Well as you may or may not know I am a Celine Dion fan and I have just came back from her documentary movie and want to review it so here goes.
Husband and I got to the cinema at around 7pm, the show didnt start till 8.30 so we went for some drinks and the place was full of Celine Fans, loved it.
Well the show was a mix of concert and documentary (mostly the latter) and began with "I drove all night" concert opening where the screen comes down the music plays, you see the back of Celine walking sexily to the stage and then under, says hello to her staff and back to the stage, screaming crowd and a super sexy video of Celine driving through the desert. Celine comes through the stage and it becomes aparent they are showing footage from two possible releases "Live in Boston" and "Live in Montreal" the screen lifts and Celine appears in a fuscia short micro dress looking stunning and starts to sign. On singing the first line she ask "Is that alright...Boston, Montreal and then Dublin, Copenhagen and so on, showing you the opening line from many concerts.
The documentary then follows her around the world, starting off in "South Africa", which is the first time she has appeared there, with the Soweta gospel choir serenading her at her press conference, you then see footage of Celine signing "Love Can Move Mountains" at a charity concert at the Coca Cola Dome, the night before her concert opening singing with the choir. We then move onto Celine Visiting the Cell where Nelson Mandela spent 27 years of his life, you meet "Rene Charles" properly this time, who Celine clearly dotes on, however throughout the film you see that he is like any other little boy, who hates the fuss mothers put on them, but clearly loves her to peaces...later in the film she makes a cute comment, while putting slippers on him saying he is like a clam with claws and he turns away from her with a look that says "I am too old for this", very funny moment (while on a train in china), at the same time rene her husband is trying to give the trolly woman a tip, whilst she refuses its for the next 5 minutes.
A lot of the footage is celine meeting fans, signing at concerts, crowd interaction and reaction, so as not spoil the film for you, I will list some highlights and you can let me know if you want more
Omitted from her shows following Japan, you get to hear Celine sing "I Got The Music In Me", which is a highlight if the film.
Whilst in Dublin, rene, goes to "ladbrookes" which is a betting shop, and tells the camera, while he was he in "1988", during Celines appearence at the "Eurovision Song Contest" he came to this same bookies and the odds for Celine winning were 11/4 so he placed a bet, she won and he won £1500.
A sad moment in the film comes, when Celine, Rene and Rene Charles visit a concentration camp and are told the stories and visit the areas of the camp, where there were horrible deaths and things get rather upsetting and Celine states "I cant take any more of this" and its time to move on.
A funny moment comes, when in Milan, a fan who has travelled all the way from "Scicily" gets to meet Celine, they hug and she tells Celine how much she loves her, going mad, then they both sign an italian song together erratically and much to Celines bemusment, she starts telling her how much she loves her in french and just grabs her lol, priceless.
Rene Charles sings "We Will Rock You" in front of all the crew, dancers, band and backing singers at a dinner, and everyone loves it.
You get to see Celine signing the full song of the James Brown classic "It's a mans mans world" and she is fantastic at it.
You get to see Celine at the doctors many times throughout the documentary, with shows in "Australia and the USA" being cancelled however so as not to dissapoint fans she completed and america concert before cancelling many shows and although clearly struggling she completes the concert and you see her singing "All by Myself" and she is perfect at it, however after the show someone says at least you did it and its over and celine answers "YES, BUT AT WHAT COST?"
Quite often in the film you get to hear instrumental versions of her songs "Taking Chances" being a highlight.
Biggest Highlight - Celine Singing ""S'il suffisait d'aimer" in "Arras" while it was raining heavily on top of her and she continued singing, stopping once to flik the wet rain from her microphone and the song was beautiful.
Song highlights
River Deep Mountain High
My Heart will go on
"Ticket to Ride" The Carpenters during soundcheck
Song For You
The Prayer with andrea bocelli
S'il Suffisait D'aimer
9.5/10
The only reason, I havent given full marks is because you didnt get to hear her sing or any footage of "Alone" or "Taking Chances"
Anyway, not much of a diary more a review, husband is in bed and I am going off, lots to tell you tomorrow xx
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