Tool: Vicarious
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Movie Reviews of Tool: Vicarious
Movie Review: Voracious Viewers Only
Summary: 5 Stars
I want to smite the ungrateful Philistines who are so eager to dismiss this treasure trove as nothing more than a half a** rehash ripoff. If you want live footage go to their concerts or watch youtube. Let's get to the good stuff...
Packaging-Magic Eye lenses like on 10,000 days CD, 5 back to back 3D image cards (so 10 pics[not of the band]) which stand up in a slot w/in the case. "Woopdeedoo" you say. Well who else does this? Yes it takes some work but it's fun. Yes it takes focus but it's rewarding.
DVD-Video shows Adam's tenacious genius. Prepare to ask the screen "what the h***?" numerous times. Is it random madness? It would be easy to dismiss it as such. It is revealed in the documentary that nothing could be further from the truth. This video is a work of art set to music. It is not a music video. It can not, nor should it be, viewed once.
DVD-Documentary will show you more of Adam Jones' than has ever been revealed to fans before. There are photo's of his many sculpture's which inspired the Opiate & Undertow covers, his major motion picture works, personal works never before seen, pics of other band members away from their instruments, etc. There are interviews with people who have worked with and known Adam for many years. There are interviewers w/ the CGI masters who wielded and welded this work meticulously for many months. All in all I was very suprised that so much was revealed, from so many different people, and from so many different angles.
DVD-Commentary was spontaneous and hilarious like only David Cross knows how to be. Look him up on imdb.com. He gives two seperate satires on the video.
DVD-Chapel of Sacred Mirrors with Alex Grey was a real special treat for those who love and appreciate the psychadelic surreal artwork found in TOOL's last two albums. Alex Grey's book of art Transfigurations will open and blow your mind. This special feature on the dvd takes you into his chapel/gallery in New York.
Price-$10 new! IMO they could've and should've charged more for this. A bootleg, a watch or two at a friend's house, a clip on youtube isn't gonna cut it here. This is worth owning folks.
Movie Review: Breathtaking.
Summary: 5 Stars
Ok, so, i've had this DVD since dec. 18th., i have watched it multiple times and i have to say, this is the most ambitious piece of film i've ever seen from ANY band in ANY genre. To me the 'Vicarious' video itself has alot to do with DMT (for those of you not familiar with DMT check out: erowid.org) and a sort of second awakening. I also own the 'Parabola' DVD and this one blows it away. I love every video that adam does but this one is special. For the first time they've gravitated toward an all CG video, adam usually utitlizes stop motion and a more human element to his videos but, not this time. You can tell it's an experiment of sorts, kind of just sticking your toe in the water before jumping in. Oddly enough they got a stop motion feel with CGI which is hard to accomplish being that CGI is smooth by nature which brings me to the documentary.
Overall 'The vicarious' docu. is a some what revealing look into adam's work past and present as well as all the people who helped create the video. Nothing to write home about since adam does not comment himself, it's more of an ode to him through artists and friends he's worked with.
The commentary is great. David cross is a funny, funny man. He had me laughing out loud on numerous occasions.
The CoSM section is also wonderful and inspiring. Alex grey is def. one of the greatest artists EVER! his vision is executed perfectly and his works are beyond this world. I suggest everyone visit : www.alexgrey.com and support a great man.
This DVD is most certaintly worth $10.00. Buy it and support real artists.
Movie Review: Worth The 5 Stars
I Purchased my copy yesterday and can confirm the video is in 3D, for those who say it isn't get your eyes checked. The music is presented in standard 2.0, and sounds clearer with more bass then the previous 2 music DVD's Tool released.The packaging is similar to 10,000 days, it's presented in a thick cardboard 3 panel digipak with the 3D glasses attached to view the 4 separate art cards that are included, the inside panel has the skeleton from the video in 3D.
The features include a Documentary on people who know Adam and what work they have done with him, a Doco on Alex Gray' art Studio, and a 2 very funny commentary's.
Now the video itself, if you haven't seen it your missing out, it is absolutely stunning, the visuals are breathtaking in 3D, the colours and images jump out of your TV, (just wait until you see the 2 creatures slowly coming out of the mans eyes to see what I'm talking about) I was glued to the screen for the entire clip & with the Vicarious soundtrack it will just blow you away, this is what Tool fans have been waiting for... not worthy of a 5 star review id give it 100 if possible, this is a work of art!
BTW I haven't found any "live footage"
Movie Review: UNLOCK LIVE FOOTAGE...!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
For everyone who doesn't think there's live footage hidden on this DVD, here's how you unlock it:
First, let the introduction menu play all the way through once (it is about 3 minutes long, but will fade out & start over when it's done). While it is playing the second time through, enter on your DVD remote 0156. This is the difference in time between the DVD extended version of 'Vicarious' and the recorded version on '10,000 Days.' Then, go to the extras menu, select the commentary option & on the Mandy & Brandy screen, press left on your remote 21 times. Once you're done that, eject the disc &, while looking through the hole of the DVD at your TV (your screen should be glossy enough so you can see your reflection), sing the chorus to 'Vicarious' three times. Afterwards, insert the DVD again, this time UPSIDEDOWN, and a twenty minute live concert video should begin. If it doesn't, you've obviously done something wrong. I had particular problems counting to 21 exactly while pressing left, & hitting that B flat during the chorus. If you work at it long enough, it'll work.
Movie Review: Tools shows much love for the fans once again
Summary: 5 Stars
Well to start off I was thinking they were gonna show the vicarious video that is already been shown online. I was wrong, very wrong, the new video is a step up from previous Tool videos in technology and visual art. As in all Tool videos it makes unnerving visuals seem normal in Adam Jones's view of art. The extras are fantastic, their is a biography of the video and a nice background of Adam Jones's previous work on his art in some visuals for film and Tool albums. Also the feature CoSm is a display of a museum in New York inspired by Tool and art for 10,000 Days. The commentary for the video is by comedian David Cross, which is pretty funny as he pokes fun at himself and the visuals of the vicarious video. The packaging of the DVD comes with stereo scopic lenses to make Jones's art three dimensional as it was in 10,000 Days. All in all Tool has provided a great piece of work for fans to speculate and put on the shelves next to 10,000 Days.