Pavement - Slow Century
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Movie Reviews of Pavement - Slow Century
Movie Review: The Debris Slid Into Slow Century!!
Summary: 3 Stars
What a disappointment. The videos were nice, but many were contrived and not very creative. The documentary was sub, sub, sub-par -- no real insight into the band, their dynamics. I wasn't looking for a Behind the Music expose, or anything, but the documentary seemed to be long on exposition and short on actual content. Malkmus looked like he couldn't even stand talking to the camera, and Kannenberg was overly cheerful and eager to please. So in a sense, their songwriting sensibilities played out in the documentary. Hmmmm...The concerts stunk. I'm not sure if they were recorded on a hand-held camcorder, but the sound quality was awful. If these were official recordings of these shows, why not plug into the sound board and get a clean recording off the PA? Instead we get horribly recorded sound, muddy vocals and all. The Seattle concert seeems to be an exercise in selling Terror Twilight, as the band struggles through several lackluster numbers from that release. All in all, Malkmus seems ready to leave the band.
So why, after all this negativity, did I still give the thing three stars? Because I love Pavement and their music, that's why. This release is great for super-fans, but it's really not that substantive, and doesn't even touch how great their albums are. The content just doesn't justify the work that was put into the DVD interface, and packaging -- both wonderful.
Movie Review: finally
Summary: 3 Stars
The videos are great, and the concert footage is very good. I would've preferred that one of the shows be from a something other than the Terror Twilight tour though.The documentary, the part I was most anxious to see, was a bit disappointing. It started out good, I enjoyed hearing more about how Pavement formed, particulary the problems they had with Gary Young and the release of Slanted & Enchanted. But the rest of it used too much random concert footage as filler, and strayed away from interesting topics. Maybe I'm just too used to watching VH1 Behind the Music or something.
Anyway, this is still a must for any serious Pavement fan.
Movie Review: Pavement deserves BETTER
Summary: 3 Stars
The production side of this DVD was just awful. I can't believe this quality of crap gets put out. It would hold on someone's home movie of some random pavement show for like 6 minutes. There was a serious lack of content, which was blatantly obvious right away. It's a shame that they did this to such an amazing band.
With that said, I still enjoyed seeing the footage of Pavement. Even though the editing was so amazingly bad, it was pretty cool to see the live performances of this great band and to hear them talk about their experiences together. If you're a die-hard Pavement fan, it's worth getting.
Movie Review: It really isn't very good!
Summary: 2 Stars
I just had to comment on this DVD. I waited for this DVD for about 2 1/2 years. I even purchased a DVD player the day I heard this was in production, so I wouldn't be without one when it came out. Well, the day came and I was crushed! The videos I'd seen before, and they are what they are. Entertaining, goofy, lovable. BUT, the documentary! It's terrible. The editing is terrible. There was little to no narration, very little new information. The art direction was non-existent. There was no definable visual threads through the whole film. It seemed poorly planned and organized. The live footage was pretty good, but there wasn't enough footage from after Crooked Rain, but before Terror Twilight.Movie Review: I am so torn over this movie...
Summary: 2 Stars
I love Pavement. They are absolutely one of my favorite bands. This DVD, though, is just simply awful. The videos are good to have, and for that I'm grateful. But the documentary is so boring and shot so poorly. The live concert sound is terrible and doesn't do Pavement justice at all.
I'm also not a big fan of back-in-the-day documentaries, I guess. I like seeing things as they unfold, not watch people reminisce about the past. This band, more than any other, deserves better.
Rate this FIVE stars for Pavement. MINUS ONE star for the documentary. Hence, two stars.