VNV Nation: PastPerfect (Special Edition)
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Movie Reviews of VNV Nation: PastPerfect (Special Edition)
Movie Review: disappointed
Summary: 2 Stars
Let me start by saying I am a *huge* VNV fan. I attended the DC show where a portion of this was shot. And I was at the VNV/Apop show earlier that year when Apop cancelled at the last minute. And it saddens me to have to say...as far as production quality goes, this DVD is excellent. However, as a "live" DVD, it's awful. As a previous reviewer stated, the video clips are a mishmash. S/He liked the technique, I don't. A single song has one audio clip (live from say, NY for example) while the video may come from half a dozen sources. One shot the band may be in a dark club in front of 200 fans, while a second later, they're shown on stage in the rain in front of 20,000 fans. I don't like it at all. It is reminiscent of a Motley Crue video from the 80s (what was that ballad with the piano?). Also, it leads to the audio not synching with the video, typically during Ronan's banter in the middle of songs. Example: Ronan may be saying "Give me your hands!" while the video is showing him standing in the rain with both hands (and mic) raised (in slow motion no less). Yuck. I would have much preferred a whole song with it's original video. You can pick "song a" from NY, "song b" from DC, "song c" from Philly if you want, but don't pick snippet by snippet from all over the world with an audio track that only mostly matches.I haven't gotten into the second DVD or the CDROM, but I'm sure both of those will be great (since I doubt the can pull the same technique with them).
Movie Review: The Best Karaoke DVD Of All Time...
Summary: 1 Stars
I watched my partner's copy of "PastPerfect" last night and frankly I'm surprised that "VNV Nation" ever sold out a gig again after they released this DVD.
Good god, it really is a dreadful example of a live show.
The editors have quite clearly had to splice together about four different gigs to put together even this travesty of a performance. This coupled with the fact that the singer is out of time with "his own" music, forgets all of "his own" lyrics and seems to think that repeatedly yelling the final word of every chorus (whilst repeatedly imploring the crowd to "show me your hands") constitutes some sort of stagecraft gives you some idea of what you can expect.
Seriously, its like watching the drunken exhortations of a hyperventilating farmer from County Kerry who has stumbled upon a Karaoke machine after spending rather too long in the beer tent at a livestock fair.
Were there any rehearsals? I've seen tighter bits of loose string.
I saw "VNV Nation" on the "Future Perfect" tour back in 2001 and I don't remember them being this bad. Then again, perhaps I was just very, very drunk at the time.
That said, If you enjoy watching musical car crashes, then consider this an absolutely essential purchase.
Movie Review: Love VNV But Hate This DVD.
Summary: 1 Stars
I practically like every track they have ever recorded. They are a great electronic act but plain and simple concert DVDs rarely work. I was hopeing Pastperfect would be a collection of the super cool video montages they used during their recent tours. I distinctly recall the one produced for the song "Carbon" which powerfully demonstrated the effects of green houses gases on the planet and the destruction of the rain forest.
I would rather see visual art than a bunch of screaming idiots and strobe lights.