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Formula One 2000: World Championship Review

Formula One 2000: World Championship Review

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Must Have for aby True F1 Fan
Review: This DVD is by far the best FIA season review ever. Never mind the other reviews listed that did not like it. They are obviously not into F1. This DVD is Bernie-vision. It has the in-car shots, pit action, and behind the scenes that the U.S. fan never sees on television. See the wing come off the back of Irvine's Jaguar, on-board with Frentzen during the wreck in Italy, Schumacher being congratulated for winning the championship by Villenue, Hakkinen, and Coulard during weigh-in after the race. I can't wait for the 2001 DVD.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Clear image, footage but no in-depth review, interviews, etc
Review: This DVD provides very clear image, on-board cam, pit and track coverage. However, it does not provide enough in-depth pre/post-race interview as you normally find in official F1 review VHS video (that usually costs $30+). I was expecting the continuous version to be the same as the official F1 review VHS, but I was wrong. So be prepared on what you are going to buy. But the never-seen before track view angle, on-board cam and pit lane activities do seem very interesting.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Could have been much better...
Review: This is the first ever DVD to capture the whole F1 Grand Prix Season. Previous releases (from other companies) were on VHS or VCD which usually failed to bring out the thundering engine noises and the crisp images of the colourful liveries. This DVD can do the job quite well and let you feel the atmosphere on the racetrack or inside the F1 cars. The disk was produced in very high quality but, after seeing so many brilliant movies on DVDs with stuff like "the making of", "cut footages", "photo galleries"...etc., I think more information or details on each race of the season could be included in this DVD. A 4 stars DVD.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Not Bad - Could be Better!
Review: This is the first ever DVD to capture the whole F1 Grand Prix Season. Previous releases (from other companies) were on VHS or VCD which usually failed to bring out the thundering engine noises and the crisp images of the colourful liveries. This DVD can do the job quite well and let you feel the atmosphere on the racetrack or inside the F1 cars. The disk was produced in very high quality but, after seeing so many brilliant movies on DVDs with stuff like "the making of", "cut footages", "photo galleries"...etc., I think more information or details on each race of the season could be included in this DVD. A 4 stars DVD.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Not what I expected
Review: What a wasted opportunity. I don't know about you but I can't get enough of in-car footage. Unfortunately you rarely get any on the live broadcasts. This product could have provided that or at the very least should have had one full flying lap around each circuit. (Wouldn't it have been phenomenal to have been on board for each of the pole laps of the season? Wow that would be worth owning.) If you have ever seen Lap Of the Gods or Ayrton Senna's lap around Monte Carlo in Racing Is In My Blood, or the first 30 min of Grand Prix you will know what I am talking about. Instead we get a few measly disjointed in-car scraps.

Ok as far as the rest of it, it does a very good job of recapping the 2000 season. It hits a lot of highlights from each race. The narrator does a descent job and tries to build suspense as to how each race and season is going to turn out.

As far as the menus go and the dynamic camera changes they are both executed poorly. Everything moves to fast to be able change the camera on the fly. I was also disappointed that there was no widescreen version. Imagine having a picture of the track on the side showing where the cars are located while the racing is playing. Or just anything to take advantage of DVD and HDTV technology. With a little creativity this could have been a product the every F1 fan simply must own, instead we get an uninspired rehash of the season.

I for one will not be getting the 2001 review and think I wasted my money on the 2000 review. For anyone looking for some amazing F1 footage, I recommend the 3 titles listed above. Each has its own shortcomings but there are images in each that simply cannot be seen anywhere else.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: The worst race movie of the last ten years
Review: Without a doubt, this is the worst movie in my collection. I'm almost embarrassed to sell it to someone else! The scene selection is confusing. The movie covers all the races in 2000, one at a time. it's sometimes difficult to distiguish between races.....all the same players, all the same cars. No background stories, nothing. The photography is "Movies 101"..... SAVE YOUR MONEY.


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