Rating: 
Summary: The original gets 6 stars
Review: Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii is one of the greatest concert films of all time, perhaps even the single best live performance ever put to film. While I could appreciate the director's intent with this new version, his creative vision has past its prime and we're left with a rather uninspired spinoff of the original.The director's cut features a few extra bits of footage thrown in, but they don't add anything special to the film. What disappoints me is not so much that this footage was included, as it is used to "cover" bits of the original the director wasn't totally proud of. For example, one of my favorite sequences in the original is the arrival and setup of all the equipment in the ampitheater. That's been replaced by shots of cheap computer animations of planets with rough, geometric edges, obviously digital and saturated colors seeming to drift through space much too quickly. Other additions include stock footage of the Saturn V rocket launch and the first moon landing. I find it hard not to enjoy the film anyway, but that's strictly because of the music. Fortunately, none of the music itself has been altered and the original cut of the concert footage is included as special feature, so I don't feel like I've been ripped off. The other extras on the disc are satisfying, but not entirely up to the standard of quality I've come to expect from Pink Floyd releases. If you're a fan of Pink Floyd, I'd highly recommend checking this out if you haven't already in spite of the changes. If you're a purist though, you may be a little bit disappointed.
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Summary: Whoa......... Dude.......... That is amazing
Review: This is an insane DVD..... The concert portion is amazing- great music and wonderful direction make this alone worth it. I love th jam on 'Echoes' and the wonderful camera work which shows just how they create those wonderful sounds. This is also a movie about the making of the Floyd masterpiece (and greatest album ever made), 'Dark Side of the Moon'. This section gives you good insight into the making of an album and the interviews with the band gives you a good idea of what they are about. The amazing soundtrack, great visuals, and sweet in-stuido footage make this a must for any music fan.
Rating: 
Summary: Disgrace
Review: Being a large Pink Floyd fan, I went out and bought this dvd before renting it, that is the biggest mistake I ever made.
I own all their other dvds, but this has hit in all time low in my whole dvd collection.
First of all it is not even a concert (lame), it is a all day live recording in the ampitheater. The cut away images are realy stupid. There is no good guitar playing, just alot of noisey slide work. Mostly drums. Way to much high pitched noise. Most of the time it seemed as though were just trying to make as much noise as possible. In one song they even have a dog singing. This dvd does not sound anything like the Pink Floyd I love (including Syd). It is just a disgrace, echoes is the only half way decent thing.
Rating: 
Summary: Not really a Director's Cut
Review: I give this DVD three stars only because despite the edit here, it is still Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii and as such is an excellent film, artistically and musically. No Floyd collector should go without it. But ordinarily I would give it 5 stars. What's the difference? This particular edition is crass commericialism at its worst, trying to milk the consumer for a product that he or she has probably already purchased in at least two formats. If a director's cut is an unabridged, "complete" version of a film as the director originally intended it before, say, the ratings commission got their hands on it, then this is anything but a director's cut. Instead, the original film has been spliced with rocket launches, computerized planets, and the cool original typefaces that once introduced the songs have been replaced with a more new-agey font with a very low budget computer video-editing type effect overlayed. On the upside, the original version is also included on this as well as some press on the film, a breif director's commentary, and some album covers. However, bewilderingly, the first menu the viewer encounters is the language menu. Most DVDs I know bury that feature someplace less obtrusive. In any case, yes, it's nice to have this on DVD. But to advertise this as a "director's cut" is nothing short of false advertisement.
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Summary: Floyd at their best (imho as a concert band!)
Review: I first watched the movie in Chelmsford, Essex (74) and it stunned me then how well it captured the essence of Floyd in concert. How 4 guys can produce master pieces, last time I saw them in Denver I think their was 12 or 12 musicians/singers on stage. In many respects they lost the raw energy they used to have prior to 'DSotM'. This DVD is a must have for new Floyd followers. It shows the masterpiece of 4 musicians. (And for once Mason is highlighted and you can see how well he really plays those drums!). It was during a concert at the Rainbow in London that all the power went out half way through Saucerful and he never missed a beat. Brought the tempo down, power came back on (they had their own generator! oil shortage and all) he brought it right back to where he was and on they went. Professionalism at it's best! The video is ruined a bit by too many modern day images (it was 74! and actually shows how bad the original footage was.). Why use the space shuttle when a Saturn 4 blasting of the pad would have been perfect and it tune with the times. Graphics are great but again the computer-generated scenes of Pompeii took away from that 1974 look. But, it's a keeper.
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Summary: Worth every last cent
Review: Does it matter that the effects are dated? Does it matter when the music is this good? No, of course not! The main thing is seeing these songs in a live(ish) context. The visuals are lovely if you discard the special effects. Hey it was the 70s - don't expect anything wildly new. If you didn't buy it for the music you didn't buy it at all. There are some snippets of interviews with the band and the making of Dark Side of The Moon. You can practically forget the interviews - they're not something special. While Dave and Nick talk more about the music and being " slaves to technology " in the past with the music, Roger is on more of a political frame of mind ( surprise surprise ). A bit surpising that Richard wasn't asked for his opinion on things ( seems like a little flavour of things to come doesn't it? ). The making of Dark Side is a little interesting - some nice touches and an early glimpse of those Synthi AKS synthesizers or as Richard H Kirk of Cabaret Voltaire once said that they looked like " suitcases." You really have to have this is your collection if you are a fan of Pink Floyd - no two ways about it
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Summary: The video before the videos
Review: This band is the greatest of all time. the videos are very good and show Waters, Gilmour, Mason and Wright in perfect harmony. The director's interview and the bonus material are the things that show how music was before the great electronic advance. But I've never heard something like it. MUST BUY.
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Summary: I love PINK FLOYD but...
Review: Okay, the music on this CD varies from outstanding (ECHOES is just brilliant) to good. I am going right out and buying the CD of this recording. It is worth having. The video however, not really so good. I mean, it is showing the band playing but, it is not edited very good, and no fault to the mix, it just isn't all that good of a video. But, that said, the music alone, itself is enough to make it a FOUR star outing. Having said that, I would have bought the double CD instead of this, knowing what I know now. Highly recommend the CD instead of the DVD if your attention span isn't as good as mine.
Rating:
Summary: Very Good Must have for the big Pink Floyd Fan
Review: This is a very good performance of early Pink Floyd the New directors cut is very cool to watch. I was hopping the Sound quality would be better then it is being redone in Dolby Digital Surround it's good but not great for sound.
Over all this is a Great DVD for the Pink Floyd Fan
If you don't know anything about this DVD it's not a live concert in Pompeii at all
It's a live performance done in Pompeii with no Audience. At the time they thought a live concert show would not be in style
Now days it would be nice to see early Pink Floyd Live in concert but that is not what this is at all. So if that's what you're looking for. This is not it.
Rating: 
Summary: Big Disappointment
Review: Firstly, given the scope and breadth of the Floyd's highly touted aural experience, why even bother to rerelease this without doing in 5.1. It's the industry standard, particularly among the classic-rock behemoth bands that are still actively making tons of money. Take the time and care and get it done. There's only one audio option and it sounds flat and bassy..The director's interview only scratches the surface of the process of filmmaking and how this shoot came to be. A commentary track would have been nice. And the subtitles only cover the interview banter and not the song lyrics, And I wasn't blown away by Maben's added footage. They are visually inconsistent, out of context and wholly detractory from the original atmosphere set by the original version.
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