adults and don't want their family to be part of the circus that comes with fame. It was worth watching once but I can't imagine wanting to see it again.
Movie Review: Three true megabands remain: AC/DC, Iron Maiden, and Metallica.
Summary: 5 Stars
Until a couple of years ago, I had never listened to Maiden. A good friend suggested I give them a listen. I am grateful for that suggestion.
I was lucky enough to see them on the first performance of the The Final Frontier tour in Dallas with the friend that got me interested in Maiden (to whom I am eternally grateful). They played 2 solid hours. The set list was superb.
Bruce Dickinson is perhaps the most underappreciated front man in rock history--he really is great.
I don't see how the band played 2 hours as hard as they did without passing out.
WE were exhausted. They are non-stop, no-ballads, almost no-talking, hard-core rock.
See them if you can.
If you cannot, buy this DVD. If you're a Maiden fan then this will please you.
If you don't like Maiden then don't buy it.
Movie Review: Cheers to Maiden and Banger Productions!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this dvd not only out of interest in learning more about Iron Maiden, but also based on the strength of the other Banger Production films, "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey," and "Global Metal." I wasn't disappointed on either count.
This is a good-natured documentary of the Somewhere Back in Time tour. There's no tension or drama a la Metallica's "Some Kind of Monster" or Wilco's "I am Trying to Break Your Heart." These guys seem to really enjoy their music, their lives, and each other. There is NOTHING old or tired about them, and that makes watching them for an hour and forty minutes pure fun.
Writer/director Sam Dunn tells us at the beginning of the film that Maiden is his favorite band. He and Scot McFadyn have paid the band an immense tribute with this film. It is well-executed and enjoyable from start to finish. Excellent.
Movie Review: Maiden are one of the best live bands of all tiem
Summary: 5 Stars
This DVD proves a simple point: Iron Maiden are one of the best live bands of all time. Their ferocity and talent have not mitigated with age. At a time when most bands from their era have either become caricatures of themselves or nostalgia acts, Maiden continue to evolve and push the envelope of their music; they re-invigorate songs that they have been playing for over two decades and still keep them fresh and exciting. Iron Maiden are simply amazing in terms of songwriting and stagecraft. There are bands half their age who cannot rival their output. This is not just another token filler live album between studio albums: this is a document of these Metal veterans at the top of, and re-inventing their game as they play it. A must buy for fans and a good place to start if you are still not one. Up the Irons.