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Metallica Through The Never IMAX 3D |OT| ...and then NEVER comes

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As Metallica performs a roaring live set for fans in a sold-out arena, a young roadie named Trip is sent on a mission to meet a disabled truck and retrieve a particular item. However, the routine task turns into a surreal odyssey when Trip's van is hit by another vehicle and he subsequently finds himself up against a death-dealing horseman. As Trip flees through desolate streets, he has only his wits to help him avoid the deadly horseman and deliver Metallica's cargo.
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Official Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4IhWJ8r7_4

Clips:

Wherever I May Roam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A22kyNihBkg

Cyanide
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J574AwlfCEg

One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUACOixqfAY

Hit The Lights Behind The Scenes:

Chapter 1: Making a 3D Movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZaYYIN5Bwo

Chapter 2: The Stage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmnEa2wcc6M

Chapter 3: Tesla Coil / Electric Chair
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsue9lvXFVc

Chapter 4: Lady Justice Crumbles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJgOlQUZ3BQ

This series could be on-going....

Sirius XM has a Mandatory Metallica station on Channel 111 to promote this film. The station runs through October 6th with a special concert airing Saturday September 21st from the Apollo Theater in NYC. The channel will continue online through Summer of 2014 after it goes off the air on Sirius's traditional airwaves.

http://www.siriusxm.com/siriusxm111

Official Soundtrack Release September 24th through Blackened Recordings

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Disc one

No. Title Length

1. "The Ecstasy of Gold" 3:22
2. "Creeping Death" 6:36
3. "For Whom the Bell Tolls" 5:09
4. "Fuel" 4:29
5. "Ride the Lightning" 6:36
6. "One" 7:27
7. "The Memory Remains" 4:39
8. "Wherever I May Roam" 6:44
9. "Cyanide" 6:39
10. "...And Justice for All" 9:46

Disc two

No. Title Length

1. "Master of Puppets" 8:36
2. "Battery" 5:12
3. "Nothing Else Matters" 6:28
4. "Enter Sandman" 5:31
5. "Hit the Lights" 4:16
6. "Orion" 8:28

Pre-Order:

Via Amazon

Via Metallica (link has a preview of Master of Puppets)

Positive Review from Torronto Film Review:
http://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/metallica-through-the-never-review-toronto-1200606142/

The majority of the pic is a straightforward but elaborately crafted (what with 24 cameras, multiple cranes, etc.) translation of the group’s 2012 touring concert, cobbled together from five nights in Vancouver and Edmonton. The show (designed in large part by John Mark Fisher, whose prior live-rock extravaganzas include Pink Floyd’s legendary “The Wall” tour) is nothing if not aesthetically ambitious, weaving running motifs from Metallica lore into a package that encompasses a floor of panels on which images are projected (including 5,000 squirming colored maggots), Tesla coils, lasers, flames, crosses that rise from below the stage, five actors screaming inside coffins they wake up sealed in, a giant “blind justice” statue that breaks apart, and so forth.

Nonetheless, the four musicians aren’t overwhelmed by all this showmanship, as they’re in crackerjack form and expert at rousing the crowd — even if this kind of performance scale means they’re often playing in physical isolation from each other, exhorting viewers seated in the round from opposite sides of a uniquely shaped long platform. (The ruse of some apocalyptic event nearly wrecking the stage allows them to revisit small-venue days of yore by clustering together amid the rubble for a parting “Hit the Lights,” from 1983 debut album “Kill ‘Em All.”)
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This movie premiers September 27th in IMAX 3D w/ late showings on September 26th in some markets.

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FYI: I'll be getting the soundtrack and seeing the movie on September 26th. I'll have my review of both up the next day.
 
For anyone who is a member of the Metallica fan club, their So What magazine for this quarter is focused on Through The Never and features interviews with mostly everyone involved with the movie.

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drspeedy said:
Just read the youtube comments. This one - truth.
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Yeah, but how would they have done the sound? Would they have Trujillo attempt to replicate Burton off stage? He can do a good Burton-esque solo btw, but he's nowhere near his league. Would they use old recordings which probably aren't up to standards of today's sounds?

It would be too much of an issue trying to figure out what would work best, and in the end you'd have a product that would make someone unsatisfied with it no matter what you did.
 
