Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Spoonatects Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

unbrokenmetal Whilst METALLICA are playing a show somewhere, a young roadie is sent across the city to fetch a bag. Admittedly, this story-line doesn't sound like serious competition for 'The Wall' or 'Quadrophenia' - because it isn't. But if we only consider 'Through the Never' as a concert movie with a bit of cool rock video decoration, it is actually fun and extremely good looking. However, when the band members praise the challenge of a narrative concept in the making-of, I wonder if they read all 3 pages of the script, which includes scenes like 'guy puts himself on fire to win a fight' (no he doesn't), 'guy looks into bag and doesn't tell us what he finds inside' (boo!) and 'hammer bloke hangs people for fun' (which probably has some intricate symbolism woven into it, but hidden so well that nobody will ever find out).The movie has its best moments not with the larger than life bits, but with the little touches, for example when a microphone fails in 'Ride the Lightning' and James angrily pushes it away - this is a well-staged moment to show the band not as flawless super-heroes, but normal human beings. The collapsing statue and the (Tesla coil) lightnings make the performance visually memorable, but this probably would have worked just as well without the, uh, 'narrative concept'. I voted 8/10 which is a compromise between 10 for the visual qualities, 9 for the music and 4 for the 'story'.

joachimt This is not a movie, its a concert and for someone who is not all that familiar with Metallica this is not a good introduction to the band, it is actually painful to follow the movie. During the first 30 minutes I was praying that the movie would actually start following the protagonist. The concert takes up far too much space in the movie. It is honestly such a shame that the directors and writers couldn't let the band take the "backseat" for once by just featuring the music and protagonist for majority of the movie. There is nothing wrong with the music in the movie, the concert couldn't be more boring to watch. This movie was actually a huge let down seeing as I was looking forward to following the story of the young roadie Trip into his surreal adventure. Instead we just get a glimpse into his adventure because the concert takes up majority of the plot. The cinematography is beautiful especially when following Trip, which once again makes it such a shame the movie doesn't follow him.

bartenderbilly60 I would have rated this 10 out of 10 if not for two things...First, when the set falls apart and a couple members of the crew get "hurt" it was OBVIOUSLY (so, so, so obvious) a "plot twist" that made me wonder if the whole concert was real or not. Other than that, I would have accepted that this was a live set played to a sell out crowd and that these guys are still rock gods. Now I picture them getting halfway through Master of Puppets and James screaming, "CUT!!!! My lip sync was off on that take."Two, what the hell was the "story" in the cut scenes supposed to be? Here's my synopsis of that... young, heavy metal Leonardo DiCaprio takes a hallucinogen before going out to gas up a truck. No plot. The only parts of the vignette I liked was the doll and when the roadie poured gas all over himself and lit up before getting beaten to a pulp. I was happy because I hoped that part of the movie would end.

Rodrigo Polo As many here have said, I love Metallica, but I feel disappointed, I was expecting a movie, and even though it isn't a movie but a concert with a little tiny movie within, the movie doesn't have any explanation on what was all the crazy stuff on the little movie shoots, and what was in the bag at the end, it makes me angry.... but a great concert after all, Cunning Stunts on steroids... or "Cunning Stunts on HD, 3D, Dolby Atmos and 15 years later".There is not a single reason or explanation on why there are zombies, why there is some kind of rioting, why the guy in the truck is scared or what is happening to him, what is the meaning on the horsemen, no explanation at all.Some argue that the bag contained Cliff Burton soul, but again, nothing concrete.