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Metallica: Cunning Stunts Actors: James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Jason Newsted, Lars Ulrich Directors: Adam Dubin, Wayne Isham Number of Items: 2 Picture Format: Academy Ratio Format: Color, Closed-captioned, AC-3 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Studio: Wea/Elektra Entertainment Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Region Code: 1 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 1998-12-08 Buy from Amazon |
 "Great with the exception of Hetfield's strained vocals"Don't get me wrong I am a HUGE Metallica fan! The quality of this DVD is unmatched when compared with other music DVD's. The picture is phenominal. The sound is incredible. The camera work and behind the scenes footage makes this a fun DVD, but 5 stars? Too often Hetfield sounds strained when doing earlier material. He has lost that edgy sound in his voice. He can no longer pull it off live. Buy this DVD. It's awesome! Just don't expect the Hetfield of old. It becomes difficult to watch the DVD in one sitting, listening to Hetfield strain. That's why I give it 3 stars. Jason and Lars will bow your mind in this DVD. Enjoy.  "WOW!!!!"This is the best of Metallica yet!! I've been to Metallica concerts and this is an almost perfect "show" of one. The concert is amazing and on DVD with ALL the AMAZING DVD EXTRAS (TONS OF THEM), it's PERFECT. Covered on 2 DVD's it is the best music DVD there is and will be!!! "Shows the talents of the sound crew, but not the band."If you want to be wowed by your home theater's sound abilities, check this one out and play it LOUD! Sub-woofer required. Don't bother with it, though, if you only have a mono TV with VHS. While the sound QUALITY is great, the band's performance (read: vocals) is terrible. We've all witnessed Hetfield's voice being reduced from a great roar to a pathetic yelp in recent years. Cunning Stunts shows him at a new low: Yelping off key! Really, any drunk at a karoke bar could sing Hero of the Day better than this. They need a new singer. What a shame, too, because the rest of the band is so "on". I deducted one star for this. The second star deducted was for the boring set-list. Aside from an early version of Fuel, this is the same old stuff Metallica fans have already heard too many times. How about Phantom Lord or Escape... and SING IT RIGHT! "Metallica makes a really cool DVD!"I've never been a superbig Metallica fan, but I have to give 'em two thumbs up for this one. This DVD will set a new standard for how to do concert videos. Metallica is a band that truly cares about their fans and continues to develop its music and image. The band is also known for putting in great effort into its videos and other releases, this is a prime example...Great stuff from Metallica, again! "DVD killer app!"This is what concerts on DVD should be like! Once other bands take a look at this, hopefully they'll know what to do. Not a Metallica fan? Get it anyway, period. |
