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Formatted for Windows Media Player.
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Title:
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George McBride - The Classics |
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Big Blind Media © 2007
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Running Time: |
1 hour 37 minutes
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DVD format: |
DVD Video
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Outline from the makers: |
BigBlindMedia
proudly presents George McBride THE CLASSICS!
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MagicWeek Comments: |
Straight in (and I have to be frank here) this is one of the most frustrating Magic DVDs I've ever watched. A lot of the magic is ruined by the irritating camera work and poor lighting. I guess that the producers are trying to add atmosphere and mood, but it really doesn't work. If I want atmosphere I'll put on Blade Runner: The Final Cut. When I sit down to watch a magic DVD I want to be able to see magic at its very best. I don't want moody back-lighting, shadows all over the performance area, redundant wide shots showing a projected image on a brick wall or anything else. George McBride presents some excellent magic and some so-so magic, crediting along the way, but I think he has been let down here.
In the "Purse Frame Coin Production" (first clip above) problems are compounded when we hear the clink of two coins when only a single coin is returned to the pocket. Moments later two coins are produced. Then, the coin that was earlier placed into the pocket is removed, for no logical reason. The routining is poor.
In another coin routine (Bounce Change) when a single coin turned into a different coin I heard a clink again - although this time I think it was the clink of one of the coins touching George's finger ring. Sounded like two coins though, which is no good. If you are performing coin sleights don't wear a finger ring. This is basic stuff.
At the beginning I said that this is one of the most frustrating Magic DVDs I've ever watched... frustrating because it had all the potential to be excellent. The last disc from the Big Blind Media stable hit all the right spots and this one does feature some great routines, but for me the confused production values let things down, and some sequences (single coins that clink!) should simply have been re-shot.
My advice would be to buy the disc by all means, and then follow up the credits and track down the original books that most of the routines came from.
Duncan Trillo - MagicWeek - 12.1.08
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