Glee: 3d Concert Movie Review

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Glee: 3d Concert Movie ReviewIt's important to understand up front that Glee: The 3D Concert Movie is really just for fans of the TV show. Anyone else will either find it just mildly entertaining or else be left wondering what the fuss is all about. A good example of this can be seen in interviews with various fans waiting to get into the concert. A number of them are wearing white T-shirts with different words and phrases printed on them in block letters. Anyone who hasn't seen the "Born This Way" episode of the TV show isn't going to get the context. Particularly of the shirts bearing the word "Lebanese".
The best parts of the show are in fact the ones dealing with the fans, both in the brief interviews with the fans waiting to get into the concert and with the in-depth interviews of four fans in particular: Janae, a high school cheerleader who's also a "little person"; Trenton, a gay teen who was outed in the 8th grade; Josey, a girl who's the ultimate Glee fan who also has mild Asperger's; and Kellen Sarmiento, a pint-sized 5-year-old Filipino boy in a Warbler uniform who mimics Blaine's music moves. All of these people are fascinating to listen to, or in the case of "the Mini-Warbler" as he's now generally referred to, cute to watch.
But this is a concert film, and I'm afraid here even fans of the show may be somewhat disappointed. As my wife remarked afterwards, most of the numbers in the concert weren't done as well as they were in the TV show. The actual music numbers are a mixed bag. Most, like "Don't Stop Believin'", "The Safety Dance" and "Somebody to Love", are ones already familiar to fans from the TV show, but unfortunately not done as well as they were in the TV show (which admittedly is always a challenge in a concert film where you can't do multiple takes). A few numbers do stand out though. Brittany (Heather Morris) definitely turns up the heat a notch in "I'm a Slave 4 U", and Puck (Mark Salling) really revs up the crowd with his guitar-accompanied rendition of "Fat Bottomed Girls". I'm sure everyone will have their own favorites - already had one comment from a Santana (Naya Rivera) fan who really liked Santana's "Valerie" - but these were the ones that stood out for me.
Mercedes (Amber Riley) comes through with her usual gusto and clarity but her numbers unfortunately aren't that memorable. The same for Rachel (Lea Michele) who almost makes it with her rendition of "Don't Rain on my Parade" but the arrangement fails to make the best use of her marvelous voice. She did however have one of the funnier backstage bits where, before she goes on, someone tells her that Barbra Streisand is in the audience and she proceeds to panic and gush about how she always knew this day would come! Mike Chang (Harry Shum, Jr) has a nice bit where he does his "Robot Chang" routine, but otherwise it's clear that he's really a dancer (a really good dancer, to be fair) and not a singer.
The rest of the cast are there and most have numbers but don't really make much of an impact. Artie (Kevin McHale) spends a lot of his backstage time apparently trying to do a Justin Bieber impression. The Warblers numbers seemed uninspired and went on way too long. But the biggest (and strangest) disappointment was Kurt (Chris Colfer) who seemed more comfortable in the background singing back-up than when he was doing a duet or solo number, where he seemed almost detached and lacking his usual flamboyance and panache. He also seemed to have the least to say in the parts where the camera goes backstage. I've been told though that the DVD/Blu-ray release will include a couple of numbers and scenes with him that were left out of the movie itself as extras.
I think the key problem is that what Glee fans love about the TV show are the characters, and most of the songs in the TV show take on a special meaning because of the context they appear in, relating to the events in each episode's storyline and the lives and feelings of the characters we have gotten to know. But in the concert, all of that context is largely missing. There's no real story (other than the conceit that we're seeing the characters in concert and not the actors who play them) and little if any interaction between the characters, and so the songs lose the context they had in the TV episodes.
As for the 3D part, as it is with most 3D movies of the last few years, there was _no_ reason to make this a 3D movie. The only part of the film where the 3D has anything to offer is during the credits when the screen is bombarded with CGI slushies. It's definitely a nice touch, but doesn't justify the use of 3D for the entire film.
Strangely, Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch), who can be seen snarling in a couple of remarkably funny bits in the movie trailers, was not in the concert film itself. She will however be showing up on the DVD/Blu-ray when it comes out. Also strangely, occasional substitute teacher Holly Holiday (Gwyneth Paltrow) makes an appearance in the film but series regular Will Shuester (Matthew Morrison) does not. I particularly missed Mr. Shue as Morrison puts enormous energy and feeling into his performances in the TV show and is just a lot of fun to watch.
Recommended mainly for for Glee fans, particularly those who like to hear other Glee fans tell their stories, and for fans of Brittany and Puck in particular for their stand-out numbers.
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