Dream Theater - Images and Words Live in Tokyo / 5 Years in a Live Time

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With their progressive metal style and exceptional musicianship (learned at the Berklee School of Music) Dream Theater grew to prominence with their MTV hit "Pull Me Under" in 1992. During that time Dream Theater developed a rabid fan base that remains with them today - especially when it comes to their mind-blowing live shows. This 2 DVD set, Images And Words: Live In Tokyo/5 Years In A LIVEtime, is a must-own for any Dream Theater fan. The 2-DVD set is jam-packed with over 3 hours of footage: live performances along with 6 music videos and memorable behind-the-scenes interviews.

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interesting footage, bad quality.......2006-06-19

This is a good DVD. It contains lots of rare performances, music videos, and 3 hours of band commentary. The only problem is the sound quality, which is dreaful. Because of the EQ, John Petrucci sounds paper thin, Myung can barely be heard, and James sounds horrible (partly because he "screams" half the songs and partly because of the way it's mixed in). For fans who have a genuine appreciation of Dream Theater, this DVD is worth it. For mere casual fans or new fans who are just getting to know the band now, I'd recommend "Scenes From NY" or "Budokon" instead.

Excellent - worthy for fans, essential for diehards........2006-02-06

It's a great proposition all around: two videos that had been waiting for a DVD release for years, from one of the most intelligent metal bands around, remastered for stellar sound and combined for a good price. 5 Years in a Livetime is almost a nostalgia trip as Dream Theater goes - Jordan Rudess hadn't entered the picture yet - but the definitive Images & Words is as great now as it was in 1992, and the Live in Tokyo video captures that brilliance magnificently. If you're already a fan, this package recommends itself.

The I&W video alone is worth buying this set for, even if some stretches suffer from MTV-style editing with rapid shots. It's nice to have some footage from the recording of I&W and life on the road, plus videos for a couple songs, but they're interwoven with the live stuff rather than kept separate. (Do we really need "Pull Me Under" twice in the course of one video? Couldn't it be an extra?) Not that this should stop you of course. "Wait for Sleep" alone is worth hearing because it gets the full-band treatment, "Surrounded" sounds even more magical than the original and "Ytse Jam" seriously burns. A couple tunes from their debut album are also much improved here, esp. "A Fortune in Lies."

5 Years might not merit repeat viewing as much, but there's still some great musical content here, including some live songs from Falling Into Infinity (still their most underrated disc) and a killer "Metropolis pt1." There's some footage from their all-covers 1994 show, with stellar performances from Steve Howe and the two Steves from Marillion. (Bernie from Napalm Death also drops in for a cameo, although they could have gotten almost the same result from simply plugging in a blender.) Even better is the stuff from a special unplugged show in '95, since we get some rarities: "Cover My Eyes," "Speak to Me," "To Live Forever" and an incredible "Lifting Shadows Off a Dream."

Highly recommended for the good stuff. The rest is still a bonus.

2 Priceless DT Dvd's...for the Price of 1. Hmmm, lemme think about it........2005-10-23

If this ran through your mind after seeing this deal, and you are, to some degree, a Dream Theater fan, than you need to set your priorities straight. Heh. Just kidding, but this dvd is a must for all Dream Theater fans-to-be, or existing ones. I've been a fan of the band since I was hit with the impervious album, Scenes From A Memory, and have bought 6 more of their studio albums since then, and now...this baby. But my point exactly is, you don't have to be this familiar with their material to enjoy this DVD. Both are absolute gems in their own rights, and now that they've released this package deal for such a low price, there is no reason not to buy it at all.

Here is why:
First of all, the Dvd, 5 Years in a Livetime, is pretty long, but not too bad. Just a few hours of concert footage, about another hour of precious behind-the-stage coverage, bonus information, historical facts, some of their music videos, coverage of each bandmember's instruments, and then some more footage of fun little things you'll want to play over and over and over for kicks, adding up to about 30 hours of watching and re-watching. Not too bad, right? Right? I mean, Geez. Just take a glance at the song list, and prepare to poo in your pants. Actually, wait. I meant to say: "Prepare to poo in your pants, and THEN look at the song list." That makes more sense. Then, before you start crying tears of utmost joy, take look at the second Dvd. What a great way to top off the whole package, huh? Well worth the money, I'd say.

This stuff is amazing. The band players have all mastered their instruments. They play like gods, they write technically impossible music, they have some of the most emotional and powerful lyrics I've seen these days, and somehow, in the end...they pull it off flawlessly- and not just in the studio, but on the stage as well. I can't stress enough how much you will enjoy this Dvd combo, man. I really can't. So, once you've massed up the money (I believe it's about 15 dollars or so), treat yourself to a great Dvd, and enjoy it for a long time. Or, do what I do sometimes, and pretend to buy it for my parents, and then "borrow" it for a few years. (Just kidding).

