This is maybe one of the best concerts ever filmed in full HD. It's really worth seeing it on a big screen and with the best possible sound equipment. You listen to fantastic arrangements which are really different from what we know so far from THE POLICE or STING as a solo artist. A great set-list with a large choice of extremely popular songs as e.g. Every Breath You Take and more unknown songs as Whenever Wherever. Branford Marsalis is a genius. The quality of this film is outstanding in every aspect. Of course don't expect a real "show" with spectacular stage, explosions, video screens or some other stuff we know from very big events like 360degree tour from U2 (which I also like). It's pure music. And that's more then enough !
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Fantastic concert. Some of the worst video directing ever
beeblebrox-221 November 2019
This was a wonderful concert. Some of Sting's best - and the orchestrations are entrancing. Ten stars for that.
The only thing wrong with this, and it is a MAJOR ISSUE, is that the video directing by Jim Gable is literally some of the most amateurish crap I've seen since the terrible video directing done of the Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall by Nick Norris. I've seen better directing in college video communications programs.
Ridiculous high speed fly-bys of Sting, fast pull backs from close-ups (always a no-no), too fast of cutting from camera to camera that doesn't match the tempo of the music, overhead spinning jib shots (really??!!), etc. Pretty much unwatchable. After directing this Gable should have banned from ever getting in the video control booth again.
If you care about Sting's music, avoid this video. Subtracting 6 stars because Gable makes the production all about himself and not the artist.
The only thing wrong with this, and it is a MAJOR ISSUE, is that the video directing by Jim Gable is literally some of the most amateurish crap I've seen since the terrible video directing done of the Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall by Nick Norris. I've seen better directing in college video communications programs.
Ridiculous high speed fly-bys of Sting, fast pull backs from close-ups (always a no-no), too fast of cutting from camera to camera that doesn't match the tempo of the music, overhead spinning jib shots (really??!!), etc. Pretty much unwatchable. After directing this Gable should have banned from ever getting in the video control booth again.
If you care about Sting's music, avoid this video. Subtracting 6 stars because Gable makes the production all about himself and not the artist.
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