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Summary: Madonna, take notes...
Review: Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. This show makes Madonna's snoozefest of a "Drowned World" tour look extremely ... unsubstantial ... The Queen of Pop/Dance flexes her skills and quite well in this spectacular show. "All For You: Live In Hawaii" won't disappoint. Janet, you've done it again.
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Summary: Great DVD
Review: This has got to be one thee greatest DVD's out. Why? Because its has the one and only, Ms Janet Jackson gracing the cover. Everything is much better than on the one released on HBO, so if you didn't catch it on HBO, this is a must. Tons of behind the scene footage. And for you up and coming super stars, TAKE SOME NOTES. ... Peace and Love
Kerry(charismatic)
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Summary: shake it baby! move it baby!
Review: The concert begins with Janet running topless into a waterfall and it keeps getting better!
I loved the Velvet Rope Tour - it's probably still my fave by JJ - but this one is as good. The mood is lighter and a little less urgent than Velvet Rope, and it's probably a little more fun.
It begins with Janet on an elevated podium wiggling those awesome hips to the first strains of "Come on Get Up" - a club/house jam from "All For You" that she and the dancers pull off to perfection. She then stomps thru "You Ain't Right" and "All For You" before reaching into the way-back machine for "Love Will Never Do."
The costume/choreography highlight has to be the number for the rock-rave "Trust a Try" with the great Fellini-looking monster costumes great dancing. That's followed by the ballad segment - "Come Back to Me," "Let's Wait a While" and "Again."
There's the usual whimsical playland medley sequence with Janet in Fantasyland doing "Runaway," "Miss You Much," "When I Think of You" and "Escapade." That's followed by an awesome, sexually-charged version of "Son of a GUn" featuring a brief appearance by Missy Eliott.
The mellow section features grooving versions of "Got 'Til Its Gone" and "That's the Way Love Goes." She follows with a medley of "What Have You Done 4 Me Lately," "Control" and a version of "Nasty" that had the crowd of about 40,000 or so going Apesh...!
Next it's on to the 1940s street scene for "Alright," followed by the R-rated "Would You Mind" performance in which some lucky dude from the audience gets strapped in and mounted by Janet in a dominatrix outfit.
The performance of "If" and "Black Cat" features an Asian motif, then Janet (in black leater) and the dancers blow the roof off (figuratively - they're in an open-air stadium) with a stomp thru "Rhythm Nation."
THey then exit the stage and return for the encore, a playful set of "Doesn't Really Matter," "Someone to Call My Lover" and "Together Again."
In a word, it's a great audiovisual spectacular, just as you'd expect from Ms. Jackson. Musically, under the direction of guitarist Dave Barry, the band was tighter and more adroit than the "Velvet Rope" band. The dancing was great, the sets were great - it was all great.
In a summer (2001) of fantastic shows (madonna, mode...), this was a standout!
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Summary: Better and better and better.....
Review: After viewing this outstanding concert on HBO (at least 10 times) I've come to the conclusion that this DVD is a MUST HAVE for all Janet fans. She is incredible, as usual, but mixing the All For You songs into her rich history of hits makes this an electrifying and fun to watch DVD. The Would You Mind compilation is a wonderful bonus and the DVD is incredibly user friendly. Highlights include Missy Elliot's wonderful ( but all too brief ) appearance and the undeniably killer Trust A Try costume/choreography (my personal favorite). A great addition to anyone's DVD collection.
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Summary: Best Janet DVD ever!
Review: The first thing that stuck out to me about this dvd is that it comes with many special features, something not very many music dvd's have. The concert is wonderful, but for the fans [who no doubt taped their own copies of the hbo broadcast] the special features is what will sell the dvd. The behind the scenes documentary, the quick-change options, and the real winner here, the would you mind collection, are the things that we've been dieing to get our hands on for sometime. Thanks goodness someone got the good sense to put some special features on these damn things! Praise to Eaglerock & Warner Bros.!
