While the documentary content is essentially the same as the DVD, seeing it in higher fidelity (and without the MPEG-2 compression artifacts) makes the "fly on the wall" moments feel much more intimate. Watching Tre Cool smash his kit backstage has never looked so destructive. This release came at a perfect intersection of their career. You get the Dookie classics ("Basket Case," "When I Come Around," "She") played with aggressive 2005 energy, mixed seamlessly with the rock opera grandeur of American Idiot ("Jesus of Suburbia," "Homecoming").
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You can finally see the sweat dripping off Billie Joe’s Les Paul Junior. You can see the individual faces in the crowd during "Wake Me Up When September Ends." It pulls you out of your living room and drops you directly into the pit. If you have a surround sound system, prepare to annoy your neighbors. The Blu-ray features Uncompressed PCM 5.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1 . The DVD simply cannot compete with the dynamic range here. While the documentary content is essentially the same