Went last night to the one in Pittsburgh - fun time! Great theater, comfy seat.
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I hate to say it... I saw PJ20 in a theater on opening night and was gravely disappointed. Cameron Crowe has said that The Kids Are Alright was the inspiration for PJ20, but then he changed his mind and decided to do a more straightforward kind of documentary. The problem is that Crowe is friends with the band and didn't want to offend them by getting into some darker areas. It made for a bland film.
HAD Crowe taken the "Kids Are Alright" approach it would be been much better. Let the performance clips (with songs played in their entirety) speak for themselves. The thing that makes the band so special didn't come across in PJ20 because none of the live clips are allowed to play out without interruption.
I love the idea of getting together with a bunch of fans in a theater to watch something PJ related, but not for this. Maybe for "The Kids Are 20" which I understand was on the Blu Ray.
Question? the bow at the end of the movie, what arena is that?
Can't remember off the top of my head right now - if it's the Spectrum or the MSG show that ends it, but it's either Philly or NY.
If you see Phillies/Sixers regalia, or a shitty looking arena that's incredibly intimate, or the soft pretzel advertising signs, then it's the Spectrum.
I can't find the link right now(dealing with too many things already following the Brooklyn show ) but just wanting to remind people about the Seattle screening of PJ20. Do we have enough peeps to make it happen yet?
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For those who scoff at "Jamily" in my name... 9 years ago, when my first daughter was born there were jokes about whether my priority would be my family or PJ. I smiled and quipped "I am a JamilyMan." What was a family joke became a hated term among jammers. Didn't see that one coming!
If you want to fill those needed seats to make the PJ20 showing happen in your town you gotta help PROMOTE IT!!!! Post on FB, Twitter, and Craigslist, etc.!!! I created a PJ20 advertisement and posted it on Craigslist (and renewed several times) in the "events" and "tickets" sections early on and I am positive this helped Charlotte, NC reach and exceed our minimum to make our showing happen. We had more than enough reservations! If you want to copy my advertisement and post on Craigslist in your city feel free to do so! Just go to Charlotte Craigslist and do a search for "Pearl Jam Twenty". Note that I changed the text in my advertisement a bit after our minimum reservation was met. The first post I made included information about needing a minimum number of reservations by a certain date. GOOD LUCK Last night was the Charlotte showing and it was a BLAST!! LOVED IT!!
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I'm hoping the Seattle screening will happen. It'd be extra cool to see the film again in Seattle. I'll search for the gathr thing as soon as I can & promote it around.
C'mon peeps! Let's get the Seattle screening hapnin!!
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Hello is the Phoenix, AZ show on Nov 14 or Nov 18?
The link has 14 listed and when I went to pay it said 18th
Thank you anyone in AZ that knows the true date of event
Columbus will have a small screening, but at least the lobby PA system is playing Black!
Edit - We got Black, some Nirvana, a Soundgarden song, and another Pearl Jam song which I admittedly forget. :(
The preshow started at the listed time and maybe it was just a special thing for the Columbus show, but it included a clip from ACL featuring Ben Harper, Balls In Your Mouth from Jimmy Fallon, the "coffee house" scene from Singles and I want to say something else.
They showed the blu-ray version, FWIW. I stuck around after the credits and it went back to the "input select" screen and there was a blu-ray logo.
Here are a few funny things about the movie that I noticed...repeat viewings and you can see stuff like this:
First PJ song (Go or Release, depending on how you look at it.)
Even Flow about 30-45 minutes in...HONEST! :shock:
Crown of Thorns near the end
Last song was Alive and Baba O'Riley right before (right?)
Bow at the end of the show
Someone didn't know about the movie until they were on their way home and saw "PEARL JAM 20" on the marquee! (I think we only had about six or seven viewers total.)
But why are we actually WANTING this movie in theaters when we have it on DVD or blu-ray and we can watch it for free any time? ... Oh wait, we pay $2000 for a FRIGGIN' BACKPACK!
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I'm SUPER bummed that the OKC screening got cancelled!
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Info about the free bootleg is too vague for me to go. Now if they gave me my choice of any show for each ticket I buy (buy 3 tickets, get 3 different boots), I'd be there. Too bad...I kind of wanted to take my kids to this, as they are bummed I'm not taking them to a show this time around.
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I hate to say it... I saw PJ20 in a theater on opening night and was gravely disappointed. Cameron Crowe has said that The Kids Are Alright was the inspiration for PJ20, but then he changed his mind and decided to do a more straightforward kind of documentary. The problem is that Crowe is friends with the band and didn't want to offend them by getting into some darker areas. It made for a bland film.
