Michael Jackson's Vision [Import]

When it comes to music videos one man who had a strong influence on them was Michael Jackson. There were considered promotional tools (and that's kind of what they are) but Michael changed the way the world looked at them and HIS videos are some of the most memorable ones. Who can forget a young MJ in the red jacket he wore for "Thriller"? Possibly the most iconic music video there is. Or how about Michael dancing along criminals in "Smooth Criminal"? And that lean? How about that Black or White video when... I think you get it by now; Michael's influence was not only felt on music itself but also on music videos. It's hard not to think of Michael without remembering one his classic short film.It's great that Michel Jackson's Vision, a DVD collection containing each music video (or short films as Michael liked to call them) made by the king of pop was released. The packaging itself is very nice (I love the 60+ pages booklet and the gold box looks very good) and the idea of having all of Michael's music videos in one place for the fans who want to own them on DVD (some are just fine with YouTube and don't feel the need to pay for this release) is a no-brainer.

Visions sounds like a great release and something that fans would be interested in owning, however, the video format is a big issue. Watching them, many of the videos have a black box surrounding them ruins the experience a little I have to say. I wish Sony would have done something about this because it ruins it for many fans and is unfair to them. I won't say more because other reviewers have done so here and gave good descriptions. I also don't quite understand why Visions is not available on Blue-Ray, to me it's not a big deal but I know there are plenty of fans who would have preferred/wanted this on BR (it's Sony who releases this but it's not available on BR?).

One of the most unfortunate thing is that the version of Ghost here is the 5 minutes edit and not the full version; it would have been nice to have it here in its entirety and it would've made sense since it's hard to get hold of (there will probably be a future release) and there was enough space. It would also have been best if the original "Blood On The Dance Floor" was included instead of the mediocre remix. On the other hand it's certainly nice to have the bonus disc with the prison edit of "They Don't Care About Us", the unreleased videos for "One More Chance", "Say Say Say" with Paul McCartney and more along some classic video with Michael's brothers (then known as "The Jacksons"). Getting unreleased content is always a bonus and it's the case here as well, I think it's good to finally have some of this stuff released, yes there was room for more but this is strictly a collection of MJ's videos. Some of the videos look better than ever whereas others look as if you're watching as VHS tape, for instance "Billie Jean" and "The Way You Make Me Feel". Like other fans, I would have expected better quality from a DVD release but I'm glad to have them (and the video quality is still better than YouTube for me).

While it's great to have all of MJ's videos in one place the format issue is simply too big to be ignored : 3/5 stars.

This is the quintessential MJ video package. I bought this for myself as I am, secretly, a huge MJ fan. My granddaughters (both 8 years old) also love him so I purchased this set for each of them. The sets are almost worn out they are played so often. The sets were purchased as Christmas gifts for the girls and both admit that this video set is the best gift they received this Christmas. Lots of fun to watch and very good quality. Thumbs up to this CD package!

Although I own most of the music videos from my previous collections, I am loving this 3 DVDs set because: 1). There are a few songs I don't have such as "Why", "They don't care about me - the Prison version", "One More Chance", "Another part of me", .... 2). The sound and audio of the DVDs are great, 3). I can carry almost all MJ's music video whereever I travel when on vacation or business trip, rather than taking 10 DVDs with me.