I just got back!!!
I had to see it, the more I thought about it, the more I had to see the first show. So there I was at 11:50 a.m. with 2 other avid U2 fans, I assume, sitting in the dark at South Edmonton Common with those dorky glasses!
So worth the wait. First off--I had a hard time sitting down through it...and not singing out loud. Did you have a hard time with that? I love the crowds singing the big rock anthems...how the crowd already knew the bit they are supposed to sing...how they rocked out!
When Bono planted one on Adam...awwww....that really was touching and you could feel the love they share in that moment...nothing planned about that moment, they always keep it so genuine.
And during the intro of Adam...those fans with in the front row bowing down, "we're not worthy"...that was funny too.
What an interesting experience in 3D. You know right at the beginning when someone splashes their water bottle and it spays out, I honestly expected to feel the wetness hit my arm...I'll admit I let slip a few tears during "Sometimes you can't make it on your own"...that was my favorite song of the movie because I've never seen it live and because of Bono and his Father and what it means. His lyrics just...just...I can't explain it!
It was like I was transported to Argentina just now...The whole "coexist" message was powerful...Bono calling, "Sons of Abraham!" U2's spirituality gets me every time!
And the comparison between Ireland and Argentina, "no matter how hard our past, we won't let that stand in the way of our great future...." The powerful image of him blindfolded with the smoke and haze billowing around him as he sang. Just for a moment even sitting in a darkened theatre I felt like part of something bigger than me. The young woman reading out the declaration of human rights....
I loved hearing Miss Sarejvo (sp) and the new songs that I missed live because I didn't see the last tour.
I am so grateful they listened to the fans of Alberta and brought it here...now I just have to decide when to go again!
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Awesome news!!
An update from Edmonton - (Not sure about Calgary times yet) 
I see a woman from the group walk out and I figure she's going to find an employee, so I run after her. We track down a guy and ask him about the glasses and he looks utterly confused for a second, before saying "oooooooooh", as in 'oh shit, I knew we forgot something' 
So he runs off and comes back a minute later with a cart full of glasses. We grab ours and head back inside, where the woman waves hers at the crowd and shouts "3D glasses are out there!" at which point the crowd goes 'ooooooh' and files out to get their own. Geez. U2 3D without the 3D?? I think not. It was opening night, but there was a showing right before ours, so I wonder what happened there 
