If you're a fan of the legendary jam band, your tickets are likely already burning holes in your pockets for the April 30th wide(er) showing...that is, if you weren't among those lucky enough to catch a pre-screening of the film in select theaters last week.
According to a press release on the film, tickets to the April 20th preview screenings sold out in less than an hour.
The taped concert footage, produced by AEG Network Live and Cinedigm (the same company that piped in the Final Four games to cinemas on the 3rd and 5th), has gotten mixed reviews by the advanced showing attendees...and by mixed, I mean, they either liked it or really, regretted losing hours of their lives they will never get back. Then again, even those not so harshly critical of the production value, were left with a general feeling of ...eh. "For me the novelty of seeing the band in 3D wore off about halfway through the presentation. Watching the film never ceased to be enjoyable, but the initial "wow" factor doesn't sustain itself," said one review.
The Wrap's critic was...well...slightly more critical - Not of the band, of course (every follow-up I read unanimously agreed that the music transcended any and all technical failings) but of the editing.
Just as close up shots and quick movements less than impressed those watching the NCAA games in 3D, so too did such cinematic techniques detract from Phish 3D: "The camera jumps around so often – a different angle and distance about every 1.5 seconds or less – that your eyes never have enough time to adjust to the changing depths. Even movie rubes like me know you don’t fill a shoestring 3D movie with quick cuts; it throws the eyes into violent oscillations of depth-perception. And it sucks."
It remains to be seen whether a wider-set of movie goers and Phish fans will have the same reaction following the April 30th release.
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