Official Discussion: A New Day... DVD member reviews

[felixwhoals]

This DVD is a must to have!

I remembered watching her live in Vegas and this DVD captures the best of Celine performance during the show. Amazing! I really loved A new day has come. Because you loved me tribute is awesome. I loved the background music used for this tribute section.

 

All access is another part that we must not miss. If I have a 39 or 52 plasma TV screen, watching the DVD would make you feel like you're with Celine!

[LVCeline]

Does anyone else think it's Celine that's humming the Titanic instrumental on the concert dvd? It's VERY hard to tell, but at certain times it sounds just like her tone. Did anyone else notice?

[thatgirlmeghan]

I don't know, LVCeline.

 

I think it might be her. In the movie theater tonight, I also noticed that it sounded like her.

 

It is lovely---that much is for sure!

[CelineFreak]

I just saw the show for the first time in the theater and it was phenomenal. Now I really wish i had made that trip to Vegas.

 

Some comments i have about the DVD :

 

I found it a little irritating, the way they edited the concert. The camera moved around SO MUCH that you could never get a good idea of what was going on on the stage at one time. As the show was designed to be seen as a WHOLE...not bits and pieces, like this dancer here, and that dancer there and then Celine down there and now she's over there, seeing only fractions of the LED screen at one time. I guess that's the downside of not actually being there. I also wish we had more of Celine chatting. The concert felt a little rushed just going from song to song with very little dialogue.

 

Regardless, Celine looked absolutely gorgeous and sounded amazing. I can't wait to watch it again to reprocess everything.

 

My favorite: Seduces Me

[LasVegasCanadian]

I think the DVD is a treasure to own and will be so nice to watch in 10 years to refresh my memory. It is true that the editing etc is not like watching the show from Rear Orch 4, Row A but that would be impossible. In DVD's like this, they always show audience reaction etc. But I have the songs to listen and to treasure for all time! And I could watch River Deep, Mountain High over and over as well as I Surrender. My Heart Will Go On STILL makes my cry just like it did when I saw the movie Titanic.

 

It was also interestng to see what she and the dancers saw from the stage.

 

What I find endearing is the All Access part of the DVD when we are given the opportunity to see what went on behind the scenes. That was truly, truly generous of Celine and staff to allow the public to see that.

 

Sometimes I find it hard to think of Celine as a world renowned superstar. I always think of her a fellow Canadian from Montreal. I saw the show 7 times and with time, memory does fade so this DVD is a true GIFT from Celine.

This DVD is the best in my collection. I LOVE it!!

 

Aline

[mirage]

they didnt include her Tête à claques thing in the car after the show... :-(

 

there is so much more

[CelineFanInSoCal]

they didnt include her Tête à claques thing in the car after the show... :-(

 

there is so much more

 

 

Tête à claques? What am I missing here?

[bruno_oliveira]

the dvd is gooood

 

they show some videos from stories that we heard about in these 5 years of concerts.

we used to read here reviews from fans....

and i remembered all of them!!!

[stsheep]

I Love this DVD

especially the footage

but the editting of the concert part is bad......

every cut is so short and too fast........and it never stopped acting this way.......

I really hope there're some cuts steady and stay long enough.

Edited December 19, 2007 at 01:34 AM by stsheep

[GiftedCeline]

I went to the movie theater last night to see Celine's show since I didn't get to see it in Vegas, and wanted to see it on the big screen but unfortunately, there was technical difficulties with no sound The picture looked great though. They tried to fix the sound more than once but couldn't get it working so upset I left getting a refund At least I got the DVD to watch but I'm very disappointed I didn't get to see it on the big screen

[marckvls]

I went to the movie theater last night to see Celine's show since I didn't get to see it in Vegas, and wanted to see it on the big screen but unfortunately, there was technical difficulties with no sound The picture looked great though. They tried to fix the sound more than once but couldn't get it working so upset I left getting a refund At least I got the DVD to watch but I'm very disappointed I didn't get to see it on the big screen

 

Ohh.. I'm sorry for you, these kind of things are really unexplainable...

Once happened to me, I traveled to do a test but the computer didn't work

[celinefanonline]

well i finished watching it last night.. the concert part... it's really good...

but yes few songs the editing r too fast too quick...

and too bad they don't have multi angle i though they would have it.. maybe in blu-ray... who knows...

 

for the documentary it's really good too!! missing few things in the secret though.. like Mia Michael... i didn't remember seeing her on the dvd...

