Watch Metallica: Through the Never For Free

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Better Late Then Never

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Whilst METALLICA are playing a show somewhere, a young roadie is sent across the city to fetch a bag. Admittedly, this story-line doesn't sound like serious competition for 'The Wall' or 'Quadrophenia' - because it isn't. But if we only consider 'Through the Never' as a concert movie with a bit of cool rock video decoration, it is actually fun and extremely good looking. However, when the band members praise the challenge of a narrative concept in the making-of, I wonder if they read all 3 pages of the script, which includes scenes like 'guy puts himself on fire to win a fight' (no he doesn't), 'guy looks into bag and doesn't tell us what he finds inside' (boo!) and 'hammer bloke hangs people for fun' (which probably has some intricate symbolism woven into it, but hidden so well that nobody will ever find out).The movie has its best moments not with the larger than life bits, but with the little touches, for example when a microphone fails in 'Ride the Lightning' and James angrily pushes it away - this is a well-staged moment to show the band not as flawless super-heroes, but normal human beings. The collapsing statue and the (Tesla coil) lightnings make the performance visually memorable, but this probably would have worked just as well without the, uh, 'narrative concept'. I voted 8/10 which is a compromise between 10 for the visual qualities, 9 for the music and 4 for the 'story'.

my friends i have trekked through the IMDb login nonsense to give only my 2nd review on IMDb. only when are things really bad do i go through this ***.i am ashamed to have seen this group in concert twice. it was in 1989 and in 1990 and i thought at the time they were awesome. they played for 2 hours and i banged my head off - despite my quite short hair....its OK to keep cracking it out but years follows and then 'some kind of monster'then thisLars - you bald f***kirk - you are *** for not following JasonHatfield - you are scum for not following cliffother guy - whateveri really hate metabolic because i gave them about $300 bucks in my life - i'll download it all just to screw them but its all so *** they are safe.Awful . My first one star review.The crowd in this are the most bored you will ever see at any concert EVERha ha - the IMDb robot made me change my word to metabolic - they are that ***& - ha ha

This is not a movie, its a concert and for someone who is not all that familiar with Metallica this is not a good introduction to the band, it is actually painful to follow the movie. During the first 30 minutes I was praying that the movie would actually start following the protagonist. The concert takes up far too much space in the movie. It is honestly such a shame that the directors and writers couldn't let the band take the "backseat" for once by just featuring the music and protagonist for majority of the movie. There is nothing wrong with the music in the movie, the concert couldn't be more boring to watch. This movie was actually a huge let down seeing as I was looking forward to following the story of the young roadie Trip into his surreal adventure. Instead we just get a glimpse into his adventure because the concert takes up majority of the plot. The cinematography is beautiful especially when following Trip, which once again makes it such a shame the movie doesn't follow him.

Crowds out there are only in it because of Metallica; I went there mostly because of up-and-coming star Dane DeHaan and the movie within the show and I admit I got more than what I was looking for. Though not that much of a fan of the band (I like some of their music) I acknowledge its power among their devoted fans, and they deserve to be on the top of the game because they deliver a spectacle, they deliver a true rock n'roll concert, loud and clear, and so magnificent that you might become a fan of theirs after the film, if you weren't before. What about Dane? Excellent choice in the minor adventure that jumps back and forth between the show, with some little interaction between Trip, his roadie character, and the band."Metallica Through the Never" revolves around the band performing their classics and a story involving Trip, one of their roadies, embarking on a strange adventure trying to pick up a mysterious bag. Trip's long journey is surrounded with danger, crashes, explosions, protests and stuff, greatly matched with the sound of James Hetfield and his troupe to be heard at full volume. Director Nimród Antal's concept was quite good, though lacking in more substance. It reminded me a bit of that Duran Duran gig in the 1980's where they joined with the real Duran Duran played again by Milo O'Shea in "Barbarella", but that was a more interactive concert with the actor appearing from time to time on the stage while DeHaan's voiceless character pops in with the group in brief moments. But there's fascinating visual effects (the pyrotechnic effects on the show are truly effective), and a positively engaging adventure to follow through. It feels fresh, unique and visually captivating, though it doesn't answer anything. The acting was great and the concert even more explosive. The movie points a way on how we should experience music in a different light, creating the images after what's already composed, with themes from the many different albums and you form a image of the whole. That kind of experiment would work better if the director (and I'm not sure if Antal was deeply involved behind Metallica's show) selected the songs and tried to create a film afterwards with a plausible storyline. Not exactly like "Tommy" or "The Wall" were, but I'm talking about mixing several albums from a said artist and work a script around those music and lyrics. While more of those aren't invented, I dream of a "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" version. Antal could make it work, he's got the visuals, the technique, everything to make a great musical out of that. 8/10