Lastly, I want to thank you for reading my review, and thank you for supporting Dream Theater, my favorite band in the world. I hope you were able to stay awake in the process. And ALSO: before I shut up, here are a few of their other works I highly recommend, just in case you aren't planning to stop at these Dvd's: Scenes From A Memory, Octavarium, Images and Words, Awake, and both of the Liquid Tension Experiments (The Theater without James Labrie and a different bassist).

Thanks again for reading my review. See ya later, dude.
-Lazzerothe

Muy Bueno.......2005-08-09

Esta bien entretenido. Solo deberia tener un poco mas de orden.
Por el resto lo recomiendo para los fans.

Good 2-in-1 pack........2005-06-25

5 Years in a Live Time surely was a good documentary/concert dvd, with enough live presentations, rarities and video clips to enjoy. Now with the extra addition of the always-wanted-in-dvd-format Images and Words Live in Tokyo this pack becomes a must for the collectors and DT fans, and a great presentation card for those interested in knowing this prog-metal band. Most important, you'll never get bored with these Dvd's, watch'em over and over.

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The Good Word about The Hard Word
When it comes to crime capers.. Australians do it better!
Entertaining Australian genre film
derivative crime drama
This is not a remake of Ocean's 11!

The Hard Word
Starring: Guy Pearce , Rachel Griffiths , Robert Taylor (VII) , Joel Edgerton , and Damien Richardson
Director: Scott Roberts (II)
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ASIN: B0000C2IQR
Release Date: 2003-10-07

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The Good Word about The Hard Word.......2006-06-12

Scott Roberts' first directorial effort "Hard Word" is a decent cops & robbers flick, made good because it is filled with humor and doesn't take itself seriously. Roberts who recently was used as a voice in the D.I.C.E. animae series does a pretty good job of keeping up the pace and the antics. Food poisoning and hiding the money in a cow give the film a quirky edge. Guy Pearce who has played in "The Count of Monte Cristo," "The Time Machine," & "Memento" does a good job as Dale Twentyman, the brains behind three brothers who excel at bank robberies. His heavy-set brother Mal is a nice guy who works as a butcher in the local prison. Although he hasn't does many films ("Josh Jarman" & "Horseplay"), Damian Richardson brings sweetness to the film, as when he falls for Pamela played by Kate Atkinson who was in "The Japanese Story" with Toni Collette. Joel Edgerton plays Shane, the brother with anger management issues, and has a thin trigger when it comes to going off half cocked. Edgerton has been in "Ned Kelly," "Kinky Boots," & "Open Window." In "The Hard Word" he seems to fall for the prison counselor Jane Moore played by Rondola Findleton ("Sugarland Factory"). Moore apparently has thin training and reveals much about her personal life and falls for Shane, eventually letting him suckle at her breast from a hospital bed. If the good guys are bank robbers, the bad guy is lawyer Frank Malone played by Robert Taylor who was an agent in "The Matrix." Taylor is slimy as Malone, but not memorable enough to really make us cheer when he bites the bullet. Dorian Nkono as the dyslexic triggerman Tarzan is funny as he misreads numbers and starts blowing people away, violating the hard word that no one gets hurt.

That said, the shining star of the film is Rachel Griffiths. She got her Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for "Hillary & Jackie" in 1998 and won the same category Golden Globe award in 2001 for "Six Feet Under" and was nominated for the Best Actress in a TV movie or mini-series Golden Globe in 2002. As Carol, she plays it loose while her husband Dale is in prison, making time with Frank to keep Dale alive. She's always got a glimmer in her step and wiggle in her walk that creates film magic. While not a perfect or most original film ever made, "The Hard Word" works successfully. Enjoy!

When it comes to crime capers.. Australians do it better!.......2006-04-18

I've seen this film compared to "Ocean's Eleven" and I think the comparison is an insult to "The Hard Word".

While less stylized, and more conventional than "Snatch" and "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels," Guy Ritchie fans will probably enjoy this movie.

There's plenty of Australian style dark humor (reminiscent of "Two Hands" and "Chopper") strewn throughout the film with solid performances from Guy Pearce and Rachel Griffiths. Overall, it's a lot less predicable than most of the "Heist" films of recent memory.

Entertaining Australian genre film.......2005-12-29

The three Twentyman brothers are hardened criminals who've spent the last two years in prison for armed robbery. The eldest, Dale (Guy Pearce), is the brains; Mal (Damien Richardson) is a soft and simple butcher; while Shane (Joel Edgerton) is a damaged boy with a short fuse. With the help of their lawyer, some corrupt cops and the prison governor, the brothers are regularly released from prison for the day to conduct a robbery and are then returned to share the spoils: they're never suspected by investigators because officially they were in custody at the time. When their sentences come to an end their lawyer proposes "one last job" - robbing the bookies after that iconic Australian racing event, the Melbourne Cup ... "The Hard Word" is one of several films of the last few years that challenges the longstanding tacit requirement that Australian movies must be quirky, non-genre and agonizingly "Aussie" while the rest of the world's filmmakers are apparently entitled to make whatever kind of pictures they choose. It's an admirable effort, because while it imports the "one last job" scenario direct from Hollywood, it imbues it with classically Australian humour, played particularly well by the laconic brothers, especially Guy Pearce. The plotting and pacing are excellent, and the mix of crime, comedy, violence and even a few romantic subplots make for a genuinely enjoyable and impressive first feature from writer-director Scott Roberts. The versatile Guy Pearce gives a revelatory performance, while Rachel Griffiths extends her comic range as Carol, the gangsters' moll. Damien Richardson and Joel Edgerton are wonderfully weird as the brothers, and Robert Taylor is perfectly vile as their smarmy lawyer. A great night in.

