Tony Bennett's Wonderful World: Live in San Francisco
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Actor: k.d. langBrand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 76 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-12-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Sony
Movie Reviews of Tony Bennett's Wonderful World: Live in San Francisco
Movie Review: Great Concert Overall, But...
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great concert DVD with great audio & video. You can't go wrong with Tony and he definately doesn't disappoint in this intimate evening. He is spot on and just simply amazing for any age. He is the last of the greats! My only problem is his choice of duet partners. K.D. Lang is a great singer herself. There's no debating that although I couldn't ever put her in a category of singers like Mr. Bennett. He, like Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and a few select others, get a special place in my & most people's book. The problem here is that she is soooo out of place in every regard - not just her singing style, her look and...(the pink elephant...). Hey, it's one thing that she looks like a guy and has the butch style hair-do. One could say Jamie Lee Curtis has a similar look - I happen to think Jamie's hot. But right off that bat, K.D. Lang walks out on stage barefoot... What is she thinking? This is some sort of spiritiual drum circle with incense? Hey, I don't like to wear shoes around the house, but if I was going to go on stage to sing duets with Tony Bennett, whose dressed to the 9's and I know that the whole evening is being filmed for a concert DVD, I might just feel that shoes are required... WTF??? She comes out with no shoes on? I think that's disrepectful. Then there's the chemistry...We all know she is a lesbian. Ain't nothing wrong with that. But hey, Tony sings alot of love ballads. To watch those two on stage looking into each other's eyes while singing "sappy' love songs is quite simply just a bit distracting and not, shall I say, believable. It's not at all disgusting, it just loses something...,is all. I'm like..."I wonder what's going threw Tony's mind or her's for that matter" while there inches away from each other, looking into each others eyes? I know its just a song, not real life... and they are performers yada yada yada, but come on. I love the DVD overall, hence the 5 stars, although I'd like to say 4 1/2 stars because of... I wish it were just him though - 10 stars!!! Luckily she only sings(ruins?) a few songs with Tony. I wish there was a menu option for The Tony Bennett Only concert...Sorry KD Lang. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think I'd rather see a duet w/ Celine Dion. A great guest duet would have been Barbara Striesand or Liza or anybody...I don't know that a duet with Ozzy Osbourne would have been any more distracting w/ or w/o shoes and the bat...I bet K.D. puts on a great show herself, but these two together didn't work for me...I have to question Mr. Bennett's choice of singing partners for this DVD. You'd think he would have made this call. Okay, rant over. I still say buy this though because it's a great show(overall).
Summary of Tony Bennett's Wonderful World: Live in San Francisco
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