An evening with the Beastie Boys

Posted on March 24, 2006
Filed Under Movies, Music

Last night we got to check out a Big Screen Concert of the new Beastie Boys concert movie called, “Awesome; I Fuckin’ Shot That“. If you aren’t familiar with Big Sceen Concerts, basically they shoot a live concert and then show it in movie theaters around the country. I have wanted to go check one out in the past but it hasn’t worked out. But, when it was the Beastie Boys, I bought tickets early. (Turns out that wasn’t needed since there were like 40-50 people in the entire theater…) The only difference from this and a normal BigScreenConcert is that the movie is actually coming out in theaters nationwide on March 31st.

The movie is from a Beastie Boys concert shot at Madison Square Gardens back in 2004. It was shot by 50 fans holding Hi-8 video cameras (plus some pro footage thrown in from time to time). If you get motion sickness, this movie is NOT for you! My wife had to leave the theater after about 20 minutes. It’s quite bouncy and by the end I was starting to feel a little woozy myself. But, the concert itself is damn good. At one point they bring out Doug E Fresh and he does beat box for one of the songs. Man that guy is good! The way he performs is quite impressive!

At the show they played all sorts of old school tunes like Brass Monkey, Time to Get Ill, Hello Brooklyn & Paul Revere. The crowd does most of the singing on Paul Revere.
It’s definitely worth seeing, but I don’t think I’d be able to watch it too many times. The camera work just makes it a bit too difficult to fully enjoy.

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