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By MOLLY DAVIS
“Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience” on Demand:
$4.99 plus tax.
3D glasses: Free. But a serious inconvenience to schlep to Comcast to pick up said glasses.
Watching the movie with my 9-year-old niece?
The answer is supposed to be “priceless.”
Not true.
My answer is “not worth it.”
Although my niece, Breanna, was actually panting with excitement when uber loser Joe Jonas appeared on my high def flat screen, I was not impressed.
It’s bad enough that I had to endure their awful “music,” let alone having them “jump” into my living room for two hours.
The film was a diary of the 208 Jonas Brothers “Burning Up” concert tour, and it failed hilariously at the box office.
Tweens and teens don’t read reviews or listen to critics.
They are unfailing loyal, as evidenced by the bazillions of high pitch screeches and wailing emitted whenever and wherever there’s a Jo-Bro sighting.
I felt for the poor parents who were dragged to the recent concert in Philadelphia.
The tickets ran around $50.
I’m sure they had to buy Jo-Bro paraphenalia for their hysterical kids.
And I’m hoping they had the foresight to purchase ear plugs, because I swear I heard the screaming in the suburbs.
The movie is described on IMDB.com as “an eye-popping look into the lives of the Grammy-nominated hitmakers. Filmed in Disney Digital 3-D, the Walt Disney Pictures rockumentary allows the viewer to experience the thrill of being surrounded by legions of screaming fans, and features the previously unreleased song “Love Is on Its Way.
“The Jonas Brothers head to the big screen in Disney Digital 3-D in a high-energy Walt Disney Pictures rockumentary feature film event from director Bruce Hendricks. The film blends excerpts from the Brothers red-hot “Burning Up” concert tour, including guest performances from Demi Lovato and Taylor Swift, with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, off-the-wall segments, a never-before-heard song, swarming fans and a lot of JB-style humorgiving fans never-before-seen insights into the lives of Kevin, Joe and Nick.”
Humor?
I was certainly giggling, but it was “at” the three dorks who had the nerve to put out a feature film.
The one highlight was a guest performance from Joe’s ex, Taylor Swift. And my niece noticed the country cutie.
“Who’s that?” Breanna asked.
“That’s Taylor Swift,” I replied.
“She rocks! She’s really pretty,” Breanna admired.
Which showed that something good DID come from this tortuous experience.
My niece discovered Swift, and asked me to download her songs from iTunes.
Which I did.
But only after we struck a bargain.
In exchange for me purchasing Taylor’s tunes, Breanna had to allow me to erase her Jonas collection from her iPod.
She eyed me suspiciously.
“Um, all of them?” she asked warily.
“Yes.”
“Can I at least keep the new one?”
I pick my battles carefully, so I went with the lesser evil.
One Jonas Brothers song and a library of Taylor Swift is indeed better than no Taylor Swift and an overload of Jonas crap.
“Deal.”
Taylor Swift collection on iTunes?
$27.
Listening to my niece belting out “Love Story?”
Priceless.