Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Love this piece of musical history. Where my love affair with this fantastic band started all those years ago. 'The rain's great.'

I watched this last night for the first time in about 10 years (since I only have it on VHS), and it was as magical as I remembered. The magic starts with the setting - a misty evening at a unique concert venue (Red Rocks) carved out of the mountains outside of Denver, Colorado - with torches burning all around, spotlights cutting through the mist, and hordes of soaking wet fans waving Irish flags. And then of course there is the music - spanning U2's first 3 albums: Boy (1980), October (1981) and War (1983) along with a couple tracks that are not available on studio albums. The performance is beautiful and melodic, yet as raw and urgent as the rain beating down. Certain moments stand out for me - Bono climbing on top of part of the rocks during "Electric Co" (a still photo of which is featured on the cover). The Edge playing both piano and guitar nearly-simultaneously on "New Year's Day"... The final song "40", where the band has left the stage other than Larry Mullen Jr continuing to beat the drums, as the crowd continues to sing the final lines. I get chills at least 5 times during the show. This is transcendent stuff for U2 fans, and probably amazing even if you are not a fan.

SPOILERS THROUGHOUT: Any U2 fan who has not seen this, is missing a little known treasure. I have watched U2 live at red rocks more times then I can count. It was made long before U2 were ever as big as they are now. It features more of their early music and it takes place at The Red Rocks. It is absolutely electrifying.I was so into this concert I think it spoiled me for "Rattle and Hum". Live At Red Rocks features, not only some of the best music of U2'S career, it illustrates the almost indescribable chemistry that exists between the band members and the charisma that they bring to their live performances. It clearly shows why they became one of the biggest bands in the world. And it does this in a way "Rattle and Hum", at least in my opinion, never really managed to do.The concert footage is fast paced, haunting, and almost dizzying in the sheer electricity that echos throughout. Live At Red Rocks is one of the most extraordinary concerts I've ever seen and could make a U2 fan out of even the most skeptical of viewers. Take a watch if you haven't and lose yourself to some of the most haunting rock music ever created.

Even at this early stage in their US breakthrough U2 were already displaying the elements which have made them one of America's favorite rock acts and Ireland's greatest musical export.This concert recorded in 1983 during their US tour at Red Rocks Amphitheatre outside Denver in Colorado (Near the little town of Morrison which has a great Mexican Restautant called the Morrison Inn!!) showcases most of the early hits from Boy, October and War.Flare and torches blaze at either side of the stage as Bono struts (and steams in the aftermath of a torrential downpour) his way through Gloria, I will follow, 11 O'Clock Tick tock, Party Girl, New Years Day, A blistering version of Sunday Bloody Sunday containing the now immortal introduction of "There's been a lot of talk about this song, maybe, maybe too much talk, This song is not a rebel song. This song is..." and The Electric Co before finishing off with the excellent crowd singalong 40 which fades to the wonderfully atmostheric crowd chant of "How long to sing this song". Edge playes the blues and Larry bates the drums and Adam with a great big blond mullet haircut just acts cool. This is an excellent companion piece to the more mature and sophisticated Rattle and Hum DVD and it would be nice to see this also released on DVD sometime soon.