The Cure - Trilogy
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Movie Reviews of The Cure - Trilogy
Movie Review: I Love It!
Summary: 5 Stars
Ok, First of all, I have this on DVD, and I would have to say that it was ALOT better than I thought it would be, I was already a Huge Cure fan Before I seen this DVD, But after seeing them play live for the first time, When I first watched this, I was blown away, I really didnt know The Cure was anything like this, I didnt know that Robert Cussed, I didnt know They could get that Dark, Heavy and Crazy, I didnt even know that Robert Was actually that B.A. on Guitar, and I Loved It!, They have to be one of the greatest bands out there in My Opinion, They have been around for the longest time, and their still out there rocking. The sound quality on this DVD is amazing, its really good, and the picture, I like it alot, with all the lighting and movement with the music, it goes great with it, I love watching the "Pornogrophy" set, BloodFlowers is My Second Favorite, I Love that album, and Disintegration is really good too, but I'd have to say its My Least Favorite on This DVD, Its an awesome set, but It may be because I'm most familiar with that Album than I am the rest and I realized that its a little different, especially "LoveSong" I couldnt wait to hear that song when I put this DVD in for the first time, but It was too different. My Most favorite part on The DVD is prolly the Encore tho, it is SO AWESOME, they play a few songs off of "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me", I Love "The Kiss" Part, Robert was Jamming on Guitar and Screaming Like Crazy, It Rules!. another part on the DVD that is cool is how they always zoom in on the keyboardest, He never moves, SomeTimes they zoom in on His face and He doesnt Blink, its sorta freaky sometimes, but its completly awesome, I recomend This DVD to any Cure fan, and anyone who has or hasnt seen them live, I love this DVD and watch it alot, I Can't Wait to see them in July (2004), its gonna rule!, Check This DVD out, it rules! (I've had it about 7 Months and watch it weekly)Movie Review: The songs are performed great however...
Summary: 5 Stars
I live in a rather crap town 8 hours from Winnipeg. And a lot of bands either only hit Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver and nothing else or they do hit Winnipeg. 8 hours to see one damn band for less than 2 hours! So that's where concert DVD's come in handy. On this, you get 3 albums performed in their entirety but therein may lay a problem.
The Pornography set to be quite honest didn't really catch my full attention. Either it's because the songs hadn't quite caught on with me yet or it's just not good. So either it's a set/record that you have to re-listen to to "get it" or it just plain sucks no matter how many times, beats me. Next up is the Disintegration and probably my favorite set since it contains stuff like Pieces of You, Closedown, Fascination Street and Love Song.
The Bloodflowers set is just mildly ok, there's a couple good songs like opener Out of This World but as a whole it's like Pornography, may require repeated listens/watches. Disappointly the encores are just weak in terms of quantity: you get If Only Tonight I Could Sleep and The Kiss, 2 admittedly great cuts from Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me but where's Letter to Elise? Just Like Heaven? Killing an Arab? Forest? Hell I'd even take the cutesy-but-catchy-as-hell Friday I'm in Love.
As for the sound/picture quality, it's nice and sharp and the instruments ring clear although sometimes if you have Robert playing an instrument(which is kinda often), one instrument might get drowned out. Also Robert's vocals are a little off sometimes. It's kinda depressing in a way to not hear his clear perfect "if only I thought of the right words" bridge from Pictures of You here but oh well.
The bonus features are nice if maybe a tad short but they're just bonus to having 3 whole albums performed live with great sound. Now bring on a traditional live release and perform in Winnipeg for once damnit
Movie Review: Simply Elegant!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was waiting for a long time for a live The Cure DVD, and I used to thought that maybe someday the "Show" or "In Orange" concerts will be remastered in this format. But, to my surprise, these guys released something that I never expected to see in my life: the ...-Disintegration-Bloodflowers albums recorded live in an awesome 2 DVD set filmed in Berlin in late 2002.The picture quality is perfect, great shots, excellent audio and incredible performances in all of the three sets. My favorite one is definitely the "Bloodflowers" set in which the guys really gave them selfs on stage. Of course the "..." and "Disintegration" sets are also brilliant, but the "Bloodflowers" set is simply outstanding.....just give a try to "Watching me Fall" or the opening "Out of this world" to understand what I mean.
