Customer Reviews

2001 Playboy Video Playmate Calendar

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

At 85+ minutes, this is one of the longest Playboy DVDs that I've run across. It's your typical Video Calendar, and your opinion of it will very likely depend on whether or not you are a fan of the particular Playmates featured on it. I found it to have several Playmates who I liked, like Nicole Lenz, Jodi Ann Paterson, and Kristi Cline, and it made me notice a few Playmates I didn't pay much attention to before, like Cara Wakelin and Jennifer Rovero.

Each Playmate has a 6 minute video segment, which is longer than the typical 4 minutes in previous Video Calendars. Jodi Ann gets a 9 to 10 minute segment in her spot.

Be warned, though, some of the new cases that these Playboy DVDs come in have the notorious flower-pattern hubs that clamp onto the DVD and don't release easily. Be careful when you extract it from the DVD.

Well, after last year's superb video I thought Playboy was finally taking a turn for the better in their video production. Unfortunately, Playboy is back to their old tricks. When will they stop messing around with trite symbolism and gaudy sets? Needless to say, the girls are beautiful but you only see them as the camara swoops by them to focus on a candle or fountain or something lame like that. Moreover, the women hardly even move. It's like watching naked statues. The director apparently told them to stand still with as little life in them as possible. There are exceptions but they are few and far between. It's nice that there are a few simulated sex scenes, but actually it appears that Playboy stopped trying to make it look convincing. As expected, the couple barely moves and when the man touches the playmates breasts it almost seems like an accident. Just grab them! It's frustrating to watch a video with so much potential fail miserably because of misplaced priorities. The priority in this film is to showcase the tacky sets, the horrible (yet familiar) soundtrack, while the women are placed in the background with the rest of the props. Playboy needs to reinvent this boring style that we all grew tired of years and years ago. The playmates and their fans deserve better.

Of coarse they do... look at the quality women they get. But as for their video production team.... okay, Mr. Parker was exactly right. Don't make the same mistake that I did and buy this video. Playboy needs to finally recognize who their audience is and comprehend why we are buying the tape. It is not so that we can appreciate the ridiculous symbolism. Maybe they have to make it seem artsy in order to get these girls' clothes off, but I doubt it. I think they are just wasting a lot of money. If you normally buy these videos, like myself, make a statement this year and save your money (you are not missing anything). It's time that Playboy gives us what we pay for. They could at least keep the camara still for two seconds when there actually is nudity. Plus, this is a bare-bones dvd. Don't think that you will get a handful of ads for their other videos (like the 2000 calendar). There is nothing but a slide show (pointless) and a music video (just plain bad). How about adding data sheets and the playmates' monthly spread? At least give us the ads back. Last year's video was suprisingly good and this year's is nothing more than a waste of time and money. I hope that I have been able to save somebody some money that I foolishly wasted. p.s. Is it just me or are all of the playmates starting to look the same= blonde and plastic.

This video is not as good as the previous year's video for several reasons.

1) Last year's video was an hour and a half, and this years video is only one hour. The shorter running time means that you get to see less of your favorite playmates.

2) With several of the playmates you only see seens from a previous video. This is true with Jodie Ann Patterson, Brooke Richards, and Bronola twins. If I'm going to buy a new video, I expect new material, not the same stuff with a different cover.

3) Playboy really believes that we enjoy seeing the Playmates in some seen with another guy. About half of the playmates second video segment is with some guy coping a feel. I want to see beautiful women, not men.

4) All of the playmates in the video had two different seens. The first seen was usually pretty good. The second seen was almost always the worst of the two. Either an awful set, or some guy. If the second seen would have been as good as the first, I would have probably given this video five stars.

5) The Amazon Cast list has Shannon Stewart in the video. She is not in the video. Damn! I submitted a correction to Amazon.

The positives of the video are:

1) You do get to see a lot of beautiful women.

2) Playboy is starting to show a little bit more of the erogenous zones of the playmates. As with last year, this video does have more closeups than previous years. This is definitely a step in the right direction.

3) I did enjoy the segments with Brooke Berry. Her segments are both hot!. If you are a fan of Brooke, you probably should get this video. The first seens of Nicole Lenz, Kimberly Spicer, Jennifer Rovero, and Suzanne Stokes were also pretty hot! Suzanne is POY material in my mind.

Overall, this really is not a bad video, just not as good as last year's. If you are a fan of any of the five ladies listed above you should probably buy the video.

