Disco de Evanescence: “Anywhere But Home [DVD]”

I enjoy Evanescence; they do have some great songs. I'm interested in whether or not they can pull off another successful recording. I doubt it, but time will tell.

The DVD is horrible. Quite seriously, if one is prone to seizures, you'll have one watching this performance. The editing never allows the viewer a chance to focus on the performance or the performers. I had to turn away numerous times just to prevent my brain from exploding.

This DVD is more of a MTV video than a live concert. If the DVD was only the length of one song, I would have said, " It was neat. Overdone, but fun." But for all their songs, it just hurt.

There are times the sound track is completely out of sync with the video.

I own many live performances and this one is one of the worst.

I've been wanting to see what Evanescence was like as a live act ever since the first cd, and eagerly purchased Anywhere But Home. After the first 5 minutes, I realized that (1) I HAD to see them in concert someday

(2) Amy Lee is a spellbinding perfomer, & (3) I wanted to strangle the cameraman. Just where did this guy come from? He/She apparently thinks that the MTV-style of videos works well for a live concert. I'm still recovering from the migraine that watching this machine gun-like camerawork gave me. Take some classes, man!

I was quite eager to pick this little guy up when I first heard it had been released. I'm a huge fan of the band, as they are one of the first female fronted Goth bands to do well... ever!

But the editing killed me. I can't watch it. Imagine if you will the Blare Witch done at 3000 mph with a fancier zoom lens. There has got to be about a million cuts per minute and no way to get a sense of what's going on.

I truly love to watch a band play live, but this is too much like trying to see a coked out fly through a dirty water glass.

I would have been okay with maybe the first song or two being like that to induce a felling of excitement. But when it doesn't end and they're playing a slower song with the camera jumping about like a speed freak toad, I just have to leave the room.

Whoever made this did not have art in mind.

But it does beg the question: if this is what they're churning out, what does that say about our kid's attention spans?

I can hardly call this a live dvd. It's more like a live performance with a lot of editing, when I say a lot, I mean it. When playing live, they keep the camera on a band member for less then a second before switching cameras! All these special effects going on really hurt your eyes. I mean, why would like to see a piece of footage in color for a second and then turned into black and white? Sadly, Amy Lee's voice live also is weak. (For all you Nightwish fans out there, you can see the comparison of Amy's voice to Tarja's...)

The only good part I found on this dvd was the extra footage. A true Evanescence fan would love this part.

The menu quality is pretty good as well. Something you don't normally expect coming out of a live dvd. They've even added a little easter egg into it.

Not unless you are a hardcore Evanescence fan that you should buy this dvd...it will give you a headache, litterally.

I'm a huge fan of Evanescence and was really excited to hear the release of a live DVD/CD since I've been to 2 of their shows this year. The concert footage however, is horribly done. The camera zooms in and out of the band in seconds, while digital effects and lights make it so hard to watch. I don't think theres even one scene where the camera lays still on a member of the band. Not to mention, the bad nose bleed angle views from the audience, and too many annoying shots of the crowd. whats the point of that? I got dizzy after 30 minutes and had to shut it off.

But besides the horrible visuals, the music is amazing, the band played well and Amy Lee's vocals were on point. The best part was the Korn cover "Thoughtless" where she took the song to another level.

The DVD also features all of their incredible music videos and a 50 minute behind the scenes documentary, which is worth buying for rather then the concert itself.