Mr. Sandman said:
Try keeping your voice in top shape at 50 after touring in a metal band almost non stop for 30 years
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His voice has been arguably shit since he went to "learn to sing" anything after AJFA is crap IMHO anyway.

Meanwhile Joey Belladonna, who is 2 years his senior sounds better than ever... but we are getting a bit off point.

Looks like an interesting "movie experiment" might check it when it is out on blu or whatever.
 
A couple of interesting tidbits:

The guy who designed the set used in these shows also designed the set for Pink Floyd's The Wall.

Metallica payed for the entire production budget of this movie....James Hetfield jokes in one of those behind the scenes clips that his kid might still be paying for the toilet after he's gone.
 
jmdajr said:
How long is the IMAX showing?
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They say the movie expands to other theaters October 4th. I'm not sure if that means more markets or non-IMAX though.

I don't know how long it will be in theaters also, assume it's in for a regular theatrical run.

If you're wondering movie length: 94 min
 
The positive review from Variety was a bit of a surprise. Have thought this looked like a glorious train wreck since day one... which I will enjoy rubbernecking. Not into upconverted IMAX or 3D though so my viewing will have to wait a bit.
 
metsallica said:
The positive review from Variety was a bit of a surprise. Have thought this looked like a glorious train wreck since day one... which I will enjoy rubbernecking. Not into upconverted IMAX or 3D though so my viewing will have to wait a bit.
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I don't think it's upconverted. Pretty sure they shot it strictly for IMAX 3D.
 
Mr. Sandman said:
They say the movie expands to other theaters October 4th. I'm not sure if that means more markets or non-IMAX though.

I don't know how long it will be in theaters also, assume it's in for a regular theatrical run.

If you're wondering movie length: 94 min
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I see. I guess my question was more of.. is the IMAX 3D for a limited time, say one weekend only type of thing.
 
Yessir, I'll be seeing it! Too bad Fade to Black isn't in it. Kirk probably can't handle the solo at the end. I'm also surprised they didn't touch up his solo at the end of One more.

I gotta say too, I love Metallica's look in their elder years.

James and Kirk both look like badass veterans of the scene, Robert looks like the missing link that would definitively prove evolution to staunch creationists, and Lars looks like an unholy asshat. They have their bases covered.
 
It's absolutely unreal how bad James' right hand has become. So incredibly sloppy, his downpicks are scrapey and loose, and he stutters constantly on his gallops.

Not to mention his voice has been shit since 1992.
 
Mr. Sandman said:
I don't think it's upconverted. Pretty sure they shot it strictly for IMAX 3D.
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Shot in 3D, not IMAX.

http://www.metallica.com/news/through-the-never-goes-imax.asp
Metallica.com said:
"IMAX Corporation and Picturehouse today announced that Metallica Through the Never, filmmaker Nimród Antal's captivating 3D movie featuring one of music's most enduring and iconic bands, will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX® 3D format"
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jmdajr said:
I see. I guess my question was more of.. is the IMAX 3D for a limited time, say one weekend only type of thing.
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It's only in IMAX theaters for a week.
Metallica.com said:
... "released wide in North America exclusively into IMAX® theatres for a one-week engagement starting Friday, Sept. 27. The film will expand into additional theatres on Oct. 4."
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Must go watch this movie when it hits theaters (hopefully it does here EDIT: Ok, it's coming here on October 18th). Been a Metallica fan since early 90s, still listen to them weekly, and this actual movie part of this movie doesn't sound too bad either.
 
MetalGuardian said:
Yessir, I'll be seeing it! Too bad Fade to Black isn't in it. Kirk probably can't handle the solo at the end. I'm also surprised they didn't touch up his solo at the end of One more.

I gotta say too, I love Metallica's look in their elder years.

James and Kirk both look like badass veterans of the scene, Robert looks like the missing link that would definitively prove evolution to staunch creationists, and Lars looks like an unholy asshat. They have their bases covered.
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I listened to them live.. what? 5 years ago? They performed great then.

But I too wish Fade to Black was in there. It's my favorite song.
 
