'Shine A Light': 10 random observations

I've seen the Rolling Stones live once. I've seen them at IMAX movie theaters twice.

The most-recent IMAX movie, director Martin Scorsese's "Shine A Light," was probably the best experience of the three.

I'll leave professional critique to Metromix's trusted movie critic Matt Pais. Instead, here are 10 random observations I made while watching the concert documentary at Navy Pier's IMAX theater over the weekend.

1. When Bill Clinton poses for a photo with Mick Jagger and the rest of the Rolling Stones at the start of the movie, it's hard not to wonder who's the bigger lothario.

2. Mick Jagger can still shake it but, man, he's starting to look like Skeletor wearing a brown wig

3. Charlie Watts, who's visibly winded between songs, is the only Rolling Stone who's willing to show he's getting old. Still, he never misses a beat. 

4. Mick Jagger is not interested in sharing a mic with Jack White, who Jagger playfuly shoves when he steps toward Jagger's mic at the end of "Loving Cup."

5. Mick Jagger is interested in sharing a mic, some hip-grinding and a whole lot more with Christina Aguilera.

6. Martin Scorsese has used the Stones' "Gimme Shelter" in at least three of his movies ("Goodfellas," "Casino" and "The Departed") but, for one reason or another, it doesn't appear in "Shine a Light."

7. Is that a yellow-hat-wearing Bruce Willis standing dead center in the crowd at the Beacon Theatre?

8. How long has Jagger been editing the lyrics to "Some Girls"? He seems to have dropped the raciest line, the one that ends with "I just don't have that much jam."

9. Keith Richards, who's rarely seen playing anything other than Fender Telecaster and Gibson ES-335 guitars, whips out a vintage Guild Starfire during Buddy Guy's guest appearance on "Champagne and Reefer." Then, at the end of the song, he awkwardly gives the guitar to a seemingly confused Guy.

10. Does Martin Scorsese's pre- and post-concert dialogue seem a bit scripted? Specifically the following exchange:

Lighting guy: "If Mick stands in front of the light for more than 18 seconds, he's going to burn."

Scorsese: "What do you mean burn?" 

Lighting guy: "He'll burn up. He'll get too hot. He'll burn up."

Scorsese: "You mean like flames?"

Lighting guy: "He might catch on fire."

Scorsese: "Catch on fire? We can't do that. We cannot burn Mick Jagger. Very simple."

Lighting guy: "But you want the effect."

Scorsese: "We want the effect but we can't burn him."