Product Details

• Actors: Weezer
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Geffen Records
• DVD Release Date: March 23, 2004
• Run Time: 180 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001KL4HM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,038 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #79 in Music > Alternative Rock > Hardcore & Punk > Emo
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Studio: Uni Dist Corp (music) Release Date: 04/23/2004

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Best Weezer DVD...Ever!!!, June 16, 2004

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James Badger (Tempe, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Weezer - Video Capture Device: Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002 (DVD)

This is the best Weezer DVD ever simply because it is the only official DVD released by the band. So the simple lack of Weezer material on video has made us hardcore fans happy to have anything at all.

Here's the skinny on this DVD: It includes all of Weezer's professionaly produced music videos as well as some self-produced videos. If you are all familiar with Weezer's music videos, you will know that many of their videos, and especially those directed by Spike Jonze, are music video masterpieces. The same cannot be said of the self-produced videos. They are choppy, have a much poorer picture quality, and often have no relation to the song at all. That being said, the self-produced videos include footage that you wouldn't otherwise see. You get some great behind-the-scenes peeks at Weezer's mischief and mayhem that make these self-produced videos well worth the watch. Even at their worst, there are no castoffs in the music videos.

The Documentary, B-Roll, and Live Stuff section includes a whole bunch of material, much of which will be completely boring to the casual fan. For instance: there is footage of Weezer in the studio recording their debut album. This footage is shot on a low grade home video camera, and much of it is shot from the control booth. The sound is crappy and the picture is shaky at best. But for the hardcore fan, it is amazing to have any glimpse into this period of the band's history at all. Some of the footage in this part of the DVD is better than others. It's really quite a mix 'n match of low to medium grade footage. You won't find any brilliantly stunning footage of the band here. What you will find is some great archival footage which, though not offering high audio/visual quality, is worth its weight in gold in terms of sentimental value. Provided you actually like the band enough to watch it, that is.

In summary, this DVD has a lot to offer. If you are a hardcore Weezer fan, this is a must-have. If you are a casual fan who just wants the music videos, this DVD is still a bargain. Nobody says you have to watch all the archival footage. If this DVD featured only the videos I would STILL buy it.

I only have on gripe against this DVD, and that is the menus. The menus make it a little harder to find what you want, but hey, how many times have you heard this same complaint about other DVD's? The menus aren't exactly convenient, but you can still find what you need. I give this DVD four stars. It's not perfect. The bonus features of this DVD will probably bore casual fans to tears. But if you like Weezer, there's enough on here to make it worth your while.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Probably best for diehard fans, but good for casual ones too, September 30, 2004

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Trevor Seigler (South Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Weezer - Video Capture Device: Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002 (DVD)

Weezer made some great music videos over the course of their history, so any DVD that captures all the official clips is gonna be an essential buy for any diehard fans. I'm just not so sure casual fans will want it as well.

Included with the videos (which come across crisp and sonically fantastic) are various scenes of Weezer at work and at play. The quality of these varies from a fantastic live rendering of "In The Garage" to some scratchy images of the band in studio, either recording or goofing off. In some ways, this can even be tiresome for the real diehards of the fan base, but it serves to offer more for the price of the DVD, other than the videos. In some ways, it's a blessing and a curse, because while such backstage minatinue is fun to see, it doesn't reveal much about the creative process. We see the band recording their albums, but we don't get any examination of it. I have to echo an earlier review that stated how much better this would be if some attempt was made to analyze the music, rather than just show it.

Overall, however, I would recommend this to casual fans on the strength of the videos alone, some of which I hadn't seen before. Classics like "Undone" and "Buddy Holly" haven't lost their power, but the real treats are "El Scorcho", "The Good Life", "Hash Pipe" and the first "Island in The Sun". There's some weird ones like "Pink Triangle" that don't work, but the best outshines the rest.

So, I give it three stars for the casual fans out there, but probably 4 1/2 for those of us diehards in the audience. It would've been a five all around if for any involvement from Rivers Cuomo or Matt Sharp(...). So get your rock on, and pick up this DVD.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars essential for fans., July 28, 2004

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Mike K. (Massachusetts, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Weezer - Video Capture Device: Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002 (DVD)

This is almost the best documentation of Weezer so far we could have. "5th member" Karl Koch has been documenting the band from the very start, so we have footage of everything from the recording sessions for the blue album (and even a little bit of material from before that) to the recording of a 2003 demo. Of course, more importantly there's all the music videos (including little-seen "homemade" ones for "pink triangle", "photograph" and "slob"), promo appearances, and live material you'd expect. Aside from commentary tracks, there's nothing in the way of narration, but really in a way the videos, interviews, performance clips and other footage, presented chronologically, tell the history of the band on their own. There's also a bit of the band goofing around, but just enough that it doesn't get in the way of things. Their humor can be pretty dorky, but mostly endearingly so, although there's a few jokes that will just confuse people who aren't diehard fans (in particular the scene in which Rivers Cuomo hides in the "vocal booth" and talks of burning his master tapes and bouncing his ball really only makes sense if you've heard the ridiculous rumors of him going through a Brian Wilson-esque bout of insanity during the making of their third album). A more poignant highlight is a performance of b-side "Mykel And Carli" done at a memorial tribute to the women the song was written for, two sisters and original Weezer fanclub leaders who tragically died in a car crash.

My few complaints lie with the commentary; for one, Rivers Cuomo himself isn't featured in them, leaving longtime members Pat Wilson and Brian Bell, Karl Koch, and new bassist Scott Shriner. Now, Scott seems like a nice enough guy, but having only been in the band 2 years, for much of the dvd he can only talk as a fan. Still, in a way he seems to realize this and makes the best of things by asking his bandmates questions about the videos and whatnot.