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Who else has this much great material?
I want to address the problem of excessive audience footage, since it seems to be the most consistently important theme in the reviews of this film. First of all, I didn't find it nearly as distracting as reviewers prepared me for. For one thing, counter to expectations, all songs (I think - maybe there's an exception or two but I didn't notice.) are presented in their entirety. But yes, there's a lot of "Us." <
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>Why? Because of Paul's "ego?" Well, YEAH! Is there a surprise there? Has Paul McCartney's narcissism been painstakingly kept under wraps until now? ("NEW EX-BEATLE DOCUMENTARY EXPOSES FORMER MOP TOP'S BIG HEAD!") My own feeling is that he likes to disguise his need for approval (and adoration) with a faux-egalitarian presentation, like, "You guys are really just as important as I am!" In reality, it's more like "Look at how much everybody loves me!" <
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>How about this - Would it have been possible for the Beatles to have been as big as they were for all these years and not have immense egos? Can you even truly imagine how bizarre and extraordinarily bewildering it must have been to be a Beatle? As Paul himself says at some point during the film, you're not just what you think you are anymore; you're also what they think you are. <
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>And why would this issue be important anyway? If you think his ego is too big, don't become his friend. Just listen to his music, which is among the most memorable and consistently charming of the 20th Century. <
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>On this DVD, McCartney delivers big-time when it comes to the music. The rockers rock relentlessly; the ballads are gorgeous and heartfelt and the scope and depth of the material is simply astounding. Like all the famous (and not famous) people tell you throughout the movie, he's really, really big. And he's in his mid-sixties, so the whole Lifetime Achievement thing is beginning to take center stage. As an artist ages, we tend to fall more deeply in love with him - or at least our loyalty begins to obscure our more discerning judgment, particularly if he's part of the soundtrack of our own aging. Maybe he's become a really comfortable old shirt - we've had him around so long he just feels good being there. <
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>I don't think I've ever seen one of the old-style McCartney concerts before he had returned to the Beatle stuff. Since he's been reclaimed his glorious past, however,(which he'd be an absolute fool to resist) I find his concerts thrilling. I loved the Beatles as an adolescent when they were actually releasing their new material, and I'm so grateful to have some of that wonderful energy still being put into the air. The camera sometimes lingers too long on the audience? So what?!

More Macca--Way Less Audience
I have watched this DVD once and will never watch it again. It follows the same format as all of Paul's concert DVDs--way too many audience shots, especially the blonde young chicks. How did they get there anyway? I want to see Paul McCartney. Paul isn't going to tour forever, so please put out one decent tour DVD in your career. This one is going to a friend. I can't stand the pain of watching it. It took me days to watch it. That is how bad it is and I'm a big time fan.