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Soccer - FIFA World Cup Vol 3 - 1978 - 1986

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

 

 

I've seen this DVD and yes, the video quality isn't the greatest but it isn't terrible either. It's good to reflect on what soccer was in bygone days, and this DVD can help in that regard.

This should have been one of the best dvds I've ever seen. However, the video quality is horrible; the menus and transitions are not only cheesy, but actually mis-titled in some cases; and the narration is boring in sound and information. I'm only happy that the discs were being sold separately so I didn't have to spend $100.00 on 4 horrible dvds.

Although it's great to recall the great moments throughout these cups, it's very distracting to see scores of other games not yet reviewed, on the screen. The quality of the production is poor but I give it 3 stars because of the content. The narration isn't that great either, he keeps repeating the same phrases.

Hard to believe how any co. could botch a World Cup Finals soccer highlight package, but this one does. The DVD is incredibly clunky to scrol through as the on-screen menu is like some Buckminster Fuller incomplete geodesic dome. Do I press the "up" arrow or the "right" arrow to scroll to the next header?

Very annoying.

The actual highlights on the copy I had just jumped from 1978's group that had Argentina in it straight to the second rd. Maybe it's the copy I had but what of the other groups?

Then there is this function that allows you to pick a team and thinking it'd show all that team's WC game highlights when I picked "Holland" and all I got was the 1978 Final.

Plus this select a country feature only included eight nations over the three World Cups.

The extras are laughably bad. The "Game" asks you to choose one keeper, defener, midfielder and forward to guess what their dream team was. Boring!

The "Quizz" (yes, spelled incorrectly with that extra "z") has the exact sanme ten questions every single time you go to it.

The "Bonus" has the Best Goals with no play by play so, unless you are like me and can recall these players, you'll have no idea who scored the beat goals featured. It also features only three goals from 1978 and Scotland's Archie Gemmill's slalom through the Holland D is not one of them.

The Stats has something called "attacks" of which Argentina and Holland both had "15 attacks" in the 1978 WC Finals.

The "Surprise" is about the only good thing as it has Maradona doing some amazing "keepy uppy" juggling with a tennis ball.

Be assured this is not the official FIFA World Cup films but just some hackneyed version wacked together and put out with little rhyme or reason.

Might need audio tracks in other languages, but it's very good to see those pictures, no matter the language.

It covers World Cup from 1978 to 1986: greatest games and greatest goals.

Quality is very good: is a must for soccer lovers.

An emotionally charged tournament in Argentina where the Dutch came up just short again against the home team in 1978. Italy played with great skill and discipline in 1982 to beat the exceptional Argentinians, Brazilians and Germans. 1986 brought one of the finest tournaments in history and the genius of Maradona as Argentina swept through to the Final where they met the masters of pressure West Germany.