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Summary: Janet : Live In Hawaii
Review: In February,2002 HBO aired Janet Jackson's last show from her "All For You" tour . She gave a spactacular performance and sang some of her biggest hits including :
Come On Get Up
Nasty
That's The Way Love Goes
and more . If you really love Janet , you'll buy this DVD . Happy ordering !!!!!!!!
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Summary: Cunning - not convincing
Review: Yesterday I have bought the European edition of this dvd. Thumbs up for the inviting cover picture and artwork that lured me into buying it. And I was curious if this show would have a totally different concept to it compared to the Janet-Tour or The Velvet Rope-Tour... No, it has not. Only adding some of the tracks from the All For You album. Yes, it's flashy, yes it's big scale, yes Hawaii has added some individual flavor, yes J works her cute behind off. But... most of the time she's lip-synching and not singing live and when she does it sounds strained. The choreographies for songs like If, Rhythm Nation et cetera have not or only slightly been changed compared to previous tours. The stage design is best for Come On Get Up and If. The introduction part of the dvd featuring J running semi naked through the jungle is cute.
Why does she conceptually repeat herself so often? Are there no more angles to her songs and work than those she's been presenting for each of them from the start? There will come a day when her big lovely smile won't be able to distract from the fact that she seems to have run out of ideas and vision. Hate to see that day because from the times of Control she's been one of my favorites! Go Miss Janet, get a grip again!
...ok this is more a review of the show than of the dvd but I am no tech-geek who will labour hours on the technical features of a data medium... only this: European edition features a photo gallery and that Would You Mind stunt from various cities with different "victims" and a set of Janet postcards along with a glossy Janet flyer...it's ALL FOR YOU...
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Summary: Janet, your losing it but i want to be together again
Review: Janet, come on. Growing up with your genius brother Michael, you should have learned how to put on a concert. Remember you going backstage in his 1988 Bad Tour in Japan. You and your mom were right there. Remember how he moved an audience. I haven't seen that in your concerts. The audience is just standing there. In Michael's they are fainting, crying, jumping, moving, hands up, waving arms, and going crazy. He puts on an electrifying performance and he makes it look so natural. You on the other hand at this stage make is look so forced and so rehearsed. I know you are no where near the talents of Michael Jackson, but you sure put on a good concert for the Velvet Rope and also put on a good concert I attended during your Rythym Nation tour. Come on Janet, lets be together again. I have your concert taped, but I have all of Michael Jackson's concerts as well.
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Summary: Hats Off to Janet and the All For You DVD.
Review: I'm very happy to have seen her in concert and to now see her in Hawaii doing it again was great! The best feature of this DVD is the "Would You Mind" block. It's funny to see her expression from these guys who do everything to keep their composure or go wild while they're strapped in. The pictures are from the tour book, still the shots are awesome. I enjoyed this concert a lot. Everything from the songs, behind the scenes, Carly and Missy, even the breakdown in "Doesn't Really Matter" after she introduces everyone. As with another reviewer, I miss Tina Landon. Shaunette, Eddie, and Gil did good jobs, but Tina and her style of choreograpy wasn't there. I guess it's all about moving on and trying different things. Hey, there's nothing wrong with that. Cheers
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Summary: electrifying!
Review: I own this DVD and I have to say that it's amazing. The full concert is great, but it's quite a little porn and sexual, watch the intro video, when se runs to the water, you can see all of her breast, and I think the special feature where are 5 performances of Would You Mind is very hot! when you see how she performs that song, you'll believe me!
It is a great DVD, and it has 26 live performances! I don't know how does it last only 1hr 54min.
The best performances in the concert are:
-Trust A Try
-You Ain't Right
-Son Of A Gun (Missy Elliott sings it with her)
-That's The Way Love Goes
-If
-Would You Mind (oh, my God!)
-Doesn't Really Matter
-Together Again
-Rythm Nation
There are also outtakes in the middle of the concert, when a songs finishes, the camera records Janet changing her clothes.
It's very exciting, but you'll love it!
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