[TheOne]

Well, I had a very nice surprise after buying te DVD. I arrived home and my dad had just bought a 52 LCD screen... LOL So I had the chance to watch the show on a HUGE screen.

 

First the techincal issues about the DVD. The image quality could have been better, they could have used higher definition cameras and also, worked a bit more on the transfer quality. There's a but of grain in the image. It should also have been filmed in 16:9 (the version on sale in Portugal is at 4:3), because if you watch the DVD on a big screen, the screen will strecht it to fit and the image quality will be a bit reduced. At first I thought that the problem was with my LCD, but I tried it with another DVD (Star Wars The Revenge of the Sith which was filmed with digital HD cameras, 16:9) and the picture quality was AMAZING! So, well, Sony could have put a bit more money on the picture quality.

 

The sound quality, on the other hand, is really good. The Dolby Digital mix is very good, and you can hear perfectly everything going on stage.

 

Now about the show (I haven't had a chance to look at the Bonus features, yet). I loved it! It's a wonderfull show, the way how they mixed the colors on stage is gorgeous to watch and the scenes for the different songs develop in a very smooth and beautifull way. Sometimes, however, I feel that there's so much going on on stage that it's hard to pay attention to every single detail. But well, it's a DVD and you can watch it as many times as you want and enjoy every single detail of the show over and over again.

The dance cast is absolutely amazing, and at some points, they actually steal the show from Céline in a sense that it becomes like a movie with her singing on the background. But that was part of the concept of the show, I guess. There are some points with AMAZING coreography like IDAN, IS, IACBTMN, RDMH and SM (I wouldn't mind trying that chair, that's for sure... LOL). I tend not to like the scenery for TPOL... the costumes are absolute non-sense and it's just way to much... it's really a bit overdone.

 

The costumes look nice. I like they way how the dancers clothes have evolved since the begginning of the show but I don't necessarily think the same about Celine's clothes. I like the black dress and the RDMH dress, but the white outfit looks way too much "Céline in the FIY world tour for me"... but it looks better than that red MAJOR FASHION NO-NO that she used to wear instead of it. I also didn't like the black pants/red belt costume, I actually preferred that black pants/white shirt thing she had on the previous version as well as the MHWGO dress. That dress that appeared on previous versions of the cover for the DVD was absolutely beautifull and the one she has now is really not very inspired... it looks like a silly Summer dress... BAH!

 

Her voice. I think it sounds SUBSTANTIALLY better on the DVD than ont the Live CD. There are still a few nasal moments, but overall it sounds nice. However, she should have avoided the high squeeching on LCMM, it doesn't add at all to the song. The actually LIVE songs sound pretty good. It's not bombastic Celine vocals, but she achieves a decent level. Saying she sounds powerfull or anything like that would be lying, because she hardly has any real power notes live. But still, the transitions between lipped and live parts are well achieved and I must confess that after watching the show I tend to be more tolerant about her lipping some songs. Even with lipping half of the show, the engagement took an obvious toll on her voice and she would be voiceless now if she didn't protect herself by lipping. Let her have some rest and we'll see how she sounds on the world tour.

All in all, she sings in a most enjoyable way and still manages to sing some impressive notes, though I wouldn't consider it a powerhouse concert like Live à Paris or Live à L'Olympia, but she delivers it.

 

I didn't like her background singers, the girls sound squeeched most of the time and it is very unpleasant to hear. The rappers in the end of LCMM were a great adition! I love seeing everybody going crazy during tha song.

Another thing I didn't really enjoy was her constant high pitch talking in the middle of the songs... it's actually pointless, imo.

 

In the end, I really enjoyed the show! There good and less good points compensate for each other and, in the end, things sound really well balanced.

 

I do recommend it!

[tativale]

I saw just read on a newspaper here that TVA will broadcast the whole package - the show + the extras on tv in January.

 

Oh mon dieu.......... I saw the show last night and it was amazing! I haven't watched it before just the extras and after the final show I couldn't even listen to a new day has come slow version without crying!

[nano]

I haven't seen the DVD!

[dtomarat]

very disappointed with the constant change in camera angles. there is absolutely no need to change every 1 or 2 seconds. we got headaches from watching halfway and had to turn it off.

 

Think she lip-sung a few songs, namely It's All Coming Back To Me Now and I Drove All Night. Don't blame her one bit, there is just no way she could have done the whole show with live singing, day after day. It was still a great show even with lip-singing.

