Rating: 
Summary: Not worth the 3 days!
Review: '3 Haze' should be the title! This film was supposedly rated X and deemed unreleasable. WHY???!!! This movie is like rated G! There is no visible drug use, no nudity, and I think a few lines of profanity! The songs are chopped up and mangled too! Perry Farrell is fairly annoying in this and I never find him annoying (although some people do) Dave Navarro takes the cake though. This is mostly about him and he should be embarrassed of himself. He seems so over-dramatic throughout the entire movie. 3 Days gives no insight as to why the band got back together in the first place. No mention of Eric Avery and no signifficant interview footage. Why the hell do I want to hear Perry interview a Rabbi? This movie is way-WAY over hyped and fans should save their money. If you blink you will miss Stephen Perkins and Flea. It is obvious throughout the entire film that Jane's honestly hates each other or at least hated each other at the time. Dave Navarro comes across as a guy who wanted to be friends and have the nostalgia back but the others seem to act cold around him. I love Jane's Addiction I really do but this film is a dissapointment. oh yeah Val Kilmer is weird.
Rating: 
Summary: silly children...
Review: After reading the reviews by the morons you have posted I decided that my opinion is a must. First of all, if you want to hear each song in their entirety, buy some early albums, not "Strays"! The movie shows what it's like to be a rock star on the road better than any other I have seen. The backstage footage or "interview" scenes are the most candid or personal that I have EVER seen in a movie that follows a band. The concert footage is absolutely superb with it's filmic blend of multi-medium formats and the way they used video for the off stage footage and film for the stage was amazing. In my humble opinion, I would rate this as one of the top five best rock and roll documentaries ever produced and of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong...
Rating: 
Summary: Was it worth the long wait?
Review: After six years of hearing almost non-stop hype about this film--how it chronicled the group's enthusiasm and energy at the beginning of the reunion and degenerated into more drug-addled
friction by the end--actually seeing it was a slight anti-climax. The biggest complaint is that half of the songs are
incomplete--some are only shown for one or two minutes, while others like "Ted Just Admit It" are complete but cut up and
interspersed with interview footage. The title cut is almost complete--and an amazing, sensuous performance--but the last two minutes, the CLIMAX, are cut for no reason at all.Because the priority of this film lies in the interviews and backstage madness rather than the music itself, one must ask if this was enough to justify the hype. Well, the interviews are OK, they concentrate mostly on Farrell (who is a scream sometimes, especially when he's pontificating on The Torah just after having had an orgy on-stage with ten backup dancers), although Navarro also gets some time to act like a silly rock star. Perkins and Flea are virtually ignored, although Flea does weigh in with some choice comments toward the end of the film, and emerges as the most likeable. There are a lot of celebrity cameos, like Vil Kilmer, Alyssa Milano, Anthony Keidis, etc. etc. and they enhance the celebratory nature of the tour, but nothing really pops out as essential except for a brief cameo by the legendary Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters in San Francisco. The group seem in their element in this city,
and it is when the film takes on a genuine freak/hippie vibe--rather than the inevitable MTV/Hollywood one--that their alternative ambitions seem most fulfilled. The biggest problem remains that complete performances could easily have been fit in; their cutting seems arbitrary. Which is a shame, since the tour--particularly the first three or four dates--was outstanding, with plenty of ambience, colorful clothing, masks, candles, incense, and the group playing at a peak. At the least, "Three Days" does capture the feel of Jane's Addiction at their most gleefully hedonistic, it's just that after two minutes of "Mountain Song" one is left wanting to hear the whole thing, which would only have been another two minutes or so! The bonus 40 minutes of footage is compiled much like the film itself, with the interviews dominating, although some nice rehearsal footage of ballads like "Classic Girl" and "I Would For You" manages to finds its way in there. In short, I would recommend it Janes fans, but with the caveat that this could have been an *amazing* work with better editing.
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Summary: Great Expectations................
Review: As a European I missed out on Jane's addiction 'till the release of 1990's Rutual CD. I catched the band on their now legendary European 1990 tour and again on their return to Europe in early 1991. These tours stood the test of time and bring back great memories to some of the finest concerts i have ever seen. October 2003 12 years later and jane's Addiction returns to Europe and all expectations are lived up to, the band is in top form, their album STRAYS is a fine, more commercial but still definitely true Jane's style, new album and the audience in Amsterdam went bezerk! How happy was I to finally see this documentary being released on DVd to still my jane's hunger after the shows in Europe. Unfortuantely the Relapse tour was a far stretch from the superb new tour. While Flea might be a great bass player for the Chilli's he isn't for Jane's. For different matters the tour is like a circus act and doesn't capture the essence of Jane's Addiction. While some interviews give a great insight in the band and their members the performances don't have the quality they had in de haydays and on their current tour. I suggest everyone spend their money on tickets for their current tour or any of their cd's. Jane's Addiction is a great band but should leave documentaries to others and strictly release CD's (a live DVD, maybe?) and play excellent shows like the ones I saw recently!
