Customer Reviews

Seven Deadly Sins (History Channel)

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I happened to tune in the history channel a while back and got interested in this. I watched this dvd and am so pleased I bought it. When I got to sloth I decided to get up off my back side and do something productive. I would encourage everyone to get this and watch it all, whether one episode at a time or all at once.

I'm a bit of a historian myself, however, in the East Asian Civilizations but I have always been fascinated by the 7 Deadly Sins where they come from and where they take us. However, this format of history telling is a bit too accessible for me. It seems like they feel their audience is bunch of ADD teenagers that'll switch the channel unless they are shocked with another FUN FACT of history. I personally would have preferred it straight up without all the bells and whistles. I liked all the interviews from everyone from Jewish Temples to Mosques and Churches. From Catholic Priests to Faith-Healers and Imams. However, in the end, the focus of the program seems to be more what people thing of the sins now than where they came from. The narrator sounds like that guy Don Fontaine who used to do all those Action movie Trailers making the whole production feel rushed trying (as mentioned above) trying to keep the attention of a very ADD audience.
However, as another reviewer mentioned, [...] for nearly 7 TV hours of history is a bit of a bargain so 3 stars from me.

I saw this on the history channel and became addicted! some are funny but the explanations and sceniros are great! the pop up book they do for each sin is really kool! they go in to detail and explain each sin from the history of it right down to the punishment you recive in hell for commiting it in detail. i would recomend this sinful DVD to anyone who has a pride of history collection or just greedy for more then they can chew for history. Getting this DVD i can assure you u will not feel wrath and anger for the price as it worth every cent,watching this will make u lust for more history channel DVD's. SO don't be lazy and slothful and get this DVD today! You wont regret getting this history on the 7 sins alot of due everyday!

Well produced, concise and thought provoking. It makes you understand why sin is so appealing-if not carried to an extreme!

Watched the spanish version on TV for the first time. Now I realized the version you sell does not even have subtitles, I'd like to share this show with family and friens and sure this exists.

Please think on us when you relese your products.

About the content it is 5 star.

The movie arrived at my doorstep days before scheduled! Perfect condition- still in plastic wrapping. Overall...very satisfied with the perchase and provider

They like to reiterate alot of facts in the video, but it's interesting to see where we stand in terms of Sin.

Everything History is great and this channel and every program on it I love & watch....usually with my jaw dropped through half of the episode but still haha. Every sin depicted in the show is substantiated by the so many scholors & official people who are speaking of the way it is and the way it was. I ALSO RECOMMEND "Ancient Aliens" by The History Channel... I bought that one DIRECTLY.. It will amaze and shock you people who 'barely' know.

The History Channel should be ashamed of this production because it is fraught with falsehoods.

For example, it claims that the "Christian Church" considers all human sexual acts as "lust." According to the History Channel, this alleged viewpoint brought about the "dark ages." In fact, the Church condemns lust because it is a vice by which one person abuses another as a sexual object, but the Church also teaches that within a loving marriage sexual acts are sanctifying. See sections 1601-1658 in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which includes relevant citations.

In this series, the History Channel also claims that there are no descriptions of hell in the Bible and the only descriptions come from the novelist Dante. Yet Christ describes hell in Matthew 13; Mark 9; and Luke 16, to name just a few places in the Bible. Revelation 20 is stunning...and there are more.

These are only two major errors in the series and there isn't enough space to name them all. So the producers and History Channel network execs are either incompetent or they disregard truth. Either way, this DVD series would be a waste of your time and money.

This comedy will knock you down as you see all the seven little pieces of movies wich are all one of the seven deadly sins. Another movie from National lampoon, hilarious, but unfortunatly it is not well known, so very hard to get. If you can actually buy one, grab it and enjoy as it is not produced anymore! Have a great time!