Rock Star: INXS The DVD
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Movie Reviews of Rock Star: INXS The DVD
Movie Review: Dude -this unhelpful review is BEYOND awesome!
Summary: 5 Stars
FINALLY! The most eagerly anticipated DVD release of 2005 is nigh. The classic story of how Kelly Clarkson became the new drummer for the White Stripes is a lesson for us all in blood, sweat and tears. What critics have hailed as "Must see TV! The taste of the American public has finally risen to the level of the quality of what is produced for network television-hooray!" Some of my personal fave moments on this stunning DVD: Kelly's duet with judge Mickey Donlenz, who (as we all remember on episode 6) unexpectedly jumps onstage with her to join in on a rollicking version of "Cold Turkey", backed by the 'Stripes themselves; and of course the unforgettable naked food fight back at the mansion between Kelly and fellow aspirants Tom Green, Anderson Cooper and Julia Butterfly-wacky! You know, this inspiring video makes me drop to my knees every day and thank the maker that becoming a famous musician no longer requires raw talent, creative inspiration and musical chops-I mean, its so much EASIER just to be seen on TV and get voted in by 15 year old teenage girls with eating disorders! For instance, think about how much more awesome the Beatles could have been if only Paula Abdul had been there and possessed the power to choose who the final members would be! (I betcha SHE wouldn't have kicked Pete and Stu out!)This DVD belongs on your shelf next to "Battleship Potempkin", "The Wonderful, Horrible Life Of Reni Reifenstahl", and "Gigli" Essential viewing, especially for those who do not understand irony or are refreshingly unburdened by an IQ.Movie Review: Fortune is worth it ....
Summary: 5 Stars
Jason Dean Bennison somehow got sidetracked in his search for superstar frontman status,but on this DVD he finds it.Missing the absolutely brilliant "Pretty Vegas" with Dave Navarro and the house band among others yet still JD's version of "Money" is absolutely smoking.He owns the stage on this one not only does he nail the vocal but his performance was worthy of many a classic rocker frontman.
Not all of the songs that I enjoyed the most are on this DVD,but there is a good sampling.The mini-concert was also surprisingly good it begs the question as to how JD could perform this well under this sort of pressure he sounds like he has been in the band INXS for years.
A good look into the future of INXS.The next question can INXS keep it going?Fortune is a rocker,INXS is a dance band how well can these two entities mesh and does INXS know how to put them together?Switch was too rushed to be representative of this fusion.The next album will be.The DVD has few week moments and none of them include Fortune.
Movie Review: Great!
Summary: 5 Stars
Ok, all of us wish this were the full season with all the behind the scenes stuff but I'm sure that will come. I think that since the program is over it is nice to see the top six with their best perfomances. Somehow, when this show was on most of us weren't of the mindset to be objective as we all had our favorites and because of that we tended to be critical of the others perfomances. Since the pick was made it was very enjoyable to view this dvd and see how good these "rock stars" were in their own right. The mini concert was totally awesome. It alone is worth the price of the dvd. The "Too Hot for TV" portion is exactly what it says and while very entertaining to those of us that are of an adult age, I agree with other posters and suggest that younger viewers be monitored and perhaps this portion shouldn't be included in their viewing. I think this is an all around good sampling and nice to have while waiting for the full series (with all the back stage stuff included) to be released.Movie Review: Can't miss 1st INXS concert
Summary: 5 Stars
The very first INXS concert with new band member Jason Fortune alone is worth the cost of the DVD. The new INXS play Need You Tonight, Never Tear us Apart, Suicide Blond, Pretty Vegas and Don't Change. Excellent, Excellent, Excellent. Beats all expectations.
Jason has the DVD intro and the disk also includes 17 performance clips from last 6 contestants,audition footage as well as short clips from the show. Not sure how the performances were selected but I would have liked to have seen JD's Hand in my Pocket, Cold as Ice and the Come As you Are/Pretty Vegas set. In my opinion, the CAYA/PV set was the BEST performance of the entire season. However since the INXS concert portion includes Pretty Vegas I can understand why it was excluded.
I was hoping that the RockStar DVD would include all the episodes and would gladly have paid more for the entire series. I was disappointed but I knew what I was getting before making my purchase so I didn't mark down for it.
Movie Review: It's $10...so put a sock in it...
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm cracking up at all of the "reviews"...most of which were written BEFORE the DVD was released (so, gee, they're not really reviews at all, are they?). The DVD goes for around $10 and includes audition footage, un-cut asscake scenes and, holy moley, the un-edited bathroom scene. These scenes alone are worth shelling out the clams. Buuuuuttt, we are also treated to the INXS mini-concert that took place after JD Fortune was chosen as their new singer...easily worth far more than $10, in my eyes. Was this released because MB just wants to make more money off of this show and its fans? Heck, yes...he's a mogul...that's what he does, but, since he never promised me any more than that, I can live with it.
Hopefully MB will release the entire season at some point (hopefully with extra footage, as I already have the entire season on DVD...shhhh...don't tell), but this is a nice little bit of eye-candy to hold us over until then.