Ricky Martin - European Tour DVD

Ricky Martin may be the undisputed king of Latino pop but this European Tour DVD collection presents the star in a wholly uninspiring way. It's the televisual equivalent of a 100 per cent unofficial Ricky Martin annual, packed full of ancient library photos and sneaked pictures of the star. Ricky's live concert performances of his Spanish-language greatest hits are fine but are terminally scarred by the poor picture and sound quality. Throughout the presentation a distracting "RM" logo is displayed in the bottom left hand corner of the screen. The interview and behind-the-scenes... footage is farcical, and any interesting information about Ricky uncovered in the interview is ruined by the pathetic visual effects. Equally as awful are the voice-overs, which resemble the style and tone of those used on Channel 4's Eurotrash, but with any irony squeezed out. The translations (from Spanish to English) are decidedly dodgy, with one Spanish female fan saying she likes Ricky because "he has great buns". The majority of the visual material is stretched out of proportion, continually repeated in slow motion and appears to have been shot on an ordinary video camera. Even die-hard fans of Martin are strongly recommended to steer well clear of this release, especially with other DVDs such as the Official Video Collection and One Night Only providing far better value for money. On the DVD: As well as the overall poor quality of the feature, there are no decent extras. The bonus video clip of "La Bamba", is a camcorder recording of Martin performing a song on stage with a live recording of the track dubbed over the top. Due to the use of a tiny font, and a flickering typeface the biography and discography are impossible to read. Capitalisation and punctuation also seem to be randomly applied in the biography. Furthermore the feature and bonus material is only presented in standard picture format and in stereo.--John Galilee [show more]

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