HAD Crowe taken the "Kids Are Alright" approach it would be been much better. Let the performance clips (with songs played in their entirety) speak for themselves. The thing that makes the band so special didn't come across in PJ20 because none of the live clips are allowed to play out without interruption.
I love the idea of getting together with a bunch of fans in a theater to watch something PJ related, but not for this. Maybe for "The Kids Are 20" which I understand was on the Blu Ray.
I have to agree on this - PJ20 is all a bit safe, and far too much time to spent on Andrew Wood and Mother Love Bone. Over 2/3 of the film is up to VS and then it speeds through the next 18/19 years.
It's still a great watch, after all it's well made, and concerns our favourite band, but it's so much "Band-Endorsed" that the tougher topics such as the drummer situations, Ed's overtaking of the band are kind of brushed over. Also the difficult albums such as Vitalogy and Binaural are hardly mentioned - + no footage of the No Code tour. The Kids Are Twenty is great
What is the riff playing while Jeff and Stone discuss playing music and writing songs after Andy died?
On the Netflix version, it is from 12:08 to 12:38. Jeff considered retiring from music and leaving Seattle. Stone quickly went back to writing and playing. Jeff is shown shooting baskets, followed by Stone playing his Les Paul.
It occurs just before "Footsteps/Times of Trouble" in the film.
If I recall, the same riff is also in the film Singles, as Kyra Sedwick's character departs on a boat.
Another thing struck me...hearing the founding members recount the formation of the band. History often tells of Pearl Jam as formed by Jeff and Stone after Mother Love Bone ended. It sounds in the documentary as if Mike was equally integral in the formation of the band presently known as Pearl Jam. Stone recalls Jeff playing with other people and "having a good time doing that". As Mike tells it:
"We (Stone and Mike) got together and we started playing in his parent's attic. That's when I remember the conversation, 'We gotta get Jeff Ament in the band. ' I remember him saying 'f@$% Jeff Ament or something like that' and I was kinda shocked. Like, that's your guy! You've been with this guy forever!'
Stone says he was initially hesitant, but changed his mind with Mike's encouragement. The rest is history. It's all water over the dam now, but I was surprised to learn Mike's role of the inception of Pearl Jam.
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I would like to bump this thread with my story about the PJ20 film instead of starting a new one.
I will try to keep it short.
I wanted to start our PJ20 Canadian tour off with a perfect beginning so as soon as I found out I got 10c tix to the Calgary show I immediately went online and reserved two seats for the PJ20 premiere showing at the Cineplex theatre.
My wife and I arrived in Calgary at noon, went out for lunch and enjoyed downtown Calgary. The show started at 7:30.
We arrived at the theatre at 7:00 thinking we would choose our seats. Boy were we surprised. The theatre was sold out (but we had reserved tix).
We ended up Front row in the last two seats left side.
The movie started and we were in awe of the situation we were experiencing.
I will admit though, I left the theatre feeling a little confused. Was this a movie about PJ or about the crucial roots of PJ?
I felt the movie left me wanting to see more of PJ not what I just saw.
The concert the next night of course made up for the feelings I had about the PJ20 movie.
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(Hey, if we won't see them again until 2015 in Ohio...my guess, no inside info...we'll take the movie!)
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Lets make San Antonio, TX showing happen!!! I reserved my seat, We need 44 more!!! :corn:
I know! Hopefully we can get it done. I've been posting on FB and Twitter. Advertise it up!
HAD Crowe taken the "Kids Are Alright" approach it would be been much better. Let the performance clips (with songs played in their entirety) speak for themselves. The thing that makes the band so special didn't come across in PJ20 because none of the live clips are allowed to play out without interruption.
I love the idea of getting together with a bunch of fans in a theater to watch something PJ related, but not for this. Maybe for "The Kids Are 20" which I understand was on the Blu Ray.
Can't remember off the top of my head right now - if it's the Spectrum or the MSG show that ends it, but it's either Philly or NY.
If you see Phillies/Sixers regalia, or a shitty looking arena that's incredibly intimate, or the soft pretzel advertising signs, then it's the Spectrum.
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Is my guess, would really like to know for sure.
