This 13-hour travelogue is your passport to truly cosmopolitan adventures. Presenting the most dazzling destinations on the globe, 15 Capital Cities to Check Out Before You Check Out provides in-depth exploration of all the sights on the civilized traveler's bucket list. Featuring stunning footage and valuable insights into each capital's distinctive customs, cuisine, architecture and landscape, this series offer a local's eye view of humanity's most incredible creations. Pairing friendly, knowledgeable narration with the folkloric music that captures the heartbeat of each region, this collection will put you on the map as a world traveler.
Product details
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer
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No
MPAA rating
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NR (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions
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0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 12.32 ounces
Item model number
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28125761
Director
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Liam Dale
Media Format
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Box set, Dolby, Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
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The footage is filmed on days that were dreary and the narration is poor. You see a lot of outside buildings along with a boring narration. You don't get a sense of the culture or lively interactions in the cities. It's a little disappointing.
These are so awesome. I had seen these, and checked them out at our local library. I enjoyed them so much, I wanted them for me to watch anytime I want. Very interesting facts in each location. I can never afford to go to all of these places, but a part of me feels I have already been to each city.
Arrived later than was promised and three of the five discs are scratched. It would appear that this "new" product has actually been used (actually misused) fairly significantly.
The worst travel narrative ever created. The droning and overly wordy narrator manages to make cities such as Tokyo, Prague, Budapest, Helsinki and London boring beyond belief. This makes an Oxford history lecture look far more exciting.
Of the one's that we watched, only the one about Berlin was tolerable. Perhaps that is because the English narrator was driven to make the point that the city is no longer dominated by Nazis, Communists, or the Berlin Wall!
Much of the footage is exterior shots of buildings and distance shots of the local people. There is no mixing with any of the local populace, interviews or even tourist opinions. The Tokyo segment was overly dominated by night views showing the neon display billboards, seconded only by an extended segment on the corporate architecture of the business district. The street level shots are often lingering, leaving the viewer to shout "Move on, please go to the next item".
Despite the cover's promises of delving into customs and cuisine, there is so little of either that it makes you wonder if the author of the CD jacket even watched the contents of the series. Most of the restaurant coverage is of outside shops, sometimes with people shown eating on the inside.
If you contrast this to Ian Wright's "Lonely Planet/ Globetrekker" series, you will instantly realize you have wasted your money.
Look elsewhere for your travel advice, especially if you are paying for it.
