Bon Jovi - The Crush Tour
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Movie Reviews of Bon Jovi - The Crush Tour
Movie Review: Good songs but bad sound recording and terrible video.
Summary: 4 Stars
No question about songs. But sound recording is a big problem, it sounds terrible on a good system. Video is not real DVD video from professional camcorders. It is from letter box feature of a low end camcorder which meams they simply cut top and bottom to make a DVD and it looks terrible too. 5 star for songs and ZERO star for AV.Movie Review: Bon Jovi The Crush Tour DVD
Summary: 4 Stars
Great sound, great picture, great editing, great performance. Who could ask for more? Only one complaint. The layer change interrupts the beginning of a song. They should have timed it to break during the applause or somewhere more acceptable.Movie Review: Fun!
Summary: 4 Stars
This Bon Jovi Crush tour DVD is not the same as being at a concert, but, perhaps the next best thing!Movie Review: Doesn't Do the Greatest Live Band in the World Justice at All!
Summary: 3 Stars
Bon Jovi are by far the greatest live band in the world, but the awesome live performance and atmosphere that anyone who has ever been to one of their concerts knows, is not apparent watching this DVD. This DVD makes the great ones' performance look rather average, which is just plain wrong. Like with the live CD that was released around the time of the Crush Tour you can not even hear the Zurich crowd in most songs with the producers seeming to care more about having studio quality sound, which I might add they did not always achieve. In fact Livin' on a Prayer and You give Love a Bad Name are the exact same recording as was on that album. All shots looking at the stage are way above the crowd's heads meaning you don't get the concert attendees perspective at all. Lots of editing means you also miss out on all the stuff between songs as well as a fair few of the songs as well. Jon Bon Jovi mentions in the 30 minute "backstage" program extra, that the band would never turn up to a concert and reduce a two and half hour show to only two hours as that would not only cheat the fans but cheat themselves as well. Yet this is exactly what those who put together this DVD did.
You can also get better live versions of the songs on here on other DVDs or bonus songs that came with their singles. The, photo gallery, discography and film clips for the songs It's My Life and Say it Isn't So and 30 minute "backstage" program are pretty good. It would have been nice though if they could have taken off their sunglasses during the interviews, but Jon did explain in the DVD he was doing this to hide his wrinkles.
Bon Jovi are by far the greatest live performers there have ever been. Definitely make sure you have seen these guys at least once before they retire which hopefully is not for a while. Don't pay too much for this very average DVD though.
Movie Review: An ordinary concert
Summary: 3 Stars
I've been a big fan from Bon Jovi since the early days of Runaway, but i must admit this concert is not outstanding (not even close to that). I rate it as a 3 stars because the sound is awful and the guys seem tired and absent several times during the 2 hours of show. There is no clear emotional connection between the band and the audience. On the technical side, Dolby Digital quality is really poor in this DVD, so poor that i find it better to set my systems in the dolby surround mode.But not everything is poor about this performance. The band made a good song selection: It's My life, born to be my baby, bed of roses,I'll be there for you, I'll sleep when i'm dead, bad medicine, lay your hands on me, the opening song living on a prayer and a slow version of runaway that i didn't like much, among others. It was a shame that they didn't play songs like always, these days, thank you for loving me, blaze of glory and this ain't a love song, but is really difficult to make it in two hours and also make the corresponding marketing needed for the themes included in their recent album CRUSH.
If you are a big fan from Bon Jovi, is not a bad call to buy this DVD. If you saw Live from London, maybe is better to pass this time, because the London one was a performance to remember, with Jon singing at his best, excellent guitar solos from Sambora and above anything, a big sinergy with the audience. If you haven't seen any of these concerts, then London is the right option. And finally, if you liked Crush, then maybe you have to get this DVD.