Paul McCartney - Live in Red Square | Aleksandrs Petukhovs

Paul McCartney - Live in Red Square | Aleksandrs Petukhovs | I wanted so much to like this one....

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	Paul McCartney - Live in Red Square Aleksandrs Petukhovs A&E Home Video, 2005 average customer review:based on 85 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A feature-length world premiere special that tells the story of the ex-Beatle's historic visit to Russia on May 24, 2003. Marking the first time that McCartney had set foot on Russian soil, this concert and documentary also reveals the secret love affair that existed between the Russian people and McCartney during the Communist era.

Great Concert

Very cool concert. What more can you say. If you like Paul, you'll like this concert.

I wanted so much to like this one....

Huge Beatles/McCartney fan here. When I read reviews on Amazon, I make sure to read the five star reviews along with the one or two star reviews. I like to get a real feeling of what I will possibly be purchasing. Interspersed with all the rave reviews for 'Paul McCartney - Live in Red Square' there is a smattering of reviewers who pan this DVD as 'unwatchable' and 'painful', to quote a couple of them, citing the constant switching of cameras as the main reason. The huge McCartney sycophants will give this 5 stars, regardless of the actual quality of the DVD, and those who dislike Paul for whatever reason are predisposed to giving bad reviews, so I suspected that the truth lie somewhere in the middle.

As someone who has sat through many music videos that feature unsettling camera switches every second or two, shots that nauseatingly zoom in and out at warp speed, and rapid-fire angle changes that cause headaches if watched for more than a few seconds at a time, I was hesitant to purchase this DVD when I read the reviews about the camera work, even though I am a Beatles freak and a huge McCartney fan. Luckily, I found this DVD at my local library and checked it out. As much as it pains me to say this, I must agree with those who have a major problem with the constant switching of cameras and the overall unwatchability of this concert.

What is it about the modern music video, and many of the television commercials nowadays, that feel the need to do this? I can only believe that it is geared toward people with little to no attention span whatever. I guess some people nowadays can't focus on an image for more than a couple of seconds without getting bored and grabbing the remote? I don't get it, but I know one thing, I am glad I didn't pay anything for this DVD. Great music, though! I don't know if this concert is available on CD, but if it is, I would HIGHLY recommend every McCartney freak, like me, to get it in that format, rather than this headache-inducing DVD.

Sincerely, this DVD can do that to you. Some of the modern computer games have a warning that people who are prone to dizziness should not play the game. This DVD should probably have the same warning. That is my sincere opinion, and I honestly can't understand how it can receive so many five star reviews. I guess the annoying machine gun effect of the camera work doesn't affect most people the way it does me....

I have to give this DVD two stars only, although the music gets five stars easily! It's just too difficult to sit through for more than a few minutes. It was for me, anyway.

Peace.

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