derivative crime drama.......2004-05-17

**1/2 The Australian film, "The Hard Word," is little more than a wan cross between "The Usual Suspects" and "Oceans 11." In it, Guy Pearce, almost unrecognizable beneath a scraggly beard, plays one of four criminals discharged from prison in order to help mastermind a heist at the famed Melbourne Cup horse race.

There's very little that's original or new in this film, with all the generic cliches falling dutifully into place: the release from prison, the inevitable double crosses, the unfaithful wife, the trigger-happy outsider who almost bungles the entire operation with his impetuosity and brashness, and the innocent bystander who, sensing the excitement of life on the dark side, helps the robbers with their getaway. Surprisingly little time is spent on the planning and execution of the heist, and an inordinate amount on getting the men out of prison (they get out once and then, inexplicably for plot purposes, get sent back in again).

The performers are good, but their thick Australian accents make much of the dialogue virtually incomprehensible (for non-Aussies that is). That doesn't do much to enhance the clarity of the film. The real problem with "The Hard Word," though, is that we've seen it all countless times before, only better.

This is not a remake of Ocean's 11!.......2004-03-04

after reading some of these reviews its obvious that some of you are missing the point entirely. This is not a preposterous diamond heist film such as 'entrapment', nor is it one of these garbage hollywood films made to a formula involving an inordinate number of double, triple and quadruple crossings. the only american film which i would really compare it to at all is the similarly gritty and blackly comic classic 'reservoir dogs'.

first of all, the three main characters are not brothers, although it seems a blurb somewhere must have said this. the reason they speak the butcher's tongue is due to their time in the slammer.

secondly, i feel the way that the guys KNOW theyre going to get screwed over by their lawyer ADDS to the suspense. the fun is in seeing how he tries to do it, not "is the good guy a bad guy or a good guy pretending to be a bad guy so he can double cross the bad guy who is actually playing for both sides whilst sleeping with the good guys wife etc. etc."

also, i felt the robberies were very realistic. whats more likely to come off, robbing a bunch of intoxicated bookies after all the security guards have gone home (on a side note the melbourne cup is a hugely significant sporting event on the australian calendar, a nuance perhaps missed by our american friends), or breaking into a bank, disabling the security system with non-existent electrical equipment and lugging 50 tonnes of gold bars away from a 12-inch thick lead vault?

enough of that, the idea behind the film was to illustrate the human qualities of these flawed characters - after all, are these theives really any worse than shady politicians or mass tort lawyers? ive gotta agree that rachel griffiths looks a bit she-malish, but if theyd got liz hurley theyd also have got her acting ability! the role called for a tart not a glamour model.

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Manufacturer: Classic Rock Legends
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Rain-blow . . . plain and simple

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Starring: Rainbow
Manufacturer: Classic Rock Legends
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ASIN: B000GI368E
Release Date: 2006-08-29

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Rain-blow . . . plain and simple.......2006-11-03

Heed my warning - do not buy this mess; don't even think twice about it. If someone gives it to you as a gift, burn it while it is still in the plastic wrap. If you find one partially charred in an ash pile, re-light the fire and finish the job.

Live music portions of the DVD are raw, chopped up, and are placed as an afterthought with interview dialogue from Joe Lynn, Graham Bonnet, and two other freaks relentlessly dragging on through the entire 72 minutes. Unless you don't know that everyone who plays with Blackmore thinks he's a Jackass, there's nothing new to be learned here.

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Release Date: 2006-08-29

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The Good Word about The Hard Word
When it comes to crime capers.. Australians do it better!
Entertaining Australian genre film
derivative crime drama
This is not a remake of Ocean's 11!

The Hard Word [Region 2]
Starring: Guy Pearce , Rachel Griffiths , Robert Taylor (VII) , Joel Edgerton , and Damien Richardson
Director: Scott Roberts (II)
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ASIN: B00021Y8UA

Customer Reviews:

The Good Word about The Hard Word.......2006-06-12

When it comes to crime capers.. Australians do it better!.......2006-04-18

Entertaining Australian genre film.......2005-12-29

derivative crime drama.......2004-05-17

This is not a remake of Ocean's 11!.......2004-03-04

first of all, the three main characters are not brothers, although it seems a blurb somewhere must have said this. the reason they speak the butcher's tongue is due to their time in the slammer.

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