Customer Reviews

Vice Guide to Travel

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(7)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Well... I'm never really let down with Vice, however this video left me with that feeling as though I was blue balled. Why? Well I thought it was going to be someone informative or show so actual stuff but the whole DVD came across as a fake. They get wasted and chat with people and nothing seems to add up. I mean getting drunk and going to places is fun and all but I felt this movie just didn't pack any punch.

vice... you have let me down with this one. Don't think I'll be purchasing another DVD from you in the near future but I will keep all your mags as they rule.

Save your twenty bucks. While the idea behind this movie is good, the effort they put into it is lacking. They barely scratch the surface on any of their topics and don't get behind the stories they're covering. It would seem that they come up with a concept and then immediately jump on a plane to a far-off / dangerous place. They arrive knowing very little about the location, people, history or politics only to ask the locals stupid and uniformed questions and make broad quasi-political / social pronouncements that are often incorrect. Further, the people they talk to / interview are equally ignornant: "Who is Hezbollah?" - Spike Jonze. (?!) Wow.
The segments are too brief and superficial to give you any real sense of how 'dangerous' these places are. It feels like they did these things just for their trophy value ... standing still long enough to take a snapshot and then jumping on a plane back to NYC. Rather than cramming 8 segments into 90 minutes, they'd be better advised to spread these out into 30 - 40 minutes pieces each over multiple releases. I'm not looking for Frontline-type production on this, just something with a little more depth than "See what I did?".

I am continuously amazed that these people are still alive. After years of covering the stupidest and sometimes heavily dangerous topics in the magazine now they've moved onto video...Although the magazine is free this actually was a really great purchase. The DVD rules and the book that comes with it is excellent. The David Cross material is G-O-L-D-E-N.

Was very excited to watch a bunch of short movies about traveling in dark and unaccessible parts of the world. Until I actually watch it .. took me not even 45 minutes, wich is a first disapointement. The research is very poor, the filming is done without consideration for the people watching, there's a critical lack of information and focus on every story... I'm telling you, go and watch a good documentary or read articles about those regions because you won't feel like you've learned anything after watching those 'movies'. To short, lack of research, lack of production continuity ! And believe me, I'm a fan of Vice magazine !
Don't spend your precious money on this.. you'll be seriously disappointed ! That's what I would have wanted to read before buying this dvd.

nice packaging and a nice idea arent enough to carry this half azzed rambling poorly produced unfocused underdeveloped poorly executed badly finished boring mess.

Vice's writing always had this weakness: they start with a good idea, and ramble until they run out of steam. If they do any more videos, I suggest they hire professional TV producers to come along. Some of the ideas are good and its disappointing to have them lame out halfway through the bit.

THis video is not gonzo its boring.

A cool idea but filled with short clips that don't really go anywhere. Save your money and watch it on youtube.

I was surprised by the quality of this guide as I have previously purchased "The Vice guide to sex, drugs and rock & roll" and it was an awesome book.
This guide is composed by bad and short articles that lead to nowhere, I really don't think this is up to the quality I am used to from this guys.

I pre-ordered this thing a while back and received it the other day and I've watched it about 3 times in the past couple of days. There's a lot going on here and a lot of times I'd shake my head and drop my jaw and am just amazed. Not every word uttered is factually correct, but if the mission was to make it impossible to avoid some really ugly things about the world, mission accomplished. In one of the most haunting scenes, 3 children in Beirut sit in their living room and sing a song about dying for their country so that they can kill Israelis. And they must've filmed this long before the whole conflict began, and it's just goose-bump causing.

I wish that the segments were longer, I can only imagine what's on that cutting room floor, but the accompanying book does a lot to fill in where I wish the segments had continued. The pix are amazing (kids playing ping pong with flip flops as paddles in the City of God favela is pretty arresting) and the stories are what you would expect of Vice writers getting serious. Nice interview with the kid from Bonde de Role as well, whose music is featured in the Rio segment. Interesting to hear about how they viewed music as their way out of the slum.

Overall, really impressed. Can't wait to see what they come up with next.

The North Korea one is pretty awesome because it's one of the only real documentaries which show an American getting into the country. The rest are pretty much worthless.

Guess what? The third world is filled with guns, drugs, and prostitution, all fueled by desperation. Who knew?

I started paying attention to VICE after reading some more serious commentary by Gavin McInnes. However, most of what I have seen of Vice has turned out to be immature drivel. There isn't much that demonstrates more serious insight behind the "comedic" moments.

This DVD was a waste of my time and money. And frankly, I think it was a waste of the Vice staff's time and money, too.

One extra star for nice packaging.