This seemed like another pretty average year with 2 mid-level stand-outs. Jodi Ann Paterson is an all around hottie for sure. Nicole Lenz has a great face & hair. Her all natural almost total lack boobs still looks better than a lot of the implants on the DVD as well. I can't say either girl is a strong enough reason to buy this DVD over other years given the all around mediocrity of the majority of the girls. There are def. better years to get than this.

My biggest complaint is that ½ of the girls end up in bed with a guy caressing/kissing them. It's still pretty tame which is good but the guys really only serve to block the view of the girls. That's the lame part.

As usual, that's just my opinion.

Playboy's 2001 Video Playmate Calendar is one hour and thirty three minutes long and was released on video on October 17, 2000. Included in this video is mini 2001 Playmate calendar Zebrahead's music video Playmate of the Year; the "uncensored" version. In the video the ladies are topless early on the video and in clothe the rest of the video. Jodi Ann Paterson who is in the video does not bother to undress. So what you are getting is the censored uncensored version. The Playmates start off strong but after the Bernaola Twins, the nudity is mild at best; though it does try to rebound close to the end. Here is the order of the Playmates in this video.

Rebecca Scott\Miss January-Rebecca is fully nude 75% of the time in segment one. In segment two, Rebecca sings and is fully nude 10% of the time.
Carol and Darlene Bernaola \Misses February (Playmates of the Millennium)-The Beranaloa Twins are fully nude in segment one, the clothes stay on in segment two, fully nude in segment three and four, and full nudity 50% of the time in segment five.
Brande Roderick\Miss March (Playmate of the Year-2001)-Brande shows very little nudity in segment one and in segment two the clothes stay on 97% of the time.
Nicole Marie Lenz\Miss April-Nicole is topless and nude briefly; otherwise the clothes stay one in segment and in segment two she is fully nude 60% of the time.
Suzanne Stokes\Miss May-Suzanne is briefly nude in segment one and full nudity is hardly shown in segment two.
Jennifer Rovero\Miss June-Jennifer switches back and fourth from clothes on to full nudity in segment one and Jennifer is fully nude 40% of the time in segment two.
Brooke Richards\Miss July-Brooke is topless or shows full nudity 15% of the time in the beach segment. She is topless 25% of the time in the second segment.
Brooke Berry\Miss August-Brooke is nude more or less in segment one. She is nude 10% of the time in the second segment.
Kristi Cline\Miss September-Kristi is either topless, nude from the waist down, totally nude, or clothes on in segment one. Kristi strips down to full nudity in the sex phone segment.
Kimberly Spicer\Miss October-Kimberly shows full nudity most of the time in the car segment. Starting a few seconds into segment two, Kimberly is completely nude throughout the remainder of the segment.
Cara Wakelin\Miss November-Cara is fully nude 80% of the time in the nature segment and 90% of the time in segment two.
Jodi Ann Paterson\Miss December (Playmate of The Year-2000)-Jodi stays in her clothes 90% of the time in segment one and she is only fully nude 25% of the time in segment two.

With two Playmates of the Year being conservative about their nudity, it is no wonder that I am giving it a low score. Playboy's 2001 Video Playmate Calendar gets a D.

Overall, I enjoyed the video as I do most Playboy videos.

Some reviewers have stated that the video was not as good as they had expected (or hoped). Their principal complaint was that the director\editors cut too much nude material and replaced it with shots of fruit, a musical instrument, men, or something un-playmate-ish. I agree. I don't like it when they do that either. However, that is the way Playboy is\has been for as long as I can remember; true of most Playboy videos, not simply limited to this one. Playboy thinks that they are adding class to the material by doing this.

Having said that, the girls of this video are all very beautiful. The DVD is longer than most and is peppered with *many* satisfying moments.

But, as with most Playboy videos, many times you only get a glimpse or a flash. That's why I rated it four stars. What a pity. The video had the potential to be great before the director\editor worked his magic and gave it more class.

Bottom line: If you are not disappointed by most Playboy videos, you probably won't be disappointed with this one.

This is a total recycler. The fine folks at Playboy need to come up with an original way of looking at these women to keep my interest. The soundtrack is composed of clones of several radio-friendly tracks (i.e. 'So Free' (think Santana)). I'm sure Playboy has connections and could get some original talent on the production end. On the upside, Nicole and Jennifer have outstanding physical attributes, and Jodi Ann is definitely a perfect ten.

this dvd is very good.almost all the woman featured here all very beatifull.

I'll keep this brief.
12 months, 24 segments, 12 with GUYS ;(