Michael Jackson: Number Ones

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Summary: Run from this one
Review: I bought this DVD for my wife in hopes of making her Christmas bright. Needless to say, I think this is just a bad DVD collection. From the outset, it seems like this DVD was put together in an hour. No time was taken to make it interactive, with extras, or any other bonus material. Some of the videos seem grainy and are apparently different from the one's you may have seen on MTV. It really is poor workmanship. No doubt the videos are fun for a fan to watch, but look else where if quality is important to you.
This is a non-quality DVD and they should be ashamed of releasing it.

Sorry honey.

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Summary: A Destiny Fulfilled
Review: I just completed watching the promotion of this DVD on network TV and now plan to purchase Michael's latest work.The one thing that has impressed me most was the awe inspiring work of Michael Jackson and the electrifing effect that he has had on millions of people.I personally feel that we all have spiritual gifts that we bring to earth, a soul mission or a purpose that we were meant to share with others. Michael found his at the peak of his career and this DVD helps us to remember that he was lucky enough to find his gift and to share it with millions.We know when our soul mission is found when everything we do or touch is electrifing and we instill a feeling of awe and amazment in other people.Michael has done that and this DVD is a reminder to us of that part of our time in history that we were able to share with someone fortunate enough to find their soul mission. I personally believe that Michael's fall was his failure to accept or appreciate his gift and to think that he had to consistently improve himself through artifical means when his magic was always from the inside.That is the point when Michael's life changed, in my opinion, and that is the tradgey that we all feel after viewing such an magical time as this DVD reminds us of.We are all very fortunated to have been on earth at this time to hear and see how someone's soul mission can be fulfilled with what appears to be an seemly effortlessly ability on his part and that is where the magic comes from.
This DVD keeps that magic alive....

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Summary: King of pop 4ever
Review: I like every video on here cept for 2. That was the Smooth Criminal one and the Blood on the dance floor video. Naturally, I don't like BOTDF but the Smooth Criminal was sped up too fast to catch a glimsp of his magic. oh well!

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Summary: A good collection of some of his best
Review: I really liked this DVD. It was a good price, and had a good collection of some awesome music videos. The only reason I gave it four stars, is because there were a couple good videos that were left out, but that's why you buy the other volumes.
The videos showed on this DVD however, were really great. They are quality videos to watch whenever. My favorites are of course the most popular, Thriller, Bad, and Black and White. I was a little disapointed that there wasn't much moonwalking, but it really showed Michael at some of the good times of his life. He was so talented.

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Summary: I love it
Review: I took out one star because the you rock my world video had too many parts cut out. I love all the songs and all the videos though, it's an amazing collection. Sure I have HIStory vol 1 and 2 already, but who cares? I bought it anyways, watching Dirty Diana over and over is like heaven.

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Summary: big mj fan since the 80's
Review: I watched alot of this videos in my childhood to teen years and I even saw " Another Part of me is DisneyWorld in a film called Captian Eeo. Captian Eeo was a StarWars type film in 3D and it was really cool. It was in Epcot Center before Honey we shunk ourselves. Anyway Mike is the boy. There was no one anywhere Close to Mike except Prince. I enjoyed this collection however I wish they had a dvd for the bad album. I remember seeing the bad single with wesley snipes once or twice on tv but it was rare and it may have been a countdown thing of micheals videos.I even even saw the Ben movie. I do remember the black or white long version too. I though it was cool except all the crotch grabbing but i didnt know what all the controversy was about. It was wild how he was breaking windows but the panther thing was cool. I which they had "Leave me alone" and Speed Demon and Another Part of me and other bad album videos. I wish they had the longer version of smooth criminal on it too. I always loved the way you make me feel. He is smooth in the video and his gestures are hilarious. Maybe the do have the bad album dvd but I havent seen it. If they do have it I wont hesistate to get it.

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Summary: You Rock My World Is Pure Genius
Review: I watched this DVD three or four times before I was able to put it away. It hooks you as Michael pulls his audience into his performance! I enjoyed all the videos even from the beginning in "Don't Stop till You Get Enough" with all the big sparkling glass balls flying above his head, behind his back and rolling along the stage. Then when I watched "You Rock My World" I thought to myself, this video is pure genius. Only Michael Jackson could create such an entertaining video with an exciting beginning, middle and end, a love story - in the middle of a mob nightclub. He falls for the girl of a gangster and to steal her away, he rocks the place with his song and dance moves. He brings the house down with three other dancers. If you have everything he owns, you'll still want this DVD. I read the other reviews about the cuts in some of the videos, but so what. This is the King of Pop and for the $13.00 I paid for this DVD, I would pay three times that just for "You Rock My World." Michael have some of his best dances moves in this video and he does it with grace and style, looking cool as usual. He is the only performer that I have watched perform that can dance like there's no bones in his body while never breaking a sweat.