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http://gathr.us/screening/6285
If you want to fill those needed seats to make the PJ20 showing happen in your town you gotta help PROMOTE IT!!!! Post on FB, Twitter, and Craigslist, etc.!!! I created a PJ20 advertisement and posted it on Craigslist (and renewed several times) in the "events" and "tickets" sections early on and I am positive this helped Charlotte, NC reach and exceed our minimum to make our showing happen. We had more than enough reservations! If you want to copy my advertisement and post on Craigslist in your city feel free to do so! Just go to Charlotte Craigslist and do a search for "Pearl Jam Twenty". Note that I changed the text in my advertisement a bit after our minimum reservation was met. The first post I made included information about needing a minimum number of reservations by a certain date. GOOD LUCK
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C'mon peeps! Let's get the Seattle screening hapnin!!
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The link has 14 listed and when I went to pay it said 18th
Thank you anyone in AZ that knows the true date of event
Edit - We got Black, some Nirvana, a Soundgarden song, and another Pearl Jam song which I admittedly forget. :(
The preshow started at the listed time and maybe it was just a special thing for the Columbus show, but it included a clip from ACL featuring Ben Harper, Balls In Your Mouth from Jimmy Fallon, the "coffee house" scene from Singles and I want to say something else.
They showed the blu-ray version, FWIW. I stuck around after the credits and it went back to the "input select" screen and there was a blu-ray logo.
Here are a few funny things about the movie that I noticed...repeat viewings and you can see stuff like this:
First PJ song (Go or Release, depending on how you look at it.)
Even Flow about 30-45 minutes in...HONEST! :shock:
Crown of Thorns near the end
Last song was Alive and Baba O'Riley right before (right?)
Bow at the end of the show
Someone didn't know about the movie until they were on their way home and saw "PEARL JAM 20" on the marquee!
But why are we actually WANTING this movie in theaters when we have it on DVD or blu-ray and we can watch it for free any time? ... Oh wait, we pay $2000 for a FRIGGIN' BACKPACK!
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Reserved my tickets for the Tampa showing. Looks like they are the only 2 on there. C'mon FL peeps!!
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I have to agree on this - PJ20 is all a bit safe, and far too much time to spent on Andrew Wood and Mother Love Bone. Over 2/3 of the film is up to VS and then it speeds through the next 18/19 years.
It's still a great watch, after all it's well made, and concerns our favourite band, but it's so much "Band-Endorsed" that the tougher topics such as the drummer situations, Ed's overtaking of the band are kind of brushed over. Also the difficult albums such as Vitalogy and Binaural are hardly mentioned - + no footage of the No Code tour. The Kids Are Twenty is great
On the Netflix version, it is from 12:08 to 12:38. Jeff considered retiring from music and leaving Seattle. Stone quickly went back to writing and playing. Jeff is shown shooting baskets, followed by Stone playing his Les Paul.
It occurs just before "Footsteps/Times of Trouble" in the film.
If I recall, the same riff is also in the film Singles, as Kyra Sedwick's character departs on a boat.
Another thing struck me...hearing the founding members recount the formation of the band. History often tells of Pearl Jam as formed by Jeff and Stone after Mother Love Bone ended. It sounds in the documentary as if Mike was equally integral in the formation of the band presently known as Pearl Jam. Stone recalls Jeff playing with other people and "having a good time doing that". As Mike tells it:
"We (Stone and Mike) got together and we started playing in his parent's attic. That's when I remember the conversation, 'We gotta get Jeff Ament in the band. ' I remember him saying 'f@$% Jeff Ament or something like that' and I was kinda shocked. Like, that's your guy! You've been with this guy forever!'
Stone says he was initially hesitant, but changed his mind with Mike's encouragement. The rest is history. It's all water over the dam now, but I was surprised to learn Mike's role of the inception of Pearl Jam.
I would like to bump this thread with my story about the PJ20 film instead of starting a new one.
I will try to keep it short.
I wanted to start our PJ20 Canadian tour off with a perfect beginning so as soon as I found out I got 10c tix to the Calgary show I immediately went online and reserved two seats for the PJ20 premiere showing at the Cineplex theatre.
My wife and I arrived in Calgary at noon, went out for lunch and enjoyed downtown Calgary. The show started at 7:30.
We arrived at the theatre at 7:00 thinking we would choose our seats. Boy were we surprised. The theatre was sold out (but we had reserved tix).
We ended up Front row in the last two seats left side.
The movie started and we were in awe of the situation we were experiencing.
I will admit though, I left the theatre feeling a little confused. Was this a movie about PJ or about the crucial roots of PJ?
I felt the movie left me wanting to see more of PJ not what I just saw.
The concert the next night of course made up for the feelings I had about the PJ20 movie.