Black Sabbath: The Last Supper (1999)

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Dear Black Sabbath, this DVD was great. The interviews interwoven into the concert were a bit of a distraction. But I'll take it. Bill Ward was really pounding those drums. He was so energetic. Geezer Butler still has that rhythm, I liked the way he moved on the stage. Tony Iommi looked a bit self conscious at times. Ozzy Osbourne was unfit as hell. He kept jumping up and down. Calling the crowd bastards. His voice was pretty OK for such an old man. I liked the way the crowd reacted when Children of the Grave began. It was terrific. There were quite a few mosh pits forming during that song. Best Regards, Pimpin. (8/10)

Just about every commentator has mentioned the way that some of the interview footage is superposed over the concert footage in places. This is true, and is the biggest flaw of this film. However, it isn't so often, or so bad, that one shouldn't see this video. If you are a Black Sabbath fan, you have to see this. Aside from having seen Black Sabbath in the Sevnties and early Eighties, I saw them in 2005 or 2006 when they also headlined OZZfest just like in this video. The concert was amazing, and very much like this, which was why I rented this in the first place. It's just about the best geezer-rock out there. Check it out.

This movie would have been alright, indeed probably excellent, if the directors would have left the interviews and the concert footage separate. "Into the Void" is a great song, and I hate how it is cut off at the best part to go to an mumbling interview with Ozzy Osbourne. That should have been at the end of the film, or located in a special feature. The best part of concert DVDs is to put them on and let the music play, but "Black Sabbath: The Last Supper" is hard to put and and simply let play because the music is continually interrupted. Nevertheless, there are a few strengths to this film; the concert footage, when it does play, it excellent. Black Sabbath returns to the stage after a long hiatus without Osbourne and this film captures that well: Sabbath basically rocks the fans. The fans, of course, have a sweet advantage in the film because they are seeing the band live, of course, but also they do not have to put up with the incessant interviews that the DVD viewers are burdened with. Shame on Jeb Brien and Monica Hardiman (the directors) for doing this to the film! Also, shame on Wyatt Smith for editing the film in such a way.

The Last Supper DVD is a great concert of the great Black Sabbath songs. However, most of the songs can't be enjoyed because they are stepped on, the narration by the band interrupts the songs. Sometimes in the middle, sometimes towards the end. What a disappointment this is, DVD quality music that can't be enjoyed. The producer of this DVD could have put the band's comments (which are great and very informative) at the end of each song, but they didn't. I think whomever produced this DVD should be greatly criticized for screwing up such a great concert. Sure you can buy the CD of this concert, but the sound quality is nowhere near as good as this DVD.Does the music industry still wonder why people download music? How about putting information on back of the cover indicating that the DVD is also a narration that interrupts the songs.