The Fantomas/Melvin Big Band: Kentish Town Forum - London
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Movie Reviews of The Fantomas/Melvin Big Band: Kentish Town Forum - London
Movie Review: Almost Perfect
Summary: 4 Stars
I don't think it is necessary to tell you that if you're a big fan of Fantomas or the Melvins you should've bought this by now. It is a great DVD, and I have to disagree with the reviewer above me who said that the 'camera tricks' are 'cheesy'. It alternates between crystal clear high definition, and darker and grainy image with a light 'splash' of camera effects and graphics. This gotta be the first show I've seen with computer graphics added that don't suck a big one (like a few i've seen with big explosions, outer space images and planets coming at you, or some others with colorful distorted computer polygons or whatever, now that's cheesy).
It is done in my opinion in a very artistic taste and it succeeds in creating a proper atmosphere. The music sound loud and again great sound quality. It would've been neat if they played at least one excerpt from "Delirivm Cordia", but the 'song' selection is alright anyways.
The only thing that prevented me from giving this DVD a 5 star rating instead of 4, is that the audio is NOT in surround, NOT in stereo but in MONO. Yes, that means that the surround speakers from your home theater are completely useless when you play this DVD. Only the front, left and right speakers are the ones that you're going to get any sound from.
I thought it was pretty weird that somebody releases a DVD that is not even in stereo, but maybe that's why the price is so cheap.
Besides that detail, it sounds great, I totally recomend this to anybody who digs Patton or the melvins and I wish they release more in the future.
Movie Review: two great bands, one great performance
Summary: 4 Stars
Once again Patton brings a full experience of these amazing bands.
Play loud.
It is well filmed, but he sound would be much better in a 5.1 system.
anyway sounds good, and the performance is amazing.
a must have for any music fan
(even if you dont like the music, the performance would surprise any listener)