Movie Reviews for Paul McCartney: The Space Within Us [Blu-ray]

Paul McCartney: The Space Within Us [Blu-ray]

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Movie Reviews of Paul McCartney: The Space Within Us [Blu-ray]

Movie Review: Editor with ADHD
Summary: 2 Stars

This is a useful movie to show to budding film (especially documentary) editors about how overzealous editing can destroy good footage. The viewer is never given more than a few seconds before it cuts away to another angle, or worse, another audience shot.

A particularly egregious example of sophomoric editing is seen during Eleanor Rigby, when the stage is superimposed on endless faces from the audience, presumably "all the lonely people".

Every song is followed by interviews with people (some famous, like Bill Clinton, Steve Jobs, and others less so) who endlessly mouth platitudes about how great Paul McCartney is.

I fervently hope that at some point in the future someone will use the high-def concert footage with excellent sound quality to put together another more watchable disc.

Movie Review: A&E- LET IT BE!
Summary: 2 Stars

I saw Paul during this tour - I was so excited when this DVD came out, and was really let down.

I wanted to see a Paul McCartney DVD, not a bunch of people talking about how timeless Paul is. I'M A BEATLES FAN - I KNOW THAT ALREADY!

The lowlight of the film is when A&E decides to cut away from 'Let it Be,' the post beautiful performance of the show I was at, and show Bill Clinton talking about Paul. WHO CARES?

Movie Review: great audio & video quality
Summary: 4 Stars

Bluray is awesome. This disc gets thumbs up for video and uncompressed 5.1 audio. I prefer the song selections on the 2002-03 McCartney concert DVD but this is the only McCartney Bluray I am aware of.

Movie Review: I think I was at one of these concerts.
Summary: 1 Stars

I saw a concert from this tour; I'm pretty sure they were shooting for this DVD because of all the cameras flying around. The recording of the DVD was completely distracting, and no regard was shown for the audience.

When the focus is on making a DVD, the live performance suffers. They can edit out all the awkward pauses and unnecessary set changes, but the audience still has to endure them. I felt it should have been billed as a 'live studio recording' and I should not have been charged $100.

A lot of the excessive sentimentality that other reviewers refer to was present at the concert as well, including a long, boring retrospective at the beginning. People also refer to many of the shots of exalted fans...if they showed me, you'd see a bored, annoyed person. I looked around the audience that night, and although there was some true enthusiasm, the overall feel was not that up. Paul kept repeatedly trying to whip people into a frenzy..."how're you doing tonight" in a very ineffective and superficial way. Shots of fans actually having a great time I'm sure were carefully selected.

But even if the DVD came out well (haven't actually seen it - don't want to), the performances were spot on, but nothing more than that. The band impressed me more than Paul. The Beatles songs almost completely lacked their original charm and feel, and Paul seemed much more concerned with his own glorification than with working to accurately bring to life the music and mood of a few decades ago. I'm sure other bands have covered the Beatles much better than this.