Mr. Sandman said:
I still think IMAX is the preferred way to see it, so they'll make it the best IMAX presentation they can.....missed that about it only being in IMAX for a week though.
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While I think you're probably right, I'd rather go with the director's intentions (we all know what an auteur Nimrod Antal is...) as framing for IMAX and framing for 1.85:1 / 2.35:1 / etc is very different. Also I can't see 3D effects -- it just looks dim and normal -- so... traditional 2D for me! Finally, I'm a Moviepass subscriber which bars me from 3D / IMAX / 3D+IMAX screenings! Triple whammy. Wah wah.

I am still excited to see it despite my semi-joking "negativity," and I've had the soundtrack preordered on Amazon for about a month (and no, Metallica.com/Metclub, you're not worth triple the price with a bonus guitar pick no matter how many emails you send me!).
 
metsallica said:
While I think you're probably right, I'd rather go with the director's intentions (we all know what an auteur Nimrod Antal is...) as framing for IMAX and framing for 1.85:1 / 2.35:1 / etc is very different. Also I can't see 3D effects -- it just looks dim and normal -- so... traditional 2D for me! Finally, I'm a Moviepass subscriber which bars me from 3D / IMAX / 3D+IMAX screenings! Triple whammy. Wah wah.

I am still excited to see it despite my semi-joking "negativity," and I've had the soundtrack preordered on Amazon for about a month (and no, Metallica.com/Metclub, you're not worth triple the price with a bonus guitar pick no matter how many emails you send me!).
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You still have Moviepass? I felt like I was wasting money with that seeing more movies than I typically would in any given time just to get my money's worth out of it.

Also, as an added incentive for me to see this in IMAX 3D....I've never to my knowledge seen an IMAX movie. I may have seen something at some museum or whatever, but I've never gone out of my way to see an actual movie in IMAX before...figured this was as good of an excuse as any to do it.

And yeah, Metallica's pricing is a bit high.....wish they had vinyl for this though.
 
Yep, still do. I may drop it after my year ends but for now I'm seeing 4 movies a month at an average ticket price of $15. The pass is $30, so it works out nicely. I'm also an AMC Stubbs member, so I get $10 back for every $100 I spend, but with MP I'm only spending half that to get the reward. So, not bad. I'm seeing a lot I wouldn't have normally, but I really enjoy the movies and stopped going for a long time so it has been pretty great for me. Definitely not for everyone, though! Helps that I'm in NYC; tons of indies play here, and only here, so I'm never lacking for interesting films.

As far as the IMAX experience, you'll have a blast. Try to go to a real IMAX if you can, though, not a digital IMAX. There are very few traditional IMAX screens left but the experience will be amazing if you have one close by.

Vinyl is coming this fall in both 33 1/3rd and LE 45! http://www.metallica.com/news/20130729-437476.asp
 
Probably going to have to get that vinyl. I've listened to the leaks of the album (yeah, it has leaked) and it's some awesome live mixes. You can hear all of the band just right and the crowd just enough in the mix too....and you can hear the crowd loud and clear on the sing-a-long parts. I was curious as to how it would be vs the soundboard recordings of the same shows from Live Metallica and it's 100% better. They could have gone the lazy way and just put one of those shows out there but they didn't do that here.
 
ashley678 said:
well the soundtrack leaked

sounds like most songs are touched up in studio just listen to
orion from the soundtrack http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPv6NdKp1ks

they also plan on using the movie set for live shows in future
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Yeah, but the end results are good though and the sound they produce is what you want from a live album that has been through the studio mixing process. They must have had the crowd miked too because they are present in the mix in all the right spots.
 
Mr. Sandman said:
Probably going to have to get that vinyl. I've listened to the leaks of the album (yeah, it has leaked) and it's some awesome live mixes. You can hear all of the band just right and the crowd just enough in the mix too....and you can hear the crowd loud and clear on the sing-a-long parts. I was curious as to how it would be vs the soundboard recordings of the same shows from Live Metallica and it's 100% better. They could have gone the lazy way and just put one of those shows out there but they didn't do that here.
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I'm sure they don't want any more shit about crappy mixes after DM. I'd like to think they learned their lesson lol.
 
Saw the trailer for this in front of Riddick, had no idea what it was supposed to be. Concept seems okay but having to watch geriatric Metallica up there would be painful.
 
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