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Summary: Great DVD
Review: RATM is a great at live performances. The DVD has a 68 minute performance including several short documentaries in between. Bonus stuff are interviews and pictures. After hearing the propaghanda taught to you at school, watch this DVD.
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Summary: Must see for RATM fans, a great introduction for new fans
Review: Will Rage Against the Machine (RATM) go down in history as one of the greatest live acts ever? Only time will tell, but this DVD is testimony that they are serious contenders. And with recent news that lead singer Zack de la Rocha will be leaving the band, this may be the final testament of RATM at their peak.The energy is nuclear in this concert. RATM does not hold back and the crowd is bursting at the seams of the enormous venue. Especially in the popular "Bulls on Parade", the roar from the crowd will send chills down your spine. You have not heard RATM until you have heard them live, but playing this DVD on a high quality sound system comes close. Chances are, if you are reading this, you are already a fan. If you are not already a fan, this DVD is an excellent introduction to the Rage phenomena. Here, you can truly appreciate RATM as the speaker for an entire generation of angst. There are two quirks to this DVD that may bother some viewers. First, snippets of political documentary are spliced in between songs of the concert footage. In these snippets, Zack describes his leftist political views in an abbreviated documentary-style format and one understands better the source of his piercing anger. If you are a strong-minded right-wing politician, you will hate this DVD even more than their studio albums. The inverse is true for left-wingers. Second, there are two audio tracks that each have a shortcoming. In the high-quality 2-channel audio track, the energy of the crowd is very much evident, but the "F***" words are muted. In the lower-quality but enveloping 5-channel Dolby Digital track, no lyrics are muted, but the crowd noise is almost completely absent.
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Summary: very good dvd
Review: three things keep this dvd from earning 5 stars. thing number one: censorship. rage is highly against censorship of any kind, so i find it very ironic that many of the swear words are cut from the dvd. while only slightly annoying, it does take away some from the performance. thing number two: the propaganda documentary. while i enjoyed these, i found it annoying that they were interspersed throughout the concert. i would have preferred to be able to watch these separately and be able to watch the concert as a whole without the documentary pieces. i also got the feeling that some songs may have been cut out, but i have no way of knowing for sure. thing number three: the dvd seems to be rather rushed together. while the editing and the picture quality were very good, the packaging is lacking. there is no real track listing anywhere. there is a song list on the back cover, but this does not include the documentary footage so you don't know what track number is what song without going to the menu and looking. also there is no insert in the case. while this is a very good quality dvd, i would have liked to see some extras.
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Summary: Best concert i have been
Review: This was definetly the best concert I have ever been. Rage rules, and if you like rage, you need to watch this concert. The crowd was very crazy, and rage played excellent Buy the DVD, it is excellent.........
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Summary: Next best thing to being there-minus the goofy video effects
Review: I have only seen Rage live once (Lollapalooza 93) and apparently that was all I was intended to see of this explosive act seeing as every time I had tickets for another gig it was cancelled (93 club tour and the Rhyme and Reason tour). That makes these shows on DVD all the more essential for those of you who never got to see Rage live. Before Lollapalooza I had never heard of them. The day after I bought the CD and wore it out. Never has a band put out such solid albums as Rage, each one diverse but focused, pounding their political message into your head with every heavy beat and power chord. This DVD (most of which aired on MTV after the release of 'The Battle of Los Angeles') encapsulates the live Rage experience but ultimately forshadows the demise of this great band. At points Zack seems tired and listless, simply saying the lyrics instead of screaming them like the demon-poet of the past. And the unfortunate addition of some hokey video effects (slow motion, delay) really reminds you that this is video and not just a straight live performance. Those points aside - The Battle of Mexico City is a strong performance from an amazing band. Tom Morello and Timmy C thrash through each song with reckless abandon, sweat spilling from every pour from start to finish. And the addition of the documentary footage on the Zapatistas narrated by Zack is important in keeping with Rage's committment to the underdog and overall very interesting and informative. We can only hope that Rage continues to release DVD's of old shows (particularly the Democratic Convention show) so that new fans and old can see what this band was all about live. I don't think they will be the same (live) with another lead singer. This marks the end of an era.
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Summary: Must own, great concert DVD, great editing.
Review: First off, the energy of this DVD is amazing, youll want to bounce off walls when you watch this. The documentary footage is cool too although I wish they would have held that separate and edited the concert right through. Second, the editing techniques are awesome too, slow motion, and freeze frame through out really makes this a peice. My only complaint is, taken from RATM's website ... "but this is the full, uncensored, unedited, unapologetic version of the show and the events surrounding this crucial moment in the band's history." Uncensored? Uh hello, the DVD definitly cuts out the swear words, now, I know it was for MTV, but come on, you can uncensor it for the DVD, not to mention that in the extras they could have put all their videos. Still awesome BUY THIS.
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Summary: ahhhh - a rock concert video that rocks.......
Review: Great rock concert, captured very well. Except for a few cheesy slow-motion effect edits, this DVD is fantastic. Sound is very good, (crank it up), just enough crowd shots to give the feeling of being there, closeups of the band are intense, and their playing is solid. This is one of the best rock concerts I've seen on DVD yet.
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Summary: Finally a dvd that showcases true power of a rage concer
Review: If you've never been to a rage concert, you can finally see what it's like with Battle Of Mexico City. This concert simply rocks. Turn up your sound system, get in front of the tv and start moshing in your living room when rage rips through there awesome playlist. They deliver each song with unmatched power, matching that of this insane Mexico City crowd. The qaulity of the dvd is great,from the picture quality, sound and presentation of it. If your a Rage fan, undoubtedly you'll be getting this soon, and if your not, then jump into what is the raw power and energy of a Rage Against The Machine concert.
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Summary: MUST own
Review: let me preface this review by saying that i am 21 years old and a fanatic of ALL forms of music. unfourtunatley my generation has produced very few music artists of any signifigance, in any genre of music. the small amount of truly talented artist in this day and age rarley have any new ideas or anything meaningfull to say.... That is not the case with Rage Against The Machine. They rank very high on my list of the great music acts of all time. And that is what is so unfortunate about the departure of front man zach de la roche. But you can still see RATM at the pinnacle of there careers in this DVD. I personaly feel privlidged to live in a society where one of the greatest live bands of all time can capture what is proboly their greatest live preformance on on a media such as DVD. We don't have a DVD video of the Doors at the wiskey-a-go-go, or of billie holiday in the clubs od harlem, or of robert johnson in the whiskey shacks on plantaions of the deep south, but we do have RATM live in mexico city. I would suggest that fans of great music, ecspecialy of great live music, purchase this DVD. you will not be disapointed.
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Summary: Another awesome live show
Review: Great DVD for the Rage fan and anyone else who enjoys live music. This band is tight. Watch how the bass player and guitarist are constantly turning around and jamming with the drummer so that every accent is perfect. Songs off the Battle of LA album are perfect. My favorite part......at the end of "Freedom", Morello launches into the jam at the end of "Township Rebellion". You can tell this is spur of the moment but the rest of the band jumps in prior to leaving the stage. I hope these guys get back together. Otherwise I might have to quit my job, leave my family and become a yogurt salesman.
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