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Get Up & Go

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As a long-time fan of TWP and Cinerama, this sounds like a great idea. What could be cooler than seeing a behind the scenes look at the band on tour? Watching this documentary (if it can be called that) was painful. The only redeeming moments were an acoustic version of Corduroy and some quick interviews with Gedge in the special features section. Why those were not included in the film is beyond me. The film itself is meaningless. Every so often, it seemed like they would actually show the band playing live, but they never did. If I am purchasing this DVD, chances are that I already own (and regularly listen to) Cinerama studio albums. They were obviously recording during the live performances, why not use that footage for the film? The sound quality was also very poor. I want my time back.

don't bother unless you're some obsessed fan. painfully boring. there should be a warning label on the package that clearly states that the dvd contains NO real concert footage with live sound. there's one acoustic performace of Corduroy that's worth hearing, but that's it. The rest of this is just Tim Middlewick's semi-artsy attempt to make a video-collage using random cinerama tour footage set to the studio recordings of Torino. uh, okay.. it wouldn't even be that bad of an idea if they included audio of the band members interacting and tried to create any sort of coherent story out of the mess, but they don't. the music makes the random footage seem overly sentimal- but since nothing actually happens throughout the course of the documentary, it feels horribly forced. no band members say a word except for david gedge, and most of his dialogue is limited to small talk about equipment or songs. there's one short interview towards the end that isn't completely trite, and there's a "quaint" scene where he thumbs through his record collection and talks about his influences, but there's nothing new here for anyone who already owns cinerama and knows what david gedge looks like. c'mon. go buy it. waste your money.