I just love metal kids, there were about 4 of them at the movie theater as well, with their Maiden shirts and all.
She was asking me all about how they portrayed the country afterwards. I didn't tell her that it's referred to as "the asshole of the world"!
the bit about Costa Rica I found particularly interesting as I have a Costa Rican friend and now I understand where she's from just a little bit better... the fans there were insane
), Sepultura, Misfists, Hammerfall, Dark Tranqulity, Cannibal Corpse, Marduk, Helloween (twice, I sadly miss the first one living in USA), Mago de Oz (several times I don't know what for ), Tierra Santa, Dio, Cast (twice), Angra, Sodom and the most recently, the biggest, the one that moved everybody the two dates of the Maiden tour (I only went to the 2008 one).
Hey Wyvern! I told my Costa Rican friend about you and she wanted to see the picture so I showed her this thread and it turns out she knows your friend Henry! Small world... she was wondering your name so she can ask him about you! She said she used to work at MXI interviewing lots of bands and stuff, she says he is in a band and has a great voice
. Anyway Henry has a great voice and good stage presence, with former bands he opened for Jethro Tull and Jon Anderson when they played here years ago. And before they split he won the equivalent of the Grammy for best rock composition two years ago.lol:
See, she taught me some Costa Rican...
Her name is Irene Jimenez, she worked as producer of MXI, Música por Inclusión, Canal 15 Universidad de Costa Rica. She says to say hi to Henry! Ciao, pura vida!!
If you analize the whole movie is made to sell a clean, nice intelligent look at Iron Maiden and heavy metal concerts. It's very clever in the way it transmit the message.
So the obtuse metalhead who wants everything to be tr00 kultit's gonna nag because the band is so angelical, but the parents (like maybe that guy in a tie) will see this and think maybe the music that my kids listening is not that bad a role model.
The movie took the time to show the famous incident when Chile forbided the band to play because of satanism accusations, and then they show finally we play in Chile, see we are normal, we are clean, we deliver fun and music.
The images of Japanese kid in the row, the guy with the drum stick crying in Colombia, the Brazilian priest which has made Maiden a cult, the Canadian girl sucking her finger, even the girl running with bare breasts for a second (in Colombia I think) were presented with style, to ensure a beuatiful view of the show and the band.
I think this movie besides the fact that most of the audiences are going to be metalheads who doesn't need to be convinced, is going to open mentalities to the genre to those outside who see it for whatever reason. I think Sam Dunn pick a great subject and the band knew he will deliver a great documentary (I doubt he could acomplished the same with Motley Crue, Tankard or Deicide
Definitively a must see, a must have and a great idea by Maiden and Dunn, kudos to both for a job well done.