It is so exciting to see Perry Bamonte now as the lead melodic guitar player of the band, I remember when Porl Thompson used to teach him to play "Never enough" in the "Play out" VHS..... but now Perry is taking all the job on his own in such a way that you can't even notice the abscence of Porl.
It is also a great job the one of Jason in the drums, specially by playing all those parts that Boris used to play for the "Disintegration" album......and Roger is definetely "the man" playing keyboards for the band. Simon's bass playing stills being the heart of the band, and of course, Robert Smith stills being the band itself.
I was so happy to notice that there were mexican flags in the first rows of the show!!!....
I wish so badly to see The Cure performing live. I've been waiting 100 years for it!
Please come to Mexico City!! There are THOUSANDS of cure fans waiting for you since the Monterrey show!!
In summary, this is a must have DVD set for all those Cure fans or music passionates......it's SIMPLY ELEGANT!
Movie Review: I can't believe these reviews...
Summary: 5 Stars
As a die hard Cure fan, I can't believe what I'm reading. People claiming this work does not compare with classic cure songs like `Friday I'm in Love'??? Most "reviewers" seem to cite `Disintegration' as The Cure's high point, and even that bothers me. The Cure was at their peak when the released most of their albums. What made them great was that they changed their flavor, but remained true to what they really were. `Disintegration' marked another change in their style which was far from my favorite. I would say `Faith' and `Pornography' are their strongest works, but all Cure albums have the same experimental element with retention of certain fundamentals which can only be defined as `The Cure'.
The new album is no exception. I would have to say they self-titled the album as a gentle reminder to the many who have borrowed from Cure works that borrowing is fine but stealing is not. There is only room for one Cure, and Mega Smith (that's a South Park reference) will make sure it stays that way by making imitation impossible. Each song represents a tour of past, present and future(?) of their illustrious catalog.
I would say the new album is great. You've listened to them over 20 years; you can risk ten bucks on them, can't you? If you have never listened to The Cure before (I doubt you would be reading this let alone be exposed to this album if that was the case,) this might not be the best starting point. Try `Three Imaginary Boys', `Faith' or `Pornography', then go back for this one. And if your favorite Cure song is `Friday I'm in Love', do Robert, Simon and the boys a favor and don't discourage others from enjoying one of the last examples of true musical pop-art
Movie Review: Whoever said the notes were "off key"...
Summary: 5 Stars
I want to clear somethng up here. The reviewer below who said that the notes in "closedown" (one of my personal favorites)were "off key" is just wrong, and obviously doesn't understand musical terms. While the notes on the keyboard ARE different than on the album, that doesn't make them "off key" There are many notes that you can use in a scale and still be in key. Being OFF key would mean playing a note OUT of the scale, or one that is not in tune with the rest of the song.
What kind of idiot are you trying to make Robert Smith look like by saying he didn't catch the change in the keys before he could "edit" the video? This is a man who has been writing music professionally for almost 30 years; a man who records, sequences, programs and masters countless numbers of tracks in his own home studio. And you're sitting here telling people that YOU caught an error in HIS music that he let slide? Give me a break.
I know that it can be dissapointing to people to hear their favorite bands play a song differently in a live show when they're so used to hearing it the way they have for years on an album. Sometimes the song just doesn't have the same effect.
But you have to understand, performing a song the exact same way for YEARS and YEARS can probably get very tiring and boring. Musicians sometimes just need to use their creativity and try new things - but that doesn't make playing a different note a mistake.
For the record, the keyboards are also different (on this video and other live performances as well) on other songs including "lovesong"
This video is a MUST HAVE for cure fans. I am going to watch again right now :)
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