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AndreasKell said:
Why is the documentary shown in Germany a week later?

The Metal Hammer podcast review said it was good overall, but I thought it raised a surprising number of criticisms.

According to the review, the Judas Priest documentary does a better job of explaining where the music and the band come from, and of sparking an interest in it even if you’re not already particularly into metal.
Another point of criticism was that the band members are never shown when they’re speaking. No problem for die-hard fans, but strange and confusing for other viewers.
The Metal Hammer editor-in-chief suspects that these interviews weren’t originally intended for the film at all, but were only done for the book.

Then – according to his theory – the original exclusive focus on the fans was changed, which is why these band member quotes were included.
The portrayal of the fans is in his opinion now too superficial and too brief.

An animation of Eddie shown at the beginning was also found to be very strange, even disturbing, and its meaning unclear (Eddie falling from space to Earth?)
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I can tell you for fact one of these accusations is wrong.

When I arrived for filming, the Burning Ambition team had just returned to the UK from Florida where they told me they interviewed Nicko. My understanding was they spoke to other band members for the documentary as well.
 
GhostofCain said:
One thing that I found unintentionally funny about the documentary was @Helmuth Von Moltke talking about the depth of Iron Maiden lyrics (something that is true for a good number of their songs), whilst previously they had a long segment of the band performing Prowler. :lol:
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I am re watching it soon and will pay attention to this sequencing!!!

Prowler is obv the highest literary composition
 
There is an interview in the movie with both Steve and Bruce talking about Bruce leaving the band and Maiden starting the search for a new singer. It seemed like they were at the top of some Aztec looking stairs or something. Does anyone know where that footage it taken from and if its available somewhere?

Also big missed oppurtunity not to play the song Burning Ambition at all in the documentary? I was expecting it to be played as one of the first songs during the intro or when talking about the Early Days :bigsmile:
 
I just got back from the movie theater. My thoughts: overall, I liked it. I feel emotionally cleansed and a little sad.

The animated segments with Eddie were actually passable - they didn’t irritate me at all or provoke any negative reaction. The biggest flaw of the movie is the rather poor video quality. I understand that archival footage is what it is, but on a big screen it’s almost unforgivable. I’m not trying to diss the film; I’m just trying to remain objective.

Also, timeline-wise, the narrative jumped all over the place, though that’s a very minor complaint.

The movie further reinforced and cemented my image of Steve as the soul of the band. He comes across as such a stoic figure.

People may dislike Gene Simmons, but he clearly has a good eye and ear when it comes to the band’s mascot from a marketing perspective - and he also mentioned the dual guitar harmonies!

Also, by the very end of the movie, it seemed pretty clear to me that Simon is the band’s new drummer. Case closed.

And Steve’s words about their plans - to tour and tour and then tour even more, until they simply can’t anymore - felt deeply sad to me. Not because he didn’t mention a new album, but because it makes the end feel close. I understand his desire to stay on the road and keep having fun; it probably reconnects him with his youth and his heyday.

In a hall with 76 seats, there were 10 people there - plus two small kids.

Nicko was funny. I loled.
 
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edward creighton said:
Boxoffice Mojo has gross so far in international markets of $1.064 million.

North America not included, releases most big mainland Euro markets this week. Should do near $2.5m overall.

www.boxofficemojo.com

Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition

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After the first few days after release, it's not that bad for a documentary dedicated to the die-hards. Mojo Boxoffice publishes random data and marks "International" as the final result without specified "Domestic" figures (let's check the last Depeche Mode live movie from Mexico). I'm wondering if the $1.064 million is the final statement, or if they will finally reveal the results for some more territories?
 
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