A Beastie Boys concert is filtered through the giddy, spastic, amateur photography of 50 fans lent video cameras in this hyperactive exercise in democratic documentary.
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Reviews Counted:38
Fresh:29
Rotten:9
Average Rating:6.6/10
Rated: R [See Full Rating] for language.
Theatrical Release:Mar 31, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: On October 9, 2004, the Beastie Boys handed out 50 cameras to audience members at their sold-out performance in New York's famed Madison Square Garden. These 50 different passionate perspectives,... On October 9, 2004, the Beastie Boys handed out 50 cameras to audience members at their sold-out performance in New York's famed Madison Square Garden. These 50 different passionate perspectives, shot from the point-of-view of the audience, take the viewer deep inside the world of a live Beastie Boys show, prismatically and kinetically capturing the experience of a live musical performance like no film has ever done. AWESOME; I FUCKIN' SHOT THAT! is a cinematic celebration starring, Mike D (Michael Diamond), Adrock (Adam Horovitz), and MCA (Adam Yauch) as the Beastie Boys; along with other special appearances by other special guests who are special, especially the camera operators who were especially special. The film was photographed, as director Nathanial Hörnblowér says, by "a bunch of untrained camera operators. But that gives the film sincerity. The people that shot it, were feeling it." --© THINKFilm [More]
Studio: ThinkFilm
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A killer concert film, an ecstatic testament to the joys of fandom and a tribute to the democratizing potential of moviemaking technology.
A swirling, kaleidoscopic take on a familiar concept, and a raucous, you-are-there atmosphere.
All the digital footage has been manipulated within an inch of its life, the result being close to the same film that would have been made had real cinematographers shot it. Of course, real cinematographers would have insisted on being paid.
No new ground is broken here. From a cinematic point of view, Awesome represents simply a monumental postproduction salvaging effort.
Only hardcore aficionados will have the stamina to endure the full-on assault -- the movie starts to drag near the end and feels longer than its 90 minutes -- but that’s cool. It’s a love letter to the faithful in the first place.
A wiggy head film seemingly destined for midnight movie screenings, cult fame, and stoned viewing by the home-video crowd...
This kind of thing probably sounds like a really cool idea when you're high.
The editing, and the psychedelic tinting, perfectly captures the Beasties' relentless groove, and there are any number of funny diversions.
The result is a free-flowing, hyper-edited pastiche of sight and sound, real and unreal, and the occasional bathroom break. It's a lot of things, but it stays true to the title: it is awesome.
Will be a staple in the DVD player of every Beastie Boys fan around the world.
Reminds one of the kitschy pop cultural sphere that the Beasties inhabit, a place made up of somewhat hackneyed allusions to Scrabble, Star Wars, and, as seen in a tongue-in-cheek opening text crawl, Scarface.
Those who love the Beastie Boys will love it, while those with only a passing interest will be only passingly interested.
I suspect that the hardcore Beastie fans will devour this flick with two greedy fists and come up begging for more.
This isn't good cinematography by any formal standard, as the operators are amateurs; shots frequently bounce to the beat. But the sense of immediacy and excitement is contagious.
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