Clarkson: Heaven & Hell
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Movie Reviews of Clarkson: Heaven & Hell
Movie Review: Disappointing
Summary: 3 Stars
As a long time Clarkson fan I was looking forward to sitting down and spending some time with this DVD but I was sadly disappointed.
Part of the problem is that with the advent of production cars such as the Veyron and Koenigsegg, the "Heaven" cars on this agenda are just not as impressive as they would have been when the show was first produced. Top speeds of 170 and 180 are just plain "meh" when - with a fat wallet - one can have a car with over 1000bhp, reaches 60mph in under 3 seconds and tops 250 on the open road. Since Clarkson is demonstrating cars he approves of, and all are similar performance cars, the "Heaven" sequences become formulaic and, dare I say it, even slightly boring.
The "Hell" segments are shorter and for the most part there is limited valid explanation as to why they are so bad; one gets the impression they are simply cars that Clarkson himself doesn't like. More than anything, they seem to be segues into the next "Heaven" sequence, rather like the articles about subjects like geography and airplanes which appear in porn magazines. Most of the highlights are in the "Hell" chapters such as the jousting tournament between the TR& and the Ford Scorpio, which deserves to be a staple event at demolition derbies worldwide, and the explosive demolition of the nasty little Kelisa.
Personally I would enjoy seeing Clarkson doing an entire show on terrible cars, why they are terrible, and creative and terrible ways to destroy them. "Heaven and Hell" is worth a watch but doesn't stand up to repeated viewing, unless you are a performance car marque junkie.
Movie Review: No Substitute for Top Gear.
Summary: 3 Stars
True gearheads will adore this video, but fans of Top Gear whose interest in cars is at best casual will long for more. The fun thing about Top Gear isn't the cars spinning around the track, it's the interaction of three chronically mismatched personalities with only one shared passion- automobiles. This video has only Jeremy Clarkson (with brief appearances by The Stig), and the lack of any real challenging viewpoint, much less the lunatic interaction of Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May we're used to, hurts badly.
To make things worse, this series of car reviews is leavened by far too brief bits on the "hell" cars, the vehicles Clarkson regards as an affront to driving. Of course, the "heaven and hell" theme is tenuous at best: all the "heaven" cars, with one exception, come from a single model year (2005); none of the "hell" cars, with the exception of one bought straight off the lot, is younger than five. All of the "heaven" cars have big "shouty" engines, sporty handling, and high top speeds; only one "hell" car might have had a shouty engine in the 1970s when it was made. Even the terms "heaven and hell" are references seldom, with stream-of-consciousness threading threatening to remove this reviewer's consciousness.
Top Gear fans- rent, and enjoy... but only buy if you're a true gearhead who doesn't mind seeing cars rushing by again, again, again, again, again, again, again...
Movie Review: Decent
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this DVD as I am a huge fan of Top Gear and needed more to get me through between episodes. The DVD is basically about a dozen or so car features like Top Gear already shows. There are some cars which Jeremy claims are great and goes through the sideways tire smoking sequences he is known for. And then there are a few cars which he destroys as they are rubbish.
The other reviews say that this is not as good as Top Gear, and I will have to agree. The reason is that it is all car review segments which are just as good as ones in the show, but it really gets to be too much. All the other segments of Top Gear along with the interaction of three hosts together really make the show.
Basically if you are a huge fan of Top Gear, especially Clarkson's car review segments, its worth picking up, but it's not a must have. If you think the show is all right, it probably wouldn't be worth it.
Movie Review: Great Cars but not as funny as the show
Summary: 3 Stars
The DVD is entertaining and contains a boat load of great cars, of course, however it's not as funny as the show "Top Gear". That being said the DVD has this feature, which lets you cut out all the music so you can listen just to the car engines.Movie Review: Jeremy "Biased" Clarkson
Summary: 1 Stars
Why does Jeremy Clarkson hate American cars so much? Even when they do something right, if not better than most European cars, why does he strive to find flaws in them? He is entertaining at the price of appearing annoying , stuck-up, and attention obsessed.