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(More customer reviews)I belong to the Ricky Martin fan club, and to be honest, I really hated the Europa DVD. I thought since it was done by family and friends, it would have lot of behind-the-scenes conversations, like "this is what Ricky's like offstage" kind of things. Instead, it was like watching the home videos my dad made of me in high school when I performed in the jazz band...shaky footage, bad camera angles, and whoever did the editing had WAY too much time to play with special effects. Zoom in on Ricky's nosehairs, zoom out to a shot from the nosebleed seats, jump here, jump there, stop motion, frame this, blur that, ugh...it made me seasick to watch. I mean, Ricky performing is a special effect by itself. We don't need all this craziness to make it "better."
A lot of it is footage of the scenery outside a car window. Spain is pretty and all, but that's not what I paid to see. Most of the conversations are blotted out and covered with music. There are some good clips at the end of Ricky goofing off and one of him doing one-arm pullups (nice arms), but in general I was disappointed. Even the video for Te Extrano, which is on the DVD, is of very poor quality, like they held the camera up to a TV and taped it from there. The "Behind the Scenes" making of that video is in slow motion and shows basically nothing except a few good Ricky facial expressions; again, no dialogue at all.
Anyway, I was really bummed out about it. On top of all of that I thought this was a "new" video, but it's not; all of the footage is pre-Vuelve (before 1999). The worst part of all are the cheesy voiceovers that boom out at you about how wonderful Ricky is. I was looking for more info about Ricky, and this really didn't deliver.
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Ricky Martin - Europa (European Tour) (2001)See Ricky Martin as you have never seen him before: up close and personal. Travel with him on his sold-out European concert tour. Feel like you're a part of the exuberant crowds that dance and sway to his mesmerizing rhythms and gyrations as he performs his songs in different venues across Europe. Swoon to his sultry songs and sensual charisma in this exhilarating production featuring eight great performances and a bonus video clip. A must-have collector's video! Songs: No Puedo Mas, Bombom De Azucar, Nada Es Imposible, A Medio Vivir, Susana, Dime Que Quieres, Maria, Te Extrano 2. 70 minutes.
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