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Summary: Three great videos boost an otherwise redundant collection.
Review: If you were like me and already owned the two DVDs of HIStory (Video Greatest Hits - HIStory and HIStory on Film - Volume II), you were probably disdainful when this Number Ones DVD got released. Almost everything on Number Ones was already presented in the HIStory DVDs.

So is there buying incentive? At bargain-bin prices, yes, because on this DVD you will find three Michael Jackson videos that range from good to fantastic, and they're not available on DVD outside of here.

"Man in the Mirror" was a flat-out ballsy move on Jackson's part, to use only grainy stock footage and not a single shot of himself to make a video of one of his greatest hits of that time ("Man" was one of two singles from Bad that had two weeks at #1, not one). The song itself is a classic, thanks to one of Quincy Jones' best productions, a soul-stirring rhythm track, and Siedah Garrett's poetic, visionary lyrics, but coupled with the video's images of a world in turmoil, it's magic. This style actually spawned another classic music video years later with Soul Asylum's "Runaway Train", but Jackson was there first.

"Dirty Diana" holds a special place for me because it's one of the very few Jackson performance videos. Many people don't like the song, but I like it just fine, and Jackson and guitarist Steve Stevens were on fire in the stage show. This video made you realize that Jackson's touring band simply kicked ass.

There's one more curio: The short, sped-up version of "Smooth Criminal" intended as a broadcast alternative. This was the first version of this classic video I ever saw, and while it doesn't convey the stunning choreography and art direction of the full version, it is a masterpiece from the editing standpoint. If you want to do speed cutting, this is the way to do it, and at many points they even managed to sync up Jackson's hyper-sped-up footage to the tempo of the track, no small feat. Unfortunately, both this video and "Dirty Diana" seem to lack for a good master source; both videos feature substantial film scratches and look far less pristine than the rest of the official videos.

There's just one more video on here not available on other DVDs, and that's "You Rock My World". The song blows, and so does the video -- an expensive, self-indulgent piece whose only point of interest is its guest stars Chris Tucker, Michael Madsen and Billy Drago (Nitti in The Untouchables). I'm not surprised this video was directed by Paul Hunter, the same man who had made Bulletproof Monk an unwatchable mess, because "You Rock My World" is your typical modern video with too much concept and not enough substance -- the choreography is messy, Jackson himself looks ridiculous (as he always does when he tries to act), and all the guest stars are wasted when they could've been given a chances to really colour the video with their personalities. Even "Liberian Girl" (available on HIStory on Film Volume II) was better.

I got this DVD from the bargain bin, so from my end, it was still worth it just for the three videos I mentioned. If you don't own either HIStory DVDs, I'd still recommend you get them rather than Number Ones, because the HIStory DVDs are a more comprehensive collection of Jackson's videos, and it's on those that you'll find the classic full version of "Smooth Criminal". Number Ones is for the casual viewer who wants to pay less to get most of Jackson's videos. If that's your preference, then this DVD will serve just fine. I'm still waiting for them to put Moonwalker out on DVD, though. That live version of "Come Together" and the hilarious "Bad" spoof "Badder" (featuring kids playing the punk roles!) are still only available on Moonwalker, and it's about time they resurfaced.

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Summary: Best videos in the world compiled into one great dvd MJrocks
Review: MJ is the king of pop and this dvd shows you why. It has videos to his number one songs!! It even has Dirty Diana! I have been looking for that video and MJ finally released it on this DVD. Also it has a version of You rock my world (not the long version). Believe me, after watching this short film MJ will totally rock your world! He is so great and talented! Support him and buy this DVD!! btw, the number ones cd is very great and i recommend you buy that and this dvd together. Great DVD!!

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Summary: MTV Versions
Review: My contribution to the Michael Jackson legal defense fund. I found it lacking. I was happy to see the particular songs included, but for the DVD vs. the CD, I think they should have given us more. "Bad" is the short version, as if you're suddenly just dropped into the middle of the video. "Smooth Criminal" is the frenetic version, with the entire video speeding along like a picture of star-tracking. I was sorely disappointed in this in particular, because I love this stylish video. Oh, and for the last reviewer, Michael IS in "Man in the Mirror", right near the end in the shot with the little kids in, I assume, Africa. Watch it again, it's very brief. I also thought the quality in the earlier videos was really grainy; they must have been able to do SOMETHING to clean it up a bit. It looked amateurish. That all having been said, it is a great collection of MTV versions of his videos, but I'll stick with his History DVDs for the long versions, which are always better. I was also disappointed that they didn't include "Ghosts" on here, or "Say, Say, Say", which I can't find on any of his DVDs.