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Summary: Not miracles, but incredible nonetheless
Review: David Blaine will be the first to admit that his magic is all trickery as amazing as it is. This DVD contains some of the most amazing tricks you'll ever see. I was a bit dissappointed to find that he did use some editing techniques which cheapened his tricks, but if you take the DVD for what it's worth, there is still some amazing content. I guess one of the advantages of using a camera is that you can edit it. As for the levitation trick, in the Bonus Material there is one that shows how it looks to the person watching, which if you slow it down enough, you could see how he did it. It's still very good. Also, many of the card tricks can be figured out if you slow them down, but his ease with the cards is still impressive. There are some tricks I still can't figure out, but that's what makes him a great magician. All these people that criticize him are bogus or jealous. One aspiring magician said that Blaine was hurting Magic, I feel that he lifted it to a new level and made it fun and popular again. One person said that if you call the DVD magic then you might as well call Star Wars magic. That's silly because Blaine rarely uses editing techniques and the magic that does not use it is still incredible. The truth is that everyone that was impressed was real, maybe he didn't show us exactly what he showed them, but he impressed them somehow. It's worth buying. You'll impress all your friends.
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Summary: Not miracles, but incredible nonetheless
Review: David Blaine will be the first to admit that his magic is all trickery as amazing as it is. This DVD contains some of the most amazing tricks you'll ever see. I was a bit dissappointed to find that he did use some editing techniques which cheapened his tricks, but if you take the DVD for what it's worth, there is still some amazing content. I guess one of the advantages of using a camera is that you can edit it. As for the levitation trick, in the Bonus Material there is one that shows how it looks to the person watching, which if you slow it down enough, you could see how he did it. It's still very good. Also, many of the card tricks can be figured out if you slow them down, but his ease with the cards is still impressive. There are some tricks I still can't figure out, but that's what makes him a great magician. All these people that criticize him are bogus or jealous. One aspiring magician said that Blaine was hurting Magic, I feel that he lifted it to a new level and made it fun and popular again. One person said that if you call the DVD magic then you might as well call Star Wars magic. That's silly because Blaine rarely uses editing techniques and the magic that does not use it is still incredible. The truth is that everyone that was impressed was real, maybe he didn't show us exactly what he showed them, but he impressed them somehow. It's worth buying. You'll impress all your friends.
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Summary: Best magic DVD ever!
Review: David Blaine's Fearless is the best street magic DVD ever. If you like street magic in general or just David Blaine you should definitely buy this DVD. If you are the kind of person who likes stage magic with big props and tons of setup that really takes away from the illusion then this is not the DVD for you. The only thing I could ever negatively say is that I which that it was longer.
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Summary: Best magic DVD ever!
Review: David Blaine's Fearless is the best street magic DVD ever. If you like street magic in general or just David Blaine you should definitely buy this DVD. If you are the kind of person who likes stage magic with big props and tons of setup that really takes away from the illusion then this is not the DVD for you. The only thing I could ever negatively say is that I which that it was longer.
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Summary: The "Ultimate" Blaine collection
Review: For those of you who love Blaine, this DVD is for you! A lot of effort went into making the perfect collection of his best effects. Compiled from his past three shows (Street Magic, Magic Man, and Frozen In Time) Fearless, takes you on a 110 minute journey through the realm that is David Blaine!The DVD is done in the "vaudeville" brown and white overtones as Blaine hauntingly walks out of the Houdini mansion and welcomes you to his DVD. The DVD also includes an interactive menu that allows you to "select a card" (in 10 different scenes) and Blaine guesses the card you pick - each time! One menu even allows you to select Blaine's haunting eyes - and they turn fiery red when you press your remote! As an extra bonus - there are several "never before seen" effects - that were left on the cutting room floor of his past three shows that are very enjoyable to watch. Including: another card to bottle routine, and a new card between the aces effect from his Mardi Gras visit. The DVD is equipped to play in other languages as well as for the hearing impaired.
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Summary: Awesome!... Shocking.. ETC!
Review: He is a gifted man!.. whatever he does is pure magic!... he amkes David Copperfield looks like a kindergarten kid... street magic is the best.. no tricks.. no illusion.. pure magic!.. We've watched it and talked about it for days... truly a collector items.. a great film for parties!... Louie
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Summary: David Blaine - is bad for magic
Review: I am a upcoming magican and I feel David lets down the whole team. His street magic he approaches people full on and most of the time frightens them. Yes his card tricks are very good, but the rest is nothing new. Now people like Darren Brown, engligh guy, are whats making magic more open to new people. Also the whole bit about not using camera tricks and then using them for the levelatation bit I felt let himself down greatly. It was a simple parlour trick any ten year old could do, I been doing it for almost a year now. I look forward to the guy doing some new stuff and making magic open to the general public agian....
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Summary: messiah or magician?
Review: I find it hard to come to terms with the inexplicable magic of david blaine, especially when he made that fellow win money on thelottery ticket,or the pigeon ) then some comparison can be made with the arrival of Jesus doing miracles. David should use his gifts (if they are real) to cure and to alleviate so much suffering in the world instead of promoting entertainment.
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Summary: Magic? Sort of.
Review: I had heard so much about David Blaine from friends and coworkers that I just had to pick up this DVD to see what all the fuss is about. The DVD is fairly well put together, but some of the menus can be sort of annoying. I've done magic tricks since I was a child, and I was suprised to find that many of David Blaine's "miracles" are just simple tricks. You can go to your local magic shop and pick up just about any trick he does. He is very skilled, but there is nothing special about what he does.
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Summary: Good performer, but only on DVD...
Review: I have seen much of Blaine's Magic on TV. I have seen him on many Talk Shows and News Reports. But the reason I bought this DVD was because I wanted to see the "extra" stuff the DVD had to offer. The unseen stuff. All in all, after watching the DVD, I had the same feeling about him as I did before seeing the DVD which is the following. Although he does use some sleight of hand that a magician would use for some of the magic tricks, a lot is accomplished by other kinds of trickery. Without going into detail on how his "magic" or "endurance" performances are done, I will just say this. If you like Star Wars & ET or George Lucas & Steven Speilberg then this DVD is for you. Because that is how certain "major" feats of endurance & magic are accomplished on this DVD, with camera tricks, editing, stooges, etc. There is a great thing about Street Magic, also known as close-up magic that large-scale illusions just do not have. When you think about the popular magicians like David Copperfield, Lance Burton, Siegfried and Roy, and Penn & Teller, they all do large-scale stage illusions. But there is one thing about all of them, they create magic in every show infront of hundreds to thousands or people a night. If anyone ever runs into blaine ask him to levitate and see how far he really gets off the floor. Magic is a great thing when it is used in the right way, by the right magician. If you consider this a "magic" DVD then you should also consider all of the other movies in your collection with camera tricks and special effects "magic" DVD's. I guess he is a good performer, but only on DVD...
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