Reviews

If you dislike Armor For Sleep’s music, do not let that stop you from checking out this DVD.  There is almost no music being played, so don’t stress.  This documentary answers the age old question; “If you are bored and boring, on the road away from home, what kind of movie will you make?”
 
The movie is put together extraordinarily well; its almost as if filmmaker Joey Borden agreed to make AFS a tour documentary, went with them, faithfully documenting every last detail, but got home and realized NOTHING HAD HAPPENED.  He went ahead and made the best movie he could, but unless you were on this tour with Armor For Sleep, Recover, and the Academy Is... or are in one of those bands, you will not be entertained.
 
Two highlights; the english tour manager does a nifty bar trick in which he drinks a beer, and two kids from Recover beat the shit out of each other.  There is some gorgeous landscape cinematography early on, before the movie settles into to rehashing a tour where nothing happened; a tour where ordering shitty fast food is dissected in minute and excruciating detail.  P.S. Watching people play with their expensive PDAs or discuss said playing, does not make for riveting television.
 
There are some good extras, including three music videos. The video for Car Underwater supports an idea I’ve had for years - bands should only make performance videos if they are outside and the weather is freezing.  Ever see that Hatebreed video where they are playing in the snow in parkas?  Steam coming from your mouth even makes Jamey Jasta look cool.  There are also bad extras.  Who wants to see the inside of each member’s room?  Even the AFS guys seem to think that segment is a bad idea.
 
Great packaging by Rob Dobi expanding on his Guide To The Afterlife booklet, but really nothing to recommend this unless you love the people in the band, not just the music.  However, this DVD is number one on Interpunk right now, so I must be missing something.