with or without 3d
April 23, 2008The other night, we got to watch U2 3D on IMAX in MOA for a 500 peso ticket price. It. Is. Amazing. But no, not because it’s 3D. It’s because it’s U2.
Sure, when the camera gets that closeup of Bono reaching out to the audience, you feel a sense of intimacy that implores you to just reach out as well and grab his hand… and it sure feels like you can. Like you and the band can literally break through the so-called "fourth wall" and interact.
It’s mesmerizing, but after you get past the WOW moments, no amount of 3D experience can rival the raw feeling of the music surging through your soul. Especially with that good a set list and when it’s almost like the experience of watching a live concert - for just 500 pesos.
As the band closes their encore with "With Or Without You", there’s a part where the song kicks into high gear and the intensely lively crowd joins in right on cue. Goosebumps. With or without 3D, that would still give me goosebumps. The medium simply enhances the experience of it all. It’s as good a marriage of technology and raw emotion as you can get, but at the end of the day. A U2 concert is a U2 concert, and that’s what makes it so good to watch.
The only thing that got to me (well, aside from the fact that I didn’t like the 3D glasses) was that I couldn’t let loose inside a theater. I mean… it’s a rock concert for crying out loud!!! I wanted to jump! I wanted to stomp to the beat! I just wanted to move! You simply don’t just sit down and chill during a rock concert. You let loose.
God… I came out of that with so much pent up energy. Maybe that’s why I was still raring to go after 90 minutes on the treadmill last night… but that’s for another blog entry. ^_^
Anyway… the whole experience was just great. Sabi pa nung isa kong officemate: "Parang feeling mo, pwedeng-pwede mong punasan yung pawis ni Bono!"
After leaving the theater, there was a group of friends behind me who also came from the screening. One of the guys said to the other guy: "O ano pare, namamahalan ka pa ba??" To which the other answered, "Sulit!!!"
I can’t rave enough about it. It was exciting… exhilarating… intense.
Parang magandang ulitin… bago siya palitan ng Hannah Montana 3D concert in a week or so. LOL. ^_^
