...but I was forced to watch this concert film and realized two things.

Firstly, many of my favorite film sountrack songs are by the cure. It's stupefiying how many of these songs I've heard from TV and movies. And loved them all. Disintegration is effectively a movie soundtrack best hits compilation. Why did I never do the mental math on how all those awesome tunes were by the same band? Yeah I have no rationalization for that momentus blunder. Maybe I wanted to give myself a gift of musical wonder when I was older?

OK and then, secondly, this concert demonstrated skill, innovation, cohesion and pure musical talent. Even if I had never heard any of these glorious songs, I still would have become an instant fan owing to their overwhelming talent.

So there you go. I shouldn't have been so quick to judge back in 1986.

A must have for all heavy-duty Cure fans. In all, this a great concert, however in a few songs (namely A Strange Day, Cold, and Out of this World) Simon's bass sounds ridiculously out of tune. I also thought the camera angles changed to fast. For a band like the Cure which is not particularly motion intensive, this was a bad approach to filming. However the performance is quite good, and all the band member's really kick ass. Robert proves he's still got at after all these years, Simon is very energetic as always, Roger does a great job on the keys, Perry dishes out some great solos, and Jason proves to be a very adequate replacement for Boris on the drums. Highlights of the concert include One Hundred Years, Siamese Twins, Plainsong, The Same Deep Water as You, Homesick, Watching Me Fall, Bloodflowers, and The Kiss.

The Cure at their best, performing the material from their greatest albums. "Pornography", "Disintegration" and "Bloodflowers" altogether, what gives us over three hours of beautiful, melancholic music. Songs like "Siamese Twins", "Strange Day", "Lovesong", "Lullaby" or "There Is No If..." still are giving creeps to the listener, thankfully to Smith's lyrics. As a bonus we also get two songs from the "Kiss me, Kiss me, Kiss me" album, that is "If Only Tonight We Could Sleep" and "The Kiss". Robert Smith and his colleagues are in a very good shape, so this "triple-feature" is highly recommended for every Cure-fan. As one of them I simply cannot give any other score then 10 out of 10. Just remember: the spiderman is always hungry.