Rating: 
Summary: Why so controversial??
Review: Every review I read of this DVD hyped it as "controversial". Why?! There's absolutely nothing risque about it.
That said, "Three Days", with its onstage/offstage "Relapse" Tour concert footage is definitely a movie that all Jane's Addiction fans should see, if not buy.
The concert footage looks and sounds great. But, no song performance ever completes before the camera cuts to some backstage footage (the closest to complete was probably "Three Days" at around 90%). Unfortunately, the backstage interviews/footage seem to give you only a partial picture of what the life on the tour must have been like.
My biggest problem though with "Three Days" is the interviewer, who seemed out of his element, a little too nervous, and missing some desperately needed interviewing skills. His questions were so shallow and amateur. I got the impression that he hadn't a clue who Jane's Addiction was, and was doing the movie as a school project.
I think what saved the movie though is that Dave Navarro co-produced it. Dave provides the most insight (via footage he shot such as interviews w/himself) out of everyone what the "Relapse" tour was like.
Rating:
Summary: Why so controversial??
Review: Every review I read of this DVD hyped it as "controversial". Why?! There's absolutely nothing risque about it.
That said, "Three Days", with its onstage/offstage "Relapse" Tour concert footage is definitely a movie that all Jane's Addiction fans should see, if not buy.
The concert footage looks and sounds great. But, no song performance ever completes before the camera cuts to some backstage footage (the closest to complete was probably "Three Days" at around 90%). Unfortunately, the backstage interviews/footage seem to give you only a partial picture of what the life on the tour must have been like.
My biggest problem though with "Three Days" is the interviewer, who seemed out of his element, a little too nervous, and missing some desperately needed interviewing skills. His questions were so shallow and amateur. I got the impression that he hadn't a clue who Jane's Addiction was, and was doing the movie as a school project.
I think what saved the movie though is that Dave Navarro co-produced it. Dave provides the most insight (via footage he shot such as interviews w/himself) out of everyone what the "Relapse" tour was like.
Rating:
Summary: Legendary...
Review: Just watched this last night. What a ride! I've been a fair-weather fan of the band in the past, but I now have to say that I'm forever sold. I was blown through the wall!! The performances made me want to jump off the couch and BE there! I read a few of the other reviews, and they really don't do this film justice. I might be going a little far in saying this, but I think this may be one of the greatest rock films of all-time. It spent a lot of time examining the psyches of the band members, and thus put you in touch with the fact that this wasn't just any old tour for them: this was a significant turning-point in their lives. So what if a couple of the performances weren't complete? (You probably already own the record!) What matters is what was happening off-stage. The Directors commentary is definitely worth checking out...
Rating:
Summary: Great Footage - Must Have for Jane's Fans
Review: Other reviewers have complained about the video not living up to the "hype". Well thank god I never heard any of that hype because my expectations must have been lower and thus I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I went to the show in Las Vegas at the Alladin theater and was happy to see footage of that show included. Much like Soul Kiss and the Gift, this video is demented and all over the map. It's much less a movie and much more a highlight reel of the Relapse Tour. There is not a lot of official Jane's paraphernalia out there so for the real Jane's fan this is a must. Drop the expectations, sit back and enjoy this one with some fine wine and it's sure to bring peace to your mind.
Rating:
Summary: Hugely Disappointing..........
Review: Other reviewers have complained about the video not living up to the "hype". Well thank god I never heard any of that hype because my expectations must have been lower and thus I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I went to the show in Las Vegas at the Alladin theater and was happy to see footage of that show included. Much like Soul Kiss and the Gift, this video is demented and all over the map. It's much less a movie and much more a highlight reel of the Relapse Tour. There is not a lot of official Jane's paraphernalia out there so for the real Jane's fan this is a must. Drop the expectations, sit back and enjoy this one with some fine wine and it's sure to bring peace to your mind.
Rating:
Summary: Great Footage - Must Have for Jane's Fans
Review: Other reviewers have complained about the video not living up to the "hype". Well thank god I never heard any of that hype because my expectations must have been lower and thus I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I went to the show in Las Vegas at the Alladin theater and was happy to see footage of that show included. Much like Soul Kiss and the Gift, this video is demented and all over the map. It's much less a movie and much more a highlight reel of the Relapse Tour. There is not a lot of official Jane's paraphernalia out there so for the real Jane's fan this is a must. Drop the expectations, sit back and enjoy this one with some fine wine and it's sure to bring peace to your mind.
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