Nightwish and AC 3

Gonna be going through two things this time, as the header says. :D First, and foremost, Nightwish. And later on the new Assassin´s Creed 3

Nightwish

Little over a week back Nightwish had the very anticipated world-premiere of their movie Imaginaerum. I got my ticket from the pre-sale, which was really good because all the good seats were gone when the sales went public. Standing floor and seats on the parquet for the movie. But let´s start with the setlist:

1. Taikatalvi 
2. Storytime
3. Dark Chest of Wonders
4. Amaranth
5. Scaretale
6. Ever Dream
7. Slow Love Slow
8. I Want My Tears Back 
9. Last of the Wilds
10. Arabesque
11. Planet Hell
12. Ghost River
13. Song of Myself
14. Ghost Love Score
15. Last Ride of the Day

 This was my first time hearing Floor Jansen singing live, who´s standing in when Anette Olzon left the band during their US leg of the tour. I came with high expectations to the show, but Floor really blew my mind away. Her vocal range live is amazing, although from what little I´ve listened to Floor´s other work in studio albums in her own projects, it really doesn´t show her talents. 

It was really nice that they played some old songs from Once too that haven´t been played in a while over here. Ghost Love Score and Dark Chest of Wonders were really great surprises because I had no idea what they were going to play with Tuomas having hinted that they might play the whole Imaginaerum album from start to finish. Which they definitely did not.

As to what comes to the film, I thought it was really amazing. The way the tracks moved the story forward and how well it fitted every scene was awesome. I listened to the official soundtrack The Score for the movie the day before, and still had no idea what to expect. And with the shivers down my spine during Deeper Down... What great moment.

The critics though have been very unkind towards the movie, sadly. Calling it flimzy and not making sense. Yes, the story isn´t your conventional one where you go from point A to B. You had to think to understand the wonders, and make the connections. A very touching story that I´m going to cherish for the rest of my life. Feel really priviledged for having had the chance to see the movie first-hand at the premiere. Definitely going to go watch the movie again in the theaters as soon as I get a chance.

Many a tear shed during one night, both during the concert, and the movie. A great evening indeed. And also bought the new tourbook the Imaginaerum tour. Really happy about that, because usually they haven´t been available when they´ve been here yet... But now I got it, so happy about that.

Now only hoping that they´d release a live DVD of the show...

Assassin´s Creed 3

As for Assassin´s Creed 3, it carries on where Revelations left off... A very large and beautyful intro. After many years we´ve finally gotten past Ezio from the last three games. There´s a nice twist after a few sequences into the game, and the game mechanics are good once you get used to them. Only thing that has me wondering, is that after having been developing the game for 3 years, how is it possible that it has so god damn many bugs and glitches? There just doesn´t seem to be an end to them, and then Ubisoft doesn´t even release any patches in almost a month.... Some of the extra tasks are quite tedious and takes time, but overall it is a good game that was worth playing. Only thing being that it leaves craving for more, as did it´s predecessors.
Myself got the Freedom Edition, with a statue, cool box, steelbook cover and George Washington´s notebook. All very cool.

Also, was going to add pictured, but for some reason my internet keeps crashing every time I try to publish it with pictured, and refused to save them... Anyway, that´s all for now.