[ATTENDED: June 23, 2023] Ghost: Rite Here Rite Now
I don’t write about films (much), and I’m not going to start.
I’m throwing this in because we saw this Ghost tour and this is a concert video of the tour (sort of).
The movie is a concert filmed in Los Angeles. And there is a story that runs through the film which portends the end of Papa IV.
No spoilers from me.
I wanted to note that when the film opened there was a really funny sequence in which the filmmakers encouraged us to take selfies in all our finery. We could then upload the pictures for a future project. Our theater only had three groups of people in it and none of us were dressed up. But this movie has been hugely successful and I’m sure there were plenty of cosplayers at the other screenings. It will be fun to see what we could have been a part of.
Also, concert videos are becoming somewhat more common (thanks Taylor Swift). The thing about them that really works for me is the quality of the sound (and usually picture). Movies like tis sound amazing–they pretty much universally sound better than the actual show. I mean, I heard things in this movie that I’ve never noticed live (and Ghost is 100% better sounding live than on record).
You can’t control what the camera operators film, but they usually know what we want to see when. So we get good closeups and cool overhead shots.
And the way the story line was threaded into the concert was really well done.
I took my son and his friend and we had a blast.
Highly recommended, especially in a theater with a great sound system.
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