British singer Ed Sheeran’s concert documentary Jumpers For Goal Posts premiered in select theatres around the world last night. teenAGE got the opportunity to be there to take in Ed in all his glory and come back to tell you guys all about it. Here’s what we concluded, Jumpers For Goal posts was one of the biggest hit and misses we had ever seen, but that doesn’t mean it was bad, quite the opposite in actuality. Allow us to explain.

The concert documentary has all right to be considered a hit. The visuals were amazing in terms of camera positioning, lights and special effects. It was easy for the audience in the theatre to feel as if they were right in the stadium with Mr. Sheeran himself. 

We were given access to a brief glimpse in the life of the man of the couple of hours. Ed Sheeran fans everywhere were probably squealing from the adorableness that was Ed Sheeran playing with his cat and interacting with the crew back stage. 

The attention wasn’t focused on Ed the entire time and that was okay. Camera shots of the crowd were shown where tears were streaming down people’s faces from the first note of the first song, couples were getting romantic, two couples actually got engaged and everybody was seen jumping around and having fun. The audience shots really set the tone for the excitement that could be felt in the theatre. 

The most amazing thing to come out of this movie however was how unbelievable it was to see one man control thousands of people with his voice, his guitar and a loop station. This man was creating near perfect records on stage. At many points the tunes sounded and felt even better than the originals made in the studio. Hit after hit was played and everyone in the crowd was seen singing along. Sheeran had everyone enthralled.

On the other hand, the miss mentioned earlier came in the form of the near empty movie theatre present at the Carib 5 movie theatre here in Jamaica. Around twenty or twenty-five people were present at the showing in a theatre that could hold probably hundreds of people. Was the movie not advertised enough in Jamaica? Did the general public not care? The former seemed to be the question to be asked for after questioning one of the small amount of patrons she revealed she was made aware of the even just a day prior and it was mere “buck ups”  that she was present.

All in all the concert documentary was a spectacular one and it is a shame many people in Jamaica didn’t get the opportunity to see real talent at work. Let’s hope this doesn’t happen a next time. All the same, good job Ed, from us at teenAGE.