Metallica & San Francisco Symphony - S&M2

It was a great time at the movies and hoping it will be as fun if there's a blue ray release. Any of the turds that gave it low ratings are the same turds that quit being fans if Metallica 20 years ago. If your a lifer, you'll enjoy !

This movie shows you that, why Metallica is the biggest one of the rock n roll history.

It's so satisfying for every meaning.

It's simple. This is Metallica. The biggest, most badass band around.

It has been 20 years since the release of Symphony and Metallica, and now we see the band going for round 2 with the San Francisco Symphony. Of course, Michael Kamen sadly passed away in 2003 (has it really been so many years already?) and we see conductor Edwin Outwater at the helm, with special appearances by legendary SF Symphony conductor Michael Tilson Thomas.

I wasn't sure what to expect. Were they just redoing the original setlist? Would they play some different material? And would they still sound as good, twenty years later? Oh my God, yes! They sound just as good, and at times even better! James' vocals have not changed a bit and in many cases, he sounds even better than ever.

I loved that they played some of the better songs from the '99 performance, but also played some of their new stuff. My favourite song from '99 was always The Outlaw Torn - I just loved James' vocals on this - so I LOVED that they chose to do it again for S&M2.

The tribute to Cliff Burton gave me goosebumps. Wow. And don't get me started on the rendition of Unforgiven III. Truly amazing. The symphony even gets a chance to shine on it's own with a "rock-free" performance. Truly, S&M2 offers everything. I can't wait to own a copy of this and watch the two back to back.

Twenty years on and their music hasn't aged a day.

I watched this with such an energetic crowd. Applause after each song. The setlist was great. The cliff tribute brought tears to my eyes very unexpectedly. The unforgiven III was very risky and memorable and I was so proud of James. The outlaw torn luckily makes a return. What a song. Incredible!

A live proof that music is simultaneously individual and universal, unique and global, property of no one and each one of us... Fantastic concert, beautifully performed by Metallica and the SFS, impeccably caught on camera (great sound mixing, by the way), fulfilling its base purpose: generate energetic emotions on the viewers... Like many, many other things throughout the world, a perfect example of how magnificent can be the things made by the human race (The All With My Hands intro brought me to tears...).