Rating: 
Summary: Impressive Instant!
Review: Let me start first by saying that the Girlie Show and Blonde Ambition tours are classics that can never be topped. That said, the Drowned World tour is nothing less than live performance art, but what else would you expect from Madonna.
Filmed during the second of her two sold-out shows in her hometown Detroit (I was at the show!), Drowned World finds Madonna going from punk-trash queen to geisha to cowgirl to senorita to ghetto girl in an hour and a half.
The show starts off in the punk segment, with Madonna rising from the stage on a hydraulic lift singing the overlooked, gorgeous techno-ballad "Drowned World: Substitute for Love." She then vamps into punk queen mode during the techno-house bounce of "Impressive Instant", complete with lighted gas masks and smoke effects. "Beautiful Stranger" and "Candy Perfume Girl" with Madonna on guitar are other highlights of the punk segment.
It's then on to Geisha, with Madonna performing an acrobatic, Crouching TIger-like fight sequence with her dancers during "Sky Fits Heaven." Other Geisha songs include "Frozen" and "Paradise - Not for Me."
The cowgirl segment includes "Don't Tell Me," "Human Nature" and an ultra-silly country song called "Dear Daddy (A complete waste of time)."
A Spanish version of "What it Feels Like to Be a Girl" and a flamenco version of "La Isla Bonita" highlight the Spanish section, but it's the closing number that really got the crowd going. Just when you think she's abandoned the old stuff completely on this tour, Madonna, flanked by Niki and Donna in full pimp garb, break into "Holiday," driving 18,000 fans at the Palace into a screaming frenzy. She closes the show with a hyped-up, energetic version of "Music."
No, she doesn't do many of the classics. I was missing "Like a Prayer," "Vogue," "Deeper and Deeper" and so on as much as any fan.
But the show is visually and aurally stunning. The band complimented the pre-recorded sounds amazingly well in recreating the techno beats of the "Ray of Light" and "Music" CDs. Madonna's voice is better than it ever has been, and her creativity in putting together a live show is unmatched.
Free your mind and accept the show for what it is, and you'll be blown away.
Rating: 
Summary: She has done better
Review: I saw the show in person on August 2, 2001 in NJ, and I wasn't very impressed. The show would have been much better if she did more older songs. I'm not to sure what she has against her old song, considering that most of them are better than her new songs. Sitting on hay and playing the gutiar and flying through the air dressed as some Japanese shmuck doesn't really sit well with me. It just doesn't seem like Madonna. The one good song however was La Isla Bonita, but if she had to pick an older song to sing, why did she sing that one? She did sing it on the Girlie Show. And overall the show was way to short. She could have added about 5 more songs. I really would only buy this if you are a huge Madonna fan and you need to have it. Other wise, you will be disappointed.
Rating: 
Summary: Good but way too much hype
Review: When I heard everyone raving about the MADONNA DROWNED WORLD TOUR I had to check it out for myself. I've seen her BLONDE AMBITION and GIRLIE SHOW tours (on video) before so I was ready for this one. I have to say that much of it is hype. It was a good concert but it was sort of dull at times. The costume changes were'nt as great and there wasn't a lot of dancing. Madonna played the guitar here and there... that was new. The bull ride that she did in "don't tell me/human nature" was way too short. It wasn't even worth mentioning. Some people described the geisha themed segment as "awesome" and "magical" but I found it to be OK at best. She flew across the stage.. BIG DEAL. She did an air spin like a scene out of CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON... cool. I thought it looked cool but it didn't live up to the hype. And what the heck was up with that anime video thing? It was weird. So, I was a bit disappointed at times. MADONNA DROWNED WORLD TOUR ends with her hit "music."
Rating: 
Summary: good show
Review: I saw this concert live in London and the live performance was much better than seeing it on HBO, but I suppose the thrill of seeing Madonna in person was what made it better. The show is great, my favourite part is the first act, the punk themes, I love impressive instant. The only thing that could have made this show better is more dancing on madonna's part. It seemed she just stood around a lot and sang with a mic in her hand.
Rating:
Summary: Excelent Video
Review: It has been one of the most great video of Madonna, I went to this concert and I would like to keep it in video like a memory, Let me tell you that It's really cool.
Rating:
Summary: Madonna does it yet again...We can't get enough of her
Review: The Drowned World vhs/DVD is a chance to see Madonna in great form. Who could ask more out of the Material Girl? She puts on the best concert of the year, and here's your chance to see it if you couldn't get tickets to the live show.This tour is definitely worth seeing. It even rivals such classics as the Blonde Ambition Tour and the Girlie Show Tour. Don't get me wrong, it is nothing like these tours...just equally brilliant. This is Madonna like you've never seen her before. I can't wait to see how she'll manage to top this one in the future. A+
Rating:
Summary: A Good DVD - A Good Show
Review: I was unsure on to rate it a 4 or 5, so I give it a 4 1/2, but picked 5 because I love Madonna.
I had the pleasure of seeing the show in Los Angeles. To tell everyone one thing, there is NOTHING than being there live. It was AWSOME...
HBO did an OK job at filming this show, I recorded it when it aired in Aug, but the DVD also was given a good make-over. It's sound & picture quality is INCREDIBLE.
This show was great, and anyone who loves Music or Madonna would love this, but those who love Madonna, and are die hard fans like I am, would be rather disappointed. She did only 2 old 80s Songs: "La Isla Bonita" & "Holiday" -- what happened to the song she did on Every tour? -- "Like a Virgin" ?? I've heard the excuse that she doesn't want to be bored singing on stage, but how could she be bored if THOUSANDS of people would scream for her during that song? She can't help but not being bored.
In the end though, it's a very good concert.
Everyone'll Enjoy It!! (I Did!)
Rating:
Summary: Take A Musical Journey through the Drowned World of Madonna
Review: I had the opportunity to see this show live in Los Angeles. Although the DVD cannot capture the actual endorphins of the crowd, it is the next best thing to being there. For those who have never seen Madonna live, this is the closest thing to actually being there. Don't expect Madonna to get up there and crune out some of her older hits like 'Vogue' and 'Express Yourself'. Instead, you will see amazing reinditions of some of her later works like the opening 'Drowned World' and the phenominal, foot stopming encore of 'Music'. Madonna puts on a great performance, there's no question. The theatrical staging, visuals, and choreographing has Madonna written all over it. I highly recommend the Drowned World DVD.
Rating:
Summary: Madonna rules!
Review: For the longest time I rejected Madonna music: it just didn't go with me, I disliked it. But since she released the 'Ray of Light' album, and then with 'Music' (both of which are at the core of the set list for this concert) her music took off to a new level in my eyes, thanks largely to the production of William Orbit. Now, this concert is simply mindblowing. It's all you could ever wish for in a live performance and more, since Madonna always pushes the envelope with her visuals and her open flirting with sexuality, and this one is no exception. My favorite moment in the concert, the transition between the two Spanish songs, "Lo Que Siente la Mujer (What It Feels Like for a Girl)" and "La Isla Bonita."
Rating:
Summary: Not An Impressive Instant
Review: I saw the Drowned World Tour live 3 times, twice here in New York and once in Atlanta. When I saw the HBO special I was completely unimpressed. First of all, in 95% of US venues, Madonna performed You'll See live in place of the flat, blase Gone. The live version of You'll See completely blows Gone out of the water. For some strange reason, Madonna decided to showcase Gone on the HBO performance. DWT is something that must be seen live, and it lost a lot on the HBO performance. To whomever said that they didn't understand why it was a dark concert, many of the themes on Ray of Light were quite dark and choosing not to understand a "dark performance" is rather superficial.
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