Green Day: Bullet in a Bible (2005)

Green Day: Bullet in a Bible (2005)

Unabashedly 2000s and peak Green Day energy

The Very Best

8.5

Movie

United Kingdom, United States of America
English
Documentary, Music
2005
SAMUEL BAYER
Adrienne Armstrong, Billie Joe Armstrong, Jason White
115 min

TLDR

In some ways, it's a reminder of how good we had it in the mid-2000s.

What it's about

American rock band Green Day perform in front of 65,000 fans in England, following the massive success of the American Idiot album.

The take

Green Day's Bullet in a Bible has certainly aged well. Maybe it's even better now with time and hindsight, and knowing that the once punk group would commit to their alternative sound from that point forward. Green Day with their American Idiot tracks and frontman Billie Joe Armstrong's stage presence absolutely belongs as a stadium-level act, but you could argue they could've cut down on the heavy American Idiot representation to have more of a mix of albums in the setlist. The film could've also had less of the vignettes and montages with edgy editing—we don't need that many breaks from 14 songs—but it's all nitpicking, really. Say what you want, but this concert marks the birth of Green Day as rockstars.

What stands out

"England!"

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