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Summary: Madonna Forever
Review: This collection is undeniably amazing. Yes a few essential videos are missing like "Erotica" and "Deeper and Deeper", (just like a few were missing in the IMMACULATE COLLECTION) but here we visually see Madonna transform and evolve from an 80's pop idol to an international Godess. She truly is an Icon. With this collection we get the Evita prototype which is "Take a Bow", and the fabulous dance version of "Fever". Other favorites is the shagadellic clip for "Beautiful Stranger" which has Madonna looking better than ever before, the mesmerizing "Rain" video, which is one of THE most beautiful videos I have ever seen, as well as "The Power of Good-Bye", which portrays a very glamorous yet vulnerable Madonna. Fans will not be disappointed. I know I'm not.
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Summary: Hey pretty good
Review: The only videos I've saw on this thing: "Ray of Light," "Power of Goodbye," "Nothing Really Matters." But they were all pretty good except for "Nothing Really Matters" which was weird. It had what looked like fake Japenese people in it. Madonna had a kimono on I think! Other than that big mistake (the song's way different than this video) the videos I've seen were okay. I mean they were pretty good.
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Summary: ..And these are just the videos she did in the past 6 years!
Review: Imagine what the entire video library would look like if all of Madonnas videos were encapsulated in a double DVD set! They could bookend the set with the minimal, but sexually charged "Lucky Star" up to the minimal, but sexually charged "Don't Tell Me". And in between, you'll see Madonna go full circle as she inhabits a new persona for each pop musical nugget she puts to the screen. Watch her switch disguise from a pregnant teenager in Papa Don't Preach, to the night club stripper in Open Your Heart; no, wait, now she's the wiccan temptress in Frozen. Until a comprehensive collection like that is done, you still have the Video Collection 93:99 to give you a fix. And still there's the glaring, practically criminal omission of Erotica, Deeper and Deeper and the infamous Justify My Love. More importantly, however, the DVD justifies and cements the notion once and for all, that Madonna is the master of the video art form.
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Summary: Great Compilation
Review: This compilation takes 14 of her best music videos and gives them a crisp, beautiful look on DVD. I've been a fan of Madonna since the 1998 release of "Ray of Light", and was very pleased with this purchase. It has some videos that many have seen all over MTV and in music stores, but they are fun to watch over and over nonetheless. Also, there are some less-known videos included such as "Bad girl", "Fever", and "Bedtime story"."Bedtime Story" is surprisingly good and was co-written by Bjork! I have to admit, the earlier videos aren't my favorites but are still enjoyable. "Nothing Really Matters" and "Drowned World" really stood out for me, I thought they were both amazing videos accompanied by her trademark vocals. Also "Frozen" is a great video directed by Chris Cunningham who has also done work for Bjork. This DVD is well worth the money paid, as I've had great replay value.
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Summary: Another must-have video collection
Review: As a Madonna fan, I know it is upsetting not to have the full library of her videos for the nineties. MTV no longer plays her "old" videos, and you only catch snippets of them when VH1 does any sort of Madonna retrospective. Having said that, I don't think that incompleteness is a reason to forego this video collection. I love that it starts off with Bad Girl, which is a two-hour movie plot condensed in a five-minute video. Bad Girl is one of Madonna's most poignant and well-crafted songs ever, yet it got zero airplay when it was released as a single here in the U.S. For me, this is the "Oh Father" of the new collection. Other videos highlight Madonna's unsurpassed success as a video artist. I think she rivals any supermodel in Rain. In some cases, the videos better the audio tracks from her albums. I must confess to having liked Nothing Really Matters much more after having seen the video, inspired by the novel Memoirs of a Geisha. As a last word on the collection, I would just like to say that the video for Love Don't Live Here Anymore is great, in that it is one slow close-up, and must have been technically very difficult. Well, this video collection already has some dust on it- since then, Madonna has released videos for American Pie as well as Music and Don't Tell Me. I hope she will generate enough material in the coming years to release a third collection!
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Summary: A great collection, but once again, incomplete
Review: It's hard to understand exactly why Madonna chooses to showcase or highlight the videos she does, but she is indeed a mastermind behind the art form. Missing are some of her best videos, at least in my opinion. Erotica was one of the biggest changes in terms of videos and how far she would go to put a visual to a song - perhaps looking back, she feels about that video the way she felt about singles like "Material Girl," which she says she hates/loathes/etc. Included are some of the best visuals I've ever seen - I can't listen to songs like Bedtime Story without seeing those doves and the floating Madonna's; Frozen, one of the best songs she's ever recorded, actually makes you cold - the picture indeed matches the song. For any Madonna fan, this is an obvious purchase. For those not inclined to follow her every move, this collection is a good look at some of her less noticed, but truly masterful videos.
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Summary: An incomplete "Collection"
Review: This second video collection from Madonna only confirms that Ms. Ciccone is indeed the Queen of Pop and of the Music Video. The videos featured here are absolutely spectacular. From the motion picture quality of Bad Girl, to the gorgeous cinematography of Rain, to the out of this world bizarreness of Bedtime Story, to the hyper energy of Ray of Light, this is indeed a special collection. Unfortunately, it is also an incomplete collection. Among the glaring omissions are EROTICA, DEEPER AND DEEPER (both left off presumably due to their sexual content and innuendo), THIS USED TO BE MY PLAYGROUND, I'LL REMEMBER, YOU MUST LOVE ME, DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA (all left off presumably because they featured scenes from movies they did not have the rights to), and YOU'LL SEE (who knows why this wasn't included). I had the same complaint about the Immaculate Collection with its missing videos. What makes it even more aggravating is the fact that a video like LOVE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE, which was a complete bomb as a single and is one of the most boring videos ever produced, did make the cut. Yes, it is a beautifully SHOT video, and the director is very "in" right now, but it still doesn't deserve a place over some of her bigger hits. For these reasons this collection earns 4 stars. Maybe someday we'll get to see a COMPLETE Madonna video collection.
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Summary: Another great video from the Material Girl
Review: I am a huge Madonna fan. I discovered her in 98 when she released Ray of Light and MTV was showing a lot of her videos. I immediatly became hooked and bought all her cds. No one can make music videos like her and that is why when I saw this video I bought it immediatley. The only problem is that it doesn't include all of her best videos. Like the Immaculate Collection which excluded such greats as Live to Tell, Dress You Up, Into the Groove and Burning Up, her new video excludes some of her best to. Although it has some of my favorites such as Take A Bow, Fever, Beautiful Stranger, The Power of GoodBye and Ray of Light, it was missing You'll see which is a good sequel to Take a Bow, I Want You and Especially Deeper and Deeper and Erotic which I still haven't seen in its full form and would love to see some day. Other then that it is great and I think Madonna is waiting for the day when she retires so that she can release all her videos on one tape and won't have to up date it.
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Summary: Another Great Collection of Madonna!
Review: I really enjoy all of the videos from "Bad Girl" to "Beautiful Stranger" in this 1990s collections...it is a keeper next to the first collection, 1980s "Immaculate Collection" music videos. Anyone who is a Madonna fan should get this one to enjoy years to come.
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Summary: where is Erotica? why not in Dolby Digital 5.1 ?
Review: It's missing 2 things so I cannot give more then 3 stars. It's missing the Erotica video and does not have Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack.
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