51 of 53 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
DVD Shenanigans., 5 Dec 2002
By A Customer
This review is from: Green Day - Pogo Paradise [2002] [DVD] (DVD)
...After recieving "Pogo Paradise" earlier this morning I was looking forward to setling down in front of the TV. Where as most of the pre-realease hype was that the Interview was "Behind The Scenes" and Interviews with Green Day, there is very little to zilch of either. The whole DVD consists of Interviews with berkeley local underground DJ's and locals on how they've seen the band grow. The DVD contains no Video or Music by Green Day, not so much as a decent sized clip.
The highlights of the DVD are When you get shown around "Fantasy Studios" where Dookie was recorded, When Jesse Micheals (Operation Ivy frontman) shows you where Green Day lived before Dookie blew up (where longview vid was filmed, and where Billie Joe annilaited the couch.) Those two bits are by far the most interesting, as the rest is mainly opinions and not facts.
Contains much of the information you'd find on a website, and has no real originality. They interview nobodys, and it kinda gets boring with the same old people saying the same thing.
If you own one of the chrome cd's like "Absolute Green Day" or "Maximum Green Day" you'll know what I mean, the DVD is just like that except without Green Day interviews! Yes, so no Green Day music or Interviews(tell a lie, about 3x30 second clips on the DVD), worth a purchase? You Decide.
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44 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Avoid., 18 Nov 2002
This review is from: Green Day - Pogo Paradise [2002] [DVD] (DVD)
This could have been something really special, documenting the rise of green day from lowly bay area punks to international rock stars with interviews from people who actually knew something about the band, or even billie joe, mike and tré personally. Instead we get an assortment of nobodies (with the exception of jesse michaels) who appear to know next to nothing about the best band in the world, and aren't afraid to show it. There's a 60-minute documentarty, featuring about 2 minutes of green day, precisely 0 minutes of green day music or live shows (I am well aware of the copyright issues regarding that, but surely it muct have been worth the money to vastly improve the quality of this frankly poor cash in on green day's success and quality. A shame.
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6 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fabulous documentary of today's premier band, 22 Mar 2005
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This review is from: Green Day - Pogo Paradise [2002] [DVD] (DVD)
This is a really good documentary about today's best band. They may have been around 12 years but now is most definitely their mnoment.This documentary tells the band's story really well and i found out a bunch Of stuff i didn't know.
Some great footage and photos, along with relly rare interviews that i've never seen before. If you're a fan buy this disc. Great extras also.
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