Visions of France
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Movie Reviews of Visions of France
Movie Review: Visions is a vision
Summary: 5 Stars
This is truely a spectacular travel video. I was enthralled with the eye candy! The only sense lacking in the series is smell. The music is soft, melodious, lively and pertinent.
The naration is soothing and light. The visual quality is so crisp that as you fly over the acres of lavender you can almost smell it. Floating on the tranquil turquoise sea its as though you are there!
Before purchasing the DVD I wondered why the video did not show Paris or other parts of France but after viewing it I came to the conclussion that patients is a virtue!
I am chomping at the bit for more of this series and hope that there are years to come!
Peace and sweet dreams follow this video.
Movie Review: Gorgeously Perfect
Summary: 5 Stars
I understood from the beginning that Provence and the Riviera are not "France" but a unique section, distinct geographically and historically and accept the titles as the subdivisions they are, so do not understand some who have quibbled over what clearly could imply more in a series, nor do I understand objections to a "fake French accent" narration.
If you would yourself actually like to be a bird or glider plane or helicopter and glide over fields of lavender and pine trees, and up into the clouds with pink flamingos and sail slowly right past the ancient towns built into the cliffs and through craggy gorges, down the Rhone, into the Meditarranean and back, and see Provence and the Riviera and Monico as a seagull would, grab this opportunity.
I think even native French Provencal people should see this, as they can't possibly have seen this viewpoint before.
While typical "travel" videos showing bunches of tourists crowding into stores discussing restaurnts and hotels and places to visit have their place, this is not that at all. This is the earth, this is history, this is beautiful, and no National Geographic photo layout could possibly capture it like this from-the-sky vantage point does.
I lived in Provence for eight weeks as a young American student in my youth and took the tours, ooh'ed and ahh'ed with the rest as our tour bus rounded the narrow curves of the craggy coast to reveal the jeweled wonders of Nice and St. Tropez...but this frees you from the bus and lets you glide all over.
One viewing of either tape is not enough, any viewing is a wonder.
Movie Review: Visions of France Only Partial
Summary: 2 Stars
I completely agree with another comment - I could not believe they made a Visions of France without any footage Paris and the wine region. I suspect they may be coming out with a Visions of France Part 2. At least I certainly hope so. I also agree that it's not as well done as Visions of Italy. Visions of Greece and England are also pretty well done. I just saw Visions of Ireland on public TV and can't wait until they release that one! I could have obtained it for a "donation" of "only" $100 but, at that price, I think I'll wait until Amazon gets it.Movie Review: Visons of France
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the most incredible DVD! Jawdropping views of France from the air...you almost feel like an eagle soaring over France. You'll never see this scenery by actually going to France, you have to see the flyover!Movie Review: A Vision of Parts of France
Summary: 4 Stars
We own and enjoy many of the videos in this series, but found this new one of France a bit lacking in a few areas. First we found it strange to call it Visions of France without any footage of Paris or the northern two thirds of the country. We found some of the scenes repetitive and the two regions covered are actually redundant in some areas. Unlike say, Visions of Italy, we found ourselves asking, "Why don't they linger here some more?" and "Why aren't they zooming in for more detail?" It is still an enjoyable video of some beautiful countryside, but in our opinion it is not up to the same quality as some of the earlier ones in the series.