Shine a Light

This was a great rockumentary! Martin Scorsese does it again. Seeing the Stones "larger than life" in Imax was amazing. The picture quality was amazing, as was the sound quality of the show. You have to give it to the Stones, they are still rocking after all these years. Sure, they may not sound crisp and clear, Jagger's voice isn't what it used to be, and the guitar playing of Richards and Wood is sub-par at times, but that's just the beauty of it all. When they all come together, they create magic on stage! This documentary shows up a quick behind the scenes look at the challenges of putting together and filming this concert. It also offers us some incredible old stock footage of interviews with the Stones at their very beginnings, put into context! The Stones set list for this particular concert movie was a great mixture of known and lesser known songs. Add to the mix 3 guest stars (Jack White iii, Buddy Guy, and Christina Aguilera), and celebrity attendees like President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and Bruce Willis (near front row center wearing a yellow baseball cap), and it's quite an audio-visual spectacle! You have to give it up for Mick Jagger. The guy has so much energy on stage, and he just does not stop! He truly is a top notch entertainer and performer! My negatives on this one: I would have prefered another female singer instead of Christina Aguilera, someone with a more powerful and raunchy voice!!! Me no like the pop-bubble-gum singers. Sure, she has pipes, but does not belong on the same stage as the Stones. I also would have liked to see much more behind the scenes challenges of putting together this concert movie. We see some, but there must have been a lot more. It was a great movie, don't miss it in Imax (I don't know if it plays in regular theaters, but in Imax it is truly an amazing experience)