[marckvls]

TheOne , I just LOVED your review!!

Congratulations, I think it was the best so far.. I'm excited for this dvd, it never arrives here...

 

By The way... why does the airmail products take so much time to arrive??? 15 days?? An airplane flight wouldn't last more than one day! That sucks..

[sgcpc]

yeah def.!!! a must have DVD, i watched it over and over again!!! it is just soo amazing!!!! and her vocal is just wonderful!! haha i wish there will be a special edition of the very last show!! i was there and it was emotional!!!

[felixwhoals]

Hey guys does anyone have the instrumental version of Je ne vous oubile pas? Also A new day has come instrumental. I loved the background instrumental music played during the Because you loved me - tribute to fan.

[TheOne]

TheOne , I just LOVED your review!!

Congratulations, I think it was the best so far.. I'm excited for this dvd, it never arrives here...

 

By The way... why does the airmail products take so much time to arrive??? 15 days?? An airplane flight wouldn't last more than one day! That sucks..

 

Thanks!

 

Meanwhile I already watched the Extra Features and they're very good. This DVD really is a must have. At first I thought I wouldn't buy it because you can already watch most of the show on youtube LOL, but it's nothing compared to seeing it with decent image and sound.

[lyn]

8D 8D 8D 8D 8D 8D 8D 8D

 

I just wanna say that.. there were so many moments of theoretically watching Celine go naked backstage, and I hadn't expected that little bit from the DVD.. that I'm just a little too much of a pervy Celine Dion fan to say I didn't enjoy. ^_^

 

But I think it was just really great, in all, just getting to watch Celine entirely in her element. I mean I've always known her as a nice person -- I really liked seeing how she'd constantly thank the people helping her -- But I felt it a privelege to really see her very professional, practical, side as well. Throughout the show she's extremely focused and it's amazing to watch her go into her zone, and I realize she's just very much a person who sees what needs to be done, and with no hassle or dilly dallying, does it. Maybe it comes from Rene or something. But she is one powerhouse of a performer. And there's definitely much more beyond the personality you see through the media.

 

And I just appreciated seeing as well how much hard work that show is to put on. Makes me feel all the more priveleged to have seen it. Kudos to Celine and the team surrounding her. :) GOOD SHOW! And most awesome money I've ever spent on a DVD.

[boyblackuk]

Right guys in the booklet when it has the section about the Tribute to fans, Celine's picture with (I am assuming) one of the fans (good looking man).

 

Well he is becoming famous (ish lol) because I have a DVD of my favourite comedienne Pam Ann and this same guy was pulled up on stage. I am not getting the Celine dvd till christmas so can anyone confirm if he was from London?

[JP]

Report from Flash from the DVD Premiere

 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2u2Wh4GYaPk

 

If someone can show me how to show directly the video, it will be nice

[Alex_Incognito]

Does anyone remember the program to make the audio tracks off of the CD?

[Jillian]

I love the extras on the DVD! But I want to get the French version or the Quebec (Canadian) version bc it has more behind the scenes stuff...Where is the best place to buy the French version online?

Thanks,

Jillian

[linah4]

Well i stilll havn't gotten the dvd... im waiting to get my 32" samsung. quick question.... ive read how bigger screen is better. well i have a 52" screen in my living room, and am getting a 32" for my room (both HDTV... the samsung is LCD... im noot sure what the 52" is, projection?) anyway, with my Samsung, i will probably buy a matching HD DVD Player. so my question is is A New Day: Live in Las Vegas also on HD DVD or will be coming out on HD DVD? and will it be as nice on a 32" as a 52"? (i think the 32" has nicer picture, brighter, more colour...etc)

[TheOne]

At least mine is not on HD DVD, not even close. On the opening number (ANDHC) you can see a lot of grain on darker moments.

[Thomas]

It's supposed to be coming out on Blu-ray at the same time as the regular DVD but the release date was pushed back to 2008. But as far as we know it hasn't been cancelled, although it won't come out on HD-DVD since Celine is on the Sony label.

[Céline's Blues]

The Blu-Ray release has been pushed to 4th February 2008. But it's coming.

[takingchances2008]

Happy holidays to everyone.

 

I've watched the entire dvd of A new day !!! Oh mon Dieu!!! Supeerr!!!

 

I have a question, after seeing that she uses a humidifier, almost everywhere, does anybody knows from past interviews, documents, etc what does Celine to proctect her voice? Drinks, foods, treatments etc

 

Thanks